OFFICE AS PFCOSD CLAS^ MATTER. COPYRIGHT, lf£9, BT THE SPORTING LIFE PvBLituixo Co. PORTING ENTERED AT FllILV. POST VOLUME 12, NO. 15. PHILADELPHIA, PA., JANUARY 16, 1889. PRICE, FIVE CENTS.

tl-e ri^ht to claim Wheelock'u services next season, others Indicate that It will be highly succewful, and bj anything that, Mr. Yark show. In most of iti fie right exists unimpaired second only to the New has done. The clob paid ?'260 to the Board detail* it id patterned after the New York show, and Burnhnm WHITE-ROVE. (or tbe pihil.-jre of reycrvin^ LATE NEWS. the premium lists are almost Identical, come fetf of Arbitration L.at s[ii'ing 1U men without chaQges being mide for local7 Interest. The silver it< pUjcrs, aud will not give way and will bear the some pecuniary conaidera'ion. modal prizes will be rery haud.iooio Director 1'ierce was at en and be esiid that none of seal of the club. Worcfstt-r'a players hate been released, and that all The Law Governing Theii The Meeting of the Cen­ can and wiil he held. He mid that Worcester will THE SOUTHERN LEAGUE. havo a team of some kind next season, tut, at jTatent, ft cannot be said what teams will play n tain at it. Some Case. tral League. The Outlook for tho New Body—Openings kind of a league is desired, »nd Brockton, Holyoke, for Brainy Flayers, Etc. Worcester, Lowell, and two other cities tbat migt.t be SPORTING picked our, have been talked or. It has also bc*-n tuu- NEW ORLEANS, Jan. 1. Editor freeted that if a league tan be made up that will take A Complete Definition by the Hamilton Still Shaky Serious LITE: A new Southern League has been iu Newark *nd Jersey City, It will nmke a go >d one. formed, and although there are only four cities Yet nothing has been tlono in rcferenco to Iheso two League President, Accidents to Well-Known now in the organization, two more are expected cltiex, aii-.l it Is Dot even known whether they are to within the next two weeks and our ohancea for remain in the league* they are iu or not. Some com- biiiatfon nmy be brought about that will end in the N. E. Young. Sporting Men General having an eight club league to commence the formation of a league of streugth, Rod certainly lome season with are first-class. High salaries nearly kind of a league tfcat will i lace a team here'will be Intelligence. killed the game in the South and it has required arrnnfied. lie finally *aul that \Vhcft)».»ck had not bten Desiring some official information on the sub­ very hard work to revive tho interest again, but rtleaatd, aud would bo hold the same aa tbe others. ject of the peculiar position occupied by Messrs. considerable hard work has been done and, I am Wbite and Rowe, of tho Detroit team, I not THE CENTRAL LEAGUE MEETING. pleased to note, with happy results. Memphis, THE TEXAS LEAGUE. only wrote to President Younjr, of the League, and New Orleans now tho Easton Club Sus­ Birmingham, Mobile Details of the Reorganization Meeting at but interviewed Mr. Byrnc, of the Board of Arbi­ The Action Against League, and Nashville and Atlanta tained—The Salary Limit Question Post­ compose the AVaco—Managers Secured, Etc. tration, and here io wuut I learned from these are tho cities that are expected to come in dur­ poned, Etc. FT. WORTH, Tex., Jan. 6. Editor SPOUTING high official authorities. In reply to my query ing this month. W. S. Alberts, who first managed to Mr. Young, he sent me the following explana­ Bpocinl to SPORTING LIFB. prufi-FBJonal tmll iu At'nnta, warns to put a club in LIFE: The meeting of the Texas League, wbich ITizLETos, Jan. 11. The directors of the At'.auu and wili go there at once to \vurk on it, and was called Jan. 3 at this city, was, owing to the tory letter: Central League met in this city this afternoon. AbrtcrPowell his a fsi.-nd who witt put a club iu flb.:enco of some of the delegates, adjourned "WASHINGTON, Jao. 8. Dear ,Ur. Chadtcick; In re­ Nashville and will visit that city this week for that lation (<> the Detroit Club, they Hie members of (lie The clubs were represented as follows: A. C. until the next day. a* remain purr osc. I believH thrtt, with ti.o 51-2UO eaUry limit, to order at Natif nul Lvalue Iu goo-l standing, and wili Campbell, Wilkesbarre; W. C.. Smitb, Elmira; tho Southern L^a-rue will bo more than gelf-sustftiuing AT 3 r. M. the meeting was called until their resignation ia rec-c'.ved and nc^cpt-d. 'Once E. T. Power*, Jersey City; J. W. Collins, New­ this gpafiun, uud if it is the Southern League will ever the Ellis Hotel, with tho following delegate.* a Lea £it u plnycr alwnys a League i layer.* If Bill ark; Vf. M. Douglass, Allentown, and C. W. afterward* he A permnnunt thing. present: John J. McCloskey, oi' Houston; Jeff Smith and Tom Jone* are reserve^ players of ihe Pe- The writer was elected tempornry president, but it is L. Newburg and Jack trutt Chilean;! said 8. and J. «re reU»a<-d fr* m micu Kiine, of Ilaxleton. Mcs-srs A. A. Snge, Howard Tiernen, of Galvcaton; the acceptance of tho uow an a'6iir«d fact that Mr. T. 1). Wbarlou will be Pettiford, of Houston, and John Colta, of Ft. reservation, tliey-are subject to Mutchler and James Freeman, of E*gton, were tlecteJ president at the next meeting. Mr. YY bar ton otiier clubs of ibo League tor a period of ten iliiy-. If itlso present in the interest of the Easton Club. is a young ntwsjjrtppr rua-i. auJ oue of the couirg Worth. tlieirservUcsr.ro nut uccof ted within that timn, the - Prior to the meeting thedircctor^ were binqucted i'Hirua'isU cf the South. Ho was until recently city Mr. Ncwburg, of Waco, waa called to the «re freu to contract and p'uy with any club dueiri;^ editor uf Tiie Daily £(ili>g, uud immediately after the prottju'gfetiou stormy, and tho direc­ length upon the prospects of (he League, wbich ho to contract or « Kline and was long and ball club?. H« is thortu^iily u^ on the game and is a violate the salary of such u:coptance they are invisible cays ate bright, if th-» cities didn't pifty with any ' ther N»iioL>ni Agreement cluh. That tors were all pledged to secrecy. It was learned, hiibiler, and has iioiulo lin:e to dsvoto to its duiies. To limit. The temporary organi/atiou was then com­ business before the him is due moro than any out* nun tbo credit lor the is the. p'aiu written law. Tli9 nil>seophole— How It Affects Brunei! Set Bight—Chats With Noted Play­ niut'« tliau fl^5 fur the manager. plain that Messrs. White and Kowo cannot the former nc:ioo of toe directors their clu-s, for in tbe most io^Uncea home people do every ment on both eidea Criticised McTam- ers— Catcher Peoples' Adventure — The A motion «a^ then mad-* and carried lhat in any professional was tmr-tniaed and the club notified thnt reinstatement uot know bow to K:) alMjut Icnuing sncli organiza­ Kansas City—Barnie manager ia (o make an affidavit timt bid salary liat legally play ball this year could only be had by cuuip'}ing with llio leaolutioo. tions Hfid, agflio, they have not the time. J. J. Mc- any Released—Current News Jottings. Tri-State League, Etc. docs not exceed the limit, and for e»ery Tiolat.on uf club except that each of them have been dele­ Cl^ky, a playing manager, went to Houston some The eulary limit wag next taken up, butiu dtf-rocce KANSAS CITY, Mo,, Jan. 8. Editor SPORTING COLUMBUS, 0., Jan. 9. Editor SPORTING LIFE: the limit a fine cf S'200 shall to imr-oeed. gated to play in by the Detroit Cluh. U«e Newark Hni Jersey City directors timo ago to orgao ; 7.e a tall club .\nd had no trouble application for mem- lo the wishes of LIFF: Your note of alarm, aimed at the Cali­ Ala?, what is fame? And that meditative re­ lienison »nd Texark^na m;id« When I questioned Mr. Byrco ho called my was deferred until January 24, when the League will whatevtr in getliug all the OJICN ing he wanted, and bemtilp, which WRS referred to the next met-tin p. lie h:i8 A club ready to join either she Southern or fornia League, is very timely. It ia high time mark recurs from a paragraph taken from this attention to Article 5 of the National Agree­ meet Iu El ultra. the point of Afier a short dUcui?-ioD it u.iti decided to postpone E^*fon*a reptrgentritires f<-*l sir? over the action oi Texas lesguc-f. It wns this same uian »lio organ­ that the League and Association were taking week's SPORTING LIFE that followed the election of the officers to the next meelfug, BJ as ment, which reads as follows: auJ the directors at to-day's mooting, out from expressions ized base fcnll for tiie first time iu Au-itin, Tex,, some action toward bringing these people under tho famous Brunei 1's pen. I had presumed that to Imv* the opinions of nil the cities. "Upon the release of a pltyer from contract or re­ they be did it In the same way. either A-eociatiou noade I pf ire leaving for home it is t'C-lloved that the National Agreement. The California League my Buckeye neighbor on the north was as After tiiHiiking the citizeiia of Fort Worth for the servation willi any cluh member of Will decide to comply wiih the rosoloiion. There will be ftwcr leagues thia season llian for­ news as he is in courtesies shown, the meeting adjourned to uuet at party hereto, the eorvic.es of such player s)ui!l at once- merly, and conse^iifiilly lee« demand for hall players', is certainly proving not only inconvenient but equally well-posted in press base ball, fast horses, fjond suppers and jolly Aim'ln, Jan. 15. bo subject to the acceptance of the other cWiba of such HAMILTON OUT. and it the more iutollUeut players will Bslocc good dangerou?. This i^ to bo noticed in a hundred The dt-lojiHtes expressed thtm-elvcs as well pleased association, expressed iu writing or by telegraph, to cities not reprfseuttd in tho leagues iu the territory ip ways. The "eoast" Icaguo is especially disi- fellows, but it seems that my fond idol is doomed with what had l,e"ii dot>e, especially tho salary limit, tho secretary thereof for a period often da.is after no- they will have but little trouble in Tbe Club Fails to Toe the Scratch Despite which they are, to Western club?. For instance, Kansas to partial destruction. He alludes to the recent a-every city can afford to pay that price. Tbe dele­ tice of said relent, and thereafter if f?nid Berwcea be organizing clubs. Will C. Fryan has organiz-xl five greenb!e and contract an Extension of Time, City is ha>inix tr--uM<* right DOW with a lot of Its visit of Trer^surer Ilowe, of the Cleveland C!ub, gates left for home thit night. not EO accepted,paid p:ay*-rnv>y negotiate clnbfl ty tbisc-nirfe. a^folluwn: N>:»hv>l!el Charleston, Tho men that will mrumgH teams in thf,-i LfHirue, with any other c'ub (in or out of tho Lengne). The fipecial to SPOHTIKO LITK. llu:chinson nnd Pimix Ci:y. If soma youug blcol pUyers. F.-r iui»tance, there ftro John­ to this city, during wbich it seems tho Ohio Dfg MO|EO-«, to St. Jowpb, who are Charles Ltvi.i, Oolve-iton; John J. McCloakey, SfcreUry of EHch association *ball s*-nd notice t) the directors good, hustling plftvers \vi 1 KO to Chat'anoi gn, Charles­ son nn;l Hunmn mi, who wero sold Mate Journal'* base ball editor, Mr. Ed K. Rife, re- : HAMILTON, Jan. 12. Tbe Hamilton s«» thoy will not KU. K»cb hue an offbr to ji'.uy on tlw IIou^iou; Duj; Crulher?, l>ail»8, and Jack i'ettif'tnl, H-'tretBry of Iho other association of *aid playav'a had raised the $1,200 guarantee and annual ton and Savuunah tbey will find ample ba^kin?. G. interviewed him, and secured some information Wa'*o. Austin aud Fort Worth are the only cnies U-ase on Ihe date thereof, and of said acc/-;>tRi!ce of hid nnitke a g'>od oiau to organize a "coasr," and ins:ats thit !;e will aowpt it. Tuen there out word that il V. Hurbrid^e would Taluallo that attracted the attention of Mr. Bruncll, thut hare iiut yet secured managers. T. services at or before the expiraiiou of Iho too, claya dues on Saturday last, and sent club iu either of these ciiitw. CREOLE. is John McCaity, «ua of th« mcst an extension of time was granted they would lftyera of tbe Kaiigns Cify Biuf**. He hns which he undertakes to discountenance in his aforesaid." tha Gi-«rnhood & The Detroit Club having virtually sold tho in the International Association, but if 3IENTION". Ert-j a good offr-r from last letter to THE SPORTING LIFE. This is all MILWAUKEE MEMS. continue MANCHK.STEU and refused in sitively to pi iy here nnlt-s* rcloufe of White to the Boston Club, and of Rowe not they would return the money to the sub­ Morftin, right an-1 I've no comment to make, for the one he pew ^2,500. Tho c!ub has offered him S1,(XX) fur The Local Team Nearly Completed—Cream to the 1'ittsburg Ciub, and these clubs having to a telegram from Sec­ Hopes of a Club in tho New Hampshire be is ss likely to be correct as the other. Both are scribers. According thefceason, but he n-fiisoa it flat-footo.} nnd **ya City Hopes. accepted tbcae players, it follows that they are request of more time was City ZUviviug. will run the blacVli t gauntlet iintl p!ay OQ the coist. gentlemen of the highest integrity and would retary White tho MILWAUKBR, Jan. 8. Local enthusiasts are now respectively 'on tho reserved list of these was, it was thought, no MANCHESTER, N, II., Jan. 9 Editor SPORT­ HcC'ariy is a bright yanua foilow, aud a nromialug not for the eake of notor.ety make a willful mis- f ranted, and there in nu obatinate looking toward the Milwaukee Club as the win­ two clubs, and can so bo held year after year Hamilton would be repre­ ING LIFE: '-Can a man die and live again?'* is fi'clier. I ha'e to ste lum at'.ing Ftfitcment in print or out of it, I imagine. Now, oubt that »ay, «nd meeting bun the other B ners of tha pennant for 18S9 in the Western As­ aa I understand tbe matter in a sort of League' International next sea­ a question thnt baa been asked many time5 Brother Brunei!, I want t,» t<-U you. in ori aMy cimdurta*! tha b:ise bull columns of rcc»nt np all complete with the exception of a our common law?- It i? VCTJVJ the directors were not aa successful as tl^ey liod bope«l is a quorj that would have elicited a- somewhat fr, ui him tha* was uows for me. Tbe players who make law tftund against yt«.!"-< in tlio Ohio Slttfe Journal, i-t ITJW, atii! ha1* loen that Walsh wiU play in to be in rttiotug tho necegrarr fnuds to curry on (ho different answer at the close of lust ?e,i?on tb:m are g«»in^ tn tbo Cos iftr^u*? tlris way: T-ii- t'ttHfcr- of ihe lust ba-e I-at! soa«oc. part Sort stop, and* it U expected certain that neither White nor Kowe can ovftr ^Tictf thfr close Club ia cluh, an-1 it la announced t»--dav the chib will not be it would now. Then everyone was of the opinion uii\ T.eacriie has SOTUO valnahle payers. If tfie Lnit excellent record ou tlio Jotint'\Jt I do- promising players iu tho L -ague, and has an e;iviablo must Crty an<1 ^Newark have both intimated that they another club here for three or fouryi;ars at least. hare jumped contracts \vU!i cm?« under the Nutioiml when they signed wiih Detroit, and bo;h eire tu i>ay my tribute to the p^ont editor ot the bii^e record ss a ba« ninner. lie is an active fieMer and agreed should would like to join tbe Association, it may be that one But the discussion ancnt tho rights of recerv* A^re<;nienr, it would lo*e its rery best men. This hall column and say t'.mt Mr. Win^liip'u socccasnr will Manager abide by what they voluntarily loss. Tiiere- bis batting inipioved daily lint season. of thorn will be selected to fill the vacancy. lion by the New KnulHhd LeRg.ie C!U!H bas led to con­ would amount to a prnt a w-^y forouri^Eo- THREE GRACES INTERVIEWED. His U-t offer w«c $1,000 and Keith iu ox- HAUKISIll'KG NEWS. st-a*un with. Qnsto Tbat is just elactiy ih1* wi;y the players arane tho BOSTON, JBH. 12. Lew Brown, the t>all player, whi ciation to obtain fund* to ttart tb.,- Penny cliaus**, hut Secretary tjitiu held the price of money iu the aygregato no dinU4 matter. McG. They are here Milwaukee Successful Enterprise. faring from a fractured knee jwu,recem-d while wreat gi'ii, Clurke end Tampana, whoea ci'^'racta »i)h it can uot be d.'iie by leit'ng tha best piaveiR go. If other associations tlmt wtre made without Mnu- omewluit as it Gulifi-ruia League managers who on a short vit-i:, aa it wer-\ beinx iuformaliy introdnced IlARmsBUKG, Pa., Jan. 11. Editor SPORTING IJiiS with » friend, a week ago liwt Thursday, at a plat erg, hive tliu formal atfnir, iu as fur n« Lyons McAleer cun p:ay bull with credit aa a centre f-elderin ch'Bter's retOitB*, ure nov/ ii'.ul nnd void, providing h:iTti beea uiakin^ offcr«t t) res-jrrel tu the "baUy;" he can do much to h:iitx honor to LIFE; Hamburg's prospects of having & tewo. porting resort ou L*>itranjj;e at net. Brown threw his as to tho probable conEtfjuencM of and Boyte are c^nceraed, will f»l!ow lnt«r. They are the Cleveland Club, that decision is applicable to our Association. Carnt-y's b«e:i posting them the homt* nine. It stems to le the) misfortune <>f the for next season are now almost be3-onn, tlmt wh«u a t-atu is son of a doubt, since a man like James Farring- receiving what 5W>, tliu sum T.io siigsreslion of TOE SPORTING LIFE ghnnld cor- benny anil Jack a e tliiuk'n.^ ofsecnriiic a win er en­ pan. F->r the lust two dats he has been delirious, am lensed to WashiuK'on, aud wo rocfived to pose just beginuin^ to {lay ball, and tho members are to interest himself in agreed opo:>. Other ^laytTd that were witti us last tAinly b« followed, and some attention tbmi'd bo paid gagement with somo p;t3iit medicioe foundry, ton, of Camden, proposes the physicians my 1h«t the leg will have to be ampu­ it is a stiimlius as the "btfore-a:::i-»rt"r-takiog" exampltf. In al- learning to uudurotarid cafh other, a DOW combination season nnglitbe eold or retained, if it is decided to t-j thef'a iforuia Loajiue. At i-rt-Sfiit low average is tiie result. Tho Chi­ organizing the club. He is a manager of con- tated at tbe knee. Uruwn weighs over 'ZffO potindn, aud snr.re for yoon^ anroo uitljcioni resd^r is foriiied, and ft is one of the beet known of all the retired ball player* have a club thia year. Many patruiisof the giuiie here cago Club W»M seen to carry off ihe pennant not be­ eileraV.e ability and encourages the sporting t>.> see Nate Ki-ltog^, our favorite tliey aro not xettiuK the mo-ey they ara worth, aud may wilfully misconstrue it, so I therefore cxj-litiu with t*io hoa.e He was a nieiutier of Lowi-Il, It slon, Proviileiice, I'e- wo.ild be p!ea-eJ of, but cause the individual member* of the tuuin were better fraternity by 8*yin;r: "It rests entirely eliort cto;-, agnin m^k.ng Kcnirt of bin vond.rful play a are thiisiiug for norno way of veuliug their spleen. tltut I don't refer U) wliat &tU tu. r. is thinkiug w»s tliey have a tc-4in or iut." Give him ttoit. Boston Union aud several minor Ifneuee. in a modicioal sense. bii'l playtrd than any others, but (hat their work people \\heiher hvar him in the iiiirniUblH coaching, for A KICK AGAIKST It AH NIK. simply ht» will locate a team h< re of W. T. O'^ULLIVAK. aud a]s-> the festive Ger­ in perfect harmony. When this fact downed un Prtei- the finanri:il support a id which ho becivoic 8:) f-nnoiH. He Is rt-a ding iu Wilt >u Boyie, although n;)t yet wooed by very beat uf t«l nt \Ve huve a HtifTicient mimb-r of Brother Barnie, of the Baltimore Cluh, seems to man from Iho St. Louis ilUtrict, said to me to-day that dent Day, ho made the New York Club tho champions the JuiKtion, luwa, 1 bclievo. Cam pa in, Kwitoti, and carry h'w nerTe al«»»st with him in the matter of ee- of A merit a. rtMj.le here who are interested In Ihe SH'i.jtia! pporc Four Pittnbnrg Players To Go. in this city since tbe he had no idea of playr.ig any wnt'ro but In St. L-mfs. in its formation. All vto Doyle, havo inside their humea lectin^ Uiiip r«?. If my niemory Ferve* nie i.orrtctly, ^ol i timepiece, with diamond A new catcher wa*) signed by Harry Quinn and hud"who are willing to Bpeclal to SPORTING LIFE. close of tbe htwfion, arid Oirney and Shtffler are Ho c«rri(w a magnificent Club require to insure a good club in f> have an earnest lift W.IBU*; afpoiuted u conimiitco of one tu tc'e t um­ fctitiups, fie vre^ent of s^ate Bt. L*jni8 Bdmrors. will stand behind the bit with the Milwaukee PITTSBURO, Jan. 12. Am ;ng the leak-oufa ot tbe etoppinK in town tojiiwranly. Tho \\licrt pires for the American Association. KHriyii1) City H on this 8;e McVey, HU 1 he \vork-r to <'fuivttH9 the city an 1 work up tiie nit* rt-nt of recent meeting of the Pittsburp Athletic AegocUtioi fourteen m«n Be:iny Lyoua thinks t^iiumbu-t wilt be a^t to make ia a man nui'abie aU>uti of tbe balance of the thnt committee ami Might to hare a Iltil* say «b..iit to k^ep the l>a'>y at pinyed first bftbo with tha KCT Orleans Itwl year. bporting circles, and Mr. Fartington controlling tiie Pi*tsbnr^ Base Bull Club, is one that that were reserved are unknown Io the writer. Louisville nnd Kuns.ts C-ty hustle A nina ot home playew Would show who it and who i-t not t> serve on that -^taff. I wonder tha bottom, and wouldn't le snrpr st-d to see the »ii- BlcVey comes wllfi a good reccrd, an-1 he stood fecund for the position. it w*a decldci) to die^oee of four men. Kach direefor Should we have a profe-pi- nil cJub tills yeitrthmc what llarnio tbiuks committees ure appciutcd tor, in the Southern League a? a first baseman. lie t-i al-*o up t-t ail«a:jtage. A uiuo cumuox d of tha ff.l'owintr therefore wrote on a slip of paper the name§ of the but one choicn for a manager, and his n.-iino fri^tqnit better than eighth, atthougli he myall) U t^mn: Ilctto'nian and Funk, wouM be p.nyhow. Well, maybe he will find (.nt before lone; to 0eo such a tiling happen. a first-clas-* catcher, and U gui-1 to be exceedingly w.iiiId imtkc H utrouz m«n he thi-uiiht could be (ttspeua«d. The grind re- would be Her!