The sun., 1898-10-22
THE SPORTS OF THE DAY
Gleanings Gathered From OF the
Gridiron and in the PugiIis-
tic World.
AMONGST The ATHLETES
Spicy Items Taken From the Latest
Happenings in the ROped Arena
and Oh the Field of Ath.
letics.-WilmingtOn's In.
teresting Budget.
DIAMOND DUST.

The California League season closes
December l2.
Pitcher Cunningham has purchased
Louisville real estate.
Jim Collins work at third this year
has been marvellous.
1t is claimed that the Brooklyn Club
lost $4,000 on the season.
Detroit has signed a Chicago amateur
catcher named George Andrews.
Pat Meaney is playing in the outfeld
for the San Francisco Club.
Harry Puliam admits that Milwaukee
is now practically Louisville farm.
Catcher Phelps, of Danbury, will be a
Springfield "Pony" next season.
Kirtley Baker has hied himself unto
his cigar emporium at Lawrenceburg,
Ind.
The Louisville Club has traded pitcher
Newton for short stop Rice of Mime
apolis.
Elmore Cunningham, of the Louis
villes, won two-thirds Of his games this
season.
Looks as if Won der Abe and Mucken-
fuss had at last fallen out. 1t was bound
to come.
Pitcher Frank Foreman has returned
to Baltimore from Indianapolis for the
winter.
The Colonels will begin to train on
March l. They probably will 60 to
Thomasville, Ga.
Washington is figuring on securing
Anderson from Brooklyn, and McCor-
mick from Chicago.
Captain Ely, of the Pittsburg team,
will manage theatre at Conneaut, o.,
this winter.
Patsy Tebeau says he feels positive
that the Cleveland team will be transfer
red to St. Louis next spring; that Nc
Aleer will not play next season; that all
of the youngsters picked up this fall will
be given full trials next spring, and that
most of them will turn out winners.
"Jack" McMasters, the veteran Brook
lyn trainer can put base ball team in
shape for seasons work better than
any man in his profession to-day. His
work for Princeton in this line was al
ways highly complimented by the Bos-
ton and other league teams, who follow
ed up his style of work.
A st. Louis contemporary we'll says:
TOO much sympathy is wasted on the
men who lost money in base ball. The
capitalist, big or little, who becomes the
hacker of a club, should hope for the
best, prepare for the worst, and take
what comes like game man. In most
cases, mismanagement makes mis-
fortune"
The Boston team played eighty games
on the home grounds this season, three
of thes' having been transferred from
Cleveland. OF the eighty games Boston
has won sixty-one, lost eighteen, and
there were two tie games. st. Louis and
Chicago did not win a game in Boston.
Baltimore, Philadelphia, Louisville and
Brooklyn each won but one. OF thirty
four with Eastern clubs, twenty seven
were victories OF forty-two games with
Western clubs, thirty-four were victories.
Pitcher Jot Goar, who is on the Gin
cinnati's reserve list, will go to Hot
Springs soon in the hope of bringing his
lame wrist around. Goar has one of the
most peculiar ailments that has ever
been known among players. His arm is
not sore, he has world OF speed, but
whenever he attempts to twist ball the
pain in his wrist is terrific. A seasons
lav.off has not done him any good. He
does not know when he hurt his wrist or
what is the matter with it.
There is persistent rumor afioat in
base ball circles that the Baltimore team
will be transferred to Brooklyn during
the winter. Hanlon will accompany the
team-the report has it-while Robinson
is to remain in Baltimore and manage
the transferred Trolley Dodgers.
Fall base ball practice at the Univer-
sty Of Pennsylvania ended Thursday.
Although not very successful, it has
been much better than any since the
plan of having fall practice was first be-
gun, some three or four years ago. Nearly
every day for the past three weeks there
have been from nine to eighteen candi-
dates practicing.
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