The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1893-06-18

Zephyr and Great Spring Selling
stakes; Monday, June %. Spring
Turf Selling and Sea and Sound stakes,
Tuesday, June "a, Great Trial aud Stan
dard stakes; Wednesday, June Is, Vernal
stakes; Thursday, June %, June stakes
and Bay Ridge handicap; Friday, June
day, July l, Double event ana Realization
stakes.
Base Ball.
Gleason ranks second among the pitch
ers.
Washington has averaged $500 per
game.
Pitcher Sexton OF Brown will join the
Bostons on June 20.
Cincinnati would be willing to trade
Tony Mullane for Jack Stlvetts.
McNabb of Baltimore has developed in
to one OF the best pitchers in the League.
Pitcher Hawke, recently released by st.
Louis, may be given trial by Baltimore.
Every League club is hustling for
pitchers. The cry is, where can they be
found?
Peltz, the young ST. Louis catcher, is
making a record second to no man in the
League.
There isn't 800 man among Uncle's
Colts. Malachi Kittredge tops the list
with 293.
If Brooklyn decides to release big Dan
Brouthers, he will not be allowed to wait
long for a job.
Snyder is said to be the first umpire this
season to call strike on a man who pur-
posely hunted foul.
Pat Murphy, the old New York catcher,
hac bean nrnniriu in the FiaStarn lea one
with dubious success.
The Bostons have made fewer sacrifice
hits than any other team in the league.
1t was not so last season.
Philadelphia now has six pitchers.
They are Carsey, weighing, Keefe. Shar-
rott, Taylor and Vickery.
Mcmahon is suffering from a broken
bone in his hand, which makes it impos-
sible for Ward to play him.
Cleveland has signed Pitcher Stafford
who has been doing excellent work for
the Holy Cross College team.
Rain has caused the postponement OF
twenty three of the fiftythree scheduled
games in the Eastern league.
Calvin is reported to have signed with
the Buffaloes of the Eastern league. He
is great favorite in that city.
Since Reilly of the Philadelphia has
taken up left-handed style of batting he
has made manifest improvement.
Griffin of the Brooklyns, Delehanty o.
the Phillies and Larkin OF the Washing.
tons have not struck out this season.
The Post Dispatch Mailrooms will cross
bats with the Republic Mailrooms al
Sportsmen's park next Thursday morn
ing.
Ed Crane has broken an artery in hi:
right leg. He is under the Doctors care
and hopes to be able to pitch in few
days.
Dowd is one of the fastest base runner.
in the League, if not the fastest. He i.
credited with making the rounds in 49,
seconds.
Glasscock is playing great ball. He is
in his uniform early, and shows interest
in his work at ali times. For veteran
he is wonder.
Robert Wieland has been elected presi.
dent OF the California League in place o
John j. None, who held the office fol
thirteen years.
1t is given out that B-ooklyn will re.
lease big Dan Brouthers, Dave Foutz re.
naming at first. Brouthers has recov-
cred from his attack of grip.
Treasurer Talcott agreed to guarantee
Westervelt his salary for the entire sea-
New Yorks, whether he made a failure OF
not.
If the present bad luck of the Bride
grooms continues Brouthers may have tt
be called back to cover first base, afte-
all. This will discomfort Foutz consid
erably.
! Boston is making great race for thu
pennant just now and is good second tx
| Pittsburg. The club has been playing
winning ball recently and is in the rae
to stay.
| The out-fielders have more work to d.
! now than has been the case for the pas
few years of excessive pitcher dominance
and they are obliged to be on the move al
the time.
Boston's steady march to the front
disheartening. If the beaneaters get
good lead it will be hard to dislodg
their own grounds.
along in grand style, and most of then
are making money. This ought to be tn
banner year for major as well as for mino
leagues.
New York has wired President n. E
| Young that it desires the services o
Pitcher Schmidt and catcher Milligan
recently released by Baltimore. New
York has been alter Milligan for tw'
years.
Kelly, the actor, ball-player and so,
600 beauty, IS in trouble. He refused t,
sign at the beginning of the season, an,
when he reported for duty in New Yorl
two or three weeks ago was out of condi
ton. Now Manager Ward has laid hir
off without pay until he is able 20 pla,
ball as he should.
s'Good boyp Jimmy Stafford is til
greatest fielder ever seen in the South
He makes the most impossible catches
and robs more batters out of good, clea
hits than any other man in the business
Jimmy is batting like that was his onl
business. -Four hits, with total of seve
bases, was his record Friday against Ma
con.
Secretary Lamont used to be baseball
crank. but he is very busy man nova
days and doesn't find time to go to til
games. The only member of the presen
administration who does is the digniie
Massachusetts member, Attorney Genera
Olney. He astonished COMMISSIONS
Roosevelt last Saturday by his baseba
erudition and his instant appreciation {
good plays.
Large William, otherwise Everett,
playing brilliant all-around game. Il
has been putting up a magnificent gam
at second base while O'Brien was injured