-eit S. Clongn. who^o tndefati«fth;I:iy notody really expects in sinturu, Cfttc!»«if; C. Swerz'-r, IJeffer and Kreider, p: tclicr$; lhat this end of thfVmimittee j>ro»wse3 to be counted We'll fool him. active tehind the bat. Ho is no baby 111 ted McSlmnnic. NI>*ol,'MauI or Coleman and Staley, rescued the ftssnciatioQ fr ni de'>t under tbe most H<1- in for a htile somethlnj; Hiijhow. IVrhapi it would standing six f-et ;md one inch in his stockings and Murphy, fir^t ban-; I'mntiy, second ba-o; Ai.thoiiy, will be tiade-J t>t a good catcher. to hU bnsi- Ome tu think of it, th?re are a groat many people The latter vcree circnniBt-tn-e^. lie Is ntiw attending be better for him to consult with us( ja.t a little bit fool uext sea­ weiuhltig 130 j'oiind-. Ho is 25 years old, and his third bane; Sik's, nhort B*cp; J. McKe-.', left held; J. President NimickiilBo ilecUres there H nothing in nesj aa a dt-leamte U> onr State foii*titnti -na! Convftn- th;it I h tvo on the ii*t th'it I iiiHi'l to and (le^n Hovolnr, rijriit ftold. for luck. Wonder if I'll g«t fvoled ii.y.-elf. fieidiug av&ruge is .921; bailing average, .301. Sueitxer, centre Jit-M, tbe fSnndny story. He also f*ays th*t be will want tiun thai h being held at Concord. The B'lg^tstion son. These are all prufrKiiOLHl jil-tjei-s who nr* t->ahjn^ the Carrol! cud Ilanlon to report on lime. Should oth«r a confeicuce of re[)i-fS-'Utativea M'TAMANY GOXE. L-'fty Marr struck my p*.t;ca!ac fancy as a bill doubt but thut has been liiailo ihHt to bnnlt a liitle on him, and I tall in other town*, iiud llu-re is no clubs cnri-y out this idea, Spaltling's exbibitioa tour (rom nix or eijjiit of tho be-it baae bull towns if] Ma*ta- Columbus lias bought James McTaroany's release player. I am tfoii'g THE TRI-STATE LEAGUK. they would make a strong tt'iin. can hardly bf held. chusftts and ttiiu Ktitc b^ held add fffor's made to < r- for 91,000, and tbat popular player wiil be wen iu that don't believe I'll lose my roll. Kddiu 8ale», nt iliij city, who did lome cleter infield gADtze a league. It is an excellent idea and ehould be city. McTnm*uy is aa exceedingly popular man PEOPLES' ADVENTURE. The Cities That Are to be Brought Into Line work fur l«8i Beacon's ToMo Club, has be«'ii a^ed to KansaH City Spring Programme. acted upon iU once. Several of last PC s-m's manag here and we tire ail eorry to see-him jro, but aa between Jimmy People* is tho la>t patty I would point to on at the Next Mcetiug. a.Mid in liia torui ft>r tho n°xt seaaot) to the Toledo ppecial toFpouTfwa LIFI. lu tho Ni'W Knglaud I-OHKUC feel conftdont that n C' Hamilton, DuroB. Mnonlng atifl McTanmny, it wa* the street in picking out a ball player for aa uuiti- CANTON, 0., Jan. 9. Editor SPOUTING LIFE: niana^cmonf. Kddio lias not yet complied with the bfriAtlon of kovr-Mlarieil clnbs (say £1,(XH) per niontli) nmioubleJty Iho t'tins lo let M'-Tama^y g^. Tho ttatod friend. Jimmy id a stylish young fellow; and rt:uiie-*!, OH hew vailing to beo vrbat Ilau isliurg'a KANSAS CITY, J*u. 12. Manager Wctklns returned has a^ont It is almost a settle*! fact that there will he a While K»»t ho wonM be se!f-3U9tainicig. Who will nuke the move first three are young mea an;l McTauia;iy h«n'l»onio. lla don't gtvo you the impression that ue [.ftpt'Cti «re for a team. yesterday Irom hia Columbiis trip. JCext year he will not be worth Tri-tftate League next season, at least ihe offi­ ninde the following syrir.g ilttt-n: With Cleveland, to bring this matter to a focn»? Manchester will do played his beit wu>e. i* stuck on himself, although there are BO trie Now Juhnny McKne HII al both ba1 ROO! batting and her i'hH. PZUMS. as much aa he is now, while the other t'u'uo Mill be York papers that have Ujwi unkind en ju^h to say so. cials are negotiating with the following cities, fielilinii reri-rds in their rwjwct lv« k-acut-M hi t fcent.cn. March 30, 31 ac;! Apiil 1. With Omaha, April 2 * St. imiToving alt the time. McTamany ployoJ a re­ Jimmy, by the way, can take caro of himself when with good prospects of getting all of them for (w[R-ciully ll't fiTin^r, who also lod tbe Central and 3. With PifsJmr.?, April 4, 5 tin i 6. With gnnte here lust ^enaon and WAS cer­ 7 and 8. On April 9 and 10 the club will KICKING MANAGERS. markably po<»d lie thinks he is bMug made a monkey of. I bappenod League: Canton, AVhceling nnd Mans­ LCK^IIO f i b:i-o atral:a^, with a record of 112 pilfered Joe, April one of the \aluable men ou the team. Succew him this inos-ning when ho showed me a their play in Onwlia, tiud 10 St. Joe April 11 aud 12. Kin- tainly to Ite with field, who are still left from the old League, and bun* in 107 £«tnu>fl. KAIUUS City, April 13 and 14. Dissatisfaction Over the International As­ to bim. letter from a party resident iu Colutnbuj, from whom The H. O. i' Club will be in the field aa strung aa nenp"lirt will play in and had alter ward returned to Springfield, Dayton, Youngstown, Fort Way no, and tho Detroit Intcrimtiai-nl League team April 10 sociation Salary Limit Rule. HISOR MENTION. Jim had ron'ud a hou?e evi-r tbii g'-iwon. Cincinnati to sell oat a business property he hint the-e Ind., and either East Liverpool or Steubenvillo. \Ve can bJa^t of having one of tho flno&t grounds In >nd 16. All the K.II^HS City \ layers will report March DETROIT, Jan. 9. An informal meeting of a I notire that a eportiug sheet out this war p»yn me of weeka at Colorado with ihe intention of oiovin'/ bnx and b-ipg^^e here to At last reports they wfre trying to get the two latter tho ^ta'e. ](), and will put iu a couple Internationa! Association magnates STmo Itttle attentiou '.his week. In fact, it devotes Ibe writer thereof had nurablr of to me. lh> yon locale. The letter ^aid that tho cities 10 organize one club and play half tbe iraniea in Kntliusiast^ would lika to aee our ol 1-time rival, Spring-. better j art of a column eilit^rfKl mind in reiptrd to reusing tho liousu to States league aluug witb us. was held here during the week, at which the know the rensou for all this? It wasn't becanse I changed hia each city. The League, with Canton, Wheeling, Reading, In tbe 5Ii'Ml-i was considered. Those present Jimmy arid .Jim and I went np to interview him. Jim YouiiRttown, and either East Liverpool or Sleiibeii- They ought to be strirring around. The Tror>Uie« Traveling. salary limit rule charged tho sheet with doinit eomo very disreputable HII intt-r- to the did tho interviewing, and holy smoke what Tille in the K;ist, ami Mansfield, Hay ton, Fort Wayne IJ. S. Meyers, tha BiiKtleur i-itclie*-, who did some 9p«cial to SPOUTING LIFB. were: President Jas. L. White, of the Buffalo work. Oh, no. tbat wasn't it! I refer rod trifle gra>-beadet1, else luet scasmn. ]\ns re- H;nit;d circulation, and it acted some- viower. The pwrty wai a nnd S|iringfield iu the West, chuuM he a good ono. ard e.xccl'eiit IwirltiiK in ioc*I panics WATEUBURT, Cf., J.tn. 12 President Diy, of the Club; President V. H. Ketoham, of the Toledo paper's rather Jeom*4 would andoitbtedly liave thrown him out of the ascliotinle couM 1-e nmdo np nnd short jumps could h* sixned 1'r- in the bull li-M aud wilt duvoto all his lizie lias limned Jam«>9 G»l!agher, Jr., of New tliiug like a red rag in a bnll'd fice. Mention c'rcnla- matter with the K«w YorkB, Club; President T.S. Hobb.*, of the London Club; lnv^o't any, and it excites its window, and there was nothing the niade by each team. Dayton an-l Fort Wa.vue ure the t:> the publicfttJon of his nei* s;iu|ier. Haven, the vitrioiie ba*-e tull clrinipiouB'iip trophies thm to a pajer that The oldt-r party's great bip aide-bodied Tovvell, indtia^er (f (ho New Orkar-a Clnb, President Mills, of the Detroit Club; Director wrath. It trows uneasy. It get* red in tlic fuco and door either. only leutus tlmt ;ire any distnnco out of Hio war, but Abner D'jw buld by thu Ciiante, and they ur? now ou exhibi­ Man­ fon ( however, sat in tlm room stono mill and never nothing compared to what Kalaina/.no and Jackmm of the Stinthern League, waa in tho city In-t week, window, on Clmi-el stroet. The Georgo II. Barbour, of the Detroit Club; strikes out for revenge. Now Ihe facts remain engafto tion in bin cigar «!oro Tlio Abe oftV.e'l to wink, (\lthough Jimmy promised to wero last epiiKon. Ihe Tongue nio.'tniK is to ho held looking aft«r sumo alditluiiai play era for hid cltit>. trophies cnm»:i-e Use beantlful S2,fH,'0 ellrcr "Hull ager Morton, of Toledo, and Manager l>adley. junt »s I (tatfd them. Yon d*T movemcmt with the whole famil> all not sign any player* hobhy of President Hybbn, ftud he defended to get Jim Davls. After the in a l>?lsarte Columbus, Jan. 15, and everything will be attended to. lie got a*-T<-nil i,rouiisej, but did cup" awardw) to tho champions of the world in 18^8, liniit i« a nas anxious thi? )>ecauc;e the elder pir'y stated bluntly that he I'roai ibid city. SPORT. Duuvrayrup, which must be won three mic- it, while tbo Toledo rt-prodentitiTei attacked it vigor­ ncgotihtious were all over "dor boss manager" still iu a lagitimwto piCK-urs. the Helen claim, and taiid Mani^frMorton: pretended to have some it aeema all the old losaiU aiouot yet AVilliam Dflaney Is at bn OVKUTt'KK. "1 have Higned jiwt one player to date, which is ow- waive it. The fact remains that all ihe time ibis ne­ bnsinees. Thus in a letter tu tiie writer eays that he is fecliug tirei- Djtnse bunting stieauier. of tbe limit. I urtva made up was pending this shett di>) publish article Luriod. IVchiin*yt our old pitcher, ia fal and inz to the oporatiotis gotiation ratw, and that Gt-o. to tho Western Asso­ several elntus, but tbe limit craikel th-ni ecery time. after article th*t was calculated to make Dnvig dirsnt- THE CLUB ORGANIZATION. heaity «nJ weighs over 200 pounds, but will be out Early Speculation as Dreadful Accident to a Sportsman. Now I wonl i like to know how clubs that paid 319,000 fltd. I merely put two and two together and de­ The annual mp«-ting of iho stockholders of Co'umbns wiih the bird* in (he spring. ciation I'ennant Kace—News Notes. cinl lo SlOETIXO *"-. and 520,000 for their team* tat ata^'U are going to duced a verv logical result. Base Ball (\jmpany was held Monday nig lit. Tbe Cipta'n Billy Zecher has made n great success out of OMAHA, Neb., Jan. 8. Editor SPURTING LIFE: SASPISKY.O., J.m. 12. Charles Hart, the champion sign th« tame men for tfl:i,oOO this reason. Porliapa Manager Watkius ubile in the Ea§t, I nndarstand, following directors wero fleeted: Ruiph Lazarus, C. 1)14 M*g»r store and U is tbe uiCiiling place of all the at this early date the cranks arc begin­ Jr., C. C. Ujrn. Fred La/nrna, A. B. Ct-hcn. An Even hot of the Union Gnu Cluh, of K i'-, Huron and Suu- they propose to put the reserve thnm'ocrewa un and expects to get to New York in time to attend the Born, lias« l';ill H'hnirtM-« io the city. ning to place the clubs in tbe pennant race. dii-fey CijunMe-", nbd who ri'C'intly shot a uiatcli with compel the men to sign at the figure named. Either meeting of tbe schedule committee and »ee tuat Kau- cU'CtioA f'f officers resulted: President, C. Born, Jr.; Joe Sharp jg still in the city, and anyone who wants Il-iltW, ht Di»\t>n, ha! both oyecBo badly injured by do timt or break the limit. London laet eeuson started .M City gets eomething befeidej "soup." Thai's about rice president, Ralph L;iz>uu!<; treasurer A. B. Coheu; i\ go,)1 left fielder an/I change catcher ueed go no fur- Milwaukee is tho first club in tho association to an esp i'?:«'i» * f powder nt his Imme, near Huron, ibid out with eighteen men. They wilt have to start with what we got last year. secretary, F. W. Newbur^t-; financial, secretary, C. 0. lli'-r than Cjulon to K»t t>"e- announce its team fur the coming season, and co'intv, j( ate day, that it U feared bis sight i« entirely a ere fit many le-8 or break tha limit. Tbe limit ought Jim Da^ia h»is refused to (ign for the salary he re­ Born; manager, A. C. Uuckenberger; ground keeper, FilKsintmons and Blonroe are still in the city, nnd are bearing of how Milwaukee is WHS Bold to already we dcjtroyeJ. to be $15,000." ceived litt geavm. Tho management has clerl.ipd to liobert Jwhoson. The frc ire card privilege are practicing together on all occasion9, to the}1 will to be a winner an-1 a big snag. Well it new point," §aid Manager Loadley. "Sup­ him rest until after tb« meeting of the Arbitration thut prince of hu-tilers, Harry Stevens. It was also little trouble to get iuto cuudition when tho going "Here is a let have very probably woll be a enag but then there ore International Association Affairs* ple a couple of players are injured uud obliged to lay Cmuraitteo next March. It i--' thought that tbe ^ra.ied agreed l>y tho 6tot kholders that one hundred additional season i>i obliged WIRINGS. to Be in the Field—Hunting Tor a Ounbvifto GiUQt Bri^>(M; Sloaes T. Walker, aod crippled condition or el^e violate the limit." WHEELING Park shall be a pi aco where gentlemen can tnke their A Club come tti«ir way. V. Uattin, with Syracuse; V. P. Audenjon, with limit w.is too small wai shared wlvei and families witU no danger ot eteing any Manager, Etc* So KiHseiidou \vill jxso a4 a Xationtl I>atcnc umpire Tb^oj'inion that th* Anticipation of the I)e!roit. I y alt p-csent except Mr. llo!>ba. Toronto is the only Local Affairs Quiet in brawling or disorder. ELMIRA. Jnn. 7. It is certain that Elmira tliidBca^oa! He la a K°°d u;npire, but I don't bolii-vy LVrci-rcfl By Syracuse, ShelMmse; by Toronto, D. Next League Meeting;. he IH HB C'inipt-!ci:l nor us fteli likeJ ifi \vai Steve II:i- Canadian club that has signed a respectable number CHIPS. will have a c'ub next season, despite the fact Cull i. ort). or men. London has signed one, Buffalo one, Toledo WHEELING, AV. Va., Jan, 10 Editor SPORT­ gnn, who died in Chini^'u on th« 2^d ult. The Tri-State Leavne is not yet dead, althonKh the that subscriptions to tho capital stock have not There i^ !>:nn talk of H State L?.v»*», *° fnclude ono, and so on alt along the line. Syracuse p»id $20,- ING LIFE: Base bali is a subject which is agi- breath of life f« not tho moat encouraging. It is prob­ Puffy Forg«ts the Classification Rule. 000 for its champion team lust season, and It is a con­ been as numerous aa desirable. Over $1,000 On:aha. Orniid IslunJ, Hastings, Kr«mont, and neve- :atin» but few parsons in this locality at the able that only four toamn can be counted ii[>on at havtily pay. lo *fror.Ti>'fl 1'irE. undrum bow it expects to h-Jd the club for 812/>00. has been ploJficd, and there boa been little effort rai oilten*. iSiicli an oiK>nixitioii would 8l)cc!;tl time, most likeJy an account of the un­ present, perhaps five. They are Caiitoii, Wheeling, Plenty of pnthu-i:i«m can be furuishod, but enthu­ BO.-JFON. Jnu. 12. Hugh Du fly, the riftht fielder of Hamilton ii filtering aud- wili doubthsa drop out, to present Daytou, Hamilton, aud Springfield. It Is also prob­ as yet to raise money, and it is believed that which event Utica or some other town will take the certainty of a circuit that will include us next siasm wuu't run a club very long. _, the iMiifu^t-B, w»» iu town jtsiminy. lie cnys the able that Mau.'field will start out with tha procension, when an effort H made, all tho money necessary Muss. lid place. Utka wauti tocomoin. There may be a ept-cial and that end of tiilly Annu i^ nt hi.? hr.me l:t Sto;ieh;uu, rojHjrt ^"iris t) e rntiudt thnt ho h ul tinned ft;r next season; bat when thtg is once settled, but I don't bflieve that borg will bo in at the will be forthcoming. Is a bill plaje.r th;it (tou't Imvo to eut nU"V \m\\-s du - Chirac sent him a contract calling uccting next Bprln/, when an effort will be cude to the season. Akron aud Youngstowu are dead to base w;tS')n Is wj-vHiL'. favorably, it is to be hoped enthusiasm will Manager Charles Smith, who last year man­ in^ tho winter. "Faltier" is w.-rluus; at his trade fur i'2,'.'nO. a fe\r weeks ago, w Inch he n*turned, Buying change the etUar of yore. A ball. They say they will not come iu. doubtless make its appearance as to aged tho team go ably, at the close of the reason thttemaking. that i-,OU<} vtia hio ti^urc, uud ho would not aigu for meeting of directors will be held to-morrow evening The press have, by common consent, agreed not Mutittgei t'elee is after Jack Snecd. I don't know How Can This Be? dally with Herr Uaa=e up f offer's lilacs for one whole announced that he would not another year undertime ;o make arrangement* for attending tho nieutins; of intercs'cd in tfiu why it K but Sueed ri-rTor stays loiuer ihnn ^ stnsiM week. Oh Jojl F. W. ARNOLD. the job, n:id ever eiucc then those hw i* » The New York World, speaking of Keefe's .he Lf a7Ue which has been appointed for the 15th lust. - cluo's future havo been casting about fur a m.iu. At with H club. 1 h;tv«au idr-a, however, 1'int Very Fast Sprinters Matched. venture into the sporting goods business, says: so far Steiibcnville aud Zost Livcrpcol have not shown Gerhardt, of .Jriwy pretty h:ud man to minui^f, »tid God knoxva v.o don't al- WOKCESTKR TAKES A HAND. first an efc'it was ma;!e to pit Joe ipecial totfpi'RTiNO LIFE. "Kecfe ha? rented an office on FultjH itrcet and any extraordinary d«-siro to apply for aJiuissioD, City, but that club refused toptrtlwtth him. Oilier wait any inoru *.f that kin \ in Oumiia. 12. M. K. Kittlem.in nod Harry thoo^h it u possible thft some gentlemen of means io of getting And D«Dvor pots E Lite S.lch «i;nij:. Wntl, if he !mt« KASHAS CITY. .Inn. will bej^tn businew on Bloadjty next. Tim baa deTined Contract Witli Detroit Im­ men w^re talked over, it b"iug de-Irons 1 t'ity the Bethink are inixtchod *" run a IflOyds. '«<:« al Wichiia, new ta-o ball, whi.jh is an improvement upon any eachuf those towns may tcc-juie sufficiently interested Wheelock's BO mo ono thoroughly acquainted with bait players and us Lard far Ineru thr si-oso'j as !id did iu '87, Ji.OdO » eiii.1. Ed H. Orm-by, of lo embark iu such a Tentnro. pugned aiul Burnham Criticized. very curious breed pitclieri (hat h<* wili run up ngtiftiirf. Knn., on Jan. 2f>, f,T ut has yf t been pat njion tho market. He will be­ how to umiutRe them, iht-y bein^ a Lafayette Hjl* d y, h*s bet-n imiiu'd «9 t'io etukeholder aud machinery Barkk-y and Glasscock are ftpi^arently rrstlnpr on WORCESTER, Hass., Jan. 9. There ia a good First b.iTcnitn 1'luniitier, of the crnck gin tltcir mniinfacture u 1000 as proper their oars and awaiting the outcome of events, al­ to handle successfully. ol'ireJ) tenm, c-f this city, h;t» receive.! an offer from, Tefcree aud $1,000 forfeit I* Ju bis bamli. an le purchased." deal of discussion over the signing of Whcelock During the )a-t week Eepotiatlotis hare hjpen going though I guess Sam baa about c<>me to the cooclusion : U«l«lwln. of Cinj-hamton, and thoy the (,'irUan it !* ;(9. It is difficult to imagine what improvement in with the Detroits. The fact is that Manager on wiih u Lea»' has be^ri sUne.l. \Vn m'ght Indeed. lhat he is booked for Karisus City for the year 18S9, have reached such a etate thaMinlegs sjiuothtne nn- Sci'ft: t'JF Jn U" iiro^sltt An Excellent Combination, jails Tiin can discover that would not bo an in- while Jack, to all purposes, is aa fur from a settl* inent Burnham gave Wheclock his release without Law bc'-n bt-Uer oft la t ^«t^8 >n 11 he had boon \n-\it. lYum ih* IUrr:8\)urK To'e^r*u>. foraecn liapp^na Mr. Baldwin will mnniig;-) Klnjira's Vingemcnt on patents belt! by Reach A Co. If w.th Imlianapolia RS ever. I imagine though that if with the directors. Ho did so by t«nd will also have charge of Sam -Moffat \\w not ri;:ir('.l fvuni tnw bull, but will 'fur. SPORTIMI I.IKK, v-l h its 4."i,noo circulation, ia ft thero- consultation club the coming season iu G:aud Isl.iud this in manufacture, the management, and the extra pay resulting he claims to the club honee. lie lia.4 m?de a propoeifion to take p~tch tor a semi-profii-si'jiial temn li\ia; example of wh»t tiie three I*H Pwh, Pluck and le ha?, he will be handicapped 'rcm were an asenroH fact, he woald not hesitate Ions, virtue of a general understanding .iiua; season. is the Philadelphia firm also control about all have had with one of the directors, that ho this dual j-^b on his bauds, which is tliuuulit to l-« v«ry I*vu Ji-itL1'- w*H do for a uew«t«tp Chicago's lloncli Show. iiy would cease and that is what matters during the winter. As Mr. Burnham a BiogliHintou mtn and a hvistl?r. atni«is, h^re. \ory jirobilly. win ia C-aiUj»nuii will be pl;icpi! ^t first, fcj.irMi iu .-i'cRTixu I>irr.* DAX CLARE, pitcher of last season's AVorcester ceased to be an officer of the Worcester Club A manager once secured the crtfrttiiziHon of tho in a BrooMyn hand ball court, \Vi.L " i Vornlcr Ahe Is going to ahead, an-1 tlmimri* wi'l have (iie CHICAGO, 111., Jan. II. Tbe Blniscoafah K*-nnpI <'ain, ^nicMice* daily his failure when bis contract with it expired hist fall, it is clob wiil go right nd i< UieieVy keeping ulmeRif iu splendid trim, llu iave I; n, on uccuiint of of seeing nret-clafii bull played the com­ THK IIolv Cross CoUege nine, of Club II.IH dcciU-*d to h«M » bc-ncti rimw of do.- a Iu lUey believe they claimed bis releate of Wheelock in not worth the p«p<-r opportunity ais h's «fin i» in b*1 tor trim 'lian evor it vai. lie ia o pay . - 0, which eeascn. will try fur adui^uu i..to one of tU-s college !, Ai'ri: nexr, aud the mrhr.siwUe r««=o< IK* wbi,-h h.ivu bi to Ua\e, I'ICKWICK, U wa* wiitteu on. If the Worcester Club ««r fc*tl ing ttcu rcvti'iti'i froai pruiuiuout UuUro exhibitor* aud eceivcd b)' \Ycr«.t.-r, tut is still THE SPORTHSTQ LIFE. Jan. 16.

