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This Entire Document TRADEMAKKED BT THE SFOHTINO LIFE PTTB. CO. ENTEUED AT PHILA. P. O. A3 SECOND CLASS MATTEB VOLUME 27, NO. 25. PHILADELPHIA, SEPTEMBER 12, 1896. PRICE, FIVE CENTS. PRESIDENT POWERS TALKS OF THE LEAGUE MEN GOING BACK TO FIRST FUTURE. PRINCIPLES, Es Says That tie Southern League is Experience Has Taught Them That Absolutely Sure to Start in Next Early Opening oi the Season is Season With a Good Eight-Club Not so Good, All Things Con­ Circuit and Strong Backing. sidered, as Late Closing. New Orleans, Sept. 7.—Editor "Sporting In our last issue appeared a dispatch an­ Life:"—President Henry Powers wears :t nouncing that the League has now under broad smile now that the Southern League consideration an amendment of the play­ finished its season as per schedule. When ers' contract, with a view to making the he took charge of the office to which he players' terms of service begin April 15 v.-as elected he said that he would pilot and end October 15. This indicates that the organization through if but two clubs the League magnates have in mind to dis­ remained, and hi this b> kept his word. pense with spring Southern trip* raid go Throughout the season he exercised keen back to the old way of not beginning the judgment and, were it not for him, when championship season until about Slay 1, the disbainlment of Blriuingham and At­ letting it run over into October. Experi­ lanta came, no doubt basie ball would have ence has probably taught them that it is finished then. Buc Mr. Powers went down better to take chances on bad weather into his pocket and with the co-operation in the first two weeks in October, than to of his fellow directors kept the league count on seasonable weather in April. alloat until the last day. Next season A COSTLY EXPERIMENT. there will be more base ball and from For the past several years it has been the talk adyanead the organization will the custom to open the season about April be stronger in every way than before. 15. That time of year brings extremely THE OUTLOOK. doubtful weather to such cities as Chica­ "You have no idea," said Mr. Powers, go, Cleveland, Boston, New York and "how anxious • £i> shville, Memphis and Lit­ Brooklyn, and even Philadelphia suffers. tle Rock are to come in next year. The It is not until after May 1 that the real year of idleness at the dift'erent parks has spring season, with sunshine, balmy breez­ made the cranks feel that something has es and all that sort of thing, makes its been amiss, nud when things get in shape appearance. This was demonstrated forci­ for the reorgc nization I am satisfied that bly last season and the s< nson before, when there will be plenty of cities to draw the clubs mentioned suffered monetary ioss from. I mean to exact, and so do the and had their players' receive a set-back representatives of Columbus. Mobile and so far as condition was concerned, by Montgomery, that each team put up a having games scheduled at home when the forfeit of no less than .$750, and possibly weather was unfavorable to ball playing. $1000. to insure the holding of the teams ANOTHER EXPERIENCE.. until the season closes. Each city accepted That October 15 is not too late to extend will be looked into and if the backing is the season to is evidenced by the fact that not sufficient, notwithstanding the offer to the majority of teams In the League go put up the required forfeit, the franchise barnstorming after their contracts expire will not not be given. Evidently there will and put in from two to three weeks in be eight clubs, and you can mar!;' it that October raking in loose shekels in small every city in the league will finish the cities. The change also would give the season. I am satisfied that we went teams a better opportunity to get into con­ through all right, for it would have hurt John 3. Anderson, the clever outfielder of the Brooklyn Club, was born December 14, dition, as it would not be necessary for me to see my administration a failure. As 1873. at Worcester, Mass. His first- professional engagement was with, the Worcester Club, them to start South to train until the lat­ for my again being a candidate for the of the New England League, in 1893. He was reserved by that cluo for 1894, but was ter part of March, by which time the afterward released to the Haverhill C!ub, taking part with the latter that year in 86 spring weather has set in in that