The evening times., 1896-03-13

| Hugh Duffy writes from Charlottesville
| W. Va, where the Bostons are going.
that he University Of Virginia boys are i
likely lot and will give The Bostons good
| practice.
Tom Mccarthy arrived in Brooklyn to
day.
Bobby Lowe has signed Boston CON,
tract.
Nike Madden once well-known as one of
| the best lcft-handed pitchers in the League,
| is dying Of consumption at Portland, Me.
| He can live but j few weeks at the most.
Manager Barnie OF the Hartford base
| ban nine, has signed nine players. and
practice games viii be pla ycd next mont h..
| The men engaged are j. 6. NiCkery, with
| Buffalo last year: Clements. semi-profes-
sioDal, formerly with Providence. Frank
| Brade, Ohio state League; "Rediy" Mack
| of the Bal,imores; F. T. Scharf OF the Bal
| timorcs: william Osborne, BaltmoreS: j.
Gunsbanan, Edward HotliInus. New Yorks:
W. j. Mackey, played with Winston las,
year.
The coming season will probably mark
the farewell in the ma jor league of certain
old and seasoned players, who have been
Saving" themselves year after year, and
have almost run their course. In nine
cases out of ten, the first failing shown
by the veterans is uncertainty at the bat.
Next comes a stiffness of the limbs and a
falling off in fielding.
The Brooklyns leave for Charlotte, N. c.,
tomorrow for their spring practice work.
New York has an outfieder with the fine
old Irish name OF Nulligan. He is said
to be a conner
The Baltimore team leave for Macon Ga,
tomorrow.
One of the ca siest and most willing pIa yers
in the league today is Sbortstop Mexican,
of the Clevelands, and yet up to a year ago
he had the reputation of being sulky and a
hard man to get along with. Neither Man
ayers LOTUS, Leadley, Schmelz nor Will
Jams seemed to be able to get the best work
out of Mckean.
Tuck Turner dropped into Philadelphia
yesterda Y and paid visit to the baseball
headquarters, where he appended his sig
nature TO a contract. Tuck is aspiring
for centerfeld honors.
Each team of the Western Association
will play 126 games. TIE season opens
April % and closes September 16.
Manager rank Bancroft of the Cincin-
natl team has thus far booked more spring
exhibition games than any League manager
Manager Shett slime is beginning to feel
uneasy over the non-arrival OF some of the
members of the Philadelphia team. particu-
larly those who max their home in the far
West. Most of the team live within a
radius of 100 miles OF hiladelphia, but of
the Western contingent Dclahanty has been
the only one to report at headquarters.
Cross, Thompson, Lucid and Hulen are the
ones who are causing the Philies' new
mana ger to count the hours just now.
Pitcher McGill has been heard from. He
writes the Philadelphia manager that he
has been taking care of himself all winter
and is in shape to pitch winning bail.
CincinDatfs new shortstop, jenkins. is
said to be a good one. Manager Ewing
fielder, George Smith, SO that jenkins
will probably warm the bench.
After signing with st. Louis, Breiten-
stein made this modest speech: You
may expect to see some phenomenal ball
pitched at SpOrtman's Park this season,
and If Patsy Tebeau's Clevelands and
Ntu hdilIOu DdNitlOItS SHOuiu ndpptD
10 be presented with several series OF
horse collars during the season, / will be
the guilty party. Though for several sea-
sons past have signed contracts with the
Bro WINS, have not been satisfied with the
salary paid me. Now declare myself as
entirely pleased with my contract and the
figures named therein. / will pitch tie
best ball that is in me. know that there
are few, If any, pitchers in the League
who will receive more than sm promised
for 1896, and also that many gilt-cdged
box men win receive less.''
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