Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1899-02-18
Base RKLE NOTES.

BESE BALL NOTES.
New York may secure Anderson and
Sheckard from Brooklyn.
Cooney Best, the Newport pitcher,
has signed with the Toronto club of the
Eastern League.
The team CT the University of Chi
cago viii go east next summer tt play
the big college teams.
! Bill Clarke, the Baltimore catcher,
will begin his work as coach Of the
Princeton team on March /.
Arson has closed a deal for the lease
of valuable property in Chicago, where
he will establish a billiard hall.
An effort is being made to organize
the Southern League with New Or
leans, Shreveport, Montgomery and At
lanta.
Pittsburg and Washington still are
$500 apart on the price for Catcher Jim
MCGUIRE. TheJ will hardly get to-
gcther.
The Pittsburgs will leave for their
training quarters at Roanoke, Va, on
March IS, and not return to Pittsburg
until the season opens.
Hanlon has offered Boston Catcher
Clarke and a package of money for
Catcher Bergen. Hanlon wants Bergen
for the Brooklyn team.
Manager Manning, OF the Kansas City
team, makes positive announcement
that Pittsburg will give him Pitchers
Pardee, Gear and Hastings.
McGann may be switched to second
base on the Baltimore team next sea-
son. He was a failure in the position
with Boston two years ago.
Barney Dreyfus is expected to be
elected president of the Louisville club
to succeed Harry Pulliam, who will be-
come secretary and financial manager.
The Brooklyn Eagle says that Ed.
Hanlon has his eye on Frank Con-
naughton to play second base for the
team that will be in Baltimore this sea-
son.
The Colonies have quite a formidable
pitching staff for next season. 1t in
cludes Cunningham, MCGEE, Bowling,
Woods, WaddeIl, Phillippi and Mano-
con.
A Philadelphia writer has dreamed
that the Philadelphia clubs salary list
for next season will aggregate s. $4,000,
an average of $4,000 for seventeen men.
Smoke up.
George Cuppy, the Cleveland pitcher,
has gone to Hot Springs TO join his fell
low Indians. He expects the springs to
furnish an Angel Gabriel to resurrect
his pitching arm.
The rule which prohibits the scor-
ing Of a pilfored base in case of a passed
ball or wild pitch might be abolished,
but according to my reading of the
scoring rules there is scarcely a flaw in
the whole code" This is Nick Young's
opinion. Such a change in that rule
would be ridiculous.
It is Frank Robison's proudest boast
that the Cleveland players can collect
lively show more money than the play
ers of any other two clubs in the league.
All the old players of the club possess
from $4,000 up. McAleer is rated at
, S25, 900, thinner at 500. 900, Childs at
/ $4,000. Burkett at $4,000, Tebeau at
! $40, 900, O'Connor at So 900. Mexican at
$4,000, Young at $4,000, Cuppy at $780,
600, and Mr.. Robson figures the com
plete wealth of the team at close to
$500, 900.
Willie LANCE gave up his position
with a bookmaker recently and disap-
peared from his usual haunts. Now ii
is all out, and LANCE acknowledges it.
His prospective bride is Miss Grace
Gisselman, the pretty daughter Of a
well-to-do citizen, Henry Gisselman, re
siding at 1920 Golden Gate avenue. San
Francisco. Miss Gisselman's father OBJ
jects to Bills profession and wants his
future son-in-law to take up some more
dignifed calling.
BOXING NOTES.