THECorTRiGHT, IffcO, B-? THE SPORTING LIFE riELismxa Co. SPORTING LIFE.E.NTERKD AT PIULA. POST OVFIPE AS srrnjin PT.*H

of captain, and he will be ably assisted by Jim Strom- nineteea victories lie waa going to squeeze cut of the inger as assistant captain. infuut. He'll be lucky to break even. < havley Moyer, at one time a favorite catcher of tbi Director Cohen saya he will bo satisfied with seventh LATE NEWS. city, will organize » team f^r next season in the upper place, and certaiuly expecta to laud at least thero. Abe ANOTHERTANGLE end of the city. He chums to have some excellent is conservative. talfiitVud says he will make all the local auiatonr Jiaimy Williams says the club Is no better than the clubs hiutie. first club Cleveland got together in 1887. Wrattz The Brutal Murder o CliiimborsbnrK people neeni to te rather envious o Jim ia only kiddiug. F. W. ARNOLD. Two Clubs Quarrelling the fact that'wo ure tp have a Drofessional club nes poabon, and they caution tho sporting nien of th.ei; Catcher Bradley. towu that if they ihsiro to*rt'UiQ the service? of Pat THE SOUTHERN LEAGUE. . Over a Player. Roliibs as their culchei1 they had be'ter organizo im­ mediately or Hftrriuburg would eigu him for next sea­ Difficulties That Beset the Organizers son. Well, the people of ChRmbersbur* nce-i not b iSinningham Charged "U'ith Bad Faith. Gafihey in Line The Cincin­ afraid of us signing Rolling, for if we want a good NEW OIILEANS, Jan. 15. It is questionable An Important Point in Minor catcher wo need not go out of this city to get one " now whether there will be a Southern League excel lloilina. and Memphis as nati Strike General Sport­ Another week has passed and the base ball enthu­ with New Orleans, Charleston League Reservation siasts here await the arrival of James Farrington, o members. At tho recent meeting held here n ing Intelligence. Cumdeo, who ii to lucato an-1 manage tho Harrisb league was formed, but there were representa­ Involved. Chitiia the flliddte Stiitos Loague. His presence in tives from only two eities present New Orleans this city would naturally stir up the sporting men and Mobile. Memphis and Birmingham were THE M PLAYER. and thetijfu going lo earnest work in the club's int^r efct would, beyond tlte leaet doubt, assure a club fo included in the organization, but they both sent Another complication and quarrel has grown proxies. Since that meeting Birmingham, il out of the experiment of minor league reserva­ Details of the Assassination of, C ate lie this city. Inquiry at tbe post office elicitel the fac presumably out to­ clubs Bradley. that a largo number of letteis, treating, would seem, has broken faith. It leaked tion, and now two American Association on ba*e bull matters, await his call ing- H" i*> an-v day that Mr. Shepherd, who ia the moneyed are at loggerheads over the signing of a reserved Special to Srwmxo Lirr. the poopl vay, atixiou.Oy looked fur here, and then man in the Magic City, had written to minor league player. Details are given below DALLAS, Tex,, Jan. 10. The tragedy in of ti.Je tiiy c*u learn positively whether we will have a League club or not. KroaT. Atlanta proposing a league that should in dispatches from the seat of war Kansas City which Bradlcv lost his life has assumed u seriou include only such cilie-* us Birmingham, Atlanta, and Colutabus: pliase. The Grand Jury has found a true bil Mncon, Chattanooga, Columbus, Nashville, Savannah, of murder in the first degree apt last Angus, an< ON THE FENCE. and one or two others, Mr. Shepherd affirming that Columbus Scoops in Ralph Johnson. another hack driver namcl Dick Johnson- ha thoso cities would be within easy communication with on TYIiicli SId COLUMBIA, Jan. 18 The Columbm Club, on Tues­ been arrcatei 09 an accessory. It developer] Th« Dallas Club Vntlecided each other. lie wrote lo Atlanta that he did not to Drop. care to eo into a league in which cities on the out­ day last, ut Mt. Clemeus, signed Kalph Juhnson. tha yesterday that the provable cause of Angus' ac­ skirts, like Memphis and New Orleans, would ba in­ heavy-hiiting third baseniivn, Ute of aud reserved by tion wns jealousy, as the woman, Dolly Love, DALLAS, Tex., Jan. 10. Editor SPOBTISO result will bo will cot be known the Kan»ad City >V«storu As o i»tion Club. Joimsou cluded. What the bad been aligned by the Kaoeaa City Club, which " manifested Ins utmost grief at Bradley's funeral LIFE: The organization of a stock company tc until aome time next week, when a meeting of the new perpetuate base ball in this city has been ar will be called. bought tho Kansas City Westein Cl'i!) and told tiie ami went immediately t»f;er tho killing to where lli Southern League frtircKlno to St. Joseph, to the lu'.ter club. Johrj*on, corpso luy nml wept. There sbe stud, in the preeenc ranged with capital enough to run a Icagu It H said hero tbat Birmingham has only made the the is of tho cpiuioa tbat New huwovt r, refused t<» sign with the i^t. Joseph Club at of A loom full cf pien, that OTI the night fceforo th club. The prime movers are interested in a sub present moTe becauee the salary offered £200 per mouth, and claimed thiife laurdcr AUJJUS hud told her in tho pres'.-uce ot wit­ Orleans intends to outer the Texas League. Trumi urban railroad, who have an elegant park lo­ men in New Orleans say that the lie should receive at least ng much aj he haitbcoa^ nesses that ho was going to kill Bradley before the nent base ball tlTcred by a Calif *rnia L»ngue clnh aifd several in;yor sunset of the following day. cated. Tho only drawback now existing is a Crescent City is not looking towwrd tho Lone Star peopl that she desires to go into a league league clnbs S1,6UO. Tl ia tit. Joseph refused to p*y. \Vhilc a-ime little t:iik ot lynching Las been indulge' league to join. The Southern League Association, but Other clubs, notably Coliimbu-, then roa^Je offers for In, the eherrti has taken every precaution to protect hi have been consulted and are very anxious to compoeed ot cities east of the fllissisiippi. The Texas amount to much, since DaKaa, the the man, but the St. Joseph Club put a prohibitory prisoner, A fimct is being raisml aiaouc tho citizens o have Texas clubs join them, but their liberality Leaguo will not price upon h;s release, name!}', §3,000. This, of Dalian for the purpose of employ) UK comircl to assi j most prominent city, has a're^djc expressed her inten­ as they claim, is anything but liberal. Ke\v the Southern League. cour.-p, \\ould not bo paid, ncd tffurts were ai title to the State iu tho prysecution. The base ball players i; tion of g-jing into purchase t;io rel.-ivso of Jimmie DonneSly. Wrwju town havo sent a circular to the sporting papers of th Orleans, necei-arily the backbone of any Southern There was a meeting of the constitutional com mitt eo League, seems to want too carili. A pariy intcrt^te * League here the other day, at which 5Ian»cor Ct:ckenbergf-r Tiaiied President Hewltt^ country, calliu;< on boee ball player* to contribute t of the Southern in Washington Inst week he not ouly purchased - tlie fund to engage good counsel for the prosecution. in the Dalles Club visited Now Orleamaud at:ende some important Alterations were made in the consti­ tho Sontbern League meeting. After being urgfiul a reso­ the release of Widner and Daily, but eecuied A despatch was received tost evening by Cashier E C. BIJCKEISTBERaiilR, tution, t:ie principal Icing the introduction of ati option on Donnolly for $aOO, in case M. RsardnD, of the City National Uank, from the pro­ requested to juia with them, he made the following lution to enforce atiict obedience to the salary limit projHm'.ion: The Manager of the New Association Club From Columbus will nothing further could bo done in Juhiisnu'd case. prietor of an i.H Qiiil lu Oil CHy, PA., in which Hnul Under the oew order of things each club The Spras;uo case just hi-re carae up, in which tlie Jey'rf father is an cmployi-p, rHrcUingtlto uiniciUker t That a guarantee of $100, with priviloze ol 30 per ho obliged to deposit a substantial guarantee cent, of gtito receipts, cr £35, with privilege of 30 necessi­ Chiirngo rt-»erve was vitiated bjj^Jhe removal of the jtive the fKft'l ball r*!ayor a decent luriai and guuran Any violation of the salary limit will club to Minneapolis. Up>n tho strt-ng'.h of this Clave- tc'eiii£»ll wxr.fnsts. Tbo fiint-ntl tikes place to-da per cont. ot tho receipts. This offer tbe SoiUben: tate tlie immediate and full forfeiture ofx this people declined, hencp HO league has been forniei: MEETINGS GALLED. COLUMBUS CHATTER. bo per­ lan 1 signed tho man. The queUiou was a 11 pa tiled to at 1 o'clock, nnd « number of Texas LeH£i:o player guaraniee. No presents or donations are to Pceshlent Young, of tiie National Lengue, and he de­ from Iba various cities in the S'a!o will attend. yet, and probably will not until tho mat­ mitted to players, an>1 every c!n!j will bo expected to ter Is ti--ij"ust -d. Tho Texas Leacue failure of la^t A Date Set Tlie League Schedule Meeting An Injustice to Last Season's Team Cor­ so ropiilate i( s financial workings tbat its pay roll wil! cided the case wholly in Clovehmd:fi fuvor, «t the same season warns the Dallas pe >ple not to join tncli an or- The International to Select a Successor time tavtLg that the saoic ruling would apply rected Two Deserving Players A Mode! not exceed what is laid d'.»\vu in the constitution St. Joo aud Kansas City. Manchester Homing: Agr.inst Hope. gKnizatioii Gulcfs a bona fide ca«li dcp* sit is made by to the Hamilton C'iub. There his been an idea all along that New Orleans to the Johnson case between LIFE. throughout tha season. At a Director Scraps of News. Mr. John B. Day waa also anked for aa opiuion, aod Epecjft] to SPORTING each club to continue WASHINGTON, Jan. 10. President N. B. would build np a team regardless of all restrictions, BUxniKSTEii. N. II., Jan. 19. Nat TV. Kellfgsr, th recent met ting in Fort Worth, held with a viaw ut COLUMBIA, Jan. 16. Editor SPORTING LIFE: and the resolution was adopted by the committee in he dec d'd that Coluuibna could sign the man. And organizing a T*-x:is League, Datlaa wa^ without au­ Young to-d;iy issued a formal call for the sched­ It was with considerable regret that I read in that is tbe history of the J^bnsou deal. \Ve get tho popular short s'op of la-t season's Manchester:!, is in orOer to make impossible such a violation of tho spirit ;tt least $1,000, for that amount f\\e city, and is looking over the ground, with ft vie* thority meutio.'ied fora place. Jlr. Caa-i, your Ilotis- ule meeting of the League, to be hold at the Ar­ Mr. Erunell's last letter to THE SPORTING LIFE of tho new rule. man aud St. Joe la out tou correspondent, evidently eati ncrrf-fooU or suffers would have been willingly paid by the Columbus to organizing a professional base ball team here lo lington Hotel, Washington, March 8, which is an assertion that must carry with it unjust ant miuuvuei's. the seieon of '89. It H New Kn.tzlatd or In;er-Stat from menfiil d?mn?emei.t. ID a recent issue he the TueaJiy following tho inauguration of Presi­ epeal:a cf IXilIus Mowing about crowds, and uctuallj uncalled-for insinuaticns against the morality MINNEAPOLIS MENTION. Columbus has a much belter case in the JO'ILPOU l*c,imte Is formed, with nsodcraio stlarief, Maudies was originally intended that tor will probably be fuard ready to enter a team. In as-erts that Houston un:l GtilTOstoa drew as lar^o ai dent Uarrison. It of a large number of very reputable gentlemen mattt-r t!;»n Cleveland has with Spra^ue, of the attoui!n,nre as Dallas. Why, the idea is ridiculous the scheJulc meeting should be held Friday, in tho Tri-State League last Pertinent Facts About the New Minneap­ Chicago Jlaronna, and thero is no likelihood that caac there :s no league in New Kaftan U this ueasncunl Kid People?, ehort stop', and Joyce, thin! bigeman wi:h tlie arranatmenta certain geutlfnien with tlie gentleman, is uncalled fur, because it is himself: Mandu'Sier, Portstr.oulli and Nashua, is a ): tMa e;ier- are in Dallas dieengapeJ, but huve seveial offers witb the League have made for attending the inaugur­ not true, aud it could not have been written wborcever Sam is there is a bail club. In this "RALPH JOHNSON, Chicago: eetk notion ou the pan of so;ao oue to set the bal especially a so^d one froirt St. Joe. They want tc ation. from certain information that Mr. Brunell had, respect Minneapolis is no exception to the rule. "Dear Sir: Yours of the 13th to hand, and in reply iu motiou. play in JU.illa*, bowerer, Hiid are waiting. BoMi ure While Sam does not claim to give us pennant will sny I fail to see where I have not tiratcd you International Special Sleeting. but probably from unreliable authority, or gath­ working, so advance money don't catch them this winner?, he does, however, assert that the Min­ fairly. A* to noing to St. Joe that is a ntatlcr you will . aenson. t'TK'A, N. Y., JKII. 17. The Hamilton li.ise Bjll As- ered from tho severe tone of some of the press in as St. Joe «o*p No Bluffs by Stern. the L»a»ue. I am in a po^iiiun to know whereof ] neapolis team will be in, the swim aud th.it she Imre to settle u-iHt the mannf/rr f>f that dub, Special to SPOUTINO Lire. Chas. I.evia has signed with Galreston. soc'a ion, of Hr.miltoD, Out., has forfeited its nietaber- otctis the franchise of tlie Western Association club of A'«t»- Dons Crjthere will" manage tbe Dallas Club i &hip in tho Interaational As=cciation by fsiliDg to speak wheu I say that had hu taid 20 ptr cent, of the will not bo a slow traveler. sas City. CINCINNATI, 0., Jan. 19. Pro-Went S'era returne< there ia one. comply with s:c!iou 14 of tbe constitution. mea in theTriaState League of 188S will represen Samnel has organized a stock company with from tiio Ws-st this morning, atid he d< Glared (be pur- "You eay you are not leadinc: leagnee in hatting to In Lohbeck, laie of Dalla*, Cleveland has nno o Tin-re will be a special tncc.ias; of tiie International those who drank to exc-ss, he would have come an organized capital of $1.3.000. Nearly all the po to a jay town like St. Jo-1. You need not be atiaiii poitxd inteivtewB With him in St. Louia were p ppy- tbe most premising catchers in tt;e country. In ad­ Association and boani of directors at tho Tifft House, ut-arer tho facts. I brlieve that I state correctly no u«w-pa[»er men tiicro and n-mlo no stock has been taken anil an election was held to f o there, aa the imunciul backing of that club is of cock. Hen-iw dition to beiue a gilt-ed«ed back Plop, bo la tin Buftulii, N. V., Tuesday, Jan. 22, at 10 o'clock. A. M. w hbii I say that Colunibua nnd Toledo embraced the lest. tbiput* tliat ho inluodnJ to tlecapitate both McPbeo thrower tb:it playexl in Tcxis last se.ison, nol C. L>. WIMTS, Secretary. a larger peiceutage of men who drauic to excess a short time ago resulting in the following business flneat "My advice to you woutd be (o agree on terms with nd Cirpeufpr. II« says be ha? not tilked burring Blight, Baidwin or Ki>enan of tbe Ciucin than auy of the oilier cluls^ end, speakinp choice: President and manager, S. G. Morton; them aud be contented. Thero ia no d^ubt but that wish Carpenter or-K(»i)ly, mid bas no lour ot anything its last eeason. A LEAGUE Kli-OI{GA>'IZEP. for Columbus, I am etire thiit not over 20 por cent, o vico president, A. H. Griffen; sect clary and treasurer, do n.cot. He natis, nil of whom p'aycd in Tex your vork on third us soon fta it u of a hi^li enough , but an Hniitsili'e Ai-rangeoient when tiny * tlie Cjluiulus Club couM bs cla-scJ us excea*ivo Ily, L. Hach. All who have tUn-n s;oc*t belong t» the rder will be Mpprccia'od by thy .Leigne or Associa- \ Imi flnth that it H safw to a9«ert that - felt, aud pay a he will not pay tliat plnycr as much Ifeet Once More. f5garc. Tho press Ijiidly heralded the ca-?e of every far '80 at least \vo will haro a cltau management all money as Ito oifVrt'd him then. Vian rcl-ell d e^a : i)-; was foiii.d to bean exccs-ive driubcr, and ] Tlie Great Tliird Kase Interviews Hi PEORIA, Jan. 15. Editor SPORTISG LIKE: mau who through. tljR tn'al abstinence clacscin t'te newcoutracf. Snu't! ftui inclined to thu bi'liel thiit it produced the i T h B.players thus far signed are pood men and can Jle b«s i!i>t ?!^sr*t frnJn, !>e' Moines, through Jnme lioss and . On Saturday, 12th inst., there was n meeting sioii n'-rond t!iaf t!re men v.-,>rc much worse Hi an tiiey plav excellent ball. We are akirraiuhinx £>r some who A. JT ' ' '' ' "" '! Hart, fbo cx-At!ilftic "While in New York President Voa der Ahc hold here oi th ' "~" 'cd in formiag an »'"' * ' - reflfcfton upon A larjr.e will fill np li:e y*c«»'.t pl;w? in a rrpJitaVtte manner, secured Latfcani's signature to ft contract,' Inter-State Leo.:. ;;iing season ' ti . -y u'.iiT aea/i,\c who nve and, ui ail evicts, beat 8t. Paul. \Vo bare s-> far: On the T'.h- lo/itniit, Jobu B. Day vrrote Pewitt Rny, representatives we: i:;iey, of Springfield; cai ^ l.asten to call Mr. Bru­ Minni-han, c-itchcr; U«ngle, second base and captain; newspapev man, that Ji.hneou was under s;iya tbe Cincinnati Enquirer. 'The St. Lorn; nei! s aticntiiju to an uiijiiat ttatem^iit, feeling that be ft Chicago Sain Whitse'.l, of Quinsy; W. H. Lucas, ol Ham-ahull, abort stop; Turner, centre field; Da'y, ngbt no obligations tj St. Jcc, liFCau.«e reserved by K»nnaa Will Fight Dempsey. magnate was in the Grand Central Hotel wher iias beer, kd into making it from an unreliable in­ field. Diud.ile and Spra?ue will fei^n in a few (lava. McCaffrey Evansville; J. G. Corbett, of Peoria, and City. Fresideut YOIIDR had a like opinion aud made Brfcisl to SroRTixo Lirr. Lath shot athwart bis vision from tbe bete former. I am sure his Fei'nonil oLserviition doea not Eimer FcS'cr lives here, but ii to seldom eocn thit formal deliverance of the same in tho Spiague case, ia Irvinc, of Blooraington, and ^1 Shaw, John supply him with tlw information. liE\vYon,K, Jan. 19. D-mnnick McCaffroy was in door, and with a sort of P. Rooney-dance-me he might a3 U'*1H '* m«tiug the trip with the All- which he B .id .ho same lute appllol to JjhnsOa. r.ndnmdo up hi* mind that ho woul( off-the-fctage-skip drew alongside der bosa presi Fitzpatrick and Dan Faziclt. of Terre Haute. TWO GOOD MEN. Anifricaa. The snine may bo *.aid of Burdicb, of In- The ciiay in ft nut-shell thereforo, ir-: this dty y< stciday tho way, fiurdlck will bi'inx his team .Again fiiiht Jack DemiM-py. lie snid: "! l-avo telo- dent." Mr. Ridgley, of Springfield, was elected presi­ There are unsigned in this city two (rood men a dinna;>oJis. ify President Yoiinz. Jo'ni B. Day, and other high au­ frr^pfiwd Preriient Futds, of tlio California Athletic pitcher, Nick Ilandiboe, and a first base man, Con somewhat nearer the hunt nexfr season. thorities, any that St. Jsie has no claim on Johneon. 'Hc'lo, Chns, bere's your Arlic/ sboutei dent, and Asa M. Brown, of Peoria, secretary. Look out for Sum Morion's ai^niiii a couple of ele­ Club, that I will fi-ht Jack to a fin-Mi forafive- The folbwing agreement was drawn up and Slrothers of whom 1 would like to say u ft*w worJe, President WwtkiLs fays Kanens City has no claim on tboiif.;ind-do!lar purac." Jack i* anxious lo mee the irrepressible third buseman, trusting that they may bo secured by some club or gant players within a week nr ten d;iys. They are on him, "'us St. Joe now owns the fiaiic.iise of the West- tofijjht me. 1 am n<; " 'Yes, and I can pretty near guess what my adopted: hefiiu with, they are the li»f, and Sam says we'll have 'em. ean Association c'ub of Kantas Cny." Blifcbell p.ri oa plan of orgacization would re­ not record players. II«ndiboo niado his debut in pro­ St. Paul to-dny fcizm-d Tncijernian, John He ihertfcro beloogs to no ouo but Columbus. spectfully rejort the following: and Joo Werrick, of Louisville. A. W. G. Aud there you are. Jersey City, and uui aoatioiis to meet him again. " 'Now, what do you suppose it is?" inquired fess onai ball in Columbtnin 1885, in a club which rou- * lletoh-ed, Th it the Central Inlerstate League of Base tamed euch p'aycrs as Larry Twifchell aud.IackMc- Lath. Ball flute be compose.lof tUe clubs of the following Amateur Skaters Organize. Caun. Tho la'tar part of that year he pitched for the SANGUINE MOIULE. Kansas City Will Fight. [A little sum of advance money.' nnmed cilie', viz.: S;ir4ngRel I, II!.: (Juincy, 111.; lIeu!e_Ys,ftclnbat Bichmood,lud.,that eaintd consider­ SPOUTING LIFE. IOUM; Terro Haute, Ind., nnd KANSAS CITY, Jan. 18 ProiMent Speaa yestcriJay fcppffal to "'Somebody must have told you,-Chris; y( Peoria, 111."; Davenport, able n-'t'irh'ty throughout the country for iti fine \>\-&y- A Club in Process oT Formation Under Man­ wired tsecreiary Wikoff ttmt Hulph Johnson bad not NKV.-BI'RO, N. Y., Jan. 10. The Amateur Skating Lvrtiioviile, Imi., and tliat the representation cf the ing, lu 1886 he went to Pittshnrg arid pitched during uessed it the first time. Little Arlie is dofl required to enter into an agree­ ager Kclly's Direction. boen released by tlte Kansas City Club, and »8kioR Ass.'fiiition of yewljiirs nas fuiiiitd Ins? night, with t to clcth, and be must get a cnib-stake eoint'whtre. said several cities be tiiat ytar and f >r three mouths iu 1S87. From there him not t> approve cf bia c-.utract with any other pi t1 in t era! tip of forty-fire. C. L. M'ariiig, Hecorder o ment to carry out tho prcviflioos and nbiJe by tl:o re­ he \veut to the Enn Claire, Wig., Club, aod finished MOBILE, Jan. 15. Manager John Kelly is nc- ihe way, Chris, bow hi* a touch will yon etHH?a-.s.iid : etc. were a;v}]o:utu;f t> aid at tho comiiig rac*. on tlii that each of >aitf above honied ehibs be required to de- to secure Guinbert, of Z*i:csril!c to piirchass him; you are pr*p»red to stand a cut of $51)0 I am ready to loeit with the secretary the s.im or SJH within flftcen sake of Boston as a hustler. He has been a ball "Juhn on cannot sign with tbe Columbus or any Hudson lliver, opposite tiiis city. talk business. 1 but the Columbus peopla, believing that they were (co- otlifi-c'lih until ho 13 n leased by tbe Kansas City lays from the date hereof, >9 an InitiHtion foe, aad in;r to win the pennant, refused to let him go at any player, is an experienced manager, and knows a " 'Oh, i:u\v, Chrfc! don't be bar! on yonr favcri up( u failure ot" any of anid reorewnta'-ivea to comply Oiub, which ii ettll a livo orK-inizutiun, liu.dnnr u Another Six-Day Bicycle Race. player. Vou know you til ways iikei me. S;iy, c: price, as they c -rrectly said he was the best pitcher ball player and how to select a team. lie is now Wt-Htcrn Association franchise. Tha t-fficerd of tho .1 .... .1 ______i_^. ..._.., __ i *...... js j o- with jmy of tho above requirements, the f-rcsident they bal, and they didn't propose to cripple their fj-erial tu Sroimxo I.iyK. the 8:-I«ry the same .is las: scns-m, and Ariin ia flmll ha BUthorize-.l to exp?l taij clnbfrosi mciubor- a merchant, and no better man could be found club aro just the finmo ai wbon the season close*', W. Eck h»s rotiv for I88i>. Come. uu\v; Unit's a «ood fe'.l..v;! Giyve the chances fur the peniirtnt. lie noeds no catcher to to place at the hi ad of the club. KG baa the coi.fi- ariil its receive li&t is biadin^ aa much as Hi ai of KANSAS'GYvv, 5Io., J.tn. 19. T. ship in said League, an.i shall proceed immediately at-ady him; he bag a g->o3 net ve and watches tha game ar- p'Ho.l nil firn-.n^fiii n't. for a t-ix-day bicycle rare in old Atatid-by a chancy f. r liis white alley.* to wlecl the Biiccessor of said club to" fill such va­ (ifiice and respect of our public, nnd uo bcgns p.imt-3 any club of the Association. Tlie club Ins tmido "*How much advance, do you want?1 closely. can bo playi-d with Kelly m iiutunger. He Ivid deter­ ran^t-ments ti traosfer the team to St. Jo-eph. f T next Kxj'ositii'n i:n;l!in;r, t^n'a city, in \vhich knafH>, M cancy; and be it further Strothers played in the same team with Uandiboo in gftii, Louise Arrn.iiudo and a uitdibf-r of (.t*icr fnmoi.s "'0... §200 will bfjdtc me over my present financia I^oli-cil. Tlut the ofiicc78 of said League shall bo mined to let l-aac ball aiooe, but he loves tbe spr-rt »nd BPASOU. If Mr. Lord can come to terms with Hie play­ troubles. What do you say?' Columbus in 1885, and finished tluit tenson io Xanes- wants' to show those who ccndeniue.l liiih in 1687 that ers he will release th?m as fast M he pi ia Kunsis City. .FAS. I'lTZrATKI'JK,") s'avted iu at f-atidu-iky iu the Tri-State League, ana tho Board of of a St. Louis contract. Tho ahov/ with which Laih;m S. II. WiiiT.-ELr,, vComtaUtei promised substantial fruppnt. Ho also strttes that be Tlu-ro ia tmrdly any question that vas trsiveliug is ivcr/aiiizioe, and will be on fio n Toll do. seeing how va'uaMo a msn he was, eoou ee- dots not favor a Giilf L^agiif. The Southern Lenguo, Arbitration will stand by Kansas City in this matter. ' After ritUbnrg Players. a»i»ain soon.. Although La'Ii made biz monoy la-it b ..,v J. G.C'OIIBF.II. ) cured him and used him on 5rat base the balance of as uow outlined, auiu him aud Mobile \vili be iu that KanfM City hi.8 exactly the samejiold upon Johnaon- 8jvc!ftl.to SPORTING LIFE. bit]l S3a.c oa and has druwn ?110 a week with ihe Ttah- The constitution of the National League was tlia season. Btiothcrs is really au outficldor and would that D.troit has on Wiiite aud Rowc. Tho Wtsera PirrsnuRfj, Jan. 10.-*Man,i;rer Chapman, of the [onn1 (!o., he had juct fifty cc^.ts in hi* pocket wben ho adopted, but the following modifying clause was railier pluy in that capacity, but is a corking good Cyclone Milier, who epent last month liere, loft last Association franchise in sMil lield by tho Kai.s:i3 Ci;y Byrac'iiso Stwrs, id (-e-kinp iw.j lM.t-f.bmg ballplayers, hed the contract. lie is tha moat improvident inserted: lir^t I.asetuao aud a slicker ot some repute. He, like week, being called homo to the bed cf hU dying Club, «ml, beyond all doubt, it has ths right to bold all tid in Hie IKMSCIU of K«l Swartwood ami Eiily ilibhop. yer in America. He nt-rcr toitcliea fntoxlcn!ing "No club organization in thU League shall bo al­ liitndiboe, is no record player. He goes after every­ mother. AI wa* greHlly liked here and be leaves a i'8 \Vesteru players. NotwitliBtanding John R. Day's He H anxious t<> pet tSe former to ns lo secure a good liquor, but in spite of this fiict is a'. ways dead bruke. lowed to p.iv moid tiian S1.200 r.er month in salarfe.-} to thing und never weakens from the time game is called great manv friond« behind. ultimatum in th« Ju!:nj.cn matter, K-unat. Cify will captain f»r the te.mi. Bishop was asked fur !iia terms Ubat be does with his money is past finding out." p'rxyera, nn'loi- a jonslty of a fine of £300 lor each of- until it isetidcd. Harry VaughHti, tbo clt-vor clianpre catcher of lift not la/ down its !ian<'8 at I tie strong bluff that is being and gave them. They are considered a little hiirh by fcnee. Wlirn such an otfenserflall be brcu^hl to the These are two players who have few, i* any, supe- .hmai:3, of Now Orleaoe, who s^eut 6omo weeks li«Sf mude. It is pro]>O3ed to curry tiu» mutter through ihu Chapman, hut it is thought an agreemeut will bo fttten!ion of the secretary hoshali report to the execu­ ri'ira in the International Association, and if signed has gone home. mill. Johnson te'egraphcd to Mr, Day and a>kfcd hia readied tuts week. NEWARK'S CLUB. tive bor.rd, and iii:ou jireof ef the fact the fine Im­ vill do their duty in asjistiug their club towarJd ihe opiiron of his (Jobneon's) case. Mr. D-iy, wh*i,a a, ouo each of t lit) following distances: financial basis goes without saying. Mr. Shoe­ Kvansviile; K. A. Schaal, Terre Haute, and John wa^ ideQtifled ulth tho old Aaitciatlou club in '83 and a Northwestern League club, and who recently UNWILLING SA3TDUSKY. 50,. 75, 100 and V>0 yard-?, for f500 a side, the r:icee maker, tho president, ia a manufa^turingjeweler S. Lee, Teoria. Tho sitkution was also 'S4, with the Tri-^tate League clubo in *87 nnd'88. totnku I'.HCO ia Milwaukee at Mjch time us thall be wont to Ireland to claim a fortune to which ho of comfortable mean?, an ardent admirer of the considered. It was de-i'Jfcd t) mike the Iu !8:t, as well for tbo pleasure that ha derived from it follows about the possibilities No Chances To He Tukon Witliont tho mnt-i;;!!y agreed u^on by the Cju;e?ta;ih, aud the a? an. advertisement, ho organized the "Btjrn" Club, fell heir, writes as wiLn^r of a majority to take the entire stakes. National game and a liberal patron of the ?port. _uaranteo $00 per game. Each club will be for the future of the American National game in I-lHlcniuiu riiiu. Bond is a prosperous re il estate which was composed of Iccal ballplayers and It was Vice President compelled to deposit S^OO wUh the secretary be­ hi i hat club that AI Bauer, the umpire, first threw his Great Britain: SANDKSKY, 0., Jan. 14. E.Utor SPORTINO TVtll tlie Two Jersey Clubs Enter? a^ent, is alovetoftho gfimeandwi'l see the fore they commence tho scheuuic of games. In wuiiderful curves, for in hid day flttuer WMS a great Well, it may.hc more interesting to yon to loarn LIFK: The prospects for the Ohio League to Uppcln! 1-. iMo.iT.xa LIFE. club through, at all hazard*. Secretary and order to modify the cost of players, it was de- pitciier and held his own eventually in the St. Louis my ideas of introducing our National g-m his pocket paid the entice plc.ieant time with a number of the Icadin? sporting to S1.200 per month. '. ^ iiciousmove. Ho wan generous to a fmlr, quiries ns to our intontions, we have auswercd: Eapidn, L'n«l-duO( p^orti and ony of ll:e moat 3*11 was adopted for all League gnmes »nd tho well-posted and no player can ioldu-r on him. Etsy signing by Canton of such people a_! Borchers, Time. Jyl-n 1 epoko of wan o\er 100 years 'huld 'ere,'only untU-r Gafl'ney Comes to jroiiouDoed biiso hail tnthnsi;iata lu thecctintry. 'alary of the umpires was put at $108 per month to eet alonz with, arid correspondingly kind to every­ euother name rounders. I saw at once it was useless Nightengale an.I Kyan, after pledging thern- SpftCiftl toSpOHTINO LlFK. K. liaroslcw holils a gncd poaitiou with tt'C Buwvrs body, lie ia immensely wealthy and is just the muu to orn-.-t Company, ie a \veH-kirjwn.8rcuian and tljnka tnd railway expense?. The annual League to converse any further with this class of sports on eelvc3 to an $300 limit, would have reopened tha BALTIMORE. J-»n. 10. Umpire GafTnoy yest^nUy will be held on the first Tuesday after be identified with base bull. that subject. To put it all m a nutshell, I ani strongly old sore, to KIV nothing of t*ie learn Ct'Iinnbiis would telctrni'lifd Jlaua. or ttarnie, chairman of the Ameiicaii nore of brt?e bail than of hia meals, Jacob lluugslmc; meeting s a FoiJa water mfiimfrtcturer an-I !§ the Dc-mocrutic :he first Monday in November, aud it is intended AN ERROR CORRECTED. of the opinion that wh?n base ball is a popular grtiue I'.are entcrt-d if they had not broken into tho Associa­ Aw''ci-t(u*ii connrfiiti'fon uinpiren, ftcceptin^ the t^-rnis Even with all tho cars and watchfulness that was n CJrcat Uritiin you and I will have lour put on tbe tion. No, b'syg, we citu't d ) it you know, it cost-, luo offere ! for next Kftuon an-1 siirnifyina bin wjiliu^ne?* 'i;a?-)jiN fun(?) Memngh fur us. to 8; i:n (IIP u^iiiil coutmc f. It i^ noderstoixl th«', his ar everything looks lovely in the Interstate averages, au aggravating error crept in that does p:ost-nt in this country, iu their estiinition, thero are Oh, for t!iO days of'83, when wo had a £470 teun, tltvt (aiary will l;e Sl,80t>. Cut OIIQ umpire remains 1 1 by ibcrnl cuntribu'ord to (hat sport ami, a!(li -u^h having mt one arm, can raise more enthusiasm at a baae bull "league domain. Jisi. TliajQr M. Torroyson an injustice. I refer t-> his re­ only two games in existence foot ball and cricket," witaa terror to all conioif. We started lu with a soj fpiied a;rl iiumoions applications for tho vacancy cord as second bnsoman. It ranks him 24. Games, 17; infield, but it eioon l*Cdine a skin from wiping up ilia havo Lee:i received. natch or a Yott-run League I'.ioetlng than any man iving. With such men at the wheel base bull will A CUBAN INVASION. chaucea ofi'ercd, ^)3; average, .787. His correct recjnl Look Out for Your Eyes. eart'i with the vitiliiig tentn?. Dan O'L*-a:y, wiiii hia save clear tailing in HIM. city. should be: Rank, 10; gomes, 17; chances offered. 74; The Cincinnati Enquirer saye: ''If a ball player's ck Toledo team, touk t'ieir medicine bor«. label c I B^nnctt Us coming Iteasonable. —————————9———————— Foreign Ball Players Coming to the United average, .005. Pa'eident McDermith made a thorough >y«s ever beccuio injured in tho ulightebt his days of > ^. f\G BriiueHitts. with tsviecncy iu the box. gut search for the cause of the error, and catne to the con­ it in tbe no k 3 to 2. Kr; e, You uptown, ij.2..o>vllle, CprciaHo SPOHTINO Livr.. Experience is a Great Teacher. States. usefulness da a hero of tiie diamond aro over. There JCosToif, Ji»n. It*. iPcntit'tt has c^ntn down fi peg clusion tjiat it occurred in tbe composing rcorus, as tlie are only two i:la)ers who havo had their optics in­ the Heiily Club, of lltchmoi.d, lad., and evt-u the De­ From the Spotting South. PiTTSBfKo, Jan. 13. EJltor SPORTIXO LIFE: I am way troit Lrox"'^ Club were done up by < ur five-cent inn**. from h H fc:j;h po>t. He cxpn-»ifH himself willing" to o receipt of a letter from Don Bircteo Barrier, tho copy furnished was correct. Of coor*e, the only jured within tlierocollectionjof the writer. Fred GWey, iK" fyrpl.750. It Isi'i^buble that hia a guuture will The i--ivHt:nt titr.iiion In bta? ball in the South lias out of it will be to charge it to the compositor. who played a great tiiird base for t'ne Athletics in 1884, In your lost i.isue you ini'ution a tiij.lo \\&y by Paul f.tct tlmt the speedio-t and t-urtst Mvpriefur of tlie mae&ilicest ball park «o eliuibly Jo- ]I!n- B as likfly tho rnly ouo on record ma<1is in a pro 8ov» be received. DK'nstreted ons :ate.1 in tho City of Havana, Island of Cuba. Seuor SCRAPS AND SQUIBS. liad his fye-jinht impaired by tho premature explosion vt»y to oi"'i»nize and biiccessfiilly conduct ball clubs ia hero fa complete except a little hitch on of a £un while hunting. lie tried to play the next ft'8-icnnl KKme. In the Dttroit gams, D-.U MulhoU»ntriple una-sisted. l>uu wa^ playing Ih.sd, tho Smith hi tlte Fold. n tlie IkCJusfcc-y pl*n. Tnat plan is for a ectei! from the b."st available material of the three Juiinson for third baie. It is believed it will be mado sea^('i), but was a failure, nnd had to retire. Charlie ober, experienced and trustworthy player to proceed all right in a few days. Jones, of ilie Cincinnati tcain, WJH the other victim. t(a..-i s were full, no one out when Pan caught a h';t FrrrtMl to Spnunxo LIFK. the trong l^cal clut«. He says: liner, stepping on third, ;;iit ii.iS out tbo IUIJIKT and 11 iv city, gam tho cu;iiule::ce of c^ti/.flus who l:>vy "1 will secure a team composed ot our bort amateur Tho RtronjjthTJf the Columbus Club i? cansiup; much Charlie had bis eyes filled Mith Cayenne j'epp*r . PiTTSBunc, PR., Jaa. 10. Pop Smith's coDtract ar­ ;;irnc, donrinstrate bi-: ability as a manager and or^rau- ">y his irate wife while walking on the atreets of tlrs fr-jiii th^'ie to lionif, and t:)i?chinjr out a siirpmcd rived to-Jny. aleut, the game, as y;u aru.iv.a.:e, LeiL^ jet iu Us comment and securing many complimentary noticed. WHS tefiriisj; lit1-me fr.:Di second. Acrordiujj z«* n tp«ui ID represent the cHy. Men like UrtidJey, George W. Barnum, the newly appointed L-JUKUO :ity iu tfjo winter of 188ti. He nover played a good ier who ______^___,______Levw and others am do this, and if maleur stage, aud will soud you fur publication a :o the O!ii> Stale Jonrw.l, thisU tho only thins; in Inso IcCU-skey, Howoli, iho'ogi »ph, with a brief sketclv«f th-jM taking part." umpire, is wintering here. George ia studyiu^ hard the jama of hall after that, and the following sefteou \vaa XIAKtCISBURG NK\VS. hoy wo'ild p'0-.;sed at oucet) cities like Fort Worth, rulej of tlw game, and will ca'l many kickers d<>\vn released by tlio Cinciniutis and soon dropped out of ball Drill WIT did that wiu wo;th reniemberin.:. Oar if em pi* is, Biruilnxl am, Atlanta, C'liadancKig.i, «n-1 next summer, with the law for it ri^ht on the end of the business entirely." Our t-stoemed contemporary crack pitcher, Mitchell, is dead. Svheitcck i* with A Small Budget From the State Capital On thers, ihpy would find the backing. It Levins to look his toiigitc. might havo included in th? category of players whh London, Milier h"\s r«tirf1, a^ have Kelly wrd Shan SjKH'ting Interests. <» tlion^h pxpprienced mon v«i!i have to rim b;t season's Ilarrisburg efcl that ihey would like to be rid of tho HUD< y^uce ar from tbe breast." Sominers*ith (ho Bo.ton Club. Lave CrofS wi'h the earn from the Srate of Florida with a professional but- Ilenke, of lha Atlaniai, of *b5, rau into and lost his Yaik i* wi'h De- Club vs. a hotel proprietor of Heading, for al­ n-l vex \tion of m:ina. * liictiEYK. Bcsdny, by tho members of the club under arrest Iso a magnificent all-round player. and Gaitright, pitchers; Orr, first base; Grtenwood, piiBU alwa>B providing the right uiao is sacured sh-ort stop; ng the past week, is significant: act of I would be alad to iear, care of THE SPOBTINC LIFE, poooud base: Johnston, third ba8»; Kanpcl, paying an additional fine of $15. This tbo work. rom the leading amatenr and co'.le^1:* clubdag to the Puily, left field: McTamtny, 'centre field, and Harr, "Wo signed Acdrus and lininey," said Vico Pres­ A Base Hull Catcher Murdered. the hotel proprietor to push this suit was as un­ respect of such a series, or single gamea, for pay May ^Rt Bold. ent Ro^e, of the Buffalo Club, >e8'erd>iy, *'to play in DALLAS Tex., .Jiin. 1G. M. J. Bradley, tho well- just us thcfhie phice-l on them was exorbitant, Spvingfiel(l's Club Organized. r June, or earlier, if necessary. I can be addressed Director Cohen says the grand stand will be rebuilt lie iun-;ld in case \Vhito and myst-lf caniot play, but DO^TI base bill catchiT, was killed hero to-d-iy by but the members of the club were anxious tor a S'jt- $PBiKfl»-iKLD, 111., Jan. 16. The ftcckhohi-'i-a of the are of O'Xeil & i.vne, Lewii' Block, Pittsbnrg. entirely, aod additional aoits for 1,000 people will be ve will keep them iu any event. Neither White uur (tin Angus, a ha^k driver, lir^'lley camy to Texas t!*-nn'nta.t tt»\y (-o-if, liet-juiPt t!i:> euit rc!U'ctod ou thc'ir i-ii^flpld Uase Ball Assocution have elected tho fol- JAMUS P. SCOTT. erected. nyecUwiH leave Bnftilo undtrany ciicunis.ances. I |t spring ffuin the .loijlin, Slo., L'aie Ball Club, «har.ict'-r^, and thoy pnid ttio 'xce-srive fiats winx < fiicero: llenderson Kiagtly, president; John Gin Schmelz says Columbus will be a /rood ways : th_-.t President Nimlck, of rir.tsinirg, is reported as jinn d.iya- ago Bradiev ^i^iied with St. Jon.'iih, SI Tbe Jl. O. I*. Km Ui^ITiiib ln-M a ineetin? on last f. McCreerj, vice presidt-nt; Htz. William.1', sectetary; Forster Still Free. from the bottom at the end of the season and that she ing that he will give oudi that I am to play thero v the sewsou ut 1889. His In me w-»s in Oil Ci y, " Thn u:l.iy cvvniriir, and n-\v oflleen were el cted for f. A. Smtwick, treasurer; Harry T. Smitii, manager. NEW YORK, Jan. 15. Kditor SPORTISO LIFE: In will wiii at least sixty games. t Beasou. Woll, he can do no better t'lau shed bis wheie lit* jan-ine live. lh« billing grew ..;.; Bext i«ei9'Jii. Cliri-t Sw^it»-r, tho nlucky Hile JHichor, ho utock of the A-soc-itiiou U limited to ?2.WO, and it our last Issue the statement Is mado that I liaye Wonder if Ci-miskey has ' victories loney iu Buffalo, if that's w!mt ho is betting. Hu [iiarri-l between Bradtey nti-1 Djlly I-un1, th» ruiitr,, vt'o did UT'ol wi)i'k for thorn Inst seas ^n, w.-w ut.am- i exiu-cted the field cranks will contribute titierally 'gued a C"ntract to play lu St. Paul the coming sea- bottled and laid away that he ^ , claimed au find at least one tafeer. However, 1 have nothin ; f ADCUS, in whiuii Uriullev sai-pM the vtnr;.,.. \ t Bioii l,\ t !' ctcd mrta^gf"*. W. 11. Kro tier, t''« trcat*-li«t > fiit tin- club on a Bonn;! ba>i>. For a long tiui* ion. Please do me the favor of denying ft in your next from the baby before it shoved n- i- ..'in/ gaio^t the I'itMnira: Club or I'tesideut Kimick except ^;us swyro tenaoin-co, and while Itrkd'ey w.»-< in JJ-ai.unu pl.tyer ou tha toaui, Kill act in the cajmciv ho.-c bat beea a cry fur bate bal! in Spfiu^peld. uue, lours respectively, Tiiog. FOKSTIB. President Storu id uot so sure now as h*h^ww was of the hat I aiu not going to play thtre." iuiu siieet to duy Ai^iu bh*/t Lliu tbt'uu^tt tlm THE SPORTING Jan. 23.