section. presidency I cannot say yet, but it is pos- championship games, and ranked third in the official batting averages of that organization, with a percentage of .354. His excellent work with the Haverliilis attracted the attention It will be seen that the plan has every­ of the officials of the Brooklyn Club, and his release was purchased by- the latter and he thing to commend it, and there is little finished the season with its team. He wag re-engaged - last year and participated in 103 doubt that it will be adopted. HURST AND OLARKE. championship games, all of which were played in the outfield. Up to August 10, this year, he had played in the outfield. On that date, in a game between the New Yorks and "GLEN" THROWN OUT. How the Ijatter Made Discretion the Brooklyus, at Eastern Park. Brooklyn. N. Y.. Lachance. of the latter, had one of his hands badly injured by a terrific line drive off Bcckley's bat and had to retire. Anderson was Borchers' Victim Has a Previous Better Part of Valor. placed on first base, after Grim had been given a trial there, and the former gave such Umpire Tom Lynch has one on Tim Hurst and entire satisfaction that he. will be retained in the position until Lachance has fully recovered Similar Experience. Dad Clarke. Dad called Tim down for calling and is able to resume his old- place. Out in Portland early this season, when a ball. Dad thought it should have been a strike; Glenalvin was managing one of the League or made a bluff that he thought so, and he crit­ trams March was umpiring a game one day, icised Tim's decision in language that doesn't WISE RUSIE. SOUTHERN KANSAS LEAGUE. when Glen took offense at some decision ana go in print. Tim, who was standing in the dia­ said he would lick March after the game. March mond behind Dad, hustled over to the low com­ walked over to him, stopping the game long edy pitcher, fanned Dad's nose with a very will­ He is Not Permitting: Himself »oGo Independence Won the Champion­ enough,' and said, quietly; "I understand you ing and emotional fist, registered a statement to to Seed ship by a Handsome Margin. said something about licking me .after the game. the effect that Dad had a face as picturesque as Indianapolis, Iml., Sept. 8.—Every morning of Independence, Kas., Sept. 5.—The schedule Now I have sized up this League of yours and a waffle and asked Dad if he was looking for week days a .stalwart young man walks on the adopted by the Southern Kansas Base La 11 have' come to the conclusion tiiat I can lick trouble. Now, there's one thing about Tim. local ball grounds ami propels a wing that' has League has been completed, and Independence any man in the League, and am willing to starts He's a nervy fellow, and if trouble conies his caused many a batsman to flutter—a wing that won the pennant by a nije margin. Idepen- at this end ri.eht now and go down the line. •way be will meet i-t and make a Kilkenny boosted its proprietor to fame on the diamond dence won 16 out of 2i games played, which gives However, we will finish the game first. Glen finish with it. No one knew this better than and led to a case in the base ball courts that a percetage of .GOT, or nearly a hundred points kept quiet for a little while, and then broke Dad, as he had had a run-in with Hurst a proved unsatisfactory and unsolvable. like the more than Coffeyville, which came out in second loose again. March then threw Glen out of few weeks before, in which Tim threatened to immortal flat and unprofitable legal combat of place, with a percentage of .571. having woa 1C his own grounds and finished the game. mow the grass on the Polo Grounds with Dad's Jarnclyce vs. Jarndyce in "Bleak House." Amos out of 28 games played. Independence won 8 shape. And when Tim flung that war cry Dad Rusie is the name of this stalwart youth of the out of the 11 games played with Coffeyville in STOPPED A GAME. responded: "Me looking for trouble with you? hypnotic wing, and of Amos Roger Connor has the League, and in,the last series of 6 games Well, I haven't exactly been telegraphing for it." this to say: "There is nothing whatever in took 5 out of the 6 with that tea;u. Indepen­ No More Sunday Contests Alloived in these reports that have floated around the country dence and Topeka are now playing a series of 12 Fort Wayne. to the effect that Amos is fat and lazy and games together for the championship of Kansas.
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