stantiate the statement that Mr. Buraham's con­ peril base ball institutions in even the slightest Cify favorite, want* to play ball next «»osou and U whiskey all ninht as an athlete. Too b«d, (oo ta-H tract as manager of the club expired with the degree by a resort to the common law. NOTES AND COMMENTS. looLfog for aa engagement. Ono thing can be said for the tall players, bowever. THE , LIKB Even the luaheia could give tbe average professional SPORTING as not the LIFE. close of tbe season, In that event Mr. Burnham change will do TIecker and and secretaries of amateur oarsrnea puintg ID prufetsaional integrity. They at* PUBLISHED WEEKLY AT TnouOH SIJLUVAX AND KILRAIN have at last clubs in all parts Cook go;>rt. tbe club, come to the point and agreed to a battle for the at once sond 113 their aclJr,'ssQ3, as wo! I M very brief I.o. 202 South Ninth Street, Philada. and no act of hi 3 had any binding particulars of their clubs. Later oa the/ will hear THE fat her and brother of , whose Dox.f KLLY will not bo Columbus' third ba?e- force in that connection. Cudworth's case heavy-weight championship of the world and of something to their advantage. nilse was nott-d in our l«»t issue, came to tbtir end 10. as Ralph Johu-oo, tho lead.-r if the Western BY T!!K the largest stake ever placed npon the result of by being tmffoca'C'I by co*l g-'S. :sotjiatloit,on Thursday wired AiaLa^er Biickesberger is equally plain. That club sealed its salaries tliat lie had secured hln rek-uso from Kansits Oily and orting Life Publishing Company, with the consent of the players, including Cud- a prize fight, it is by no means a settled fact tbat AND still Gaffney 10 on the fence. OK PAPER, at least, Coiarabiia will have the that he would accept CVlumbus terma. As Johnson onperft team wilh which any now city bus ever cu- s^meiiow secured his ruli'us«, be won't c->et Coitimbutf worth. This consent was a waiver of the ex­ the fight will take place. The choice of final OMAHA has re-signed John Messitt. toro'l the Auvericau order ail Checks, Drafts, Rfonfy Ordtri, Association. ujthing. KftnsaaCiry had held him at $3,000. emption granted by the amendment stakeholder will be sure to cause trouble, and JIM DAVIS is practicing at hand ball. CUDWORTH i JttMiilances must be made payable, bearing appreciates the gravity of the posi- 'JosNSTON is a great hitter and a fir*t class upon the salary question; was in fact virtually a failure to agree upon a referee may prevent a OBEHLANDER wants bis release from Toronto. tiou ho has placed uiuiaulf in and ia not sanguine about fielder and bMse-rit'-ner," B^M 5!?*' ^er Dnckenborwer POST OFFICE BOX, 018. playing with St. Louis nextseaaoo. new contract between the club and the players, battle even at the last moment. As a matter of TME old Columbus lack seems to be still on iho ether day, "Some people 8^y he Is i\ poor fielder, fact, the selection of a capable referee tap. FRANK BELL, wbo once played with the but this IB nut true. He ia i vtr.v awkward player,b'tt and the players were therefore undoubtedly will prove Brooklyns, ho gets tliere all the samo, and \NfI3 C. KICHTEB, Editor-in-Chief. the CATCHER JOB GROTTY has signed with Sioux is an applicant far a position oo tbe Inter­ c.-vars tots with th* formation uf three of Iho clubs -.. UHPIBB D ARTELS ia now a polo referee at which are to enter that League, namely, Springfield, players have signed will have to come to terms to be necessary to every important prize ligiit nowo- "'sshiiigtou during tUf prudent year. Kvansvilloand INVARIABLY IN ADVANCE. d

wtth as for the season of 1870, at Iho same salary, mind York luffer&d from thi same gale, But they're used hey soaked in or absorbed while in daily con- you, aud that year saw j CHADWICK'S CHAT. to It CAYLOR'S COMMENT. act with rebellion* players nnebut— An- treet. He was most tenderly cared for by a Miss Corrected-Crane's Throw in Australia- 4, being other Ansonlan Letter From Australia— By the way, I §OP t!iat Urunell has beccnn liim--; t l Trumann, daughter of tbe landlady. The girl's de- like A spring day. In fact, the Manhattan Club re Id-winter pruphfcy of the outcome of tbo fe.it>on just rea is hidden. I bare lived too h>ng to fool tlie A Hunt tea beating us through bis wild pitch cipal cities of Australia is awaited by the Eng­ LOUISVILLE LACONICS. them on THE SPORTING LIFE. Here they are: icy more cf my remnant of life away on su,:h nncer- in the last inning caused, I believe, by excitement. aictfee. If Frank would quit such fo>li*hne>'s ha His delivery was tbetquare straight ttrm sort. Ifo was lish sporting public with special interest. The The Sale of Hecker and Cook—Manager "Tho profession halls Ihe birth of genius." BOOTH. wouldn't need to me eo much hair restuiative and London Standard, tn an editorial on the subject "I congratulate tbe stage upun tho richness of its not a euro bitter, but was accounted a heavy batter. Davidson'3 New Year Resolution Ester- new graft." BIRBBTT. x-nder wLy it Uidu't rettore. Whea the club disbanded In 1870 Bratcard left the of tho anticipated visit to that city of the Ame­ brook's Installation as Captain—Tlio Va­ "I vill go home und dink abont dot." Jp.rrERSOS, city, and after a time retired permanently from the rican ball players, has this to say: cancy at Second Base, Etc. A few days ago T receivuJ a letter from yoiir as- base bjtll arena. Braiuard's fa i Its were on the sly, "Are you from Kentucky? If BO, your future ii as­ Istant editor enclosing an inquiry Irom a STT^RTINO "lluch IJIM been heard of the slillfulnesa of tho LOUISVILLE, Ky,, Jan. 8. Editor SPORTING sured." MARY ANDFRSOM. aud be never allowed them to mar his appearance crack American base ball players, and if any of the "Get a divorce and I'll meet you Imlf way." DAVEN­ '-^iFE reader who would ltk>) to kuow my height, Hgtt and conauct as a gentleman. But all that Is pawed best amoug them come over here, large crowds will LIFE: THE SPORTING LIFE was the first to an­ PORT. iDd weight. Thia renter and atcker alter fctiowln-l^o aud buried now, and poor Asa Braluard, certainly I* attracted to witness their performances. nounce that Guy Hecker had offered to buy his "You have turned np in great shape. Lend me five hould lead the inquiry of tho little boy who wanted THB WORLD'S GREATEST FiicnEn, It is said llmt the English cricketers who last year release from Manager Davitfcon, and since tho Bbillingg." G GODWIN. o know visited the Uulted States, accustomed though they "How lall was Alexander, p*." Is nnmbercd with tho doad. Talk alout overworked arrival of this week's issue of that paper bore it "You have Adonis prond. I yield the wreath." It doesn't matter much how high we can reach, or pltcbnrs and catchers. In Humming up the work of wore to the modern developmeut of 'breat1 and is generally known in this city that Hecker is DIXIE. l!rain;ird and AUisou yon must rumouibertkat m tbose livlit,'wrre astonished at the wonderful mastery over "i oni older than you, my boy, but I could never tow much tbe earth trembles at our t;e;id, nor yet days the number of chanros offered a bafcmmn was net the ball displayed by the base ball players, and the not likely to bo another season with the Louis­ play ball." GILBERT. wbeiher our ul^h-bone ia black or CRriiln^eoii", so litnftiHl, fur often have 1 s-'cn Brainard pitch tea or curiosity they showed in regard to pitching aad curv^ ville Club. Although Manager Bavidson likes "When will you be in Lunuon? Her Majesty's re­ out; as we're pood and virtuou*. If that teatlm- wanta log will be equalo.l on this side of the water. Ameri­ veight he should rttul Pritchar.i, It lie »v:mts a,^o ha Asa Urainai-d. suly bulls before there was a fair hit or an out." Heokcr greatly, he will not endeavor to prevent gards." IRVINU. hould cling to Chad wick. If he \vnn!a hfi^lit let him cans, like Englishmen, are (as a Continental cynic re­ his going. He thinks that with Ramsey, Strat- *'Je S»t*t 1'e makeme tired." COQUKMN. mark?) never happy unless they have ft ball to play "II Trovotore bologna, betcher boots." SALVIXI. wrnse tbe correspondence ol" Mulford. Jf ho wimU with, and persistent practice at base ball has enabled ton and Ewing he ia plentifully supplied with 'bridtianlty he thou'd search tlio contributions "f T. BRUNELL'S BUDGET. ' How's your voice?" MAIM.ESOX, '. T. If culctmw "Mugwump" 13 hia man. If s»3J A VETERAN GONE. them to acquire nurked cleverness In their favorite pitchers and cau spare him. I expected thero would "Let ua exchange congratulations." LATIIAU. game. The best of base ball players are paid at a rate be a great kicK from the base ball public when it was "Oh, come off." Hovr. end him to Brunell'a Budgot. A Chapter on the Financial Rnne Ball which might make successful jockeys and ev«n pro­ announced that Hecker was golug to leave, but very Death of One of the Most Famous Fltcliera Muthods of the Fast Hart's Instructive fessional pugilists envious, and the fact will help to little has been add aVnit it. While liecker ia still There aro many more written ia the same As for mo I am just the right siz?, a^e and height of the Profession—Ilemtni.scciiccs of A5*1 Tulle A <;l;uife Into the Future The arouse public interest iu the doings of those who come popular, he ia not the groit favorite he uaad to be. vein or rather from the same bottle, but the or a cyrrcspondoiit. to England." Then, too, the peoplbhere want 10 see as many new above will show how the world thrilled ut Kel's llrstiiiard's 1-ife aiul Times. McAleer aud Spi-ague Cases Club News, faces as possible iu the Uaoi, ao they are not all averse To be great Is to live In Carthage ! O. I'. CAY LOB. litc. Additional attention will undoubtedly be called to the change. histrionic touch. If this thing goes on it will Asa UrainanJ, tho once grc.it pitcher of Iho to tho American party by tho fact of their in­ not be many years until the stage will be nionop- CLEVELAND, 0., Jan. 12. Editor SPORTING '. famous Red Slocking nine of Cincinnati, is dead! tention to make their trip a noteworthy event NO MORE ADVANCE MONEY". olized with ex-base ball players. Thus we shall ; U'K: While be was bero last Saturday I had a Prcsllent Davids^n has announced his determina­ PITTSBURG PENCILLINGS. in the history of sport by playing a game on tha Moreover, ho was the Er^t man of the tcflirt to long and instructive talk with Jim Hart. He tion to give his placers 110 more advance money. "It have Ward playing Othello, Pete Browning ' sands fronting tho Pyramids of Egypt and on be struck oat of lil'o by tho great pitcher Death. said in talking over tho minor league problem: Is a bai policy," Baid lie to THB SPORIISO LIFE corres- taking the lamented McCullough's place as tho j The Annuiil Sleeting nf the PJtlHbur^Cltib the plaza of the CollL-eum at Home. But most jxmdent, '*ai:d I have determined to quit it. I think Gladiator and Srnartacuss; Ramsey supplant- ; AH tho others of the old team who made an ex­ "I cannot afford to gtuy by a minor league —Tho Case of Short Stop Kowe—rilcShan- of all will our English cousins bo impressed its eviU have been fully shown ever since ball playing ing Joe Kmmett, and he can do it; Ke-ldy j club any IIHTO. I niako my living out of base became the Na'ioual game in this country. I know nic for Sale—Tho Suutliiy Kpisotle—Loctfl ceptional record in ISGt), that was historical, are when the Chicago and All-America nines play bull and no sensible man can go tbo financial thera ia liardiy a manager who does not give his men Mack assaying the part of the R?d- i Cos sip and News. etiil alive. Harry 'Wright is in Philadelphia, a private exhibition game before His Royal Headed Avenger of Denver, and so on. Then > pace set in the minors, pay his way and make advance money, tut I think I cm set a precedent. PITTSEUKC, Jan. It). Editor SPO^TIXG Lii-'E: George AVright with tho tourists to Australia, Highness the Prince of Wales and a crowd of Hereafter uo member of tho Louisville Club will re­ wo may expect to hear of Lawrence Barren's bis living." Tberu's the idea in a nutshell. Vomier how many people have hoard of tho A!!i?on is in Wellington, McVey in Californin, the nobility, as they will do on their arrival in ceive a dollar for hia service* until April 15. The release to Washington by the New York Club; of Base ball cannot healthily exist to-day on any ittsburg Athletic Association. Bweeney ia Providence, Leonard in Newark, England. Even our Anglo-maniacs of America players go under contract to me April 1, and April 15 Eiwin Booth's assertion that ho is in great other basis but that of dollars and cents. Po- Is their first pay day." Weil, there aro a good innny, in fact dozens and Goukt anil Waterman in Cincinnati. Tho will bow down to our National game before this dunk may go in thia season nnd loso $8,000, but I doubt whether the manager will be able to carry form and intend* to play the game of his life; ight here in PUt^bur^ who have not. This is Kcstur ot" TRK SPOUTING LIFE'S correspondents' i'l! quit iu ouo HD(! ;i liitlf such eetnona nui there's royal endorsement of it, and base ball will be­ oat hia dctermiiiiitiou. Others have announced the of Joe Einmetl's being suspended and fined $100; uost surprising, for tho organ izatioo con trots itaS,!IcnryChadwick,writes ut us follows concern­ a hole io fill. This illustrittion Hpj.licH u;> or down, as come the rage at Newport next summer in con­ same resolution befors, but t have never jt-t found of Joshua Whitcomb's declaration that unles3 he PitUburg base ball club. ing Brainard's life and career upon the diamond: i cliootiQ. Tlio on!y WHY to support » clul. ia the sequence. Great is base ball and Spaiding is its one who succeeded in enforcing iho rule. I expect be­ his salary ia raised he will retire from the It is heard from but once :i year, and then al­ way you support your a(tnm:il>to pupt-r toi Ibo profit fore the season ia out loft-handed Kam*ey, Gladiator "I first savr Asa Br-iiinard play ball thirty Prophet. Weather permitting, the month of Pete Browning and one or two of the other* will go to diamond and go to farming at Swansea; of ways on Jan. 7. Ani the reason. We!!, the years ayo ttitt year. lie was then second ba?e- there U iu It. The bouornblt* tiU'l lusin£ cm cf bftso Marjh will see Captains Anson and Ward Imll is [-act. )u major lon^ue company Cleveland aud mar­ the mar-ager and ask him for a little encoding money. Crane refusing to sign in Kansas City unless annual meeting ia held then. nian of the young Star nine of Brooklyn, which Buffalo were the Suet to peep out of it, nutlicrv.-i3>. Then tho player wil! till hjw badly Goodwill's trip to the Hot Springs to get rid of etic Association are in order. It is a stock con* John Whiting, Urainard and Bob Manly on Ihe lop. Ami lur tho pr>o 1 <-f (he game OD iho wholo a looker-on, and then in London tofoie the Prince, lie noeJs ihn money, that be really does not see how net forgetting bonnie Sjotland and the Emerald Isle. he can do without it. He will make all kinds of prom­ his shoulder bound arm; of Dixie's being clashed frn, formed to H void all coin; llcatlonn aiiying frurn bases, Sam Putchcn as short stop, and George I tie eud oT Hie honorable era wuan't a Ua i tiling. The N. G. by Nick Yoang, and that sort of thing. he mixe.l-up HiTHirs of the old AHs-RlioiJV Dn-** Hill honor got to ho Btckenntf nnd unsteady, and tho Moan- What a reception Ibej will get ia Dublin aud Cork! ises for next season. Ho will p'ay "the game ot his Flaiily, I'M Patcheu and Frank Whiting in the Just thiuk of tho effect of the names on tiie list of of his life;" lie will never get drunk; he won't stay "It wouldn't surprise me nt all." Jlub. Thoro \\vre ft uutiiter of htocklioldi'i'ci of the Is oo tlio edges vuiri-ed tho fcgii-s into retirement or old club who refused to pay the a-*a^mer)t3 ami wore outer field. In 1S5U, Braioard joined the E.x- :i dilTt-ret;t gnit. It was as it ehnuM bn. The minor p'ajers when read in the Irish papers. Fogarly, Sul­ out late at night, and he will never be guilty of any livan, Byao, Burns, Carroll, Ilanlou and Ualy. "Be- of the other faults to which it is alleged lull players almo-t j:!tid to get rid of their stock, but when the ccl-ior?, and James Creighton left the Kiacaras gue* have t't-en In trouble. Hart says not one of The over hind and over ocean mail has just >ro?entquur'e'te [aid otf the imlebtedtiei an.) aoltl out them did better th'to an even tiling last season, g.irra. it's au Iriih team they hive, sure." I tell you are usually subject. Then the manager will go down brought me and joined the Sfurs, Jack Shields being tUe base ball id just beginning tj make history in tho re­ In hie pocket, produce thy requisite sum, and baud it tie ellects and bought them in lor a titfl--, they Kingara pitcher, Ticknor taking the second base iy? lU'cau^i In tlio intoxication of rivalry and the ANSON'S LETTER NO. 2. .tbe fro/eu out) kicktd. As there were prosi>i'cts uf hot pace of example they g->t away over their headd. cord of the civilize',1 world's manly sports. Thanks to to the man with the injunction: "Well, I will let yon position on the Star nine. Tbe Whitings also Mr. Albert G. Spildiu.; for this gruil eeqael to the h;tv<3 it this time, but you must not ask. me as^iu." It deals with matters on terra firma, and it i? Trulls from this crowd, the present owut-rs organized They are turning to the liglit again hi a jerky way. tbt* rittdburg Atlilotic Assjcutio:i. joined the Excelsiors in 1S59, and at the close of KuJo» U> keep fiaui boo<.'8t have beeo pacsci!. Sospi- local history of the American National game. "All right; I won't," Bays the player, as he departs witb not quite so funny as the first one. hid roll. Thit 1 believe is the usual way, and 1 dj liut ihos-tory ia toooM lo stand any more. On Tues Jay the season CreigUtoa went into the same club as cicn is out tl/ut tle^e rules ars being violated. 1 T fully endorse Ron Mulford'a remarks on the sub­ :tif\it thii close corporation held its anrnvil revival ut know tbat they are In at It ast ouecase. Any Tiolationa nut think Manager Davidson and the Louisville Club OLO NORTH WALKS. Deo. 20. Editor Ginhagi Ber.o- did Fianly. Of the old-time Star play ON, Brain- ject of giving publicity to the salaries paid to playeri. will beany exception. :he Hotel P/uqucine. It was tho uaiuil happy gutlienug anl, Satu Patchen nnd Joe I'atchen are dead. will coiiif out of tbe Hea of A. thnt his associate B. will Of course when the amount becomes phenomena! as in crou may >fft(aj-r*. Niuiick.Connorc, O'Neill, .Un.wu au;l Secro- not keep a rule. Therefore he breaks it ia the belief ESTEHrjllOOK'8 PnOMOTIOX. believe me when 1 say we all like it. Ot course I fay Tbe e.'J Niagara pitchor is now United States the cases of Kelly, Clarkson and War.l, why then It :ary tfcanJreit. Nobody ou the outs:do he'd tlio p;wa- that he is jTotrtiDir bis OWQ (uteiMts. I am I>avs a? an advertisement. But ordinarily tho publica­ Eaterbrook has been made captain of the Louisville "on earth" iu this ca.se as a coutradlatluctioo to tbe wurJ. and all we h;ivo is what wns given lo tri« world. Commissioner Shield* of New York, and Ed now iucllned to think tlmt tl.ia foolibhtimi will giadu- tion of the amounts paid the players of n team is a team of 1S33. Ttiia u iu accordance with the piedic- ocean. Weaieall right now, but how to get back They Bay it was roported thut theclub was out ?8,UO) ou Patchen is a wealthy resident of Brooklyn. ully ceuso, aud tlmt we shall return to a.hard p tn basis great mistake. It is not in a line with business prin­ tiou I made some time since, r resident Davidson a without reversing our stomachs d-jikia Id a problem tho S3;is:m, but tiiid s'.im represented Uucktey, Stalrfy, Where tho others have gone I know not. in the minor leagues. That nicana a S'.U.OOO leaai io ciples. few duy« a^o mailed con tracts to all his player* for SpuUmg it) figuring on. Man!, nn I a few othen-. Prosi'leat Kimii:k wa-* unaui- "Asa Bra'mard first became known to tbe pro­ a $12,0(10 town, becn:ts<\ except in the case of big next year. In Esterbrook's was the notification ihat motisiy re-olectt-d, and a^ain was tho eUiry nltout him towns, tint-bull ostiniiifu^ are always varying, and it The Now York Sniicf last Sunday stated in its report lie had been m tde captain of ih« dtloneU and would Wo wero saluted M w** came Into the bay nt SU nejr luittitig tlia jilorioiia gauio put to d.-uih. J. 1*. O'^uill fessional baseball world as the pitcher of the S15,0()0 lute^tuieut is worth a return of 10 per cent, or of Crane's throw of a cricket ball at M-jltjourne on Jan. have full control of them on the fiold next year. None The captain said !t was the run-Joura nun, tut \v» «;i;i re-cli:Cietl vice president, Al Scaudrott sjcr^tary, Red Stocking nine of 1309. 'Dug' AUison so. But thia item of extiuvRuauce U not the only evil 5, that it iciis the greatest throw of the kind on record. olthe contracts have yet Leea returned signed. But knew better. On tha tint night OD land we were aud Gt'orgy DlcLean, otiicfa! scorer. "I ho man whom was his catcher; Gould, Sweczy and Waterman that dmitvi out of tha minor leaguf. 1 find ihat In Probably the writer menut the greatest on record in it is hardly time for that yet. As I stated some time banqueted. Hr.d it beeo left to tw we tlrmld have it wa-i saiJ waa after tliid placo wiili-lr^w 9 mo timo coTered tho base", and Goorgt. V\'rip;l!t was the kinp- corlHin club* tn certain groups the professional Australia; otherwise the statement wss incorrect, inas­ since, tne salaries will be iioarly the same RS last year, nulled in a request tu postpone th-J alTair a d.-ty or two o when the Btury was let go. I'reaicU-nt isimick's pind'tlio infiol'l as nhort flop, white Leonard, Hniry nian.iger reil that lie Excrtl^iors of ISO') «* tlio Chicago I cam of twenty odd villaii.ou.-* BiVs system. It was tbe systematic doctor- lacrosse pliyiT, who thro* a lacrosse hall from his is Hi'.ely to b-j afraid of him. This id a i opulvr idea, of Mo Lords and Gentlemen! Aa bo33 nf tb> here town hull lost his htrl-.la, and stopiied when asKed if £-ltO&> vears afterwards were iu advfciicv of tlie champion Bed ins of nvorazca for eales purpose?. It was douo in at "cro'sa" 416 feet. This waa done at Melbourne in 1886. a successful field captain, but I tmve another tdeory in | T bid you welcomo. Tho gntea are opeo, and uo dug* was now ortored Uowe inst'-ad of ^3,500. Btockings of ISO'1, though VL-U cannot mitkt- the (dd Ie;tstotiu club in th') Tri-State. and is a bequyst from Wuile Crane, Williarnson aud PfoiTer were trying thi-ir tluit respect, autl I believe it U the ri^ht one. Comis- i ftrs Billowed ou tho streets. You are free to tnaltd He ciionot afford to refuse our oiler. It ia a f*ir boys of ttiat period thiiA so. But it ia true, neverthe­ the almost forgotten aud never-to-be-lamented arms iu throwing a cricket ball at Melbourne this key H usually held up as tho model of a successful yoimelve« at home. There are uo flies on Sydney, one " wad lha wiud-up reply. Good evening was thea less, the fire-at advance the pame b:i* madt* siuco ISf'/J Soutbern League uf ltHj7 Cue o( it conies the idea that roouih, why did they not try andbeat Uatfield'a throw captain, but he is not a loud, noisy player. It IB true aud jou mustn't expect to catch any while here if said. tho record r'l'iy*ir 's ( ne beat man »nU tbat all seorea ho can talk pretty fast, as one M ill know who ha* aeeu you want what jou duu't see ask for It. We have Dcctagitating a higbor class of play In 'battery' work, of a base ball 400 feet? ___ beard of you t-Uows down hare- and business has been WHAT CAUSED THB CHANGE. fieldiup, baiting and base-running, than waa Di-cessary aro cro(il;t-d and only expern-oce can knock the ideas his under j*v.T work when he thought the umpire was A gUnce at President Niml'jk's re:u,irka about Rnwo to excel in'thu eiirlier period. awry. Tht Trt-Stute averages camo at lust, and cen- I shall hare to stop reading Brother Ciylor's letters deciding against him and lit bad no right to do HO. A? suspended for a month watting your coming. Often entlly show the beat muu in the best places. There duiiui; theheut of list winter** cunteat (summer t,> will show ihat it ia just opposite to wlmt he said last "Asa was the 'dude-' of thai \fT\m\ in the blstory of on tJie Australian players il he gives us any more ench a rule, though, Comiskey djes v-ary littie talkia?. He week. Ho then nsserhvl ibat be didn't caro \vlmthur pruiessloual b^U plivyiu^T, that \i be w»s foiul ( 'dre*>, isn't niiy si^MH of life in any of tbe old town? except epistles as his last about Ausrjo My sides ached with is cool, level-headed, ami rarely loseq hn temper. To you Northern fellows), we stood around tt-d. never paid. A pretty state of affairs, truly. passionate. Ho becomes angry too quick, and when" a greatest beings. What ia Gladstone alongside thnt wherein \Vally states tbat one "NicS Tucker" played G. 0. M,Sodeti? How invidious la ih* comparison of Tbo munagement toaiata that no-tiling fea* been "Previous to becoming a jirofti-aional In tb« Cincin­ A CLAXCE INTO THE FUTURE. ihe position of short stop a ta muds at the Fashion uian K'B&s his temper ho uwii.vlly mattes a spectacle heard from Itowo and they are not talking to Lini. nati toaru, Braiuard «us a mniii-cr u( tho Nnlh-nuls, of hinmlf and loie-4 the respect of his asioriatrs. I Adrun O. Anoap*rttr? T have heard (torn him. I don't know' who he IB, Course io 1S65. in tho great game between New York Who would class C^miskey and tbe Duke of WrllluK- However, every flub utHciul within Iho IMS', weuk has of "Washington, he placing bu-t tiist game in tl»»r clnh but 1.1* letU-t is bcl'iw: and liruuklyn. W»lly is also surprised &t Tiai Mnr- hope E^erbrook will do well ascaptiinof the Louis* been haying: "Itowo wiil play heio.