FINE POINTS. owners are beginning to pay each other large NOTES AND COMMENTS.' IT WOULD not be at all surprising to see the of the way of those reporters. "FaklraTllle" has be­ In the Washington correspondence of THE bonuses for the release of favorite jockeys. Columbus team lead tha Association's tail-eudera ia come a terror to base ball managers. THE SPORTING LIFE. 1889 that is, stand fifth In tha peuuaut race. PLAYERS desiring positions will please send SPOUTING LIFE and secretaries of amateur recently a case was cited which Pretty soon, we dare say, some sort of a reserve THE disease from which Manager Horace their terms and the name of the last team played PUBLISHED WEEKLY AT c'ulu in alt parts of tho country are requested to amply illustrates how the most unexpected and rule for jockeys will be in order. Phillipfl has with. I am signing a t'-ara for Des Moinea. Nona at once send u.i iheir addres-ej, AS well aa very brief. been suffering so greatly was inflammation surprising cases are likely to arise for adjudica­ of the bladder. He had a clo^e call for bis life. jut strictly temperate men nee I write. James A. >To. 202 SoutU Ninth Street, Philada. particular* of their club*. Later on they will hear Hart, 184 North ave., MilwauKee, Wi?. * tion. The point made was as follows: PHILADELPHIA, BOSTON ASD CINCINNATI, in of something to their advantage. OF ALL the players who went to A ustralia BY THE Ned Hanlon was the moat fearful of befog seasick, BK MORTOM is making spring dates far "Nick Young received* an inquiry last week from tbe order named, are the nurseries of ball but neither he nor Ansou suffered at all from it. Toledo auJ will play CiDcinr.atl A bill 14 and 15. It is tile nmnnger of a club in the Western League as to players, and yet in each case the proverb that BTRDOCK is still out in the cold, Sporting Life Publishing Company, EX-PRESIDENT PORTER, of the old Boston bis intention to phiy in Volumbns, Cincinnati, Lot.ii- whether it certain player could be regarded as ro- "a prophet is not without honor save in his WHAT has become of the Ewing- testimonial? villeand Indianapolis, and poasiuly Chicagoand Clove- aerved because the club in question wan uuubl- to pro­ Club, who went to Europe witk the Atliietto and aud, before the reiu'nr season opens. '.' hose order all Checks, Dtajts, Money Order!, duce a copy of the contract with him. The circum- own country" holds good. Home talent forms SPRISQPIBLD wants Nick Handiboe and Stro- Boston clubs la '74, is now mayor of Quincy, Mass. thers. W. F. IRWIN, Ren Mulford's one-eyed pitehor, and Remittances must be made payable. atauces which occasioned the inquiry are that Iho but a very small constituent of the leading rep- KKLLY claims to have an ironclad contract player accepted the terms made by the club interested. CAMPANA, of Omaha, is tending bar in Man­ s-working In a grocery at Walnut Hills, Cii.ciunnti, POST OFFICE BOX, 948. with the Boston directory which includes tho Boston 3., and ts IQ gooj condition. La*t ttea«ou he was A contract wad made out in due form, but before U sentatjve professional teams of these great cities. chester. *. captaincy, and saya he will bold the triumvirate to It. was formally delivered to the p'ayer the manager lost handicapped by 6ickna*B, but is now well aud will WHAT ia Boston going to do with catcher AN OFFICIAL of the Pittsbarg Club is author­ VXCI9 C. KICHTEK, Editor-in-chief. It. It so happened that the player found it, but ho THE RESERVE TEAM craze seems to have gone make a valuable player for some club. said Etching about it. The matte'r was lost sight of Somraer? ity for the aatement that tho club is after Deaccn IN SPEAKING of the training of ball players, during tho plajing season and the player congratu­ the way of the other base ball fads. Very few THE Detroit Club will play no Sunday games White, hoping that iu this way tbey can secure Kowe President Byrn# ig quoted as spying: "Mcn'are lika TERMS: lated himselt that he was beyond tbe scope of the re- major league clubs will sign many more men next season. also. iKTses in simp respects. You would not train a hnr.-o serve list becanne his employeia were without a copy ' ription, per annum (postage paid)...... 83,25 than they expect EX-UMPIRE QUINS wants a place on the Asso­ CINCINNATI claims the honor of having, next tor a great race on a riding academy track. Ball of his contract. Mr. Young decided that the player to have regular use for, and in to Philadelphia, produced tho most prominent ball players want to be on their native heath." months...... " ~ " ...... 1.25 cannot escape the provisions of the reserve rule ciation staff. the minor leagues, where even more rigid econ­ players. What's the matter with Boston iu that re­ r'HKX •o months...... ** ** ...... 65 through hi-* own wronu doing, and therefore be LATRAM has acquired the actors' weakness for spect? W. F. Iitwix an! Harry Vau»lin were _le copiea...... u " ...... 6c. must be regarded as a reserved player." omy is necessary, few extra men will be carried. fur-lineii coats. the battery for the Lexlnt;tou, Ky.. Blue Grass Lcagna CURR.Y FOLEY writes to correct the general 1NVAK1ABLY IN ADVANCE. From a moral standpoint, President Young's Retrenchment is the order of the day. PHIL TOMNEY was the third player to sign Club in'36 loa game with the Versailles Club, Irwia FOBEION POSTAOB 52 CENTS EXTRA fE Impression that Joe Hornun^ is a record player. He e truck out twenty-one men, retired his oppoaeutg decision was excellent, but in a legal point of with Louisville. says iu eight consecutive years he never caw Joe shirk without a hit and yet the aiJe waa beaten. "As YET tbe Cleveland Club has come to no agreement BATE ORR has accepted the captaincy of the a ball. view it won't hold. The law provides that » with Jay Faatz." Cleveland Ptaiit Dealer. Columbus' team. STRANGE to say, that'several clubs that ar« ADVERTISING RATES; contract must be promulgated and registered; THOSE oluba that are looking around for a looking around for a player-manager notably In- (FIXED AND FINAL.) Was he not classified, and if so what agree­ BiNOHAit, the ex-college pitcher, has signed second baseruan seem to have overlooked McClellan dianapolig hnven.it yet muda any effort to secura without this formality it is irregular, and there­ flntt Burdock, both of whom are free to sign any­ SO Cents Per Une Nonpareil Measurement. ment can the Cleveland Clnb make with him with Minneapolis. John Morrill, who is Generally regarded by the play*, fore void; and the player who was reserved BOSTON papers deny where. era as tha best first b.vsojnan In the League. ADVERTISERS should forward their favors so sa to other than prescribed by the salary limit law? tbe report that Cuihman under it cannot be held, as there is no contract ia wanted in the Ilub. MANCHESTER hag released Person and Ports­ NEW ORLEANS and Mobile at present bavo Teat-L u§ by 3 I* M. Satiinlfty.aathispapergoea to press mouth has let Leigh ton go. So Washington and the only decent park.n in the South, The other* are EVKRV S.ATUUDAY AT 5 P. M. to show that the club had any THB Southern League has another meeting at claims upon him WITTY SAYINGS. New Orleans on the 21st. Omaha are all right, BO far aa these players ard con­ only third-rate affairs, and if tho new League is a whatever, and were the player in the case a cerned. jzo it will be necessary for all of the cities to eecurft Fanny Paragraphs Gleaned From Face­ READ F. A. Smith's advertisement in our reg­ new grounds and put up the proper buildings. PHILADELPHIA, JANUARY 23, IS39. man of extended reputation VAN HALTREN says he has not as yet taken or member of a tious Exchanges. ular advertising columns. * major league the trouble to read tha new League legislation, let HUB COLLINS, of the Brooklyn Club, has been team, he could not have been »" 'Know the reason there are so few skating acci­ ALL the Association clubs have waived claim alone studying it. Of such In the profession of ball confined to his bed at Louisville for eome six weeks. choked off with such a decision as Mr. Young dents, this winter,' asked the funny mau this morning. to Herr, White and Lyons. players. He has had a sovere attack *f sick nest, which came 'No,' replied the religious reporter. 'No ice,' said the upon the heels of a fall recoived a month' made in this case. Aside from its relation to CINCINNATI expects to carry no more than , MR. A. M. BROWN, the new secretary-treas­ and a half f. m., A-i be went dowu stairs." Buffalo CommtfrcwZ. fourteen men next season, ago, aud he has not been aide to leafe hojue since. the player's reservation, this ease oould open up urer of the Central International Lengiie, u a news­ 4O,OOO *" 'They tell me you were one of the famous piayinK THERE are three c.t-captains in the Columbus paper lad, being sporting editor of the Peona^ 111., THE question that now ngitatea St. Louis is: some very interesting questions as to neglect of pitchers of last season?' (Modestly.) 'I was.' 'And did team Orr, M«rr and Daily. Tra nscrip t. "Will Hudson forgive Von dor A lie?" Klnp, Boyle, duty npon the part of someone, as we have you always »iu when you offered up a prayer tor vic­ BiiliiKnn, O'Neil, and several of tho other pluyeis who tory previous to a game?' {With injured look.) 'Not SEND two-cent stamp for a copy of the Millen­ PORKOPOLIS papers would like to know whether worfeed so bard to bring the pennant to St. Louis do hero a man playing an entire season without a always. Sometimes the other side bribed the umpire.* " nium PUu in pamphlet furrn. the CH3t-iron, copper-plate, double-action temperance not appear to be in a very forgiving mood just now. Chicago Tribune. pledges signed by Cincinnati players will be rigidly LETTER LIST. contract or record thereof; and of the legality of SECOND BASEMAN TIM BROSNAN has been en­ adhered to. MIKE KELLY publicly stamps the Boston re \\"o have in our pare *"A now musical skit Is called 'The Broken Pitcher.' gaged by the Sioux City Club. portera as a lut of L'vuy$" and "stuffs." They are not letters or telegrams for all games participated in bv this player, as the IT is said that Tim Keefe'a property in Now if the composer had ouly waited a mouth or two Cam­ the creatures Kelly paints them, but deserve lua ni>»«« tho persons named below, which will bo promptly law is very explicit in the limit set for the num­ he could have worked in an 'Up* before the 'P' and THB Pittsburg Club has extended the lease of bridge, Mas*., has riseu in value frnro H few hundred forwarded upon receipt of a selt-aitdrcssed ita grounds for two more years. Tor the fulsome adulation they keatowe i upon him for ber of games an unsigned player can legally play dedicated the piece to ono of the many phenomenous dollars to £10,000. The city wanta to build a public li­ two years, despite hid evident and prouotinced short­ stamped envelope: whoso suspenders will be trimmed bp that time." Cin­ BOB BARR sold nearly one hundred season brary on it. comings. "W. A. Purcell. Prischel (Toledo Club). in with any club during a championship season. cinnati Ti,nes~Star. tickets for the Rochester Club. THE Brooklyn players in the Columbus team *"Jack Bowe can catch; so it can be said without MIKE HENRY hag become in?ane and has Sam Kimber. Ohai. II. liryuau. Base ball law is truly most complicated, and for PITCHER ED CUSHUAN thinks the new pitch­ will play against their old clnb fn 1889 with all the bepn sent to malicious intvut that the Buffalo Club is in the hands Ibo Flatbnsh Asylum, Brooklyn, for the Van Aldtyno. tbis ing rules will suit him perfectly. vim those of the Brooklyns did in ibo Kansas City team ; i- Henry organized and for eeventl reason no man, except a lawyer, no matter oft* receiver." Uostoo Glvbe. of jears man- Jabniiou (catcher Pitcher Uuckard. last season. the old Atlantic base ball nine, and ville honr nble, can successfully hope to run the gaunt- THKRE is only one Freeman in base ball, and was tho C'lub). Hilly Tayior. '"Columbus will be known as the Buckeye Club IN A BOSTON exchange, pitcher Viau, of the fir,-t to discover the ball playing abilities of Julm Tommy Talliot. he is with the Browns next season. J. Tern Vullaly. lot of tho thousand and one surprising cases that next season. It will be a game club, for after its 'eye' Cinciniiaiis, is1 quoted aa saying that ho objects to play­ Burdock. "Win. Holland. Eil Wisw«ll. BILLY SMITH, Dick Phelan, Cartwright and is knocked out there is still 8OUlethiu£ to 'Buck' ing on Sundays aud for that reason would like to get "\Vm. Greenwood. Cbarh-e Lt-vlg. fall to the chairman of tho Board of Arbitration a^aiust." St. Louis Sa?/t)ii/s. Behan are wintering in New Orleans. THE New York papers that stated that \Vag- into the League. euhurst c. L. fiMMs. Ilill.v Ei.tor. for advice, adjustment or decision. *"C'lark University, Worcester, Mass., Is gathering was released to the New Yoik Club by tha CANTZ, Walker and Jack O'Brien are being HANLEY, short stop of the Philadelphia Will (!. Brynn. a very strong faculty, but the corps of instructors can­ Haverlys, is con­ Club mado a ead mistake. Watrcuhurst offered for sale by the Baltimore Club. played only a couple of games for the Pbillies IS. McKiirlan. J. S'.ranb. not be wolghed until the professor of foot ball is known sidered ona of the best play era in California, na he 19 a last PRESIDENT VON DER AIIB is confident that WILL TUCKERMAN and John Sowders have fine it-ason, when Mulvey was injured, and was then re­ i'utcliDo (Toledo Club). JiiuioH KlunfijfTn. to the public." Nrw York fielder in his position, a sure batter and an excel­ rtWd. come to terms with St. Paul and signed. lent base-runner. leased without further trial. «.Ym Strouthors. Munnger Tolodo Clnb. Cudivorth will be awarded to him when he *"AL'Sont-nilude;l baseball «'. U. Wilk-r. player (as a crashing chord Sam Crauo. nearly lifts ESTERBROOK has forsaken the wilds of Staten OMAHA would also like to have Dick Conway ONE or the first members of the famous old Jos. Famir;ton.' John brings his persuasive and argumentative powers him off the seat),'Good play!' And then catching ao interrogative glance from Mrs. Quarter- Island lor the flowery paths of Brooklyn. and will have a better chance of getting him than De­ Cincinnati "Reds" was Fred Wnteriuiin. The love of Paul Kell}'. lllirt Cu nt/.. to bear on tho Board of Arbitration. He said rest, he adds 'I I beg your paidonl What is the THR Toronto Club will not play even spring troit, as Manager Selee ia in the good graces of the drink ha-* ruined this once am bilious fellow and he ia that same thing when he was a claimant for score?' " Burliugton Free Press. exhibition games on Sundays next season. Boston triumvirate. now a mere frequenter of sakiona. He can be found ihnoat any time han^in^ TO UISAUKRS. *"Ball players are great THE Cleveland Club has signed pitcher around the neighborhood of llolliday, and yet his claim was easily riddled admirers of poultry. They CATCHER JAKE WELLS has been transferred filth and John streets, Cincinnati. Complaints Spra^ne, and the Minneapolis Club will of late arrival, rion-delivery and and tho case decided against him. Mr. Von der frequently go out on larks, and just as frequently do from the old Detroit Clnb to the new club. now have to vexatious delays in transmission of TUB SPOKT- tboy go home on 'owls.'" St,Louis G/ofce-Democra.'. appeal to the Board of Arbitration if it mean* to make "BUCK" EWINO says he believes the Austra­ A he also has tbe bad taste to insist, even at this HARRY FULLER, a brother of "Shorty" Fuller, a fight fur the p.ayer. lian gauiea "hippodrome"" That Is a serious chaige INS LIFE through nows agencies ' 'Buffalo has signed a man named Bainey. This has signed with tho Springfield till.) team. and news­ man must be a very 'sloppy' player." St. Louis Star- THE stockholders of the St. Louis Browns held an unwarranted one in fact and casts discredit upon late day, that he was "bamboozled" out of Hol- over a score ot tlie best base dealers reach ns frequently, and there is reason Suyinys. MCALEER, Cleveland's latest find, ia. said to their annual meeting last bull players in the United liday. At least, that's what week and elected Chris Stntes. Can it be that the noble the Cincinnati *''There ouzht to be music have stolon 73 bases ia 35 games last season. Von der Ahe pre-iident, A. \V. New York cantain u to believe that there are many more cises not at every game in Balti­ Stiaub, vice president, ealoua of Ward aa well AS of Au-ou? Knijuirtr reports him as saying. If Mr. Von more next season to make Waltz move smoothly." OUTFIELDER HrTCiiisox, late of Zanesvllle, and Dr. Ahibrandt, secretary. reported through, indifference, lack of time and MR. JULKS ROZIER will again der Abe made use of the remark attributed Cincinnati Times-Star. la the latest man reported signed by Canton. ROCHESTER has securwl a good mnn in pitcher be at the head to the Memphis Club. cos. These things should not be, and *"They now say that Billly Alvord U going into the Toole. fie is a fiue fielder Jimmy Wood* will also again him, it was a direct insult though perhaps not CATCHER ANDY DILLON, late of the St. Paul in tha position, an excel­ .ve the ejection and m>tuugenu*nt eg;* business, lie will find the yolk a hard one to lent hast-runner, and a team worker of thu team. New their occurrence annoys ua even more than it and Lima clubs, ia wintering iu Guclph, Oaf. at the bat, be­ grounds so intended not only to the League members of bear." Ohio State Journal. sides being will have to be secured anHarry Wright letters. He has written three, letters inquiring what U vor, as well as an evidence of interest in the fa­ Various Styles Employable Even with Lame contestants and the decision in the matter in full IT is now probable that the New Yorks will and his men v/ill meet with a hearty reception. The waited of him, and has received uo reply. vorite sporting paper of America. All such re- Shoulders. give the Cuban Giants just one fall in the spring. veteran is a favorite in Brooklyn. were all published in TUB SPORTING LIFE, and LATHAM says he has had all the theatrical ex­ will help us vastly in investigating the In speaking of the probability of Sam Thomp­ THE Denver team has secured a good catcher IF PITTSBURQ lets Staley go it .will be eimply perience he wants, and Lew Simuions aud Barni* showed most conclusively that Mr. Von der son's complete recovery in the vetonrti Dolan. Tom is in prime because tbe club has already a trio of pitchers m second his motion. The two latter thought that ruu- causes of the troubles and assist toward a better from his shoulder condition. Abe's claim has not a shadow of foundation and trouble, Harry Wright said the other day: FIRST BASEMAN W. ANDREWS and outfielder Calvin, Morris ami Conway, who excel Staloy in ex­ niujf a dramatic company was as <-a>y to them as ' neivs service. Render, don't hesitate to com­ "Thompson' trouble was entirely in the shoulder. His A. Doiioghue have been perience and command of the ball. young reporters imagine editing a newspaper to be, that the decision in favor of the Des Moincs signed by the Oniaha Club. aut they found out that something wag wanting. plain; wa shail be obliged to you for it. arm mnacles ur elbow joint never bothered him. He MICKEY WALSH, late of Buffalo, says his arm IF WHITE and Rowe should secure their re­ ______•—:——— Club was most righteous. In tho face of such can, it'he chooses, leirn 10 throw without miug bH leases and play fur Buffalo the unusual spectacle of a THE Wcsleyan University, at Middletown, sliuulder quite so severely as is natural for him. The is all right again. Ha wanU to play with Kochoster, preaideBt and THE CASE OF JOHNSON. an array of facts it is incomprehensible how any vice president of a club taking part in a Ct., has started a subscription for the support of tha correct way to throw is to start the ball at abjut the DKNNY LYONS says that Stovey and Welch professional ards, and yet I couM bowl very effec­ stove. As CHIOKET DIRKCTOH of the Australian trip, more latitude. All I hi a sounds very much like-a ]S«w tively. I had lamed roy shoulderwith cricket pla\mg. TERRE HAUTE'S entrance to the Central Inter­ Geor.se Wright had a\ery soft pnap, a* no c'nance for Year resolution. ,- _^~ and now, in the case of a couple of players, takes plnying "~ Ifinot be avoided, considering that even I kuew tint I must leara to throw if I wanted tofl>lay state League destroys one of the Tri-Stite League's that jamo offerwt ittelf. At least the cable ARTHUR IRWIS is of the opinion thut jttfoei up tho bonus plan, which tolls ns ot no g^mes that were playe'l. after soa)e years of practical application in the other clubs have tried hail, so I put in a whole winter practicing. I was thou hopes. the Pittsburg Club a great deal oT harm to hafVa;skin living at Hoboken, and every' day I would go down major leagues problems in reservation are still with eminently unsatisfactory results and aban­ to MARH ventures the opinion that Widner will THE three gentlemen who own tbe- Bo?ton diamond, and h« is undoubtedly correct in his stlrmise. the river and throw stones for an hour or so. I had to Club do not matjiftHt at% uneasiness about tbe nou- Ii io tho only club in tbe League that has that kind of doned. The bonus plan, either for extra work snap mv arm aud wribt something as Rowe does, aud prove Columbus' mainstay iu tbo pitcher's box n-^xt uncomfortably frequent. In the case of pitcher slason. signiug of Ben licit or \Vhite, or any other man whom a diamond, and ihe club fails to make at) good a bhow* or for abstention from vicious habits, is a snare at lirat I could not tell where the »tone was going to they desire to retain in their service. ing on other fields away from home because they are Bprague the Cleveland Club had a clear title land. -I would throw an old b'jtile or piece of wood CHARLIE PABOR, one of the first left-handed BO much different. » when it signed the innn. As was pointed out in and a delusion, fn the one instance it places out into the slream and pnctice throwing at that. pitchera in the busiuesa, ii now Chief of Police in New VON DEB AHE expects to pay the Pacific a premium upon record playing, discontent and Before spnne I could bit the mark nearly every time, Haven. coast a visit before spring. That ni*y or m.iy not THOMAS CASSTDV, the once famous centre our last issue, -minor league clubs have no power settle all hone of £('ttin£ the California League under fielder of the noted Cholsea Club, of Brooklyn, re­ indifference; in and could throw a ball seventy yanls without diffi­ YotJNd PITCHER LLEWELLYN, of tbe Hamilton . to change their organization and location and tho other, upon intemperance. culty. Ward is another example of what a man with the w:u£ of tho National Agreement. cently died at his home iu Brooklyn, lie contracted a Any and every Clnb, is released by its diabaudment and will go to cold, which eventually ended in hia death. Cassidy cnrry with them their reserved players, and player should, under the terms a shoulder trouble can do. He had to quit pitching, Culitoraia. Yorso FOUNTAIN, of last year's Polytechnic of his contract, play his best game for the salary and many predicted that he would never he able team, of Brooklyn, is a promising pitcher, end would was well kuown in New York and -Brooklyn, having - when tho Chicago Wc?tern Club was dissolved to play bail again. Ward thought differently, WITH Jimmy Williams as editor, the Associa­ make a good aiMitiou to s.ime nmfiteur team like the played twelve or fouiteeu years ago with the leading and the franchise transferred to Minneapolis therein stipulated, with only hope of future pre­ and he mastered a style of throwing of Ma own. tion Guiiie for 1S89 ought to be the best ever issued by Staten Islaud or Brooklyn Athletic Club. semi-professional clubs. He me* his body muscles to help him, starting the ball Al. Beach. - the reserve list of the club was invalidated. Pre­ ferment and increased compensation as extra THE New Yorks have arranged t*vo games CINCINNATI'S young players are largely in­ from his back. HEALY has been doing excellent debted to Manager Harry Baumgarduer. To him ii suming upon this case, the Columbus Club inducement. For tho vicious, dissolute players pitching on apiece with Harvard, Ifalo and J'riuceton. unJ the last THE UNDERHASD FASHIOS. the Australian trip, yet Indianapolis contemplates re­ club of the three m;ikin% the Iiest showing against the chiclly due tho credit of bringing from obscurity aoma week signed third bascmin Ilalph Johnson, a there nre laws, a rigid enforcement of which "Jack Farr.'H plays short stop and throws under­ leasing him, professionals will oecuro a special trophy. of the leading stars iu both the Association and hand. John C ilenian last League. HM tauiourt Shamrock team was the training player reserved by the Kansas City Western would cither check excesses or else drive tho seasoi threw a ball under­ CHICAGO'S ex-mayor, Carter Harrison, has THERB does not soem to be much of a market hand 126 y*rdn. M'>n who throw overhand selJoui school ibr many of these players, aud was the stepping wilful offenders sent Spal iitifj letters of introduction to officials at for ball {-layers tin's witjtor. Only high cl:is< and ex­ Club, ami in all probability nncre a grave mis­ out of tho business. There is laitie themselves, hut such men do not niako good atone tosomathing higher and butler. Cairo, Egypt. perienced men «ro needed by imrth^erd and the minor far too much coddling of these unworthy mem­ infieldeis. Every man ou tho infield should be able THK report is goint? take in so doin£. The facts in tho matter and the PITCHKP. FANNING, of the Buffalos. was mar­ leagues cannot afford to pay for im;r] at a'l. the rounds that the Louis­ bers of an honorable profession. The bonus to make a en:ip throw or jerk the bail underhand. ville Club has sicned Dan Shannon, pecotid bast-maa claims of all parties to the caso are set forth in Deleuauty ia one of the best in the business at the ried on Jim. 11 to Miss Florence McCIeavy, of Wil- Tn« watch recently voted Kennedy, the ot tho Newark Club. As nothing has been said about our news columns, and if tbe facts are as repre­ plan is one of these coddling mothoJs, and an latler style (.f throwing. He ran make a ball sail. liamsport, l*a. Lowell player, und-r tin auna ahead instead of behind when he disbanded.'* Chicago Western club did not' exist; was dead, should his old trouble returu." JOHN MORRILL has received an offer from ington team. The club has labored under many Weslyan University to coach its players, CHRIS VON DEB AHK gave his players PHIL KNELL, the California pitcher, who *in fact, and therefore the players it had had un­ and he will played a part of last season with tho Ptttdburgs, is open disadvantages, borne much HAMILTON DONE. probably accept. Christ mi 8 presents of boxes of toilet soap. "\Vus it ix der contract were no longer bound to it by any misfortune and hint for them to stop dirty ball [ilayinc'f" sfiya an ex­ io ongugcm&tit and would like to be given a chance to suffered many disappointments and discourage­ The Franchise Now is the time to brush the dust off the para­ change. If so, Rohinsou should have bud the largest show w hat hn can do by oue of tho luternatinna! or legal tic, not even reservation. In tho Knnsas of the Club Forfeited and graph: "Tho season of '89 will bo the grandest base ments. High hopes the City Out of Ball. box. Western Association cluin. Knell wiites that ho ii in City case, however, it is claimed that tho Kan­ have been built upon the ball ever kneM-." fine lonn ami feeh confident" that the club that will acquisition of Mr. Ward, and if at the eleventh HAMILTON, Ont., Jan. 16. Base ball in this THE man Cincinnati had pickoJ out to succeed sign him will nut be sorry for it. His address is Cen­ sas City Western club is still alive, has a corpor­ IT 19 REPORTED that another bridegroom is to Hick Carpenter was Pavi*, but Kansas City would hour one more hope should be blasted, it is just city is temporarily dead, and there will be no be added to the Brooklyn team shortly. D,ive 1'outz tral Part, S. E. corner Market aud Eighth streets, Saa ate existence, just as has tbe Detroit League listen to no terms. The club was also after Pickctt Francisco, Cal. jj^siblo that the Washington public may be­ International team in this city next season, nor is the man hinted at. and McTamainy, but the terms m each caae were too club, and if this be a fact its reserve is just a* perhaps ever again, as the extension of tiruo BULLAS, the catcher high. FOLLOWING is a corrected list of the Now come disgusted with the club, Ihe League and who supported Ramsey binning. Of course, the Kansas City Western granted to the Hamilton Base Ball Club to in ClifUUnoo^a, i* uow working steadily at stove- WASHINGTON at one time had hope? of secur­ York's Club's dates: Match 30, New York vs. Jasper; base ball; or that Mr. Hewitt may, in sheer make their deposit of $],200 with the secretary moulding in Cleveland. ing either T);m* or D*'iiny for (bird base, Uit has pivan April 2, New York vs . Hackett, i'arhart & Co.; April elub, it is admitted, will not put a team into the 3, New York vs. Harvard; April 4, Mew York vn. Har­ despair, wash his hands of tho game and the of tho International Base Ball Association ex­ Mn. SHARSH; says he will heartily join with both up. The club coul 1 not do better than keep field next season; that, however, is at this time young Doaufllly there, or eldt* give 1'eto Sweeuey a vard; April 6, New York TS. New York; April 10, club pired yesterday without tho money having been his club in Ihe grand reception to bo given the return­ Now York vs. Princotoii; Ai>ril 13, New York v*. NVw merely a presumption, and if the club has main­ and thus at the eleventh hour put the ing Australian tor.riats, chance. League to the trouble and expense of finding a raised. The directors would have thrown up York; April 15, New York v*. Prim.ettiu; Apiil 17, tained the legal form of existence, as claimed, the sponge long ago had not a few admirers of the THE unmarried members of the Cincinnati THE news thai: Barnie was after Joe Ilornung New York ve. Yale; April 13, New York vs. Yale; suitable successor, or taking the club in hand game peisua'led them that there was every prospect t^am are to bo compelled to alt board at tbe same place created not a rirp' p of surprise, «a Billy alwtiys had a April 20, New York vs. New York. its players will be bound to it, unless regularly with Manager Schmelz. penchant for ilhcnrdo'l I eague players. lie has signed itself to prevent a disastrous break in the cir­ that the money could be raised if an extension was "THERK ia a great deal of putrified laudation released, until spring, when the legal fiction obtained. The final (ffott to raise the money WHS DAVE FOUTZ says Long John more of that ilk thtm all the other Association clubs cuit. Such a situation is by no means improb­ Reilly can un- combined. in regard to Johnny Ward and h ia success with tha must end and the Dlayers including Johnson made Monday afternoon, when a meeting of bugiuesj bend and save more wild throws than half of the first All-Americas in Australiaiigainetthe Chicaeos. No FORMAL What be, upon their demand, either signed or released. able! men took place ut the board of trade rooms. basemen in the conn ry. application has been made for the enccesi is that? Those eauioa iu Australia were no Only about twenty of the reoroieutative bnsiness Hamilton vacancy In the International Association. more contest* for blood than were they played by two This is precisely the status of the Rowe and rneii were present at the meeting. Speechoj were JACK BOYLE says that the Browns have not Ths Western cluiw fn\or Ora^.d Kapi.ls, but the East­ , CARPENTER AND REII.LV, the three yet received their nhare of (he Association prize money team* composed of Chitairo player?." St. Louis trx- White cases, except that in the latter, if Detroit made by Adam UIOWD, M. P., Alderman Mason, Mr. ern clubs wilt divide between Utica, Newark and chnngfl. Not for blood, eh? Aaide from the t;atunil striking Cincinnati players, shouldn't air their Davis and others, ail advocating the scheme to keep captured by the Browns Jersey City. should refuse to sign them next spring at the aver-iion to being beat°n, each victory means £5 apiece grievances so publicly. If public complaints the team In the League, hut the necessary funds for PRESIDENT MONE, of the California League, CINCINNATI 13 all torn up over the captaincy to the players of the winning team. salaries called for in the Brotherhood contracts, the guarantee advances to players, etc., w«9 not t'urth- baa done more for honest baae ball in California than question. Beard. McFhee, NIcol and Tcl»eau are could cllcct their release they might properly be A DISPATCH from Easton says: "If cornjug i.nd the Hamilton team was evidently doomed. any oue man in the ?fcate, mentioned, and the mo»t available mati is thought the ad­ as it surely will, they will, though free from to mission of indulged, but as they will not achieve that pur- The only hope left was forCrooksifeStroud, the lessees VIAU, Duryea and Earle will not meet as be McPhee. It Isiioubtfut whether he would accept the. EasU-ns into (lie Central League i'o- Detroit, be then subject to tbe bids of the other pono, they had better be poured only into the ofDuudum Park, or other persons who are inter­ strangers in the Cincinnati team. All of thoai were the position, pend* on the withdrawal ot" the suit to recover its $51)0 League clubs. Under the circumstances ested, to come forward and dep^it tho guarantee, and with the St. Paul* ia 1837. deposit in the League treasury, ai decided by the it is ears of the Cincinnati Club officials. Otherwise dopend upon the citizens wlio are interested iu base "ORATOR" SFIAFKR is not in California, as League at Ha/leton on tl;e J Uh inst., KiMon will re­ JIM WHITNBY'S Knickerbocker team had all stated in a New York contemporary, but is wintering plain that the Coluuibus Club had no right to wounds arc made which never heal, and the hall lo help them through. Nothing was done, how­ main out. The 18^8 season cloned with 82,000 shoring, sign Johnson, and his contract is therefore ille­ ever, by anyhodv, and so the time limit expired and It could do last Sunday, the 13th, at San Frftnciaco, to in Philadelphia, \vherohe has bacn since the season and the S2.500 in Htock H worthless. An assignment effect will but recoil upon tho players them­ Hamilton w«s numbered with thed^ad in a base ball beat tbe Pioneers by 6 to 5. closed. The "Orator's* 1 brother, Ta>lor Shafer, is play­ was mado to II. L. (MiTwvlnVr, and it id he vlio U gal and void provided always, of course, that selves. This bit of advice can be followed witu nftn^c. Tho Demise is to bo regretted, and the absence WESTERN ASSOCIATION clubs seem .to have a ing out there. pressing tho atiit to recover tlto S">uO." the organization of the Kansas City Western of a team will he felt before long, especially by 'he penchant fur Itfi-handed pitchers, and are signiojc THK Hartford Timet is whooping up base ball profit by all players with real or imaginary holiness men of the city, who aro solely to blame for IN THE St. Louis pipers the Association b;iby clnb has been maintained. Johnson is, there­ "south-paws" by wholesale. in that city with a view to arousing new interest >n Is sized up as follows: "Tho (Miimbiis Club <»(' 1889 grievances. their lack of enterprise in uot affording the team tbe National gara*1, so that a team rray be organized fore, still under the control of Kansas City, but financial aid. THERE ia not a b idtler for Will White and will occupy a sphere of its own in tin* raca for pcnimuc Harry Lyons. One additional cause of You der Ahe's for admission to the New England League, should the honors in the Associa'itn. It u-»w has a toiin p<«,<| he must ultimately triumph otcr the club, as it RECORDS no longer possess the value they regrets over the world's series. latler be revived. enough to knock the s[io!9 olT either Kansas (. ity, Hal- To cannot, by any means whatever, assign him to Dave Orr—Brooklyn's Lament* I? JOHN WARD plays ball anywhere this com- THE resident professionals of St. Louis have timore or Louisville, but it will not be ;tU* t - tounhi onco did. The player who led the Associa­ already taken any ot the others. C -luaibna will or compel him to contract with either St. .luscpli Whatl Big Dave Orr gone? Inc seas m he will captain the Washington team. to tho local hnnd ball clubs for prelimi­ b? al le to tike fiftU tion second basemen in Gelding last season, and No, no! Ho, who, with smiling face, That's a straight tip, Directors. nary training. They piny six-han'ied matches at half place about iu the race, aud ce.:t«i:ily "ill uot gott.-wcr or any club whatsoever, without nis consent, or Hns so often set the pace a dollar a cor nor, and have- lots of fun and exercise uules* bad uiaua^euieiU outdoes good ball pl.tying.' 1 also ranks well in batting, is on the market, and MANAGER POWKRS visited Toronto on Thurs­ For the Brooklyn? in the pennant race. in winning the pots. A CABLKCRAM from London hold him for any club but the Kansas City West­ yet no club seems to want him. And this man It's not possible he ha-* gone. day, and tho conclusion drnwn from this is that Jersey on the 12th i .st. ern club, which, by spring, must either sign him City wauts Hamilton's franchise. MANAGER BARNIE has arranged the following conveyed the foil iWJug lufm-niitifii: "31 rs. Helen a few years ago was the bone of contention that Who'll take the place of our genial Dav«? game* for the Baitimores in Ihe spring: April 1, 2, Danvray Wa:d left fur }'ari.« last n ghr. Her hu.itmnd or release him outright. ultimately led to Pittsburgh withdrawal from He, who with a mighty wave, JOHN NAGLE, once pitcher for the Philadel­ Washington in Baltimore; 3, Biltinjorts in Wash ing- cattk'd to Iftr bfforo lie s;»iled !rom An.stralia Uuit h* a phia ami Pittsburg ctubb, has revived himself and la tho Association. Truly, it never yet paid clubs With his great big stave, tun; 11. 12, 13, Bostons in Baltimore, 18, Priuceton did not think tha ba-e I all teiuns would grt back to Born the Central and New England leagues Would the sphere GO smite, gunning for a Tri-State League club. Collwge in Baltimore. Aniorica much bi-foi'e iMdy. Tiny aro tc.itix to j \»y to quarrel over players whose value is, as a rule, With "Herculean" might. puna's at Konif, Paris and Loud' n. Ulrj. DiMivray are in a painful state of uncertainly as regards THE Cornell base ball nine will use the Ithaca THE Crescent Athletic Club bas just secured most transient. Who'll takB tho pUceof Dave? City Biuk for a butting cage this winter. Some ot the tho refusal of Washington Park Brooklyn, f »r frames, Ward snya that her hiul aud would like to *ro to Ito-- tncir future existence and neither, if nursed The voire that called so cheerily, tennis players will practice there also. and will put a strong team in tho field. William Ha!- ton, but she ieela sure that he will not KO to Washing­ back into active life, will bo anything but a That Brooklyn's boys wore spurred; FULLER will greatly strengthen the Browns' stead will organize and inauago the nine and will ton." THE INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION, which as­ "To make the batsman out, the third,'1 probably play firtt baio. weakling. AVould it not be better therefore to iufield. White hid an off year in *88 aud could not EVERYTHING in base ball out in Califurnia ia pires to the place in national importance at And often took him at the wurd. play up to bis mark with tbe Browns. THE Washington Club has arranged the fol­ modelled 119 far na r.oj.siblu ai as l-> coniunu to I ha And tho game ours, easily. combine the two and thereby make of two weak present held by the American Association, ia MANAGER HACKETT is likely to return to his lowing games for the early exhibition,season oni'sown E i-teru iilt-Rs of the jfume. All one IIM.S tu Uu to cbi.cii organizations one strong Eastern League. AVor- certainly superior to the latter in one respect, at "Sow, Darby!" "Now, Pink!" old love. II« lias been offered the management of the grounds": With Detroit, April 7; Syracuse .Stars, 17 any propositiou he may make reg.Hrdin^ some ^.oint m "No o'i« out." "Now, you're off!'* Newark*, and will most probably accept. and IS. The intended Southern tiip to be made by tbe ba*e tiall is li> cay: ''Th^y do tliat w.iy in the E.isi," eester and Lowell in Massachusetts, Hartford least, and that is the avoidance of Sunday "Hit it, Darby." "81 ide, I'mkl" team bas becu giveu up. and it it can be proven that tho point iu dispute wai HARRY VAUGHK and W. F. Irwin are the and some other city in Connecticut, Newark and games. No championship games "A three-baggerl" "Pink, come home." IN SIGNING with Sacramento Billy Alvord ever diwp >8Pil nf in the Kust that is, Chicago and e.-ist have been, or proteges of W. Pi. Fisher, who managed a club at of Ansonville, for the b^a tall Eas', fr.-ni;» Cvthf rni,» We'SI miss him, don't you think? yielded to bis wife's inclinations a,e himself injs: Ktatcs thus introducing the question of differ­ bers, but tbWsupply is now equal to the demand. RAVSIOND is anxious to remain in California in the game never seems to flag. "I have got abmit 20 tfle^raius from c!ul« iiuxi-'ii:* 10 and mauaze a club there, and bas repeatedly asked do business with me. If I had u anted to, »i:tl I t;a'l ent State championship* and vastly adding to the Reader, send address, with two-cent stamp to THB StMen Island Club will put another my rele.iae, I could have ^i^ncd tlirot- months :i_-o. £ Louisville for bis release from reservation. strong nmttteur bnsa ball nine In the field thin Kcascn, ocal interest, aside from the question of league defray expense of postage, for this undoubtedly d«'n't intend to fiian or givy »ny t' rms u .(-I I have g -t "MiKE KELLY says: 'I'll captain the Bos- having Tyn^, Ayruult, Breck, Bingbam, C. Halsteai, my release. I don't know fn>tMit£ Kbout niv {.'"''? y. There is every reason to believe interesting little book. tonn aud John Morrill won't plav on the team.' Tough Carter, Campbell, Slncum, Hopltfus, C»rr aud S. de to Baltimore. The paper* scorn io km.w »li ui>. u : i.. u league would prove a greater succecS luck for Boston." Cleveland Plain Dealer. Garment!ia to select the team trom. I have not had any comnn:nic4'ion « ittt the peup!-- ->f ' TOM SULLIVAN, tho Kansas Citys* pitcher, has VON DER AHE always hides in the <*Jir vrbeA that city 11=5 yet. I «'io;i!d n t object t-> ^o t-> !!. '!.s t- nun emmr the Central or New England leagues THE SALES SYSTEM, elaborated by the base found a "pheuom," a pitcher named O'Hearn, whowill pasvni through Pittfburg now. He was th?ra the tnorr. Hilly Riruie 14 » nice fellow and a go'jd LU v9 ever hope to be singly. bail men, has invaded turf circles, and horse fee tried by an lateruatiuual Association club. oiht>r day, and be aays be had to keep low lo gut out bill for," Jan. 9. THE LIFE.

