Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1899-01-29

a few more players A deal with q
western club, involving a prominent
member OF the Baltimore clubs pitch
| ing staff, is on the tapis and may be
settled in a few days.
The Washington club has placed Jud
Smith on the market. No major lea
| que club seems to want him. This par
| ticular Smith never was of major lea
| que timber. He failed to make good
on three occasions.
| It his been suggested that Anson's
| recent visits to Cincinnati be woven
| into dope" story to the effect that
| the "Old Man" will buy the Reds. No
| pills are strong enough to start that
yarn going.
! Pitcher Hickman still has the con-
| fidence of Manager Selee, who will
| give him every opportunity to prove
| his worth in the box for Boston in the
| spring. 1t is in the box that the Bos-
tons needs Strengthening.
/ Jimmy Callahan, who is now in Chi
cago, has received an offer as coach
for the Amherst college nine, the po-
| sition he hald last year. He has de-
| clined the offer, as he does not wish
! to go east and return again by
| March Is.
Philadelphia is said to be negotiat-
ing with Milwaukee for Pitcher Billy
Hart, recently sold by Pittsburg. AS
the Philadelphia club generally wants
something for nothing, the chances
are that Hart will remain with Mil
waukee.
Affidavits from Col. John I. Rogers
precipitated Won der Ahe's doom.
Chris has been so foolish as to write
to Col Rogers that the st. Louis Base
Ball Association did not exist. The
statement caused Rogers trouble many
years ago-but he has had his re-
venge.
Billy Clingman, the clever third
baseman of the Louisville team, has
what he thinks is valuable inven-
ton. 1t is a slide that will be of great
service to photographers in the use
of the camera. Clingman applied for
a patent on his invention and expects
to realize quite a sum from its sale.
The Western Association was or
ganized Wednesday with teams at
Rockford, Rock Island, Quincy,
Springfield and Bloomingdale, Ills,
and Ottumwa and Cedar Rapids, Iowa,
| the eighth city to be chosen from
Peoria and Decatur. Mr.. Browne, of
Rockford, was elected president. A
salary limit of 5000 was established
Jack Glasscock is sure to have
Wheeling in the Interstate this season,
and with Jack at the helm Wheeling
should make them hustle, as Jack in
tends to have nothing but a winner
for the Nail City. Pop Lytle, of the
New Castle club, has about completed
his club, and he intends to have a much
stronger team than ever.-Sporting
| News
LAS an umpire at a fat mans game,
Pete Browning would be the Gaffney
of Indicator handlers. But champion
ship base ball in the major A3ague is
no fat mans comedy, and I'm afraid
I would have to turn his application if
he makes one. However, | haven't
heard from Mr.. Browning, and |
should judge that Peter is kidding
those young men in the Louisville
papers," observed Uncle Nick Young.
Martin Bergen, catcher of the Bos-
ton base ball club, is at the city hos
pital, Philadelphia, suffering from an
abcess of the right hip, caused from
bruise he received one day while
sliding at the home plate in close
game. The run proved to be suffi-
cient to win the game. An operation
was performed last Saturday, and
the doctors said that it was
successful, and the patient would be
able to go home in few days.
Comiskey, of st. Paul, is for Cleve-
land in the Western League circuit.
He says: Count me for Cleveland
when you are making up the Western
| League. With Cleveland in the lea
que, it will be in better shape than it
ever was Toronto wants place bad
", but if we can get Buffalo and Cleve-
land we will have the best league the
| Western has ever had, and one that
will show the National League some
things about base ball.
"Ducky" Holmes, the Oriole left
fielder, who remark to a spectator at
the Polo grounds in New York caused
such a commotion in base ball circles
last season, has written a letter to Mr..
| Conway w. Sans, who was his legal
| counsel. Among other things he says
he is glad to see in the papers that he
| is not to be transferred to Brooklyn.
| He writes that he likes Baltimore, does
not like New York, would not play in
Brooklyn if he were transferred and
hoped that he would play good ball for
Baltimore. He did not say how he
was occupying his time this winter,
| but from other sources it is learned
that he is amusing himself raising fine
| chickens.
I can't understand the great joy felt
| in Cincinnati because of the acquisi
! ton of Jack Taylor. The Staten Islander
has possibly a great arm, but his head
isn't what it ought to be. Had Taylor
| been made of the right stufIhef would
be pitching for Philadelphia to-day.
Local followers of base ball look for
ward to a repetition of the Still Bill
Hill case. A man like Frank Dwyer,
it seems to me, is worth half a dozen
! pitchers like Jack Taylor.-Ernest
Lanigan, in Sporting Life. Philadel-
phia tips on, or records of players,
| have no bearing on form whatever.
! Billy Nash has been playing pro-
fesSiona1 hall for fifteen wears and he