*' forhapi tlio viiltj.3, but I am afraid of the arrangement." too to iho samo erada witli the same salary? Tin-re ID Oct. 8,1807, HI n mutch between tho NatioiiuU and ",!AN Hie i'4'.i, Ic60. F. H. ErnutU:~i now write y..u naoe's claim that Dick Pearce WAS tho fiist player to may have b^en a dozen Czars of Kussia. bnt there *iih In the sizo <;t tlso lix/n^tit, ji^.t liko that nli;6 0110 a piclic I uiue. Tim Nationnl uiue OD 'lint occasion tVicse few lincM to let yi.u know thati am A goo-; I Gel (tor develop Ihe slrong points of the slr.rt stop position. THB CASK OF WERRICK. never was oor ever will he move than one. A. G Si:ald- at/out Jun SkOoiuiiok pluvliix the cuuiin^ ne.iaon. Ur wag; Braimml, I'ikdier; Bt'rthron^. catcher; I'nrkcr, and u^ood hitter, i have stun it iu TUE SPORTING \Vally says tliat "Nick Tucker" wns on the New York In regard ti> Wernck's card Mr. David son said lint iuK- Htvun cities claimed Homer dead, but America i:tn)iie U',>rrick, however, agreed fought science with a lantern iu a tub, but J.>hn Leftn as tlie battery; IK'iiciiOD, Elwt'll and Davy Force and 1 trust tfajt liia bitting has not expended to U Dick Police as short stop. Now, for tbi facts, Wally. ty BJgfi again with LoiiHTiTe, if he were desired lo do I'll runt«r# tbat I'ro-Vlrnt Heach'a nose itchrd yei- Inspiration lingers founJ it by bnruiug thu cjid'iijdii id.ty and tho cauiw: \Vpll, President .Nimick had en the brtser; DojU- atshrrt stop, and Bidjinttou, Joyce pipe. An 1 -eeinK llmt is 10,002 years ahead of tbe Tbe three grand matches known as the Fashion Cour-e eo. Werrick returned to St. Pan I, liia D ^urcliaso the r^i- tonr Kastw:i:d, where- thpy were (If fen ted b> tlio rufi'rrin^ to JubnV letter and the Inceuse will marvel at tne story of Methusalem while Kzm It'iis') of thlid baieumn M^^hannJR. "iihin his was the short sli p on the New York side, and Frank stid he had decided not to give advance money to any SKttf.n lives? Dickeaa pit fn ted nature, bnt Kan^t-y Mi!tua!s by 37 to 29, Blartin aud Bninard beinx the soul th-it prouiptei him to swoop upim me by the Pigeon tho old pit;'h?r of the EcKlords playel at of the player*. Werrick then relumed the coutract "I wonder why 1m gavo tliat*"6nt," R'iM President pafnta a town. Bnt why bccomn invidiou.t by <:uiii- Nitnick nuj-rily. "He hud very httUitn d>». Tho n^xt jiitcherf-; by the Irvingtoiia by '20 to 23, Walters pltch- and ink route, I want to ask if there is anolhur tusi- (hort field on the Brooklyn side, an tho second game uurfUned. Mr. Davidaou says be will cot make any p-uiiuii? Tbe world never tsisteJ till bate bail waa iug ngniuat Brainarl, and by the ExcoUtors, in which nufi* Iu sight cr iu the archives in wliirb ao many dead Gulston again played f,r New York and Dick effort to hold Werrick. tinio am IhuiK o' the Iflud occurs it won't be my fault, pauie Artlnir dimming^ pitched hi.* curves against o truest ueop'.o who meun well, but will not do, figure. iuvouted by Ubirry \Vriyht that (treat and g.x-rl m:in I u*juro JIMI." Pcarco for li-ooklyn, Nick Turner, of the Gotham WHO T?ILL PLAY SECOND BASE? whjdldu't you bring him witb you? A.H I look Braitiurdr3 etraight ball?, the Excel.-iora winning by 2f> If there ie, it 1^ a novelty to ma and 1 like noveltiea Oluh, playing lelt field for New York. In "l'erha|« Hooch SB getting evnn for that nmlifl pub­ the third AV>ont that second baseman. I daro pay many peo- around at thea* manly forms end open coaulfUMnct.H, lic of binofler t > exchange McGufry for \V"lii!ne> last toll. Horleit Sewell caught tT Cumntliigij in this \Vhnt ia the cause? I am inclined to believe it lies in game Geletoa and Pearce were again the respective short I am reminded that her MajestyV provinces are game. I could fill a ddutnu with n niiniscerjcert ol tho fact that tho physical aide of the game ia promt- plo think it is an awful chestnut by thh time, but It about stops. Turner only playing in one paruo ot the throe. inevitably bobs up be re when the subject of ba-«e ball to be inducted into the pleasures of the American Brasi'ttrd'a play In the nines ec. iffl). )?S8. world. But they are more often in separate wants of the Louiavillo Club. There lies been a jjreat I'll bet SltSlianrjio,*1 continued Mr. Niiiiii.k, "becuu-*' I want sh ,rt field in 1856, and in Iho old Knickerbocker Club, deal of t.-»!k lately about Joe Gerhardt atid many are nix dollars to four that the umpire getu mobbed. L«a Hid death was due to pnenmoiii**, contracted froai a tKulL-a, aud (ha phvsicat side of base ball I efora either Turner or I'earce wero ill club nines. Dr. lh« yuiiD^ in »n tu ftot u Ku(»d et)^i^eui»ut. We cm't eeveie cold takeu only a week before ho died. Uo WH^ hm certainly be^n cultivated at tho expense of the in of the opinion ttat l;e is to be the man, but I do ns drink to the hopo of a bifi turnout. Hare's boping OKI) him, I «rn n-»rry to any. If I *;Hii't sell tin. vonns Holmes occupied the pohitou of short stup for the not think there is any probability nt all in tne rumor. t tho time the popular mamjiccr of ttie Murkliam ti'llcctual. Much of the crnnkli-m conntct(d with ihe Knickerbocker*. But it was Poarce wbo was the first you m*y." mtin'H release I wiil n ivft hiriitiisroN-r.eein th- Hj-ring." Billiard 1'arlor, of Denver, wh' r^ he WA< frequently prime is illy din-ct-d enthusiasm intention without G-'ihardt was once a very great player, but he cannot And it in hlijted tn b- put to perceive what the pos tion was capable of in play­ be considered one of (he cracks now. He has been To this royal epeecb Ed WillitiimoD replied *ome- tlie centre of ao attcnMva crowd, listeniiig to his old- executive ability, if you will. From this VHXHO ground ing points, and it was be who first pr.iclically devel­ on tho block shortly. MnyUb Muul will U> up this time sturiBsof liis ear'.y ball-playing daya. He was "prings the RPHIH base hall crank he of the blundering Heuly fifteen years on the diamond, und w*s in tho what aa fulluwa: t'iino. oped them. After Ptarce carao Johnny Gruin, who Louisville League club of 1S70 and 1877, and the Asso­ fortj'-eigbt years old when be died. and insistent order, and only time a t.d the educator can was fT >ea:s tbe able short stop of the old Kckford "Your Nibs and Cnlloys Tn betbtnl of myself WOT A \ir.AL FACT. knock him ont. The same handicap ia out amoug the ciation team of 1833 and ISS-i. Gerhardt hm a grcit and nice. Excuse wo for correcting you, Wally, my boy. many friends in this city, but they hardly think lio Anson and Spatding I return our siiicero thanks f.-r So SNu-khnu'-e reltfcr;i?es his Sunday etor}', and by Reminiscences of the Great Pitcher. lower cUsi of players,and it is my idea that within Durkee will pro! ably remember all about it. I have way uf ttai ciibm adds that If tho I'ittsb'.ir^r K"*»JJT would the next five y ars tbe £ame is lo h» va.^tly improved would fill the bill. I ba was in town on l.uwinert'. tive legal practice. When told of Brainard's Drawney, the fir^t basenmn, and Jack Strong, the nwme. Billy Wel^b, now a telo^rspli operator in the Campbell. Why don't jou builu a LriJs11- tho entire season, that "To rermve an umpire at the Cnuritr Journal o3ic.', 1-ut ut one time ft ic^uUt catcher Ue lar.ghfd uud aaid; "Ve.', 1 »t>« Stii'-khuu^e hu^ b-ea death he became reminiscent and entered fully jiitcher, were jegarded as eotial ontcaeH and creature* demand of any single club would bo not only grossly comiux kack at you folks. \Veil, 1 f«el conlUh-nt ib-tt Into tho history of !3ntin:ird. Said he: only fit to fill the eye when "n the b»ll field. That in the team of a Kau&aj town furnishes nib the (jl- "Yea, wp aro the champions of the world of the land unfair 10 the official thus suffering, but spread de­ lowiug: part. New York's giants got it tliia year by n i-bin, A 0. Spildinn arid W, A. Nitiik-k duu'l need to c;»ll m ' Thnt mao I f'.'gnrii as beJLg tho test pitcher (bat notion hai 1-jng nine*? gone away and tlip general aver- moralization, tiniidiiy and time-terving among tlie but we hove a cinch next season you can just bet jour an outc:d-'i to toitle- their dtcput*B." ever threw a ball. I fay thia considerately, for I have juje of the rank and fll» baa cowie up at TT rapid rate. rest cf the s:aff, where fearlessness" and impartiality A PHENOM DISCOVERRD. It I yi-t time lo-niylrt I will try aud corral ProslJent This is a^ it should be. Thy collegians have "Manager DavtJsou an 1 his ac9*>ciate8 in tho royal jewels. Comb over to aco us. Ans and me 'U ee, u all j our fatuous plc-ber* tf late dajd, 1 bylie-ve aided in should rule. My pol:oy will be in tho tnture, as it has club show yon the tcwu. We can do it, eli, paid? Well. I Nimick and get hia ride. he waa the work and in tho m-xt five yo-ird drber bocia! ele- beeu in tho pasr, to assure the members of the corps seem to be p^rt-atiy troubled about the second btteemau B'lould acecr. If we can't we'll gel Mike Kelly Tho day after Stackhonro i-«blHhend there will be Staggs io ple question. I have got a Biicpestioo to make. The to AN UNCONSCIOUS CURVETt. of umpires that they are fixtures in their positions, tn help. Y..u know Hike? Why cert. They need mis­ ager Phil'ipa fiDtl Secretary Hc-tuUiett both volunt^end connected with tho game. be disturbed only ou tho most convincing evidence of Louisville teem seems to have made a flnd in Weaver. the ihforrrtiiou thai tlicro win nothing in it. Thai'a "At leaet tliere was Bonaething very deceptive fn his sionaries where Mike is unknown. Even Stanley and M'ALEEK AND SPRAODB. dishonesty or incompetency and proof of really poor He played tlic season of 18SO with the Abileues, the Emin Bey an; gre?ted all alone their triumphal lour all the couutiy cousins tiuvo bad to RO uu. delivery. Uu bad a hard knot, a s.'irt of bunion-like I am glad to tell you that the McAlcor case woik, attested not by ona but by several clubs." champion team during that year of Kau-aa. With devf lopmeDt formed on tlio second linger of his rijrbt ii aa of tho Valley of tbe Congo with Inquiries of'will \\HKN BaAlNAHIf TiTCnKD HKilK. po-jd as httiled, and write with the idea that beioie Tliis will encourage members of the L'-ngne staff to this same club Joseph H, N«»!t>y played. N«isley was Kelly cap'ain the Bostons thia year?' Come over. a&d baud, cnnsc-d bv tbe peculiar way Lo hold tbe Imll i:iy letter gets in'.o print tho man will I,P lanJfvJ. He do their duty fearlessly and with thorough impar­ phyeicidly just like Wearer. He wi» a very hard liil- if you livo to land you'll be glad yon were b.»rn Verj f-:w ot thu old te!aye:l thu Clncln- liuldniK the ball and throwittg it in ouch a wny thnt tiality, something impossible wero ter, batting let't-handea, and was a moat daring ba«- nntt Rcda wbon bei« Isi'60 are now liviny. Ambro.ie is well stll^fled to pbiy hi?re. Tom Loftng and Secre­ umpires reuiov- Well, io long. I'm not much on speechifying; Uti Luich the old catcht-r, dio-l hb'.nt nix mfctittig tlie surtaco Cftn^es i.-.ti-UHy friotion oo llmt tijot pro­ tary Hawl--y hive been determined t.» pot hfm frotn all 1' at tho clamor of one or two club managers or riinrit-r. His habf's are nlso of the best. I fcnow ol delivery fa sorcewht.t weak. I lost me curves ac.d «^>. duces a good cuive. It seems tu me I can sue tue little caplains who thought they had wl at I Fpoak, JICCHUSO 1 have been intimately ac­ As-* Er'ulnard pitched fur tbo liedn Uiit gutiui. Tha l*-l!ovf uow, wit!i hig darK eyes and burneldi-s, atand- tho first, and I tiope he'll justify their confldence. Dot beeu given "the droves coining acrom and I'm not In form lo make tLe old pitcher is lemembhreit-bj many l"'iitsburj;i;i». Luftiifl, fi'otn Dubu^uo, ii closing up HIP «!ral in ibeao best of tho deal," as they call it. quainted with him for years. With good tuition this speech of me life. But I'll bo all right when the Thij iug fn the middle of t^-o diamond, whh thouetii'd^ and days, and for the man we are to gtvo }J,(XK) iu canli yofiuar pa an would be^o'ne one of the btar* of the pro­ gaoi'j 1C.C-U, ^lace wl old I'nimi I'atk. Tho gr-md stand thousands of people mart with excitement, watching fession. Maii;i;.cr Da\id«co ought to jet him More­ robins test agin. You can gamble OD H ,I'in Conel" then stood in what Is nv.v d-.-ep cuuttu linld arid fa«M;i an'l Albert and Keas. McAleer will go into centre The veteran manager John Chapman has lad con- eonth It w,io a eoiall ttiinble-down lii.4 easy, ^racenil nioveui- nU aa ho sbut the field, Itadford to left nnd Twitrliell to right. Jt will over, Weaver ntvtr has any oft ilnys. He alv\ays pi ays Thta Ed sal down amid u tbcn^er of silence. affair. Scuuo EHuw-wInto sphere with the fl] ccd of n cftii- siderable experience in controlling profe-si ::>i! ball the fame steady game. lain willing to wagt; all 1 plsy-.rs in thosu daya. tho protty fellows eapecmtly, bo a very h*rd outfielrl for a (mil to get down. 1 he teams. lie was al the bead of the Lollisvil] League uni ball over the plato to Doujr. Alhson Sprw^ue mutter is working in ^ond chapo, and Mr. 8. have got that the engagement of Itakle; will prove of were wont to cuter Uie Rrdiid st-iud duriu^ lutttriK-i who croncln-d bebiud the bailor. And (here wu-i tlie team in ISTo", and was influeuiial in driving out tho great profit to thu Louiiville Club. Lbt Mi Davidsob ni.d dl.-cus3 the gmna wall their lady friyuds. Tiiuoi G. Morion's queer tactic* must run the legal gauntlet quartette of crooks of that team who disgraced-aced tLe tirentest catcher who ever held up hia hati'.U. IIo ere h« lands his man. Pprntme isn't likely try him." La7fa cLiiLg'.d.flO have HID pla^enf. IH-vrr w.:ro ^lovfs. Masks wero not then known. to go ty selves and tl:« professional fraternity a year alto Minneapolis, no nialtor how tho case comes out. I do not tee of whoni ever aft^-r entered a proftissional NEWS NOTES. r.OCft AND KVE DROPS. Catchers then never wore pads or nnytbius; uf the kind not believe that Billy Harrin^ton'a awajrgering friend A local paper sa?s tint Hugo Helbnrn ha» applied to urotect t IK-III. Solnras d«ugcr was concerned he while Spring dates la what Manner IMiillipj !^ thinking has any right to oco of the Ohicas0 MhroooH* reserved utettte hai for a I'ositiou as an Association umpire, aii-J oiaj get a over as tif. fi'.t* corjvale^1;'nt i:i his lourn. 11" luts n mj^lit have, worn only a breecb clout and yet dny after men. He hac a coniptete ctmu^o of organization in day AliUon caught BrninHrii's terrific balia without a aen the place. Wt-fct^ru tnp tn hia mind ^oiug HH fur a^ ?t. J-->e. IIo Minneapolis, fcir I hav« aewet>Apur records of Ihe ted the Fhil Hinkle, Larry Gatto and others ot Uiie city, has offers of ^n.iniijteeft nnd thioks be cun inako wiuo?. tifjiliiard C"',i!d pitch a came a flav ths sea?on formation of n^t'ick coDipany and election through. His li^'ht Him and right shoulder \vereab- of officers. jeague ttnm of Milwaukee, and in 1S78 took charge wi!l go to w-jrk shortly to form tbat Blow Gn»8? eo'^ngb to pay bim to carry uren a teum uf Hxteeu At any rate WM'|| «|«u (be mar; if b« Is willing, abd if tbo Holyoke team. Then he manage.! tho Albany L'.-agne about which I wrote some time sfr.co. cr-.on, Bvrrnclly developed from tdo onrcide BJ that when he we'll have a littla trial witb the Warwick ot the Wwt- .Siv.ne time MIJCO in a letter to Tus ^POUTINO L;FB I trij'i.ea team in 1BSU, and tho League team at Wonrce; ;>.ter in It ia pretty nearly ecttled thnt the nrich-talked of uin League. 1S82. after llr. IJannroft reliied. Then he t<, ik LoU statyJ that the silary list of die Louisville team ctit Btrlw Letw»«n (he Browns is off. (Jhria won't r>!:iy in RK I.OOKKT) ONE-SIDED. sea-cm would be nndor S2-),000. As t.eai as J cat; as- Piiteturp ftcd the CLEVELAND Ct'fB NEWS. of tbe Detroit* In 1BS3 and '81. and since the i he lias local miinasora won't tmtht-r ih * "Th»t buttery was ihe king of all batteries and we There (an't very much Cl'-velaod C'l'iN uows. Hopan governed the Dsiffalo team. Now be takes c large of ceriuin now it will fall uudyr S18,0(X). German anywhere. They su.v ho id afraid tn play a. nil! trover Hto i:s ef]i:u'. 1 i»w a fttul ttj) glrike.AJIicon thn Sjracusn team for 18»9, and bo Kill be i ikcly to Sinco Uis Sju:hern Lo.igue fe likely (o exi-t agnln ^rtee oti it* o^erits and uo Id Corncuyf despite tbat IH out an-j aliout, and i? likoly to go hctue to a (HW m-iiiy of thy young players here are locking to it (or F'|niio!y In liis forttltc.nl. Uis full Ifkn a alaughtcrfd diiy* 1'nutz bftflii't et-ttloa. Mr. Loft us and Mr. takn them to Ihe championship goal. Ho is now in £500 bluff. '*. lint cot up ni it wliMe and finished ilu* jjniuo. The Syraoise, «nd the club i) to ho congratulated o; i secur- oinp'cymont. Others expect cngagerottLts wl'.u ILb From China we will run up Into Slrerl* and play to "George Miller, tbe sprinter," is what Miller Mill l>s Fliiiiagan, of ihu Detroit cnntiu^rnt, hnvo come to clubs in the smaller Indiana and JlliM-H cities. tht exiled nchichista Thin is by special arrangemen tiilN of these diiya were not the pudding KffuiiB of to- term*, and that is all. Tho noasori lickc-t silo Is ing tbe Tttnau'j efficient senicis. cat tad if hfe ket:ps on runniug fo.5t races. Oeovgo can (t\ les cjrotn : nt thorn easily. of a market tor players this winter. Certniuly non*j of proffssional complaint kn-jvtn as "swelled heal." He my Iriend Wtl*li, lives at Abilene, Kansas. leiipei", L-ut ie lor-kin? for tn;i;i matches. Geoig-i cnlu-d l!r:iii;»id M-IIS the pr'-atest fivlding piirhcr I ever saw. lately culled al Mr. llyrne'j oflice, by request, to 8id it Urrtiuard w^n'd uii\k« a cat-like move- Bob eeems to preft-r tlje Association. Klauag-in sud ality of the club management. Hughes, after learning motlicr, wtio Ia seriously ill. ' Smoke just aa Rco'l cicaw as I did wh*»n I wns '-vith iiji-nt, mid with 'lie uf liN pcculmr smfl*^ that seemed Duck will both be eignod, and Proeser may be, bnt not the figures of his new coutiact, impudently turned tu IlecUer's second visit to Oil City was due to the )!!- Detroit, and It's five lo one/* said Manager \Vatkiu3 n- 9:i\ 'iif>t this lifiic.1 would bold the ball f< r au *n\V if tbe Pprague CH«O turns out nil ri^ht. It has not Mi.IJvineand in a peculiar tone remarked: "I'm worth ness of liU child. We will go from CctstftLtinople to Egypt, havtog a when here. ( it. Ori^lu.illy Brniniir-1 «aa R »pcou'f Ua5t>man. lib asmucbaiCarulheis; if 1 don't gel it I won't play, see?" Peto UrcwniDg s.tys he is in no hurry to e!an and eontract to play » garr.e tot the mummy ol Rameeet II Mr. Kiiby, &f Limn, will gen^l his ad lre?a t-> Al been floally settled where the team will go for spring 11., aLd thht deaf ar,d dumb ftl!o« t)sa*r!iicnt w i { l' 'tie Hcds canio about to this way. IQ practice, but it will certainly be in tbe 6outhwesL Hughes has r.iade a great mistake iu pursuing this wants no advance mcney either. He claims to be plen­ tbe> call tbe Pni't he will receive tl.utzyi mite Ut spoken of sev­ ll'PFprtng nf IgOf*. I w«ut B-lst to K«t Fred Waterman, course with Mr. Byrne. aa ho will probably find out tifully supplied wttto the useful commodity. Sf.Lyr.x. 1 would&'t mind thu trip it Cleopaliu wtr eral (i«ya H^ 1' The Tri-Stat« League average« ai'd in vho »'aa Ihfn with (he Kxcelsiors. ol Brooktyu. to LOCAL MEN IS THK TRt-STATB LEAGUE, before March Eels In. I.ael season his batting average Ilaiwey', Hecker and Mack have arrac^ed to po to and the b'>y^ atfc b»ppy. pliiy third I-aw for ?is 1 fruti-J Kred at a dance and Tho local players are preparing to go out ln!o the was but .ISO in 39 games, while bis ba«e-ruuuiri:r \vas the Hot Springs in Wttrcb aod remain there Qi>tli lie Billy T»yior has left n« and pnne into Mn'fordN 4>[M-iM*d af-gi'tiiitiun? witb liim. A young mao named Trl-State League in large inimberd next season and confined to three stolen bases, sod in ridding be did games h»ro brpin. Trcm Egypl wo will crow the tny tc Home, th territory. It was BoniCtbitig won U-iful how ih-- ns-wa- lirflinard. will) the Eicelsiors, was being talked about raihei sorrow because of its stagnant condition. There not compare with Caruthers, Foutz, or Terry, and yet and hiswifd have been en a visit to re- hrtne (.f tte Cai-iara 1 haven't benrd nhetbcr any c papers obeyed Billy's request i.ot to bring up the just. »> lit-- roming stccnd bugeinan, »ad I c!«tern:iDed lo are a promising lot here. Joe Martin, of the Sham- ho has tlie eflronttrv to compare his woik with Ca­ lationBin Aikanhas. the Osar! are i\t horn* new or not, tut we'll leave ou "Stifike, old toy," w&s tbegrttlin^ extended him by jet bim, tco. I I'otic-J JjtiD r> cks, whom Ansou tried; Kiuiup, of tbe Malleablts; ruthers'. tbe tine,I iieider in Ihe pitcher's box, and Mr Tavidst;nis still arrans'tig preliminary exhibi­ carda if they art not. 1 have ft friend In Ucmt wbon Galeh, of the same team; Dewald, of the Sliamrocka; tion Kamei. He has five caniei with the Huceiers, be­ I visited or.ce on aij A* snpgesticn? aro always in order, perhaps Ted CtERKlXO IN A SHIRT BTC^B. one of tlie most effective batting pitchers. But for the return from Florida . BercbtiJtd, O'Donntll aod Alien, of the Graphics; fine coaching afcistaoce Hughes bad from Bu-hong sides the yarces with Pitteburg, Cleveland and other Snllivftc, wouldii't object tu taking one reUtivt- to liis "Ro was a fiieMcthtde diesFtr. i perfect jiectleman Freuzer. of tb? St. Ed?; Gauoe, a pood catcher, acd a cl uls already mentioned. We m«T not stop off al Puree. London, or the pro- Ec':lt-h trip. There is a boit Io thii vicinity ht» In nifiniit-ri». and fn-nj hi* appearance ool at all t bal) and Holberl his pitching would have been far below few others are all good men. The Clevelactiers ic l what It Is. Tbt club, witb the pitching talent il has, John Sowdera, of the St. Pauls of 1688, was in tliii vfncial tewr.s of Europe. Il will ha:dly pny unless w-i inijcht enpnize. It ie called Ilie \Villi»in Thaw. Speed jdayer. Uiit li*» aa» vlsy, nud I dickt-red with him some Beason'i Tri-^tate League did woll. city SHturda) night. He said that he hat! tigneil to »!ay for certainties with the pri%-il»-gfc Wlien we ge i< whnt IK war.ted and the Thaw's average Is a mile iu days beforo I got bim. Fii;»lly I ecgaied him at a can do without Hughes' services. But the boy will MEWS NOTES AND COMMENTS. probably come to his semes before spring. At any rale UUb for ludiauapoii? next s-'saoa. J. A. home nest spring we will be ready to step into our Si' inlnutt-s. iilnry of $1,2C!>, tn-1 he landed io Cincinnati ID May possessions add occupy the earth. Mencwhik we aro Lew DickoreoD is in town. Pick isr.'t In tho condi­ Kextdny «t- pluvt-d th« BuckeTML Biainard plavcd Treasurer George W. Howo leaves New York CD hi wll! bt belli on tbi lesen-e Hat until ha does. Wednesday fcr a two months' business trip io Europe. "FROM all quarters of the country comes gos- puraHzitg the Cecgorcofi and buahmtn. ACB AlteoM. tion be was last wltjiei. Hi? is pretty fit. ecor.d fur us and we beat them. Asa ujacia » bit at I can answer Chadnick's query about those p:ctnro« econd an-1 coLtinued to bold down that bag until the During hia alsenct Secretary Hawl&y will be tbt clul's For HIP past sli years tli» nimly constructed fecc» s'p about the organization of new l.a;:u»s, HIP treaeurer. etrocgtheutng of oM. the adding of new rlut'S. tli« MJF facetious and sarcastic co-laborer at Clovo of tbe AH-Americas, as f«r »s Phtsijurg i.-j cjnctrued. fail, when tbe clnb made its 6r-t Eastero trip. Erainard ol the Brooklyn Club grounds at Washington Park, The one for this place arrived safe and sound. wonlJ pitch occasien&Ily in practice,but Already rreparallcn* are being made (or Ihe or­ has withstood the bufJcts of ill the gales which have dropping cut of others, and ac on. Then the Inquiry land divides all terre3tial matter into two parts lit- badn't ao op- ganization of a ccurjU cf crack amateur teams bere for all destripti&n of base tall goods nt the headquar­ Ilowell, the fat proprietor of the Wheeling Clni>.wa4 portniiitv to»ho\v wlathe cyuld Jo ublil a lucky chacce attacked it. Including Ihe great blizzard of March the earth and Carthage. That's right; Carth­ in town the other (lay. Some locai plii}er9 chased got him into tbe pllclur's sqinre as w» called for next season. 1888, bill-the gale from the nortbeajt which culmi­ ters of the several large wholesale houses leads the it then Young L*wel!yn, the local pitcher, will, ffhog pn prieton of th« same to tredict thit the game will age is a little better than the rest of the earth, ufVr him for work. ^ and at once \>o showed bia Dioille. He signed & nate'! ou the night of Jan. 5, combined with th» rain Laruer, munu the word for a wt-ek 01 so yet. h!a role-ace frcrr, HumUton, go lo one of the CaMforuia and the high temperature, which bad taken the fro*' b« much nmre popular iH'Xt a«ft*on than ever befor*. and not quite on a level witb heaven. Prcbablv conlruct fur us ftT the seison of It69, at th-< aume fig­ and that ccnwquoi'.tlj they will

