The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-03-03
BASE BALL GOSSIP.

Buclsenberger has sold his Wheeling
franchise in the Insterstate league.
n. T. Young says the double umpire
system would cost about $4,000 more
than the single system, or $1,000 per
club.
Arthur Cummings, the inventor of
the curved ball. will pitch an inning
on Harry Wright day in the Boston
game.
The check for $40 900 which the Bos-
ton club gave the Chicago club for Mike
Kelly in 1887 Is on exhibition in Billy
McGunnigle's place In Brocl;ton, Mass.
Syracuse has the pennant won-on
paper. The town Is crazy over the
signing of Reilly and Carey but in
Carey's case the signing has not been
officially confirmed.
Deacon" Ellis has only twenty-one
Sunday dates on the Atlahtic schedule
for his Newark club. lie would have
had more, but there are only twenty
one Sundays in the season.
Dineen, the young pitcher. esteemed
the most promising of the twirlers
signed by Toronto. on the authority
of Manager Chapman, will not wear
a Toronto uniform this year.
New York at present has four second
basemen-Captain Gleason, Pfeffer, Jim
is desirous of playing in that position.
and will probably be awarded 1t.
1t won't be the fault of New York If
they do not have players enough to win
the ppnnant. The team will go south
with forty players. Louisville will have
over thirty. Cincinnati. Baltimore and
Boston twenty, and the other teams
from fifteen to eighteen.
Thomas Gillon Is the latest ball play
er to fail into the clutches of Manager
Shannon of the Rochester club. Gillon
last year played with the Richmond
club, which won the championship Of
the Southern league. Gillon is a good
pitcher and also good fielder.
Coakley was recently sent n contract
for a fair figure for 1896. as it was en-
trely out Cf the question for the club
to nav him the salary lie received for
two months last season. lie returned
word thai he desired the same salary,
but it is very doubtful If he will re-
ceive it for 1S96.-Wilkes- Barre Record.
Brush signed Schriver to a Cincinnati
contract with the intention of trans
ferring him to his Indianapolis West
ern league team, but the Western
league will probably block the scheme.
Schrver was claimed by the Detroits,
and the only way by which Brush could
get him was to pretend he wanted him
for the National league.
The work of grading the Philadelphia
field has been completed. and the
ground slopes so that the water will
run off quickly after a heavy rainfall.
The diamond, instead of being perfect
ly level now slopes slightly from the
pitchers box in either direction toward
first and third bases. three feet more
of earth has been placed in right field
and about the same amount has been
taken off of left field.
The strong ball team representing the
Pennsylvania State college of Belle
fonte, is desirous of arranging a game
with some good team in this vicinity
for April II or 81. Games have already
been booked with the University of
Pennsylvania and Princeton. The
State college has turned out some fine
players. John NJ. Ward the noted pro-
fessional. graduated from there, and of
last years team. which was beaten by
Princeton. the score standing to 8 in
ten innings. Atherton and Rice were
chosen by Captain Phil King for the
Cane May team. Stuart, who played
with the Pittsburgh league team, is a
State college boy. too. Clubs desiring
to arrange a game should address Don
aid Findley, J01 Fifth avenue, this
city.