Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-02-25
N THE BASEBALL WORLD.
what our National and Minor
Ie,oue brethren Are Doing.


Ie,oue brethren Are Doing.
Manager Tebeau. Of Cleveland, AYERS
that "scrappy BIZ" Joyce made very
aattering offer for the release Of Jack
OConnor. the catcher. OConnor Would
helm the New York team Immensely
Rrooklyn is also after him. Teoeau says
he will not sell.
The Baltimore players will include
wheeling in their training work. me men
will take their bicycles to Georgia.
Gather Bowerman, farmed out by Bal
tlmore last year. will probcbly play Win
the Champions this season.
Henry Gathright, who has pitched IN
the major league. has signed win the
Hartford club, in the Atlanuc League
Manager Barnie, Of Brooklyn, says ne
will not play exhibition games before the
season opens with other league teams.
He is opposed 10 the practice
RaclxstoD thinner IS the only player
that has not signed n Cleveland contract.
The louisville club would like TO Sc
cure big Anderson, Of Brooklyn, to play
first base, but Manager Barnie IS hold
ing aloof.
THE Texas Legislature, having put
han iIpon Sunday ball playing, Missouri
now fails in line with a bill to abolish
that branch OF Sabbath-breaking
Boston has released Second-Basemah
Mccain. Louisville is said to be dicker-
ing with him.
Manager Donovan OF Pittsburg, has
not been idle these winter months. The
new pirates are: Tannehill and CASTOR,
pitchers; I.eahy, catcher; Donnelly, Rad
cliffe. and Kuhn, infelders, and Brodle'
outfeder.
Considerable ignorance prevails as to
the Rusie case. Even should the pitcher
win in the New Jersey court there VIII
be no change in the situation. Every
baseball club I'm the country doing bust
ness under the national agreement WILL
perforce, keep its hands Off the player.
Georgia will be overrun with BALL
players this spring. There Will be no
less than four teams training in that
| State. as follows: Philadelphia, at Au-
/ gusta: Baltimore at Macon; Pittsburg'
AZ Atlanta, and Boston, at Savannah.
Owing to a disagreement as to terms
| between President Bosche, Of the South
eastern League, and Manager Hanlon,
/ the Orioles are not likely TO play the
| spring games scheduled for the South
ern cities.
! Manager Barnie, Of the Brooklyn
| leaa11e team. announces that he has pur-
| chased the release Of Pitcher korwan
/ from the Brockton, New England League
! team Korwan's home 10 in Philadelphia
Last season he made an excellent record Ia
| the New England League He Is left
! handed pitcher with wide, sweeping
| curves and tremendous speed. The sign
ed contract Of Catcher Alex Smith was
received yesterday.
The Detroit baseball team has at last
! landed Bob Allen, the old Philadelphia
| short-stop. The management has been
/ dickering for him for the three months
past
Allen signs with three official positions
| toward the team, as manager, captain
and shortstop He IS in fine condition,
and claims to be able 10 play his game
Of yore.
"Scrappy Bilr' Joyce, manager-captain
Of the New York team, reported for duty
to President Freedman at the Cortlandt-
| street headquarters Monday, and will
be on tap from now until the Giants 80
! TO their spring training grounds. Just
where these will be has not been decided,
| but II Is very probable that Lakewood
will be selected. Joyce admitted that he
| had made an effort to secure Catcher
| Jack OCoDnof from Cleveland, but said
| that President Robson would not trade
| the back-stOp for any player in tho Ma
| tional League. However the club has
/ lines out for another catcher, and he
may be landed at the schedule meeting
| TO be held at Baltimore. February 18th.
Chris Won der Abe, Of st Louis. was
| In Cleveland Monday morning, but failed
| TO see President Robson, who had de-
| parted for Pittsburg. Cleveland base
ball fans are greatly wrought up over
report that Young, Cuppy, Childs, Bur
kett, Mexican, and thinner have been
transferred to the st. Louis club Sc
cretary Muir Of the Clevelands, dis
| claimed knowledge OF the story but said
that the country need not be surprised
| at anything that takes place In Glove
| land. as sweeping changes are contem-
plated President Robson said before
| leaving Cleveland that his club would
play Sunday ball. or he would sell the
| franchise to some other city, and that he
would have his way about il, even II no
had 10 cart the club around tho country
| on wheels. President Robson complains
that Cleveland has never given his club
! proper support and he is tired OF play
ing a losing game The rumored trans
fer Of tho six stars TO st. Louis has ere
ated much excitement, and there are
many who believe it.
a ST. Louis telegram says President
Chris Won der Abe. Of the ST. Louis
Browns, LETT for Cleveland tonight for
the purpose. it is said, OK securing
Patsy Tebeau, captain Of the Cleve-
land baseball team; Cuppy and Wallace
| crack pitchers; short-stop Mexican and
Second Baseman Childs. OF that aggre-
cation. In exchange. President Won der
Ahe will offer pitchers Parrot and ks
| singer, ShOrt-Stop Cross and Catcher
Douglass. In addition, II is said. bonus
will be offered De Haas Robson. presi-
dent Of the Cleveland club. fer these
men.
| ,rL. t,o-t r,ic-otcn thf- ofterroor e,,,s.
"Von der Ahes visit 20 Cleveland may
result I'm the transfer OF the entire Glove
| land team to this city" Heretofore
Robson has emphatically denied this
story, but IN dispatch from his home
! city he throws out hint that the story
IL true.
'If Sunday games are not successful
in this city, says President Robson
"ths will be tho last year Cleveland will
| be in the National League. I have had
as much patriotism for this city. as any
body, and would rather have my club in
my own home than anywhere else. but
the time for sentiment Is past. The
! people have not supported the team, and
as a last resort we have been driven TO
Sunday ball | hope the big attendance
in other cities viii DO duplicated here
and then there will be no trouble about
the support OF the club. but now there
are few narrow-minded persons who
insist that they will prevent US from
playing on Sunday.
"That Is what disgusts me- II they
care to stop Sunday ball-playing I'll stop
II on weekdays II they are running the
Cleveland club I'll pull out; that all.
There are plenty OF cities 10 which 1
could transfer the team and mako big
money by IT, In twenty-four hours l
| could get the unanimous consent of tha
league TO any trEHsfer that | would be
justified In making. ana just as sure as
anybody undertakes to make trouble for
tho Cleveland club I will do H."