hJfi pretty yacht uuriug the season, as he la a reliable Star pitcher made 27 hits and stole 4 bases ID 38 he, Quin, v«s connected wilh. At the liet^Vos'ora sailor. BRUNELL'S BUDGET. game*. President 11. Y. Miller, of the International OHEOA GO GLEANINGS. Association iiieetinfir lie (ol'l 31r. Morton Hint if lift A.-scciation, left yesterday for Brooklyn to consult Wouhi me lii^ influenoe to eociu'o Milwiinkoo's ros^re- BASE BALL. A Warning Cry—The Benefits of the Salary Manager Chapman ou the question of the admittance A Talk With Bob Caruthers—Getzeln and The lonccBt throw of a base ball on record np to 1872 was that made In 1808 by John llatfield, then a mem­ Limit Not Fully Understood or Appre­ of the Jersey cluba. the Indianapolis Club—Kx-Umpire Sulli­ ber of the Cincinnati team, he then throwing a bill ciated—Cleveland Club News and Gene­ NOTES. van's Stand—News and Gossip of Local CHADWICK'S GHAT. 122 yard*. Iu Oosober, 187'2, a throwing contest took ral Gossip. Joe Battin tMnfcs "Batttn^)*1 could be Increased by and General Interest. place on tha oU Union ball ground-t, Broo'.ilyn, iu lengthening the batsman's box. CHICAGO, Jan, 14. Editor SPORTING LIFE: l^riu.klyn va. New York Tho Bridegrooms wliich John Hatfiold thcwi ot the Mutiuls ihrwwthe CLSvEi.ANn, Jan. 19. Elitor SPORTISO LIFE: Crittendeii, the famous shoitstopof the old cham­ ball 133yd». Ifr. 7}^in.t the distance being omcially law passed I I think that our remarkable gpring-like weather \YtU 3Zect the Giants iu April The Once before since the graded pion Central City Club, resides at Cazenovia, Ji. Y. He in ensured. The contest was also participated in by havo sounded the alarm against its violation. manufactures the celebrated Card «]a93 ball tra;>, has a great fascination for tho ball players here. the Upturning Tour­ Andy Lfnnnrd, wlrao record waa HOyda. 1ft. lOin.; wauee i ever cxpec sta nv^ a attiung or secure Gi'aiKl Kecoption to I feared that a gradual violation of its most im­ aud is doing well, lie frdquontly adorns tha grand I dropped in at Spalding'?, and found quite a re*:oK''it:on the sooner Hurry Qiiin'a services are (iis~ George Wrighr, 117vds. Ut. lin.; Bil*y Boyd, 115yds. stand at Star Park, during the playing season, and crowd of the profession talking bass ball and the ists A Tluny-Year-Old Store The Vet­ l'"t. Tin.; Fieler, ll-Jyd^. Gin., and Anson, 110yds. Gin. portant side supports, minor league salary lim­ pt'iised wlf h tho s- been held by the big towns in the way of an ability Wagenhurst, of Princeton, by the New York wife next week to visit Hot Spiing*. team of Detroit, where ho played second b^so cepted when ]jro?euted. It is amusing to note 1'nr t'rnm fifih place next O:t iber, and perhaps nearer jouhj there fur two weeks. TLey will atao vi^it New tuo goal, Iheio is fiue muttrial in the team. t» be.ir heavy expanse aad thus athuct stars. Club, and found tho hard-working president of and acted as captain during tho seasons of haw the joarnalistic boys of Kew York, e?per.- Orleans fur a few days, liefore Bob reports at Wil!l:ini9 If tlie minors .break into t!i*> cew graded law this year tho League with his head bent low over his desk College to coach aud put that team in blmpe for tho 1880-81. Buckciiber^cr was very su-^ee^ful ally t;io *'twias" us they call Stucklioi^c and Hiee ball b rivaling bulTflTlttiDg in Cuba. TIio time the devil will bo to pny and the g-iiiie mnat, I am chapter of with tho Crescents, un.i in 1S82 he joined the afraid, go into the sewer aad sicken unto death before engaged in preparing an interesting cjllegs season. 5Iandij;o are trying to urge Mesdr?. Day ani «as, null not five years ngo, v]\ou tbe Anit'ricaii game baso ball history. At hia suggestion I waited celt trated Cuss (earn, oT Detr.'i^, that hud in its rafjhg was nowhere an aU:active frama t\T Iho CuLaiia bj- repentance find reform c.tinea to it. The minors will CETZKIN'S POSITION. such men HS Peoples, cf Coiumbue; \Vriglit. of Hai:nitou ISvvno to arrangu the details oi" this scries at fiist choke to death. Some of them have gone already. until he had completed his work for the privi­ "Have you signed with Indianapolis?" I asVd on *e, the latter claiming that it will J?e the ,-i-Je thu bruUl bull lijiits. But the p-oj.le are b'-Cfm- lUiney, of B-jfta!o: r-hyihecU, of London; Kit Stuplclr.n, ii»:j civiiiz»td, a;nl ulseo t'jey do, baso ball will sup- And none are any too healthy. There's a general and lege of presenting the result of his labors to the Charley Getzciu, wdo was Lcxt. "What," sign with n< S;>0;) for fourth ptiic;-. For wbac ATQ and indirect niiami*! spm-d to the clubs which c-uicot of whom liava been League players for thirteen to gd if they say BO, but I hope Jack GUsscock will with rhildde!p:tia and Cievo'BiuI; <"hAlley Kre ; imover, themselves any more on tlie subject. As neither h :s players paid wvi^riea but to do tuesr best woik stmd it. I remember wnil tlte graded salary stipges- uot do any of the correspondence." Getz il;eu told of t'°o Llainiltoiia. En 1881 years. ma that Giasscotk and himtelf had several scraps thecatclur, aii'l Andrtu, M'avd or Keeto will play iu tho sories for Nov.1 in the fiel 1. Tiie idea of special preaiiunii is bad tinn of President C. H. Bnlkeley, of the Cleveland*, lie returned to Terre Iltute and had iu his learn t-u-jh managerial policy. offered to tho National League of 183-4, aud tabled BATTING AVERAGES OP PLAYERS WHO HAVE last auiieou. "There is t.-ne thing you can say," ha of Svracusr; Jimmy York tho chances are that Brooklyn will win a i*iWed, "and that is this, that if I must join the men a* ]ii£ Max McQneery, without a fair cii.moe. It offered the ruaia points of TAKEN PART IS LEASUE CHAMPIONSHIP GAMES iVnneliy, of the Wasliia^ton Le-igue team; Van 1-yke, majority of the ecrics, as both these players took ihe law of 1838 and offered then* at a time when, iu- 'TacVcInb, I hope t-iat they will tenth tliuir uniforms A mi^lako was mail« in the para {trap1! in which I FOB SEVEN OK MORE SEASONS 1870 TO 1SSS: ot l)i s Itiuinet<; Soward, thecriick jMtcii.ji1 of t!:0 Alh- part in the games of 1SSG iu which the New rctVrn-dio the old hhoit stop i f the Knickerbocker stead of &S2,5tiO limit, OLCof $1,3<)0 could havo been at le^t once every two months." IfUVs; Tony Hollitiau, Dick Ma;tpia and Athc». In matie wit'i but (Vw reservations, if any: What a world Eank. Seunoup. Games. A R. I3H. AV. York team was beaten by the Brooklyns in Olt:b last wtt-k. I wrote Dr. Adams, your compositor 1 Adrian C. in»on...... 13 1173 4904 17.il .357 DAVE SULLIVAN'S UMPIRE CAKDIDICV. ISSo ho held down Hi,; second bur iu t'-teToIelo 3ft it up Dr. llc'm:e*. of trouble and money v,-ou'd h«vo bfeii saved if toe "PuIliTiiU, have you signed your umpire contract Western Lt-agtie team, and in 1880 he -.vtia a mem- three games out of four. The liro.iklyn team oi League had adopted that law in the spring oMS34. 2 PfCUis lirouihers...... 9 845 3578 12C7 .354 1S8S declined to meet tho Ne;v Yorks last April, S—Kocw Connor...... 0 943 3870 13','9 .335 yr-t?" I iie.it asked of D.ire Sullivan. "No, nut yet," bt-r r.uJ nitin »gcr of the celebrate;! jMayla LB if-*, 3fr. C!'amp:on, the o'd piesidect of the Cincinnati CLEVELAND CI.UO NEWS. ho repiie 1, "but 1 rcwive'l a letter fr< m one of the (Juoii.h, Ouurlo. litre lw brought out Hilly and tua New Yorks rcfusctl to play the Brook- 4—J!."j. Kelly...... H 10:10 4370 1421 .321 Ohibot'l^O'J, in co^imenling upon tho ball plsyiuj? Cleveland Club BOWS is plentiful ihis week. "We 5—Ja». B. O'llcurKo...... 13 1133 4S:a 1.M9 .314 n;aim;;er8 of tho Association, ingiug me to do HO, also George, t : ie pitch* of fie New Vorks, Catupt". of 1> na li^t ftil:, lolii having good rmsjin thsrelore. lava of tlio late AsniJrain-.rd, says thftt Braiiiard when haw landed He Alter and Sjvatuo an-,1 made general 6 (Joe. F.Gore...... 10 886 3(>89 1157 .313 telling me that I aai jiiii as gocdas any of the umpires lh-3 Defroic Lewgua team, and ot^eis. In 1S87 he litit tlm coining Billing t!ri=r-j will be ni-thiLy in the pitching, "shot tliL' s.-hiTd with the speed t-f u CACUOQ progress on all si if*8. Th« AIcAleer deal was iiuishe;! 7 .las. L. WLlie...... 13 1101 4GIO 1430 .312 in the couutry. No, I vi}\ not si:u..._ 10 910 31174 1230 .309 an umpire, I almire We-*. Curry's voiV.sal and the nith a cliih average of .fcH. In 18S8 hn pil ted the coiitvst, an'l it v*iil b« uiuiiey for both oi thfiii. The ulove?," and that *'itia>ks were not tlien kuown anl got him here aud s-guod him 0:1 the aania day. Tha 10 J. C. KoTve...... 9 827 3543 1(K7 .3(10 stand ho look lu regard to Limse-lf. We]!, I am just \V!:eoiiii^ teuui ot the Tt i-S?ate Lung'ie, anil b-on^'it ( .ivisiiiu of tho 'Vfttb" \v:!l be uuiliT tlio iitlc of (a;:h neither were ] ad; or Hiiythin-r of ibe kirjtl to protect a- off.c;al releasa is proaiu'gatod. Ke will go to loff, 11 Wni. E-.vins...... 8 G4fi E7H3 812 .299 the same, us I ini^t do jn-t as u.uch work us any of into iioiii*1 'iV'inmy Nichol, now of tli« I'jit.-ibur^ taking all l!u» Siirnisiion money not grand c-tiiid re­ catcher," aad uls* that "Alli^on caught Piaioiua'a Kadfoid to centre and Tw.tchoU to right, though if 12 A. Dalryniple...... 11 9!I9 4041 1198 .290 them, aiid I will not work for less [ay tLau giveu to TjeaeiiH Clsil-; Kd. J. Dolehanty, of the 1'hilaJohOii is; ceipts in every g»tno eiilier nny wiu. It »i ! l lw ilio teriitic balls wiihoitt a wince." Wi-Teover, ho E.US Columbus nce-rls him rightbadiya tinle may bs ff- the other members of the staff.1' l)ick V*u gitnt, who coveivd ihiru base for Ciovwl'trtd; ^.-raiiJ exliiV'itioii seises of tlie spring caanvai^n,exceyt- 13 Joier,h S art...... 11 770 3M6 995 .'295 that ' tb.e bails of tho$' daya were not tbe pudding af- fe-ted for Ed Daily. McAiecr will Btrj>rife the League 14 Fn-d Dnnla.n...... 8 707 2972 808 .292 NEWS AND GOSSIP. Tom Nl;;hoUon, f-ecoud base fur the Detroit Loti^tie in.'j thutse ot tUe Ausiralian tonr.sts. t'aiis »)f ihese duys." Now, I beg; to liifTcr with Mr. or be will disappo nt ui;>. Faalz basu't signed yet, 15 E. B. SuttoD...... 13 10117 4130 1210 .289 Sutcliffe siys tliat he la in no hurry to p;gn wi:h Cln'o; Ya'k, the Detroit ctttchar; Flannaeao, the bie Uh:imp:o'j meat tle^itkMly, both in rf gard to the speed but he will v,-he?i the cx>n dog dies and the snow lies 10 Jni. \\. Ola-scock...... 10 9i2 3347 10S9 .283 Cleveland. Sut is taking life oasy tore. He csu bo lonj; pilch'M-, who *a» in tlie Dotr-tit-Clevo'and d^nl; It will soon be time for the metropolitan clubs pixi- »f the pitching in Braiuanl's tim^ and as regards the low. Secretary Ha\v'n-y eunoi Sprapue to a contract 7 621 2137 C02 .281 any afternr.on. Jake Stenzel, who will offiViate as one uf the receive!3 ffssi-jtml H>'d Hitiattiur nlikc to prep-tro to give tSe 17 Ceo. S'mffcr...... found at Brims-wick's BilPa d Halt haruuess of the bail then us d iu comparison wit'i tha on Tucs-biy. This will put thi) matter in shape for 13 Chas, W. Beimttt...... 10 7!M) 2720 761 .279 Flint u still wiin us. He is the same old of the "Uaby;" Knauss, the bjy-wondirr pitcher, with reception on teen- ar­ Jfmuk AiL-traiirtU lounsCs the grastlest St aldiu^ or H-ach l.a'l of tho present day. li.ainnrd the liquid of Arbitration at once. Perhaps Sam Jlor- 1(1 fGo'.A. Wood...... 9 854 3(177 1024 .278 Silver us of old, and looking in titie physical he-tilth. f>-troit International A-sociation Ciub next sea-son; rival Uoitio next A phi ever accorded to an arriving: *:is not as swift a piicht-r a* his renowned j.rt'dcces:or, ton dceJii't want a trsa'. but if he does we aro hia peo­ I P. Gillespie...... 8 703 21X17 810 .»78 Crooks, of O:na!ia, is now in the city. Jack is Yi'alter Croilie, Cro^ao, occ. tho event should be onr -Jack piir:y of uo!e:l traveler^ ami Cre gliton, Aiid C'reighton iu his heat days never up- ple. The Cleveland CMS has bee:i sub:iiitte 1 an-.l d'- W. \ViBi!...... 7 COS 2826 785 .278 no of 1,'ncla gain's nr.ail clerks between St. Paul and In all his bise bull experience Mr. Buckeiibprg*r annuls of our Nation*! gnme. on/SnaiBcl f to be remembered iu tlio f-r-jachi'd the speed in delivery which chiirncttii/.-'s cided to ha go"d. Here it in We claim thatSpragne, \51.U.Doran...... 9 COO 2719 750 .277 Chicago. Crook* will nr-l sign with Omaha unless ho hai been uniformly successful. II > lias uNo evid^uriy every ivsftct has tiio entt-rpriso of Mr. Alktrt G. In tlte thiow^ns: piicliora of the prtfent days, and bf icg r^orrtd by the Chicngog, of the Western A? s >- ., fTho«. Burns...... 9 900 3507 890 .275 le independent, as srdved the problem HS to how a m,»n ta:i be a su^ce-ifi SpaKling bi-eu cretlitaUe to tho Aiiiericno name. Tlu* gets hia price. Crooks raa at*urd to .is regards " tbe ball of the obi pcrioJ, it ciuiion, conld not be transferred to the Minne'ipalij E.Clai p...... 7 393 16S8 405 .275 pays him ?12""> a month. fill base bill nviuitL'er and a jrentkMtiau at the. t-ume any guarantee of any M John the Government great ouilay iucurrcd, without -lid u;it compare in ha rlut-ss vtith the ball Club, eepf-cially us tach had a distinct orgnniz»tion, N. Willi union...... 11 1071 4163 1133 .274 I'iiul btil! in- prufauo language Iho muntiKOaifut of the t(tur fr.ua it» chiu-cKterizcd ^aw players bit with t!ie ball direct from the Un «Dd men rest-ned by (.'h cago. Tlio cusa H exactly the 1 U'.bert FerKusou...... 8 533 22IO 696 .269 sa<: "Sign your more expressive than "Holy smoke!" inception to its closo.and ihe aJmifabJo tcmlact i»! (luring 1S88. As a p^reuadvr they not even ku.ickol d.iwn ty it. I ODCO saw Zcttle.n hit frame tn tlwt of J-liimon, Kansas City and fit. J-jSfpii, F. Murritl...... IS HOI 4C95 1253 .207 and we will vouch tliat you will be Bold eaily lui!l playeiH. rcdfiiniJin^ 0 . (Jolm contract, the two tciims of f rofessional with the ball from a hot line:* from the bat oniy (crty- Joe Ar-Incr, of this city, ia a!tD in the same boat 1 E:|wurd llunlon...... 9 893 3U29 972 .2(17 in the Reason and will see that jou gut bitf UIOURV," cic'.bt of our con u try und our people as it »!! BITS FKOM BITFFAI.O. to the tive foyt distaut from tint bttmuan, and the bill re- with Johnson, mid will n-.t go to St. Joseph unit PS he 2085 555 .2C,ii to him. Jack Lai man hit with a piicbed S;;ragae is hero aiid hard at practice; so ia Dslebanty, 27 W. A. Pmciil...... 7 5<>J 21S6 559 .2rtl Detroit. Tha bojs s.iy he lias gone io jail to escape ful trip ai.d its enterprising leader. On tlio arrival .1^ )jatt('il bail w;w ever known to bo saver, ly injured (.f tlie Pmhdrlnli'ft Chit; Ktiiuss, of Detroit; 9 793 2136 796 .251 BUFFALO, Jan. 17. Editor SPORTISG LIFE: were givca a rc- (A. A. li-n-in...... the Ran p. of UIB visiting I'any at Sy>iiU'y tlisy even, while tlin-itip the pa-^t yenr ei^ht men were killod 5tcMiH:in, of i'orcnt-j S^mn.er, of Boston, :>5St fill .254 JUD.maU, on Wa^hing'on street, and Char­ luliy eclipsed ou their re­ si John J. Burdock...... 13 P71 ">53 Clwrli-y Base ball has received .in impetus here sineo the cepliun, which fih.tuld bo 'IT pitthetl l-alts hitting tiittni. Thtsa fa-ti ecu ruiict and ttakety of tbe CleveUnds. El Reward 7-9 3(>48 776 .254 ley Curry, <-ti Madison street, two of Iho largest news- in t!ie lower b-»j FHrrt-11...... 9 si£iiin£ of players was begun, and it will last turn hump. L t them l-e we'conicd Jlr. Champion's cslim-.ite. But the (rush is, tlic old m.d DciiLy Lyons lta-1 an aiTec-ting m?Pting on Tues­ 410 17IS 433 .25 1 the city, eay that they sell five SPORTING and ou their aniva! 29 J. P. CMS-dv...... 7 dfftit-rs in until after the close o? next season. Comments by a fleet of excurtiun hteanici'b,, I'Ojs C'liuiut bear to ai;knowieJ(rn that the game has day, and went awisy for iho ba'.h», ut Mount Clemeiis, 630 2032 517 .247 to one of nny other gpurticir paper that they let thtre be u pr»'co?>ion oi 30 I'bM, K^ttbouru...... 8 LIFES at the duck at N'*»w York athanci'd, sii'.co tbe good old tlaya, but neverthL-lees the the same evening. In a dsy or twoMcKean an-1 Evl 708 2759 tfia .242 keep in Block. All of the Bewmiealfrj in the hotels on the various International teams are made. escorting b«ee hil! uinej in uniform \vurthv of Ihe as fur «s the spe?d and the dau- 31 Y. S. Klin'...... 10 i.iichii.g and catdiiau, Hogan, of the Cievelands, will fullf>w them. Tom 32 51. \\Vcti...... 9 491 1817 433 .238 eay that TUB SPOUTING IJI»E !e-.f tho Slin- reception banquet at which McOrfiiick...... 10 tigccd by Buffalo are rife, and generally the K'W this up with a grund :ts morn boya* play compart-d to -he risks of fatal inju­ general club B Hairs eo on swimmingly. Troas irer 5(».i 2182 4s;> .224 neayol s Chib, sympathize with him uver the lo?sof his the Governor of tlie Sate aod (he Mayors of New tho pcsi.iau*. 34 J. J. Gerhardt...... 7 outlook for tho success of Messrs. White and ries now incurred in Ho'.ve is on tue eei. He s»ih-d for Liverp. ol 0:1 Wed- 35 H. Oi 1 gan...... ' 9 filO 1848 387 .209 wife, who d ad at sf. Pan I lust w?ek. York and Brooklyn should be eeate Franklin Amateur C:uh, of this c.tj, mourns tho loss been signed, aithou^h Sir. V»h'te is negotiating wi:h A txcepiional iu every n-j-j-ect io tbe atiiiaN of SIKU infield play of Goo-Re Wriglit as s-h .it 9tj|>» or (.f Andy Jo'. I1 G^lvin ...... 9 624 battery, n*»«r to latr-rnati -nil clrc'e*, and of which the key and 'Nutwood aro Rturs tiiis season, last Tuosdsy. 37-Oeo. E,, VV'oi.luuui...... 7 338 1273 2->2 .171 i * his frtthcr, who utcd hist Hoiidtiv. The members t-f events, nnd Uto rccepti"n ^iven tho worthy lier: "llrtdforilandlMcAU'erouaht to the Franklin C.«b and hn n;any friendi heru ex'cnd pitcher is Iffl-Mamlel. Co'itracts havo b^-n forwardcil on a mit-tiuiiary (porting Mr. Young designates it as the roll of honor tbe ball field \vh > have bt-ea not l-e^n ftiirp.icse*t by their buccessois, though fuhy 8p,iil a great many base hils for tho other fal­ their heartfelt condolance through TIIK iSPOuriNa t'> Hambnrff, C trroll, Grant, lithaue an)dts to extern! the popularity ol tin* present day id of veteran ball players, or a certificate of long equnleil. l-ut the ii-fieJd work <.f lows next s asou. I haro C"roe to ternia wi'.h LlFB. they will be returnt-d signed in a few days. Biltmaa, America's A'aDouui (rauio ttirongiiout the civilized lender ihttu that of Iho olil Cincinnati d.tyn, anJ a-- f-'.-r pircher Beat in, of tho D-t-oit coutingcti^. and faithful service. It contains many valuable There will be a pame of ball on tho ico at Ltnc«ln Hir son anil Kapwl are to be reI'.-H3"d. ItiUtuan is a world. Uuttuoro tt this anttn. tha speed of Ilie pitcbiug or the dauber of tiie catching Twiichcll, Duck, Flunaf.au ft»d Crnber haven't suggestions, and every lover of the National fine fielder, but nisgorxl work on th:it po nt is offd^t Pork, sUtiiMlay. All of the professiounl I'all talent JI- is quotej i lit* bafeiy work of twenty years ayo did not compare acccprod my terms y^t. But they vi!l do so. Faafz garr.0 will rend it with more than ordinary who are in the city will p!«y. Jack McQuiide and ICd by his weak InfiniT and bHse-riiiininjr. wiih that tf tbe present dny. if y- n'll as bciii^ ilcsirous of securing « ;a release from BiiJTulo, arid I are not so wida apart as \ve were and pleasure, as it recalls incidents of by-gone days, IJenglo will iiuinive the gtnie. gf-t that dog lirked I'll get him. Wbat do I think Manager Hampton gave me the compl^to list of aa lie luiil MII offer from Columbia. Cohiinbns, hov/- The o'dtT the veter.ins in tbe service set tho more of ihe Clevi-lnijds as tli*-y ptitid? A ^ood tc-ani acd when tbe National game was in its infancy. jilnyera who M'ill 'furm the Caaton Club of tho Trl- evt-r, has a eecotid 1-a^enian. "K^d" ia a Ku(>'l team roTiiabce they f.ttaeh to the play on thedmnum'.! of the likely to play g-'od bail all tbe while. \Ve will be How the veterns who have tossed the ball for ^tateLragiH: Pitchfis, Dorciiers, Hu-wl! and Crau- cap'n : n, ft-ul is one of the best we md basemen in the olilea liiii.-. lake any cf tiie old boys »!i1 they oae a littl'j liglit at tho hat, but very strung ia the field ten or more years will ponder over this array of dail; c.'itclters, Diiyle and Kalhuun; Kennedy, pt-cond country. Indeed, were it not for his weuk and all wiil t«!l yuii thnt "when 1 plated brill, hir, toe hitliir; ho w*iiiM be in a Nat'oTiiil Le'igno or and on the b,is<-8, With a little head work we'll win facts and recall the changes and improvements basf; Bri-l:ov, third l-:t«-t-; Frost, sf'ort stop; Lcwi.«, gums \v;:g ulsyetl in atfar superior man net1 t;> wh_t U minv a close g.imr In ISSt). I au» arranging a series Ani'1'icnn AeFQciati«m t-ain to-dcy. He tni^ht [-rove since they put their names centre tielder; Kynn, ris:ht fielder; Charley Van Ilal- is nc\v." "Why, i-ir, our old club nine d.uid just t;iko of spring games ««d h.-.ve »lreadv b-x-kiH five rf them that have token place tren, brother uf Goorge'Vnn H:iiLr«n; tfi the ('Menses, at ay In/ iuvdatmpiit tV,r Toledo or Hamilton's sue- >ou fellows of to-cJay into camp with the pie.tU'St aa follows: At Kan«u City. March 30 and 3!, aud to the first League contract. The young bloods will ;;!ay first bnse, aud one of (he pitchers will alter- ceascr. llirtnnn and Karp«l w:ll be itiepoi^eil with, aa eitse." "\Vhy I renumber wlicn fo and no used to Airil 1; St. J*-s«p!i, Mo , April 2 and 3. 1 cm now or recruits to the I^fltrue army will also study tho ua'e :u tht; iiel!. thcmanaiTf meat lies an idea thntthev can le itnptoved . pitch or c;itcii or play iu Iho fi.-hl,1* ttc. And eo tbcy doing busioejs with Om^kcy over sumo gamts wild Cpur-a cl.ei-ly and in-iulga in p'e.ismt and amM;i>,us Kx-nmpire EJ. S. Honjsle will b-» intr rested in ama­ upon. Instead of Andrsis plaving short stop, a-t was , s utd eirors of all the t;o OD, forgettiDR, HS they do, that this is ISSy, and th»t St. Louis tofolh.w Jt. Jcsenb, and will give tbe rest spccu'atiou anncerning the j.-ljc^a they are likeiy to teur b;ine biiil iu the city fur the coming year. announced last wreli, ho will bo p)aee<1 at wccnd ba-e. garner. I uUo append, for his information, the bcoie what the bi^o ball of 18s9 is to tUit o f 1809, the game to Cincinnati and Co'nmUia. Couiiakey is BOOII goiug occupy m the list fcveral years Iiecct1. EJEIGFBIED. If K-JWO secures his sclsase fr>m Detroit ho will K<> to of a guiiie, tlie figures of which were taken Iroci mv i.f IbGt) was to ihit of 1S50. Wait until y. u ece the for a trip to Iho Hot S^rin^s." Adrian C. A i: -on, captain an«I uianisger of the 0!ii- short field, bnt tf not, Rei -> will occupy the (Oiiiioii. book of 18.7.1.. iHrty 3 ears a^o from which |.'ayiiig of IbOS, and yon will see Iht. jcunio Hcit-n- prol);ib!o that llowt- will l.e ullowel to come liero old ecord biill cflp;o Ciub, rifVr t;iirtoen years' ttemly »n-i cleternin'ml FKIESK KITS BACK. It is it will be rieen lhat I then kept .score according to tifjrnlly pi.tyi-d in all its departumute. Ta.-e ball bus MISCKLLANEOUS BriRFS. To play, «a no f arnoBt enVr's «ro being mido to indnca Anl so T!^rnio, the *-V-T moving l-aid ?aglc of TVilti- work.ttanUa1. tli^ heul cf the veti'nin ii*r,li:ivii!g nearly tlie Same data as now. Hero ia the score iu jii=t bocoiuoof age just left its boyhood period. parlicij RteJ in 1,173 g.*me?, at bat 4,001 iiin?e, i-if-cureti him to tho contrary. Each day brings aidilioml querftiun: mir«, will bet TIHI anjthins I want thut I-'aliimore Tlie MiUvaukee Journalist Al>Iy Ans^rera a raiije. fur the b"!i<-f tliat I><-troit will rel'.vise Kowi; and holds a ht-tte;' position iu the Association rac« than a t^t.il of 1.7^1 first t a39 hits, wit'i n peioenfa^re ot" 15a*e Ball Orriciai's Attack. STAIl. B. B. O. A. EJ EXCELSIOR. R. B. O. A. r. While in Philudolphia wiiii Iho chnmploa hand ba'l .337. At the close of the so is -n of 1SS7 Pan Brouihprs, While. It fg iuo^t likely that \Yhito will play, what- Tracy, C...... 1 080 ajneyrolfla, M. 1 21 3 I Iilayeaou Mouday la^t whom I acco.sip*nied frmn Tleve'and doen iu the Leiifrac. Give ino a clinuce. S PORTING LIFE: evcr may be tVe onlcome. He M'ill look nft-jr thu Figure tho diiTt-rence in the class and I'll make the Uoarc-u'a i;ew first base man, outranked Ats-'ii in a MILWAUKEE, Jan. 12. E U tor F. Whit'ff.lb 2252 0 P.\Vh : t'g, 3b2 1131 Brooklyn I dsoppcd in to aee Al Reicii ut \ii* Market period of i iiht years by fuiir piiiuts*. Urouthors' pcr- Your correspondent's interview with H. D. gchtdnle, fiutnci.il altiiirf, ami ant da I he clubN bn-i- Patclu-n.rfS 210 0 LiR^ett, c.,.3 2812 s:roft fciiiporhim, ai-d I introduced tho Aiu;-rlc.tu and bet at the odj*, airi ihe et.ke s^all be A bnudle of ne?8 mana^r. Thus, if Uowe plays, tho chib nt-eds E. st-n^e fur the American Asa^ciatioD. That's what I cetituze was .'162, and Ansoa'a \vna .358. J ast year the Q'jin, secretary of the Western Association club S.ratchen.esS 213 ] I'ear>all, lb..l 0 7 0 C Jiisli chiiinpionB to him. lie shuwed us uver his cxttn- rule crediting n player \\ ith a b.ise hit for a ba^e OD l,nt fnc pitcher nnd catcher to co;np't-te the t'-aii. If T cf2 ] 0 0 lIC.Whi'1 g. cf 1 1213 .- ivi' I'sttblishmcut, and wo weri- f-iupristd at tbe coiu- want most. in this cit3r, which was published in TUB S POUT­ lloidy g'jes to shjrt an additiouil catcher will bo se­ ritirbanks 1 am a p Oj htt» oh, Cr.y'or, bpcauae there's fnn and bnl'.d beiu^ abol:stitd, thf-re wa^ « perce]>tible ful!ing Tickot.r, iib..2 150 1 Urainard, 2b 1 1 3 0 3 ( leteijoss of hi^ supplies tor u'bletfc clubs c^»»:a:ued iu off in the batiing awragna all along the lini-. ING LIFE January 2, contain? so many re(Iec- cured. Cioiphton, p.l 0 4 1 0 P.-lhemus, rfl 1201 his gyuinHsium on tbe second floor. Al ia t.king littie flse iu it, and bfCtuise it enahiea me to draw the Hue on my men who are in the chib defence business. Brcirhera retaii.s eec'.ud place, -fo'bnveil by Itigor dons on my character that I feel called upon to SVALL TALK. B!an)jr,Sb.....l 111 1 JlM-uhflin, If 0 0200 ihiujje^asj" uowa'itijv. lu f;tct h« is what the 003*3 Coimor, Mike Kel : y, hiid to on. Buck Ewing is the call "iiiui.lfcotiK'ly Sxtd." He U*n ti haud-omo roii- And you will not &e-j Jimmie Wil inms. He i3 [irepar- rejjlv to them. Quin states that tho Wisconsin FrfsHpnt \Vhit« is in favor Of rni«in^ the nnmiil Flaiily, If..... 2 2200 filheridge, p2 2 I 2 i; mg a new pntd-d -a'ary la^' for 190). only pluytr who iu.'provod hi« gener.il aveia-e hist has jumped onto the Milwaukee Club, and par­ s ilary limit f:o:n S12.5 )U to gl.>,(K?0. ThU woulld stem <'cbce in tho suburb^, fciid uow epjjjs Ire fully iu bcaK>c, in s; ito of t*:e inoihflia'.ioa t»f Via t-aa.? on bull) every r.spe^t. The vwtorau presents a strikiu^ ex- The Tii-Sta'oL'a^ue cham;>i'>na howl at what I reason, and charges a fnifiir arrangement, «H the pnsei.t limit cannot be Total ..... 17 11 27 7 7 Total ..... 12 9 27 10 0 rule, ilii i evc'/nlape, al'tcreight years' service, is 0113 ticularly himself, without uphold, as ni'iiiy plnyers' m'ari-s woul t !uiv« to be re­ Stir...... 2 0 3 0 JO 1 0"Kl 17 umple of tbe jirofitjibie na'ure ot" honesty an:l sobriety said about t!io busi&cag mothcitTs of tbe Leatcuo last Die with malicious critkism on sorurai occasions. To ir; a pro Peas: oual Lall playei's curcer. Look at Harry season, a:i-J one Rile, of the C ilumbsia Stote Jvnrii-il, point tetter than it was fur seven yeirc. duced in order to con furni to tho limif. Tho piny or 4 Excel-lor...... 02010006 3 12 Honest JotiD Murrill t'njoyn tha distinction of hav­ show lh.it I have always befriended ti:e Milwaukee will, of course, otj-ct to this ami inferior ones wouM crrorv uud George \Vrigbt, Ai lleach and Al Spaldiap as a in^Gn;*t(s thut I criticiz»il thcMcDtrmith ndniinistra- Club on every occasion, I wouU state that tha Wiscon­ KHtnedruii^ Star M, Excelsior 2. B;itteiy tion be:',»use I was u c%!>did;itc for the pn-sidercy of ing played i;i a greater nanibtT of tiaim-s tliun any have to fill their" places. It i* lively that n m*>f tin i gtar 5, Excehior \. Struck oat Star 1. Umpire S. quartt-tte of hi>noiHb!e (xemplais of tbo prolVs ior>al othtT inan in the League. During the thirteen years sin hits done moro tincj tho spring of 1831 frdteniiiy of tbe Xalioual game all well off ami bighty the Le.ipno in esrlv 1883. Tbi^ is news to me, thi) to boom luse ball than any other paper will be ticlJ here in a short time t-j consider the salary O'Hii.'D. Time 31i. 2!ii.i:in»pii)nsh:p contests, his quHBiion. I Ci'Ulil not get any of the clnl'S to recognize ba^e respected. Honesty auj teuiperanca pay, aad don't clo^e.-t c nijietit.-r Le!n^ Paul Iline^, who h:« boon a in the city, .lira McKesj callud upon you forget it, boys. to write to to spcnro v^te^ for McDermith, but that the Wisconsin i'n Blarc'i. 1881, to state that he J^nn«KO ^o^'e will order (ho tenm to ren^rt here at Mis uniil nearly a doz?n ycar^alterwards. lnde?d, uH WBS all t!io rmud I bsd in the fight. And certainly I rrenitwr of tbe Leaguo for tho same period, and lia-j ab-.ut Afr; t 1-t. A s'lo-L trip will ho taken in order to the icforms I iiitrodnred were brought into operation officiated in 1.184 camts. 1'aul i^ f-nfitledto the credit h td endeuvorod to enthu.-e th^ people l.-ere with tho B^rnie told mo the la-t tima I saw L'm this month frhoiiid ne'.-er h.-ive accepted tho office, had it come to idea of starting a base ball club, but that he had met bscoaio fiiinillurizrd w th (he rules ami get trie pfeyera only after j eais of efforts to yet the players out of old that Mr. \Vait2 was the i riucifal owner of thi Haiti- me. Mr. Rifa is not on !y ne'.v, but Bpit^fully untruth­ cf kadiug ull Lia Ks-ociate^ iu times at bat. OQ into conilitinn. No ilattM h.ivo been ur ranged «a v t. rut*. 5,112 o'ca-ioni he hax !ac*d oprio-ia^ jii'dievs, and be with a frici'l reception ou all sides, tiie diea-jir^us sea- more Club B'.o«.k. Iu iact he aud Bjiuie will run the ful. F. U. BCUNSLL. effectually dull*! ti-e It ia Mated th»t Anitnis wi-1 rtw-ive J175 jcr Btands next to Auson io ibu t^tal number of first base sona of 1S7S and 1873 havlu^ m^n'h. It i^altosrtthcr 'ikely that he wi.'l ho :ipti >intcd Over tf n yeirs agn Mr. Trasjk Qneen, nf (ho Clipper. ciiib t'uis your. ___ e:;tln!s'a in of tbe genUeiuen couuect'-d with the 51 il- hi:a. these two yearn. The cui'ta-n of tht> team. His r^-^o.d shows him to be * who was always TT liberal Buppoit:-r of ihe Nanuimi ST.VK SAYINGS. Our cftpt:un and nianager that fa lobe Jobn 3Ioct- WHUKOO Olnb during hUt^r nise-nnm-r thin Eiiilio llurkf, who lead* the money in nine p»M Crane nnd \ViIHflnason are going to try and throw a Wisconsin printed a long int^-iview with Sir. McKee game, tspMide;! qni:ca B«DI of )-asj ball over one of the Pyramids of E^Jpt tLis CJDI- gcnicry Ward, di^es not wiso up so \vi-ll when his record A3fOf iutio!!. Burko score:! 95 inns on 107 etule-n mefltils, v liich ho requested inn to tiward to the b."8! Tlie International VHc:iiicy A Ncvr Catcher during tne last niiie years is romidored in bulk, lie sett 111; forth the bii-inens ntKantaiies inciU-nt to i!;e hor.saiid tiibse^itHntly pave ba«e?, white Andrus scon d Kf2riitnon 89 piUefinj-s, p!»yer in each of the nine positions of the pmie who Signed TI;e SiaiV OuiU&ld General hits plt.T-d i» 1.010 i:»in'S, went to b.-.t 4,4u3 tirn - *, FO- et*tn1:lishinep.t of a club Anlrns iaatso H li-ml-working player, whilu Buike Is j,l;'.y^d f-n th^ lntoniation.il Association c'ub" tcuiin 11 t-iirei 1,163 fir-t b.ise bit-", with a ptrcfiiU^e of .2r,5. columns of gratuitir-iH udvtrl;t>in< Io t:ie club Major flen^ral Straufi", ui the British army, who News and Comment. afu-r its organization and nd to t«ke ihi-ina easy. 187c*. I rendsrM my rtecifinm ou tho bis;* of the was OLO of the pa*se.igerrj to lu'tia vi.* Au-traii^ on One year a;io his to!a! percoiii:n:e vtsa .207. All thiugd G-a*jd U'lpidanepmH <» b» the town most favorably t*l»U> of C'lmpiraJivo fielding avorages, dr.twn up by SVRACUSK, N. Y., Jan. IT. Editor SPORTING coiisfd'jud, lie alo*;t liuKis hid own. Northwestern League. Jim SVjclCec, Turn L'jf. the sto-imcf AUuxsld, pivm sad Mr. Spihlm^ t >:>t tha antl J. C. IVCJSJD, prtsident uf tiie 3li!waukee Cl-.ib in tmng-it of f >r UditiltO'i'H pncCv-ssor. It i-i neur Do- 3Ir. Williams, tfteu fevR'tary of tlio Asaociittion. The Eiislish anuv oflieers gtatiotied at boruVay aa-.l Cal­ LIFE: The International Association is at Our long-lefTKed, ucod-naturcd grass-hopper Jim trit und powwaeaover 10f»,COOinhal.itaiitfl. ft is nearer R^ard guvs tbe UK'dulH to the following player?: To AN'hiluey (-iilra'iha Ward a'ter cijiht years of con­ 1SS1-, t;tn testify to the abitve 0'ateineut. AVhu:u;ver cutta wo»iU give hi4 tA-o te.uns the ho iniust recep­ present in a quandary in regard to tbo trouble­ criticism \v.ii nec^siry tlio T»'"i$t'0i:fw did it in th"circn : Mhnn .J*-r-ev ^ tv und u much hirger lima D'trjtan and McCormjc!:. of the Syracuse ^t»r«, for the be added to tinuous service, and h.- a'ahd.s forward ua the grcrttL-j-t Utica. I believe Dan O'Leary is »pyi-:en of its m.iiMier I'ca: bait try v/or!;; to Lib')y( of t!;p Iluffalo-), and fii 8^ tion on rheir t«rrival there. Tha army aie special ud- some que.-tiou as to what city ehall aspiiit of fairness and fiieiulliue^s. Instead of bjl iitiivrjof pUmk au-.l ei.terpriso, and they will great tbe Hit to fill Hamilton's place. Secretary bat er anioug (lit* veteran pit-:liors. Jim has p;ayed in of Iho cl'ib, sfn.u'd it bi u-hnilte.l. Tli- town shoul.i, Jiarne.-i ant! D'.'C,sebe.r, of tlto Ti-cunihchpt, for ih^ b«-B 52o games, made 655 first base hits and attained an sore on base kill I ttk3 prhle in the fact that I am a and probably woukl, !>e « sn?cesa in tho lut^rtmtiiiual. flrnL s^-cr ml and third lase play; to Davy Force, through the entire l ;st and make indi­ be-.'U »nd always wilt be frita-Jly to*nr :s Mtlwuukfo'ri hi'.so bill club, without rcfortnco to tha personnel ol reason, n-lt-ased cut h;-r Sjii-l!hasso. lie ol la-'o-rnnners. fifM a: d right field 'pl.iy. I wonder if theso pUyeis trodnctii'D to t!:e high army oiKciHl;* of ihe Kast Iiitlia awaited. In conversation with members cf the TiHteiul of asking Qnin to turn over his base ball airvico, which will ensure tho visitors every attention. learned that tfyraaure t> clos" out his Jack CtrrMl is hen.' an'l wants to tret aw»y fiom St. La,ve (he initials 3 et. Syracuse Association, is it A PERTINENT SUGGESTION. stock to mo he voluntarily otTo:t-d Paul. If B'lff. »1» needed a ff.->od ontfiel^k-r, which is t^ot id very much in favor of the iidu,i£fcion of Newark tatiior's j;°°dj to me. After I laJ ^ix-nad my businejij , Tho veteran director of the clJ Atlantic^ ct the a:x- tlurinir tto csr!y ptrt of June, I tol;l him one d:iy tint the ca^p, thev c m!d do LO bt-ttfcr than sign "Scrappy I am glad (o note the f:v:t ? Ills arm is said to the inc'r; poli-t was tlio 1-irjce number of commerci-il taktn to tlie frUttbnah Lunatic Asyiuui, bopclewly in- WASHINGTON, D. C., Jan. 15. Editor SPORTING b ing merely a clerk in tho esfaMi*hment, bad no ane. Mike nevtr r«.-co\ered fully from th« cowardly tt'ii club liagnp. Scriulon, Pa., lias b(!eu Ircquently but that lio ivmiid com- bo all runt f.:ftir>. club nines wh :c!i tcok to tbe fit-Ms at Prospect Park raenlioaed as the U-nt!i town. Cfiiaiu it ia that both LIFE; In tho last issue of THE SPOUTING LIFE license to act unauthorized, T!;o E pre.w 1-iiialn at my predictfon of list wef-li. the grt>:it r^crtation jrrjund of BrooUljii evf-ry tu:)i- hfisault of a rou^h, who cearly killfd him by i-tabbini; nuiuk-ato with his father at once. During tho early him with a dirk. It was ht Hike Henry's old place 011 tlio Jersoy clulu cuist bo admitted, or iliere will be uo I see that Hamilton h^s thrown up the sponge was in my store, I t;)U him The ba>e b;i!l ertftftr must bo a Sc<'tcliman ina'iiv.ich as n;or afternoon, the corVests of these nines ni-'-etiiit; bargain. Newark id uot a "gj" witnont Jer-oy CHy, p:irt of August, when Quiu ho cannot be made to underhand a joke. OLYMPIC. with oncourAtfmnont from tha presence of employers, fc'ultou etrccr, no,ir Bcterum I'tiic?, tiiat the Atlauiica and retired from the ranks of the International that it was so l.tte in the s"a=on lhat I preferrt-d not to ct*lftr.itsd iheir great victory over the Cincinnati Kt-d wild vies versa. The opinion pievaib* hero that the is named as who manifested consiilcraLlo inlcro^t in the ganifs. admittance of (he Jersey cJuba with an additional Association, and thut Grand Uapids takohii goods at that lime. To show that the m-m ANSON'S DE1JUT. T his cumins season proinisos to s- e even more ct thejc stocki-jgd iu June, 1^70. her possible successor. I am of the opinion that wai tut:re!y ii sincere, he replenished his stock of good town, would fi_rni an Aso^iafion that \vouid rival in bsisinea--. I a>ke>1 n'ncs in the fi»W than b- fora. There 1.4 no enj jyable tho older Itayue*. A 6aii=f!ic!ory soiutiou of the Jackson, Mich., would be a better city, aa she £ooi!