The morning times., 1897-02-21

spectively, contended for the Temple Cup,
Baltimore winning the trophy in four
straight games by the scores OF I'll, 7-2,
60, and SO. The first three games
were played in Baltimore, and the fourth
in Cleveland.
EX-Unpire Tim Keefe is coaching the
pitchers of the Harvard College team.
There will be fewer stolen bases this
season provided the recommendations of
the rules committee are adopted at Balti-
more this week.
Rusie will train at French Lick Springs,
Ind, with the purpose OF getting into con
dition for the season. The big Hoosier evi-
IDENTIFY thinks he will play ball again.
The Grand Rapids club wants yale"
Murphy, the little midget who created such
a furore as u member of the New York club
in 1895 Murphy is studying medicine in
New York.
Pitcher Joe Corbett expects to kill
two birds with che stone" He contem
plates getting himself in shape for the
coming season, while helping train his
brother for the big fight.
1t is given out that the Bostonians will
draw the following salaries this season:
Duffy, So, geo; Hamilton, $2,400; Long.
Lowe, Nichols ana Tucker, $2,100 each;
Stiyetts, Bergen, Tenney and Collins,
2,1OO each, sullivan, Camel and Klobe,
danz, 81. 500 each; Yeager, Stahl and
Lewis, 81 200 each
Scrappy Joyce is said to be dickering
with Elton Chamberlain, VINO was a ia
nous pitcher III the long, long ago Since
Scrappy resuTected silver King he
must think he is an earthy edition of the
Angel Gabriel. 1t viii take more tnan one
trumpet, however, to raise Chamberlain.
Scrappy haG better let dead ones
alone
The Cincinnati Club ST ole march on old
Pop Anson in signing '.Cy" Gondling
of the New Orleans Club. Anson was on the
lookout for Gondling and was about tC sign
him, but decided 10 wait till the averages
of the Southern League were complied
Then IL was found that Gondling was given
credit FOR being a gCod fielding catcher;
Eothing more, his batting average being
given as .147. or course, Anson gave up
the idea OF signing him, and the Cincinnati
management naDbed him. 1t is said that
Gondling's average was purposely given
out low, for inquiry is said to have devel-
oped the fact that he batted 800.
Perry werden, who will play first base
for Louisville the coming season, was
manager, captain, and the whole thing
for the Lincoln, Neb., team of the Western
League in $50. 1t was said OF this
aggregation that they caused the price
of whisky and beer to advance very
remarkably, and it is chronicled that
Big Perry led the gang in putting up
the cost of coffin varnish But to his
credit, now, he looks not upon the wine
when it is red. and as a Colonel next
season he will amaze the Bourbonites
with his sobriety. Several years ago
werden learned TO appreciate the wisdom
couched in the proverb. Touch not; taste
not; handle not
The golden rule is not altogether lost
sight of in the baseball world though it
may often seem that the admonition Cf
the axiom of do unto others as you would
have others do unto you" is most flag
rantly violated. Yet there is an eX-
ception Pitcher Hilary Swain was drafted
by the Washington Club from New Castle
and a check for $500, the drafting price,
was forwarded by the MeSsrs. Wagner
TO President Young to be turned over
to the New Castle owners The Wagners
received their check by return mail with
the explanatory statement that New Castle
had waived claim to Swain and that they,
in honor, could not accept the money.
Such honesty in these cut-throat times
is positively refreshing and reassuring
Charley Bennett, the eX-league catcher,
who was the accredited king of baellstops
before the railroad accident that cut off
both of his legs, pays the following tribute
to the late Charley Radisurne: Rad
bourne was great pitcher, probably the
best that ever stepped into the box. He
joined Providence the first year | came TO
Detroit. He had great head and studied
his batters until he knew the weak point
OF every man in the league. Not only
did he have good judgment, but he was
game to the finish, and in 1883 and 1884
he did some of the best pitching, If not the
very best on record, He was quiet and
very nice fellow, and while we were to-
gether III Boston for four years, during
which 1 caught him often, we always got
because he never found fault If errors
were made behind him he did not lay it
to the fielders, but figured that they were
dong their best