The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1897-03-28
. AROUND | B ]. THE. DIAMOND.
Interesting Letter from Manager Smith
With Gossip Of the GuIIs. Il
DOESN'T LIKE. HIS TRAINING GROUNDS
The Roys All In Good shnpe-Terri.
bic Experience OF tfieItier Pick.
eFinE-A Touching Taie-Lnnsford
Fins Not Signed With Evansville
nreitensLcin nt,d Peltz.

1sns Not SiEmca With Evansville
nreitenslein and Peltz.
ma manager ". A. Smith, Of the Nor
Ioiks. sends the following interesting
letter from Washington: :
Editor Vi,rginian:
Arrived here o. X. and found the
weather cool Gilroy met me at the
BOAT. Jack is looking we'll and is in
splendid condition. will use him in the
first game.
found the grounds upon which we
were to do our training in very poor
condition It is impossible to accom-
plish anything on them. Schmelz has
promised to let me have the use OF the
grounds upon which his men practice
from II a. m. to p. m.
we are Stopping at the Jefferson. q
met Messrs. Wagner and Schmelz to-
DAY. Kinball, late Of Roanoke, is pitch
Ing Tor Washington. On my arrival
mere 11, found Weddige, Me and Sechrist,
, all looking well and anxious to get in
the game. Sechrist is in fine Shape.
we took q six mile walk to-day.
we won't get much practice here All
or the boys are in good health except
Weddlse, VINO has q very bad cold. The
men here weigh as follows: Wclhe, 155:
,Weddige, IT'S: Me. ia; Sechrist, 1G5:
Smith. l55; Gilroy, 165. Il
BET ON CORBETT.
Sporting News. in its Gossip OF the
Players. has the following from Jimmy
Rogers: 7 =
"outfielder McCreery got in from
Plttsourg at noon to-day. He and Presi-
cent Pullman will have q conference this
AFTERNOON on the salary question, when
IT IS Thought the document will he signed
by the player. But there IS one man
VINO has not arrived. It is Outfielder
PICKERING. IT has been surmised that
ne IS waterbound at Vincennes, for it
IS SAID that the Indiana streams are so
much swollen that the footways OF the
bridges are inundated. 1t Is not posi-
lively known, however, that Pickering
Is on bicycle. He was at Vincennes
yesterday, and from there a touching
Wire was received by President Pullman.
It touched upon the financial question.
and incidentally it was intended to
touch the financial sympathy Of loresi-
dent Pullman. 1t will not be violation of
confidence to say that Outfieder Pick
ering needed money; he wanted $25, and
ne said he wanted It badly The Cir
cumstances that has brought about this
deplorable contraction OF the currency,
80 far as the outfelder was concerned,
We're even explained. There is an old
saying that misery loves company, and
IN .pickerlng,s case he has enough COM
panions to start q brand new Salvation
Army. Pickering's platform was sue
cinct. but expressive. l bet on Corbett,'
Is what he explained in his telegram,
sent en- route, but that did not touch the
sympthies Of the clubs president. nor
did 1t reach the cash box"
GOOD FOR CLAUDE.
In the same column Claude NrcFar-
land has This to say: II have resigned
the position Of baseball editor of the
Louisville Post. From this time on\ I
shall be on the field myself. and while
will doubtless have troubles Of my
own. shall not forget to keep an eye
on the Colonies. and no rooter in Louis
Vile will rejoice more sincerely or re-
gret more deeply the capture or the loss
Of game. The club is in good hands.
With President Pullman to do thinking,
ana Manager Jimmie Rogers to do heavy
parts, there is no reason why the Colo
nels, with their present material. should
not land at least in the eighth place.
And this Is my prediction. made before
ball is pitched or bat oiled When
I return next fall l l>ope to be able to
say Of the Colonies, as I did Of F.tz-
simmons I told you So. 1 feel conf
dent THAT the Norfolk team, OF which 1
am a member will do we'll in the At
lantic League
Roberts Langsford, who last season
played short FOR Norfolk, In the same
column, says: II see that your Evans
VILE correspondent claims that have
sighed Win the evansville CiuD. w ell,
have not and am at liberty to sign
Where please. I have several offers
under consideration. live in Louis
Vile"
NOTES OF INTEREST.
Base running was practiced recently
by some of the Cincinnati players Hoy
carried Off the honors in this line, MAX
ing the circuit, a distance Of about 100
yards with turns. in 14R seconds Six
teen seconds was the least in which the
other players could make the circuit
Harry TRULY. who has been holding
off from af1iXing his John Hancock to a
Kansas CITY contract, has al last come
in out Of the wet and has used the pen.
.T#l Ea " -
Il Tom McCreery has reported in Louis
vile for practice. Fred Clarke still holds
out for a raise in salary and won't get
1t. President Pulliam says.
III"
Danny Bo!and, Rlchmond's clever lit
tie catcher last year, has signed with
the Paris tTex) team:
# II"
The Milwaukee Club has the call on
Jack Corcoran's services IL Detroit de-
cides not to keep him. Jacks chances