$ nhortly after 1 had ttarttd The Date of the JJIg Captain's First Fro- excitement conner.tc-d wish the effurta of rival rcpre- What a splendid oxhibiU'-u t-f the beanJipa of hand both tjutr: and Hart to plnce their admiss^n tickets ball playing LbectiHinpion visitors to PtiiiudelpliU gave jjiizzlo is looke t for. Mtniu.j,er (Jtiupuiau, during tho has men who are not afraid to face a los?, as was Mr. Hurt said »io iessional Aijpearauc.e Settled. senJativo nir.f s "f i;i!iikin ^ ho:is 8 and wholesale iuauu- past Week, hi-s signed on sale at my pLicc of buiiuc.'n, but fdchiring ept'tblMntitmts, which t» a great extent tho uieiubefit of the lla q;iet Club tit the club c^nrt in proven hist season. That city was represented hml already given the exclusive priviie^e of t!io Eot'KFonn, 111., Jan. 12. E-iitor S POUTING ITCHES the old piilmy d.iy* cf iiinittenr play. The Citrptliter street l»=t Mond-ij*. Cetra nly tha ve'eran CATCIIKIt GRANT EHIGGS, in tho Tri-Stato League by a very poor team tick(t bule down town to a CIKHT dealer. I rep:i-d Ln^ in your i.-sue «t' De\ 26 appears a short coiilfst for victory la not one connected with Chas. JTiciio!!pg*ve the |d ti^htli in fielding nmoag tho but told him to st-nd an advf-riisiug hunger to me, item from "E. C.," of RiebfioM Springy N. Y., the caniiD^'S of ft salary, or with the sharing clo?e of the season the club went on with tho as given to of gaie money, ag in 'tbe profession >tl areQii, fifieen tatclif-ra of the Leaguo. Ha rtc-»rd a>* com­ which I huug out whenever u gama wai jjluiecl. "calling down" Al.Pratt's htatcmcnt I am indi-bted to BIr. Kio.ter for the ]l-asantest pared with lhat of catcher Sciie'l'ins^e, recently le- knowledge that nion^y was being emik by its continu­ During my coMversjit on with tho K^utieitiaa in tho your Pittsburg correspondent ^'Circle" rclativa but S(-My for tho lionor of Defeating the nni? of a ance. Y-1 it phiyel out it* sche..iiiC!, fiuioiiine; mviiy j ival I'&tabltshnH-nt'j. One nine ij anibiiiouy of winning vcrr.u^ I ever spent in Philadelphia, and it Has while leibod by the Syacu. c Club, is a- lollov.'«: e'.r-. ct car liiid tot at any time stale that "Jim Uurt hal to Anaon's connection wilh the old-time forest ^iug a gue.t dt bis dulig Game/. Held. Aie. Btt. Ave. S.B. fiom hom», whfti siicli clulis ;n Colitmbuj aud Zaues- tuld me that tho troublo was he con Id uot g«*t hia honki tlio cicujipiu: sh'p of iho drygocds hoi:s?8, another vill" dislriUKJcd rather th.m face the mu-dc. City?, etc., etc., in .which *'An«e" was known as th-t of the pupur tr Irtrdwuro oatabiUtunoct-i, an 1 Scliellhasae...... S7 .Oi8 .20j 35 tiled nj>, us Quiu had chafga of ihein." I (HJ eay thut Ind play oil sevcml lir.gw...... ;.... 3J .7^5 .211 4 T!.e popple iu Jackvoti aryof tin- kind to ma'-ie a Jim Ilnrt t< M mo the cau^e of his withdrawal from the ''third bieo kilter," und rbat be others of iiiscruiue and lankios finny and lieu e'. Mr. SIiHTsijz told me list Monday tliat he anl hie pa; 1115 authence should aciub ropre^ent it that could vears p ofes-i'.ina'ly bt-fore *73 (tiie alleged ytar as Thfi'3 is a pp'rit of emtiUtion exci;el and (in ir.terest team would be h;ippy to tnko pan iii thd grand ret'ep- A plajer'i* record, of course, doe? not always certify Ihe club vi^s owing partially to Quin, who was unuble given \tv "Chris1* as bein^ h^s fti>t git me.) tion wuich is being avntn«,cd tor the Australian to hie real woi th ou ihe bull field. Bii;;j^ ii well evtn ki-pp its opjn n.'iits giKB-sinK- HS was dciuonstratHd to kte;i b'3 toogue from wa^gitrg and had an abnor­ r.' : ai'hfd t Ihe cr-nt st for HIP jr^mo it-:olf whith is wh. n its rfpieseiH.Uive leaus would take a spurt last N 'W,"Mr. "K. <) ,'* had you been b^rn iu "Kalninck" almoutuiiKnown iu tha piofo':o, an1 »a bi« lirst gaino WHS not in '73, 'Circle'* nuuior. 113 short Btupa of cood "a!acd:n-i" who cLtiin conse d!?ginttd wiih tin-Juckaon CIul*. ll;o club because Hart was uaablo to raise hii sh:ire of tbe fii Idin^ pooj-er, ;iLd tho Lat'ia^ heavier than ex- The League can go furtlier and do worse than select anJ M B. C." ai'o both wroup. To settle thy conlio- bibitel by pmfesaional experts, but by the wjy of t;.ey wear tho "eaaic aiz-s" tliat tho great ex-Star eboit tlio nnmey to pay otf the playetB. etupdita. (Kxoiise ni3 while, for coinlortV sike, I go th;\t city. I do not LoHeve that Jim Hart ever told coiiiperisaii-Hi (hero id a ht-ap morn fun iu the auiuteiir Its near fncation to Petrolt and Toledo will make it mulchijs alike to tiie i-Liy^r aud spectator. It is q»:t'S- and rdiee the window, th=i tiiernmnieter upon tho oul- Qtiiu hi did not ape ik to me, became ou siJe of wh'ch, at th^j preat-nt mo:nei,t, r^-girftc n 08 de­ inoie ty i^ an abundance ofcontidtnca aiuoug the direct ,n and feeling of enmity, nod tola me then that he Imd l-e;-n the public in general that tho look over tho ground before they make tluii- selec­ kept busy the past season puuifying peoj-le whom «ft»Tiioon from Ajiril toKoveuibt-r of each jtnr. It i* tion? CTEvriA?:D A3 0. B. In. F. FOREST C'Y. AR. 0. R. IB. E a elori* r,a s-i^ht t«i see Ibo lnntd:oJs of young men au^J By tho way, Sharslg snys thit bis team was us tem- GREAT FICLDSH, PRKD ELY, Quin had made enemies oi by tho use of abusive lan­ J Whisc -... 6 401 6-Mick, 11'.....4 3110 last ecaaoa, or the St. I fee a great deal te helng said about Galvin'H cute- b'.ys cnj-'yii'K theaifu-lves to their hearts' cootout as ptntto as tbe Ne\v Yorks were is the player to fill "L-f:y" Marr'a f'pot in right field. nca^ ia ti ate lung or hoUU !<^ runners to the bag. It is guage. klmbin,2l'..6 ft 1 0 2 AM ly, 2h.....4 3012 t!ii--y.-do ou Prospect Parii P-irm!o On.and every flue Lunifl, and yet be a<:know!e.l^ea th»t a minority ol bis Kly'd reputitiou ai ati outtitldcr i.i estiblisfu-d and le- As it h neither unmanly or disreputable to labor, I Pabur, 1C...... 6 600 OKi.-lie-, P.....4 4000 aaya that hia club not generally known that ha will have a worthy coin- accepted Quin's propoiition to pay me fifteen dusUrj a liftermon iJnring the tutntncr. What with cricket, team drtttik too much. William qnires no cyniinaut. He ia very turc ou ground ball* ppti'or f»r lioDors in tins n-spect t'u's season; tut euch Allison, cf... 5 221 OilListtiig-", ct.4 3000 b-i*e ball, lacr. s-e and lawn teunis the four m-»3t gotceiisured for driukiug while the other tellows were imruh in 18S6 fur looking uft^r the official scorei of 4 3100 and one of toe Htr*.'n^eat throwers io the bu-iinew, and i* the fart, and vouu^Maitia Duke, of the Clevtbnd tho Kor:hwcst"rn l-eigup, but Quio did not keep liii K. White, rf.5 211 0 : ll»m, :!b...... ]>op!ilar fiel I paraca of tli* day a chiirminR variety not. would be a tower of siri'U^th ift right g^rdeu, us he Cluh, Hittte his contealant. His actions iu the box Prutt, p...... 5 232 3:A:«oo, cl..... t 301;! i-, ftffoideU fur all clusBC-s of recreation seoktrs. Tin* Agreemeut, for bo r-.t lined the la-t month's salary, has been in tbe left. The ri^ht field btu ot lute fcar^ will he equally us puzzling BH fiose ot" Ihe geateel and it was only t>y p'rslglout dunning that 1 managed Sutton, 3b.... 5 232 0'vigor, ...... 4 3114 base Lull contt-slg.aialso tho cricket ganies*, teqiire It is now certain that the reception committee to bo loomed up very strongly as a most important position, James M-bile I am of t'io npiuiou tua ' his actions are Carl-ti'i Ib 5 3 2 1 2 Biril, if...... 4 2123 Eianly qualities Lo no small doxio^i while Ir-.cros^y af­ appointed to welcome the icfuruiug totiri-ts will be as "Lefty" ?larr very satisfactorily iltu^irated duntg sbnte'.vhat quicker. Umpire Barniira will bvar me out to secure a p'iiiiou of it. Baa?, ES..'.....5 1 0 3 OJS:ives, rf....^4 JJ J) JL ^0 fords a fiuo field for p^iculrian cxercia*1, and iu lawu ihe latest and most innueuliul knuwu in tho uunals men at first baso Uo offered me money to publish a letter luculent tho past season by cutting off thirteen in the a^erinu th»t Cleveland has fared letter in him to the arsiumni t bolwe"u A. G. Spa'duig and himself te:mid tli^ditcip'oi t-f Oscnr Wilde find the creat of the £ttnie. on apparen ly ttafe hit«. Tlia mail that Maoager them she anticipn'ed, and wilh 3nyd?r at the reeoiviug T.i'a!...... 48 27 12 11 13J TotHl...... SO 27 4 7 18 R'sth.'-t'c ijaine of tho dny, tbe eunfluwer and lillj HENRY CHADWICK. is not known. dining the summt r of 18S7, but liii offer was rejected, III. Chapmau has liia ejo on for tlie position end, tbi-y will cut off a gnat many ttolen ba^ep. as the n~if;ectiviii published the letter for the n«wa it Uraplie J. II. Blanny, of lio.-krn.il, fp rt, altJio suitublu for g*=nt-.".-l tviid I'accy joutbs tiu-.l There ee;-nm to be a UiicU iu the uegoti*tiJU3 of tlia Colura'.ti? Las e:curod another youngster who Isdes- In liiis couiie' tion I \voul-1 rt»t<,tn f.T >'9. ,iuar.r. Timt is what Uo«ton wan's, but tboy itov. r ages published last week Wias Bt-rtba Mead, and that fact brings out a ro:iiuilij torter that he bail bcon moused ond t^norfil at the will yet Ausoo, a-i lie auvtOii, sta'ing re- salaries that in eome 38 pitchers with an avernge of .Hti'2 iu fielding la 30 affair ou hand cf h sown that «xpluiBH hi* frrquitit htRfty. Btahlon ir.vcnte.I tho patent ba-e bag fi>Btfu- players from the minor Indues mysterious vieUs to Oinciir ati wh*-n notou base ball reatedty tliat Mr. M-»rtoa was guilty of iTuKeKsimce MASAOun SCHMELZ tiiinl'.s tlio tcn-u-.et ii-fjs. which were u:-ed on tbe (Id L*ni*.n (jroiuiiT $ > instances aro five bundled dollars in exoes* of what games. Burchard, of ZauesviUe, who leuJs tho j.iich- of i-ili je, iin-.t i^ft'stered many a vow that &«.?!» \vjuld will ln-!p Vi.iil Rrrally, as he is a l»»r f.n!s!ier, I I recoive, tbeu I ain. not going to be stiuttd ia uir de- era of the 1jca;iia iu Aeldiug ororaKis with a percent­ bus nets. President AViknff, s; Dnme Rumor umiui^ is niiny yeara. Hei^a j;re;it tavorile with the Shelter to be laanied th;*jeur to a Queen City girl. never agitin hold office iu any ta^e ball orgaui&itioa »I\vajs weakening tonarJ tbo cnJ of cL-se aim Island summer vUftors, and is iaconBtaatdtmand \viih age of .y7li, varticipaua iu but 12 fcarut*. TUe u«W THE Jan. 23

limp and pulpy masa. He raised himself up and re- the outfield hoi been moved back 18 feet, and seats Sarnum, McQuaid *nd Fessenden, has secured th i* ctived thl^ lecture: HUB HAPPENINGS. are to fill the space taken in. CAYLOR'S COMMENT. cltune1*! and must comi et--nt staff UP ever h«d, nn-1 i* " Tom Deasley, I am manager of thisnineandl pro­ s pincarely to b« hoped tho International will disp< 8- iiASE BALL. HUB ST>OKKS. * Dreaming of Base Hall Triumphs in Egypt its Grate Pearccs anil others of tliat stamp, and ona pose to have discipline among my men. Yon are fined I was sorry to learn that Billy Nash and "Dimples" £200, If you have not lifid enough we will repeat Washington After Wise and Mo rrill— Wise's and Home—An Evil Which the Classifica­ £9 blight an 1 intelligent young men who can b Tate had been filck in Kichmuml, but am glad to henr tad lor the asking." that performance. What do you say?' Preference — Tlie Intentions of White and they are well again. Billy and Ned mnat not forget tion Kale Seeks to Abate A Memory of YORKNEWS. "Deaslpy made a bolt for tbe door lor an answer and that there are only "a few good ones left" and they T-.ODg-Ago, froin that time until my return from Bermuda he was Kowe Revealed— Reminiscences of the must keep well. CAHTHAOE, Jan. 15. Editor SPORTING LrFF: 'a of Grounds for tho Brooklyn as mcuk *u a lamb with Manager Arthur B-ll. If jou Lew Brown, Etc. Arthur Invin wants to bet some one another silk late last night when "the Sage of Car­ IRELAND INVADED. < it \YLse to Flay Strong Clubs iu should aek Liin to-morrow 1 will wager you that ho hat. He has half a dozen up already that the Phillies It was .would tell you that Arthur Bell is the beat manager in BOSTOW, Jan. 18. Editor SPORTING LIFE: thage" retired to his loft to rest his weary brain A Dublin Sporting* Paper Takes Up I3as6 .ly Spring? Fairy Stories Al.uul to play short stop for the will beat the Bostons out. This 'im« he wants to bet ,tiita* Wealth How Arthur Bell tho country." If John Ward U going one that Sam \VJse will be Boston's short stop. in soothing slumber. I had been reading "Two- Ball Under t^ie Guidance of the ".Father ..kutU Tom Deasley—BllljpHolbeTt'a In- HOLBERT'S REMARKABLY TOUGH SKULL. Washingtons what does Walter Hewitt want of MUGWUMP, Legged Mike, the 1'ioaeer of Australia," in or­ of ISasc Ball. resting Itcmmittcences The Sunday I walked into a down-town billiard room the other Sam Wise? der to get some idea of the country lately made The Irish sporting paper, the Dublin Sj)ortt day and found Wtllirtin Holtert, the catcher, and ex- way which M;»y Correct Lively Gotham Squibs. Some straws are blowing this PITTSBURG PENOILLINGS. known to the civilized world by the visit of the las coiiiiiienced publishing a series of nrtiulc^ ou JVlanager Spence, of the Indianapolis Ciub, km eking would seem to indicate that the little Washington YORK, Jan. IS. Editor SPORTING LIFK: table. lartu girters, and iny mind was rather bulging jaso bi'.ll from tbo pun of Mr. Chsidwiek, wiih a, Nt:\v the ivory balls around the green cloth-covered the law­ The Coldest Place In the Gas City Mana­ was looking When the ^Atne w;is finished the two base i>all men president has some doubts about landing out with fantastic memories. I slept, and view to the furtherance of the interests of the Tho story that the llrcoklyn Club yer player, although he has him hooked. Oriait ger Phillips* Administration — Rowo's new ground?, i.ubJished in last week's began to discuss the National game, aa all enthusiasts dreamed. And in that dream I dropped down traine in Ireland. The last issue of fyiort con- will when they come together. possible that Walter Hewitt has heard from Latest Proposition—The Rumor About upon the banks-of tho Nile early one morning :;TING LIFE, has had a preceptiblo effect "Cetchinfi: to-day ain't what it used to be," said the ;ains tlie introductory article, an'l as it presents John Ward, and is acting under hia advice? Deacon White—Kaiidom Notes and Gossip. iu February. I'll tell you what I saw. a comparison of base ball with cricket from the ujjuu the poor, overworked letter carriers of the veteran Uolbcrt, "Although it is hard enough now. Possibly Ward has sent word that there will be 17. Editor SPOUTIXG LIFE: Ciry of Churchc*. Bustiela of letters from pro- "When I first began catching, in '70, we did not have PITTSBURG, Jan, of a writer thoroughly familiar with cricket, no hitcfl to prevent hia managing the Senators, It was the morning of the day when the two ;y owners^bavc been pouring into Washing- those big padded pillows to put on our hands, as wo The oldest inhabitant and his open winter may we present it in TUB SCOUTING LIFE in full, as my hands and has named some players whom he thinks American base ball clubs were to play a i'as-k fur the last few days, and about all the do n->w. Why, after a game iu those days be on top just now, but lie won't be very long. sjreat t will be read with special interests by our \voul 1 he swollen up to twice their natural siza, while be secured. it may be the hard- of the Sphinx and tho Pyra­ irbaii property of Brooklyn has been laid at ought to Judging from indications game in presence Canadian subscribers, and by our new Australian the palm aod back of the hand would be blue and Whatever the explanation may be, I shall worked base ball reporters in Gaa City. Per­ mids. Cairo was alive with excitement. Every I would cot have felt it ff you readers. The article contains a portrait of Mr. i-Jent Byrno'd feet. black, aud go numb that Larner's letter. Walter hud chopped it off wiih a hatchet. Why, in those look for it in my friend haps you have noticed that with all this com­ .ncoming train from the Soudan came in loaded. dwick, and the editorial introduction U as .J6 uwuers cf thu club are wealthy men, and to President Soden in of the future pros­ days my hands would become perfectly numb after tho Hewitt has just written plaining about open weather not one of thecom- 3o did the passengers. The White Nile Express "ollowa: R:X ut the same- time cuntident and after tlistt I would catch mechanic­ regard *o Morrill and Wise. He asked Mr. goden to perity of base ball. Their ambition \s to own ai'cond inning, flainers was a Pittsbarg base ball writer. brought in six carloads of excursionists. The BASE BALL. ally, actually not feeling the ball when it struck my set a price for the releases ot these two players. It hey have always found one place where it was cold steamer Einin Bey brought in an excursion from I" th<*ir grounds aud then to expend a small fortune bauds." looks us if they were beginning to hustle down in the THE AMERICAN NATIONAL GAME. enough to satisfy even the moat fastidious, nuA that Lake Nyanza. The False Prophet came up in lilting iheui up handsomely. Tbe management *'lt is fortunate," suggested Manager Spence, "that Capital. Certainly they need to. John end Sam was an office at the corner of Ko;s street and First ave- ITS ADAPTABILITY FOU IRISH ATHLETE*. they did not have such speeiiy pitchers ia these days'as would certainly come m very handy for President uue. Having enjoyed many a pk-asmt momtnt iu from Suakiin to bet a little on the game and SPOBT" AitaAXoss WITH THE "FATHEB" or Tin lins b?.d vgenw out for some time looking for an Hewitt. Morrill would be particularly valuable to the -ite. Thesitc, however, has not yet been Crane, tlie Giant's thunderbolt." this section, cooling my fevered brow, I determined place the League and Association clubs in their GAME-FOB A SERIES or ARTICLES. "Yes, but they dhl," eaid Hnlbert. "I was playing Senators, M he could fill almost auy gap certainly any not to lot the balance of the world know of it. But sumable places for the eiid of next season. A re­ tatitis pnibab'e that the new grounds position iu the i» field. [We have arrauecd with Mr. Henry Child wick, of in tho Louisville Club in '70, and caught for Jim ala?, it bsrametoo cold yesterday for cno writer, aud a port was abiot.d that Henry M. Stanley would ba on Now York, the wt-ll-known Auiericau writer and the ...... ,, ,.it the line of the elevated roads, and nearer Devlln. Do vim was then in his prime and pent a ball But will they get him? And there you are again brilliant effnal in styled "Like the North Pole, Meth­ hand to umpire the game, but the belief gained gruitnU right bucK. to the old question which has been per­ \cknowiectged "lather" of (he came of Insu bail, fjr a E*?t Now York, than those in u»e at present. over the p'ate with just as much"speed as Crane do? s ods of tlie Pittabnrg Club's President Daring Phillips' that the explorer of the interior hadn't courage series of special article-) on tno Amerie-m Na'ional tcdiuusjouruey in the surface csrs tha tone now. lie was a good pitcher, one of the best this plexing BoBton biee ball circles all winter. Ij John Illness," cpme ont to-day. ugh to face the danger-. He might rim the risk of Th"-l.t»r(."| profeeeiujial player I was never knocked out but once, "KelT'says we Ho* ton scribes would be "on our uppers" upper Congo, but if he knew what was gcod tor him, I tbo reasons why the club wishes to change lication ths cold wave ling \v;vsput up. The article on the game is appended: --,. In gam;)? last year when largo crowds «n

mind Av*ry, tbe TaU pitcher, and John R. Hnlmea, It is not believed Mr. Krauthoff would be even a party >lftyershave been eijrnwi with the Sioux \\lio caught for Harvard. It w;w Holmej who umpired BALTIMORE BULLETIN. to uny auch disreputuble actions of Watty. CALIFORNIA (KILLINGS. tha fft:sv>'n 'Jt-inningO to 0 game, between Harvard ORIOLET9. BASE BALL. Barn I e* 9 Relations to the Umpire Com­ aud 31 ' . May, 1ST7. By reqnest, Baltimore has wuived claim to White, Another Game F.asily Won for the Knicker­ Kr, the old Tle.1 Stocking of tha mittee—The Blonde Manager Vindicated eir ami Lyoas. bockers The Local Club Signing: riayera amen" ' " to a fr ii^ater ot tlie West End — Manager V/atkins Scored — Tucker Mr. Barnie is congratulating himself tbat he did Jerry Demiy's Threat, Etc. CINCINNATI CHIPS.' Signed—Local Xews and Gossip. not calcb on with Borcheja, who telegraphed: "I will ' Mox." 3! se over the river. He sign for $1,800. Answer." Blouda William offered SAX FRANCISCO, Jan, 7. Editor SPORTING »rpenter'fl roaiHon—Woldon's 17m- ia* uot gi^ii- i;ext season. BALTIMORE, Jan. 18. Editor SPORTING LIFE: bim $1,4*«> ball park fence and "Freeman's" letters from Kansas City are Litile Tummy Tucker cang for bid supper this week afternoon the Knickerbockers toyed with the The Club Heady ts Make a Move—Work­ J.ocal News Notes. land by thu recent cyclone baa been rep drc-1. among the interesting features of THE SPORTING and signed tho parchment. laverlys. The latter team were outplayed at REN MciroRD, Jit. Mr. ing a Pitcher—California I>cayu»Tiicties. ' " ' v - "f. Jun. 10. Editor SPOUTING LIFE: LIFE, and no one can read them without becom­ J. W. Waltz is skirmishing around the Eastein ill points and narrowly escaped a shut out. States for talent. INDIANAPOLIS, Jan. 17. Elitor SpoitTixa .tnifor seeing and conquering ing convinced of the honest intentions of that iVhitney's team did not p'ay as well together as C. It. Koockogey, catcher of last season's Charlotte, ~.AFE: The deadlock in the affairs of the Indt- r htrc long enough to got the dust correspondent so, when "a kick against Barnie" N. C., Clnb, ia roaJy for a minor engagement. Don't m the previous Sunday; still their work was LOUISVILLE LACONICS. inapoiia Club still continues up to this time, but tit 11 live: b;u-hcd ofi'ere he filled his valise with Is noticed and carefully dissected and digested, be afraid, "mag^«.tts." The name is calculated to para­ ;ood and evoked considerable applause. Wliit- rotu an official source I get tbo information that eeul pk :n pants, and jumped on a West-bound Loral Misgivings ns to the Strength of the together with Mr. Bamie's correspondence with lyze base-runners in fact, it's hard for 'em to get the ncy and Mack fpriued the battery and their Team Manager Davidson start on Charlie, He is at 210 Stricker street, this t will be broken within the next few day?. It tr,;" ' f.l for tbe Indian notion and other Proposes to Put tho Kansas City "maggots/' thero is but one vork was first-class in all respects, There was Into the Field—Minor Mention. city. true that this same statement has been made 1 iic woolly country that depend on conclusion to arrive at, and that ia that friend "oinevery fine individual work done by Dennj', Another young vital fluid ia at 341 Courtland street. >efore, but I um of tbe opinion that tho promise C ; : tirst-cla=s clothing. I nie;m ''The LOUISVILLE, Ky.. Jan. 17. Editor SPORTIXO "Freeman" has been imposed upon. Having He ii Frank Rinn, third baseman of last season.'a Meyor?, Sweeney and Ilayes in their respective will be kept this time and that by the mi-Idle of IjiU:o ui;*:ii" A. S. Stern, Esquire, president LIFE: President Davidson still has not received settled the imposition, the next thing to de­ Shamokin Club. jositious, aud the baiting of Meyers, Denny Hi there, he coming week, if not sooner, the eonditijii of ei'thf Cincinnati Base Ball Club. Tho Colonel the signed contracts of itny of tho player?, which, termine is, who is the "impostor?" That, too, is Kilroy! Don't let tbat Smitty do that and Van Hultren formed tho leading features of as I have stated, wero sent out to them some again. Come over and sign, and you will feel more ;liings, that i?, the apparent lack of life in tha i'- , ' und of the week, and will mingle mnde clear by the same correspondence, and settled like. the game. } iho^eof tho ''Striking Three," and tiaio since. He, however, says that he is not points directly to Watkins. This is not a new All, yes, ''STogggie," Boston would B Beans without 0"£anizalion, will undergo a material ch , The game was noticeable for the fact that it and active preparations for the coining . = . 'i it ,r.'W or t«o, » fiA^ of truce wilt be run uneasy, as he knows that they will all sign in attitude in the posing line for that individual its other B Baltimore !n the spring, ricnd Jake signalized the last appearance of tho Ilavcriys in*, itii-i t « &i : uatioa will once more glow ro^at;1. It will begin. There is not much to do, hov.. , ple time. Some friends of base ball nere are, oh, no Watty is nothing if not a "j^ser." ; Morse along, or wo won't bave 'em; aud come yourself. ,ogether as a club. Kvery man in the team did is ii«,w u'S*-ite, » ! It were, but when the iutieU! is all however, somewhat anxious over the failure ot .Freeman" writes it is supposed at tbe inspiration of T. T. T. as it is evident that no great changes wi . j iix'-tl rp TIH! Kliucr fuiiih *s piuned down to a cou- aikiDS "Kansas City is ou that committee (nmpirn) ' »is level best to win the game, and for tho most any of them yet to sign, and think there will be :art their pbiyint; was of the fine-it kind. Ineell was iinde in the team. Seery, who has just urot t; -.11-; i'.-rl.j. d:i.giKdiiieiuhor-,hip honoiary or other wise and ought to bavo a little say about who ia und who ia \ GALVESTOX GLINTS. iome from a visit to Chic-iyo and Kls*iu, says Unit he"" in -, me oi'tiie flshim; fiut* of the far \Veist Kud, ttie trouble in inducing them to do so. I am confi­ cot to serve on lh.it staff. 1' Ofcjurse the inference is the box, and for the first six innings pit died a go.-d, ong game* and kopt liis heavy-Sitting opponents met GeUt-iD in the f. rnif r place and tiio tiig Goniwi Ii!,uu ot' liB:ir Jim" Duris1 life to play Tlie Louisville nine now has few st'irs in it. There Kansas City ba-t had not even '*a lit'le pay," but the well in hand, but in the two succeeding iiir.injjs liis Keady for Action—A Couple of Players ^inning failed him, and ho wna l-a:t«d quite hard. aext season. Tiiis uo JouM ii true, ar.U it u prd.nb e tiit r i .^'inciinidtt oi1 lin-oRlyn, nuiJ it a^euis that the aro only oue or two Dit?n whom another club won Id de- fait ia, aa \Vatkina could haTe shown "Freeman" hid hut Gstz ! * tiro o:ilv new jran who will pUv with tli TI. (-..' M d"p EL-t'arpL-ntfr was m.iuuin tarnoet. To to possess. Consequently vlien no other ofiers are he not intentionally anppressed the correspondence, Signed, Etc. Swctt wai not in good furni. and his c,*tc;iiut; was very joor. Fina'ly, Donahue anJ Ebright each did souie [lo-isiL-rs in 1889, Ho t»1d Story tlmt ho wt'uld rar" \ijfrintliw hey-day oi his uspfulti- a-, H a tl out io Uit'tn they are likely to come back to Lou­ tbat Kunaas City has had ' GALVESTON, Jan. 15. Editor SPORTING LIFE: come to Inilianapoiis tlmn go to Cleveland, a-* he > expviiittent which m g'm bj suef^^t'tiJly isville for tmpl.iymeiif. excellent work at second, tnird arid short, aijd in the ABOUT ALL TO "SAY," Tbo GulvesTon Base Ball Association met ja>ded the latter dub much weaker than the U ...... ,. , '.it ii "iho "new own" p aytci botlor tallthnu tesirient Davidscu lias not yet done anything to outfisld. L-*wton and Levy did eoraa very clever ;ine, find fur that renson h \ wanted to coma to In- bia jirt.ifceswr. As th* c«se nuw staiuls, l'OJ'i Hick" .-Usjtueu the LouisvU'o team, although he repeat­ aM ia still "nayIng.*' Watkius* idea of hfsown im- Friday noon for reorganization, the first thing work. About 4,000 people were in attendance. Tho lortance and superior knowledge are not rUUprinK to dono being the signing of Manager Chas. Levis. scorn: H.innp^lis. The story g -in^ tho rounds tlmt Iiulinu- iftS imtdru'is of friends who want to seat he 'Viti man" edly (.averts that lie will have it in £ood shape for tbo apolis ;s talking of ^eleit^it!g Bussett, decry and lioyle on third i/nccuit-re Iti-stoo taily to jiriow ovtr a sej!^ouofl880. I don't want to criticize, but if be Is liis tact, and he most certainly has the faculty of koep- The election of officers was left over until the KXICKEII'B. AB.H. B, p. A.KI HAVERLYS. AB.R. B. p. A.E chanso yet f-r >vh:Uo\er difltrc-nci-s exist over the going to do sj it certainly scents to mi- that it is time inn things in hut water to an extent that can only be lJarXcfS 3200 0 Levy,If...... 4 01 2 00 "s nothing short of rank noneonso. Tho loc»I nmn- believed upon reviewing his history. Mr. Krauthoff next meeting, but considerable business was iS^iuent Lever thought of such a thing. Ba-Feit's Buitter of salary; tltey will doubtless be smuothed for him to be about it. A comparison of tho Louisville transacted. The sentiment of the meeting was uy.s--..... 502 0,5 Oj'-wers, Ib... 4 0 0 13 01 [)!KCO could not lie filled, bcc;ni-n there ar« no tec-.»nd ovi r. Club with others, as it is at present constituted, will writes tbat Mr. Watkins1 "Intentions" are good, but it Jlyets, 2b... 50343 1 Bnekley, rf..4 0 0 1 00 is said sheol has a fine mosaic pavement formed of that thebusiness of the club will be left entirely L-a-ieineu of his ability on tbe market, white the direc­ When*-ver a local b«ll ].layer's ears itch he has just show that it will hardly be able to enter the champion­ Blaknton.rf 4 1111 O.Smalley, 3U..3 02150 tory re»ra'd-i Story as a first-class man, and Boyle ia oin- * xp;a. atiou to givt: , ship contest of 1889 with any hope of ranking far from similar material, and if Watty ever inspects it he may in Mr. Levis' hand£, and that he will not be Sweeny, 3b... 5 00161 Ebrlght, M...3 10261 to able to recognize some of his own original work. expected to do great WIT'* next pe^ou. Some et'iink, ' S nit» 9uu-of-«-^uu is ripping me up at the Roast-^ the bottom. Take first buse. Tlicie we huve Ester- interfered with in any way. The bitter experience of Uayes* If..... 520 3 00 Lawt >n, cf... 300 3 01 n a locftl paj>or, started thij al>surd rumor, and it has o'-.-^y (lub." brook. While Tom is n very im-o i'eltow, he is lianlly Will tho man ever recognize the fact ho is an employee last aettson has taught us a lesaoa that will not soon Brown, Ib... 4 0 0 13 0 l,Douohue,2b.3 01 2 30 aud not an employer, a manager and not an owner, been goin^ the roiH:iis of the presi for two or three Aud hy generally calls the turn. Tnere is where a-i valuable a mm aa bi^ IMn Tucker, or Long John be forgotten, and if Levig does not succeod it will not Mack.c...... 40043 l'Swett,c...... 3 00213 weeks. As ha* be-n stated m previous letters, Hotly Beilly. or Connskey or Dave Foutz. For second l.>ase and in this um^iro business a substitute and uot a mem­ bo our fault. Whitney, p.. 4 2 2 1 5 o;lnceli, p ..... 3 0 0 ISO ALL THIS STOIIY TELLERS ber of tho committee? and yet he act i aud writes aud and Shreve may nf>t p ;sy with the Hoosiors another congregate, and every day sees a ci''(\vj of them wiEh we haren't anybody yet. On third wo have Raymond, Manager Levis has made a good start already by Total...... 4L 8 10 27 22 I! Total...... 30 1 4 27 18 6 season, Lnt at this time (here is no reason to do nut who, §o far, H an unknown quantity. Although he telegraphs and inspires public utterances that imply signing two flrot-clsM men catcher Tim O'Rourke, "Hi-. WiiisktTa"' the okl silver billygoit that gazes his belief iu kia o\\n in fallibility «nd sole propiietorahip Knickerbocker...... 0 '2 001023 0 8 jut thnt the te;;rncy, old buy,' the wrtstler, thinks he wiil make infield at the close of last season was dcnoinicated his lines out also ior Arthur Sunday, of Pallas; ITir?t on errors Knickerbocker 2, Hnverly 1. Firat tha "rail fenco" infiekl, and it certainly deserves WATTY'S GALLANTRY Waiter Baldwin, brother of the famous "Kid," who on balU Knickerbocker 1. Left on baso* Knicker­ ia base ball business by a sens-* of honor, has b«ea an ', by his effort-? to induce y0:1 tig Juhn Sow- "< >i«, ho will Le au umpire iu Huny Sterne's amateur s to jump his contract and join the Sacramento le. _ue." if Louisville does better In 1889, than she d;il in has passed about the umpire business. Now, the facts the Fort Worths, ahd others. Sunday id a front out- >y luceil 1. Umpires (Joart and Parsons. Time 1:20 18SS, cl:e must hurry up and improve this part ot" are just thea.>. Two nmpiroa only have yet been ap­ fielder, a.nd I think led ibis League in batting. Jack team. His scheme will probably fail, but this dots "*.\oni!or if there is ai}y cl:ance to work a life iii- STRAY ITEMS. not alter the. fact tlmt be 1m? netted like a sne.ik in B" "Knee policy on any of N m?" finer,oj "The Treaa- her team. Our outfit-Id is pretty good. Weaver, pointed Korgusou and Holland Fer^uson at tho ex- Weutz ia nn A 1 infteliler and ab^ut tho equal of Sun­ Manager Harris will become identified with tlie Wolf aud Browning ar« a stroug tfio, aud they will pvc-ssed wish of the whole Association, including day with tlie stick, and Rogers ia well known in tbe [ho matter. G'HU kriowa that Sawders was resetved UIP." JtJf thtiv is, 1'il change my business." dramatic profusion. Ho and \V. II. ICHery, man«ger Liy the St. Paul Ciub, that is if he kco\v-i auythi-Qt:, but ;-,-iI is the niaa who onco w»a a "Groom" in Brook- compare favorably with tlie outfieM of auy other Kansas City, and Holland at the requost of Kunens Southweet for his ability as a back slop; ho was tho receiving end of the well-known battery, Fudger and of the Knickerbockers, have organized a "Fun on the "n the face of this fact ho tried to g-.-t J »hnny tj vio- lye.' ilo lias uuiplrt-d iu the Tri-Siate League, and cla!-. That is, tht-y will as long as Browniug kee;^ City. The fact ia shown by parti of two telegrams Bristol1' company, uud will open in all right. Brownine, as every base bill patron in following: "Holland agn bd to accept twelve hundred Rogers, Sunday, Wentz. O'RourKe and Rogers are Santa Rosa ou the lato tho icsorvtt nil 1 ) aud pl-iy in his club. Ilo sent h;i- : !f,,;k enough la eaforce his decisions. 14th inst. tjcver.it telegrams here oflVnn.ac tlie jcunj? player ! r:y \VeMou is very thary ntjW how ho indorses the land knows, is vety unreliable. Ho la very fond to us. J'ay no more1' ^i^ued "L. C. Krauthoff," but ail fleet me a on the b*S3 lines. In a letter received from George Proeser the other Toa Oakland Club has signed but three players to mo:e than tha St. Paul Clnb could pay on account of njii.lita.uts for an umpire's bvrtli. Ho lisid one lesson of intoxicating liquor?, aad tins fondness of!tm UQ- understood to bo AVatkins and ''we approve signing date. Manager llobimon says there fits !,im f»r work ou ttie diamond. StiU he has Ferpnson and Holland," again signed "L. 0. Kraul- day, the yomiff pitcher complains t»itterly of the way is plenty of lime ita salary limit, and h.ul it rot been fur the advice of Yrmcli J^HVO him tho hcrr^rs aud drove Liin to sar^a- and that ha will not bo left. friends, Sowdora uii^-ht have fallen into tho trap. Of piniliu At tliat time 1.M L. Bloom, the clover theat­ rruniU«J that his actions next Etawn will bo tupcri^r boff,"biit prolaUy Wiitkius. Now d,.n't that look Cleveland is treating liim. That club promised to give It ia rumored that tho Sacramento management is to his j-a^t record, ami he may keep bis word. Wolf liko some "little eay" by Kansas CU>? Now, if you him bis release some time ago, but they still have him course it would bave bi^eti a jsrent mistake on fie i ait rical j'gfiit so 1 >ny with Ada Gray and now with 0110 on the reserve list, lie has written to them several trying to secure Jevne to play loft field for the Capital of the lutier, but tin's inado 110 dilTi-riiico to the Call ot" iiob Mil' a' conii»nit'i hud au idea thai ho would can always b^ relied upon. Duiinj tha suvtu'yortrs w;tut to eeo some of Watty's evident manceuvers just (Jit>a. of his sciTice? iu the LouisvilKj Club, his conduct ruad tho following times about the matter, but cannot get an auswer from fiia wrecker. One of tliese dstys wt-en some man­ like to slmie as a« Aseojiatioii umpire. And Harry, has Lever ytt cal.'eil for tbe reproof of the muiiagor. them. Uo wants to come back to Galveeton and play If a sufficient guarantee is secured. Mr. Ellery will ager goes iut'> Mr. Gillis* clnb and sit'aa'ji'g it to pn-ces as we!! a^ the rival of the uo*-p;»ptv boys, ht-lj e 1 Lini \Veavoi1 ha*, too, shoivn that he is made of the light NBAT LITTLE EPISTLK hero next se i3Jii, aud also h*3 offe a from four other then take the Knisks on a trip through the southern bo will lo;ik at liie mutter in a-o'hur l!Kh^. Pow­ ulonx by sundry sjuibs, which being inieipreisHl, from the C»tonibiis Clnb, sulntilutinK for tbo worda club*, but bis hiiudd aro literally tied by the action of purt of the State; otherwise the uii-n will remain in ders clfii.ns tlutt St. Paul did LO! treat hint lean: kmU of stuff. "letiers from Mr. Krantliofi," lettt-rs with Mr. Kraut- tho Forest City Club, and he can do nothing. ;nis city until spring aud play a series of games with ncht lust season, and maybe thry didn't, Lai ho cculd c "\Ve have auother Gaffaey in onr midst!" THE BATTERY STATE TIT AL. Lt>fl's name signed t-> iheni: local players at, Central Park. never get even by jumping liis reserve. Ho would "Kelly will Le nowhere whou Bloom gets there." Ou»t,uij:!rpcl BOUSOD tickets, at ?25 each, will bs Louisville is also a little uncertain in tlie pitclmr'd ' COLVMBVS, O., Pec. 26, 1883. MR. BAENIE, Balti­ placbd on SH!O soon, and thn indications are that they Manager Haium lias signed Incell, Meezan and hurt himself much mo- o thin ho would the St. Paul "jJLcQuaid aud Ned Bloom will be the daisies of the box. Noboi'y knows what llam&ey is going t:> tmu unt more, MJ. /Jmr Sir: We have received SCTLTUI let­ will nil be disposed of. Tho ticket will entitle the uiiley. Club. He lia-j signed now, however, und pnyn he will tui." to this seesofi. lie asserts ttmt hia arui \vas uever iu ters from Mr. KiMUthoff. signal as chairman o/ the com­ bidder io tbe t'raiid staud and the privilege of bring­ Sacramento is negotiating for tho services of Char- net no to tho coast. Gillis cffcro 1 him Sl,5in> bo K Wiwn I>ob Fergtison eeea Bloom he wiil turn green better coa^irion, and that he is both ablo and willing mittee on umpiieg, reqiit'sting onr vote on certain ing a lady, and will be pood for eveiy game. lio Wiliia. He is a pitcher wilh a good reputation in while St. 1'anl wntiti IIIQI to p'ay fur 5l,o:»o. Ue cU Vitii etvy." to piti-h half the feaniej for tlie Louisville team. The applications for api>oiiitiiuMrg en the staff. We have the Kast, having dune a;limdid box work fur the Ports­ Ihat the latter club he'd back so>no of hid salary "liluom is Cincinnati's choice." The Houston j>e.