upon me tkat every one else At the table was Indulging donned their flannel suits and straw hats they come through the city. Aud he made his faithful nurse his iu the same breach of et;quetto, I fell Into line aud ata ou deck with hearty appetites for breakfast and ia CINCINNATI CHIP8. wife. But tlieir weddeJ lift* was nut liappv, and hit WASHINGTON WHISPERS. "pot" with my fingers, a la Hawaii. What is more, I good condition tor their morning's cricket practice. waj divorced, and she who shared hta early love is still BASE BALL. found It immensely palatable. We are to cro^a the f-quator to-night, and many of a residuut of Cincinnati. Charley Guuld is the only ie Spring Schedule of the league A Bin The Strlhe of Cincinnati'* Big Three—A EHD OF THK FEAST. the boya will ait up si as to be on deck when we go Needles* Scare The New Orleans Trip one of the old Beds now living here, and (or tlie pi^t and Jolly Party Looked If or— Washing­ over the line, although our exit from the Northern two yetrs he 1ms hrea a stor -keeper ID the employ of ton Club Affairs— Catcher i£br!ght So- The f^Mt proceeded aa nearly all fensta do. There aud onr entry into the Southern hemisphere will not Abandoned Trades of Ball Flayers—The the Mann Boudulr Co., at their headquarters iu Lud- was an uninterrupted hum of conversation, mingled pDeath of Bralnard—Little Newaltems. cured, Etc. with laughter, tn^rry badinage, and the s<>nxa aud bo Immediately indicated save by the captain's an­ low, Ky , across the river THE GREAT"TRIP. nouncement of the fact. CINCINNATI, Jan. 9. Editor SPORTINO LIFE; WASHINGTON, B.C., Jan. 11. EditorSroRTixo niUftic uf ihe uarire b'.jyp, until alienee was finally re­ A MUTE PITCUER'S HOPES. quested by the Attorney General. Our captain, by the way, is * darling. He stands 0 When Col. A. S. Stern arrives home from the IKE: The spring or schedule meeting of tha Ha a rose to nia feot feet ID height and weighs 283 pounds. He has I was about to perpetrate a hull by declaring that I Hud npuke briefly in a complimentary manner of been metropolis this week he will run into a little bad a "tftlk" this afternoon with Frank (iillehpie, the *eague will be called to meet in tliis city r'ri- President Spaldinar, the visiting guests an athlete of DO ordinary ability in his day, and one of The Tourists Start Around and of Ameri­ the rarest treats l have enjoyed is that of getting into hornet's nest. The busy throng still sweeps all mute richer. Ho is a Cincinnati boy, and i* spending ay, March 1. It waa originally intended that cans generally, finally proposing a toa,st to the guest a the captain's stateroom, together with Williamson< before it on the thoroughfares of trade, and the the winter here nt his come on Clark ttreer. Hi* has he League magnates should be called together of tiio evuuing. PrtKhleut SjialJing re^poudfd briefly, had some correspondence with Frank Selee, in reference his well-woided tribntu to Burns, H;iulon, or other members of our party to listen Ohio River ia still flowing toward the Missis­ n the 27th or 28th of February, but, as many Hawaii aud its people'a to ihe old se.i dog's etoties ot" travel aud adventure. to signing witli (Jnmha next sen ami. <>iile*pe has the World. geufruua h-apitality being warmly receivt-d by the Ho sippi and the Gulf. And yet there is trouble in never had a <-luiice mtisUo the smaller clubs, mid ina f the base ball bosses de.-iro to combine business conipmy preseut. has been all over the world and has sailed tlie Pacific nth }>10i\suro, the date will be fixei to suit the Some moments later, the King ex- for tha past 23 years. He sits at the head of the first the camp trouble with a boiled shirt, white record with tho Independent team «f the School for pr**8~ing H dt^ire to hear humorist Frank Lincoln, quiet Deaf Mntes, at Columbus, is certainly an enviable one. onvenience of the majority, in addition to the waa r<-i|UH^t"l and Frank had tbo King and his tfueata tublo ID the diningroom with A. G. and Mrs. SpilJlng cravat, a diamond stud and a traveling cap. The Last Days in Australia- at lua right and Mr. aud Mrs. Frauk Lincoln at his That which was feared has come to pass. The , He has a drop hall that 1ms fooled many a HHU into chcdule meeting the inauguration of Harrison, laugliiiig Leforo he had fairly gotten to his feet, ilia left. The others at the captain's table are Mr. stiiktng out, and in a gurnu last eean-m no tt-aa than satire ou afei'-dmuor Bpoecho?, bis ABC oration and and Cincinnati infield is "on a strike" or if it isn't, j twenty ''funned'* ont on Im delivery members of thu find Morton will be among the ti-tions at tbo his artistic mixture of a "soda cocktail' Mrs. Anfiou, Mr.and Mrs. Williamson, Captains Ward Capita! City a few days later, <-=J who wish Further Details of the were never and HanloQ, tho prow correspondents, Tom Burns, Ban Johnson has firei a very loud volley of j Capital Univeisity team. The bttter [art of '88 lie mor« cleverly given, nud never called forth more eii- blank cartridges. Keilly, Carpenter and Me- | played with ibe Wincnrstfire. Two >ea>s ago San- t> assist in arranging the playing schedule f >r ihnsia-tio applnuae. Frank and his wifo Fred P'feffer, Vred Curroll. George Wrlglu, W. I. Stay at Honolulu. were recipi­ Suyder and others. The captain's shining, good- Phee whose worth and faithfulness none will ! dusky gave him a trial, but Kyn lut eight bulU go 889 and afterwards shake their feet at the in- ents of RpecUl attention from His Msjoety during our natured face brighteus our table at every meal. throng!) him, and the Steubenvilles won tbe gamp, ugural ball can avail themselves of the benefit* brief stay, ttu> King's private carriage, a nta^uilicdnt deny want bigger salaries next year than they 8 to 4. Gille^pie is oue of the Lest mute players now equipage, calling at the hotel with ihe tnegatge tbitt it The log Distance sailed during 24 hours, ending got in 1SS8. That is the sum and substance of f the railroad excursion rates. with noon to-day, 325 miles. Tot*l distance from San on the diamond. [COPYRIGHTED] wau at the service of Mr. aud Mrs. Liucolu. Frank the difficulty. It cannot widen into a breach A TIP TO VISITORS. will tell the boy8 how it field to ride through royal do- Frauciaco, 3,192 miles. _____ HABSY PALMBB. SCRAPS. The final games of the American base ball that cannot be healed, for the Cincinnati Club Tom Sullivan has unearthed a "phencm" a young For the information and guidance of the bns* niaiua upon royal cushions and behind royal horseflesh The Tourists' Record in Australia. teams in Australia were played at Melbourne when he gets back to Ameiica. He knows all about will do the fair thinjj. That ia certain. Personal Walnut Hills pitcher named O'Hearn. Ho may be iall contingent who may desire to visit tho Saturday, Jan. 5, and they attracted the largest It. I duii't. After Liuc .In's remarks we left the tent, Here is the record of games played by the cltargfd and recrim n.it ions between player and em­ eigiied by an International Asaoclatijn team. "The Senators at that festive period, I interviewed a attendance of the series. The weather was aa American teams ployer are to be deplored. Words sf.okeu in the heat dickering" is now iu progress member of tbo inauguration committee, the thiunuaa the King and tbe members of bia family and cabiuot in Australia: of i-aseiou and moulded in cold type will live to haunt perfect ns it was possible for a summer day to returciux tu the reception tent, outside of which the Date. Where. Victor. Score. Mahon, the old bright light of Ihe Kentonj", of Cov- f thf suli-committee informs me tt:at neaily all DCj and about 17,000 people were in attendance. guitarist took up their positions. The boys mingled Dec. 12...Ankland ...... All-America...... 8 3 I do not with the cro\vd io the gardens, admired the dark-eyed Dec. 15...Sydoey..,...... All-America...... 5 4 retreat one iucli from my ground that the=e inn'' here with old friends. ransportatiou conijmni^a of the United States, except The programme was a long and diversineuTono beauties wbo flirted and chatted with a z«4t I have T>sc. 18...Sydney...... All-America...... 9 5- matters of finances concern the clubwud player alone. From butter and o^rgs to iho stage is quite a loap, he lines w**st of the MIMJS Ippi Itivcr, have fixed th» and was heartily enjoyed by all, and by none rarely see a equalled even iu America, and puffed the Dec. 19...Sydney...... All-America...... 6 3 Aud the sooner a peace is patched up the bttter it will but Johnny Niehofl made it without turning a hair. at;- at one fare for tlu> voi:nil trip- Ihe limit of time be for the discipline of the club. I fear Joe i'ritciiard's agony over the Rigmne of all roaiis is from Feb. 2S to March 8. lu other more than by the American pliyers, whose re­ cigarettes and cigars that wero served ia lavish quan­ Doc. 22... Melbourne...... All-America...... 6 3 Thero is no danger of any o! tbe trio being shelved, ception has been so cordial and enthusiastic that tities. Doc. 24...Melbourne...;...... All-America...... 15 13 'Shorty" Fnller is premature, arid his "good news" for words, during the period named one can com-' 10 Dec. 25...Melbourne...... Chicago ...... 6 3 but it is unfortunate that sucli a hue and cry has been the other seveu clubs may be knocked iu the head. Washington for one-half of what it wuuld cost at the many of them would be glad if their trip could THE NATIVE LADIES. raised over tlie atfair. A mountain has perhaps btoa "Shorty" is used to Mississippi River water, and if Joe current iat'8. Hawaiian women of the higher class, by the way, Dec. 25...Melbourne, ...... All-America...... 16 13 be extended for another month. The aprrts be­ Doc. 26... Adelaide...... All-America...... J9 14 made out of a molehill, aud when that soothsayer had wn the boy §t»p Home of ihe grouuders I saw There is Brother Brnnell,«'itb whom I have watered gan at 2 o'clock with a base ball game between form a subject that we cnn!d scarcely grow M-eary of President Stern passes his hands over the triu and him face in New Orleans a year a^o he would allow a red apple; h« can come all t!ie way fruu Cleveland writing upon There is gomothlng in these graceful, Dec. 28... Adelaide,...... Chicago...... 12 9 pours oil and hair restorer upon the troubled waters the Chieagos and a Ioc:\l nine, mainly composed Jan. 1... Melbourne...... Chicago...... i...... 9 8 smile to once moro illumine hn jully face. aud i etui u tur $11. A. G. Ovens should certainly coma dark-rikiuued, glurioud-eyed women, beyond the mere the little cyclone ot '89 will be forgotten. So be It. There fs more ta'k than au.ithioi; else about "ac­ n from liiiliaunpolis and sew his ft* slow- tow n?nvui in- of American residents. Five innings were beauty of their ttklo, the whiteness of their teeth, the Jan. 2...Ballarat...... Chicago...... 14 7 "Hickory" Oarpenier whose Jan. 6...Melbourne...... Chicago...... 8 0 handle few know lo be cepting the K^nerous offt*r of Iho Cincinnati gymna­ loeted into the highest offlco withiu the piit of the plajed, the score then standing 20 to 3 in favor music of their voices, or the glory of their expressive W. W. w home from the wild, untamed West, where sium people," and up to to-day not a mother's s >n of a American ptople. This tie can accomplish (de- _ of the professionals. The local nine did very eyes, to (\wakeu admiration among visiting Aineiicans. he has been since the season closed. HJ may abandon hall player has showed up to ''get Into condition." pito the Jrncrs'ate Commerce law) for the Jimmy Foearty, Ihe handsome, light-hearted outflelder all idea of that projected When the oid^r is given to walk Spanish they will be *aitry sum of £10. Friend Cralty can rim Veil under the circumstances and their efforts of the A BIG AMATEUR LEAGUE. All-America Uain, entered the lists for the TRIP TO THE CRESCENT CITV, there; not much before. lown from IMtblmrg and return for 89. At Were heartily cheered. favor of OOP ot them, a petite little beauty with eyes for ball players are not apt to jump with wide-open Miiddux, of the Shamrocks, lost all bis possessions Color's crowd ia in the soup, he may uot feel inclined CRANE'S FEAT. like star*, and a figure like unto those portrayed by A Proposed Enlargement of the Metropoli­ tan League to Include Philadelphia eyes after a plum that may have a string, aye, a rupe, by the recent fire on Budd street, where over a genre ;o come ou and Join our liule picnic, but if he does I A came of foot ball followed the old artists She was surrounded by a boat of ad- connected with it. There is no hops u>» of houses wero burned. mi tol 1 that a'tt-r he reached St. Lonw fan nwy be between the mirern, j»ll of whom were loo jAlonsly attentive to Boston, New York, Brooklyn, Stuten gutrautee famous Carlton Club and the Port Melbourne. offered by tne plucky men of New Orleaus, wbo have Sioux City clahusTony HeHman « a ' fif-Ider.'* Tony accommodated with a round-trip ticket to Wasuiag- permit of either Fogarty or myself becoming very Island, Bergen Point and Orange. Is a very clover l-ack Mop. Th-jre will be considerable .011 and Lack for $20. I ctinuot give him the exajt It w*8 hot weather for foot ball, but the men closely acquninU'd with her. For an hour wo vainly lost money without wincing and uro strugi-ling to The Amateur League of the metropolis, which keep alive the spark of enthusiasm iu btw» brill iu the Cincinnati about Jim Puweli'ti learn. Jue Crotty once ;itf {including Cart lift?*?, as, that way-back station is »trw*rgled nobly and the game resulted in a tie. tried lo corner her. A flaj-h from her bright eyes and played lit-re. not OQ the list) from ihe North ovt-r tiio lines the gleam of at the beginning of last season included the South 30 nearly kilieJ by extravagance and lacK of Tollov.tng the foot ball fttune cauie the last baso ball her white teetli as §!ie laughingly look*»d business seuse and tact. Harry Biumgartncr wanted Wallace Taylor, the ex-Covlnglon stnr pliyer, Is now of the Trunk Line Passenger At- Racial ion. inclini­ in Australia. Baldwin and Daly formed tbe Chicago over her shoulder at us being tho only reward ahe base ball nines of the Staten Islind Athletic to take a Cincinnati team of cracks to play there dur­ crytug "Front1' at the best hotel in Logandport. Wal­ ng the IVnnsylvania, New Ycrk Central, North-ra battery and Cr»nf ami Kirle the AU-Amer;ca9 Five wuuld vouchsafe us. She waved us an adieu as she Club, the Staten Island Cricket and Case Ball lace wfnt up there t> cuptaiu thi-ir tonmaiit] under his Jc.'itrul, West Shore, etc. I nm assured that a j-dly clung tu ing Mardi tiras week, but ex-1'resiuent Toby Hart, Innings were played, the Cbicagoa winning by 8 to 0. tho arm of her egc»rt on the dock, and I hnd Association, the New Jersey Athletic Associ­ with whom he corresponded, gave little substantial direction the Hooaiera cleaned out everything io the .wrty is earning on from Brs'on, for I lienr-l Walter At the end of the game Crane.WillianiBOD and Pfefier, the satisfaction of getting ahead of "Foge," by passing wjiy of bull clubs (hat part of Indiana boasted of. Jewitt dickoting with Frank Bennett, maunger of the hei my knotted ation and the Brooklyn Athletic Club, ended the encouragement to the enterprise. lie refu-ed to send In respouss to an orier of £100 mtule by Mr. Spaidinn handkerchief aud a bunch of rosts round-trip tickets for twelv* man aud offered fiimplv Then thoy made a hotel man out ot bim and aro keep­ Arlin>rton Hotel, for quarters for that crafty trl \ to all AuatraHa, entered into a competition at tlirowiug from the deck of the steamer. In addition I had been season of 1833 with but two of these four clubs ing him t^ere. enant, Scden nud nil I iners. I suppose "Mugwump,1* lortuuate enuuxh to to share "half and half" after the team arrived there. *-Iio cricket ba-1. Crane won at 12dyds. lO^iu., beat­ take her picture with my Kodak officially in the League, inasmuch as the New And this was declined. In consequence, George Wash1- Great Sc<>ti! If Gus Schmelz ever got shaved, wbat 'Jake" Horse, "Fatty" Steveus or Tim Humane will ing tho Australian crickef-bnll throwing records by camera on the dock that morning. 1 aball preserve it Jersey Association's nine resigned from the would the poor newspaper folks do for full whhkcrcd also come along and attempt to get in their fumcns aii a fair type of Hawaiian beauty. iugtoo Bradley, Shorty Fotler, Jack Boyle and some 2yde. 7to., auit defeating WiUiamsoo by 3>ds 2fu. Aa League early in the season, and towards the of the other pirtjeis who had pliaued a January jaunt jokes? As a man tinker the influence of » load of cher­ 'r»ro.jp'' act. Should the interstate bars ba may be supposed, Craue'a great feat excited the Aud this incident reminds me of our departure. I ries* might say "it would be razir serious" rantd R^afiist them, they may put wmio doubt if at auy point close tho Brooklyn Athletic Club's nine was to the land of flowers where WalKer Ro3<*' smile aud utmost euthuiiasm and he is tho hero of tbo tour ou out journey we shall leave a Maurice Kauffmini's whi-kers illumine the base bill Alec Vosi expects to m;tk» hia arm felt in tlie Wes­ .sake*! beans and brown bread in tho trays of their among Australians. city witb such honest regret as wo loft Honolulu. The suspended. In the interim the Orange Athletic tern A»M)cmtirm neit a^tison. He n ambitious, and r unks «ud purchase their tickets at tbe rate of 314 generous hospitality of its people, the beautiea of its horizon, will tind a wiuter dream spoiled. I irot a OFF FOR ADELAIDE. Club's nine entered the League, and the season note from "Brad" the other day. Ho aud Lou My ere aft»r leading D.illai to the front in the Texas League, ;er skull by all-mil liu»-s or $11 via tho sound. S'ack climate, and tbe attractions ot its driven, its walks, and hopes to help esccrt Minneapolis lo the pennant. jouse aad hi.* enterprising brethren from New York The North German Lloyd's Salier left port at 5 ita luxmiant tropical foliage, had made every man of ended with the Staten Island Athletic Club in as well ai Gns fhnllix, ar« all employees of tho Louis­ 'clock, Monday, Jiu. 7. having on board Mr. A. G. possession of championship honors. The Ama­ ville and Naahville Rtilroad. "Brad," as I wired, de­ KBN Mi LFOBD, Ja. tty may get »-ight of the Washington monument, with. us wish to take up our abode there indefinitely, and ruiuuiuifH, at £t>,50. Spaldtag, the Chicago and All-America base hall teams teur League was organized to serve the nied the soft Western impeachment that ho bad sur­ bid the Alumeda goon her way. double rendered to the seilnctive wooing of Sioux City braves. There Is ft big delegation coming from Philadel- and the American corrtBponJeuta who came here with purpose of promoting HAYS FROM SYRACUSE. them. An Immense crowa saw them off, ami for an KARBWELL TO HONOLTTLTT. the interests of the legiti­ He declared: "I have not signed any whore yet. but >hix, marshaled by Co'ontl John i. Kukjcrs. Ho will ie a guest of the Kigga liour bef iro the steamer's departure tier decks were It wag perhaps nine o'clock our steamer was to mate amateur class of players of the metropolis have several offer* iu Texaa and Hmttiern le:ikfues it The New Manager, , at House, together with the oth r leave at ten when Ihe members of our party filed they'succt-*ifully embers of Chief Marshal Beaver's s'afY. 0 jUaiel thronged with citizens taking thwlr last farewell of in general by establishing a legislative authority oigauize as well as in the Western Work — A New Pitcher Signed _ Star their visitors. Cheer njK)u cheer came from wharf aud through lh* tent to bid farewell to the King. His for their government, and of matting a special Association." llogers is jiidjje advocate general of the Pennsylvania Mftjenty had .seen Clarenco Players Brought Iiito Line. Etc. ^atiiiiial Guard, Mid a* » m umber of the Governor's dock as tho gallant thip saile 1 awtiy. The bull party Duv;il do a plantation oode of playing rules for their championship *'THE TRADES" is BASE BALL occupy all the cabins of tho sbip but (wo. Mr. Sirnp- break down to the mnelc made by the bands of Tommy SYRACUSE, N. Y. t Jan. 10. Editor SPORTING stiifl he wit) t>e a conspicuous figure at tho h<-a>I of th» contests. There are three distinct classes of That reminds me that the ball player* who make imugural parade. Four )ears ago, while riding BOD, of Now York, remaiueJ iu Melbourne to train a Burns, Fied Pfeffer, Jimmy Kyan and myself, and had Cincinnati their home LIFE; The brand new manager of tbe Syracuse down rewarded the little darkey with a t«D dollar gold amateur clubs represent all s«jria of trades and :'emj3) Ivauia avenue in the Cleveland and Himdricks locHl team in base bill, nitb a view to having U travel in the metropolis, viz: first, the profenaionrt, to which they can return when Father champions arrived in town Friday of" last week, and play in tbo United States nejtt summer. piece. H« had conversed pleasantly witb many mem­ genuine amateurs, who play their games on .lanule, his horse stumbled and felt upon the slippery Time will present tln-m with increasing years, Ciiar- and the local press i* thus eatly saying pleasant :oncrete, giving the gallant colonel u severe sh king The Salier will touch at Adelaide, and It Is probable bers of our party, aud, as wo passed before him, he free grounds and for recreative ley-boree, game l^ggttud latuearrua. The butcher, the shook each one of ua warmly by the hand and wished exercise only; things about him. Mr. Chapman is a genial, ;ip, He will be able to frit at the League table, for ho that a game will be played there. After tiiat Ibe pro- secondly, the class of legitimate amateurs who baker and the candlestick maker do not prance on the tframiud is to play ia Calcutta and other points in us bon royu^t>. He baa a line face, lias Kin; Kala- pleasant gentleman, and has already jumped lues not perform his horseback act until after the are attached to the leading field, b:it they are among the few trades not repre- chfilule meeting ia over. F<:r the informatioii oliuy India, in Cairo and Alexandria iu Egypt, Home, kunu.aface with dark, f-xpresaive eyes and kindly, athletic clubs of the Beited by "tho boys." Some into poouiar favor. Almost immediately upon intelligent expression, that grows more interesting as of them never did any­ iiiDKTuns Philadelphia friends I will state that they Slonte Carlo, Vienna, Paris, and as many points in metropolis, and who not only play on enclosed thing save play ball from the time they w^-re able to his arrival here, and shortly after becoming England aud Ireland AS powible. The party expect one looks into it, and more than one of our party rt-- grounds isy reitch Wnbbiu^'oti und«r Iho iimuguiati^m rate but who also employ professional play­ lift a bat, and Bob Gilks, of the Cleveland*; Tom Sulli­ domiciled at the Empire House, be began busi­ at S4 round-trip, over tbe Baltimore nud Ohio or the to arrive in New York about the latter end of April. HinrUed upon the steamer afterwards: "I am agree­ van, of Kansas City; Will Crowell, of t!io St. £jrs, and ably disappointed in His Majestj ." ers to oconpy their "battery" positions; thirdly, 'eunsjlvanm railroads. ON THE WAY TO INDIA. Ed Keodor, who may KO ness in the correct way by proceeding to sign Our furewella spoken, we placed at the edge of the tlie so-called aeoii-nrotWsional claa*, who piny tor ioStockron, Cal., are included LAIC'S BAY, near Adelaide, Jan. 10. The North gate money and on any Kroiinds they can procure in that category. Lefly Blarr, Columbus' crack fielder, players for the coming season. The Syracuse A NOTEWORTHY INCIDENT, German Lloyds King's pavilion and g»\e His Majesty three American used to be * stock-keeper at Shillitto's. Red Bittman, As an evidence that the classification rule la being steamer Salier, with tbe American yells that brought a smile to his tttce and further good temporarily or otherwise, and who play either on tho directors have made a good selection in eigning Lags ball teams ou board, left here to-day for India. co-operative p'an or for smull salaries, according to of the Buffeioa, aud Jake Steozel, of Columbus, are Mr. Chapman, and ba?e ball in this city has iccepttd in g > K! faith by thy League player , I wank Hundreds of farewell wishes to bis lips. Tuiee more were given for crur carriage blacksmith?. o ca:l attention to i little telegrams wore received by the friends in Honolulu, aud then Jimmy Fogarty made ciicoinstances. To these may be added the cla*s of Harry Ful'eris a machinist; taken on a decided boom. It is idle to remark incident Itiut cornea to me Americans hero, all breathing good wishes and hopes commercial nines, formed from the regular clerks of Ja-jk Shoup ia a shipping cli-rk; Bob Clark, of ihe rom Lenzuo hea-Iqnartfrs. Ao infielder connected of a eafe jonruey hums. Thtire are hini9*Jf tu? target of half a hundred pairs of admiring Brooklyn?, and "Mox" M/;Quoery, of that the new m muger ot the Syracuse champions 19 a vith one of the Western teams, upon rpceiviog at present eighteen eyes when he proposed throe cheers for the Indies of mercantile houaes, or any employees of business Qrim Syracuse, used to veteran in ihe business, and bU careet RS both player notica fcaae ball clubs in Australia, and many more will be or manufactories, iliese latter coutainlng B^cnt-pru bo hucknters in the old days. Irn.urine either of them ){ ihe clas-siticati-n given him by Mr. Youug, wrote a formed In the near Honolulu. They were given with a will, after which shoatiug "Tatoes!" now. Shorty Fuller, the St. und manager is well known. At present writing Mrtua- letter to ihe hitter, btating future. The weather Is torrldly wo sought our carriages and were driven to the feaslomil players to a conaideralla extent. Each sea­ per Chupaiau has signed tlmt lie thought he hnd Lot and tjie ship's stay was so limited that uo oppor­ son ttnils the genuine amateur cl&a more crowded to Louia Browns' new short frtoi>, is a cairiage trim­ throe men foi the champion been ratea too low, aud wits inclined to contest the tunity was given steamer. Hero a great crowd awaited u?. The King's mer. Lou fllyers is a cigar-box maker. Will Widner tea in. matter further. In reply Mr. Young wrote . im & to play for the Adelaideiaue. baud was there, and even yet I can, iu fancy, hear the wall than before, while tbe runka of tlio gate- Ita money class incieas^ year after year, the spmi-pro- of the \VashinJtou3, was a cooper. George Miller, BYRON S. ALDRTCIT, P1TCHRR. most friendly aud comprehensive letter, awuring the magnificent b trains in the "A tab a" song of the Ha- once of the Keds, and his brother ambitious yo-.m^ pltyer that he had Preparing for the Ketnrn. waiian.s. fessu ndl clubs forming a reserve corpn, from which "Cutch," of the The Tri-State Leazuo last season developed some nothing lo ft-ar the teams of the minor leagues are tecruited. Shamrocks, are both iu a pipe foundry. Gas In a really good men and among them loomed up pitcher rrom the classification rule. Mr. Young added. A. G. Spalding's agent, Jim Hart, continued Farewell, Honolulu! "We have atrafned onr eyes to foreman. "Podge" Wieho keeps a grocery. ''Deutsch" 'From what I b«v« eewn watch the disappearing lights upon your shores to­ SOME SEASONABLE SUGGESTIONS. Aldricb, the lefc-hauded twirler of the Kalamazoo of you n the ball field I do fcis toar of the League cities last week, making Oehler, now the Keds1 ground-keeper, was a carriage Club. The new Star pitcher's first actual experience not think you should give yourealf aoy concern about arrangements for games night, atxl for many a loug day to come will we There was considerable trouble in tbe Amateur trimmer. Miiton, lute ot the Ctiicago Maroona, is a .heelassiflcation rule. My advice to you is to afyn between the Chicagos cheriuli memories dear of thy generous hospitalities. League in 1888, and the clubs connected with it tie- as a bull tosher was with the Cornell Uiii verily team, and All-Americas upon their return. So far the carpenter, and his par'.nor, Kcogan, a glass blower. for whom he did yeoman's sei vice during the season ur contract promptly and go to work and pln-y for Fair Honolulu! city of tho sea, eire to avoid all sued difficulties aa interfered n ith Alec Vois ii a painter. Will Klmman, of the Mil- Llie PUCCCBS of ycrar club and teire rum alone, and Z plan made contemplates the arrival of the ball On Oatiu's shores, where stately, mountains rise, tueir success latt of 1887. From the college club AUlricii went to seaion, BO ad to smooth the way to a waukees, was a delivery clerk. Will Hart is a printer. Iiockport, N. "X., about tho middle ot the eeasou of 'i>7 predict for ytiii a brilliant future on the ball ftdM." teams in New York about April 5, and the To dwell forever there with thea model Amateur League campaign for 1&S9; and the Harry Wheeler is » sign writer. AI Bungler used to Thld wholffinme aii'l fatherly advice struck th» Would Lo lo live in eirthly paradise. important and remained with the professional team of that place games arranged for so far are as follows: At question now agitation their circle of ama­ help hU mother "keep hotel" on tbe avenue, and some about two weeks, whon tha Lock port Association young miin in the right place, as is ehown by his re­ teur clubs ia how to accomplish this tleslrable purpose. of the old Leaguers used to make that ply, which reached headinarters Wednesday: New York, April 6; Boston, April 8; Brooklyn, On the Ocean Once More. I propose to tgive tnem a few suggestions to help them place their closed up business. Aldrich was at once secured by April 9; Wwihingcon. April 11; Philadelphia, April 13; home when the Cincinnati pirk wa^ near the Stock the KaUtmazoo management and left the "L ok City" "N. K. Yotr.vo D^ar Sir: \oiir kind letter in an­ STEAMER ALAMEDA, Nov. 26. Tho boys turned out along, aud the flr-t U to funjice atxi forget aa regards swer to mine received and I take this way of thanking Pfttsbtirg, April 14; Cincinnati. April 15; Cleveland, this ifloruiun with thoughts of Honolulu still frvth in past differences, and the tecuuit Is, to pool their inter- Yards. early in July for "Celcryviile," where, by extra­ April 16; Chicago, April i!0. These dates will bt» The Shamrocks have diversified occupations. Lon ordinary good work in the box, he at once became you by taking your advice in the enrne spirit ia their mind*, and regrets wero frequently and fervently eatti OD the basis oT establishing a league calculated to Applegate in pretty well fixed and is ft stock which I think it waa given. Hoping you will soon Changed a Httle If necess ary. expresH-,1 at t lie breikfttst table that we could uot conserve the welfare of their clasa, and not simply a broker. popular, and the Kalamazo-) Club jumped to the front, Speaking of the Australian tourist*, Mr. Hart says: Bud Uamsey ia a government store-keeper. Greenleea winning the championship pennant of the Ohio have my contract to your hau^n, and thanking yon for have remained longer. league to advance mere financial advantages; thirdly, is a commercial touiist a drummer. Terry your early reply, I am, respectfully, - ." "When the Scalding expedition left Melbourne ou Captain An son b!