THE COURIER
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THE NATIONAL GAME
Mertes is still unsigned.
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Wait for the second of May.
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Work on the grounds will commence next week. "
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There seems to be some hitch in Omaha getting Hulin.
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Two weeks from today and the exhibition season will open.
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Omaha has a very fast outfield in Donnelly Slagle and Shaffer.
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Several Lincoln amateurs may be found in the Iowa State league.
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Jimmy Stafford is a fixture at second base on the New York team.
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Hollingsworth shows up well at practice and covers a great deal
of ground.
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Will any photographer be enterprising enough to make a picture
of the 1S95 team?
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Preston, who played third baso for St. Joe last season, is playing
a good game for Louisville.
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Paul Hines, the old Washington player will captain the Burling
ton team in the Iowa State league.-
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Ladies will be admitted free on Mondays bear this in mind and
postpone the washing until Tuesday.
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Manager Ebright and short stop Hollingsworth have gone to
housekeeping near the base ball park.
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Bill Devereaux, Tommy McCarthy, Pequigney, James Sullivan
and Voungy Johnson are still on the coast.
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Ed Young's Indian says that Manager Ebright has a surprise in
store for the cranks, but he refused to give up what it was.
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Anson of the Chicago club says that he cannot win any Sunday
games on account of having only one pitcher who will work on Sun
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Very few of the players have answered the letter in which they
were notified to report, but it is reasonable to suppose tha'they will
all be here on time.
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This season will find a great many amateur clubs in this city;
several of the leading firms will have a uniformed club and will con
test for the city championship.
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'-. Great things are expected of young Hollingsworth this year, and
it-is the opinion of The Courier that he will cover more ground
than any other short stop in the association.
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The new uniforms have been ordered through Spauldings agents,
the H. T. Clarke Drug Co.; they will be of the best material that
can be obtained and will be grey trimmed with white.
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Every warm afternoon the players who are in the city may be seen
at the M street park taking battifcgjessons and indulging in exer
cise that will fit them to begin the senson in good shape.
The Bee of Sunday intimates that Manager Ebright wants to
trade Barnes for Donnelly; no such deal has ever been proposed and
Manager Ebright would not irade Fernando for the Omaha fran
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Manager Ebright showed good judgment when he signed six
pitchers; it shows that he does not mean to bo weak in the box. If
Fisher finally concludes not to come to Lincoln wo still have live
pitchers in Barnes, Kimercr, Gragg. Simons and Myers.
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In a letter to a friend in this city Tommy McCarthy says that he
is negotiating with Manager Nicol of the Rockfnrd club and that
there is only 85 per month botween them. Tommy has a large num
ber of friends in this city who would bo pleased to see him in the
Western association.
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Chauncey Fisher, who signed a contract to pitch for the Lincolns,
informs Manager Ebright that ho has concluded not to play ball
this Beason; this may ho a bluff so that he can get his release and
sign with some other city but it will not work ho will plav in Lin
coln or ho will not play anywhere.
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Secretary Hickey will give an annual pass to the lady wbo guesses
nearest to the number of paid admissions at the opening game; as a
result there are a great many ladies who would like to be on Bpeak
ing terms with the person who will Bell the tickets, hoping in some
way to get an inside track on their sister fans.
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McDougal, who was drafted from the Quiucy club to the St. Louis
Browns, pitt hed two innings in a recent game against the Little
Rock club and struck out the first six men at the bat. He did so
well that Manager Buckenberger put him in the next game for nine
innings. All went well until the ninth inning when the Little Rock
club jumped onto him for nine runs, and somo say that he threw
his aim out and will probably bo of no use to the Browns this year.
The following dispatch appeared in the Chicago Times-Herald
and it it is true Manager Nicol will be less one large first baseman,
and if Nicol has his contract it is to be hoped that he will push his
claim and force Ivreig to play in Rockford or quit playing ball for
the season of 1895: "Galesburg, III.. March 18. The Galesburg
team of the Iowa league will be managed by W. II. Kreig, formerly
of the Rock Islands. Boxendale, pitchers, of the Omaha?; Whistler,
of the Western league, third base, and Sanderson, short stop, were
signed today."
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We wish to emphasize the fact that the residence of Manager
Ebright in this city during the winter months has been a good thing
for baso ball. Manager Ebright and Kid Speor have made many
friends since the closing of last season who will take more interest
in the game this year than ever before. The signing of two boys
who make their home in Lincoln will have a good effect on the
crowds. Notice when either Kimerer or Barnes officiate in the box
and see if the crowd is not a paying one; each of these players has
a large following that will turn out every time he goes into a game
and already there is quite a rivalry between the admirers of the
two.
Among the players who have once wore a Lincoln uniform may
be mentioned: Jake Beckley, who will guard first base for Pitts
burg this year; Jesse Burkett, who will play left field for Cleveland;
Ehret, who has signed with St. Louis; Raymond, of the Detroits;
Roat, of the Indianapolis club; Johnson, of the Si-rantons; Glenal
vin, of last year's Detroits; Fear, of Grand Rapids: Dave Rowe, of
Omaha; Jack Rowe, of Buffalo; Moehler, of Des Moines; Darnbrough'
of the Inter-state le'igue, who will be remembered as having pitched
a seventeen inning game against the Minneapolis club.Lookabaugh,
of Bloomington; Wilson, of New York: Rogers, of Scranton; Law
rence, of Memphis; Hart, of Pittsburg; McGreevy. or Quincy;
McKibben,of Des Moines: Baltz, of Omaha and Stafford of the New
York's.
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