>ple aro commandos to jump on tha manager a.iil tha other players fcubstautuite Kainsey'a alto rece.ved a tt=!e;ri«m from you on the same sub­ Gaivestcn team already, and, now Ihat they have Mc- mouth Cinb la>t (C-iS'jn. peas :ti «iihont warrant, aud ho wa< now opiws-'d t» An 1 :-=o for.li, and so on. Well, one aTtdrnoon the Btiit-uieut that his arm ii all right, ami are confident ject, and see by tho papers tliat you have made con- Closkey, are doing some groat bragginc. They dtil Jerry Denuy do*j not like thft Mea of wasting nn- i-i^ back there On tlsat ncconnt. Presi.lent Ihiisli n-1- 'regular unipiro" did n-tshow up, na-I the candidate that he will be af-Iy to tlo nil he claims. Bnt of cour=o tracta with oue or moro men to officiate. This dispute the same thing lust year, and tbo result wag different oiher year in HsosicrviUe, &u,d is seriously cuntiiderirts; vi3<-d him to keep fAitU with St. Paul, und ho lor houurs WHS pnslied to th* front. it is impossible for th-.m to know that yet. If Ii»m--ey (if such it can be callou) places us iu an embarrassing to tlieir anticipations, but they seem to aave learned au oCer of Manager Uob;n9jiiN to luiim iu on this pri;ti;ibly d'j fo. Ho would like to como here, but Ii With a cap upon his ibreUtad, is a Urizbt and remains sober all tcasoii ho will in­ positiou, for, us a member of that committee, we have nothing from that lesion. coast and piny with thp Oaklandr". Jerry'* family is schoaie has not wrrked out to that end yi*t, and ma An indicator it his baud, crease the strength of the Louisvillee. Siration, m:iy a vote, and with Doc DontheU, wiio is wintering in Houston, is here, and he uiiyht do a great deal worsa than, accept m-t. The lo;-a! people would liko to give hiui a trii Umpire Bloom stepped ieto tbo fi-ld tind called "Play be ranked next to Hamsey. lib is a veiy this offer. btit dj not feel disused t> purchase his release, ii ball." Some 1'tltuw with red whuUi-r* yelled ''Louder" * TWO HEADS spoken of aa niauugpr of tbe new Austin team. He is promising young twjrler, but be is ttili a good man and if he is not handicapped, us ho wua in Left-h-mded pitcher Pardons lisa received offer'* vi"W of Iho fact thnt tho club already baa foi as a starter, aud before tho afterui'on tun eauk to rt=t very young, and lacks exrerience. A good to the committee, ibere is liable to be a conflict We many Houston, be will be successful. from Hamilton, Toledo a;.d p^troit, each of whom of­ pit.:hc:s. I nm of the npinion that President Brusl lialf the gang in the bleachers Imd eoro throats yellin;, hnwfcVfr, think be will be tlie best pitchc-i in the have uo euith'y oljection to either gentleman acting, BO lon>r sis ilie best iiiti-re*t* of the Association are ILiiry Smith is still with us and is keeping in trim fer him $260 per month to pitch tor them. wc'iild consent to a tnde, t-ucli as Sowdtia tri-d at "Kelly tho Second,'" and from aU sides came the in­ Louisville team, the people are a little dubious nbo«t by {Tiuticiug a few hours every day. lie is not cer­ Sacramento h.43 g.t two local pitchers who will bo muke wilh Shre\e, though he lezards the latter as quiry: "Is that Wfcliton"* beau Meal? ' fculistrvod, but we would like to know ir&tVA tme, your iv*-ing. Ho is not-very strong, and therefore cau tain a«yet where hn> will play, but he is pretty certain piven a trUl aa soon a* Manager Joe Quest returns good mnn. fiowilern Mutiud with St. Paul tl«e lutt Tho urshot if the wliule matter wna that it reqiiire.l hardly br» relied upon to pitch bis share of the gumee. telf or Mr. K., ia tho chairnwn, so thai when we aro not to be on the G^lvestnn team of '89. He is a good from the East. part of last week, but lias not received the promised Deutsch" Oehler and all ot tiie forco to kcei) U vrry fTbeu, too, tho batters last year seemed consulted about the aj.p iiitments we may know bow tu gotcuto fielder, but his Laitiug It is reported that tho Southern Pacific Railroad Co. advance as yet. from j;oin£ up on tha iouf aud jumping off. Ed never him and he was poutitled pretty hard. Ho \va*, ho\v- uud ior whom to vole. Re-ie'tfu'lj'i is too uncertain. F. W.^fEv.'cuuon, Secretary." An amate-.ir league u spoken of for next seasos, and is behind the Sacramento Club. THE CAT.TFOHXIA. LEAGUE. became an umpire, but he can give nine-teiiths of the ever, sick and weak tliou aiid bo may coino around a meeting will be called eoou for organization. Mr. K Tha Knickerbockers play better ball than any East­ this year in good shape. As for Ilecker, he h rarely \Vell, Walty's litlle game of ninrpation or abnormal Tt is quite evidcot that atnnethinx ramt be d m^s to theatrical uiauagers cards aud spades aud boat tnein swelling ditln't work. Watty ditia't foresee Coium- T. D.'dda, tbe well-known spirting poods dealer, will ern combination that lias ever visited lue coatt. Tho cut. couuted as one of the Louisville pitchers of '89. Al- other combinations have never trie! topliiy their best, check tt'.e dishonoribla inetlrjd^ that are being em­ bua' asking troublesome conundrums. Tbe most dis- oiler a fine silk pennant for the w'mneis. ployed liy ntATiagfi^ on the Pac-fic C'ia"t. Tiie bt^ or- i^or old Al Jennings wag caught In that political mostevtTjone thiakdhe willbe with Columbus when M. I. Tiernau, who represented Galveston at the but the Kuicks play tho hardest kind of bull from the cyclone at the Court House the other day a storm in the games of en in the spring. We are 'n"i extraordi­ Kustins: thing in lifo in a failure to see an attempt to moment they come on tho field «&til the game is over. camzatiuiis will prol>ably n >t suiTor much ou account ape diplomacy and have it pan out only Fort Worth msrtins, was manager of the well-knnwri oftlie-e pirates, but tho mio-'f lea ;ti-'3 are In r the house of his friends, too. Al is a Republican, bat narily strong in catchers either. Keriaa can oe relied semi-professiunal L"f land Citvs, our cr-\ck team of '87. Manager "Robinson, of tho tfaklands, baa made his friends are numbered wttb the weaker lUciiou, anil upon to cittch Eamsey well. His arm was in bad A VlLLAISOl'S CUNNING. pitcher SlcOarthy, of tho Kansas Oitjs, an olter of of Lxunir etcttly crippled. The CHlifornia nM Such men ulw.»y* overreich themselves. Waco, the new addition to tbe League, always has cftiiiiot otter enough t<» induce League or Aui begot the razzle-dazzle. With Chris You der A he slia^e nio-t of last season arid bis throwing and bat- They are been a gond ball town, and for pome ye«rs bits been S-,400, and 3Iac * is quite likely to jump i'roin Kansas tiuj* wtrabuth poor, but I think he will do better this too dull to antieii a'e the Association ['layer* to jnnip, but Oii^ H not th and John J. O'Xeill, KaUmazoo can now say: ''Poli­ most probable results. The represented each summer by a good semi-professional City. tics are sometimes loaded." Al's big mistake wai in ye:ir. Couk will probably dj most ot the worK bahiud Columbus people appear to be good busibcsa men, and, In addition to the poamnt for which tho clubs of with Iho smtHer and weaker oi'^anixntioos, espec ally leaving tho police force a couplo of yeais a*o, \\ht-re the bat, and then Weaver may servo there in an of counti-, lake nothing for planted, but smooth out team. tl;o Cftliforoia League viU battlo for n^xt seiison, is a since tlioy have ftiiopt';d salary Hnnis. Alnady «ev- Ed Tray writfs ns from West Bay City, Jlich., tbat cral youn^ playt-rs hnvo <*.wer fctaiid and punch threaten to do to. Of course this Btate of aft;! WHAT IS SEEDED. bought in tbat region, and that it id read by everybody. cannot exnt long without IiTirni to tin- game ^nt-ra1 Ihe best amateur players in the city, wuu happened iu, So take it all, It is quite plain that ihe Louisville reach to far m to comprehend or itrovide for thia bowl t-iandins thirty-uiae iuches in height, and i» tided team hen.o his failure, as he always dooj fail in things so valued at SCOO. Tbe play is who are falimg into tins tr«p will r<*x neeJa some new ma'erial. Tho niauagement far boy on d bis reach. "Fools rush in whore angola it at no ilisttat day. Sooner or later the Caiifornii A YARX ABO'JT CALIFORNIA. i^seJl' v.411 admit this. Autl we don't want ">oung fe-.ir to trend." Waity'a esMmate of Ins own laleats MILWAUKEE MISSIVE. Lc*iinc> will be Cdmpelled to come nnd-r th". Hcp-^oDt laat'wiatcr th re, a::d iucidentallyremarked: bloo^i'" s'tTtp'-y bi'c:iuse it Is *'yooitR blood." Plenty of News From Stockton. troa of tbe National Agrroment, and then those r;nli raw are evidently po trifle. Watty enters tho Associntion " 'I'nE SPOKTISO LIFB is very popular there. It ge:3 youn^ pl:tyers can bo picked op, but we want wilh a pompous strut, nnd by implication declare* McAleer Sold—Secretary Quln's Plans— YOSEMITE CLUB, Stockton, Jan. 11. Editor nnd mi^gnidail youn* men will rnn)iz« th*-ir mistake. into 'Frisco on Saturday ami th«eii thereisa rush tor it. nicn whose pivgouce on ihe team will give it weight himself the regulator of all its affairs, pri-sninibly be­ Stitton's Case, Jitc. SPORTING LIFE: Yesterday was a delightful, Tho California manajrer.s who 6-iKUi.o la this discre.iit- It brings a d IQ^J easily. Si.metimes the tritiiid a~.e i aiid gieadim-a.) and will increase ita percentage of ex­ al'le buaiut-ses will see tneir orror, tuo, Bouie of t lie-so and theu you ought to hear the boys Inck. 1 uut a cellence ruther tbau lower it. It was rt-ported that cause he uasmnos to know moro than tLc-m all lor, MILWAUKEE, Jan. 16. Though the public ia sunshiny day, so Hunolt, the Santa Cruz pitcher, bus he nut btea a League manager? Yes, so he was, waiting anxiously to learn who is looking out for mo, drove me over from day a. good many players out there aud oue aUcrnoon we got Mr. Davidson had eu^aged Nichol-icn, of l»Ht year's until be wad the make-up of the to !al, itiji about Billy Hart. Ho had just been sy D-troitt1, to play second base, bat the rumor WHS lal pennant-winning team in the Western Associa­ Livermore t j this place to visit my warm and NEWS IN GENERAL. fcy Cincinnati. Gravts, who had seen Hart play in Nicholson may develop iuto an excellent pl:tyer, but FIRED FOR INCOMPETEXCY, tion, not much progress is being made. The whole-souled friend John C. Shelley. Imme Lurry Me Kr on is etill nuxidu^ to goto Evanarille, Lincoln, remarked: ho has not yet shown that he is a man fur \vhoai a but certainly a filling League- manager should not be and i-lay fiict I.-a-se and captain tiio team of that city. ' 'I wouldn't catch his delivery for a farm. Ho manager ou^ht to huatls. That long-ialked-of second quite so immodest. Watty'd b.ise bail history appears past week developed only one positive move diately the players heard I was in town they Tho Ict*-rsti*-!o i.ea^TU"1 premises to bo quite a ttroug throws the wickedest ball ot any pitcher iu the coun­ basemau oti»cht to bo s gocd one when he comes. Oue to be one gig»nttc * sell" a complete circumlocution ment, and that was tho signing of George Mc- called on me at the club, and honored T organization, ai:d if properly handled ought to bo a try, /isk Ti/m Dolan there, Hia hands were raw in of the It'Cal daily refers stated Snudiiy that Mr. in buying and Belling. To him more than any single Vey as catcher. Tt ia now settled that .McAleer SPORTING LIFE by paying me considerable at­ success. Mclveon h''t tlrink anything during the season and coulee in athletics before toe season fpens. The}' are promise-* to keep hin^elf in fine condi'i'm. livery licftnrod. He was rljuht. He couldn't hold ali expected hvre in March, aad they will then be expert nisnacing (o pnrchase old League pLiyen of Milwaukee Club last season wad in handling tho locust to say a word: him and was released, going afterward to New Or­ universally recognized ability with rnlimited resources and means to patch up tha p'.acea where the fenco I have met the young Philadelphian on several oc­ Jack Glassc'-.cl-t wiices me that he is ?f-ry anxious to placed under the tuition of Prof. Anton Sf-ibold. Tho Kt?t back to Indianap-^is, and I would lii\e to *e^ him leans." Turunft, a German in other people's money? To be sure he did that for was down. With a fixed salary limit tbe race belongs casions, and I can find nothing in his manner or talk athletic eociety, have a large and here. However, it will nut ba long until the king pin finite a qneer story of how fat« threw these two play- welt-t-quipped hall arid jiymiiftsium here. 1'rut. Si-i- Detroit, bat couldn't anybody e!so have done the not to the awift, nor tho tattle to tbo strung, but ftpproachiug bumptiousness or braggadocio, but on the «r» together, wasn't it? same. I)o you call it centres whol!y and eutirely on the management ol contrary, he H a genial, hearty, jet witjial a modest, aliowa tip in this city. I am satisfied tlmt tbin^s are bold i4 their instructor. Laity tar, when JoUn Keliy coming his way. Then it w»s Alec Voss' turn to take the chair and was mauagur, he euguged tht prufcas^r to put the boya ABLE MANAGEMENT, the club. Tho history of the Chicago team us pennant gentleman. In tho 1 Iter referred to.whic'n makes hin bis story of Pt-rry Warden's winners, did not lie so much in tho ability of the men, slato tliat ho is to receive from the Stocktona Jf»00 per See;y heard that there, was to b.i nn operatic per­ through a course m gymnastic:", ju order tliat when yon have assembled for handling the best bnee formance by a local cr^anizition aud he caught tiio ADVENTURES I» A MIXR their muscles rnijibt he supple when the time ball talent in the iaod, to win the championship ono a* in tho propriety of the assignments given them. me nth, I have every reason to believe him. In addition If the pennant comes to Mihvaukfo this season, it w to th:it, he has a position, for the winter months oaly, firsi train for Indianapolis. was BO ludicrous that full sway was gives for laugh­ came for them to play bull. The esercUo w« year cut of three? It really df.es stem tuut most any Lew Schoeii&r.K 1ms l"*t over twenty pounds since he ter. A1--C bas probably playe i in more States during severe, but all had to ', mid Springfield, III., Olub. a regularly scheaultd seiies. Perry Wertloii a-ikwi mo not hi- expoterl to too great a t-Uain, but il v^iil Lu CONTINUAL BRAWLS, The proinotur-i of ibc City T.eaguo will meot to-mor­ to show him llie 'bigg->t mtue on tup' and I did. crcHsed gradually, so that wbou the boys eo on the and start tha clnb out on an even footing. It in should ho ever play in tho Ea-t again, tho Newark very much to its discredit and certainly to its injury. not uuhkely that Unit will manage the clnb. There Club would be his preference, lie thinks that nu im­ row evening, wh°n tho oiguni/titiun will be completed. \Veideo, young SujuVr, Billy Nt-lsuu and myself diamond tlicy will be iu as good trim as if they bad Watty's agony aj-Dcars from bis correspondence io be pression prevails in 'Newark ih'tt ho i* "working tor Thf> League will have BIK clubs and promises to bg a formed tfie i«irty, and we penetrated Iuto th« bowels of played bait for a mouth. is a great deal of discontent aiuunjj the members of tbe thi-: He icconiniended Fe-seudon, and wh:le Mr. Des Sloines team, who are bewailing their f»te in be­ srthirj' tticre," bnt with tiitso facts you can readily see success. A. G. OVEH8. the YVolltooe mine. i. haif j>a>t eleven we wore alout ODDS AND ESDS. Karui« was investigating b :s hiibite, etc., Fi'asendea Sfflt fei-t down in the 'ciige* minei-'s parlafcce for ing connected wiib a club which is iu financial em- that ihuie is no bluff. He plays here but twiefc a week Al Mays' marriage, of which 1 etut you a shoit ac­ withdrew his appH«.ation, Watty wrote: ''Dotncoer baiTES-ment. St. Paul ami Minneapolis ara inking ad- and will probably n,*t pitch more than fifty-five ^ame KELL.Y*S SKCOND BREAK. elovatur. We had ou big ruhbt-r co:ita, hats and count lust week, created something of a syi.SAtiuo. has written that tie M'ould like to umpire again in tlie toot?. At twelve o'ol-jck sharp the uunos exploit* vaniage of this state of hffaiis, and many a sly oiler is timing 0110 season of eigiit months. Alter cou.-ultw There \v»9 no particular reasim why he and the lady, Association aud signifies his willingness to stand the made to players, couple'! with the remark ihat it pays tion With to.iie of the prominent p'a.X'-rs of ihy Aus­ The Great Kut Erratic Player Again Kushcfi tli--ir bluefs. I knew thia, but 1 didn't t.iko pains to should have cone over 10 Jetfersonville to be married, decrease in salary. What do you say? Kansas City tell the fi[rti)g. The neon hour fuuod Werk-n, Suyder to belong to a s-jlM conciliation. tral mnpaity while hero and ulso a leading attorney, Into I'rint With «;id U«.-sults. us uo one objected Io tbe unun. But Mays thought f-ivora nig re-fcn^agement," Woll, as all the balance Manasjer Sutton's c;i-e wilh the Rochester Club is tho threat* of blacklisting hits no terrors for hinj, and and .Nels >n bu^jly engnged in collecting nu^e:f>; w h--n the boys would endeavor to teaso him, and tie did cot of (he Association but Watty (who is admitted to be as for the Newark Clnb reserving him, why that of Mike Kelly has been talking again about th« w».'rd came from SnptTintftiulent Junes: 'E\prv- still "on,1* and the (iirctord of the Milwaukees bave fancy tliat. The magistrate who inanied dim is a jj'oi the biggest end of it iu his mini) don't favor his rc- asked 31 r. Chaa. Byrne, secretary of the Board of Ar­ cour.-e will not prevent liia p'ayinj? here, aud as above Boston Club affairs, and as usual put his foot in tliintj i-- ready.' Tlie three oi.lu't know wJ,at 'ev- ry- okl man who lias beca uuitiug eloping couples fruin engagenient, Mr. Doescber is not likely to be an Ai*o- it. In nn interview printed in a thm>;: m-iiut, t ut they ec< oted with 113 undi-r tlic tim­ bitration, to bring it before theIJoarJ,whicli Sir. Byrne stated were ho in tho East he'd play in Novvmlc. New York KeutiwUy fur Ihe last ualf century. Mays mads him cittisoti umpire. Watty writes: 'vSnllivnn has a posi- lias kiodly consenti-d t > do. As Hr. Siittou has a clear Michael De Pangher, the well-known catcher anc paper (which once before fathered tho gallua ber just a^ the bla'td conuninced to j.'0 oft'.- You promise not to tell anyone of the ceremony. Tbo -ion iQ tho *Custcms Deparitnent in Chicnno. but I ought tu have seen Kiu^' \Verut-u. lii-j lace was as case, and aa Manatrer Leonard, of Iho Rochester Club, tluroujibly competent and honest niau, HtaiM* a very player with remarks he subsequently disclaimed) magistrate assented and kept bis word, but fllaye told think there is no di.nbt of his ttcceptinL-e of £!,200." will be unable to make, any capital by his cotitenipti- good show of managing ihe Stocktona thu ensuing soa^ white ad » clean biktl siiirt, »d <>!i end it hiineeit two days later. Ue didn't have to tudure And tignin. Ia!or: "Have written Sullivnn agaiu, but Mike is made to pay: m r.nd shoved up Ins rui.ber bat, which went up and ble actions (as Ixith E. B. Snttun and tho Milwaukee son, Mike is very popular. as much teasing aa lio thought ho \voubl. As mxm do not thiiikhe will coma in at SI ,200." 80 you ete Club will uot pay one cent for Ezra's rdoise), the ca=o Ddvo (Jrc-auor, the lelt-lmn'led pitcher of Stockton, "That he will captain the Boston Clnb n-"-xt Reason, wd was undor it. us they lound out that lie didn't care fo have an> thing Kiiivaa City ia really haviug a "little say." Now, to Cal., will be in the swim again this season, and uuaor and that Moirill uill ««t be a member ot it a? all. Ho "'\Vh,-t's up?' ho murmured iu a Bhiver. will soon be deL'id"d in favor of Milwaukee, as it of the kind the boys were vory considerate aud let Lira give a little outlln^f the whole ehould be. Leonard will find hi* bluffs "dj not £0. the new rulos will be must etlective. Uo plays will claims ho kimw that tho Uostons would not win the "3np'jrhit«n'lent Jouee \vm 'poate 1.'and ho care- alone. pennant l.tat S^.TOU, uud fur that reason allowed lea v replied:' "Tlie UMPIRE BUSINESS, Manager Button has sigi;oJ James Xa-*li, a yonng StoCkt'JD. mineis caving in somewhere.' Manager Davidaon said yesterday that the question Thoro will be an intense and bitter rivalry between Morrill to bo malinger, Thia year, however, th°y are * 'Orrat Casatl' whirpeied the Kin^, 'huw will we so tbat there may bf* no reason for a misunderstanding, Eastern ball player, who ia a good bise-ninner, about a second basenum could h» answered in a day or it is best to tell Mr. Baruie's eiory, and he shows docu­ nltiioueli Cft. lin. In beiglit, and liandy with the stick. Storkt-'Q and Sacrament', Ca)., this season. Th' (»nt for tiio raar, and he eAftiatic-illy icnmrlt! that with get «.u r two. He siid he had C'.ihpitite-.l arrangements with managers aro eogiiE' I!£ niany Kastern pltiyera, am h a direction aud the pond Diatt-ri;»l of which bis club *Just then four ments to prove it true. TUe umpire com mil tee He will bo tried in the spring guims, which Manager or five more blasts followed in rapid the man he was after, aud thought he would bo en­ eac'i niowting between tbe teams will be an event is made up, the ting will be purely theirs. If not Bucct'siori, blowing out our lights ami ha!f Btumiiu^ is d>mposed of Baltimore, Columbus arid Kan­ Button bos arrangeo: as follows: Opeuiug with 1/mis- tirely satisfactory io tbe public. Ho was good in fieid- sas City. Blr. Baroi», caving received tlie vlie April Gth and 7th; Cincinnati, Monday, April 8th; Special trains will bo run between tho two cities, and allowed to nrtnapo the team ho will return to work at n-. \VfIit s»v,Sri>ilfr and Ncfcon w-re RS wil«l tliou u: i»g, biittiug f-ud base-ruuniu^, and was au ambitious tiaveling rated will be reduced and everything done his New York cafe, and not play ball ut-xt season." \Verdrn. 'J'h-.* li^iits largest number of votes, was made chairman. C'liumbus, Tuesday And Wednesday, April SJiU and 10th: wtre re-lit and then tht: yoiibg player. by tho railroad omptiiiy to encourgo biso toll. Sau pupiTintouduit Ciliueil their fears, but Werden jaid: The Association instructed the committee to &ign Yvr- Indianapolis, Thursday and Friday, Aprill llth and When Kelly made his first break early in tho Manager Darldaon bai received nnother letter from giison, McQuaide and Gaffney. i'erguson bas been 12t;i; back to Columbus, Sunday, April 14th, working Francisco wilt profit by this slate cf affairs, for visiting winter TUB SPORTING LIFE rapped him over the X,e*\i g-t oi)t of here niiftlity suddi-n.* , Ka^ujoiju. Tbat placer elateJ tiiiit he had another oiler or "up couniry ' toama^ill be greeted by immense "They lu-tt every nugget ihey Ind found and never signed, McQuaide refused to Bi^;n and ttie committee is eastward to Buffalo on the way home, btopping ai knuckles editorially, and he took the to stay in California and next season captain and nuiu- Detroit, should these c!ub* be homo at tbat time, II crowds. JK-1 WALLER WALLACE. hint and Rp^iu c»jul-i I coax them info a mine. IViipr^e:s didn't Kt'y iiie toaui he id now with. Mr. Davidson doea not -STILL IN NEGOTIATION remained quiet until now. This time the Boston como iarK'j enoiii(h to bid tiicm repeat their ex peri not, Mr. Sutton will probaMy arrange other Kames to tbiuk that Kaymond will remain Iu California. 1 with Gaffney, with great hopes ot securing him. Col. fill out until April 20th, when it is expected the West­ San Beraandino Items. Herald takes him in hand as follows: euro tl >v, u -•* mine wli'Ie bUsiiug wai in progress. It Ihiuk he is iishiug after more t-alary. Elliot, of the Columbus Club, then a stockholder, said wuuld tcvrd ui''3t people." to Mr. Burn! : "We'll leave the umpiro matter t>) ern Association will open. SAN BERNARDINO, Cal., Jan. 12. Editor "The interview with Mike Kelly printed in a New A Iccjil paper cjnotes Zach Phelps as saying that ho The Milwaukee Club, in exchange for McAleer, gol York paper baa utirred up the ftieuda of John Morrill ONLY A PAROI>r. believes Ilecker, when at his b^st, was th« greu.!ejt you, ns you are more familiar with umpire* than wo, SPORTING LIFE: Among the players wintering as m-.v members, aro." Mr. Krauth-tf telegraphed the releases of Alberts and Keas. If Alberts is signed, to an unusual dexreei and there is a loud call for his "Arlie Tathnm may be 'Jhe freshe?t mnn on tar(h,' baee ball player he ever saw. He, howt-ver, thinks he will guard third base, Sutton goins; to ehort, here are Raymond, of Louisville; Fudger, ol suspension from the Bo ton nine the coming Reason. but f.ew Siuimuus h'id too much salt for h : m," m^- that Ham^y waa the greatest of all the pitc[i»-is. that Wtitkiua would act for him, "being better rosted and having moro time." Well, Watty has been (>act- Alberts ought to shine on third -baao in the Western Sioux City; Goodenough, of Galvestonj Doyle It ia argued that the braggart spirit shown by Kelly is gfhttd <-ne of tho gentlemen of "turning ovt-r" cat «.*:- A friend bad furnished mo Toniney'a record since he Association, as he siood third iu the American Associa­ simply a challenge on bis part to the boston directors jtyf KB Ii ytu lilie and olhers, all competent, bnt as they ore personal Hyractue...... 1SSG 82 324 51 79 .2 friends he would not even- recommend their appoint­ off the field, good^vurkcan be expected of them. much, indeed. The excuse he offers for his poo tejtiu of 183D. If the issue is to be made as to wlu-tlier it, ch? Bin^hamtonaod Syracuse 1^87 98 403 60 129 .320 CKEAM CITY. Mr. Kelly controls the Boston director or thtt the di­ " 'I'ni a dai^y on the diamond, I was dizzy on the stage. ment and thus give riso to tbe suspicion that Balti­ hitting after joining the Association is tbat th AlK'Diown...... 1&«8 f'2 353 G7 78 . more might le favored. The Association also wanted pitchers were new to bim, and besides tho colin.-vU]«...... 1888 34 ...... 18 .149 tho better it will be for the good narno of tho I'ustm I thir *iit I w«i a lulU ol"unsurpassed worth. Curry, but he wouldn't come to terms and objected to OMAHA OVERTURE. weather greatly handicapped him, aa well as tho othe GtDeral average, 4 yture...... umpiring ou Sunday, but agreed to players in their work. Ho says tlmt if tie had joinei Club and tbe aelf-resp:-ct of its owueia. ^Ab.veall Si-!). 1 tiniu't get my ea'aiy, but I'll ijut get^oft tho A Weak Spot in the Western Association thiuis, tbe quoted laD^U'igQ shows tho ulter unfifiii'aa •MU'i.' FIELDING. WAIVE HIS SCRUPLES the Association btfure, the cold weather s^t in ho woulc Year. Gfmes. P.O. A. £. Ave. Circuit, Etc. have done much better, though he admits ihat ho go of Keily to be captain of th<) Bus tun team. If "There arc fourteen more verses," be^nn the poot as in the latter direction for a consideration. The out­ ho should In that position entertain any he uni'-lied ft jM'd arid a h-tlf of manuscript. This Lancaster and Richmond. 1885 {i7 331 57 ... .RS5 come of the whole matter was tbat Mr. Barnie wrote OMAHA, Neb., Jan. 15. Editor SPORTING iuto very fast Company after joining Louisville, am Syiacuss...... " 1B80 82 115 221 48 .866 when he faced such pitchers like Seward, King, Chaw such feeling against auy player under him was ft f>if>!:Hl for ironl.lt-. "Jlunnuy ' thtoati*m-d!o send W«tly that ho (W.) could appoint whom he chose, but I^FE; There is a great big ppeck on the AVest oa be does against Horrid, he w aiid in » cu.l lor a l*atrul wagon and "cruslu-d genius" sub- Bii'ghamtou aud Syracuse 3887 98 141 349 10ft .82 the Association would hull Watty responsible. Mr. beilain, Smith, CanHterfl, Foutz, JUnllaue and oilier AliVntowu...... 1888 82 167 303 36 .928 ern Association horizon and it hovers over th ho ran up against tho greatest pitchers in the laud not only make it very uncomfortable for that player eided. KrauthoffHprears to be made of different stuff from for the balance of the seasou, but wlfen It comes time Loubvillo...... 1S88 ...... 'J14 Watty --hns much better tactandnioroftuavi'ter in ntodo, prohibition town of Des Moincs. Before man If he i e turns to Louisville next spring Raymond says lie ALL sours., General average, 4 ycare...... moong Dea Moincs will probably pull ont of th will show the people there, as well as elsewhere, tha to sign for 1890 he might make it a condition that Ewing, whom enterprising New Yorkers are but it will keep him jumping to undo the cons taut m in­ said player should not be a member of tbe Boston It ia eaid that St. Louis, as well aa Columbus, would game. The "prohibs" won't admit it, but it i he can play ball. Raymond has not yet fully made up .^ nv.-r New York,Troy,Iloboken anil ('oney ch k-f Watty will create. Mr. Krauthoff writes Jan. 2, his mind whether he will return Ea-t or not. His team of 1890; and iu ca«o that unfortunate should be ]i!*e to get Hecker. just fix days previous to the datu of Freeman's letter: generally supposed that they will quit. If sue! 1 y puttiGjf in tlie winter he-re. Ilo has Keddy Mack has retnrned from Cincinnati. uucle wants him to remain here and go iuto business Bruutherri or Kichardnon, in what pre;icament would t 'tti siJ'Ce fht> close of the season. "Wsi. BABME, ESQ. My Dear Sir:— In a letter from is the case, it ia a fact to ba deplored, as a .break with him. If Raymond returns to Louisville and the Boston directors be placed, especially il they allow v.l 10 jil.iyed in the Texas League last Altur tlie failure of tbe Hecker Supply Company, Mr. \Vikoff received this A. M. we leurn for tlie first him to dictate regarding MorriM. Evidence is ac- Jack Kerins thought of going to Indianapolis for the time of the informal Thuisday meeting of tbo Associa­ in the Association now would mean a new membei plays thffbftll there ntxt cummer that he is playing it;' , ..T iu'lf fl'ylil CieTL-Itind. and cooseiuently a weak body. Winning tho poonani here now, be will be rated the king of young players cummulatltig every day, of a most emphatic nnd con­ : :' winter, but he ha*t finally decided to remaiu here. tion clubs tit St. Louif, and !v- man ftbd thu "tit. Joo Kid," Lew McCJregor^ Jimmy Wolf and Mrs. Wolf have returned from was quite a doar luxury to tho "prohibs," and tho in the East. Besides having an opportunity to go hit vincing character, of the existence of firm, deep- »i- : '. iraii.'ifJg together. THE AUTHORITY GIVEN financial loss thus incurred has slightly dampen?* business with hi* uncle, Raymond also has two offer seated and almost universal opposition to hii . ' . TL-bean has ei.tered tlie gymnasium. Pilio Bluff. Ark. Woll baa had a talk with the mana­ ger, but he has uot signed yet. There will cot be any yon by them in the matter of umpires. Not knowing their ardor, Majbe they will come around all right to manage lea ma here in California next season. John appointment a^ teim captain for 18S9. His fnrnnT . : i", Cleveland and Pittsb; i'I«y on tlie local grounds. Manager Gus impression was ou the mind of Mr. Wat If ins, who, aa I eno;igh and Fudcer for that team. I want to gay a under him; (ht» erratic character of his own playing is ikiuelz b:\anot yet announced the exhibition attrac- skating rink at National Ftuk. I could hardly find a Lase ball item lost week, as al Ramaey « now on a visit to bia fathefi family have wired you, waa our active representative ia the Interest was centered in the great bicycle race at th< good word for theee two young players. I hivo seen not such as to iuppire confidence in liioi as a Kader, «..!.«- at IndiauapGti*. matter. 1 hasten to Coliseum. Norman Baser pitch and 1 do not consider him as and if he has uo control over his own conduct, ho can* ' >>'(T« will start on the road with tho good a pitcher as either Fudger or Cloodenmigli. Mark not bo expoctel to control tbe conduct of his men." 1. Ji-edy Company next week. Weaver is still steadily working ot the Kentucky OFFEU TBIS EXPLANATION Wailie Andrews has been secured to p'ay first base wiigou factoiy. Tiiey like hiui vtjry m»ch there. In 'fo ho played with the Columbns, Ga., team; from my prediction, these two youngsters wiil be among Mike has gome very bad admirers in New York, ..o'of, the gooI«y the "gaaie J. A. signing Ferguson and Holland. Wo regret having lout there be wont to Memphis, wbere lie played till tbe who, under tho guise of friendship, arc prodding middle of last season, when he was released to Louis- older. If they go to Houston I would advise the man­ oi' ! ! - !-iV ii'-xt Booeop. He tma uot yet signed, but is Fosseuden, who had made a good record last Beagon, agers of tho Association and League to keep an eye on him on to his own discomfiture and perhaps ruin. Uf- 1 . ir .- (urn 'o i-crintoi). Guess This is So. find whose terms left us a fair margin ft-r Gaffney. - At Tille. During the seasons of '85, '86 and '87 his butting was terrific, but last season ho was a little off. them and watch the scores of the games in which thej Well may he say: "Save me from my friends." v«i!ton aro hi-!d to Minneapolis, jnst aa "Didn't McQualiJ make a mistake In going in tlio the same time we beg to offer you our best wishpa for a officiate. p.- isheld. If Clerelaud wiasits ca>» League fur ft nmaller price than lie cjiiKI get in tha bappy New Year and a prosperous season for tbe Tt is very likelv that this season will find him Imck in V. H. G. PI; ; ,. . !: .. i« ;:al boiids (bat nuw tie Spragne to the AiMociation?" was iwkeJ of Ilick Carpenter tbe otber Orioles." bia batting clothe?, and a^ ho always was a fine fielder Ix THE League next season, it ia very Winni'jH, then tho two Cincinnati hoys will be ",..* day. Not withstand ing (be above letter four, five or six days I think we ate safe in saying that we have stcured The Indian Club Hustling. We that Ansou will have two strong rivals in ' prize. Itltei'tv" ;il.-r». Nnlton, who played third bsse all last "Oh, I don't know. Jl Is liiM-Jtr work t" umpire In aftenvarO,evidontly Watty telli Freeman tocive"akick Siot'X CITY, la.. JHU. 14. The Sioux City Club will in the pernnun of . "Jtuek" Kwinaie-runHiDc: in the younger body and tt.e players do vice lune»tly infpndtd, and tlmt is: ' iting m- . 'Ihent'w president tf the some v n*l '77 aro now j>artnore one of the more kicking; besides, the League umpires don't uave rertcctUins on a "maggot," bnsed on Vtsv^i •* <-\ ucnce, THE Cincinnati Club will order Earle to report cltil-, ik. ii. .^n ;M ii. i 1? a ufi-tutT und will lose no poiuis of the .11 i~.'.ni<'r.ru ;ciU!; Uuu iu the city. Thojr are C. Ham- Sunday crowdi to coutvnj agaiiidt. tuake him febow tbe proper roue her to »\iUluuti*U it. the momeuttbe Australian partv lunda ut Now York. that caa t>o tuvued to advantage. The fullowing a rival iu tbe Asiocuttou. THE LIFE.

