The sun., 1897-12-16
CURRENT SPORTING TALK.
UNUsUlLLH LARGE NUMBER OF
BAsEBALL DEALS BEING MADE.

DtaliipEn 20 Ne Retained by tho Phiindeiphias
Speculation on the McCoy -Creedon Bat
tle-CheJnski Talks or Jenrier-Tho New
Reotban Chptnins or the "BiE Four"
The clubs Of the National Lenguo havo made
an unusually large number OF baseball deals
this winter, ard the ehd is not yet. The New
York Club opened tho ball BY securing Grady
and Hartman from st. Louis In exchange for
Holmes, Donnelly, and $500 in cash. Not
satisfied with this deal. Won dor Abe proceeded
TO make another with tho Philadelphia Club.
which was one.sided and In the St. Louis mag
Mates favor. He unloaded Monte Cross, the
shortstop; Red Donahuc, tho pitcher, aud
Douglass, the catcher, for such seasoned play.
ers as Jack Taylor, Clements, Dowd, and Lave
Cross. "Vondy" followed this move by trad
ing Catcher Morgan Murphy for Sugden OF
Pittsburg, and releasing Second Bascman Hail.
man to Brooklyn for Shoch. II Won der Ahe
can now secure competent manager to han
die his team, there may be joy in the Mound
City, for these players are on his list:
Clements and sugden. oatcheru, Taylor. carsey.
art sudho and Kissinsor. to say nothing several
minor leaguers. pitchers; Laliy nrst base: Shoch.
second base Lave Cross, short stop; Donnelly third
base; Dowd, Harley. and Turner. outnelders.
Cincinnati has secured the best end of deal
with Pittsburg, as Ewing has secured Hawley
and Elmer Smith in exchange for Rhincs,
schriver, Gray. and Mccarthy. The biggest
deal Of all involved the transfer Of Doyle, Reits
and Amole Of Baltimore to the Washington
Club for McJames Dc Montreville, and Mo.
Gam. Hanlon, as in many past instances,
made q shrewd move that Is regarded by base
ball men as undoubtedly productive of better
results than Washington will enjoy from tho
deal. Doyle, while q splendid first baseman
and base runner. Is not more than an ordinary
hitter and Is disturber. McGann, when he
played second base with tho Bostons year be.
fore last, was acknowledged to be q corking
batsman, but q weak fielder.
, In Toronto last season he played first base
and developed so rapidly that Arthur Irwin.
his manager, believes that he will lead all
comers in this department Of the game in an
other year. Do Montreville is considered
Reitz's equal as a second baseman, barring
sracefulness of style. and he is generally con-
ceded to be O far better hitter andsbase runner.
McJames, though @ youngster in experience.
showed surprising pitching ability last sum-
mer, and with Robinson to catch him he bids
fair to turn into another Corbett. ,Amole 10
~ aninn rara dassrves % tbe titie *
champion Deal Maker"
Beyond tho trade of Shoch for Hallman and
the drafting Of number Of minor league, play.
ns ebnSnr be very yb e yet
The chief i reason for this is the dangerous III;
ness OF President Byrne and the absence OF
more and "Al America" teams. Baltimore's
disposal Of Doyle to Washington knocks the
the sSS npd Sfs takes
but other up.to-date hustlers and batters are
needed to make the team winner. In this
epidemic OF baseball deals the Brooklyn Club, it
would seem, might authorize Charley Ebbets to
pull the wires In the enforced absence of Messrs
Byrne and Barnie Ebbets. while mixed up
Dreftv nDlifica
magnetes who are itching to make deals with
anybody and everybody, anotably.St. Louis and
Philadelphia.
George stalings. by the way, will be re.
tanned as manager of the Philadelphias. This
Is the latest bit of inside information which
the patrons of the game, Reach and Rogers have
manager had So much s experience % % last sum. nns
mer that he decided to prevail upon Rogers to
the pan IN MReh he 1
pas9 sse snsE mSnbs Of in the
i%stretsd ns By an incident that occurred at tho
form on the Coaching lines Four srop% @emSers m Sn
row Of the grand stand. One OF them with a
paper megsphone suddenly made stallings
the bench and keep out of sight"
~, stallinss tried hard to locate his traducer,
Fine yourself $40 because Taylor struck
out. He was hypnotized by you
Stallngs walked slowly in toward the bench,
cooking for the howleTs but they kept quiet.
their roast" and seemed to enjoy 1t hugely
Those who saw the incident needed no further
such an unsuccessful team. Two of these four
men mentioned above have been traded to st.
Louis.
Sporting men from various parts of the coun-
Creedon battle to be decided ct the Long Island
Al; T. tomorrow night. While the odds are
servers the affair seems to be- decidedly even
up; each man having about nm equal chance.
Friends Of McCGy realize that Creedon Is the best
their confidence on MSCoys well-known quick
aess his %onaeEfq ability to fight At long range
Mccoy iinished Tommy Ryan and Dick . Brien
that Creedon is The most dangerous middle
weight in the business. outside OF Fitzsimmons.
S,cm hope to see him stop Mccoy in short order.
In order to accomplish such feat they say Dan
tiers. where; IN series Of heavy exchanges, lie
Sst My SSm So9 % he
away from Creedon's rushes and punish the
Australian Aust 9t long range It will be the Kids
"
enred harder resistance than Mccoy did In his
fSarsv Sstts with Hrod the BostSnan Bqt Dsn put
fighter, out in practically punch when Strong
Armstrong. the colored heavyweight, in a
twenty.round affair. That fight alone showed
that Creedon is a pOwerfulhitter at,close range,
but slow and rather awkward when it comes To
the finest kind Of science.
Joe Choynski, tho heavyweight pugilist,
who recently fought a twenty round draw with
Jim Jeftries In San Francisco was more sur
prised than anybody at the outcome Of the bat
rounds" said Choynski last night, "but found
him there until the limit was.reachyd. 1t
would be impossible for me to say why didn't
beat him. except that perhaps I'm getting to
be has been like lnnny others" Tom
O'Rourke, who saw tho fight, said that IL looked
Ike 9 cipeh for Choynskl to win IN four rounds.
San Francisco Sports" said o'Roufte, ARE
strong advocates Of tin hornism. They don't
believe in having fights settled on their M merits,
but are LOCKING out for the gambling end all
sG,tn sho time: e. They put up a job 70 have Solly
simmons sh9rkey ,aGht. In tho battle between