The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-02-12
LINCOLN CAN'T GET Him
MCClOSkey Has Signed With Savannah
and is Here to Stay.

The Western Clubs Claim-what Mac
Thinks of Corbett as a Player-A
Case OF Talk on Baltimore's Part.
The President of the New Orleans
Club in Favor of a General Base Ball
Convention-League Gossip.
A report has been circulating in local
base ball circles that McCloskey had
signed with the Lincoln, Neo, club,
and that it will endeavor to compel him
to surrender his contract with Savannah
The report created a sensation for the
while, but McCloskey's appearance in Sa-
yannah Immediately dispelled any fears
the fans may have had When asked by
a MORNING News reporter regar ling the
rumor, McCloskey replied;
"Those yeople are talking through their
hats. 1 am here and intend to pilot the
Savannah team"
The rumor arose IN this way, said Nc
Closkey. | sent two telegrams, one to
| Lincoln and the other to Mr.. Miller here
The reply from the latter was received
first, and Immediately closed with Sa-
vannah. 1t is all big case of bluff on
the part of Lincoln.
HERE TO STAY.
Notwithstanding the conflicting news
paper reports, McClosEey is here to stay
His contract has been duly signed, and he
IS actively engaged in organizing the team
that will wear the Savannah uniform
when the season opens in April.
What do you think of Corbett playing
ball with the Baltimore team2" McCloskeY
was asked. We'll" said he. 1T is all
rot. Imagine red-hot exciting game.
| Ninth inning, two men out two men on
bases and the Baltimores one run ahead.
| Then imagine a big batter at the plate
Then slashiug long fly hit out in the d.
rection of Champion James J. Corbctt.
Let your imagination go little further
and picture the great pugilist badly tan
| gled up in his bearings Hanlon pulling
and wearing out the bosom of his trousers
as he skates across the bench. anxiously
watching the big fighter make highly
! successful attempt to get out of
range of the ball. The ball falls
and keeps on its bounding Journey to
the fence. Everybody scores. The
| game is gone; so is the crowd, swearing
| and tearing at the management for its
| cheap advertising fake of trying to make
a bad ball player out of great prize
lighter, Then, perhaps, it will dawn on
the master of the Orioles that it is the
| proper thing to stick to his own profess
sion, and that if he has any S, 900 or So
900 lying around loose to spend on the
team it can be put to good use in pick
| ing up available talent, and if a team
plays good ball it does not need any
pugilist or bicycle track TO pull the money
| to the box Office. There is nothing that
wins like good playing both on the field
and at the gate
WHAT THEY SAY OF HIM.
In speaking of McCIoskey, a western
paper has this to say "McCloskey is a
native of Louisville, q years Of age,
CT Rr-o 70, IL,
pounds, making model athlete in APP
pearance. He began his playing career
with the old Western League of 1887, and
! though he did not start out as a world
beater he showed the innate talent that
was in him. In the fall of that year he
! organized team called the Joplins, which
comprised such men as Red Ehret.
Buck Weaver, Harry Raymond. Gus
SherrinChausen, Bradley, Ukottcr,
! 'Mikado' Flynn, Holman and others,
and toured through Texas, beating
all the crack clubs there with ease.
| He settled with his club that winter at
Austin, and easily defeated Cincinnati and
New York when they came there. He
| had practically the same team together
in the Texas League of 1888, and though
he did not win the pennant, he came in
second, and proved an ugly customer for
his opponents. The following year he
went 10 Houston and won the pennant
there, developing in his team such s3er-
| ling players as ''Scrappy' Joyce, Emmett
! Rogers and Arthur Sunday He came IN
| second IN the race OF 1880, and the year
after went to Sacramento, where his team
held the lead until the fall when acct
dents to players put it into second place.
In 1892 he won both Texas League pen
nants for Houston in walk. Last ear
he was in Montgomery, where. he had
fine team, but incompetent and oIiciOus
/ 4 IL 1
such discord in his team that, in
the interest OF harmony, he was
compelled TO let out some Of his
best men, he made a splendid showing in
both races, however, and he was dan
gerous at all times. Mac is great hust-
Ter and energetic wonder and no man can
/ get more out of a team than he can. He
always infuses life and dash into his
men play, and they generally put up an
| everybody pull toyether, AMI let's get
there by hook or by crook sort of a game
that tickles the crowds. McCloskey is
a splendid judge of players,
! and If the Savannah people
/ let him alone and do not hamper him
he will give them a team that they will
| be proud of. Mac is an able business
man and can make dollar go a long way
and his honesty is proverbIal among base
/ ball people. Mac can play tirss base or
the outfield up to tho handle and his hit
! ting and base running is of the gilt-edged
| kind"
! GENERAL CONVENTION.
! Treasurer Powers, of the New Orleans
club, is strongly in ia or of the idea OF
| calling a general convention Of all base
! ball leagues. with view to reforming
! some evils and abuses. Says he:
THE proposition Of Secretary Young
| for a general base ball meeting in New
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