the burshnees of boy I eg and selliog players sounds give the public in the way of good fcall playing. They Inc offlcerf. Prwident, J. H. WbUfo^; sarretHry, S. coming ffum aSuiiila> tchool, very horrible to fooc THE OFFICIAL LIST. gave the strung and high-sslaried teams more tban C.Saerry; trawsurer, A. O. rinhar; captain, W. F. I'c^* BASE BALL. mothers a'.d sistt-rs, but cominer from the mouths ol one unpleasant surprise, an1 were admitted to have kin*-; first li.'iiteiiBnt. Palmer fl,M; st-cuu 1 lieutt'iniut, men like Kowe and A'hite, who hare male out of base Record of Engagements and Releases of WHEELING. played aa lively a game as fvny that was on the Now C. T. Uart'eti; L. J. PaiaoiiB, third member ot ihe exe- ball (ibaaka to the r*servo rule) inoro than ten times Flayers Under the National Agreement. England diamond. There wu§ no team in the League cutlvo committee. tl^e money tiu-y woulJ hare made at anything else, it that excelled Manager Leonard's nine in base-run­ ILADELPHIAPOINTERS. Is aimply trash. Appended will be founda list of playera signed The Karuhlers Club, of Bnffato. ba-t elected these and released by the various clubs under the Na­ ning. All of this shows bow much mont-y was need­ CYCLING COMMENT. new officers: Preiidenr, Al F. R«:man; vice preddei-t, NEWS BREVITIES. lessly thrown away in one way or the other last sea­ Otto Sauerwein; treasurer, Jkdin V/cJshofer; nuatic al Interchange of Spring Games With tional Agreement. This list is official, as no son. Careful maua-jioaient, harmony and a determi­ Stnnloy Show Mems— A "White Cap" Sug­ •ifside Major League Clubs Probable — B.'DDy Connors has eocured hi* release from To­ secretary, A. Greig; ciptnin. E-lwin H. Dtiizor. Tbe ronto an-3 fa negotiating with T,>!edo. The latter can name is entered therein except by sanction of nation to slick to the rules and to each other, not to gestion—A Correction— The League Ilul- .rri'iit Local News ami Gos&ip. latter iiiude tiio lar^cet miU'a^e in wesiern Now Yi>rlc ni-iko no miet'.ke in securing Denay. He is a grojt the secretaries'of the various base ball leagues: forget the privilege of reservation, ought to bring the letiu— The Pennsylvania Road Book- in 1888, hia aJrgrei;^te L-eiM* 4,10j milee. l\r two iiiLADStnuA, Saturday, Jan. 10. For the outftclder and one of the best biltera in the buainew, club out successfully at the cioee of tho coming aeneon. NATIONAL LEAGUE. All the magnates concede the fact that the outlook Minor Mention. years hi* milage Iiui been 7,745. time tho people of this city will be given a besides beiu^ idwavs tn shape to play gootl ball. At the anniia! nveMnjr of iln OamhrMg^p^rr, Ma^i., fciinor loiiKiie clnbs in neeii of a first-dags battery Boston—D. Brouthers, M. J. Kelly, M. J. Madden, C. for the game, on account ot tbe recent legislation.was PniT.ADKLrniA, Saturday, Jan. 19. At tho oc this ppring to sec how our great local W. Ganzel. B. F. Johnstcn.II. Richardson. J. C*. Clark- never eo biilliaut as for the cominsr season. Will New Cycle Cinh, Jan. 1C, tbe following oftic^rj w^ra eh-cted nbouUl secure Mnikin acd AVebber, of thU city. Toe Stanley show, Messrs. Pausey & Co., will show a for the ensuing year: K. P. <>.ug, pre-iilent; Th.-s. ; compare with clubs of rival leagues. former iaaBio^rty pitcher, baviuu; all tha cuive?, and son, Jouepli Qtiinu, Chas. Rodbourn, \V. N. Naah. England atay out, in the faco of this prognostication? •Chicago—MV. F. Ilutcluson, D. Darling, F. T. Flint. With such men aa Bancroft, Burnham and Leonard new tandem safety, which, they venture to think, Kred, secretary, M. IIowcIl, financial uncrctary; G. D. o was a conference over spring games be- is a good ou'.fielJer. We';ber ia a flrgt-claas catcher will be greatly talked of, and will he founi to Musou, trentiurer; Chap, K. L>ach, rapt'un; F. E. Car- and \v;lling to catch In every garna. Clct-efaml— Joseph Lohbeck, 0. Teheau, E. Bakely, still here in this section of the country, ready to take n the Philadelphia ami Athletic clubs ycs- J. Strkker, E. J. McKcao, C. L. Zitamer, Paul Radford, hold if thero ia any encouragement, there ought (o le contain an important improvement in the steer­ m.'tn, nrat lieutenant; C. E. Fay, s^cjiicl U-.-utenint; J. t 1 iy, ami dates wcro Manager POWITJ has captur^a Pecrlnfir, of tho Al- R. Jacobs, bugler, A. \V. Ch.amberlaiu, colui-uearer. partially agreed upon. baiiya, to assiet in the pitching. He was particularly John F. 0 Brien. no doubt about there being a Mew England League ing of the front rider in a manner hitherto found "• • Athletic Club will probably pl<*y four games 8«ccossfi'l against the Londons last season. Indianapolis—L. N. Shoeneck. next 3'jU3io. impossible, which, if successful, will be a distinct The greatest number uf miles e\vr ridden hy ariy with the New York and Boston club?, while The Detroit papers now boom tbuir utsw second base- Pitiladtii'hia— C. G. Uuffintnn, A. B. Sanders, D. M. wheelmen in ouo yoar \\ns bren comnlyted, uud advantage to riders of tandem safeties, and sur­ sfi\ndii at 8,231 mile'. This record was uiado during Chillies nro playing an equal number of man HUcin3 Ra a Inrd hitter. This is probably Bob Casey, J. G. MitcheU, John Clements, VTm. Shriver, ALMOST INCREDIBLE. Leadh-y'sj funny wivy of armuncmg tho big craah Hig- Wm. Ilttllinao, JOB. Mulvcy, K. J. Dvlehantr, John mount a great drawback, under whieh unfit now 1883 l.y Gto. M. Nfabett, a nu-mier of tho New YcrSc e* with the Brooklyn -and OEO other Ameri- Kirl>y, P. B. Wood. E. II. Decker, A. A. It win, S. L. A Base Ball President Charged With In­ they, have labored. They are also making a Bicycle Ciuh. Mr. Nisbett's toral number of riding A?arc;a(ion thib. "I'erliara the Faltioiore-s. gics' signing ma«Io iu tbe salary limit. Low Ditkerson, Thompson, Geo. K. Andrews. humanity T»y a I'layer. new special diamond frame d'tys Wiis 1^*7, and hi] R vertices wa-s 41J^ mdca d^ily. !a Von dar Ahe, our second bascaiao, (and I wa* go- Fafety; light, but Ili^ lons;e;.t rids was 127 nii!*-h: lo:?g..-st twenty-four ii»g_to adJ spriukT, but I won't), has put big little Pitt*bi:rfJ—Q. F. Miller, J. C. Lauer, E. Morris, P. R. L? if yarned with hi* team t> b-3 plu cd in this city Catcher Boyle, of the St. Louis Browns, tells strong, and have declined to yield to the large hour rule, 1G2 miles, and ha rodj over 100 mitoj oa "flijj" to a contract for 1S89. KAISK McShauuic. A. J. Maul, J. F. Colemin, H. E. Staley, , be nrrniig 0. Tho latter replied thut it would fce S. A. Klchol, F.H.Carrol I, F. Dunlap, J. P. Beckley, a story to tho Columbus Slate Journal not at all wheel craze, and aro continuing to build their nine dillerent d;iys. L i' le to at range- pnch a eerier as Use Browns would THE TRI-STATE LEAGUE. \V. M. GArfield, W. J. Kuehne, W.Sunday, P. J. Con- creditable to President Von der Ahe's humanity. machines with 30in. ones. They are also mak­ Among the fixtures for the coming season mty 1'3 I r in tho srrij.'jr. A tories it' three cr flvo way. J. F. Galviu, John J. i'klda. Boyle is quoted as follows: ing a special ladies* safety, a Premier pattern; mt'ntioijud a eix days' twelve hours u day nice at Ctii- ML .-en t!ie Philadelphia aiM Aihlo'.ic- clubs will W<.tthitifj(on—j. J. Carney, P. Sweeney, J. M. Ban­ cii.:!', during Tho Meeting rostponod Until tho 20th— T. "The treatment young Harry Lyons received do. a special ladies* tricycle, a special gentle­ the con'-iniiaiico of which a nnn.l.er of ^B j:i.-t I* fore t'toopemu^cf tl-e American Aseo- ning, A. t'tirsoD, of Von amateur oveuti will G. S. Haddock. der A ho when he was injured BO terribly was enough be tlcci-;ta HS fo!Liv\8: lloc-Mpfs, Sl.iJO.MU; evpetee?, for the E tstcrn club.?. Why the meeting was hill, D. L. Fouiz. J. B. Piukney, T. B. Burns, H. Cot- hottl for treatment. Chris Von der Abe {i°t into tbe J.60; b*Uu\ving ofliceri w^re oiucted to strvo I think that must be a nnetiske, as the directors de­ \V. K. tin en wood. field as you shouluV Lyons wtis suffering untold gearing can be altered from a high to a low gear li--!d. sclio-iiur Se* Fox; vice coai:n.jiK.n'. R..b.:it tiiui»;s the enduing year: Present, William It cided U-t fail to have a team this year, and I think Chieinwti— OHle P. Beard, C. G. ItaHwin, Georjro agony, aud his only rojily to the cruel insult wai an in a fo;\r seconds. Ct-nter, cutter Mo.lusa; rear conrnodore, Ivt'ph N. Leste;; vice pieildout, II. li. Doris, si-cre- Ibey will. Siivje my !att letter, whea I stated that Teb- au, J. W. llalliday, .la?. Duryea, Vim. Earle, T. J. Eilif, eimjp R?jrina; secio'ary, Leon Or<. minx; tr»-a^- ^temwnvil'e a ad l-'.^-t Liverpool would go into the auJiblo proau. If 1 had boe:i Hurry I would have Tho Eon Marche will show nino machine?, tury &n-l tr^eurer, Dallas AlotivM; boarJ Mnll-mo, Itu<-h Nicol, J. W. Keenan. knocked Vou der Ahe ou* of the carriage if the t-ffort viz., six safeties, two tricycles, ono ordinary. urer, W. B. Simontia; nieiir.irer, Jnhii H\?lop; tle-t directors, J. S. W. listen, P.cs* N. Williams. B. F. Xj"8{ftU', tiioy haro been hustling there and collected Ktnws City U. G. Lonjr, Chas. E. Hoover,C. L. Rey­ aurfreon. J. W. Kcowvelt. M. 1).; chaplain, George U. had killed m"». Hurry LyoiH never played bii gttiua These will include tho Kossbery safety on the O.l'crtnJ H.Li' yd. Duibs Mom-11 was selected to over Sii.CXJO, and it is now a certainty that they will nolds, D. K. Steam, J. H. Manning, Jaa. McGarr, P. B. after thar, ana I d^n't blame him. I tell you You der Yaiuleajater, I). D. TM*; annual rare lak^a pi.u-o on a m-intt^n t!:e ttnm (lining iho coining seas >u. Tho l;o iu the 1 eaguo. I am iflud of it, as I thiak both Swrtrc/.fi, J. B. Gunaon, Jas. Con way. oriiriual lines, but much improves; they art- now maito S.ifirdHv in June, 1SSO, and this year iho:o «iil h* n, Aiie ia a c-jld man." with Buwn's bearings iliroisahouf, fleers, wlio have won such renown for this club dur­ are good halt towns. Louuvitie—John A. Kerius, T. A. Ramsey, P. II. tubiilar s'ays, ami u laco on t^ie following Mt.nd-iy lor yachts ia tl.e 40- ing pant sifiveKs, will bj scattered thin yehr. Tyui; Every time I pick up a ptxrer I ?C9 where So-and-so Toniney. new palttin plunger brake. The Military Ut.geber}', fo.?t cla-s. Tiiid rrtce \vi!l bo open to other club-*. It" ami fliJillfi will form tho star battery for tbe Shiu-u drones that bo ha3 signed with Canion. Bliller, who 1st. Lonis—J. R Freeman. compete wiiU titlu clips nud luggage carrier, ami tiro s;arf, tho priz* will b.« a 3300 cup, and if pevea JetaRds; YaruM!, M< r-tgomevy nud Sitnpion eo to tho denied iu list work's SPOGTISQ LIFE tltnt be had enamelled a'l over iu tbo reg'.il«nou gray, is built start, a t SOU cup. There will l»e nu rettrictiou as tt> signed hfiv, i? a player who, I think, won't pv.it here, IXTEKMATIONAL ASSOCIATIOX. SPORTING NOTES to eland a lot of ixxi^h work. The Irish Uoseuery Highlands of Mrtntiym.k; Boile*u, to the JRivortoi.s; Bwjfu/o W. P. AiiUrue, John J. Fanning, John 3. sails or cieu1 , except as to tiie helmsman. Bi-ne his fui> alien the dium -nd and David will make if bis [.-la; ing last season with the Jackson Club i* a built spec folly strong, with ttout si ays and thick rub­ Beidy. bers to slund th« lough Irish rimiK Tb? Light Rose- According toCapt>iln Wowlniff, tbe person who re­ ft trip to S .Rlli America. LVke, \ViilUu s aud Morrtl! sum pie. To compare him with liilly Zecher would ba HAND BALL. cently wrote the unauthorized letters Detroit—J. K. Virtue. El. Wiswell, F. Knausa, J. T. be ry, this to the boating ere all tl-ut is left ol ting euro 1* rue us team. \Vhile> no liko comparing 30mo local player to Ward in ehort fnvorita mount, &o popular with ro.id PC'.Tch- authorities ol Cambridge, England, t.) a:rani;e lUeGlbup, W. U. WlieHock, M. J. GoodMlmv, QeoriEe era, is much impiovcit, a raca definite uriiun Mas tnkeu towards pusiiiitr a team in fifld. *-Tut" cun give h'iin poiutora bow to play. Gen­ The Nicliolls Complimentary Testimonial — and is Hghttr aud Etrunger between tl'.e Yafo and Cambridge crews w.^s tamest Ij. Rooks, C. C. Campau, U. Vaik, U. Zell, W. H. Iliggiae, tfiau ever, arid ia u (ir^.-class iiiount, Tho Kati'.nul , the tieM n»xt season, it appeared to be the general tleman, v/lio it fcigifod by Cautoa to play in the out- The ISest Kxhibitioa Yet Gtv«a in Phila­ C id well, stroke of tha Yale crs\\ iu 1S3G and 1'a teru Onlinary ivill ISS7. i Belize of tlwo pivsMit that such a course RhuuM be Go!d, id no fii'lder, but a pitcher, whom the Tr^ys delphia* be ou tho now ]x>pular tines; Captain Woodruff now thiuk-* there is u chance f,ir pnr*ue«l. Tiit' (iresiilent appointed a eonimit^oe to fino jravo a tr:al Inet year. What is Gentleman to our Kid M" sir wick's I)Hckb n-i und tor Us, liou-n'n bfaringA, Rochester—Steve^foole, M. Philips, Jas. Caliban. The members of the Philadelphia Racquet n racy bctiveen Yalo and Ciml.ndu-o s-fnia time b?- gr^uutis ami perBiiiueiit heailquttrters for tbe Morrow? lie can't hold a candle to liici. Doyle Ahingdoii bull he^d, 22in. back mil 52in, fror.t whct-l, TijroMk C. H. Cus'ini.iu (maiKu-ot), W. J. Hoover, CJ-'Xin, cranks, comiortable fa'ldle, baiuilo bar dropped twteu August I and 15, I.ut tliat tin re id littlu is a very clever pl-tjer. if bis iveord govs Club gave tho worthy club superintendent, the chance < f a meetiufr between tho Yal" »nd T. G. Vickery, Wm. T. Serad, Al Swift, G. McMillan, low und t'rouiiht bacli, Dul.lin for anything, while Ryn, Calhoun aad liorchcrs it re veteran Tom Xicholls, his annual testimonial powerful t.rAk*-, nnd plenty ot L'liiveriiiy crews. President Snip*1, or ihe Yaio tmvy, LOCAL JOTTING?. Thos. McLiuethha, A. W. AtbUsoo, E. D. Burke, J. lake un-1 cleiruiiCi.1. iHmcl eteerer tricyck-; JJ4iu* all too welt known to Buy anything-about, and they benefit on Jan. 14, and tbe occasion, was made wrote to Dublin U-uiver-iry on t»ic Hth, doc!iiiin>c J. J. Kirl-y writei A. J. Reach from his home nt are all favorites ia Canton. 01" the rest whom the Giim, C. Rick'oy. drlvtrp, 2Siu. stcorer, f.'Ur benriu^», noiit leather ;atf 0. 0 , and a snttctal light visit Kiuope this su;nmer. MH inlent>>n at present it and offors to t"*ck up his opinion with u challenge to champion of tho world, Phil Ciseyj the Irish 8ii*-tv lor Da!tou->iLi:li, ol the Mffmry, to take part iu tbe Henley resntt-i, w'-.oro Im will h »vj b« siguei), a!;d who is considered tho beat all-round WPSTKRX ASSOCIATION. ;?iay a series of eanie-i for mousy. J9a the En«lij!i- successfully a^ Billy? Jo3 Werrick, W. Tneki-rinan, Jno. Sovrders. e'ic3 be off; rs to play them a aeries, tl^o winner to presence of gush masters of the game led to a Over 100 nrnis will exhibit ut tin; £taulcy tbow. men huva clumped tho c*>!n!iti->us, s > aa to exclu Ft» take all tbe pro to rccel; ts. There will bo bloud ou th« piCK-rps. St. Joseph— W. F. Kno?, C. Bradley, W. T. Crowd!. forelgtifra, of which there is s n:ie little d n:bt. There Tbe lust j)Tayers reported t3 have siloed are John crowded gallery of spectators, though seats cost * * " nioi n vh-n the»e two clubj meet ia April. Bionx City—VI. C. Hungler, JOB. Crottv, T. Uolliuan, 82 each. Among tho members ia also to !;« a regatta in Pnii*, and tho colors of Cor­ JHgnter-g i;c aud Ilutchiiisun, of Pitisbura:. T.Bronmii. of t!ie .Racquet Club The Wlt'-e.Ti Jersey City correspondent N wrong Thorejort (hat filanrger Motria wm after sfcnnd present wore Me 'grs. \VeI?h, Siirloris, L'tdo, nell are to b;j seen on the So,:u« ujit summer, if pi'ss Oar Ales (Bridget) Donahue hassigneJ with Ooiaba. MtltcanJtee—1*. ShiMknecrit, Ruach f.h-.>nt tbn PeunayU-jtuia Itoad iKnifc, whicli will be as^-maii M< nigoinery. of the Younar America1', was cut E. B. Button, F. Wells, and Clay, aud they witucsfetd un exhibifou of the ent arraiigeniSD'sare carried out. >nt uf whole cMh. Mutriy says thnt Montgomery is Manager Sotleo w.H find a good player in AUx. Ho U W. Stumkle, W. Kinsman, T. Poorman. furnished fren 'Jt ni'tmViern of iho New Jeracv, Wary- a (toed fielder, batter an-i biwe-riiiiuer. tea u tics of tho game on the occasion which opened Tlie eifcutivo commiit^e of Ihe National A-^oc'a- indoubleoly a good man in hij class, but tbut clay ia Minneapolis— D. Minnehau, J. Daley. T. Turner, E. land uud iJvlaware divj.-iJoL'S, but ttiese divisions will ticu of Amateur Octr^men met in N*MV Y^rk, J.ui. 12. Otarbs Oappy, a very pnmiisiog pitcher, bos de­ their e> ei to the pdfsiliiMtifs cf lurid tall playin.i at pay tisc Ponnsiylvuiiia Division for tlio book from their lot as yet tbe X.ttfonal Leagce. the hands of thy champions, no sucti handling of Ue; resentatives were i resent fnun New Yo;k, Provi- cided to outer thy business this season. I think Cljar- Oniiikct J. A. I.cighton, tbo ireftar.ry, anJ not by in-iividuil subscription. Ot" Tite IfftfTrtid University aiua will play the Athletics, .T. Campana, E. E. Clove- tail ever buying been seen in ttia. court before. The dt-uce, Wa-hint'ton, Newsrk, Philadelphia nnd Al- in Philadelphia, April 2. Icy will ntako H success aa ho ban all the curves and laul, W. Audrews, A. Duiiaghu?. course tuc i*en'!=ylVHuiH Divia ou has t > pay for lh» ha-j plenty of speed. He- ia almost a gUnC iu size, prn contfsta, provided hs has not violated any of the l,*ws Tiie Kivfrton Club ha actina tiken. Ihe New Jersey Atti- as they are nuished each eveuiug. MOHELASD. proved to be a masterly exhibition of slrute^ical points tanley Hart; secrotury, G. Monisou Tavlor; hoard ot By SLtmiitJu—J. P. Viiiier.V. B.Woorl. J. M. HaJaey, of tho game, t!ie fine play (>n both siilci eliciting eu- * * * letic Ciiib was admitted to membership. irect-.iv, C. L. Flanagao, W. 1'. Fell, J. C. S. Dav». E \\T . Andrii?, Jos. Knight. M. i'hililp*, M. J-..nw. tbusiuptic opplan-e, especial y from tlio vetoraiia pres- 0«r good ol-J lons-liairQ^ Jo. cnichr-8 't GHC*> in a The Ataliu.M Boat Club, of New York, 1ms ejected I. Filler, Jr. IN SELF-DEFENCE. Bj Sp-acute— Ollie P. Beard, Chas. Marr, A. Shol- ent. Champion (^aeey was in spiciu'id form, nn-1 his irhi'e. iiyro's u-iMt \\"m;liiifj baa bten suytn^ ol him: thrs* new officers: President, Martin V. It. Sniirh; has--o. Fr< siiJent Reach took tho proper si tied whan he re- ''hi-ad work' 1 play led to oft-npoated applause, as be "We It-aru fro:n a couttnipyrary that Jo PeUDcIl lia-t fiist vi. e president, Wm. C. Doscher; a-roud vico presi­ usyd to consider Manager Sharsig'a chullnngo tu i>l!*y Ex-Texns League Tlayerg Justify Their J?y Toronto K. II. Decker, M. Mansell, D. Connors. put out opposing players by bin h.»t low liners to the a 'rhythmic presence.' Oor previous ignorance ot this dent, Robert C. Darby; secretary, John B. Russell; or money. In t.V firjt place it is against tho laws (;f Desertion of the Galveston Club. Tly Des Koines—J. W. Uuliiday, W. F. Ilutctinsjii, D. end \va!l, which nmst eflt-ctivfly "jjiMed11 the ball, pecnli.uiry it prob-ibly li'ie to color blindne.-fl, and «o trensiner, Chus. L. Sponger; captain, Theodoro Vaa 'er.nsjlv»nia, and secondly, It is not n^re^aiy to put AUOTSTA, Oa., Jan. 14. Editor SPOUTING while his prj«E activity on tlio cuter court nullified unre'-eivedly ask ft r particulars of this phenomenon, Uaden; lit-uteuant, Howard A.MacLean. »p wagers to eettlo the qne&tion 83 to \vbicb ol the two By Louisville—TJ. Crosi. what wuii'd have been effect ive-sernco. Lawlor, too, which, fcr Pfimtll's take, we trnst does not pmtake of ocal trams i? the sin>nge*t. LIFE: Your Galveston correspondent is contin­ £y K-inf<-is Cii'j Wentern—U. T. Lon^, J. B. Gunson, Tl.e following officer* were elected by tho Dauntless ti rst'UKn!6lu'd hi*! play by his low, swiftly served balls, tbo nature of u iMs^aso. A 'rhythmic presence1 niijrht Yacht Cluh, of New York, Tho baaa ball commitftte of tbo University of Penn- to serve lor the ensuing ually writing tlcprccatingly about Mr. Wehilc, P. H. Swariz-I, C. L. Keynolds. Jas, Couway. \vh'c":i made tlu-ir rjcovt-ry extremely difllcult, even be Hlmost anythiiig, and «o drthd lest it should bo year: Commodore, John Klaherty; vice commodore, vlvuniu has succeeded in scruring a loan of J4,nfXJ, myself and other members of last reason's t?a By SI. P,ml—J. Duryoa, W. Firla. by the experts opposed to him, and Messrs. Duune nnd scmclhina: uocanuy, aud test the unhappy gentl.-man H. Luv«on; treasurer, W. H. U ij-nton; secretary, K. U. tith whicti Ej Troy—Jaa. Bdnaiug, Peter Sffeeney, Gao. Had­ it is proooBed tu build a case immediately. and I wish to refute some of his statements. M.'Q'ia-!e showed conclua:vely by iheirfinepl^y al.ke attacatd toil hbou!d Jiavo totc>d it iu secret, and Prrrine; financirtl tecrtt-iry, K. Lawson; measurer, E. The cage will bo 230 feot long by 110 feet wide, aud dock, P. \Verden. Tho truth of the matter is this: Wehrle, mysolf in the iiinc-r C'.uirt AS fn the out r ts at their hund wear h:u hair I »ng to kes- p up 'the 'tluence' over it. L.Jones; sergeanf-at-arnn.C. Itf-ynolds. let ween 40 and 50 f*wt high. Tba team will bo able to L>; Omaha—Thos. B. Lnvett. tall da-, s were far (rom over. In fact, t:ie match wt.s Should Jo Pi'iitiell wish tu dispose of it at any tiaio, we lesin practice about Feb. 15. ami four other members of the team were out jiij Worcester— W. If. WiicMock. Following is n IKt of cfflcer-* tliat will servo in tha a gr.usd treat to till present. Tlie coritect ended in a ran ccund«Q!ly rcco:t.:nend tho columns of our 'Bou Knickerbo'-kor Yacht Chib, of Now York, for tbo ^ictit Kilroy brot!iers and Johnson crossed bats with ono night in San By Pittsbnrg — Henry Yaik. 110- Antonio. Wehrle pitched the thaw, »s there was not tuno to complete i; v. ithont M^rcbe1 lo bra atttnt'On I'erhaps Swind'ey would fiuing ye.ir: Commodore, poo* t ion vacant; vice com­ ,.,,*i'ir-i bat! team iu it^aitio i>f ii>d>>or l-ase hall at the next day and we lost. It was not his fault, as Ji-j Ciwiuuuti—J. 0 Connor, II. Kappcl, J. Weyhlng. throwing tlie racquet mntch from the progrnmme. take 'it' on tbo fiout uf ilia tund^iu toe an occasional itrtto Fiiir gixninda Saturday afternoon with a vf-ry fi-j TVr.nio M. AInns«U. modore, U. Ofbmer, ro^ir coium d<>re, C. Uoughtv; *er.- ---- ' '" » -"= - , were 1;i id out to(he the team made thirteen errors behin-l him. The fail detailed tcoro of the mitch u appended: retsiry, A. Variari; treasurer. J. Harris; mettanrta>ji^. . rew'nH. Tbe Ky AH*ui,»tH—ll. '/A'll. Firtt G-ir,;c. line t? \\ to 0. Al^fit r-iXt sp«-ctn(ors were Three weeks later Wehrle was fined $50 becar.se Sy n^tlo-Jsa Flyiin. Doughty; fl'jtt s:useun, Dr. E. Kuiger. f^j " Dnnne..... 14100 fi J ...lUulor.... 51 I 50 12) , 7 As a little plecp of diplomacy EncH h cyclers aro The Hull Yacht Club bas *h-ct*d tha f<>llottf«ft-i. 'honomeual Smith pitcb< d f<.*r Mason's team. we lost that game. None of tho others who F.tj Hiltimme— W. F. Greenwoorl. Cascy...... 2u4:i 1 15 j iit WHS ronde off h were cut with him that night wore fined. Wehrle re- By ttrnxbingtoH—\\rm. B. Full-r. giving "f? (da" (del-. stub e wordj to ihe men who work ofiicers for the enfuifig year: Eienry W. La;nr>, e-^j-i Aces by eervice, Dunae 6, Cagey 1 G. Latvior 10, ut uicudiu^ tbt roids. ruodore; Jolm J. Ileiiry, vice commodore; J. J. Souther, livery, while 17 hits were tin resnlt of Mat liilroy's fu^eJ t<» play aao'her patm unless tho fin a wns taken fit! K'tntax Crty~jA*. McTaniiiuy. McQuatle 2 12. £ // Columbus—Al, Fisher, A. Van Zandt. rear co:ntncd-jre; \Yi!liani A. C;ry, secretary; Ch^ilej off. For tbia action be was fined every day after that, Second Gatite. * * Farmer, of I.i=t poison's Athlelic tfarn, ba^ sigceil t until nil tunl was iJue bim WHS gone. I eiihd with Nothing like b:-iug up ^it!i fuo times. Tlie Amtri* C. llutchinson, treasurer; Frank C. Brewer, assistant Catch for Use St. Paul Club. NVehr'o i:i this matter, becnusa I felt that he was Suspended. Dunne..... 10201 4) 91 II.a» lur.... 4052 0-11 1 I() secretary; W. S. Sheriff*, measurer. Guiey ...... 1 2923 17j NMcQuafle. I 1 600 7 J Ia can Ai-'i'tfe for J-m 2, 1S89, cont-iins au "»d ' wbica W. 11. Tiuitt has been avvanloJ the cfntract for all trciitel unjuatly. hi order to conciliate me the direc- By Eochtster—J&s. Toy, 51 J. Kennedy. tajs; "IS8S star id now icidy for tbe worker." A. D. Wliitney has been elected captain of tli« "01 the privileges ou '.Le Athletic taee ball ^rjunda foi tars offf re;l i^fc iho mnTmceniaiit of th« chib a posi­ Aces bv BHrvice, Dunne 2, Casey 0 11. La\\lyr 9, n'.o.'icnl cliifts crt-w, l':tjvernity of renn.-j IvanU. Ha 1SS9. The score cam privilege is Included. tion I di.i not want and I r-fu9?dit. Ttiis mad^aoine Urn»»:res Appointed. McQiiado'l 10. * * * h is pk-ked the f<>Ilowing men to cciHiuue traintiifE for The c mtiact of Gt-orge Edward Andrews with Ihe of them furious. Then my troubles l>e^!in. I had T!r...... 2 10 12) 0, condition M!, tho wheelman of America had bettt-r Philadelphia Clnb was promnlg^tQ'l la.-it week. not received any money for neai fy three pay (Jays, and John MuQuaiU. W. C. Fe^endeu. Dot-rr, Ganliucr, Ilillcr, Luhii, Stiveis, Van Loon, T-IK Frankford Club, of the MLidle SUte* I^ajrue, I was threatened that I would receive ijone nf tho Casev-...-...... 0 2 2 J * (McQiia-ie...... 1 8- 0 } ^ furui tbt-iusclvci iot> n hu;;e ''\Vl:;td Cap" organiza­ Citrk, Dewey aud Whiting. Americun Asiotiatiott—Jobu A. Holland. tion an-t serve threatening notices on tiie proper olli- !B t-? l>e reorganized ai a a'.octt couipauy, capitaft^U ai salary due mo unless I accc.M to (belt wi^1^le8. Things ACPS by service, I)uuue U, Oassy 1 1. Lawlor 0, The Amfikaa Yacht Cluh has elected these new 12.500. began tr> look Hue fur me. The League McQuade 2 11. ciuli*. Ertry cvc!«r lit I'bibdeliihia ban ridden i.ut Lancaster Pike to tlie prntty town ot Berwyo, and v,o officers: Commodore, Wm. II. Starbuck; ric^ cinnmo- Denny Lyons and Ed Seward last weeK went to was growiugsbdky anJ it wai whispered aronaJ th^t A PITCHER'S PLAINT. Fmu-tli dame. dorc, C::as. II. Osgood; rear c-'tmn-tdor*, Kraiik K. lit. Cfrmeuts, Ml-h. tbo club v-ould rlijbAnJ tbo foltowi:i,' wtrek. Thii Dunne.... 210003-61 14 lLx«l..r. 1 0.520 1 9) 9, are all intcrcMed in the apj ruac'nea to i 1 ; it wa», there­ fore, with a fientii-h T.-elmn (;f iioli^bt (b^rn of long- Law react-; s«cret:try, Henry A. Trtybr; troneurer. Win. The Toronto papers deny the tale that Al Reach looked us if we won 11 los* all o\ir backpay. Just Toin Sullivan's Grievance—A Peculiar Trans­ CWy..... 11001 o 3J ' iM'Q'adel 025 1 3 12j l B. D..wd, fleet Jiiirg'-on, Clma. I. Par'Jte, M. U., t\n» font. He now scales the I'oaai at 200 p'.-unfls. Kobby wo pa. ked up or.r trunks and left for California. At other day, to a reporter of tho Commercia Cosey...... 3 2 G 0 0-11 1" ,McQu ulo. 1122 4 10 J - 1 that individual was particularly surcej tiid>) to wain- mutuully acre^d up>u Captnin Kidder. of th« llar- Mill t-hortly go iuto training to reduce his weight and tbe tiruo tho Galvetfoa Club owed f»ch of us in il.e Gazette, of Cincinnati: Aces by service, Dunne 0, Cusey 2 2. Lawlor 3, VHrd crew, says tliat t!ie matter is still undecided. get into condition for next so.won's campaign. in^, or rt-ciigniz.ttd tlie uimsial enormity ot hia crimes neighborliooJ of 8173. Weiirle and I weru co naidsred *'l wai wiHina; tr> enbinit to a big cnr, but I will McQuade' 1 4. and tlio just punishment ihitt was due ! do uut know, The naval board of th^Sclnu Coleuiwn has l.e*-n taking coud care of bimself this lki!l Xavy, j is* ulocfed one of the b*iPt bittenes in tbo League and we did never s'gn at tha sftlftiy they offi-r me. S^um Uaio ago SUM Game. but it WHS stated tint ho wa« tlio only cue aoiorig tho for the cnsiiu* year, is us follow^: Comiii"ilurp wintt-r and ii in fi:ie trim. He waa weighed the other ot-aily all tb« f ba(tf-ry work for tbo Galve**oii. We would not have gone to Onlsfornia nt once and ceud it back. Lie said if I did not sign at Aces by eervice, Dnnue 1, Casey i» 4. Lawlor 0, Ht-re we h:iv« in our bauds an effective antlfm- "I ;ini pl»d of Curoy BJOWQ; logkeeper, W. J. C. Phillips. tliar," rf m'.rke;! Knblnson on Friday, it they hv.l paid in cr troatfd ns decently. Under the th? BRUITS named in tbe contract, I would noi pi.iy llcfiiiade 0 0. lur-'iiato means ofKtHtin;: even \vit!i t !ie riifn who are wheu tt-M that the A'hlttics wouM pl, rf-spcsnsiblo for ihe ihou-atid an rl ung bum) sand hulea cors as t;>]lows: John U d 11" Porter, presid -nt;f.Mitres Boston in April. "Tl:at will he a prt-at series, hut no I.are done. We had tt protect ouraelvts a-i b^st wo pa'asy cut down £300 ironi whititwaa last year, but McQuade 45 10;). will win it. I'll wa?er a red apple, too, tliat there will that nmr each furious o.f or.r many mile s <-'f roadi. H. Mellon, vice iiro^-idiTit; Stpplif-n K. K:^<»!)!T-V, *fc- coul I. I make this statement so as to set Wohrlo and Walking insi-jted tb:U I should sign for S 1,800. I Total aco-i by survice, Dunce 9, Casey 18 27. Law­ I respectfully mjite-t to J'resi-iect Kiikpatrick that grt'nt crowds prtseQ*; and that we will i.ot be without mystlf aright b?(ore tho public, and I trust your retary; David E. Willinm-i treasurer; J. Binsall Tuyl.ip, thiukany Association pitcluT is worth more money lor i>5, SIcQunde 10 4j. he issue a cult for a ppecia! meeting to organize im- coxswain; Isaac S. Kichards, vice coxswain. jmp.'it!iizt-rs at those games. You tot Harry Stovey's rea-leis will net he further misled by aiijthin frieni's fioin New Bedford will te down; HO will Fen- atory your Gn-ve^lou correspondent may wri c about league. Presidcr.t Sp*** has not fnlfi]:oJ a pro:niie After '.he hand ball mutch champion Cnsey entered for chief capper, nnd Luscomb for loiter- writer-in­ lias been off the water for two seasons, will rcsunia nelly's acd fiunnini'a from Fall River, Painc's fri-.r, us. I remain yours truiy, GEO. T. STALUNGS. he made mo wSieo I Bignt-d with the riuh. Ttcre thft co'irt in a ma'ch at uici(in-t, best two otit of ihree, ch ief. Newton nnd utiiio ro-.ving next seas >n ami wilt t-nt^-r llio Nuti>iial re­ from UUIJMIM. Purcell »l\vaya wa was somfl crooked work connected w ith the U, al with tbe veteran Nicb-jl^' eon, and ihcu^i fatigued Dun wou'flu't neo'J a cs»p. ctoMi^d only In bis flijr- n gi4:at f.ivoiiie in gatta, lie pirtk'ularly wants to give P^otti a race. Butt ton and l;o will be well received by which I w-ot.t to Kansas City. Tbo Impression ia by his work in the hand hall euconu'er, Cisey man­ niiy and miy of Wnnaoiaker'a flve-Jullar ulst'-rs, lie "~ i th»» 1'uston FROM THE EVER-FAITHFUL ISLE. pu-ir-li) will bavo a chance t" eee general iiown in Birmingham thut I.jumped the club, aged to bundle bis ncquet bat willi good tQ'ect, as will coidd acaio thf ekio ofl H et^cke. LusC'>Dib*H leptna- Courtney will go to England with t!ia uma eur IVctch iind COII.IHTM biBwork with Unit of J>/hn> t but the fact is £300 «aj paid for my release; yet the ho seen by tho appended scort: American champion, Ptfot'a. Th» lat'er Riyal.ewiil I Htn sure tlio people up that wftV will nl«o by glad to The Bftse Ball Cliampionsliip Season of tkui ti8 a letter w liter ia enough tu warraut his elec­ {.\vnors of tho club never got a:iy of tbo money. Ca^er...... 0 00051115 0 15 tion. win the, Euali.-h ninat'Mir championship if h^ ht:u to »eo Cuba The Contestants ami Schedule, Etc. Jtii-rlxiiior, Reward, L^una, Cruss, Smitb and the GoKM-y was the miriager, and he snaked in tho KicholU...... 2 :j H 302230 3 21 if that pnrticuliu White Cap ?eta ioto trouble remaiu ahroa-l four yearj to do it. reel of tho t?am." 1 think H,ABA!fA, Cubn, Jan. 9. Editor SPORTING 'hoodlo.* I am euro 1 never saw any of it. 0;io d;iy Aces by service, Cas'-y 7, Jfici-.Oilo It*. the i'eunaylvaui* Uivlsiou ahould defeui bim. Kill* Ward has invented a new rowing machine, LIFE: The games for the championship of Cuba, I received a telegram frt.-ni Kansas tity, tellinj iuu Gisey...... 1 1 0 :tl 0 0 2 1 0 2 1 1 0 3 0 ^ 0 2 21 which is being given a ii Ltl fit the Umve'eiiy of IVnn- FROM LONDOV. to come at once. I showed the ditpatch to Man­ * * * svlvtiiiia and a'c t::c Atbleii^ Club of Iho S'-huyikiil will commence on Sunday, Jan. 13. Tho leaguo Nicholls...... 2 50 3000110 1(0010010 0 14 I am most happy to make a correction ager G^Us'.iy, atd he s.^i-J: 'That's all right; your Acfi^ of my state­ Navy ir^mna-ium. clubs are Progreeo and Mutanzftn, of Ma- by services, C'iucy G, Kirholie 8. ment I.iSt wtok to Ihe effect tbat tha contract A V i;»t Well Taken— Tim liowo-Whltc re I ens a is t-old,' a;id ho gave ma S-'^O to p«y my ex- Ca*cy...... let*e.i-n tanzas; Carden-ig, 'Of Cardenas, ...1 240101421 001 17 tlie Bicycling WorJiJ Co. an 1 the cxecuiive coiniiiitt'.'O O'Connor stftrtc-d for S.'in Frsncisco from Toror>to Oimslion J>!cker>-.im and Soci ing Signed, and Fe and poiirtes. The otllmla ol the Birniin^Jiam Chih never Kieh"l!-i...... 04S001 0500 102 21 on tbo 17th. It Is prol>ultld O'Connor miy go to Aiia- IJabuna, of Ibis city. The players arc as follows: rtceived one dollur of thy eato rnoiey. Thero was of the L. A. W. had bt-en recewtd, t;ut witb tho boot JjONhov, Jan. \.r). — Editor SPOKTIXG LIKE: A- Ho musl pay mo teins enter c-d tlie c;iid> Murtir;'/, Vicfnr 1'luua, Jose 'i'ujol, Fr&nci^o c-uirt for a few Ki'ri e«, while the formation was continued by the Bus ton Glt'be, which name of tbe club to tho Worcestt-r Boat CHib. Thyf cfubs coul .1 take a leaf out of tlio books of many tbtit money, or I won't si^n st any price. Tbo offi- viditiuz players were being ]tlarict>, ar.d 51. Ve^nr. hospitably entertained by htaled that th« Lemjiie would in future li.iv« tu pay >t will apply fur membership in tho New England Ama­ geutkuicn engy^od in handling troupes, and ('nrdeiias E. 1'rnls, P. Ilevia, B, Tforsok^ck, R. cirls of Ihe club aro vr-ry unju»t in tho way they Tcni Nicholls and his wortny.wii'e. teur Association. deal with their ol.l pSayors. }>< iins to tho Bityclitig World Co. fur tho publication of profit by the thclt. Tho hint is a timely one, ViiNI, F. heatcb, K. Dnrao, L. I'Vriiau^e/, 0, licvia, O. They insiet that we Flj'tll take a reduction, tu: at the aamo timo tfuy om'cial news, nnd it ce; tainty did Inok BS if there wna John D. Pyan has sent, in big res'gna'nn as a mo in­ Mishur-i, A. L'jj.e-,:, J. Ojedtf, A. Aria'.i, ]t. Wilson, and a dtal of trnih in the intiior, for the Gklm is usually ter of the Bra:fur-l U ml Club, of J5..<-ton, but tho ami I trust every manager will think that you G. Menocnl. a ro P'tyin? Dlnyera secured trom the minor lea gut-3 Ficlcing:^ and CulHngs. Tterc driving ut hira. The greatest fauit with salaries tiiat are greatly iu exctna of what thc^y a reliable eourco of Jof^rnmtii n OD L. A. W. matters. mercoer?( of Ibttt club will probably induce him to re- Fe H. Garcin, F. Hernandex, J. P.istoriza, D. Al- New Zealanders in S*n Frnncisco Imve organized a However, I havo a refutation of iho whule matter nsnin with tli»m. the head^ of base ball clubs id that they neglect vnrez, P. I'arra, A. CtiStJlU. M. Pint*, U. Guduval, and waut to ray us." Kr.gby fiJot ball club, tho ilrat in that city from a quarter that is without (ionbt reliable, but O'Connor's backer ha^ covered Ganiuii's E. MacbaJo. f->rf.::t f »r matter* which to them seem trifling but which Lawrence Brooks, 91, has been chosen manager of wiiiuh I am not nt liberty 10 disclose. Ihe contract an n race in California. Gaudaur and LI a in in 3'arted for often tukcs aw;iy all the pleasure of witnessing Pttibana A. Garria, P. Bonqiiillo, V. G.irci;i, G. Aroi- THE NEW ENGLAND LEAGUE. (he Harvard foot ball eleven fur the oneuin^ year. nt first nrtdo b-is bee;i renewed for tbr'.o years with te<|tii, A. Arcano, J. Knira-ia, il. Hernamlez, F. S;tn- 'Frisco last MumUy. a bri!!i:int game. It u unnecessary to go llarrv Lnvin, one ot tbo beg -known sporting men in KOIU« Blight and unimportant changes, and tho League While Ilarraul ia davoting particular atten(i"u to (ann, F. Al-fny, M. Qulntero, M. Priiia and K. Do'avat. Why a Properly Handled Organization is assured of a source of incoiiit fruiji tbat direction through tho li.it of small annoyances so common Elizabeth. N. J., died J*u. 17, afitr two days' illness base lull Y»le is concculrating her cucr^y ia iho Tho uinp: r«3 pre-ented to the L aguo arc: S. Should Be Successful. Pi'ot. f-avin in hia younger diys was a noted pugilht for some time to couio. '1'LiM is &> good ii^wa as the 'ildU.mir) for Iho Progrrsos, L, Dulza'dex for the practice shell. to ji ball field ami of such frequent occurrence BOSTON, Jan. S. There has baen a great deal aod giivo lo s-'U3 in box in or. (.'tbtr was Lad. PERSE i-g. tlii;t lito spectators cease to complain, and yet atanztis, \V, Gtivez fur iho Canleua*. G. L--p z fur The annual b at race between the Ccnibridge and tbe Fe*, A. de Poo fur the Uabana*. They will be of talk about the prospects of the New England Ed ItfouHon, the old syn liter, ia pettin? up a grand Oxft-rl uaivorHilies will take place on Itlitrch '->(\ Tre all kn;>w such unpleasantness would never inter national firt m:ui'» tonrnaiiiPiit, to bo bold exainiufd to-morn.-w. in "\Vhecl Notes. Tbe Buffilo Yacht Club League for the next season, and there has been Denver, in Ausust. Over $20,000 in ca.-h will be dU- has re-electe-.! Comiaodora occur twioe in an opera houec. The rule giving The f M'jwiiiii is ihe order of the sramcs: a great deal of doubt expressed in many circles There are no whet-linen in Iduho. Harry Williams and evcretary II. L. Chi^bolni. umiiire? the power of having players continually T>*te. HomoChifj. Viaitor.|Diife. Home Club. Vl&Kor. trilr.ifcd. Rloultou enyi* the tunda will bo in the hat.ds Tho IJoston Club is the oldest in tbo country. as to its continuance. The Herald of this city of a citixena* committee. He wants all upriuteia to Jonn Teenier has deSriitely nmde up hi-i mind to re kicking i>mj\e.I fn-in thu gr.;nmJs is one that w ill .Jan. IS, fl»b:in:i MatanziiB. Bl'ch 17, Hubana Matuuzas Vheelmeu should not wear tig!it bella wbilo riJfng. maiu at McKcesport until ftpriu^iim^ at Ica^t. Jan. 13, Pio^n: 8o Fe. M'th 17, Pr 'gre-o Fo discusses the question at length, and says there tike part. meat wtih tlieupprobatidn of n long -enflV ring public, The Yn!o Uicyclo Clut has declibed the challenge The YnI-3 University crew directors h.ivevo'cl to uii'l will a No hiive th« bertrfy approval of all peu'Jc- M'ch 24, CiirdenBs Hahana s no reason why a league popcrly handled should } t Rhode?, '91, CRptiiin of Tale 'a foot ball feam for noxt J in. iOjCardenaa Habana. for ft road i»c« with Harvard. u^e thu "B>b" Cook stroke a;'ain- ITHniy p!-iverp. It will 1 a a b : g lever in tijo b«ndg o( Jan. 20, Fo filatunzAS. filritan/as not be a success. The clubs have learned much yejr, has a good record as an ntblote. lie win on Ibo KxetT eleven, wan oiptuiu of his Wiiliam Gillette, t';o famous comedian, became a the iiRLpirc', PS flues are uftjii wtihhohj nnd some- J«n 27, Tro^reso (Urdenas- M'ch 31, Pjrogreso Cirdfuas from the past, and with the profit .that is to be freshmen fleven. tifntsnot infl cted from u feeling ttitit perhaps tbs Jiin.27.Fe llana. ~ Habana hrte played on the Yale 'Varsity two years, and rowed member of the L. A. W. last *ecU. fiimilr ot lh(> p!;iver linod uilj Hii.f^r H)ui:> tliau the Fob. 2, 3 Ap'il 7, MatanzasCard'.naa. gained from such an exponents, and with a in the freshmen boat at New London latt year. Only Efforts are being made to have tt:e next me? t of the THE KENNEL. OH.'II 1«T. It is to Im hoped Unit thy Asrtocititlini will Feb. 2,1 Progress Ap'il 7, lUtmna. Progreso ;alary liat a great deal lower than has prevailed twice before in the history of Yale toot tall has u National Association ol American Whtelnu-u tield iu '( point tiini»ired with b^ckbooo enough to carry uut Feb. 3,CardciHB Fo. Ap'il 14, Cardenas Fo Boptiomoro been elected cap'uin of tho cloven Newark. n past seasons, thero need be no reason why W. Stewart DitTenderft-r, secretary of the Mmyland the rule-. Feb. 3, Progred> M Ap'il 14,1'roKnso M»tnn7.)S stockholders should have to pay so dearly for Tom Stevena is off again, under the auspices of tho 10, Ap'il 2!,Matuozaq Hah.uia Nt-w York World, on usix-mouibs' trip tu tbo interior KetiDci Clnb, writes: "It i* with regret that 1 rrlin- TROt'BLBSOME PO^IDTLITIES. their sport as has been the case heretofore. qnifih tiie dfttes claimed hy tho Maryland Fcb.10.Fe Pro(rreso Ap'il 21, Kw Progieso The f Afilcu. Kf-nne! Ciul*. V'fS don ' H< '! b-< bus i ais^il a new poi n t In th o onging for a league has by no means died out, It WHS our hitfntioii to havn our premium list a direct V»'hit-j-itoWH tn.ulile. HIS Rskrf on whiit terms Messrs. i"ei>. 17, Hrtbana GtrJcnas. Ap'ir2S, Habana Ciiideuas THE RING. There is a probability tbat St. Louis will have n good Ap'i) .IS, Mutanzaa Fe copy <:7.to I kutnv of nuthing Feb. 24, Ilabana Fe. on oext sftison, and tbe same fact can be Shid nf Wor­ Couingsby, tbe young man who bas made himself M'ch 3, Cardenas Sluraozae May 12, Cardenas Mutarr/40 i)ic,Jan Hi. lie sni'l tlmt bo wculd return in gix or a premium list would no donbl altntct qnit-e a num­ niuif liliily t" tlrivo Hio \vi*alt!iy ba^u b^Il rn;un«te* cester, yprinsfiold p.nd Hy) yoke con Id run teams under eight ueek* famous by the way be had climbed tbo hills duriog MAY 12, Progreso and fight Jack Dompsey twenty or thirty ber of entries, Intt thtre not bung a tuildiuz bore >uc intt an s-arly grave. Th:M'r'jbieiu of increa-iiig tho MVh 3, Progreso Haband Hubana his email salary basi;», imd if a preliminary, informal rounds with skin lh« aca'ou past, isouly 18 years uld. May 1 (J, Fe Cardenas glove*. He was given a farewell pr<'8-;nt ads-fpiate to tbo (Jemicds, we thought It bcs r to tii-ltiiiic i^ easy when compared t.> this one. F;.r ihe M'ch in, Fe Car.ltnas meeting were called, there can ba no doubt Uut that JlYh 10, Biataozns Progieso|May 19, Matanzas by Pat Sharkey, K. K. Fox, W, E. ZlarUIug and a few Dlorgan meam to make his stopping pla^o for the wait until r.«ixt year, whvu our miiou-talkcd-of *Kx- suk" of all c'lncern ProgreBo enough material would turn up lo furra, a Ko-id eight- 'U I tru-t t!io lu^rneil Do ftcou ami Theeo games will be plaje'l on the gn»und» of tiiose others. epeutSan KruuciuLfj. After rumtmiiug U*ore for a position Biulding' will le finished." tli>- hnrd-hitiiiig short oiop wilt at on e come to terms club league. There need bo no fear that plenty of while bo will iu all probability uturn to tho &i->t. that are respectively home clubs. The MnUnzaa >layers cannot be found at salaries. Tbe woods are A feather-weight prixo fight nenr Cincinnati, Jan. The Chestnut Hill Kennels offer a SoO cash prize to tintl feo Htywlime hut to i!uff;i!o. Should they n.-t, 1.1 ve th»ir grounds iu Palmar de Junco. tbo Prcijreso 17, between Miky Coltina, of Cincinnati, uud To;umy II. K. Stokee, tho Australian who i$ cycling the the breeder of the best collio dog and bitch puppies )et ui Rf o uh.it wo wi.l have to v> resile 'nil of them, nnd they are willing and even anxious n Ln Qnint.i daOna,the Cardenas iu that city. RHJ the o play. They can give HS good exhibitions as the Hurke, of Minneapolis, resulted iu favor of JJuiko iu world around a la Steveus, never naed n brake on his (one or more of each sex, and Truiu hvu or moiuilaui.s), »it ; t. AVi;u!cl the f-ict that tiioso pUyerj ilabuna in the Vedado. It is not yet officially known the fourteenth rjuad ou a foul. jicycle. Ho ctaiins it is safer to rida without a brake. sired t y any of their advertised stti'J dots, i. o , Diio- art t-Hpable of tirftwiFig «di,iricg far Ix-ycnJ the lim.t u,ea^ue baa afforded in past seasons. where the Fe Club will have its grounds. IityMAS.f| A oiaiiager luu suggested aa members of such a Tom K able and Harry Topping fought ten TounJs Tlie Associated Cycling C'uls has elected these offi­ lin Scott, 'Scottilla, Nullamore, Strcj-hoD, David or fixed by <,ur Aasi.ciatioo prevent them |il;i3 ing iu their it Pateraon, N. J., with skin gloves. Kable was tbe cers: President, W. K. Tucker; uc« president, P. S. I3o*inle Duatroun, nud whelped in 18'SS. The abova own club. eague Loweli, Worcester, Holycke, Brockton, Taun- Have not [-layers a right to lake «s liille victor, Topping being fearfully punished. Tbe tight ,'ollins; secretary nnd treasurer, J. K. Lincoln KJwards. prize is to I e awarded tit the show of the rhiUdelphit* Cut'ii-f umtioti MS they wish for their t*ei \ices? WonM An Acorn Which May Crow and Grow. ton fln;l another citv. To this a writer in the Lowcll fines would add Fail Klver and Now Bedford. He was for S150 a side. There ia small doubt but that Wiudie will appear ou Xf nnei Chib, beld under i!n auapicej of the A. K. C. not- !h" jiiircliuso by u i-Iuyer of n single share of etock Tim Kcefo and Will Bccannon have at last .n Ig.-jO. Donors not to compete. pl^c > li.ini, fu: ali itract icul pnrims-s^o far lureguu'stho ays bo Itavoa Manchester out of tbe reckoning, bo- Frank Swioky and EJ Abrams, two bantam fleht- tho nuiat«u~r track this cuming Bt-ason nmi sweepevery- started their sporting goods business. Their aufle it ia neiing as if it were totally diaoouni^d. ers of Long Island, had a ti^bt to a finish w.t-i bate bing before him. Tha rumors Irttely ci-cnlated, to the A. C. Krueger, of IMttst'ur^, 1ms just completed falarv i.iiiii), i;i n pib.tio:i piinilui to that bold by li-'-xe tho pr.rchany of four valuable beagles fioni Tuo.nas and \Vliite. Vlu;t!u-r tlio hitter gt-ntlwmen draw S-5 a office for the present, a? will bo seen from their ctlll, Manchester U a good tali city, and might come knuckled in a barn uear Jaoulca last wtei. Swioky effect tbat bo will not ride, nro without foundation. HiuLeo, of Itnlitinapulu. They ure HJYOF, Kitty, %?«k tadi nt jtlujcr* or Jo 00 a urjalh nto such a league. Tfiii ia the ouiy kind of a league won iu two rounds. The executive rommittee of t!:e L. A. AV. has dc- cacli as presi­ advertisement in another column, is located .at L'encyu nnd Polly. dent Hiid vice I'rt-sidcnt re^pcctivciy will inake liule 140 Broadway, New York. From this little .lut New EngUnd cln'os cun enter next s.e;i?on. There James Dolan, of Providence, and James G!yno, of cidei (bat de-legated to the national beard must be bas been some talk about the Lowolla and Worcester! Brooklyn, fuught (en rountld J;tn. 17, at Pruvidence, li. elected by the general membership of the ^tute divi­ Mr. J.E. Gill, of Franklin, Pa., ha«t rec»fved from riirli-rt-iuo t.) th'ria, but w;-uM m-iko & heap of trouble ticorn a giant oak may, nay should, grow, as the f>r tlui other clnba to sfci:rc a winnina; tiara at the storing the Central Lengno, but if tbey could not L, fur a purse ofS300. A draw wns tho result. sions; that (Ley cannot legally be appointed ty the Knpland the Prince Charles BiauielH llonuie B.-JT ai-d iUti'v lim't. Tbe 8c< oml point, as to players fixiug tartners in tho venture combine qualities which tand the salaried of tbe New England Leapui>, tbey The date of the fight between Cardiff and Fell has cbi'-f consul?. Lady Maggio. Uoth ure winiiere at Iho Aquarium lliyir own Ci ni{K.'n-»'io!i, IB not covered by ihe agre-9- ; mght to insure success. Keefe has the reputa- ;au asturodly not live in tho Ooulral, whero tho clubs eu changed to Tuesday, the 22J iost. Tbe six-days race at Omaha came loan cud Jan. 12. eliowa. DKnt K->rernio^ Hie Mibtry lirui'. As to tho ntliT ! ion to draw custom aud Bacannoii tbe experience to are even fatroager than were the bast in tho New Eu£- Jyhu L. Sullivan ia reported to havo axala taken to The fin-il ECU res were: liuapp, 6'J7 initt-a U Sups; Vn- Sir. Andrew Tnidlaw, of Woodcock, Ont., his d 3- 1> fir f, t ttiink Miiy di.b engiging a stur plajemtthoi luccesifuliy handle anything ia tho line of pportin^ and ot last season. Tbe Jersey Citys were so strong driuk^ (tiowu, 097 miles 1 lap; Ashinger, o6S miles 4 hijs; ;e-L'd of his St. Bernard?, and will hereafter in kenut'l ' : \ ! »ifhiui an iutercbt iu tho st'.'ck, MViiM O'»J-< tiuines*. For tbia reascn, as well R8 for the f»ct ost aea«r.n that they beat every American Aesjciation Morgan, 5S3 uiilte, iJingU-y, 4.07 uiilvi; Armaindo, ;;G5 ujii.tora coniino his attention to cocker Bi:anie!3. \-.\s thoaiTicIre^ iu a l:!:e pctiHou to the t'lai iw;h men are yonn;, ambitioiw, fetcatly and in- nino that I hey had fa-.-el except tho Cfncinnatis, 'and niles5 laps; Eck, 113 mi led 2 laps; ttaiker, 37 milca 4 The pn-miuiu !ist uf tho second annunl (log -how of Of C0'ii*-frt Mr. Editor, this is (ill aui(- dusiriov.s, the conilination ought to ba a go and the hoa the Western club bad ?ery little margin to«(,t*re. Donoghn? retrieved bis bird luck at Vienna, en "aps. the Bensselae;1 Kennol Club, to be held at tho Bicycle* Sundiiy, loin, at IJumMirg, 'cmiup ilowii out of tboctond* a^uin, it venture successful, especially in vt*w of the fact that Ace jrding to the verdict of tbe B >a;d of Arbitration, the by running awny from all Tho Ramblers of Hyde Park, Mass., have elected as Rink, Troy, N. Y., Feb. !2fi >:> March 1, is out. the (.Icrnian skaters, and winning tbo German chnra- i Ibat tint litllogaine of bluff on the part SpnU:n«*dund ReacliV, the chief lious.s of tho kind on !ubs in tho New England League can reserve ihtdr officers: President, W. F. Mudiell; secretary Tho annual meeting cf tlm Corsnecticnt State Ken- piooship and the Hamburg mid >we aD'i the wily Dencoo will noon oucl, tliiii continent, yoarnftRO sfar.ol just cs mod.'etly and 'layers l"ft over from last season. II would eoem that cup. There wns an iru- Toasurer, L". E. Abbotf; csptaiu, Robert E. Gran 1 ; first u«;l Cln!t will bo bel-i at the AiUutic Hotel, li:irtl'urU dug fellOiV, it ujw exifcta. All tt.o eeittimtiiul Iweb ab^ut cviatiico c( gooU will, plouf what a moderate-pi iced busa bull club the fastest ou record, Jan. 23. SPOHTHSTO LIFE.

