Birmingham state herald., 1897-01-03
CAUGHT ON THE FLY.

Compiled by The Sporting News.)
 Pitcher Yerrick has signed with Roches- ter
 Latham is doing considerable roller skating this winter.
 Billy Whittrock will pitch for Grand Rapids next season.
 Charley Comiskey was not as seriously ill as was reported.
 Breitenstein thinks the Reds will win the penant next season.
 Kid Gleason is picking winners-and 1osers-at the Singerly track
 Al. Manassau has been appointed an umpire in the Western league.
 The Texas league pitcher William Wellner, has signed with Scranton.
 The Boston team will play no Sunday games in it's preliminary contests.
 Troy has the call over Toronto for the eighth city in the Eastern league.
 The Washington lclub may farm out Carney Flynn to Toronto in the Eastern league.
 Frank Connaughton has followed In Stafford's footsteps. which 'led to the altar"
 AL Reach is studying the playing rules closely and finds but few that need changing.
 Ed. Mckean, the Spiders shortstop, has gone into hard training on hand ball court.
 Buffalo has put in claim for Billy Mains. who is said to have been drafted by Philadelphia. ~
 Hawley scored only 19 runs in A games last season. It was an off year all around for Pink.
 The University of Pennsylvania Ath- letic association dropped $4.000 In base ball last season.
 Connie Mack has succeeded In getting A rthJJr (ti1rI<Cnn' n a kee contract.
 'Hawley's Visit, or a Mid Winter Mys- tery," is the title of a new story which has made a hit here.
 Four of the leagues umpres are now dn training. Bud Lally is acting as ref cree in Cincinnati
 The Headquarters of the western league will be removed from Cincinnati to Chi cago early in January.
 Jack Seagrist, once @ crack backstop, is stage carpenter at the National theater in Washington City.
 Pink" Hawley is trif1e leery on being traded for Rusie, and says he prefers to play in Pittsburg to New York.
 Conliskey promises to have an exceed dngly strong team in St. Paul next season. He is rounding up some good talent.
 Yeager the Cincinnati boy who was se- cured by Boston last fall, probably will be the Beaneaters' utility man next sea- son.
 George Wright. who played shortstop for the famous Reds of 1S69, will cele- brate his fiftieth anniversary next month. Leon viau, the old Red, played short for the Paterson (N J. team last season and will pitch for the same team next year
 Tn the last three seasons George Van Haltren has batted no less than .253. His highest average was made this year 1858. At
 There is one beauty about Jack Stie vett's batting, and that is his ability to hit any kind of a ball, be it neck, waist or knee high.
 Charley Radbourn, the old league pitch CT, is now at his old home in Blooming ton, Ill., wreck of his former self, owing to sickness.
 Tom Brown thinks that ''Siver" Kings statement that he will not play ball next season is a bluff" This Is the season of bluffs
 Connie Mack is keeping his eye on Ed die Smith, a California shortstop. and is said to be willing to sign him for the Mil- waukee team. .
 With Jack Stivetts and Klobedanz, the Beaneaters will have the hardest pair of hitting pitchers in the major league next season.
 The packers of the Portsmouth club in the Virginia Vague have thrown up the sponge and declare that they are out of base ball for good.
 Mike Sullivan will be retained by New York next season principally because of his effectiveness against the Boston and Cleveland teams.
 Perry Werden declares that the east ern aid western league clubs resemble "broonl manufacturers who announce sweeping reductions"
 Ad Gumher fs too young to talk about retiring. If he could get a chance to play first base he would bat hard enough to hold the position.
 Jimmy Canavan and Manager Doe. of the New Bedford. New England league clubs, may take two roller polo teams to England early next year.
 A snan was badly hurt while playing basket bull in Chicago. This game was thought to be the safest and least risky of all indoor athletic battles.
 George 'Sciinabel has signed with Richmond, Va. Schnabel did stellar work behind the bat for the Lyhchbvrg Club during the past season.
 The fsHbans might get some good blood thirsty fighters in the western league Sixschabs want Goar."s This was built by Bayardstown boy.
 It's pity that some base ball players cannot keep themselves to the front all