THECOPYRIGHT, 1888, BY THE SPOETINO LIFB PUBLISHING Co. SPORTING LIFE.KNTIRBD AT PHILA. POST OFFICE AS SECOND CLASS MATTER VOLUME 10, NO. 24. PHILADELPHIA, PA., MARCH 21, 1888. PRICE, FIVE CENTS. for ?200 stakes and 8300 added purse. Dougherty WBB necessity be arranged in a series of six ganits e»ch with iucirrablo Lime arms on account of that niaoa- allowfd fifbt Mood in the third round acd had the beet ud there was a unanimous expression of opinion, ^irT*B fir-feeing and t;. n*r.>us spirit. Manager liurn- GENERAL of the fig,ht throughout, receiving little punishment, A REHEARING. too, tbat six would bo too large a number to play ham is a good financier and bus done rcninrkahly well MVS. successively iu any town SAFEJLEAGUES. but his opponent was badly tattered. between two elub-i. A in hia fotir or five >* a:* counecti(.n with the National hitppy idea was struck upon and will In all likeli­ gnmo, but a good deal of the reputation which ho A Big Oiler Refused. hood be adopted. It is to f.lwy two of every «six now boars he obtain-d Tii'arioosly from Ms connection Special to SPORTING LIFE. games in a neutral cit.v. Say, for instance. New wuh Fi»nk S' elye and tlio Lawrence nine of 1885. An Eastern Estimate of CHICAGO, March 17. A dispatch fram Racine, Wis., Geiss1 Case Likely to be Orleans WAS scheduled hero with MiaipiiM for six List of Organizations Un­ To "Slerrimack" and my Lawrence COR Ijntor I say<* J. 1. Case ria-i refused £10,000 for P hall is from ft g^moa. Four of tbe series oouU bo played hero and would express my thanks fortheir kindlv wurda in my Kentucky stock farm company. then the two nines could run over to Mobile and play fav«T, snd alno to Clifford, fur that indivirtud shows 'Frisco Players. Reconsidered. off the other two. der Protection. by tbe tearing rage into which my letters ceem to His believed that (he novelty ;f pnmes between have thrown hint that IIP knows and t'csh tbe truth PORTLAND PICKINGS. such stroug clubs ad ihoa^ of the Southern League of my ro:narks, and bis sarcastic rejoinder was "aw- would draw largely iu towns like Atlanta, Nashville fuMy nice" (hid "real cutting." Ontario Cricket Association "Well Satisfied With the Schedule Compli­ The New Orleans Club Makes and Mobile, and they would arouse an interest in the Reservation Privileges Applied I am, an'! al-.vnya have beon, a gront admirer of all ments to Messrs. Myers and Speuce. sport that would be most beneficial wben it came to spoils, but particularly so of bnae b,»U, aii'.l from those PORTLAND, March 15. Editor SPORTING LIFE: organizing clubs in those cities to enter tbo League days n> long ago, when ihe game was in its infancy, Election Lacrossemen Off a Strong Claim for the following season. The oumae cities would have For by Six Out of have scored and watched and Iriod to play the ^arae, The schedule committee, after a two days' no expenses whatever, and though city pride won 11 with ihe ftcct-nt 0:1 the "tru-d." Pining tbat lime, for Europe, Etc. fight, managed to arrange very satisfactory dates, the Player, not be at t-tuko, sectional piido wi>uld be, and what Eight Leagues. however, I have vet to sco two individuals, no matter especially ior us. We are satisfied. Out of the might be loci through the lack of local prido would how well plated, whose red alike whom tho tame sixty games to bo played on the home grounds be certainly made up by tbe strength of the attrac­ play wouU impress in the same manner uud it deems FRISCO PLAYERS. The case of the promising young pitcher, tions and the certainty that they would draw well. All of the minor leagues to inn that any attempt to confine t-c^riu^ to any rigid over one-sixth of them are Saturday games, It is not thought, of course, tbat a fortune will be in the country are 6ft of mathematical Geigp, who was awarded to the London Club by now under theprotection of the National Agree­ rti'es nmst be a failure, and that, The Men of Repntation Sized tTp by »n We get two games Memorial Day with Manches­ ma-Ie in tho games witii outside cities, but tlio ntoi>- thtri'fVir*", tho work wbicii the National Scorers* Asso­ the Board of Arbitration, at its recent spring pftgea would break the long jump* and would help to ment with the exception of tho California League Kasteru Expert. ter, but lose Fourth of July, aa the committee ciative can do must be