to William P. Marshall, of Boston, upon the retire­ will shortly be foereased from 12 to 816 and an initia­ ment of this geiith'Sian from the business. Tho bone- tion fee of S15 be charged. It ia a very prosperous or­ QUESTIONS ANSWERED. BILLIARDS. fit has been arranged tu take place in J. J. Murphy's ganization. t'amuud billiard palace iu thttt city. Con^iderinK the Ttte officers of the Flushing Athletic Clnh for the No anawert by mail. Write your question* of Mr. Marshall in the billiard CO., character and standing A. J. REACH comiua year are: President, John w. Weed; vica clearly, concisely^ and write only on on« side of NEW YORK BILLIARDS. world, which is more than national; tn view of tlie presidents, Houry A. Bogert, EJward V. W. Rosslter fact that this honored professional is one of the aud Joha Hendersoa; secretary, Henry K. Gilmaa; the paper, el*e no attention will be paid to your PHILADELPHIA, PA., The Proposed Great Tournament Foreign "land-marks" of the calling, it fsprobably unfortunate treaeurer, K. H. E. Elliott. communication, ^. that thia testimonial has not the flavor of being na­ and Native Experts The Cloveu Foot of tional iu it* character. If it is uot unfortunate to Mr. In the controversy between the rival National cross­ the Bosses Again at the Front. country associations as to the right to the came, the Pleas* give me catcher Guuson's record. Youker Marshall it is certain to be unsatisfactory to profes­ preliminary motion made by the lawyer of the plaintiff, Philadelphia. ML Early last fall two or three grand tourna- sionals at large throughont the country who would Mr. Otto fiuhl, has been decided by Judge Dngre in Answer—He haila from Germantown, Pa. His first Utonts, certainly two, were announced to take like to make the testimonial iu question flavor of a favor of the defendant, F, A. Ware. professional engagement was with the Nationals, of national affair, which Mr. Marshall is BO justly en­ Washington (Union Association), in 1884. In '83 he VSfftAOi- place in this country, one in Chicago and one v'il, --i- titled to on the .part of his professional friends. Thoae The Jefferson Athletic Club baa bean organized, played with the Merideo, (Amn., Clab, champions of the The American Asso- in New York, while the parties who knew atl who have the affair in hand, however, will, no doubt, with head.joarters at 327 Cherry afreet, New Tork New England League. The next year he played with about it fonrot to locate where the third tourna­ make ihe event worthy of themselves antl the dls- City, with the following officers: William Murphy, tho Atlantis, champions of the Southern League. In tinKtifchcd gentleman who is to be the recipient of pi evident; J. Morrissey, vice president; J. T. Fitzpat- '87 he helped to win the ptmnant for tho Topekaa, of ment was to be given. For a week or two it rick, secretary; C. Murphy, treasurer. ciation, recognizing the looked as if the tournaments might take place, their affection. Maurice Duly, William Sexton and the Western League. Last season ha was a member of Randolph Heiser, of New York, will be present on tho Manager Frank Hall, with Bobby Vint. Tom the Kansas City Western Association Club. Gunson but the bosses of the East, who are located in occasion to play for Mr. Marshall's benefit, while Flowarth and C. C. Moore, arrived in San Francisco, is 23 years of age, 5 feet S inched in height and weighs New York, and who do not as a rule want more George F. Slossun will, no doubt, be present if it is Jau. 16. Hall will at once complete arrangements for J63 pounds. superiority of the Reach than the entire universe, could not agree with possible. The New York experts who are to honor a six-days go-a^-yon-pleasa contest, to commence at Western experts, and it was gently hinted as a theu;s«lves by honoring Mr. Marshall on this occasion, Mechanics' Pavilion, that city, on Feb. 21. What Is Karl Kron's right name? I have reference sort of public pulse-feeler that the tournaments are only keeping up tht-ir nuble recurd iu such noble The Star Athletic Club is a new Boston organization, to tha author of "X. M. Miles on a Bicycle. Sport, events. Later on we shall again refer to this pleasant with these officers: President, John G. Maxwell; vice Bridgewater, Mass. Ball over those of other OFFICIAL would be given by book-makers. That settled affair when space will permit us. Give Mr. Marshall president, George A. Whitely; secretary, T. A. Lynch; AHmer—That's his right name, we believe. the fate of the tournaments. It was bad enough oue bumper at parting. financial secretary, John Flaherty; treasurer, M. J. 1 to have bosses in the arena, but to have profes­ McCullough; aergoant-at-arms, M. Marr. Can you give me the address of C^L. Child*, second sional billiards handled any further by book­ THE GAME IN CHICAGO. A 50-hour go-as-you-place race closed at New basetnan of last season's Stars? jTC,, Syracuse, N. Y. i.a,|niR!CANASSOCI/VnON makers was more than th« public could stand and very Haven, Conn., Jan. 12, with the following score: Sam .dUwirer No. 323 S. Gilmore street, Baltimore, Md. much more than professional billiard meu would tol­ The Proposed Tournament in New York Day, of Engltud, 205 miles; "Snort" Campana, of How old ia Jake Gaudaur? Are Oscar Walker and their annual meeting in'fc erate. Coder the circumstances the tournaments were Schaefer's Position Commended, Etc. Bridgeport. 200 miles; Peter Golden, of England, 158 wisely dropped, since which time the Chicago tourna­ miles; W. Smith, New Yerk, 154 miles, and Sullivan. Jake Shoupe still living? E. D. W., Chicago. ment tor young experts has taken place, the phenome­ CHICAGO, Jan. 17. Editor SPORTING LIFE: the "Bangor ghoet," 149 miles. Xn«iw-*-(l) He id 31 years of age. (-) Yes. nal success of which is now a matter of history. There has been nothing of importance in tlie Charley Samuels, the Australian colored sprinter, St. Louis, Dec. 5, 1888, billiard world here since my last. The last issue What clubs have won the Association pennants? In The latest advices from the Heat of war, and the seat was beaten six Inches only in a nominal 150 yards what League Aid tho Cuban Giants play last season? Tn cl war iu the billiard world is always New York, as- of the New York boss orjjan afforded consider­ handicap at tho Carringtou ground on Nov. 24. Ho what league will they play this season? Where can I eure us of tho fact that at least one and, perhaj>s, two able amusement to local professionals. It first started from the 19^.j yards mark,' and the winner's tcurnameula are to he given ID this country during time was 12% seconds, he starting from the 28 yards get their photographs? Will Grant play with the for the seasons of 1889, the present season. Under ordinary circuimtaucea the threatens, then pleads, and nest shows how poor mark. This would make Samuels doing all but 5J^ BufTalos ijoxt season? What ware the scores of the motto should be "the more the merrier." Ij is the a lot the bosses or "great cushion-carom play­ yards under ovens. Chicago aud St. Louis games? W. A. A., Louisville, theory of such billiard men and journalists as Tom ers" are by comparing them to Schaefer. Truly, Thes* men have been appointed to take charge of AvtuKr— (1) 1882, Cincinnati; '83, Athletic; '84 '90 and '91. Foley and Ben Garno that any tournament is tetter the bosses and their organ seem not only to be the different squads now training for the Yale inter­ Metropolitan; '85, 'SO, '87 and *88, St. Louis. (2) They than none. It is uur theory that it Is Better to be collegiate to mi: Shearman, '89, jumpers and hurdlers; kicked by a mule than have any tournament, unleaj in deep water, but in danger of drowning. Let were not in any league. (3) In the Middle Slates them drown! Schaefer will not again save Robinson, '70, ohort-dfataaue men; Harmar, '00, long- League. (4) Write to Manager S. K. Govern, Trenton, The various leagues and associations now organizing : -.son of '89 will find Biich a tournament can be of the right stamp. From distaoce men; Ha'-son, '»0, tog of war team; Weare, N. J. (5) Yea. (6) In what year do jou mean? what we bare seen iu public print regarding the pro­ them; he has been doing ao for nearly tan years *90, S., bicyclist. Murphy, the traicer, will not resume it to their advantage to adopt the REACH BALL, as it is tne oniy one warranted to last posed tournament in Mew York, for we shall now refer past. Having now compelled them to abandon the ex- hia duties until after »ster. to but oue, it 19 more evident than ever that it is to chisive system, they are willing for the first time in What pitchers in the League throw the widest a full game and not lose its shape. Arrangements are now nearly completed for tbe curves. Name the left-handed thrjwiug catchers in Clubs and associations using the REACH BALL are assured against complaints as to be a boss affair pure and simple. That very remark­ nearly five years to admit yunng experts. Schaefar, New York pool tournament and tlw aeries of contests able concessions have been made ou the part of the however, will compel the noshes to do more before ho the League and Association. What were the batting its getting soft or ripping. Keta through with them, for he will force the bc-ss ele- will surely occur early uoxt month. Among the en- averages of Keily, O'Kourke, Conuor, Kowe aud Dor- bosses ouly proves that even bosses arc nut indifferent tviea with its projector, John W. O'Counor, are J. L. gan in 1SBO? Name the twelve leading batsmen of the Send name and address for our latest Illustrated Base Ball Catalogue. to public opinion. The most extraordinary 'gall" on intsnt to occupy their proper place before the public as Malone, J. T. King, C. Ericks.m and tha Syracuse ex­ Xhe part of the boss element, however, is the tact that experts of the game. This, it is true, will he tongh League in 1870. What catchers in the League do uot ou (he bosses, when it is consider^! how little they pert, V. Knntzscli. Lc-tters from Clearwater, Powers, wear gloves ou their right baud? A Battery, St. Paul, the bosses are negotiating with French experts to lieman and otlifir.*, saying they wish to emter, have Mien. A. J. REACH CO., take part in this tournament, tho French expertg'be- have dune that hay been proper during the past many alxo been received. Jrjg, according to the buss orgau, Yignaux, Plot years. . K. Anmcer—(I) Inasmuch as the wide curves do not and Gamier. There might be some excuse on the The Long Branch Athletic Association will open its fool batsmen very much, the pitchers all try to throw 1022 MARKET ST., PHILA., PA. new track ou July K Stock to the amount of $20,000 the sharp, quick curve. Just what pitcher can throw part of the bosses in negotiating with the Caroms. French experts, or at least oue of them, that haa been subscribed for. the association's indebtedness the widest curve we rto not know. (2) Clements. (3) one being Yiunaux, were the tourtmeut in The "boy wonder," \\. II. Clearwater, is giving ex­ bas bsen paid off, and there is a large balance iu the Kelly .'292, O'Bourko .281, Connor .332. Ilowe .256, "Where did Ward study law? How many men has I can run 100yds. in Us. with my street clothes on. question to be played between such men as Schaefer, hibitions in various Western cities. tteaaury. George \V. Brown haa been elected president Dorgau .246. (4) I Bariios, 2 Hall, 3 Peters, 4 McVey, Toledo signed? Who baa the record of making 100 If I were to train and rut ou a running suit, could I Slosson and Yignaux, or. Hainug the world's greatest Ssxton, Daly and Heiser are to play in Boston on of tho association; Philip Daly, Sr., vice president, C. o Anson, 6 Clinton, 7 Myerle, 8 White, 9 Hines, 10 yards in the quickest time? Please suggest a good g«t down to lOJ^s? Do you consider 50s. good t.m* players. Piot is only known by re{ ntation iu this coun­ the 23d inst., for the beuetit ot L'ncle Billy Marshal. Aea Francis, secretary, ana A. C. Newing, trea-urer. Hi^ham, 11 Pike, 12 O'Ronrke. (5) Quite a number of name for an amateur club. Who are the players that for 400yds. for a boy 17 years old? How can I Ret into try, aud there is no reason to suppose that he plays bil­ Arthur True defeated B. G. San ford iu the COD teat The Fk, Prospect Park, Brooklyn, at threa o'clock, bases. Tecumsehs organized? What salary did Caruthers how many yards start would I got? D. L, M., Wash­ tion aud probably playe no better than Sexton, and, as Albert Frey ig eaid to 1>« making money in bis New tlie road takep beina: tho Ocean Boulevard for three receive last yeai? Who are the players signed by Co­ ington, D. C. Europe is not so very anxious to exhibit Sexton us a York room, which fact will please the little champion's miles and return. II. L. Pattison came in 1st at 3:44, What is the best practice in winter for lawn tennis? lumbus? Who was the first man to pitch the curve? Answer— (1) You should be able to come down half R with W. Atkinson 2d, E. E. Bodiue, C. E. Murtba, When will the California League begiu to play next G. M. G., Toledo, 0. second by dounine a running suit and sprinting shoes. great player, we fail to sea why America should be so many friends. season? U it true that Lorrigau is goiug: to pUy next anxious to exhibit such a ruin of the past la the bil­ Henry Dunbar has been enjoying: the fine weather W. II. Unde-hill and H. Graham followod iu close Xiwirtfr (I) Columbia College. (2) Read the (2) Yes. (3) Write to R. M. Lamer, 1315 F street. order, the other members of the club straggling in season? Where can 1 get a book on hand ball? Who official list in THE SPORTING LIFE. (3) George Washington, D. C. (4) That would rest entirely with, liard world of this country as Albert Gamier. It is during tho present winter and bis friends have enjoyed are the champion wrestlers in the different classes? aomethingrto know, however, that the French experts l)un bar's company. latjr on. Seward, time 9l4s. (4) Read THE SPOUTING LIFS the official baadicanper. You should have about have uot been guaranteed a certainty for coming to The Prospect ILirrierg held a moonlight run Jan. 12. Ifaslleac'.! published hU guide for 1889? J. T. B., and you will observe many suitable names. (5) 6yds. It was recently stared by a Chicago paper that San Francisco, Cat. Barkley, Mullane, Walker. McSorley, L. Miller, J. this country to take part in the tournament in ques­ Maurice Daly was worth ElOO.OOO. Tho figures are The start \v»u matie at five minutes to six from Wath- tion. This is a step in the right direction on the part tntiton Park, Fifth avenue, Brooklyn, «ud twelve Answer (1) Indoor tennis or else hand ball. (2) Miller, Lane, Welch, Poorman, O'Day, Moffitt, Gen. Gon* receives 11U more votes for governor probably exaggerated, although we hope that Maurice Abi.ut the middle of March. (3) It has not yet been Mfisrer, Norton, McGinre, Tillery, Brown, Aruudel than his opponent on the face- of the returns. Judg& of the bosses. Not having been guaranteed a cer­ is worth even more than the amount named. monitors participated. The courso Ukt-n was through tainty, however, tt now remains to be seen if the Four(h street aiil Prospect Ptuk to Franklin avenue, definitely settled. (4) From either Reach or fcpiilding. and Bullas. (6) B« has not yet siRned for next seaaou. Fleming contests the olectiun beftre the legislature. The bookmakers' billiard tuuruameut is the chief (5) Heavy-weight, Gneco-Komau, Muidoon; caich-i3- (7) In 1807, as at; amateur club, iu 1875-76 aa a pro­ Should wafers on the election b» paid on the faco French exports are to coins. In the interest of native to the Buiili-vanJ, to the Coney Island rond, and re­ collar aud elbow, McMahou. experts it i.i most earnestly to be hoped that they will sporting event of New York at present, i'irai prize is turn tiirough Fifteenth street, Niuth aveuuo'and Third caten-can, Lewis; fessional club. (8) We do not hoo* what salary this of the returns or aftflr the contest ia decided defi­ not. The history of the French experts who have vis- &HHI; "second prize, §200. The letting on the result id street to the club homo, a distance of six miles. The Middle-weight. Acton, all around. Light-weighf, or that player receives, nor do we cnro to know aa it nitely. S. H., Wheeling. W. Va. enormous,aoU thouoiiuds of dollars will bo lost aud Moore. Feather-weight, catch-as-can-catcb, Benny does not interest ua. (9) Read the official list. (10) Answer The legislature goes through the formality ited this country during the pa»t quarter of a century time was 4'2m. 30-)., aud G. T. French Hnished lit, J. D. claim.'* to be the champion Grceco- is not such as to Inspire much confidence or* respect in WOQ. Lloyd 2d aod J. J. Alien 3d. Jones. Prof. Coupe Andy Cummiugs. of counting the returns and uecluriug an election The match game at cushion carom billiards between Koman fca!her-weight. He aUo disputes Jones' claim whether there id a contest or not. Neither Goff OP that class of men. For, while it woui'i be too threat a The Paaiime Athletic Club, of New York, held its to the championship at catch-as catc'i-can style. tax on our si-ace to give that history in this article, Messrs E*tnes aud Y.itter, both of B.«tou, for 8150 a annual election Jan. 8. Mr. James E. Snllivaii, one of Fleming is entitled to the oflice until ihe legislature we sli.all most certainly do so later on, bhould it be side, 250 points, was played at the Hub billiard ro >ms the mn»t popular young men in New York, wa* re- formally declares either one or ihe other elected. The January 1G, and was woii by the first named 250 To. J. B. B , Danville 111., and W. W. E , Celina, 0.: b?t tfoes with the action or formal announcement of found thnt native experts are to suffer at the gain of elected president, an offlcs which he has beld for See Ihi3 issuo for Tri-State League averages. this foreign French element. points to 200. manyjeara. D. BHow« A. J. SEurbttr*. J. MoniD, W. E. Hughes, J. making li>0 yards in the quickest time? Did Charles amount hbHll be. Under ordinary circumstances there ing;, and liine does not st-em to make any inroads ou F. Robiosou aud F. W. Burns. Men roe ever run a foot nee? G. B. B., Toledo, 0. the magic of the veteran's rod. What were the scores of tne ^ames that UcHInllen f am stakeholder for a number of parties who bet hould bo BO objection tn finch an arnmgemoDt, pro­ The Highland Athletic Association, of Manaynnk, Answer—(I and 2) -Werden played with New Or­ pitched for the Mt-tropolitand in 1887? Is Manager on the congressional election, in tbU district. Both viding \vo htiTC not sufficient native talent. Let us When the National Billliard Association had but a hf*s elected t!io following officBr-;: President, Alfred leans uu'il theSjuihern Lt-ague disbandcd.Htter which meu for members, the K--.tiocal Bil- Biiruie, of the Baltimore*, and the ditcher by that Alkins.m mid Pundicton claim to be elected. How glance iit the list of American fXi>erts, however, and few large-tniudeil W. Ott; vice prosident, lsi»mh T. Ryan; secretary and he joined the Troy Club. HH average iu the South­ iinme who caught for the Ku':ckert'orker3, of Si\n shall I decide? W. K., \Vhe-ling, W. Ya. thus be just before we are generous It is as follows: liar.i Association was managed in the interest of the treasurer, Thompson G. Ltttiewoud; board of niau»{ters, ern Lengutt was: Batting, .267. Fielding, tirdt b*se, Association. Now that the National Francis'-o, one and the same mau? J. V. W., Sau Answer Inasmuch as there is a contest you will Bchaef'T, S'osson, Carter, Gallayher, Daly, &xti>n, National Billiard Morris A. Hull, William Doohin, Daniel W. Seltzer, .939; second base, .883; left fM.!. .887. In the Interna­ Frnncisoo, (Jal. have to wait until Congress declares one or the other Ives» MaggioM, Hatley, Mould?, McLaughlin, Heteer, Billiard Association has a great many 6>nall-mtnded OliverS. Keely. William Klniwsiui. Samuel W. Loo*; tional League: Batting, .165; fielding-, second base, men for its mt-mbcrs, the National Billiard Association j4 usurer (I) Metropolitan 8, St. Louis 7; Metropoli­ fleeted. All bi-ts must go with the decision of Cou- Pollard, lltirris. Wood-. Cat-on, Thatch^r, Matthews, at'iletic comniittee, R. Bruee Wallace, John C. Yonn^, .879; in the outfield, .&>!. (3) Andy Cumminga. (4) tan 7, Cincinnati 21. 00 Yes. grobs, which is Dual. Donovau and others whose names w« cannot at present is managed in the interest of its small-minded men J.nmes Bernard; ground cumniiUce, Edward P. Wal­ George Seward, an American, iu 9>^ becondo, on the remember. It will he argued, no doubt, that some of Indeed, we might with much truth say man. lace, Joseph M<:mf{ri>rapry; base ball committee, J. tmnpiko road, at llumimnmnth, EnV, on Sept. 3<>r What player stole the moat basefl In the Leisue the Who ia the oldest of these men: SpaMing, Anson, the experts named, such as Pol laid. Hum's and Woods, Imagine an expert of Carter's ability rot being Leonard Co.»ke, H. Ucoves Lukeas. 1841. (5) We do uot know what Cnarlea Mouroe you past throo seasons? Who stole tho largest nnmbor the Chadttick, Mtiuaoij, George or Harry \V~right, and who if, indeed, not many of the older experts, are not such able to get a maich with any one of the petty httk- ha?a lefereuce to. past two season?, Andrews or Fo^arty? Who led the did th» insist to promote baae ball? Where can I get a players as shonM be eitenged to enter a great national band of bosses who boss biliianid in New York, evtii Philadelphias in batting last se^auu? T. B. U., New copy in pamphlet form containing the observations tournament. In many respects flits is true, but who wlu-n Caner offi-rn the oddd «.f $1,000 to$800 to get a Can a man stand in front of the home plate and York City. taken of the sun's eclrp?e iu Ca ; ifHrnia on Jan. I? Who is responsible for this crime the players or the bosses? gunie, aO'J yet these stune bosses have the unblushing THE TRIGGER. 3ttik« at a pitched bnll? What Imi bfcorno ot" Hurry Answer — (1) No record has been kept of stoloa bases is the best Mil-round player iu the world? Constant 3'or ncerly ten years pa£it has not been a question of assurance to be negotiating with a puir of tramps of Ktsrfier, who played a part of la-it seaaou with the Cau- prior to 1887, consequently w« rauoot answer this Header, New York. talent as an ex jert, but a question of power as a bos-*. the character of Vigaaux auJ Gamier to enter an PENNSYLVANIA NEWS. tou, O-t Club? If Ewmu; wa-i nut hurt in tha game of quebtion. (2) Fogarty. (3) Cietueuts. Aiairtr—(l) Cba'lwtck is the oldest. Chadwick, As to such youngsters us Burrs, Pollard nnd Woods, American tournament ia preference to our owu ex- Sept. 12, why did hn.let ou h« was? Who ma-ie the Scalding, Anson and Harrv Wii^ht have each given they are a? full of billihrd-.alent as an egg U or meat, perU! A Three Day's Mutch in Clearfield County first hi.mo run ia the League alter its organization? I have a litter oFfox terrier dogs acd would like to almost their entire life-time to bate ball. (2) Me uo and had billiard* a Micbad Phelau during the past J. P. L., Moadville, Pa. Will the New York bosses kindly inform the pnb'ic on tho Tapis. know nl what age and when ii the best tima to cut uot know. (3) That is a matter of opinion. fifteen years those throe youngsters alone would now bow inany native osperls have been linegutiated" with, Amice,-—(1) Nu. (2) We do not know. (3) Ho tht-ir tails. J. M. C., Frtirlield, Ct. have a national reputation a* masters of the game. Of with the VJPW of entering the proposed great tonrna- CLEAHFIELD, Pa., Jan. 16. Editor SPORTING wauled to S.IVP hhmeli fur the naxt g;ime. (4) If you Answer— Dou't cut thorn »t all. Did Arthur (lagan, of Loosdale, R. I., ever pitch for the 'niif'etf en experts whose names wo hare given, nionU This is « matter wliich should bo u pleasure to LIFE: Bills are being struck far a three day'a wiil write to N\ K. Young he may be able to give you Buffalo? -J. 11. G.. Baldwiosvillo, N. Y. however, surely there can be a sufficient number the brs-ea to explain. Ilnviiig "-negotiator* with three shooting match, to take place at Coalport, Clear- this iiit'orumtiou. Who are rho mun^gorg of th^UniontowD and .lolin»- Answer Yes. .... founa*aii>ong them to h;>M too tournament in question French experts to play, the bosses should certainly field county, Pa. The principal purse to Ue eon- town clul* of tho Western feuneylvania League? A. without resorting to tho French market. Europe lias havo "uegotijted" with Carter, Ivoa, Catton, Hetsc-r, Can a plaver reserved by the Central League be H. P., Willimusport, Pa. Please givo TOO tbe batting and fielding averages of at 10 period of the past been anxious to promote the MaKgioli, McLaughlin, GKlla^her, Hatley and several tested for on iirst day, will be ?jO cash. The blacklisted if he refuses to sign and »oes and jMns tho Amnfer— To the heat of onr knowledge neither of the ^oionto players thus far signed for next season.-- interest of the game of billiards by advertising or pro­ others too numerous to name here, even if all eaimut second day a handsome large b'.ack bear will be California L-agu^? Can you give me the rtddresses of these cljba has yet appointed a manager. W. 0., Toronto, Can moting American experts, why then m it that some take part in the toui nament. the centre of attraction for marksmen, and the C. W. Soenror, F«-rgy Matoue and pitcher German? ^mticer Alkissm, hatting .219. fielding .9')3; Rick- few Americans express go much desire to guard the last day tlie prizes will be purses made up by Will the Ceau-al League be in existence next season? Who won tho han-l ball match between Conrtner ley, totting .280, folding .852;" Mt-Luighlin, battiu? interests of foreign experts to the detriment of B., Philadeli'hia. nnd Lawler on Chr's'ma^ an-1 New Yewr'a Day? WiH .247, fleldiu- .852; Burke, b.ittiug . 2117. " fielding .870; our mvn players? tlie marksmen present. The winner to take all. Answer — (1) N.>. (2) We do not know Spencer. If Five shots to the scuro on the 3Iii3.-achusetts target. T^-rn Brown be reUined by Boiion? F. A. S., New McMiilan, hattiog .20:*, fieldiDK -024; Swift, batting That tho day has arrived when justice must be paid ATHLETIC. you nu-an ux-Mauaji-.r Spencc, he ia with Macey & York. .2H», fielding .88«; Uouver, baUing .230, fielllng .802; to tho home or native expert in preference to paying The divtes havn Itecii fixed for January 24, '25 :in.l 1:6. Co., Fourteenth street and Sixth avenue, New York; Answer — (t) C'ntrtnev riefeated Lawler on Christmas Vickeiy (amateur), batting .2W, fielding .933; Grim homage to the French professional, is just as certain as Oj-eu to all. Bvai'tJs $1. Distance, K'O yar.is, ofl-lmud Maloue, 3i>to N'-rth Fitth street, Philadelphia; Loiter THE SHEFFIKLB HANDICAP. Day. On New Years D.vy C-.mrtney took sick in the (Inter-^tite Lowgue), bat 'ing .291, fit) Mi UK (ci*ieiiing) f that billiards do not exist to-day, professionally, as or "lunch." Any kind of sights, excepting tutescop^. German, Aberdeen, MJ. (3) Yes. fourth game and had to retire, thereby forfeiting the .957; (Tri-Stat« I^eafiue), batting .313, fielding they did t^n years ago. There ia nothing in the Any kin;i of tnp^er and »ny weight £im. This match Details of the Famous Annual Sporting match tj Luvler. (2) H has uot yet been definitely (second lui-e), .8811, (third base), .878, (catching), .9;t3; character of tho French expert to admire, while there will, nu doubt, aitr,;ct some of the crack sho's from la Quinn, of th^ Bostons, considered ona of the best decided whether Brovvu will be retained or not. tierad, batting .193, fielding 916. is much iu him to deles?, aud while we may not be ID English Event. Pitidburg «ntl Pnil.uMuhis but it will aot bo a walk­ second baseniBU in the Loagti^? What elubi have "love" with the character of tlie native master of the over for them, a^ a f.;\v *'hjiadsoine" shuts exist up in won the pennant since the Lo.iSMo wa-i organized? The final heat of the Sheffield Christmas handi­ that lilurniuuiiB territory. In 24-hour bicycle races what kind of machiu^s are game "bloodis thickerthan water," and if we must cap was run on Thursday, Decemuer 27. Here Who is the best first biseiiian of the twt', Ansou or gememlly u^ed? Is Scha-fu-r clnrnpion of all kinds of cho so betv.e-n the two, it is our intention beyond nay A. M. Bloom, pruthonotiry of Cioarfisld County, ia Bron tli) t87G. Cuicago; '77 and '78, onco in a whilo a man accustomed to a Safety enters K.K) }arJ3, striclly off-hand, at the Mas-eachU3fetts tar­ As to the style of game to be played, it appears to ua be imagined. A sharp frost over night gave place to a Boston; '79, I'rovi-Jence; '80, 81 and '82, Chicago; '83, Tenn . with that kiud of a machine. (2) Strictly sneaking that this is a inatttr which alone should ho deckled by drizzling rain, which speedily resulted itaoif int) a get; any triL-ger, and any eights except telescope. Bu->t .u; '81, Provi-i-juce; '85 and '86, Chicago, '87, De­ Answer— (1) Oheriander and Joneg. (2) Yes. (3) there is no champion billiard play or at present the playe a who are t-> take part in tho tournament, veritable downpour, which continued all t!m>u»h the t'fiu tho cil-tor of THE Sp:jRrixo LIFE say wuo is tho troit-, '88, New York. (3) That's a ma'.ter of opinion. though Sclmefer is generally concede 1 to be the champion rirte sht-t of Pennsylvania? [J. A. Iluggics, Sneml. (4) J»hn.-M/u .:M2. Shnfer .333, Quiou .315, and not the duty of the press of the country, which hours of racing, reducing ihe ground to a qiiM^mire Tloiliday, .ail. Suead .307, McAleer -29a. greatest living expert. (3) Bi)k-!ine is a came where game ehiil or shall not be play* d. Uuiler a well re­ anti causing pools of water to stand ou tho running of I'ittsburg, haa (hat honor, we believe. KD.] chalk linpH are drawn 8, 10 or H incbe* from tlio edge gulated system, euch as formerly existed, none but the track. 'Ihe Letting at the start v.-aa 5 to 4 on Georgo Base batl I.H looking up here. A gains was played Waa John C. Ileenan ever tlrugged, and if so, wa? it Tn playing checkers, are you forced to jump whei of the cushion all around tbo table. ,Straight-r;iil a plttyeis, together with the wisdom of profe-sional man­ Smith, 4 to 1 against Ransom, G to 1 e.ich against J. at the ClearfieM Driving Park List woelc. This is in his batU« with Surf's or Kiiu? Did J»ck Ik-uipsey you can? It'vou havo an opportunity t^ jnuip two men the regirar three-ball g-ime. agers iu tournaments would presume to dictate. Clearly Smith ftiid'E-lwards, 7 to 1 a^uiust Walker, and odds something that lias never beeu dona befo:o according ever whij) Jack Burke? Did Mitchell knock Sullivan at once, but only wish to junio on**, must you jump it is much better in the interest of billiards at largo to ranging from 20 to 1 and 700 to 1 against the others. to the best rec .lirdi-m of tiie -'oldest residents." The over the ro[;es io Madison Square Garden? J. J. Mcll., both? Will lh») r?pi»rt of the Australian trip be pub­ Where can I get cab'net pictures of the Philadelphia have a tournament at any style of game, rather than Notwithstanding the intensely diiagroeable character around has heretofore been covtre.it with suow or it Bayonue, N. J. lished in book form? Dexter, Bin^hamptoo, N. Y. and PiUstn:r« Uamsof 18S8? Reader, St. It.vron, Ills. have no lonruament at all. As far as w« are {.erdnuullv of the weather the proceedings wero well jxitronized, has beon too biting cold. Anxicer (1) It ia supposed that Heeuan'a second, Answer— (1) Yes. (2) Nu; your opponent can huff Answer — See advertfseinent of F. A. Smith, iu this concerned, we have co choice in this matter, and there boing qr.ite 4,000 tpsctatators pres^ut when a GuoJIandcr, who, by the way, was the beat first McDonald, drugged him id his fight with Kiti*. (2) baS'i-mau exi-r Bct-u,in this part of t'to Sfatt* a few yetrs and g'-t an advanta?p, under all circumstances it is a issue. should have none. Aa the style of game to be played, a start was effected. Fuliowiug is a summary of the No. Dempst-y auJ (Juike, however, fought a draw iu loss not to jump. {^) Yes. however, ha.i already b-en disoosaod tn ths public heats: ago, Is now writing locals for thu Republican of this San Francisco three years ago. (3) No. Please tell me what players have signed with New pros?, it in clearly our right and privilege to comment First beat J. Ranson, Wood Green (79%Yds. start), place. Where can i get the ri;-lding ami batting records of York, Chica.o and M.il«mik< ie. NViiou and whtre was on'fit* s: sa or not. (83*4), 3d. A capital start was effected, but Il:ins a biiaan-J Indium* counties, is willing to phoot Line 5 points; li., iha eldest h*ud, haj G points, an-1 C . IIKS ning, of Ka;~i>;u<'itv, ever play with Detroit? What is mo the address of Fuller of last year's Milwaukee " Thorn are times when k becomes absolutely necessary quickly mado up the start concede.)! to hid opponents, scyrt-s of len nhots onch a^*iinnt any ten men in any 5 points. A. dmils r.n-1 J3. begs. Can A. give one, thus Prtul Radforil's* best l>ftttinp record in the Aniericm t',-am? S. T. C., Milwaiikoc, Wie. ou the part of a journalist to use his wivJom and dis- and, finishing strongly, won by l^yds., with Addisou of tho above conritio-t, each man to shojt tou shots at a cutting B. out, and play the game out with C.? Seven Association? Wtutt are tho ag'-a of Di>iinvant Sfiirr, Aitstcer—(\) See omcml list. (2) Twenty-four in- cr Mon in such niiitU-r-t, when evert the players should 3yda. behind £mith. target at 100}ards. Up. Washington, D. C. McAle-r, Simon, C'lllma, Johnson and Ilollif'ay? Whit ninga between Harvard and Manchester, at lios on, h> Such o-carious, it is true, nre rare, hut if both Secon;! heat J. Wheefer, Notts (83^yds. a'art), 1st; ^ftSKVTT-Yes, but tho hand has to be played out with were the tmttint; »ver«Ke.s of \Vilmot atid ilo/iu 18S7? May 11,1877. (3) No. players and jonrimli.tts are woikinx in the boat in­ O. Smith. Pittsbur* (80%), 2-1; B. Lock wo-. K!, Hu'lders- Kamlom Sliots. B. in it. J. M., WftflhiMjjtnn, D. C. terest of the culling, there is no reason why tho one field (82^}, 3d; F. Pay ley, Woodhouse (S4^), 4lh. A A!)wer—(l) From the publishers of the Liable A. is on second baae, B. on third, and C. at bat. grand start wits effected, but Smith, try an he wiuiM, Clay pigeon eliooting is on the increase in Massa- Pleaee give me tbe avera-ta of Rooks, of tho Tri- should uot be abie to oiler valuable r-uggestiutid iu tbu chusoltg. Guide, A. G. Spacing , run to win the game. C. hits a bull towards the short The fame chosen for the tournament ID question by inches, amidst the enthusiastic uhonia of the fieM- The anniml meeting of the Quaker City Yacht Club WiaweU.ui the Bloomingtun, III., Club. B. (J. Y., (^.l!in^ 27, Johnson 22, Uolliday 22. (4) Wilmot .312, stop. B. holds his biiae. A. runs in front of thu ?hort that H, the amtil^amation of the 14 anJ 8-inc!i |,;ilk- era. An altercation respecting the referee's decision will behuldon Feb. >J. Pinckney, Midi. II uy .307. stop, catches tho ball anil throws it far into the out­ line [cemstn us to to absurd, unwisa and unf< rtu- took piaco, but that official was obdurate. Shooting clay pigeons by calcium light has been Aiwrer—Rooks, batting, 521; fielding, centre field field. B. runs home an-i wins tlte game. Whnt should »are. Just why it H unfortunate it should nut be Third heat W. South, Sheffield (79%yda. start). 1st; successfully carried out in Phil.ulttlj>hia. .885, rstrht field .Sr,u. Wiawell, baUing, .290; finding, How ofd is II«*nry Chadwick, tho "father of base the umpire do in such a case?- Umpire, Alba ay, N. Y. necessnry to state h»re. Tho fact t!iat Schacf«r will W. Hudayn, Sheffield (84%), 24; A \VH»am»oa, The Pater^on City Ilod and Ouu Club, of Pulerson, .898. Whoolock, batting. .268; fielding, .852. ball?" H. O. E., Drookline, Mas". A>ixu;er—Uti should dechire the s de out und £Uu B. rot rjlay in any touinament when such mixed-up odds CharlegtowD, 49 year* (88^), 3J; J. Gibaon, Monlan N. J., had reorganized with a inemberdbip of 37 and is Answer— blr. Chiflwick was b-irn at Exoter, Devon­ thu limit. havo to he given should in itself hbow the ff aso. The veteran has resided fifty-one yoars Being a regular subscribor to your incomparable three experts Schaefer, Hosson and Duly; (hoy nil with Gibson a yard behind. tbe following officers for the cnsuag ye;*r: A. Crook, hurt h"is arm in the flifht xvith Mitchell in Fr*nce? in llrooklya. paper, am I privileged lo a--k a question occasionally, want to play in trie same tout nament, but not on oven Fourth heat Pico Walker,"Notts f84!^\d3.), 1st; M. proident; U. Well a, vice president; H. Thorpe, treas­ Who was brniaed the most in thai fi^ht; Mitcheli, or arid wi.l you answer taDie through the correspuudeuia* terms; Staffer wants to concede the <>d8,1801 and 179G worth? team of 1876. Where did Johu Wev hints play boforo Answer— Certainly. was effected and a fine race ensued for GOyda., when G. U. J., Portsmouth, Va. Sl^sscn »nd Schaefer agree to play on even terms, At West Farms, W. Y.t Jan. 12, a live-bird match he joined the Cincinnati team? M. J. M., Columbus, O. while ?io.-son concedes the odils of 35per cent tn D?ily! K'iwards broke d<>wn and pulled up. Walker went on Awcer—(1) Kilrain never; Mitchell was partially Aittwer— (1) Burke, nhurt stop; D KM.-i, crutre tie!- 1; In playing euchre, can tho dealer atart xvith thre« and won easily by 2yds.; inches separated cecond acd was shot between («!tarle« Zuha and Jaaies Pilkiiigton insensible when C iptuiu Williams t-toppcd tho fitfht be­ two hi unfit? A Cjustauc Header, They play on the same table and before tho samo pub- fora cup valued at S20Q and thu champiouship of Foran, first base; Martin, second bus--; Uarnic, catcher; cards und taUe li-, osu-u^ilily on tha sam^ terms, yet the yamo is third, whiist Edwards walked to the dressing room. tween him an i Sullivan iu Madison Square Garden. Simuion*, riiilit field; Dose lie r, third Uise; Nnlau, I'btladtlphi*. We*tcliester county. Pilkingtou wou by 40 to 37. (2) Three minutes Marqnis of Queeucberry iiu-l a vastly diffori-nt, in consequence of the different set of FINAL HEAT. Uuilingham ruled govein^d. pitcbor; MaD^ell, left field (2) With the Athletics. Atatcev— Ye?.______line?, which the public caunut and will not under­ knock-down in tho London Prize Kin2 Kule-e. J. TUnaon Wood Green (79>(JvcH. start), £80...... 1 pigeon shooting match at live birds for 8100 a side stand. If odds are tf> be; itirvn, why not state Hi the Pico Walker. Notts (S4V£), £12 10s...... 2 A (3) Yea. (4) Ono w»s pnnitjtied ab^ut as much as the Can a man bet on a euro tliln ok place. Walker made the pace a yards ris«, 80 yards bounds. Cipiaiii Guyon won the the part of the boss*::*, cunningly deviderl on the part crackfr, but tlarauth, went iu pursuit of Walker, go veil. of tho experts are playing on eqimi term^, aud thus deferring him on tho pout and thereby secnrinif his and what was the time consumed1' J. L. P., Newark^ At Amsterdam. Holland, Jan. 13, before 20,000 peo­ save the reputation of the bosses as m;it*ter exuoris of second Sheffield handicap witiiin tho year. There was H. Knebel, Jr., H. Vaa Staden and J. Hank in won N. J. Did Pete Wood play with the Springfield, 0., (earn ple, Yon I'undrhin, thu KusiiiiD. bent Joe Donu^hutt the game, while they are n< t indifTereut to tlte prizes, a yatd between second and third and a foot divided the threw priz's offered by the Unknown Gon Club for Answer—After battling with each other about three (o 1883 or 1884? Can you tell mo the aji« of C:ney tn a mile raco by one-nflh of a wcoud in 2:o7. tho best shooting done daring last year. Knobel killed and will by such an arrangement kill two birds with thin! and fourth. hours and a half, they agreed to quit in the tbiny- and Oleftson. of the Phitliei? J. H. C., Springfield. O. The first of the national tima'cnr sltatmg n;cf« was oue gtone. In other won!*, while not K.siiig the cash Smith and liauson wore matched for a 220vds. race 65 out of a ).o?»ible 81, Van a tad en a9 and J. Rankin seventh round and call it a draw. Aiaaer—(\) No (2) C.isey, 23; Gleason, 21. 46. At th« tiratslniot in Hie new yenr at Dexter'a, II. to have lakeu placw at Newbiir^h, N. Y., J«u. 17, hut prizes, they hoodwink the public iutu the Lelitf that for £1,000, hut Ihe match fell through Smith re­ had to be puslp me I lor two weeks owing to iho rain. all are j laying on equal tHrnis. A tuurnameut so cun­ lluhhi'H wou the h'rst prize aud tha medal, with J. What do you consider good sprinting time for turned to this country last week and complains bit­ What was Bluldoon's occupation before he was a po­ Axel Pun (sen, tbo en. Cambrldgo, Jiin.4, in oui. 4s. what iho hopnes rire looking after, fit at, last and nl'.vays. resigned frnm thu Manhattan Athletic Club. At a meeting of the Mid-llesex Gun Club, of Dunnol- did he ever fight Torn Alien? What ia Tony Mullane's before reaching the ground, ia lha batter out? Max, What is the matter with dividing th« entire cash, Tho next entertainment of tho Athletic Clr.b of the len, N. J., the following ctficers were elected lor 18S9: age? 0 D \V., Sciotoville, O. Baltimore, Md. Voa Pau.schin, the Rusdnn, ts a wonder. By tha after alt exiieui-e-i shall bo paid, into so tnany pr-zes Schuylkill Navj wjll be held on theeveningof Jan. 31. Seymour G. Smith, president; W. L. Force, stcretary; Atui'-er— (1) Yo.s, ho ia the man who, after he got dis­ Answer-$} Batting .23ft, fielding .947. (2) Nu. record, which in his case ia strictly accord iog to re^n- pio ruta of. a»y 60, 50, 40, rsO, 20 and 10 per cent ? Andrew Lntkins, treasurer; board of "officers, S. G. gusted with fighting, bocamo a reformer aud moralist lutJon, he is far ahend of liny of tlte pmfu-giniiiil-t on Kaa not such been the rule in the piwtt before the bo^s Evan Lewis, "the stranger," j« a fugitive some­ Please inform me whether Kelly, of the Bostons, re­ «hatQ<, but tho young American is 0)0^*0 lo bini. nn'i, « where in thb \Vest, h ivjng skipped his SLO'JO bood for Smith, W. L. Force, Andrew Lutkina, W.Fred Quimbv, ant know what salary be received, but it their cause is an open hook to the public, that even president; C, F. Burhans, treasurer; F. A. Ware, sec- chest machine aud pulley weight? E. S. W., New is not half of that amount. kill liO birds out of 100 off the 35 yuida nuik. This Is York City. Better Tliaa Ever. Schaefer, who has been thij ed by tlitm *o much in tiie rotary. a difficult task for oven Ihe bent mark?me«, yet the past, can no longer be made a tool uf? It has heen Hicharcl K. Fox haa received a cable from Carter, Answer IfSpaldingor Reach have none on hand, What Is Rilraln's right name? Where will Struck, It did seem as though the Need^mou on nthl say. fir su­ intrimie and cunninx of tlie toss eletnout has done Its A pedestrian named Green, of Southampton, Eng­ According to a special from Kansas City, Dr. Carver, worst to American, billiards. No tournament of a land, on the 15th imtant, began an attempt to walk South Bend, Ind. Answer—(1) Hia right name IH John Joseph Killlon. perior. It has bocn changed in fVt>ry nspect; new National character can be successful at the present the markMiian, eay-i that in all probability he will .-Iristp-.T His ancestors on his father's side have for (2) Ue has not yet signed with any club for iioxt cuts, ne\v type. eniarg.'.J iu si/e (opening li!;u an <>Ki- 5,100 miles in 100 day a, w.th ID8 ubject of beating never shoot again. The strain of breaking 60S0(>0 fdass generations been one of the leading families in Tennes­ day without the aid of Bchapfer. Billiard* cannot Wafeton'fl record of 600 miles. season. (3j With Memphis. (4) llardie liicbardson. fasbionfd sin^ini bo »k); contains three elegant littu; possibly b» any worse off In this country than the balls iu a week was eo great that tbe nerves of his see. Ou his mother's Bide the McXaild are equally gr£ inches), of rns-.?a, KRraiHums «nJ mel'»u Tho executive committee of the N. A. A. A., held a right arm aud shoulder were shattered, and paralysis prominent in that Siute. His ancestry could not well and tomato; besiiles a very fi ie plate oi* llte httn J t'iie» game is «t the present day. The emancipation of the meeting last week to consider ways and means of hold­ Who are the star battery of the Association? How jjame ot" b-lliards and the hope nf itsfutuie greatnees may set iu at any time. He has cousuit^d tbe bejt be traced back to any distinct nationality, as the many wild pitches did Seward make laal season? How Vick aii'i his three sons who tiuw own an<1 niHiia'jw ing an athletic meeting at Madison Square Garden, to pnysicmns and under their advice will devote himself family is snch an old ono in tliia country that owing many paswed balls did Robinson have, Pb-aso tell uie this larj;e business. Tho».e feitui'es must in,ir\<; the and prosperity doos not reft with the boss element, but eclipse any meeting ever held. to some pursuit lew trying than prolracted exhibitions ihe yunny experts of th» country. During the pant to the numerous inter-marriages of different families, how to figure out fielding averages. H. J. K., Phila­ Floral Gultln valuable to their uiauy thousa^ldof Ihe Boston Athletic Club haa votod to lacronse its of rifle shooting. He says that he will retire to his froDi which he is a descendant, this cannot be done, delphia. customer!) in the country. five jeirs lLo hots element h;w been a Might and a ranch, content to rest on hia record. curst; to the calling, and woe to the game of billiards* meiubordhip limit from 1.200 to 1,300. The l(xi uew and hecaii be called nothing else but an American. Answer— (1) Seward and Robinson are generally re- We alsu nctice (hit, Vick returns to tho pi .in »M think ihcr pDVcd i'self qupatle of financial destruction and J. F, Donozhue, M. A. C., now holds the five and ning averages of Stianuou, of last ywar's Omaha Club, Ctmmbfrluiu and Millitfan are also regarded as star were u little out of their heads to offer to th'.; p;:b-ia death. SIMON WASP. ten mile chRinpiouship of the United Statea and the who id reported as having signed with LouirtviUe. L., batteries. (2) 19 iu 57 games. (3) 17 in uG games. such a work as tho Gnido-freo, for that is \vi-»t i^ two-mile skating championship of the world, and also Cleveland, 0. (4) Divide the total number of chauces accepted by th** amounts to, when they f-ay it will be ueut One Bumper at Farting. the t*o-milo record of tbe world 6m. 24s. Atimw— Mo plnyed 3G games, stol<» 10 b.isoa and totil number of chances offered. Wild pitches, Vfw^d ceiut of fitteen cent-, and ihat a cerriMca'o f On Wednesday next, riMrmor, aftfrueo!! and even- The Athletic Club of the Sdiuylklll Navy now has the cinn irom all sources were e;ie,uuu, rue rtm<-na made a batting average or .261 aud a ueidiug average bulls and other battery errors cuuut the samt as field- flffeeu cents worth of seed will be relumed " log, a grand couipliiuenUry Ueutfit is to bo lctid«reU l.OUO aicuibers, and it it probable that tho annual duea tit flu bull toaws will play ou the Melbourne grouudd. lug errors ia computing averages. Guide. 8 THE Jan. 23.

