Omaha daily bee., 1897-03-21

| The Chicago team has gone to Hot Springs
| for training.
Frank Dwyer has declined to coach the
| University of Virginia team.
! "Chlppie" McGarr OF the Spiders, Is the
father Of a boy-his first born.
The National league schedule for 1897
saves 5000 In mileage over 1896.
Tom Lovett, formerly Of this city, later
with Brooklyn, Is running a saloon at
| Providence.
Norton the new Washington pitcher was
| the crack twirler OF the Ohio State University
| for two years.
Con Kimmerer, a clever all-around player,
late of the Western association, has signed
with Houston.
The Louisville club has received cash
offer of IS 900 from the Philadelphia club for
outtelder Clark.
In spite of his years and constant service
| Anson is one of the hardest men in the
| league for pitcher to strike out.
| The report that Minneapolis would not
| play Sunday games next season Is denied.
The Mlllers will overlook no good thing.
The New York Base Ball club will play Its
| first exhibition game on April 10 at the POLO
grounds. Yale will be the opposing team.
Harry Clarkson, brother of John and
Arthur Clarkson. will leave Harvard for
Yale, and play with Kansas City this season.
Many of the Western league teams will
play exhibition games in ST, Louis this spring
They won't do a thing to Chris Coochie
Coochies
Tim Hurst Is said to have made more
money out Of two bicycle races in New York
than he made umpring in the league for
the last two years.
Decker of the Chlcagos. who injured his
arm last season, is all right again. He has
sent word to Anson that he will be in his
place when the gong sounds.
The season Bert Abbey pitched for Chicago
he won just one game and received salary
| of $1,750. Arson now comes and tells Man
ming what good man Abbey is.
Spear, Barnes, Esper, Rettger, Stafford
Myers McEIale and Weaver have not signed
Milwaukee contracts yet Connie Mack saye
ho will expect every member of the team to
| be in perfect condition to play April %.
Anson and his men are the real giants OF
the diamond now. Donohue, Terry. Anson
Decker. Lange, Thornton, Denzer, Evertt
and Callahan are all six-footers or over.
The latest pipe" story is to the effect that
| Grand Rapids is to cohsummate deal
| whereby Amos Rusle, the famous pitcher OF
| the Giants, is to play in Grand Rapids this
| year
| Sandow Mertes whom Philadelphia cold
to Columbus, is coaching an Indian team
| on the coast with great success. The Frisco
| papers speak very highly of him as a
| CoaCher.
| st. Joes club will practice at Kansas City
| for the first two weeks. The men reported
March IS. Until April they will remain In
| Kansas City, after which date they will
proceed up to st. Joe and commence playing
| exhibition games there.
| The unusually large squad of 367 men ie
| actively training for the Harvard Mott
| Haven team under the direction of Trainer
j. E. Lathrcq. Although but a compare
| lively small number of these candidates have
| any marked ability, several promising men
| have been developed, and there is no lack oi
| interest in the work.
| According to Manager Wilmot of Min
! neapolis, Pitcher Hutchinson will refuse to
play with st. Louis, as he prefers the West
ern league, which he regards just about his
! size. This may be all true, but Judging
| from certain things, we feel sure that
| Hutch" has never given up ambition or
| hope of returning to the goal of all good
| players, the National league.