limited. Dcn't misunderstand decided Worcester was a better town that day. meeting, will be re-openeJ. At that meeting 1-ftV traveling expanses. Krforta will be tt-u-lo at once and the Pennsylvania Central League. The me, brother scorer*, and all jump on me at once. Tho Special to SPOKTJNO LIFB. the London Club alone presented its side of the to see whtit srecinl inducements will h& offered by tho complete list U as follows. The asterisk (#). in­ wrk already accomplished t»y the organization is ex­ The Lowells play the first game here May 9, different outside cities and tho*e that promise tho best cuse enough, SAN FRANCISCO, March 17. Baso ball mat­ and it's safe 'o assume that there will be a crowd, claim upon Ueiss, and the Board of Arbitration, dicates the leagues that have also applied for and more tlmn enough, f-/r i!ie existence ters here just ii<>w are culm. Wo have sized up will be favored. Mobile. Nashville and Atlanta are of the organization, and it ia likely tltat work of tbat as no other cluh in the League has the drawing upon London's statement and supposing it to be most favorably sp-'ken of at present, but Augusta, Sn- reservation privileges: sort «ill bo found f very year to do, but a uniform sys­ pitcher Lorrigun and have decided that he will power that the Spindle City lads have here, and it le- a question between that club and the player, vam.ah and Jacksonville are also good towns and will *THE INTERNATIONAL LEAGUE. tem of scoring which will give A., of Ibis nine, the net "do." Too light. Boreher is a better man. ing tne opening game of the season will add much to awarded the latter to London. But now comes be considered. *Tns WESTPBN ASSOCIATION. same relative work in proportion to 11., of tbat nine, He promises n good deal, and is strong and the occasion. *TiiK NEW KSGLAXD LEAGUE. will never b*» accomplished, or, since never H a long the New Orleans Club with a decidedly strong A POINT SETTLED. confident. But his financial gait is a heavy Mauiuer Myers feela confident that the team he has claim upon Oeiss, which puts an entirely differ­ *THKTKXAS LE\GUB. time, until afW th- .'Milleiiium I'ian of TUB SpORTixa one. More anon! Hurley is a good baseman got together wtil sli-jw good work, and anticipates THE CKNTKAL INTEII-STATE LEAGUE. LIFE 1ms beeu».(lopted for many and many a year. littlu net-d of changi-a. The very fact that several of ent face upon the matter, aa would appear from Changing? a League's Tide Does Not Affect *TIIE CKNTRAI, LEAGUE. PPLINTIiRS FROM TflK EAT. and catcher, but engaged, and Nick Smith, an the mt n havo played nml'T him iu former years the following letter: a Player's Relations Towards His Club. THE TIU--TATB LEAGUE. makes him capable of judging The thong],t of Jim Mutrie's making a iliird lase- * excellent third bnseman, is loose. Charley Sweenoy their effectivenees. New OKLKANS, March 10. Elitor SPOBTTNQ LIFE: EAST LIVERPOOL, 0.. March 15. Editor STORT­ TIIR WESTERN LEACt-B. man out of Elmer Faster M an awe-inspiring one to Ttu-ir several rucords may not shine BO brilliantly as *THE SOUTHERN LKAUVK. il playing yet. We have seen no game owing to Kindly publish the below facts upon which we pro­ ING LIFE: Considerable comment has been "we ans," who know tlieself-coufldence, or what is position players' t*hcu:il, but they take chances, per- pose to ask for a re-opening of the Gf iss case. We did the rnin. One was to have been played Sunday, caused here by the change in the name of the It will be seen that only the Central, Inter- commonly kiMjwa aa "gall" of t!ie great Foa-er, and but wasn't. Tbe repular season ot ibe California bapc. tbat better men would let go for hit-*. I, for not make up a case for the recent meeting of the Board his ability to play an infield position. In thia connec- one, hardly think My on would jeopardize bis reputa­ late Ohio League, as to whether, the clubs can State, Western and Tvi-Stateleagues have failed League begins March 25. Lorrijrau has signed with of Arbitration, because we hud no notice whatever tbat to avail themselves of the inestimable reserva­ U'l'i, a brief e[-itome from "Truthful James," of how two"c!ul.8 HUd is in a holw in consequence. According tion by hiring a lot of faked to i>Iay ball in a city the caeo was to be acted upon and had no official no­ legally hold their players under their new name.