The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1898-03-17
NOTES OF SPORTS.
EIbcrhcId's Popularity.-Players in the
Big League.

Ilhcriicld'S PopularltN.-TlaNtiS y" '"O
Big League.
Flberfeld Is sure TO become popular
/ PLAYER lie is OF the stamp when catches
| the "blcachers." being small but quick
witted and aggressive in his play ana al
ways in the game. While not great pats
man. he has a way of getting to first base
very often which counts almost as well
| as hitting Abbaticchio is also thought TO
be a conner. lie is as big as Elberfeld Is
small and Is also an aggressive feHoW. lie
/ plays full-back on the Creensburg IootpaH
/ team I'm the football season. lie Is pre-Y
fair second bascman and will play the
! position regularly on the 'Yanigan' team
! al the shorc.-Philadelphia Record.
Elberfeld has reported at Philadelphia,
and went 10 Cape May with the team
Chairmon Mott. of the National Racing
Board. said that this promises TO be by
a long shot the greatest year IN the his.
tory of bicycle racing lie has changed
! the rules 50 as TO make the national cir
cult races much more important analrs,
vet ne tx dcluged with applications Tor
| dates on the national circuit lie mas not
vet decided whether he VIII allow lHd
/ promoter 10 select the distance IN the nat
ional championship race which he runs
off There are six championship DIS
IdnttEs illt fitAi W. num- '-'--
mile. The mile, two miles and five miles
MIR. Mott is afraid If he allowed discretion
! IN this matter each promoter would select
the one mile and the championship Wouln
not be decided.
He will make up his national circuit
next week and is now busy telegrapnlns
to promoters with view 10 reconclllhs
dates lie has had applications as Tar
south as Florida, and as far west as
X ~sas CITY. Mo. The application far
.h.s. TO the northwest Is 81. Paul MINI.
II is probable that the circuit will begin
in the southeast. as usual and VIII WORK
north. northeast and west
Mr. Mot is sure that there will be no
| ATTEMPT on the part Of any body OF men
10 take the control OF racing away from
the League Besides the national clTcLN
there will be any number of State cir
cults and individual meets. II is probable
that on important holidays in New York,
Boston ard philadelphia two or more
tracks will have bicycle race meetings on
the same day.
The full list OF players on the Brooklyn
payrolland who will go on TO Allaire'is as
follows: Pitchers Kennedy Payne Dunno
Yaeger Dowd. Horton. Crisham, Stein
and Miller Catchers-AleX. Smith. Gimm,
and Ryan. First Basemen-Tucker and
La Chanca. Second decentralization
and Hannahan. Third Baseman-Shindle.
ShortstOps-S Smith and Beam. Outhelders
Anderson, Griffin, Jones and Sheckard.
All il now in readiness 70" to-nights
bout al the Arena, Philadelphia. between
Peter Maher. the Irish champion. and
Steve O'DCnreI, Of New York. This 20
promises 10 be one Of the biggest events
OF the boxing season.
Roth Major and q DOuucll have beer
getting themselves into the best possible
trim for this go, Cor ;hey realize that
much depends upon its outcome.
Maher feels confident that if he can ever
| get a meeting with Kid Mccoy for the
championship of the world ne will be
! able To teach that clever young gentle
man a trick or two, and he knows that
should ODonnen best him this evening
/ Mccoy will gladly use IL as an excuse
| to call all further deals looking to a
match off and will refuse positively 20
/ give him a so.
O'Donnen on the other hand, is salts
| fed that he can take Makers measure
| and Is anxious TO prove this conclusively
I so that he himself may be considered in
| line for championship honors. and should
! be succeed in besting the Irish champion
/ he will at once issue "a challenge to Nc
! Coy and post a forfeit to make good his
| def.
Both men are in nne fctue and are
\ bound 10 make matters lively.
]
! Twenty-one players OF the Philadelphia
/ Baseball Club left with Manager Stallngs
! yesterday for Cape May Tor "a two weeks
| stay. Fifteen men have already reported.
! Chlds and Ames have been sold to the
! Hartford Club, and Brandt and Tate
! will probably play with the same team
| McNey and Schaub have been farmed 10
Lancaster. and Catcher Fox will prob
| ably put in the season with the Norfolk
! Club. Childs and Ames are the only
ones who have been disposed OF outright.
! Nothing has been heard from Nash since
he went 10 California last fall. and the
/ suspicion has been aroused that Billy does
not intend 70 come East
The New York team goes 70 Lakewood
| FOR practice to-day. The men who were
| the iirst 10 report at headquarters were
| Davis. Tiernan. Warner, McCreery. Dohe.
| ny. Hartman. Gleason. Clark. Van Hal
trcn. Grady. Meekin, Seymour. Gettig
! Wilson, Sullivan Wilmot Burns and
Sperline. Burns was captain Of the Get
tysburg College nine last season and Sper-
line played on the Johnstown CPa) State
League team. Both men are pitchers and
come highly recommended
Ihe Giants viii return TO New York on
Aprii and will play Tom Burns New
! ark Atlantic League team on April E.
The first championship game at the Polo
Grounds will be on April Is. with the
| Boston team
The Mcfarland brothers. Claude Hor-
ace Dan. Dick and AL. will next year
! come into fortune OF $4,000 left by their
father in lSN II has been held in trust.
and Will be divided among them when
sister. who shares 1t with them will come
Of age. All the brothers are we'll known
70 baseball. II has been reported that
when they come into the estate they in
tend 20 form a company and buy the
Louisville club, but Claude Mcfarland
says there are better and safer ways Of
| investing money.