Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1898-08-13
HOW THE CLUBS STAND.

noon for the baseball battle between
Hartford and Richmond. Frank Sparks,
the star Richmond twirler, never felt
better in his life. and Beauty" Vickery,
the Hartford pitcher, was ready for vic
tory, but an hour before the time set
for the battle rain commenced to fall
and did not cease until 1t had soaked
the diamond at Broad-Street Park, and
the contest had to be called off. Two
games will be played to-day, commencing
at 2:3O o'clock. Sparks and Chesbro Will
pitch for Richmond, against Ames and
Vickery for Hartford. Arlie Latham,
the greatest living coacher, plays with
Hartford, and many hearty laughs will
be caused by his original wit. Arlie has
played with all the big guns of baseball,
and his limitations of Pop" Tate, Red
Ebert, Billy Earle. Ted Sullivan, Mike
Kelley, and Chris Won der Abe are very
amusing.
Readings luck is strong, and Denny
Longs nerve stronger. Up TO date he
has played Paterson two games more
than the schedule calls for, but, never
theless. with all such methods and luck
in his favor, bets are being placed right
along that Richmond will win the pen
nant this season.
The club is certainly the best that
Richmond has ever had, and Is. In the
opinion of baseball people everywhere,
one of the strongest organizations outside
of the National League.
Editor Richter in Sporting Life, has
this to say of the "big league race:
"The leaders are now undergoing the
severest test Of the season and the man.
ner in which they are acquitting them
selves makes their prospects look blue.
They struck a big snag in the Giants,
and. but for Bostons tumble at Louis
Vile the Reds would be already flying
distress signals. Meantime Cleveland
despite the handicap of playing contin-
ually on foreign grounds, has steadily
advanced TO within reaching distance of
the top, and now appears to have con-
sidering its great superiority over all
rivals in the pitching department, the
best chance of ultimately winning out
Should this happen the league would
have the unique distinction of possessing
homeless champion team. The
Orioles have been losing ground so stead
lily that they may be practically con-
sidered out of the race, as they will
have their hands full TO remain in the
first division. considering the steady
gains of New York, Chicago and Pitts
burg Philadelphias first division pros
poets have been dimmed Of late, but they
still have a change. The remaining clubs
are out of everything, except as an oc-
casional victory may affect the leading
teams"
Sporting Life says: Manager Traffiey,
who resigned from the Hartford co-opera-
tives last Saturday night, is indignant
over stories circulated about him. claim
ing that he defrauded the players out Of
money taken in for the benefit game. He
says that the players have $3.50 more
than the sale of the tickets called for,
and if he sold tickets that were unac-
counted for they would have been taken
in at the gate. He says that the stories
were circulated by Cavelle. His expert
ence in baseball at Hartford, he says,
has cost him about $780,"
The Hartford players TO a man declare
that Traffiey did not treat them properly
and declare that he was so excited when
a settlement was demanded that he tried
TO think where he placed tickets and
could not. After the departure of the
team the ex-manager seized some uni
forms, and Manager Roach received let
ter here yesterday from him Offering the
clothes to the team for SIS. Cavelle is not
saying half the harsh things about the ex-
manager that other members Of the team
have.
When asked as to the prospects of Joe
Corbett's return to the Baltimore team,
Manager Hanlon said: II have not
thought of Corbett since L last heard
from him. He has acted in the most
foolish manner. l offered him an advance
of no less than $9o0-that is, he was just
in the league one season, and l offered
to increase his salary from 81, 500 to $500,
and he not only declined this offer, but
In declining il he sent me a letter that was
insulting. He was taken
by me as matter OF lTleUuSnlp toward
his brother on my part. After much tut
ton he turned out to be fine pitcher.
and I offered him what l have just said.
No pitcher ever was dealt with in such a
handsome manner, and yet he. by the adj
vice of somebody spurned the offer. He
Is the man who suffers. If we were never
10 win a game I'm the season he cannot
get any more money from me than what
10. haav offered COrbett wanted e. 90
and his expenses to and from San Fran
cisco Doubtless his brother James j..
will be paying him the salary that was
demanded.
Manager Denny Long, OF Reading
writes that IL j. Earl Wagner is sincere
IN his recently quoted desire for deals for
minor league players on trial he 0Iong) Is
readv 10 deal with Washington on that
basis He has five players-Slater, Cock
nan Heydon GarvIn, and Fertsch-whom
no is so sure can more than held their |
,wp In the big league that he Is willing |
"a enter into an arrangement for their |
rial by washington. just as he did with |
pitcher Nops two years ago. Here's a |
,hance for washington TO do business |
Without risk OF ''gold-bricking."
ASCAsTER SHUTS PATERSON OUT. |
nuvv Oue Rum Made I'm the Preffaesf