song, "Eh, Did I Hear Too?" are very funny, while Edward Harrlngton's spring tour for 1889 will opc-n oHo Gold W.trh.1 the H^ht comedy work of Rice and big graceful danciog May 1 with a fortnight at Brooklyn, N. Y. 9S1O4>. until lately, j watrli in tha world. THE STAGE. have mado Him a national reputation. Edwin Beihd and Reno Persclle have closed with timekeeper. W«r-J_ _ Dun can B. Havrisou fur "Tlio Paymaster." leJ. Heav/ Solid Uolu The next attraction at the National will be the dia- G. A. Mortimer, Louis James' m.inflg:r, is aufferiog .....itiiig* Cases. Both ladies' EASE BALL PICTURES tinguisho.1 artista Ilardeo an I Von Leer, in tfieir frooi sciatica, but heroically sticks t^ hid work. ,|an.j gents' sizes, with works beautiful and romantic melodrama, "On the Frontier," .and cases of equal value. MUSIC AND DRAMA. C. J. Belt bfiviog left the Boston, Mass., Mnsaum, la 1 O UC Person ia etch lo- Introducing n genuine Indian brass band. This is QUO now playing the dudo in "Tho llnnaway Wife.1 ' calliy can secure one free, of tho greatest novelties of the nineteenth century. tog«tli>.r with our large and val- FOR SALE. A Lively Local Week "Said Paslia" a Dis­ '*42i(c-Zag"ij the property of Frank Tonnehili, Jr. uabl-J lino of Hou»ehol(l tinguished Success Other New Produc­ W. W. Tillo'son has it on royalty for three ytnrs. Samples. These samples, as The loTers of the legitimate will have a rare treat -^^^»__, ^BWS^- w<1 " a9 ttl6 wa'c '1 , wa send ELEGANT PHOTOGRAPHS OF THE FOLLOWING CLUBS: tions A Dull Week in New York The at tho Walnut Street Theatre iu the fine performance SIg. Tomaai baa retired from the Emiaa Abbolt ^^BiESXf***^ ft'i-ee,and after you havo kept Local Programme Current Stage Facts of thcae sterling etara Louia Jami-s and Marie Waiu- Opera Company. Curl Martens ia to supplant him. tfc«n in yonr home for 8 months and ehown them to thoso NEW YORK NEW YORK " and Fancies. wri^ht, who will be seen iu a wportoire calculat«d to Dot Harrison has left the "Michael StroeofT Com­ who may havo called, they become your own property. Those CHICAGO CHIOACO tax their \ersfitilily and tiients to the utmost. They pany and returned to her home at Gloucester, Mass. tvho write at cnce can be sure of receiving tha \Vatch DETKOIT 1IETBOIT PHILADELPHIA, Saturday, January 19. The open on Mor.tlay night in Sheridan Knowle-i' famous d Samples. We pay all express, freight, etc. Address Itichard MunaHeld, on account of illness, closed Jan. KUoson die Co., Ii«oc 715! Portland) Maice0 CABINETS, lid.vrOS 8x10 Size, INDUNAPOLia past week was the mojt brilliant of the local tragedy of ''Virginlua." Mr. Jamoa haa for some lime 12 at the Globe Theatre, London, for a two weeks' rest. INDIANAPOLIS ST. LOl'IS season, as five pieces new to this city, two of past been generally acknowledged as the best repre­ Mrs. James G. Blaine, Jr., is preparing for the atago WASHINGTON .BROOKLYN them new to the stage, were among the enter­ sentative of the title-role oa the Amt-rxan stage, lie by studying M». Potter's methods. Good preparation AMUSEMENTS. , ST. LOl'IS (\ATJILKTIC baa all the virrfltv of John McCullough. with a mel- 75c., tainments at the theatres. They were "Fasci­ that! 12c., (\BUOOKLYS IliALTIHOIiR lowpeusand finish or style the latter has never at­ ATIONAL THEATRE. Annie Summervllle Is to be married to a New'York ATHLETIC /CINCISNACI nation," "Said Pasha," "A Noble Son," "Twen­ tained. Aa \'ir,ji. ia Mias Wain aright not only looks N llidge ftTenue, Tenth and Callow-hill streets. /BALTIMORE MAIL PREPAID. I LOl'ISVIl.LB ty-two, Second Floor," and "Struck Gas." Ihoso charmingly, bat is tha sweat and tender Roman merchant named Rich. Mr, Eich is all that his name T. F. KKLLT...... Proprietor aud Manager. I CINCINNATI ICLEVKLANI) which received their first presentation on any .daughter to the very life, Tde support includes F. C. iniflits. 1. W. KAHNW£ILER...... Btt9inp&s Manager. MAIL^PREPAID. I LOriSVILLK CUT stage were "A Nolle Son" and "Twenty-two, Mosley, Harry LaugJon, Errtll Pun^ar, Harry I^-igh- Mittens Willett has made a hit with Clara Morris. On PRICES ALWAYS THE SAME, 15, 25. 50. 75C. ICLEVELAND ton, T. J. Lawrence^ Edward Elsncr, Slaurice Clyde, off nights she is successful as Pauline, in "Tbe Lady of RESERVED ORCHESTRA CHAIRS, ONLY 50Cts. \KANSAS CITY Second Floor." The comic opera, "Said Pasha/ Volney Streamer, Miss Ka'.e Mtvk, Miss Alma Aiken Lyons." MOXDAY, JAXL'ARY21. 20x24 KSize, had never before been presented in the Eastern and ether excellent ptajcra. "Yirgiuiub" will also be Robert J. Daly, who was well known as a member MATISEES, TUESDAY, THURSDAY AND SATURDAY. part of the country. given on Saturday "bight. of tliu Daly "Vacation" Company, died iu Boston, Jan. "A WHIRLWIND OF FUN." OH! BY GOSII! 11x14 Size, ST. I.OUI3 10, of consumption. THE COMEDY TWAIN, NEW YORK $2.75, _ KEW YUliK OnTuesday evening an>l at tbe matlaeogonWelnesday CHICAGO Mary Andersen's appearance in "A Winter's Mrs. D. P. Bowers is in New York City for the win­ MONROE & RICE, ST. LOL'IS and Paiurdiiy Shakpspeare'rcomedy of "As You Like ter, and intends to devote her open time to teaching $1.50, Talo" was the distinctively fashionable event, It" will Le presented, Misi Waiuwright giving her de- In Scott Marblo'e Refined Musical C BROOKLYN' and standing room was at a discount all week pujils for tho stage. CINCINNATI EXPRESS UNPAID. rTgbtful impfrsonation of R<,>alinrllliant array nf Mneical-Coinedy Ce- upon. Suffice it to say she repeated here the sprightly Henedick and Mis^ Wainwright the brilliant: Ellio Wilton has recovered from her illness and re­ li'btities, inclnding the joined the Robson and vCrano Company, to play the .Axidress success scored at New York and Boston. As Beatrice. "Othello," on Friday nizht, will introduce NEAPOLITAN TRIO for herself she Is neither better nor worsa than when Mr. James in his powerful personation of tho Moor of Widow iu "The Henrietta." »ho appered h?ra two years ago, ainl she S'.fts evidently Yt-nico and Bliss AVaiuwrigtit a% DetnIs^Gnn^ a role in Lilli Lehman and her hnaband (Panl Kallech) ar­ WESTMINSTER ' MADRIGAL BOYS. reached the complttedt development possible of her which stie has no eqiril. Correct and handsome rived in New York City from Germany Jan. 13, to join F. A. SMITH, Pretty Girls, Elegant Costumes, Solos, Duet", Trios, power of dramatization. SUo wiil ncjver bo better than scenery will fee used in all the j)layp, together with the Metropolitan Qpeia Company. magnificent custtimea niiida By Hawthorne, of New- Quartettes, a Oarnlvcl of Music. B!IO is DOW, and aue U yet far from being a really great Mr. T. Henry French and Mr. Hermann, the ma­ SECURE SEATS DURISG TdE DAY. 8:30 TO 6. York, from original designs imuorled from the Dres­ gician, are competing with each other in au effort to P. O. BOX 948, Philadelphia, Pa. actress. den Art Gallery. Crowded honse3 should rule. Branch Ticket Offioe News Stand, Continental. buy the Madison Square Theatre outright. NEXT WEEK MONDAY JAN. '28, Uardie & Von ES-ST "A NuMo Son," which aroused soraa interest hrro Frederick \Varde has once more resumed business Leer, 'ON THE FEONTIEK." owins to Jobu A. Mi'.ckey's connection nnd dircounec- Haggle Mitcbcll, the favorite comedienne, follows relations with tho Knights of Pythias. The^e rela­ tion with it, was product J at tbe Bread St'e^t Theatre Louis J Mines and Slhiio \Yainwrijtht at tho Walur.t RAND OPERA HOUSE, Street Tbeatre, week of Jan. 28. She will then pre­ tions are not ncciixed with tccial atlentions. and proved a succew, lut it was of that degree that, Frances Everett opened her tour Jan. 4 at Burling­ COR. BROAD AND MONTGOMERY AYE. had it not been iu the hai-da of competent players, sent for the first time in thin city, her now comedy- G i THEATRICAL TIGHTS AND PADS, drama in four acta, called "Il;»y." This play had made ton. N. J., in a new musical ci.medy entitled "lleio THOMAS T. KEL.LY...... Manager. i , -MANUFACTURED BY It might havo b?ou otherwise. It possesses druiaaiic irchBtz," from the peu of Frank Duuiout, of Phila­ E.CHOL1IELKJ' JONES...... Buaioeas MaDniter. elements of strength; its situations arc generally a telling success throughout tbe country, apd in the titlo-role Mi^ Jlitchell has a part jim in tho l.ne c>f delphia. Evenings at 8. Carriages at 10:15. Only Matinee strong; it* construction is nrli-tic; its dialogue is Saturday. mainly bright, a»«d its faults are those of dctiil, which her bet t work. The p:e:e will he handsomely set and Nat Goodwfn has bought a play from the literary the. uranttig-knife can easily remove. In tho fi ret costumed, and in the t-trorg auiport will be found firm of which Wil'iam Yardley H the head. Mr. Good- SAID I IS CBO-.VDED J, W. MANSFIELD, and thinl acts especially tlitTd ia tco much proUxity Cha*. Abbott, R. F. McClannin, Miss Yirgiiiia Ntlsou win believes this to be the beat farcical comedy he has and attenuated detail. Humor and sentiment are Mi«s Marioa P. Clilton, and othera. ever read. PASHA. | DR.VWIXG AUDIENCES. deftly in'erwoven, aud the tMie is lofty and cornnsend- Mme. di Murska.the sinper, died at Munich, Bara?ia, 110NDAY, JANUARY 21. Also Knit Sporting Goods, Base Ball Suits, Boating Suits, Poio Suits, Devil able. K..J. Cu. kley, in the leading role, was tbor- Mario Wainwright Is a hanchnma woman of beauti­ in extreme poverty. Her daughter, who was heart­ SECOND \VJJEK OF K1CHARD STAHL'3 Suits, Clown Suits, Bicycle Suits and Bathing Suits. ougbly siiccetsfnl; Mr. Sim:iel J. Brown aud Will ful form, and her Rosalind is said to bo a success in broken at the loea of ber mother, committed tmiAde by LATEST SUCCESS. Rising did gootl work, and tho Miss03 Crussiuaa aud every way. In thia role she weirs maroon-colored taking poUon. tiyhrs, and displays her t-hapely figuro to elegant ad- BenizoJt also deserve spec al mention. Bella Moore (Mrs. W. A. Gre&O is dying of con­ A. G. SPAUKNG * BROS. vai,tivniuitny, notubly STOCKINETTE JACKETS. Ilil.Ia in "Carmen," wilh the Boston Ideala. He sang iu actV3?s, and a!no Jf/i-s. Eili*, a twtll society ludy, mid Tlionia?, ]^dwnrd KJwarcIs, Chas. Seamon and Italiiin, however. Australia, left his order with WE IIAVK A IT'LL LINE OF the plot and action (f tha comedy are contingent up,-u Katie Conway, cama in for favural/le mention, but the pl.iy Itself «iis pronounced :\ failure. Aril* LaSham, Mr. E, II. Price has acquired an Interest in James us for one dozen of our Wagon MEN'S CARDiGAN JACKETS, the uiUtiiltcs Mid '.;g from the taking cf aoj^Inine A. Ilearnt's play called "Drifting Apuit," and will apartments in t!ie s;irue flitt by these ivro ladie.-i, who, the I all player, who also rejoined the company, d.d not THE GREATEST HIT SINCE TIIR MIKADO. make a hit. hereafter have trie management of that btirriug and SECURE I TWO WEEKS IN ADVANCE. Tongue Bats for his use dur­ IN AI.L WOOF, AND (VOKSTED, In truth, are t«in ei^ti-rs, refii rated in infancy, and picturesque drama. each iguoraiit 11" thy exiatenco of the L-ther. Mies SEATS | TWO WEEKS IN ADVANCE. At 1.50, 2.00, 2.25, 2.50, 2.75, 3.00, Pixltiy si n £3 niiJ dai-ces iu the play with all her Now that tho injunction against llfes Lillian Rus- The story is toid, apparently with authority, that Sefttg as W. M. Simnaon'd, 1-123 Cueatuut street, ing the season of 1889, saying: 3.25, 8.50, 3.75, 4.50,5.00, wonted skill and tihaoJon, and wears BO.TJO striking eel! lir.s beea vr.cuted, nothing remains to jrevent Jane HaJuig 13 8tu:es which »t presto t do started ut onco for ban Francisco. lie is to support jaity wi-re: J. C. iMiff, K. E. Hire, W. W. Caudal!, not exi.it ia any place of amu-erneDt in this citi. Mme. Mcdjeska in her CaliforLiaa Jotir. goods than you are likely to (28,800) bats of the choicest Mf??sri. E.ives and Freeman, D. Dalrel, Harry Fremil, Alfred J. Roe, a Chic.pg> theatrical photographer, TUE J. Trir.h Twi^g, J. H. Springer nnd several promiiiout Nfd Hico la tilreidy booking Dixoy in "Adonis," Jiaa begun suit for ilivcroe. His wif« in known on the to find in.a Hat store any­ timber, thoroughly seasoned (nowspippr men of tha niftio[K>lis, all of wlioci pro­ ' Evangeline," "The Pearl oflM-iin* an I'The Cor­ stage as Miw Slarie Roo. Her husband uair.es Fred- nounced the new ofera a wiimt-r. sair"'for next season, Towanl tha erd of the eeason crick Diggatt, also au opera sieger, ad iho co-respond­ where. Bvery seasonable thing and straightest grained imag­ BALTIMORE atyHIO R.R. Dixey will prcduce hU bnrle-qua of "Faust." ent. IS THE ONLY LINE niniii- lidtralmof Sleop- i;Saul Pasha" is a tale of the Orient. The first act in At tho end of this w^ek Mr. T.F. Kelly's fine mansion for men's or boy's heaclwear. inable. Send us $10.00 for 1 ing Cars, Day Coac!) .'yi-1 Baggage Car^ laid in CuTisUtitiaopl;*, and tho remaining two ard iu The "Little Lord Faunllerov" comrany, which has at the corner of Biva i ari'l Diamond stress, this city, t!irou-!i from 1'hilaiKluuiaOjCIJJCINNATl unj Iiulta. Ail the Ittv'.iag character* aro ia capable been organized for California, will play but une en- wiil bo completed, nitd tho popular manager aud hie Not simply one maker's work, one dozen, $5.00 for half a CHICAGO. bauds., Kvtrv one is a good1 actor, as well aa a capable ga^i meut before opening in Stn Fraucisco, and tluit family will have one of the lurge&t aud moit luxurious - Vr-a.-ivf',ainl several who are oul-'.imo fivuriles wilh wrtl be at Ford's Opera ilousa, Chicago, during the but choosings from the mar­ dozen, or $1.00 for a single weuk o homes on Broad street. jKTo O3a.itii.so of O**jrs» Philadelphia uuii it-nets repeated tiieir former tii- Fr-ink Mayo is to tour tbe Pooth nnd?r T. A. Hall's Qmi>) s. Hfl. n Dingeon Beared a ffieat MIcc^as as kets of tlie world. Our Hat bat, and a description of what for j'assen.^L-r^ ol' auy ciajj. Bytwcc-a tho l.att aud management, opening J^n. 18,aud making "Tho (toy*! West it is tho Serena, the Faxhu't datightcr. Site is churmiug in por- Booth and Barrett havo by no means given n*> their Guard" and ''Nortleck" tiie features. Edmund C=*l!i^r you want as to model, weight oinilitv, gnu'tful in pct:on, s'n^e sx* eeily, anil i^ ul'o- project of hecuring 3Iine. Moiljeska to act with Wr. will ren;:iin with him, as will A. J. Speucer ULd H. H. Store has grown so big because gttner in iguetic. Mi-s Cirno (.Jodfrey, aa Q'i Alii, Booth next hf-nsiii. They bave f-urmountfd the diffi­ Heed, of Iiis business sfaff. ONLY LINE VIA WASHINGTON. t-oiod the necond fut'ccas sraonsc the ladic*. Jit-r siu^;- culty raided ly Modj^ska herseU', by agret'itig t.) pro- it deserved to; we mean to and length, and we will select ing ia warotlv «ppljuJ(erque comedy and i!o*'3 liia wwrk s^lendi-Hy. lie Booth. Gus Williams, on Jan. 13 accepted a new three-act pare our $6 or $5 or $4 Hats any of the bats are not satis­ reminds i.ne htronsfly of DC Wolf liupptr, \v-lioui he ex c-iiner!y, *;A Domes; jc Illi/zar-l," by George Hoty. It promptly furuishe-1, upon n plication, bj any of tlio ce!^, ii<>wev«-r, in ie:it-niH(e corawJy. Stiul«y ITcIc'i, Nixon and Zimniernian. of this city, and Joseph is hoped* the piece will dnplici'.te the sncct'es of its jirc- with any others at the price in factory we will exchange them. follow ing named representatives: us X'M'iey, h !s fnct-ittiMi. excites the risiblts a «reat Brooks, of New York L'iiy, however, bold i* contract deccs-cr, "Oh, What a Ni^lit!" Mr. \Viilianis will use C. T. CCATG.Gi-n'l Eastern Pasa'-'rAzt., 415 Broad­ deitl. K. N. I)ut:bAi'«t ffa&sett Bet) is vigorous «nd p'c~ bii:dii-g Modje-k» to pl'*y undt-r ihf*ir mtna^enient it as his priaciral p!r.y next reason. town. Do not delay in sending your way, Haw York. lurcequp, with fli'C b:iritune voealwm. Ternuo, a 5!ex- next Mra-o:). 3Ir. Barrett is now i.egotialicg wit!) Marcus K. Mayor was to have sailed for Europe on icin, is i-liiyad and s;nu by Arthur PL-sannor. Uo H thcs.j g-jntlr-nKiii with a view of purchasing J£"djfi.ku'fl the City of Chester S, bt:t lii.-i acting no^'Js release, and ih" prosi-ect of his mcc*ss is said to bo for the appenrahce in Lon-Jyii, under tho inauajfeitieut i.iit street, I hikdeipliia. pi'ii-e freedom. His t»*imr i-< cle'ir aud b-H-liko in tho exeellent, ae ho is pr**pa'ed to piy a very reasonable of Abbey. Scb;ictrtil and 'li«u, of HI. Cuqueiin, Mmes. others $3.50 and $3, aud one P. C. f=JIITir, PaMcneer Agent, 1351 Penueylvania upper no^ts. E. 3. Orint aj-.paare In a not iroEiiinpiit tntn for the fav-.r ha Bak?. .Shoull tho negoti-Hions Judic p.ud GraUer and Mine, if H rah Cornhardt. Avenue, Wrtrtliiugtcu, D. C. pKrt c ilcfof the MUlft in'lmiif). Tlie fifty or tixtv succeed, Mr. Booth will furry ont his original tntt-n- Mrs. Hflon D.niTiay War.l dihtiacily announces unexcelled at $2.50. E. D. SMITH, Division Passengrer Apt, Pitts^nrj, Pa. In tbo i'huius ahuwciirefu! tr-tii.ing aad do their w.;ik tit-n of opening his season at the Uroadwny next fall that she will not travel \viili Josvph Jefiereon's coin- well. Tho ttii'-d ac* tn devot '!'o a ba!I«t and a pro- with a trrund jirodiiciiun of "Macbfth," with Blo^je-ikn pan) next ec-'isoi'. a? has ' ec-u s'nieJ. It is by no m. :ins ____JOHN WANAMAKER. 241 Broadway,' 108 Madison St. W. E.BEPPEIU1, Division Pas-s'gT Agr., Columbia, O. ceinion, which inclu:l*-8 one fk'i-haut and tlao-* uiuiels. as Ladij Miflct'n. SiionM it fjul, Air. BcotU's (pyuin^ iniposiinle that tue lady may rttnrn to ihe stage, but J. F. KcCAUTfiy, District Pasdeuger Ageut, 169 It ba? no particulu:' purp^s but t-) \\-ind up tho per- piece will bo"liiche'ieu.'' if she d. e-i, it will to n-s-jiau her pl»ce as a star. EQ''I raed l>y thn pupor as tbe bent book tcer teritten on New York-. I Chicago. Valnut sircft, (,'incmimti, 0. lormance, aud it is very s^orf. Eicht box parties IIAVO been arriuged for "S'lid the subject. Tbree f ilitioua of one tiu>usnil rftpsenger A^cnt, Cojopuriv will to !o Waaliiugton tu pive tiio first act Mand Miller, dju^!:*cr of Jonqnln Miller, and itr.tiM^ ci Doiiizoiii i'Ji.l Vt-rd; h.tvereio:ir;ded so <;ften. of liicherd Stabrsmostfiucceffsful opera fur tha annual The uiuiic i>* not »iri!;iiji(!y ori^iLal it couiiiiiiuus'y Loiidou McCoimock, bo:h ^trfrsof the "'49" Company, Elk*' b?n*nt at Ali-angh's Opoin Jlotbo. A fpecift] weru nearly de?!ituto &t Chcrokse, Kan., uniil Mr, illiam Bruce Leffingwell, iujfptfitod sornelh;i)!r one iinrl hrunl be!or-~bi;t 8*ahlM train on the Baltimore and Ohiu Ka:'ro.id wili t?\ko orciiestr.il writing is si e'.nb «r.ire, so fioriij, and his McC.'ormitck | imibhcd the hr in-tilting CONTAINING KCIKNTIFIC AXI) I'ilACTiCAL US- BANDS FOR MARKING PIGEONS. the company cf 12') person-", with all tho scenery atid bim. This iriSj.-ircd pvbiic sympathy, ihe citizens bai iiiOni>in BO ch-.ir;tctcri«fic »i;d »> b<.'intifiil, that it stagn ctTfcN U3"d in Ilia first as 1, arid bring tliL-m tj;t'-;k SCRIPTIOXS 0!' m^y be said ha lias borrowed n »iniidicAi phrasj whii-Ii gave him a rousiiij: bem-fti at the Opera House and ho t<» Philftdtilpht'i in tiin-j lor the evening peiTurmaucc left IO-A 11 witS- a full purse. The Bands For Spring Hutched Birds Now bo UH« not adorr-L-d mid illuminated with a new and at the Grand Opera Ilousa. MANUFACTURERS AND DEALEKJ IN lieady. splendid st'tling. Mi»e Kate Castletoo's sea»ori did net bepin with in- TIIR SPOPTTNG LIFE St-ainles?. Attmctivo, lieh^ d'ca'ions of brilliant pitches', hut sho overcame Ihe wb THKIR RKSORT-', HABITS AXDT'IK MOSl'SCC- Tho inspection of the local tl'.citre* by the Public I dnr.ifjle ainl u<-t lo bo tamp-iCfl witJi. Fur ns<> UIHJQ The ninilfftl aflttin^cf I!M f-usembles in also very st'irles that lay in her rath «t the uiiNet, at d- is overv- OtSil'UL METHODS OF IILISTING TUEU. j oiing birt'a in thrt nest, liitds to ccinpeic in the an beautiful, urn] eouie wonderful cfimaxea ars reucnrd in Fai'tity Dopp.riment ha-* been comj lotcd, and all the W!I«IM ]Jayin^ :o crow-lc I h niac-a. "The Pujer Doll" licences h;i\e been issued. TREATING OF tiiriHi racea of 1L;8'J us epriu^; hn'ched youngiters nuiaC tho tiret act ftiinle. The open*, iutlet-J, is full of musi­ lias had rtu irtinien-e am unit of work dims upon it weur the I aiul i3->iifil fur tbo tauio. Every Lirii wear- cal seniP. Among Ihft till infers most favorcJ by tht since it first took to tno rt-aJ, au.l ia now in fine condi­ Guns-^Tlle'r election; how to load, hoM, Ac. The ddvutce 8-tJe f<.-r Mary Andcrson was the largest iux a l.itnd \i ri-yi-.tert'il. aii'Ji'-nca are a har^n cb-jius. a s >}.ratio s-ilo for tion. Decoys And th:-ir u.-e. Co !ise-.:utively uu:i:t>Pied and one ii jtml: Jb'(WTW-'i;''Two Bird? of Ono Frattier,"1 by ibo iidventur­ that star ever had in this city. Bliss May Yoho nMvelv ob-erve« that sTie ''left Jack I5!in?ls How an'l wherfl ti constrnrt tbom. 15 4 bands...... 10 ers. /fuJ'trf und Ntckct;; a lovily roman/'i f.>r barituiie Ma^^n brc.niw) »ho fcunJ t-Ji it »h« had t > supt'ort lier- 40 bands...... 01.OO 100 biiudrj...... 1^2.50 by }Inxs A SUCCESS. ee!i' and him, too. 1" A 1* M«a'»n earns *1,F»0 :i week HS pclc-ntificully. Cip-ii l-aada for ii-'.ult bir rs: f i r tenor and a'-prajjo in act second, and the concerted iPHdins man iu tho Boston Slus-nm, and Mi-s Yohe Retrievers Thefr characttristice; how to select OFFICE, 140 BROAnWAY, NEW YORK. 1 (o'iOO. rrmeoutivt'ly numbered...... »1.0O mtr-iio and (he gavotte in act ihird. Tiioro i-» u great The Toboggan Chute Jumps Info Popular dotj-n't e.irn anyiliin^ a* a!l, tbe statement appears aud how to train them. Each iniiiil on bnur], per 1O9...... 50 deal of movement on tha nlii^r, with a large and ex­ Hoti'.cwhat clrmdy. Miss Yo-ie U more interesting ofl Beautifully illustra!e.l with DEKCKIPTIVE SPORT- AudlC S BOOK I>KPA«TJiKNT, cellent chorus, carefully curstomedhudclevorly drilleJ. Favor uml is I'ittroni/.ed by Delighted the Kinire than on, but sho now RCCDM likely to be on Thousands. INU SCENKS. lOletn.ntly bound. Trice, S3.5O in Tv'o arc now prepared to supply THE SPOUT w G LIFE rcuMsniNo Co., itasaiiu CInili. :inA S3,5O in llulf Morocco. Exnrt'n piepaid. I'h.l..diJiihiR, Pa. Ttie opera is mounted superbly. The scenery is Over thirty thousand jieoplo have taken a Jt is said that Mrs. Yeaniana ha-? Itinjf Ubr.red under Addrena the Trade and Base Ball Clubs with mii^Difioant,tbo cojtmi;en ttiowy and "the* in'trcliua ride on the curs of the Philadelphia Toboggan ihe ]):vBtini|lii>n ibiit Mr. Harridan cjuid not possibly dar/.7.1ing and tbo stage Is always a ecene of f>p!eiidor. Chute since tbo amusement was started a week jiot on witbout her, and ih;it h;a t : i*u're would »zo to W. B. LEFFINGWELL, our New Special Kangaroo Shoe, An a wliutf, "Saul I'asha ' must bo pronounced HU un- pieces very speedily if she chosi to withdraw frcm it. qiMlifted Hii'-ce^s afl it pnie, brijrht, tuneful and every ago. In addition to these many thousands took Coucpssion.s havo been made r»> her from time to time, CLINTOH, IOWA. Warranted. Best Slioe ever made. way enttrijvninsr comic opera. A r:ic«t pr^tifyin^ fuel advantage of the opportunities to ?kate nnd Uut it is oow liuderstco:! lliat fiho ia fuliy determined In connection wit.'i tho niece** acMi-ved is th;it the en­ dance. Skates are furnished without expense to to leave «nd lh«t Mr. H; roll around tho fpnciou* building. the r.niicfiuu \\ith quite t>s much fui'titudu as c«ukl bo BETTS, cotnp'>»er; Mesurs. Kiciii)^ JJ'OlliBi-a, the prouiottiy, A baud of nmsio H hlwaye in attendance to deal out and \V. A. Tiiooirs >u, tiio niiumger, aro Caiifoinmud. tho mod popubir wira to s^t the fct-t ot the df-votoos *>I CVfstou Ciaiko bat nchieved a nottble nuccoas in the Undertaker and Embalrner, i;faM Paiha" will run for three more weeka at the Torp-ichoraitc'iin for a whid in tho dreamy waltz, T*-x:*s circuit au-i b?como vnry popular. At Galvestun OpiT*i House and ncbudy Hboitld mis.i it. the gracet'ii! gli-lo or ilie noTol Yoik. ihe local ania'enr club, "The Ilinirmnicp," were about Of cinirsa tbo centre of attraction Is the (oboffsnn to produce tlie ' Lady tosce Fancy Jiiid Homing Pi^eaus, ItaLbits aud Binall pels' A. Foster. No c-.tiupjiuy in recent ^el^sorls lias Lcen so I'itriinga d^ligbti'ul M-matiou to the occuj'nntg. Auy "The Hells" and prtaou'.ed him with a muaaive basket i-ne who takei tlie tr;j> is sure to i>ecorne fafcinatid of fioweia. Mroi>K iu prime doniie as tbe "liohton ItU-al^," the with the sp;irt «i;d imlnl^o .ipaia and atrnif. Wln-n T° beEVERY OTHER THURSDAY Icadisig 8opmuo rplf-s Vising shared by Zi'Jie UP! Lu-j-an, Hianajer Ariel Camay H eatisfied that he mi'le a SUSPENSGRY^BACS, Etc. Pauline I/Afloniand and Uoor^ine Von .hintifchowjky. eotue p-ople get in tbe c\K ai d^lighitd that tliey rt-main there fora scoie i-t \\i[.*. fur a form of six years. This youitg lady is crctiiing a I'rice, SS1.00 Tor JJ4 Numbers. J.uswn as Curium; "The Barber of Seville," wivh There Bretix cam, wbirh Ma:i«g*r George W, Ooiduo st'iifatiuu wherever she apj'carn, and if her head is not MIIK«C Copies, G Cents. E. A. YARNALL, I'aulino L'AIlemau't, nnd "Kunst," with Kr!. Janns- tbuu^ht would -b--* amplw to accuMimndnto all who turned by the llaltery vliich is showered upon her, Send Your Name and Address for a cl-owsky KB Sbu-'jnerite. The first production here of w'tii'd f oiwibly indulgo in t tho N;itifiral this week ?r>:>7.2ji dim fur leesots Riven, and the cues came tip (LIMITED) in their clevf-r and ami^ing farcp comedy, "ily Aunt Footliaht FHcItcrJnss. for trial Jan. 14, in tho New York Ci:y Court, bt- OR SALE. TEX HORSE POWER Ul'- Uridi'O*.'1 Tbe lur^6«t advance sale ever iu the history J. s»ph Lynde bau aiaoed wilh tbe Emma Juch f«.re Chief Jud^e McAJam. Blisa Whlkor prjvcd OFFICE, 202 S. NINTH ST., F' of tlio h.tuso a\vai!s their coinin.i'. The eiti,-;fic and Concert Co. tha', ricrt>rrting lo a CfHtraft, she was to ray her STEEL F U^GIIT ESGINB in perfect onl.r, luiiie by fiimncijtl Hiccesd of tinwo young cuiiK-tliaos ijphenomc- ({ nchrr §100 per ttrm. Of tbi,* amount SSO was to Lock Box 948. Philaflo1I»l?.fo, Pa. anil PiTi-Mi Mfc'-in < <'«. Price. Sir.U. Cora Tnnucr, it is reported, will afar in a new play b? paid i-i cisb ar.d thn remainder vita to fan left 1'HIJiTlXf; & n,'l)l.lS!llNC CO. DU). Tl:ey turned c biiu-I-gp-iug aa it were from tho nflXtseim^u. vtiudfiville st»ge and tt!i'nlit^-d i-i the lap of legi!iia:tte contingent «IKMI Slidj U'alkor obtaining a situation da :;i s. T ir.l S r.e', r!:iliU-l: liii. p pnhirHy. To their uiiKiue^ inlro?p;ction a bir^e The bpiii-flt of A. R. Cazuuran, at Palmer's Theatre nf.oni ?iuger, arid making: (ufiicient pji^ueyto pay the Bh:iry ol their suca-s^ is ntinbutable. JbVw ftctor-niau- netted SI,COS. $20 above f-xpeusee. The flaiotiff ciaiiiKiil that Miss 1-011 1IIB afr-rs wili taliM tho clwnct-8 cf siirrcM-.TiiUng themsolvea Jrtiiansc! ei; is having a more or less prosperous Wulber ha-1 inatis more than her exjwHpes by eiu^lDg Brvinswick-Balk5-Collencler Co. Billiard Tt-xaa 8t-asou. iii chtircli entertaioitienta, but Jiui^e MoAUum held WARD'S BASE BALL with laifiit-ilbut will keep ttieni In^tlinK for ftrtt plbco Tables, Cavom Combination and Pool. fc'olU ru-n \Y:n re or itiaii-.r-I Oil vm: |it o!" p 1C", S3 against cf>nip?titorfl of their own cmup-.ny, but M'-n- MM. Jeanii'-tte M. Thurber 13 sllll meddling in th.Tt that was not operatic or roiict-rt sins;iDff, and ordered a verdict for tbo dereudant u^oa a construc­ Cil!icd^ of every (icBCiiption aiw.i.vrf (ui h;tiiJ. The Athletic J'ublisiiiiiK Compaitj ro^ and Hic:» tnke the businu?3 view th it it is not what Ginticul mitlttrs Over SOOfl'lOO \oise Ki:!>tluers Sold. ll-:4 Arc',\ St., Pitiladclt.lii tlie actor wants, but what thn pulilic deiimods for its It 1$ now denied that Florence St. John id suing M. tion of ihe c.Hitrart, innuoy, Hud, jictin^ on thid tlieory, they have etir- Msriui I- r divi:icf. Ordbia trom all i-arfs of the v.-orM riromntly attfudetl to. Mamii'aciured for the rout)(!c-(i tlienjBelve.-i wh'u r,ne of tho most equal'y-bal- Tho BS^drM Spanish Opera Company will soon bo JOHN CBEAHAN, TKADK ONLY. WAKKK Of I-TXK SUCKS sucbd musical comedy cu:rp;uues un tbo road. seen in t!ii» country. * Continental Hotel, Philadelphia. K. H. NAMUK.H, J.o. S3W. liihrit., I'iiila. liHOOKLYN. N. Y. Thp new fuMitiotig to ihi-i company this time are It i**i\ d that Mr. Farry Duffield will shortly wed Special euro sfiveii lo ««r reaiij-iiuula lli-s Hillio Brie*?, Ihe Gniclif-h ytxilcc ULd "ilonbk'- Mies Plicfci McAllidlcr. twist" tltincer, nud t!ie Wcniinisttr Bl;ulifr!pal Uoyg William Fitv-rnham wit! continue as ftlinnio Mad- Wisj l!ri;-e is a Cilra. No l\,f. anv ott er lady. It wiii l.e teen here Tir thn firs!; tim« ! Maiie'.l (or J 5 Cent*. " « is'E t'SMfJV Cu., i,s. Fitycito, led, Kcnry T. Clianfnui ha.i dos !'d M< season, and fs nn- SOMETHING NEW! \ ji ASSOCIATED FANCSERS, g] Jn America, 'the SiHdri^l Buvs piravBtf p!ionotnpri:il dtcided as to his future mo\en;efitB. BILLIARD and POOL TABLE i¥5 :fh*s, totccr1. Otherwiso the company reniaiu^ as seen lie re The b-'-st thins in tho city ia tho amusement 1'no, .--33* s;*7 St ^^ B*' ^biladcirlua, Pa. g 3rr-». Sarah I-nvy { n-eented h 5:5 li o &>. 'Itriiin yiitK. AibliVKK, Tut'U & <-O., AU^UM;I, iiainfc A nnisfcnl comedy without pret'y (tlrls wonld be a Letter Rii-l -MlvMi an-l Annie Matt snay go out with two banita of nn sir. Oi*n every evening. Siecal wi'l tnke (ilr.cn ut Ii'iril'.«,"un July 1, 2. S; Ccntlenien A. G. Sl'ALUIXG & IJKOS." Spurting Goods. H. W. Johiicoit's reuiguttizfd ''Kiity1 ' Co. ^ niiitinectt fur ladies ntiJ fhillrc-u every afteruoou, cx- (f'liTfiVl I'^AW I'liiia.. an; iln- inanu ac'uici* wit limit a picture. Plot.roe tnul Itico huvo curn- and Piuyeis <-n Jttlv i?, !) anil ID, and K-tin and llxr- Kt-n. wiil open th«ir t:ur i;i "A ce;>:ir.ir Moiiduy and 1'riJ.tv. row on July 12 aud I'l. Th« m^tcii »>ctwiou Gfl;it!e- ' {iivS! I till »IlVij.,oftl.i'.f. U>'l: I,l,IV VM'i ;,r<. f i'- tiiJRinu btjuity, incMiUfng the Mi-gea G;irili- Koysl Ti-Htiip" Jti.''- 21 at Haltmioro, BI«i. Adi:ii«iJil.>rj...... 2") Cenfft. nn-n>uid IMaytrrtut thn 0-al wtil be pltvcd mi .luiy 4, -.ihl. Kloivj-i-f, Vrice, TiHtlwatnl Gur-Ion. Slon- K. K. Khliipr is li«r>l at work on hii new plsy fur Ladit*3...... lOO-uts. riMid o, tiie tlirt-e Ua;s lolluwiug tbo Iiiler-Uiiivcreity JIOU-TACIIK a , ! 1:1.:n-.l.l ,-,'a ...,,. j r Tatcli\\oi-J, *;ul:( by Go^li!'' and cliAructer topitul A Mite 1'ii.iey, iiitLiloi '*Au Cceuu l'c«il.'' rut2 tcK Ui' H.Miirti) at Li^ra fc ItiO'.i Ai.CU i!; ., J i'^i'^oc. Ili-dv.t r i*J, ii.,s ^ i.iv, N. V.