-gan to kick before he had fairly to hold to the Amateur League role which pro hi bits is cashier League. He was at once re-pinned fir the season of Monday it was S20.000 ahead, and from that point at Bromwell's wire works. Billy Smith is a machinist '£S and made a most excellent record, losing but nine CLUB NEWS. swallowed hi* last cup of coffee. "The idea of lying the employment of auy pUy^r who is p*id for hi* ser­ and Jake Strauss works in a wholesale Mr. Spa Id in K expectu to lose money. It has just been around here for a week,' 1 lie growled. "I'm dond tirdd vices on th« field in any w*y, whether iu the form of dry goods games during the entire eedsou'a piny, lu an exhi­ 1 havo wandered a tr;fle from my original thought. decided to go to India, and the expedition will go to house. bition eame with Detroit the mighty Dan Breathers I started out to pay that Walter* Howitt is making of it." George Wright finally quieted the old man with a SAlary, official position, remission of club duea or by This doesu't complete the local list by any Cokmbo, Ceylon, aud play in Madras, Bombay and pri.miao that be wouid ask the captain to fix up the emolument in any form, except in the case of a regu­ means. struggled hard to knock all the wind ont of the en­ arrange me lit-* to have the schedule meeting pass off ia Calcutta. A cablegram, which says 'India1 only, tells Only two hi*ve theatrical ambitious "Coouey" Bower* closure in his efforts to "crush" tbe young pitcher's muuner plfasiLg to all interested in it The plactt aft*r deck for cricket practice to-morrow morning. larly paid pitclier aud catcher, giving one profewiiuual and John Niehoff. Thay are organizing a company to -»ie in our new cypher the old one was carried away The dn'ance sailed from noon of Saturday up to battery team to each club, such players to play in curves. The "hole" in Dan's bat was a largo ona tbat of meeting will be the private parlors of iho A ri ing: on In my grip with the .tourista that from India the star Miss Lutie Miller, a Cincinnati girl, "in the day. Mdricn wxa married during the past seasm to Hotel, aud ovcry effort will be put forth ou the par* of time of arrival at Honolulu Sunday A.M. was 247 those positions only. province i," and "Bum" which id Ro«8toloey tor tourists go ts OSiro. They are likely to reach Colombo miles. Total distance, 2,113 mile*. While the A ma tour League should play under the one of Kalamazoo's fair daughters aud baa moved to Frank lk>nnett to make his League guests comfoitablo about Jan. 24, and Cairo about March 3. At the latter Baumgartner says Nichuff will wear hia Christmas his old homo at Purt Byron, N Y. Tho new pitcher during their struggle with the schedule. The log Distance mailed frjra Honolulu np to noon national code ot playing rules adopted by the confer­ plug aud take tickets at the door. "Cooney'' place they will be met by the first letters from Amer­ to-flay 178 miles. Total out from 'Friaco, 2.201 miles. ence committee of the League and the American Asso­ is the of the Star Club is 23 years olJ, is 5 feet 9 inches iu The Wahliingtoua have secure.) another catcher. ica. From Egypt the route is that already published. Weather The day dawned brlght.bat clouded u.) at ciation, and tlie*e only, tbey caa be governed iu all manager-elect of height and weighs 170 pounds. The Syracnse direc­ Hia name is Kbii^ht and be formerly pl-iyed with the yo profit is expected at any games except those lu noon. Sailing pleasant. other respects by tlieir own League laws, suitably THE GEM CITY'9 PROPOSED CLUB, tors are of the t-elinf that in Aldrich they have one of Lynn Club, of Massachusetts. Keceotly tte ha^ beeu India. The teams do not know of Ihe new pJajiog framed for their special class. At the same time ft and if Dayton move? in tho matter the outlook for the the rising young pitchers of th« country. with Jim Whitnoy's combination out in California, rulea, the graded salary law or changes, and we there­ Beginning Cricket Practice. would be advisable for them to adopt t!ie profossioual continuance of the Tri-State League will be better JOSEPH V, BATTIff, THIRD BASEMAN. and Whitneyand Mack have commended him in tho fore playing under the old rutee." STEAMER ALAMEDA, Nov. 27. "Nothing occurred to­ laws governing the employment of the professional than it uow ia. Will Delaney, who wa-i with Canton The first man to si^n a Syracuse contract for 1888, highest terms to Mr. Hewitt, ami at their suggestion day to disturb the usual indolence of steamer life. We battery players. In fact, they will fled tbis latter to last season, is spending the winter at his home in Cum- was "Joe" Batlin, the veteran guardiau of that most he was signed to play here. A Possible Hitch. are all experienced. The Alameda rolled oloog over be a necessity, as shown by tne course of recent events mineville in society we say North Side. Will Is lock­ difficult of all infield positions, tbe third bag. TUttin's A CHAT WITH CHARLIE 8NYDRR. It is just possible that a hitch may occur in the waves as though sailing were no effort in the world concerning the eigninir of u contract by catcher Cnrr, ing well and the health has put a ruddy tint on lit* reputation aa a ball player la worM-wide, aud requires While walking down Pennsylvania avenue a few tbe programme laid out for the reception of the to her, and tbe great ocean continues an inexhaustible of tbe Staten Island Cricket Club, wbo desires to break cli*ek§. II*) has not been eigned for next seasoo And no comment. Suffice it *o say that Battiu la the best evenings ago I was juineJ by Charlie JSnyJer, Clyve- source of admiiation lo onr pa«si-ni;erp. it to join the team of the reorganized Brooklyn Ath­ 8ay3: "Canton keeps on signing mon. They expect man tbat ever played tbe position f n Syracuse, and land'd crack catcher. Good health ;tud prosperity still tourists upon their arrival at home. A New I'nder George Wrfghi'a supervision half a dozen letic Club's ba^e ball team. It will never do for the Springfield, Dayton, Wheeling, Mansfield and Ft. tho Syracuse people have no anxiety in repaid to the linger with the old Washington fevoiitt*. and he inakea York dispatch says: saiioisconsfrncted our cricket alloy thia morning. The Amateur Lenguo to allow a contract of this kind to be Wayoe to go in at any rate. We had hard times last old "eye-sorw 1' ot by-gone days, the third bag. Battin this city his home every winter. I asked him how ho "If the Australian party does not get back until deck staterooms extend back from the emokeetack to broken, for it would be a death blow to their holding season. At one time three of our boys wero laid up has become a re-tide Lit of Syracuse aad is decidedly Uked the idea of returning to the Lf-a«im. April 7, it is quite Ilk-sly that the different clubs will the stern of tbe boat, leaving a space about tcu feet of any professional player they might sign. To this with broken legs, Zecher and Wo >d amonic them." popular here. Ho U in moat excellent condition and "Oh," a^id he, "the chauge is most iigrecuhle to me, want their men as soou after landing aa possible, aa wide between the stateroom doors and tho ship's tail. extent, therefore, it would be well for them to embtxly "Ft. Wayne! That's a new idea, isn't it?" I queried. eportka highly ol the uew Star manager and the cham­ fur I have grown weary of traveling ovur tho Kama old the League contracts call for salaries payable from A sail was stretched across the deck as a back stop, the National League law in their Amateur League "Well, the run from Canton Isn't any farther than pion ctnt'a prospeots for the coming se.-iiou. Joe de­ route time and time again. The American Aisoci-ition April 1. This will also raiae the question as to the awning overhead and the sun awnings on the aide code, so aa to cover their battery teams. the one to Lima." plores the loss of Beard aii'l Marr, but has every con­ cities have lo*t thoir charm lor mo, and I am anxious whether Spatdieg will pay the salaries of tbe men for preventing the ball from bounding overboard. In ENLARGING IT8 SCOPE. So it the Boosters are taken in it still can be called fidence in Manager Chapman's ability iu selecting to visit Chicago nn ball teamn after their return to this are, of course, enthusiastic cricketers, and are helping Clevelauds, is there witb his family, but be is not main green j n ibe hearts of all Syracueeans for tbe when the season open*. Wo havo sume excellent Jonbtbe recruited Urgely from tlie raukaof the Beacon selling "two-fen," stogies or snuff, a* intimated by an fact that last season he brought to the Salt City the country. Tbe vhkyOT8 of the All-America team will George Wright to put the boys onto uia'iy point* in Club's nine and froii Harvard College player*. Of material, an i I am tul 1 Unit we are liable to el^n two piobaUy hs ordered to report for duty with tbe bowling and general play. Crane, Earle, Spalding and esteemed but mistaken con emporary. Will Crowell best catcher, iu the International Association In tLc or three first-class stickers bt'forn long. Wo have tho course this nine will de*ire to enter tbe Amateur ia alw on deck. Oeortie Pechmey is putting up some person of Moses F. Walker, who has this weak affixed several League clubs to which they belong as soon aa Anson hiive e-hown themselves to be vary lair bowlers, Leagues as will also the representative amateur nine cleverest first basemeu of them nil in Jay Faat/,. Ha they shall land at New York." while nearly all of the boys are quick and clever at bat sort of a building on Spring Grove avenue, aud the bi9 name to a Syracuse contract for another season, is taller than any m«u in ihe League and be can cover from Philadelphia. Tbe traveling circuit fur games forsaken hosts of the Free Setterd' Union now call him Walker has the confidence and reaped of the bare ball the bag in n stylo lh:>t can't be vqualt-d If Mr. Spalding's fcllow-magnates should work. between cluba of Boston, New York and Philadelphia by Auson, Calcutta pools were began again to--day, the winners "The Contractor.'' Then there is Will Widoer, tbe public, and his past record speaks for it»elf. The great Connor or any of tJie ;-turs." have so little appreciation of his magnificent is one the expense of which is comparatively nominal, Senator, whose release Is on the market. Te-J Sullivan, Star catcher has gone into business here and become a being as follows: while the eclat attached to such an additional series of Sojder says he is in good film for bnl! playing now, enterprise then the Chicago team, which is Fimt Pool who passed through the towu Saturday with Chris citizen of tho Saline City. Uo is a great admirer ol but he proprws t> f\it in saveral weeks at gymtinsium matches fur League chain pi-juship honors would You der Abe, had a talk with Will. It would please pitcher Con Murphy and considers him the equal ol under his sole control, will have to make the Mrs. Millor, ticket 333, first money...... ?C2 largaly increase thVg,ate" for each club. The League exercise before the eeasou opeua, and get rid of several Ed Ilaolon, ticket 323, second money...... 31 him to go either to St. Louis or Cjlumbua, but that any twirlor in the business. pounds of" superfluous ties!). lie ia not making any triumphal tour alone, playing such local teams season for 1889 ought to include the teanu "f the two f ai I i UK he would not be loth to accept the terms boaats of what he intends to do, but can bo relied upon as can be mad a up to meet the Chicagos. J. M. House, ticket 343, third money...... 31 Staten Island clubs the Orange Club, the New Jersey offered bim by Sioux City. When Will weut home MANAGER CHAPKAX HUSTLING. Second Pool. to do his levol best to regtjii the reputation he ouca Association, and the Brooklyn Athletic Club, an<1 with that night ha found the folks in a state of commotion.. The Syracuse team will probably be composed o! enjoyed anicmg his old comi ades of the I.eu^ue. AT HONOLULU. Mr. Marion, ticket 3%, first money...... $62 one from the New York or Manhattan Athletic Club, and Hid mother bad an (-venin^ paper bofore her aud read "thirteen11 players agaiu next season. Nu. I-I aeems When he is ia condition neither Bnrlc Mr. Marion, ticKet 323, second money...... 31 tho addition of one each from Bjston aud Philadel­ witli ttTmtiling lips the headline: to be popular with us and proved a winner last year. K*lngr Connie Mack nor Clements, of Philadelphia, The Koyal Entertainment of the Australian Mrs. Anson, ticket 343, third UK ney...... 31 phia, would mftke up a valuable circuit of eight clubs, "Ted Sullivan Chows Widner's Ear!" Manager Chapman is iu correspondence witli Bishop, Shortly after dinner a squall, followed by a heavy whose contests for the Amateur League'schampionshio Ely, Wright, Schellbapse, Murphy, Childs and Mc- can ttive him many points behind the bat. In early Tourists Tho Feast of "Laiiai" The Na­ "Have you had a fi^hT with Mr. Sullivan?" sho spring-time he occasionally has trouble in liuil-erinuj rainstorm, overtook us. We watched tha storm ap­ would prove to be Jtie most attractive amateur events asked her uondering son and boir. Query, und It i* thought tbey will all bo secured witbin up hi* throwing arm, but a few weeks in the gymna­ tive Ladies—The Farewell. proach from a distance, the waves piling over each of the season, besides giving to each club eDjoyable "Fight?'1 No wouder he was astonished. a wofck or thereabout. Pitcher Con Murphy has for­ (Continued *Vo»t L-\*t Edition) sium and a little warm weather will timber him up other in great masses, and tho lowering cloud* hang­ pleasure tripe out of town. "Why yes. This paper says Mr. Sullivan chewed oft warded his termi to Syracuse anj they are being con­ and then the base-stealers v.-ant to keep a sharp look­ HONOLULU, iNov. 25. Editor SPORTING LIFE: ing ovur the water* iu fantastic forms. Tbe Alameda It is certainly an anomaly to find such an organiza­ your ear." sidered. His action against the Syracuse Association out when he is on deck. He catches and throws witU staggered a bit when the big billows struck her, tut tion as the New Jersey Athletic Association left out of And after he has displayed tho good condition of bis for rtleu.se dkwa uot materialize and is piobably a ghual Wo stepped to the door of the "Lanai" and wo at be red the atortn bravely, and before midnight tbe representation in the Amateur League, especially in story. "Counio" is goud at ghost stories anJ some re­ a simile motion, aud he can deliver tho bill to second looked in upon the scene before supper was auricular organs the mystery of tewspaper headlines apparently with as much ease as an average catcher heavens wero studded with stars, where the rain view of the work the club's team did on the field last wia explained and one good woman's troubled cleared porter had to take one. The records of ihe men signed would employ iu returning the ball to Ihe pitcher. served. The tent was perhaps 100 feet long by clouds bad scudded a few hours before. season. 1 have no doubt that the club's base ball away. * to date have been published heretofore, with the ex­ R. U. LARNEB. 50 wide. Upon its floor and at the entrance the The I.K>g Distance failed during 24 hours ending committee would readily assent to the League's lule In this precinct, where dwell ao mnuy ball players, ception of that cf pitcher Aldrich. Manager Cuap- ground had been with noon to-day, 333 miles. Total from 'Frisco, 2,524 of confining the employment of professional playera Amos Booth proudly ridei, wearing the uniform of a man ia said to have candidates for tbo places made CUDWORTH'S CASE. covered with partly dried miles. to two battery players. This wa? the only trouble last vacant by the release of Beard and Marr, whom he rushes, and mounted patrol one of the guard. Years ago Booth upon these laid the table, in the Weather Cloudy, with squalls and heavy rains. season, and it can and ought to he readily removed. played with the Reds, aud he was a good short stop confident will give good accounts ot ibeoiaelves. form of a U, the boards resting upon blocks, A Statement by President Howe—Cud worth An Uneventful Day. PROPER SELECTIONS. in his day. NOTE8. aud Murphy Call on Him. which elevated them some six inches from the In the selection of amateur players to comprise the Dowu at Bummy's thie afternoon STEAMKB AI-AMF.PA, Nov. 28. It has been warmer Manager Chapman left yesterday for Brooklyn. He LOWBLL, Jan. 7. President Howe, of the rushes. Upon each side of the table were laid nines of the Amateur League clubs, the aim should be THE ROASTOLOGY CLUB will return b?re early lo March. to-day, but the delightful breeze fhat reaches nearly to give the preference to those whose status, as Lowell Base Ball Association, was interviewed long strips of matting upon which the feasters every part of tbe ship ia a welcome counteractant to had a sesaion and turned over a (ew people. Will Hart, Oberlander, cf lti3 Toronto** wbo was reserved by were to sit tailor fashion. Stationed ten feet legitimate exemplars of the amateur class, is such as the pitcher, was one of the throne, and he asked: that association at the close of last season, baa hearc regarding tho dispute between Manager Cud- the increasing temperature. Cricket has takeu up the to admit them to full social companionship. There are Apart weru Kanaka girls, ea^h being attired In white, time of the boya aince early morning, and If they con­ "l)o y»u know how I worked every bit of stiffness nothias in regard to the coming season from them worth and the club. Mr. Howe said that when plenty of college graduates in the metropolia, iu Bos­ despite the fact of bij having repeatedly written as to the question of readjusting salaries of the and their draiwe.4 of the style known to American tinue their practice as enihusiajticaJly as they have ton and iu Philadelphia, who wouli be only too glad out of my arm?" girlt* a* "Motber Llubbardi." j£ach of these begun it, they will be iu excellent condition by the "(Uve it up," tbeir intentions !n regard tc himself Is tliia fair? Lowell Club waa about to bo considered last of the opportunity to enter the field agaiu under such "By stickiug type! The motion of my arm seemed Manager Leonard s xa:iy Syracuse friends are much dnsky symphonies In white wore provided with long- time tbey reach Sydney. The warm winda are tan­ congenial auspices, while the members of collage summer a statement of the amount was sent to the handted, brillUutly colon* I fan*, which they la/fly ning them a rosy red, and they promise to be a well- to be just the sort of a tonic I needed, and the other plea-'eJ to bear yf bid ra-engagemynt aa manager of Arbitration Committee, and the inquiry waa made na uines who &Ld their own campus cut off from them afternoon when I practiced the tt-jcliester C!ub. waved to aud fro over Ihe tables. The effect of a score snn-l'itrned lot befura wo reach the end of our voyage. after the end of the college base ball season earlv in with th« ball I found I to whether the Lowell players could be reserved. An of t It cs-MUrk-ek in ned (Ctrl*, attired in their loo-e-tit- While we were seated beneath the awnings on deck had great oommaud of the ball. I believe I am going Detroit claims that Syracuse received 52,000 from affirmative answer was given. July, would eagerly grasp at the chance for more prac­ to do better work this season tban I did In '80." Bos tea far eeconrl base man Higgm*' releuae last eetuon tiu^ robes uf white, gliding about through the w.»lk9 thin evening, singing to ths rauaic of onr guitars and tice during the other two months of tbe season. When the players were paid the name^ of the six and grove* of tropical shrubbery, in the softened tight mandolins, "we were startled by a aud den terrified Tha' was Hart's banner year for good deeds, al­ Tbls ia new^ tc Syracuse folk*. players to bo reserved for IRS'J were written on a Then there are plenty of rising juniors from the l^a-ier though he has made more money since than he did Myro:i Al.'ea, of lant seadco'i Albany team, U still from tlif winging paper Ihtitcrrs, was indescribably squawk, and the next instant a big "Molly-hawk," academies and schools to increase the recruiting force. blank and Manager t'udworth nttichott bin signature. pretty. u.'um*-ttiins: I would net have missed seeing badly wounded aad bleediog from having flown then. unsigned acd wcu!J Kiak* aa excellent mau for thi That docuuiour, which included James Cudworlh'a By all means, I say, let us have a reorganized ama­ "Eighty-six," mused Will. "Nearly three years Syracuse outfieU £le H * cracking good bitter aod for a hundred," iw Fr.ink Lincoln remarked, against the steamer's smoke-stack, fluttered ioto teur league to properly govern the eit;ht representa­ name, waa soot to Secretary Stevaua. Tbo interior of thir'Laoai" was mazniflc«ntly de­ Martin Sullivan's lap. Sully was almost as badly ago, when I viu'wlththe Chatianoogas;then BobGiIks genera' player. President Howe also said thut Cudworlh, since tho tive cluus of New York, Brooklyn, Philadelphia uod was managing the team. A young fellow by the uame Syracuse wou'J ba greatly pleaded to aeo the corated with frro* and tropical sh rubbery brought frightoned as the bird, which pecked fraotically at Boston for 1889. ____ HENRY cluse of the ball season, wrote to several managers tl.it from th» plantation of Sir. Juhu Q. (Juuiaiius, twenty everything within CHADWICK. of Dallas struck the towu aud asked for a trial Bob lln.Tiiltoa teaa: remmc in the agdociation. Tin reach. We turned it over to the "llama" »e«m to be favorites everywhere, and «1 he was reserved by thdljowells for next scaaon. And milfs aoniiis the nland, Bailors who guarded It with reverence born of super­ ST. JOSEPH JOTTINGS. thought lie would try him, aad took him up to bis Mr. Howe ha? the letter sent to the AUentown rmum- About 7:30 oVIocK tho King arose from his feat stition, and in ihe morning, the bird having recovered room to g«t him a suit. They both started to don tbougb they have !ost their best men can come to th< ger in his poaestsioo. "Until the dispute h settled," their uniforms. Dallas got hold front with a str-jne team. Ju the tent, airl offering hi< arm lo Sirs. A. O. Spald- from iis injuries, was set at liberty. It followed lu A California Flayer to bo Signed—Manager of Bcb'a draw,- , said Mr. Howe, "the president of the St. Louis Club ina: |>roret(i(-d l<» the snfn do'-r of thn tent. Following for a while and then disappeared iu the distance. which were of the same color aa theunitorms, and after First t ashman John Tlckuer, of Ihe champion Stars has uo right to come 10 Lowell and try to secure one of the King wen- II. R. II. Lilino Kaiuiii (the King's The winners in Calcutta pool to-day are as follows: Lord's Popularity. tugging for about halt an hour the youngster suc­ of '85. ia wt Butte City. Montana, where in connection our players. By u decision of the Arbitration Cuin- it-t'.'r) itt;ii Prince Kawanonakoa. President Spalding Mr. Chase, ticket 343, first money...... fG9 ST. JosBPff, Mo., Jan. 6 Nothing new has ceeded in getting into them. He then turned io Bub with A Tredwny hf will ou t'eb, 1 open the McDer- mittee in a previous ca-e the Lowull Club has until and his cousin, ilr. i!eo. Pm.th, together with several with the remark: mott Hotel. It Jack can play the landlord as well as P. A. Turner, ticket 333, second money...... 