The times., 1897-03-26

a big season here, and one that Will make
| big interest on $100 900, if he lis allowed
| TO play Sunday games. With the Sunday
receipts Cleveland would at oIoe become
big paying city, says Mr.. Robson, and
| would have lost this chance if ] tad
sold the team. Besides that. 90 net in
tend to get cut OF the baseball business
l have too good team to sell for any
money. i can find plenty of places TO
play ball with such a team as we have
got together after all these years of hard
work, and / will not let it go
John Irwin has secured for Taunton
Burke, stanhope, Mahoney, catchers; Gala
han of Marlboro, and Murray of Boston,
pitchers; Irwin, first base; Handiboc, Of
Washington, who was with Petersburg last
season, second base; Butman of Thomas
ton, Me-. in 1896, third base; Delaney Of
New Bedford last season, shortstOp; ott-
mer of Brooklyn. and Nolan of South
Boston, outfielders.
"Hughey jennings arm is not worrying
us in the slightest, and the report that IL
had gone completely back on him must
have been originated in the foggy mind of
the pipe artist who started the report that
Fitzsimmons had died few minutes after
leaving the ring at Carson City, said Joe
Kelley at Georgetown Wednesday
"Hughey always complains of weakness in
his throwing wing early in the spring, but
ere the season begins his throwing gear
has rounded TO form
The trouble, which threatened to be
serious, between Pitcher Frank killen.
the left-hander, and tie Pittshurg Club,
was ended Wednesday. Killen had Il
conference with President Kerr. and later
announced that he would join the club at
Roanoke, Va, at Crce. Killen had re-
fused to train with the team unless paid
a salary during training. He declared
he would not do a stoke Of training work
until Apfil ., when his pay began, and the
rest of the club went to Roanoke without
him. ii is not known which side won In
the argument
Manager 'Patsey" Tebeau was present
when President Robson made the state.
ment that If the Cleveland club was
barred from playing SUNDAY ball it would
be moved, and the latter turned to Tebeau
and said: There is this much about il,
Oliver; where you go l go. You will all
be with me if you care to stay That's
the best news | have heard since this
Sunday ball question arose." remarked
Tebeau. Then you and the boys would
be willing TO play for me in st Louis,
Brooklyn, Detroit, indianapolis or Louis
vile, for instance asked Mr.. Robson.
Yes" replied Tebeau, cor In Berea,
Brecksville, South Bend or Woodstock.
The scribes Of the game seem to think
almost unanimously that Baltimore viii
win the pcnnant the fourth consecutive
time. Says Charley Zuber in the Cincin-
natl Times-Star: The team has at its
head the greatest Of baseball generals -
Ned Hanlon. 1t is made up of fairly young
players, who are in the very prime OF
their baseball careers, and therefore can
he depended upon TO do as good work
This year as ever before. The pitchers are
young, and under the guidance OF Hanlon,
Robinson and Clark are certain to do
better work next season Allthese things,
taken into consideration with the fact that
no team in the League has strengthened
itself more than have the Orioles, points
to them as almost certain winners