34 developed in base ball during tho past two weeks he did tbo first bag ibe "McDerinott" will be a roariag tbe first day of next May to say if they want any of members of the King's cabinet, and followed by the Ed Hanlon, ticket 353, third money...... 34 beyond the signing of Crowley, formerly of Cin­ '"Wherein the devil is the belt to this eult?' when the playern." quests i.'f the 4-veiling enti-rert the opposite door of*be The Log Distance palled during 24 hours ending Bob discovered hia mistake. He looked as If ba bad success. James Cudworth and Morgan Murphy went to Boi- tent, and stood upon the matting, facing their pates. cinnati. Donohue, of the San Francisco Pioneers, been moulded into thorn, The next year Dallas caiuht p-Hroit thinks ahe has the greatest infield in the Tn with noon to-day, 343 milea. Total distance from teruatlonal Association. We shall be ton Monday, called on President Howe, of the Lowell Then the King ami his p*rty entered tho sirle door, 'Frisco, 2,8G7 miles. is one of the men Manager Lord is now negoti for the Denver Club, but he complained to the direc­ compelled t< Club, who is now of the Jinn uf Gray A Howe, 66 Kil*>y nd utter they were seated, the King occupying » tors tbftt the fielders wouldn't euppcrt him, BLd they dispute tbe claim in a few days. The opiuion prevail Weather Sunahloft and cloudy with occasional ating with, and in connection therewith a funny hereabouts tbat our friends, street. Manager McGunnt^le, of Uiooklyn, joined tlii richly-embroidered bilk mat next to Mrs. Spttlding, showers. incident happened tbe other day. Donohue was had to let him go. Where ho baa drifted to I do uot the Torontos, are not a; party, and the affairs of the Lowell Club were talked all t!ia (tasters dropped to the floor a la know." strong aa last Reason. tailor and fell recommended to Manager Lord by Jim Whitney. and On the register at over. Cudworth aske-1 for his release Recording to upon tho moimiij before ua. Opposite each plate were Keeping in Condition. Mr. Lord at once wrote to the young player asking for 80 Asa Braluard is dead! What memcrie* of the the Empire House this morning promise, and Mr. Howe informed him that h» plnork, mr*t beautiful we have experienced upon the voyage. answerlug each question save those regarding bin age A SCORE OF YEA11S AGO—• was not admitted into the Central Leagu* baked chicken-, baked veal, etc., each portiun being The weather is now warm enough to permit of the boys ami height, which, the story is, he wai afraid to give tion team of '84. He is in the U. S. railway mail ser­ by next Saturday. Morgan Murphy thought sleeping on deck, and after einclng, glory-telliny and come to all tha olJ-tiraers who v/ere enthusiasts when vice, ruuciag between Syracuse and New York City. wtuppcd in tbo leaves iu which It was originally owing to his being oo small aud young for fear of it fifty runs in a single game were but a drop in t!ie he was entitled t > his release, tn Detroit and Toronto cooked. Fruit of ttlruoet every variety known to chatlintE until the ladies retire and the boys tegin to feel counting against him. Manager Lord then telegraphed O. WHII. were after his services, and the Lowell Club was in hla sleepy, we shed our tennis suits for our pjamaa or bucketful of tallies. He Is the first of the famous tropical countrhs was piled in lavish profusion from bim and will likely sign him ere long. Jack Sueed Cincinnati of '69 the first of the Great Defeated to debt. The-L»we!l president evidently admitted the oB« end of the tab^e to the other. T!ie usual wines bifurcated silk night shirts, drop luto a big steamer was the first player to apply for a berth hen« after Mr. A Ball Player'8 Romance. claim, for he drew up a check f-^r $80 and handed It to chair aud watch (be moonlit waves of the Pacific until be dfc'arwd cut by that inwaHate umpire, Ih-ath. ware Nerved, age) outside the lent a native Kami of Lord's appointment aa manager bad been made men­ Reminiscences by the tcuro will be told. The younger torisviLLE, Ky., Jan. 9. Editor SPORTINO LIFK: ftliirpuy. The little catcher still bat 8100 coming to £1111111 id's ''aiiKKUfl played while we iltfl|.-CM»

Earned rnns San Francltco 2, Knickerbocker 4, more Club holdi a better portion in the Association had been signed by him to play short for Buff.ilo neift J. Smith. Two-btwo hits Powers, Van flEW YORK NEWS. met uej.t season than Cleveland does iu the Leugue."f PHILADELPHIA POINTERS. fetvisoij. Anuiua is a v.eU-kn'nvu ptayor. HP playiV^ Haltren. First on errors S»n Francinco 3, Knicker­ BASE BALL. GOTHAM SQUIBS. riylit field for Hamilton In 1^86, an.i in 18B7 he went bocker 1, Left on oases San Francisco 3, Knicker- A Lively "Week in Gotham—The Schedule A BesiraWe Interchange of Spring Games to Portland, playing ritflit fleld and secoai base. H» b>cker3. Bases on balls Knickerbocker 3. Struck Barnfe says that the Association limit, he thin k Meeting—The Brooklyn Club After New will be from 81,760 to 82,500. With Outside Clubs Prevented by the wtts captain of the team which forced the pace iu on» CALIFORM^OULLINGS. 'out Py Purccll 1, Ly Van ILiltren 2, by Whltuey 2, Mickey Welch ran down on Thursday to set nil Athletic Club— Current Local New* and of the closest races ever eeen in tMi country, onl.r by Knell 2. Stolen bases Dynahre 1, Hayes I. Double Grounds—Raising the Price for the Coo- father, who is oick. Gossip. being forced to second place by three game?. II« piays Doitahue, O'D*y; Denny, 5Iy*rs, Blakistou; H. gan Property—Von der Ahe Not Giving Dave Graham What DM become of that Ewing stood third in the Leazno in bittlug a!though tiii Hard tuck for Wiiituny's Crowd The tfmith, 0 Day, J. Smith. Passed balU Carroll 2. Um­ PHILADELPHIA, Saturday, J*n. 12. There aptitude ia patient wniiiag, for which ho 1.1 Anything Away—Barnie on a High Horse testimonial? Weather Interfering With Their Plans— pire Dew itt Van Court. WALLIR WALLACE. Vou der Abe mva he wants to play New York, but will be no spring series between the Athletics any peerc, gAve him that rink. Uo wag - A 3Ior«udful Kxpe- —Lively Gotham Squibs. the Giant? say nothing. and New Yorks, When Manager Wright hoard base-ruuiung, b«inc over forty ln', BALTIMORE NEW YORK, Jan. 11. Editor SPORTIMG LIFE: ay as to canst many SAN Fu.vwcisco, Jan, 2. Editor SPORTISG BULLETIN. York and 1 ,-i play, and will do all he can about arranging such a series he came forward to regard him is Tbe local atmosphere has been decidedly dis­ to bring ih pettier. nil-rouncl p!(*>*»ni in the Loa-rile. He i* ,, LIFE: The Knickerbockers have had ft streak Secontl Kasenaan Greenwood's Release to turbed during the week. The explosion in Pitcher Hu^ii'M says that he did not demand as large and offered'to give the New Yorks and Wnsh- chf s a Canadian fchoo! ('uiiop 'hfl winiL- i . .1 of bid Hurk so far as San Francisco is concerned, Columbus How the Erstivltlle Favorite Brooklyn on Wednesday night made the fright­ a salary as Caruthers, but admits demanding an ill- ingtons permission to play on the Athletic Club'3 but not noisy co»cher, has a faculty of run-/.-nitisjj that will unparalleled in any of our winter seasons. For Lost H!M Hula in the Monumental City. ened Gowanucians thiak the world was coming create. grounds, providing Mamiger Sharsig would re­ come in handy for us, a t-toa-ly JnfleM^ , ;i-idt five ir-.n.-eec'.itivo Sundays bave they been an- Mr. Byrue fays he will Interview Mr. Day about the ciprocate and give hi3 consent to tie Brooklyns aln>ve all, a dtrina; and successful buse-rnnner wliai BALTIMORE, Jan. 11. Editor STORTING LIFE: to an end. gome of the inhabitants who rushed BufTulo always ne. dud. 1 series in a day or two. and Baltimore^ playing can foraue t'uat he wilt bo nount'xtl to appear, ami yet thtf unruly elements Well, Billy Greenwood has been sold to Co- out of doors when the shook came said thoy saw The Cuban Giants have gone South. on ihe Philadelphiaa* a xr-at favorite here. liave ]>l;teed an embargo on every game. Jiin lumbus, and should make that team quite a ball of fire come out of the clouds and then It is now iho general opinion that the Australian grounds. Mr. Wright believes it would pay Saturday, president, late Deacon, White, sal Hoi Havt's! luek of two sesisons ago the memorable strong at second base. Greenwood's first season descend on their beloved Gowanus. Billy Holbert, party will not arrive here until April is well advanced. both clubs better to arrange games with outside forth fr'tii hi* Detroit retreat and proce ded to Bir- und pleasurable visit of theLomsvillcs reversed. with In that case there will be no tour in this country. teams, lilte those mentioned above, instead of i^tiMm. Blich., and secured the fiiKoa-ure nt Joha tho Orioles was one to be proud of. His who resides on Goat Hill,was still shaking yester- M. ll.iinev* I thought I never was going to get a chanee to Eddie Kennedy says that lie has not received that playing a dozen or more games with each other Itainey'fl career ia weJ known, li- i'Uy- fielding alertness, quick perceptions, and base- day,and explained that it was not from fright, but watch and chain which is oaid to have been presented ingiu Toludoin 1883, and Hnmilton and Nw ') -rk fee Jim U'hitnoy's ttaim p!ay, but the courteous runuing abilities excelled by none, made him a from chills. While the City of Piety was being dis­ to him by a Lowell cigar dealer. for the local championship. In this Mr. AVright in ihe pitsl tliree bemMia. He, t,s well a* 1 -« Cronin ff^ve me the opportunity last Saturday, prime favorite with the massea, and too much turbed by tbe cyclone, with K*S explosion accomimnl- Von der Ahe ha* advanced Cud worth his advance is right. There would undoubtedly bo more in­ mbor of tho IlHiniltoti continaent, is a desir; ftniiul.4i> displayed grent temerity in ciiallen^ins praiae could not be awarded him. So much mentg, Gotham was being slmkeu up from an entirely mo nay. terest taken in a scries between the Athletics, ii in every respect. lie in a member of ih>» Ihf KnicU< tu meet hi-t Oiklahd Morning Twins it-am, different nature. Mrs. James Brown Potter, in rtal President Byrne says: "If Hughes don't sign, why Now Yorks and Washingtons on one side and M. C. A., can be relied on day after day, is a g were his services in demand that Baltimore and strong hit'e.r, fl- ntth-« l-i-tt-rical Fourteenth and Cenir« street grounds fleshings, WAS essaying the part of Clnnpa(ra at a local we can pet along without him. In casabesigns he the Philiies, Brooklyn? and Baltimores on the et rnntier, ranking eixtli in 0,.kliii»d on that day. was obliged to compete with Now York and theatre. Tha act where the poisonous worm u placed must do it on our term?, nrt h is.*' b:\so-ninninjr, and has almost entirely orrected I v,ri*ii l'hi?tjric»l" adv«edly, for on the^e grounds, Boston in bidding for him. Sam Trott held the on the snow-uhito bosom had set the town wild. It is Both the Jetsoy City and Newark clubs sent dele­ other than in a series confined entirely to tho fault of throwing a slow curved ball to first b fo-j.e ek-ven years iM, many of the gre«t.st base ball combination for the Newark players in some a real, horrible, yet beautiful scene, aud a ruth of tho gates to the Central Leigne meeting at ilazleton, to­ two local cmfea. The Athletics conld have the New which, beiir* ren:edied, will m»be him one of the 11 YOI-KM and WrtsMngtons here, each for two or tliree jjlai erg in the count y, »i'**, and somo >-f themo*tooto- such way as lately imitated by the Detroit beauty-loving Giants to Gotham to see tlie performance day. de*irablo third b:^ei;ieu iri the business. Keefe games, and at ihe same time the I'hillk-s could pi»y On Tuesday IMiitiagor Rowe si^netl John J. Fi rioos, have made tneir C'aliforLiia debur. Here it players in dealing with Boston, but Sam so far next week is expected. ifl still in the city, but has not feigned as yet. was that Ji-hn Itotin-y Sweeuey flrst introduced Ho meets the local lU'tnaxeineot every day and every­ tbat many Ktmai'd iu Baltimore, and Bnmklyn. Then ning and John J. Reidy MS the first and local batt excelled White and others aa to land his game \ THAT SCHBDCLB VERTING. thing is apparently plonsant. He and Becannon will when the Athletics went to New York and \Va-ihin £tou of the team. Ki-idy haa Plways caught F*nnf ng nn the mask to the coast, which it is hardly necessary to The third came ftute, cr*-nto.i as grett a flen^ttou as did his ni&rvtiiuua safely in the Monumental City 03 intended. for uneasinea* was the presence in uot have their liro*uway store iu working order te- the Phi 11 lea conld return home nud plav tho two succeasfnlly th;in any other man has, and Fa bick s That Sammy ha^ a rattling knowledge trap, and S'Hiie the city of several Association club ownort ou busi­ fore March. They have taken a temporary office for Association clnb* on tbeir grounds. The schedule lias made most of liia »iiccn-se« with Reidy bottind tl i.p; iug iinij his homely, yet expiesaive phiz. ness and secrecy bent. 'Lacks.WiimiH Sweeney aisd Jack O'Brien, of your city, day a "0i«2L'Ot'' will catch onto tho fact and engage They came in by by-wnjs and the present. could be --o arranged «s to leave three or tour days fur bnt. li.-idy is a Tt-ry pood back stnp ;ind althoii his set vices ia a manatriug-ptAying capnctty, and then dirk-ways, und by scooting up side etivets have man­ Darby O'Brlon Is tending store in Peorla. He lh« Athletics und Phillies to plav a series fur the Iccal light, ia ct\t>aul» cf receiving Fun tint's sjiea^y curves^ aho nmae a hit Hint won the ch»ni[>u>Dship i'f that aged to lead the local opfttiiitk; s*dumn. It was in that sani« «ason or rather (he base IxUl world will, wonder why hia superior , scribes a lively dance during the writes thtt lie i^ in great trim and longs for tho open­ championship and at the came time give the New with success. Fannmg'fl work was not wholly-;>.t;*- in thf lull abilities iid executive and an original were not before laHt few days. The meeting of the Aasocif.tiou com­ ing of the sen^un. Yorks and Brooklyn a a CUHQC« to settle tho champion­ fuctory to BufFnlotiiins la^t year. This was, I I'link, ih-tt I fii>t hud the plfa-une of DH'Oting my mittee, compoeed of ffoo-i frietid, Tim Murmmt*. He did nut then, I think, appreciated aoJ a railed of. Well, again, to B>ro«, Baruie and You der Ahe, Von der Ahe "I was forced to lay over at Pitts- ship of the Empire State; al3o give the Washington* due to over-roi.fi lunce on his part. He c:tn rt'-npdy return to onr mutton, Greenwood was then con­ was to hare been held on Tuesday. They guarded bnrg for six houro, but I kept close to my car. I and Baitliuores an opportunity to decide the question this and, with his old catcher to receive him, conld re­ affix tht- riaal lte," Mhich his Uoatou culture of late their place of meeting rears hus added. He with liis Hop Better comrades, sidered a la-!a, or a daisy, or a phenom, or a closely aud were dumb wheu know those reporters and gave them a wide berth." of superiority between those two clubs. Mr. Wright peat the great work of '£7. I wish them all success "boy wonder" or something of th*t sort, whatever asked questions. Messrs. By me and Barnie met at j GEO. H. S'lAUKHOUSB. knows whereof be speaks when be Rays that there Lid believe it will csmo to them. iuclndins: tt:o*e glotiong chunn Andy Leonard and Washington Park, Brooklyn, early in tho day, and be­ will not be much money iu a series of from seven to Johuny }l;\oniua; made a prouonuccd hit Here aly ing just what a la-la ia, the description may be en­ gan work on a schedule. Von der Atie did not appear, j a dozen games between the Athletics and Philiies, as make his mark as tho then speedio&t Late in the afternoon Von der Ahe and George MUD- | the local J. B, Flynn was released from reservation on Tues­ pitcher in thn country. lrulh»win« them came the dorsed, for that indefinite thing known in base ball HUB HAPPENINGS. championship can just as well be settled in a day. Fly nn has been out in Colorado, iu Gult^n, I vernacular as a la-l» is generally supposed to be a son arrived in the city. As a result the regular meet- | series of three or five game*. To play more th*u that Ansonian apgrepatioii and thu Clncinuatis, all of ing of tlte committee think, since lha i-eas-m closed. He wasi.ot likel here, whom iilii) ball iiUyer, tooth and toe-nail. Such was Greenwood was held in a secret chamber of Tho Home Club's Spring Plans—The Team number, especially if one or the other of th* two clubs ed ut ihe-e ^ronnrls before they went over ilia Grand Central Hotel Tuesday night. Each of the | takes a Ligk-ad from the start like but as he had been accustomed to the climate of tha to (ho "Kec" in San Ftaixisco. Here also did such ffi his Oriole prime, bnt Greenie hudii't the backbone Captaincy Kelly, Morrill and the Tri­ the Athletics did South, and HB lio could not ilo gocnl work North conse­ to stand BiicceM, lioui/iog and present-receiving, and delegates had prepared a schedule, and M only one was ' last spring, will pall upon the pnhlic and there will well-known playt-ry RS Miwre, Morris, C'nroll and needed the diplomatic umvirate. quently, that may ham benn the ciuse of hia unpopu­ Oahtll fitst he tumoled iuto the cluicliej of the tempter. This instinct of each was brought into consequently be no money in it. But inasmuch as play protes^i-nally. Ned Ncinn, John play. E»ch delegate had long fingers ready to jinll j larity. I will say for him that he is a good waiter and Kelly And Al Mast hare a!s» illmmnnted the place. It tempter wan not in tbe shape of an infernal CUM with BOSTON, Jan. 11. Editor SPORTIHO LIFE: Manuger Stmrsig refuses to accede to Manager Wnght'a fair uattex-. a cloven hoof and arrow-tip;'ed tail. Oh, no; he was, out plums from tbo base t alt pie, and little work was ' Because Boston has no manager may make some wishes in this matter there will only be the customary was my plc**wire and duty to hold ihe buok over the done fora time in consequence. Tho Butfalo team now has three left-hand hilterj ia boys then, and I in his uumerousnoss, tho club heeler who wishes the Von der Ahe said series between the FkiUiea and the Athletics in the Carroll, did so in tho Companionship that it was two to one, but that he waa there for the think that thia ball team of the "big three'"' will the spring. Mr. Sharaig's excuse for not going into Jtainet «nd Andrm. Rowe aud Whittj ar» of those who at this vmting are numbered club well and pulls fur it, and yet at the same time, be "way in the hole" I don't admire in the *o left-handed batters. through thoughtlessness of cous*quencfp, perhaps, West, and that he did uot propose to see the Western the atrangeuu!ace has will aerey with lain that the Brooklyn3 for tho Lima Ciub. Sowdow liv*>j gone to decay, and nothing has ihe appearance of in his mimerousness, must show Greenie his apprecia­ Tho Association club owners changed their base that delusion. Should no manager be secured would bv a in Indiaoauoiis, and is free to S'gn with any club. HB tion of his ttleat by drenching him with tbe nectar greater attraction at the I'iuia-lelphU gronnds than won 25 lifa hot a hixnrii.us growth of weeds. AM I siit in the Wednesday, and their meeting was held ia Brooklyn until tbe day the boys report for duty they will tho Now Yorks would he at Athletic park. giiine* for L'm.i and loit only 7. Tliis ex­ dilajidated press box watcbing Whitney and Penny of Bacchus aud presenting him with gold watches and instead ot New York. As few results were ac­ The saoie cellent pitcher will n;.t be disengaged long, as his "tilings.'* The iuofi table reinlc folio wed. Greenia find their work all mapped out for them, and may he said of the Washingtons and Baltimore's. If flit ab<-ut in the h timid atmosphere with their com- complished at yesterday's sosBtea as at the meeting the programme will be welf arranged, too. Where anything the Athletics would get tbo best of the bar­ work was of the highest rank. "^ rad«s in preiiminary prtctice, 1 could almost imagine was ruffed up, became oblivions, firet to ponnil held on Tuesday. About noon C. Von der Ahe, 0. H. Rumor says that Mickey Jones is to come litre. managerial advice, and afterward to manage­ will you find * bigger drawing card in the spring than gain in such an arrangement of games. them ghostly viuttors, and had "Rooney" popped up Byrne, G. Abeil, Joseph Doyle, George Munson and the *Bean-eaters" with their team of stars? report to Ih* same effect wai started last fall. out of the ground and taken the place of New York rial discipline, lost his grip in play and William Barnie met at Washington Park, Brooklyn, LOCAL JOTTIWtJS. So Furry Warden is to play flrat base for ToledJ aa a conscqut nee bis dearly loving heeler, njcaia in That don't nsce&suily signify that they will aa- For piano movers strong muscular men are wanted. Brown, in his impish black tig, my hair would not to try to arrange u schedule of guinea for the coming tonish the natives with their ball playing, as mixed Perry is a great coacher. i have tightened a little bit. Much to the disgust of the bis uuuieiubity, whi>m Grteuio found only woisriipped season. The dele^stea were harmonious and there \v:is To lift a piauo on a wttgnu, haul it away, lift it off Am gl.id to hear Hist Mr. Chapman has been enl at the aiirine of scccts^ aod was as fahe us hades iu stars dou't always make a h.irmonious constellation, again and then carry it into a private residence and gaged by Svr-touse. I venture to s*y t^tat on the ocl Kuicks, tho "KfttV d'd n< t iudiratean attendance of little wrangliug over dates. The scheduKs that hud However, as attractions we shall have the klng-piDB, over fivti hundred, still as the contest would serve as alversity as was t-niy natural iu such light friend­ been previously prepared were caat aside, a* all ol them put it tip, is calculated to be the kind of exercise that casirm of tho Stare1 fir^t ap; earance here fully as mnn| ship founded ou the u.-iial ephemeral premises. and every manager will want a date. It doesn't re- will develop every mnscle in a man's body. Catcher people will go to see "Jack' practice fur the foil owing day they played the game. had objectionable features. Theu the club owners quire personal negotiations t> arrange (famed. Cor- 1 as tho Syracuse chau I>owu, down went Gr*-eni<> to such a depth that he Farmer is outraged in this kind of work this winter, ?iOL3. OlA'MPIC. j FNDER OLD RULES. combined their efforts on an eniire new programme of re^pondenco does juat as well, aud Pre-*ideut Soden is was not even con&uiered fit for a place on the Oriole games. At 6 o'clock the delegates got hungry and de- j working for Blasius & Son*., the piano dealers, at I tried to Induce the boys to adopt Mr. Chadwick's team, au-1 it ii frankly admitted, that was pr«ity tar au adopt at writing concise and intelligible letters. Twelfth and Chestnut streets, and he should bo in p'an, but they argued that tbe teams be iug so un­ cided to posipc-ne. their Ubois.while tttey wont to Now Soe the application? I down. But thanha lo Providence, there is a wise pro­ York to get something to eal. They met again last j great form in the spring. CHICAGO GLEANINGS. evenly piatchO'1, a fair ttst conld uot be made. I vision that no matter how dtep the pit into which an SPRING PLANS. Frank Foulkrod, the third basemfin of last wagon's quietly acquiesced. The Titnr/f team rather surprised ltt At 8 p. H., at the Grand Central Hotel. erring one fahs, he hasooly to learn aud reflect on Ti.e Eastern clubs will open wtth each He sits in his Water street office and arranges the ' AlUntown and Norristown cluiw, is wintering in Nur- Dissatisfied Minor League Players—MInn« tbc illustrious visitors by making so good a stand tbe tfsson ot" experience while, at the bottom, attd he spring programme without the slightest difficulty. It ristown. He has not yet fully made up his nitad gainst ttum, and, tinder the circiimsUncea, a fair other in tho East, while the Weaturn apolis Secures a Second llaspiiian I; will discover a ladder, with good resolutions for each clubs will t,uen the season among themselves will be much the s*mo as in the pa>t iwo or throe where he will pUy next ppa^on. the Many Local Players are 1'aasiug tb game. Harry Noian did well in keep­ rung, hy which he can ascend to the plane of his yeurt). In this town everything in the bitso ball world O'Nell, who was last week knocked out by Hagan ing numerous hits well scattered, and not an in the West. Vnlike last year, the Eastern clubd will Winter, Klc. fellow-players, acd become aaaiu a brilliant star in go West first. In the League the Western clubs will dates from Fust D:iy. Spring cleauin* in the back in a seven-round fl^Ut, Is a bill p!«yer. Ho plaved earned ruu is scored against him. The thi b^se ball firmament. This little sermon is not in­ yurl iu the morning and a bill game in the afternoon with several up town Amateur and semi-professional CHICAGO, Jan. 10. Editor Sponrrxc LIFE:- Knlcks pUyed for all that iu them f?,~and did not come East, and this step uu ilie part of the Associatiou tended to hurt the f ellus^ of Greenwood no, it is a men ia made to avoid conflicting daten as far as pos­ is the proper thing. Mr. jcden is going on the buppo- teams ij*nt season and is rornUlerud a very good pitcher. sincerely hope tb;it fhe management of tlj alur their work iu the least. Van Haltren pi ched, wt-l!-meunt sign-poit, poiuliug the. way to ot'icre, and sitiou that Fast Day will be April 11, when we shall O'Neil in looking for an en£r,;geme:it with some Inter­ and not until the sixlh inning could his opponents do sible.' The schedule to be adopted is subject to Cleveland Club will sign pitcher Spra^uo nn ;is HH a-osistaiice to liim to avoid falsa steps aud false many ch«ngej to- the came reason. The delegates proliably have the customary gnuie between the "'re^u- ] national Association or Western Association club for anything with him, when his brother (slugmng runs frieiuU. Greenwood l:ns hud his lessaon, and is lar<*:' and the "extras." I have been tryiug to per- the coming sejson. then make a tost case of it. I fully agree wi| in the family) took the initiative on a home-run completed their labors yesterday, und expressed thaiu- too iutoiliKeiit a man not to interpret it se.vea as highly pleased at the work. Tlu-y s*y that snaio the shrewd triumvirs to depart from the o^nb- Paine, the Athletics* new pitcher, will go into train­ Mr. Brunell in his views. I am under tbe iJ smack, with but little raUe, over the left field fence, to his advantage. lie will maKe CVlumbua a fished custom ;mil try a new deal with au outside at- j ing on Feb. 11. He will practice with the Boston pression that Cleveland will win. Sam Mnrtl followed by a clean double of Smalley's and Kelly'a there was dtcidodly ui'>re harmony than plum drfbiug. good player will be to them wliat he was Mr. Byrne will also cjnfer with Mr. traction the IJrooklyus, I engije-ted. players In the letter's fjymmsinui. was expected here last week, but he failed J eingle. In the fK,Tenth inning something very re­ Day. who is on Kt enough money in it,'' ia his side, "If we had show up, much to the chagrin of his rcservl markable occurred in fact, not a doz?n times has it thrown away ou the "young blooJa" of the profession. the Brooklyus here on Fast Day they would draw and Chestnut streets. He did not like that bii*in0«8 occurred in the history of the jramp. The Lasers avoid coufiictiTJK dates aa far as p>>esib!e, not ouly in very much, players who are wintering here. Not to disai Moo, boy*", kids, whatevervou are, upon coming iuto Philadelphia, bat in this city «s wellk big, but they would want half the receipts, aud it though it psH him pretty well. Andrews Brown, Mack and Hajres hit the fir-t ball pitched, that apex of yonr ambition, the major ortiauizatioua, would be bad business policy." ' wot;Id like to secure a po i'iou asstenogiupher in soine point the boys 3am sent his proxy (contrac J and each flew to the centre fielder, DIagrew. Eugene Yon tier Ahe did uot go to B>*t'»ii as expsctaJ, but railroad or comn»e;ci«l reineniter that the very qualities which gain you popu­ Cudworih, the player in dispute, c:*me to tlie city in­ "lsi'in of late over a pros- body wants to see all ihe men wo have got un Fast ball grounds have been greatly improved. As orig­ ball players of Chicago in such a t Myeis, 2b... 41126 liSmalley, 3b..2 02203 viper, for m certain as you are a human being with pectire new ground for tho New York Club. Noth­ Day, aud by dividing them into two nines and phying inally constructed they were too short. frame ot mind as they aro this year. Not onf^ Blakiston.lb* 2 0 11 0 0 Kolley.cf, lf.3 0 1 3 01 human traits, it will be as fatal to you. This inflic­ ing hss been s«id about new grounds for the Brook­ two Eftinea of six innings each they all get an oppor­ Charlie Barber, who has b«en off tho diamond for a P.Sweony,3l> 4 2 2 2 C 1 'Ar.lao.p...... 3 000 tion was l-rougUt upou you by re.flrcti«n on a printed lyn Club, but tha fact is that tbe team across the river tunity to handl-3 the ball." season, will ro-ume tho practice of the profession next, seems satisfied with his treatment by tbe varioo Brown, C.....4 13 4 30 Mulvey,rf,cf 3 001 bnoerlattly uoiiced about somethiac; concerning the id making jnrt as bis* an effort to locate new grounds So I suppose lhat settles it and home talent will season, provided a suitable engagement offers. He managers. St. Paul will not get Pickett unlo Wack.rf...... ~" * ' 4' 1" 3" ~ 3 OTiainor, c... 3 00410 generosity of Joa Summer somethiux abouT his as is the New York team. Washington Park, the furnish tho fup. says he isiu excellent health and can play HS well as they offer him more money. Jack gays he wi| Hayes, If..... 4101 1 0:W»gn'r,lb,cF3 00401 being tho generous m;m of the team, and which im­ present home gruund*of the Brooklyn Club,, ia well The plan is for the team to leave her? Fast Day evor he did. He has moved hie family to this city and not wa^te any more time with them, but go I Whimey,cf..3 2 ft 1 0 0 Flynn,rf,lb.3 0 0 310 will winter here. plied that he really was not. Wt-ll, now, tL« f.ict is located, aud the team mistht remain there, providing nijiht if it ia April 11 and go direct to Baltimore. work. St. Paul also wants Kemmler, but i Total. .,...35 12 12 21 17 2! Total...... 26 3 5 21 108 that Joe is just that the most gmuToua man iu the it could secure a Iwoaty years' least* at a rw.isonable Fi>ur days will be spent there that is April 1^, 13, 15 Hardie Hende.-son is livins quietly In West Phila­ Knickerbocker...... 325101 0 12 cjnb aD(j jet he is seldom known lo bob no!> with rental. It is hardly probal.le that it can do this. Tho &ud 1G. Jersey City has already written fur one or delphia. "Hearing Bill" Harlirilgois also rtuticnting their offer does not meet "Kern's" views, he wij Oaklbr.dTEmes...... 1000020 3 lushers or to "set 'c:n up" with oxtroma liberality. p:eneiit grounds buloug t.> the Litchfield estate. Tha two dates OD good terms. Then President Soden 13 out that way. Bill soems to hare dropped completely' continue keeping book?. Earned runs Times 2. Home run Charles Vaa There is not a man on the team that is snch a popular club s'ill ha* four ye.irs1 lea leaneK^oundd if we can help It, but propose to buy curd in the League for his opening game?. \V* don't Pd'e when lid us^s that slow t»all he pitches. Why, it learn that the Knicks, instead of fallowing out the admiration on the field; is generous to Jiis t-nipl'iyers tlie property entire. Then we will lay ont a field and expect any League ganva hero befuro about May 10, can be liear-1 all over the field. 5Iana?er Buckenberirer, of the G'olnmV>n»i Club, was comes up BO big that yon can see the trade, mark on programme made for them by Ellery, have concluded in courting their welfare; is generous to II:B follow put up H grai.d stuod and imike other improvements when either New York or Wdghiugtou will set tho the bull, yet I bave nut aeeu any of tho International to dislaud after Jan. 1. Continuous bad wejther players iu sotting them one of the bust examples ex­ that will eclipse anything <>ver seen in thid country. ball agoiug. in the city on Thursday und signed McTamauy and Greenwood for next eeitson. A>sociation'a heavy hitters ti»uch him. Pete is * nd disappointment has demoralized them. Afu-r next tant, und is generous to himself and hw family by Base ball has coma to stay, and I tell you lhat to KELLY AUD MORRILL. steady man in tho box, has full control of the ball, Bunday's tame, when they meet the G. and MV at the saving liis wa^es for their mutual comfort and pro- keep it popular better afcoiuiuodanou" must be offered Speaking about "Phenomenal" Smithes flue pitch­ There appeared' in tha Boston Herald tbe other ing recemly, Eddie Knonff caid tht* other day: "Un­ and is also an exceptionally good ta'ter. I can say League Grounds, they will transfer their affections to tectiou against future want. All honor lor it to old to tbe people whosuppott the e&mt*. The jrraud stands morning some very uuispoken and umiiaiug remarks the s*ue for Decker, and w a thrower to bases he will that asylum for all that is broken down in base ball, Joe says _ T. T .T. on most of the hal! grounds Of the country are un­ less I am greatly misinkon he will be the star pitcher by a "rt'aria friend of Kelly." They were headed of the American Associtttion next season. I never surprise you all. Central Park. A blight is upon the placo tu.U even sightly structures, and more fit for the usage ot "Give Mike a Show." Although his name was not Pav« Sullivan has on offer from the American Asso- these Hue players cannot eliminate. cattle than human beings Somo of our racing asso­ saw a man have better command of the ball than THE SOUTH. given the author is Georcre Floyd, Nut Goodwiu's Smith has ,ju>t now ." cintiou to umpire in that association. Dave refused MINOR MENTION. ciations bave handsomer grand stands, but we pro­ manager. Si,."»00 and expenses. Why? Well, as Dave nays, "I pose to make Now George i* a good fellow and very Tommy Pollard i* looking for an engagement with I am in receipt of, in fact ray office is Ex-President Morrow Keviews the Base our grounds handsomer. We will do iovel-headed,excepting when he gets wound upon his want tlie limit or I don t so." fairly flooded this providinz we can buy the grounds or »e( a long one ot the Middle States League flute. He would like With, Kastern telegrams and letteis from players and Ball Situation ia That Section—Nashville hobby, which Is "Keily, the only ball p'ayer on the to play short, pitch in case of emergency and captain I am sorry ti any ttittt B^rchors is still here. Too manager?, lease. It would not piy to make mich improvements Boston uin ia players I would say that I haven't time to attend to the Brooklyn didate that there ia for captain. \Vh'> else is there? est in iiolitic*. It ia said that ha it one of the leading their wank1, neither have I the influence LIPE; I have bad many inquiries both from Club will bo l^ca^d nearer East New Morrill is not to be a member of the team, for it was on hi* la-t uppers. I hop) Georj;** will return to'Frisco of which York than the present location and on the Hue of the Republican ward workers of the Thirtieth Ward and they think me possessed. I suggest to them that they home people and othes cities, asking my opinion on this condition th>it Kelly signed a contract. * » that he carries the division he lives in around in bis next Saturday, a* he sai.l be wonld. elevateJ roads. Tho club will make a wise move in * All h« wants, and all his Turner, of tho Maroons, was hare for tho ho'idafs. communicate directly with me California League, about tho prospects of base ball in the South, securing friends ask for him, is a pocket. which has its head ]uarter$ at 36 0'F.irrell grounds ont in that neighborhood, lor it fair aud squaie show. Ho ought to get it," There ia a charming youn^ lady on the West Sulu who street, Sua and more especially in Nashville. Wi:h your would increase steadily in value year by ytar. It is Humor hag it that Robinson, the Athletics' great Fr»nci-co. To the managers, this: Their offer* ami There are tutse ball m n in this town who think that catcher, will soon become a Benedicr. The prospective was tbe magnet. permission I will answer these questions through also highly probable that in a few years at most I want to congratulate the Browns upon securing inducements, except in rare instanced, are not so ad- Fourth Koily was promised that Morrill should not be on the brido is saiil to be ft charming voting widow living in Tsntaeeous the columns of yonr paper, and would ask my street will have to be cut through the present team, but lean h»r>ily believe that tane men would Shorty Fuller. Give the boy a chance, aud if he don't as those of the California Lea^u-1, and the home grounds of tho Brooklyn Club. Go wan u a i^ the vicinity of Twenty-fourth and Ridge aveune. playev* hero are likely to remain. T would ;il.so like many friends who have written to me on this make any such concet-sion and ro compromise them­ This inny explain the reason why Rubby is not idling a-tuiii*h tho Mound City people I'll tula mv guess. building up rapidly, especially that portion iu the selves by allowing one of their players to dictate what As a batter he has much to learn, but aa a fielder and to stats I hat my address is not at the Spirit of the Times subject, to accept this communication as my immediate vicinity of Washington Park. away the winter months at his homo iu Massachusetts. office, or of the Oakland Times, nor ia ran* of any per- they must do. Since this statement was pi in ted yes­ ilere'd luck to you, Ho*-by. base-runner he M up iu A. - . - answer. I will start out by saying that the "Yes, and locating our ground* here did much to terday I have asked only President t^Hien I iu««t Em Seery ths other day at Spftldioji's. Em qon, placs or thing, but aim ply 202 Saiasome stteet, build up that point-blank Manager Bnckenber/er was in the city Thursday. Ban Francisco. sport still has a very strong hold upon the sport- part of the city," said tho director of tbe about it, but since I first heard of it 3 ime weeks ago was picking out a ferf homo-run bat-* for next summer. club. He signed HcTatuaoy and Gresuwood for the Culuoi- Cahill.aftcr a fearful Inas of blood and much suffering, loving people of the South, aud they tfe all exceed­ I huve talked about it to both of tbe other triumvira. bus Club. Km is anxious for the 8'H?.on to ojeu. I asked him If seems to have fully recovered from his ft*«rAil acci­ ingly anxious to see: a fine league In the fi^ld $12,000 TO ONE $6,000 TO ANOTHER. What they said was like this: John Dunn. of 773 North Twenty-fifth street, this ho was in condition. "Oh, yes. I can put myself In ehap? in a mlnuto. All I have to do ia to put a w;i3 of^ dent. Nothing but bis splendid health and stamina again. While on tho snbject of new grounds a word about TRIUMVIR DENIALS. city, writes THE SPoaTixa LIFE that he has signed to saved him, for tho gashes inflicted by the cruel glass All of our Southern towns who have tried the ex­ the future home K rounds of the President mantge the Lo^ansport (InJ.) Club and would like to gum in my mouth aud 1 am all 0. K." periment, Giants will not be out Sodon No s-;ch promise has evt-r been I eee by the Indianapolis papera that *'JnmW wunld have done up many au ordinary man. Pntsy have paid very dearly for thoir experience, of place. The local cluh directors apparently expect ma'le to Kelly by tho I!o?ton Base Ball Club. Mr. hear from players. is cognizant of this, and will hereafter keep a close with t*i« tioiicta exception of New Orleans. Many of liillings Arthur Irwin \A quote! by tho Boston Globe as say­ Kcbocnick says that he, w getting in com! it ion by not us to be able to hold the Polo Grounds for at least another it ntaii'ast J"Uii Morrill fi»t, lust and alt drinking any botr. Why don't he follow Seery's ur;di» guard over him-elf. The managers here are glow in aro thoroughly satisfied that a ball team cannot be year. Whether they will or not remains to be seen. the time. If he aa;d anything of tbe kind to ''Kell" ing: "Thid Delehanty ia goiny to make one of the signing player?, but1, as they are men of judgment and stmtniceil in any Southern city, unless the expense greatest playeis in tu» country. Ho IH a great bntJ- of lit-) and not drink nt ail? fShoenlck trained here Tho.»e In a position to know say the Now York Ohib it was a personal matter with him, but don't bind last soring. When he experience, mutt kiu>w what they are about and re­ account can be held <:own to ten thousand dollars or will hold its present Harlem habitation tor at least one the club; but fuTilienn ire I have no Id^a even that man and b^e-runnor, and c-iu throw the ball like a began Ix>n weighed 243 round*; quire no onUU* advice or fnteif'ereuce. Yet are the less each fioa3r-n. The new rul« recency adoptt-d by rifle shot. He isn't 21 years old yer, and is a very at tiie close of four weeks' work(?) lie weigh"*! 257 more ee«oa. Pteiidant John 1». Day, ot the Ginnt«, Mr. BiHint's intimated such a condition of Keliy'g pounds. "Jans"' continually at their heels. the Southern fjeaRue at tho New Orleans meeting, had another interview with signing. young colt." He will be played regularly at second His style of training consisted of walking a fixes a salary limit of twelve hundred Jamea J. Coogan, tha rrp- You can put it down, and put it strong, hundred yaciN every morning and watch the others plaj A WONDERFUL GAVE. dollars per man reseutative of the Lynch estate, during the week. Mr. tl.at no such otipnlaiion wai made wheu Keily signed. base ne.it season, t-nys Manager \Vrigut, who agrees On Saturday last the pn-ttiost game ever played for the season. Our experience teaches 11.1 that (bis COO^HD, by the way, is the Lite defeated with Irwiu's estimate of Dele.hanty. hand ball Thcu'for the balance of tho day be would at limit means labor candi­ The promises were nil on his side. drluk ou an average of about twenty-five glasses of Oakland was won by Jim Whjtuey's la can't help Billy Jordan, of last year's London te;un, is winter- and hit we.ll, but the ft filling of the Oaklanild was will bo at least three thousand dollars, Day said that no arrangements had been arrived at. talking. The only pn.niioo we have made ''Kell" ia On Thursday, 10th. Harry Wright celebrated hi* sharp n;:hn Morrill is the Billy has his Ut-fck down in the basement. Tli» bo; a three men At tirst buse ou seemingly safo hitt. dollar limit rule. Nashvjlle cannot anpj-ort a ciub Owners wanted in the neighborhood of $12,000 a year man for captain. Kelly, I think, would be ihe better a]>plication for appointment on the Association um­ Not » run with an expense accmmt of over ten thotmud dollars of the two. pire stuff. Chris promiaed Bobby his influence \viiu all i;ive him a call when down town and nao his desk wns scored iu a full game of niue innings, per season, rental for the grounds. This »»um brings to mind the He hti-* not been ur<-niisud tlsat ho t-hali for a foot rest while they pmoke an on'on. and one m»n was ont in the tenth before the goal wag aud I am satisfied that New Orleans is the efforls of certain American AssocUtlon men to secure be captain, Q'-r h;n lie dictated any p< ints that we had the umpire committee. only town ia the South that can make money even The owners of the Toronto International Assocla E. .1. Henglt) h*s signed with Minneapolis', so has reach M. To oor recollection this has never before oc­ the same grounds about a year ago. At that time, to concole. We don't do business that way. Tumor. Manager Davidwn, ot" Louisville, was coining curred here. In this same full game of oino innlnga with a ten thousand dollar limit. A Southern League, however, the property owners only wanted gO,000 If Alike Kelly ia going to make the conditions for tion Club invited a bid from A. J. Uoach, president composed cfSouihein players only, would piove very of tho Philadelphia Club. Mr. Reach offered to ruu here Saturday to sign Hengli*, but was wired not to only thieo G. & M.'s saw first base, and throughout rental for the grounds, Then the Brooklyn Club hid the "big three" to swallow they had better tbrow up to come. Louidvillo loet a good man by not feigning the entufi ten timings not one of them safely roached attractive in the South, aud would prove agreat finan­ the Metropolitan fianchisa on its bands, and efforts tho sponge. What is more, ths hubbub about Ihe the cluh, cayinc all expenses and salaries, and gua­ cial success. "fair rantee the stockholders an annual dlvklend of 10 per Heugte. second base, ami. what is quite as notable, only oue of were being made to re-establish tho "Indiana" o»- and square hhow" fairly makci or.e feel seasick. A. 0. Jantzon has signed with Denver. Jantzen's them \v»8 left on ba^e. Win ney m&da the run oo an We could hire home talent for less than one-half of Manhattan Island. The base ball men who were en­ No ball playor living can say ha -b»se hit Denny. Ba^ps on errors Knicker­ secure both of them. young men a man of wealth, eulerprisa, and whole- No, the arrangements for this transfer have not been The Brooklyn Amateur Association held their sented on the Diamond. bocker ^. First on balls Knickerbocker 1, G. & M. 1. souled geuerouitv. I refer to Juo. M. Thompson, who made vet," Left on t-a-es (». & M. 1, Knickerbocker 7. Sirutk annual meeting Jan. 7, at the residence of A. BITS FROM BUFFALO. TRHHE HAUTE, Ind., Jan. 8. Eiitor SPORTING LIFE: has receutly bewme tiio tole owner of tbe sulphur "How will jour team do next season?" Terre Hanto will again place a good strong team ia ont By Andersou 3, by Whit'iey 3, Hit by piichor spring and ball inrk. 3Ir. ThoniMjou id a very liberal ' We will about win the championship. We will bo B. Waldron, 469 S;w:kett street. The treasurer's Swteney. tt-leu bi-<'s Sweeney ^, Muck. Double An Entirely Safe Prediction Fonr Players t!ie ; Interstate League. Torre Hnnto bus ono of ilia young man, with wealth And enterprise. He was for­ stronger at short i\nd in the outfieM, and I don't see report was received with thanks. The officers Signed—A Desirable Pitcher, Etc. fino-t ball parks in Indiana and will be one. of the best play I>(-riny, Myers, Brown. Pasaei balls Uaruie 3. merly a stockholder and director iu tbe old Nashvilio why we should secure a worse po.ition than we did last elerted f»r tho ensuing year were: Wasioy Dates, presi­ 1'mpirr ss< ri-iaii. Time 1:35. BUFFALO, Jan. 10. Editor SPORTING LIFE: jayinj? cities in the League. Will Nel.non will prob­ Club, and lost several thousand dollars iu th? enter­ year." dent; John Grady, vice presidentfWrn. II. Holdon, ably nmi.oze tho team. The association will BI^O, ANOTHER KMCKRRDOCKEH VICTORV. prise. He would no doubt willingly make a liberal '-What does Comuftey think?" secretary; Alb-rt B. Waldron, treasurer. Noxt in or­ As thia is the season of melancholy days, when Hilly ScuntMdvr, ss catcher.tAlbert Myers is in Calif'"-- One ')! tlio nreltieat gaitics of t-ase ball evtr played arrangement for tha lisa of the park, but could not be "He is just its confttlent a-* I am and he told me afew der was tie pre^cntatinn to the Re-white Club of the persons with more or lea? knowledge of the n:a. Ho writes heio that lie is in griHt condition H in this vity was witnessed by the 2//H) pecple who induced to j-ut money Into a club whoee annual ex­ days before 1 left that if I signed Fuller the pennant eilver trophy presented by BIr. Herman Klffe; thft game make predictions which always and in­ that California is a great country. He will prota! were guUitrtd at Central l^rk jeRterday afternoon, pense account would exceed ten thousand dollars. was ours." model display 1i»n all the equipments of the National sign with Washington again. Al. Buckenbergoi Our people want base tall and want it bally, but those "How about Hudson?" gam1). Tho Ilo-o!utes feel proud of possessing such a variably prove wholly out of the way, I will the eonU>»tin< teams being the Knickerbockers and a venture on that course. My prediction will, many friends wish t> conjiratulnte him ia the good picked ninf, contpo^ed principally of California of us who sunk our little fortunes tryiu; to maintain "Well, I gne-s ho will be all right, but 1 ±hiak he trophy ot" elegance. B-low will be found the record position ho hng, and know that if managerial alt.lity League playtrrf. Both teams were in the pink of con­ a fifteen thousand dollar ball tt-am hare had euough of needs a little disciplining; don't you?" which entitles them to the honor they received: perhaps, be somewhat surprising to some, but it will send Cohinibus to the front that club will be that kind of pie. Wo up dition, and sharp fielding aud clean hitting were tho want no more at the game cost WHAT BLOND 1C BILLY ARTICULATES. Rune is mine and I will back it. It is that Buffalo among tho leaders. Jimmy Donnelty, who will prob­ rule fr *m beginning to eud, »ix of the eoveu runs be- would rather do without dessert entirely and live on The only William Barnie, Esq., his b«en around Won. Lost. Runs, by opn's. will occupy the eighth place in the International ably play thint base f<>r l.im, ]>lnyed under his man­ plain food. We wish Messrs. Hart, Vrhnrton, Hearne, Resolute...... 14 1 191 97 inx eiirned. It would be a bard matter to make special most of the we«k, and if there is any trouble among Association at the close of the season in Sep­ agement In tins city in 1881. Teire Haute old-time montinn of iho various good plays, each man on the and other gentlemen connected with them, great suc­ the Orioles it does not reflect on Bagnio's good-nntiired Siiiney...... ^....'...... 11 4 142 91 ball players will be well represented on the diamond cess. Thoir enterprise and energy deserve success. Koy...... >...... » 6 118 93 tember next. Have I stated it clearly? I am diamond working ad though the championship cf tho face. He is sanguine that bis Orioles have turned over glad next season. Mytr* will be with Washiuyton, Duck- eeaoM (l^peutled on his iudividual efforts. Whitccy JNO. MOB ROW. a new leaf and that Baltimore will have a nuccossful Wnahinfcton ...... 6 9 147 148 to have acquitted myself of this rite, and have enbergf-r and Donnelly with Columbus, McGuirn with and Mack Alert ...... 6 10 137 186 renewed confidence Iu the Buflaloa of next season. For weie tbe battery fur the''Knicks" for tbe season. who ever heard of a prediction falling Cleveland, Seward with the Athletics, and Me Query first four tuning-*, und then they gave wtty tu Van Good Judgment. "How about tha umpires?" I asked him. Koeeclale ...... 0 15 63 180 true? Here I with Syracuse. L. L. T. Haiti en and Brown, who finished, "Wo will have a good slatf. The next m^etinK will take place Friday, Jan. 18. have been predicting all sorts of wonderful things con­ the game in ftne Some St. Louis reporters think that Von der W.mld not be surprised There is a vacancy, and clubs dwirious of oaterin* cerning the Biaon* for a lon^ time; each winter I hire tyle. J.,e Purcell did tlie twirling for tho Sau Fran- Abe should have signed if Gaffnpy was one of our regulars." Sam Morion's Club Incorporated. ciscos tmti! himpponenls jumped on him in the fourth Pickett Instead of Ful­ "How about your team and new grounds?" will communica'e with Mr. A. B. Waldrun, 409 Sacfcett given them, the pennant (there or thereabouts), and, ler, and one says: street, Brooklyn. lo and beheld, they haven't realized my expectations The Minneapolis Buse Ball A^ocialion has filed tuning iiu'l e-.'ortdflve tuns, when he went iuto the "Well, I am after « pitcher, catcher and second base- articles uf incorporation. The capital stuck isJ15,0')0, gtmieij and Kn^ll "Aa & matter of fact, Pickett is the peer of any short man, aod yet. So, with the utmo-;t confidence in my unrelia­ went into tli4 box, m*y s-cure them iu a tew davu. Meahave bility as a divided into 3tedn-ss is limited to $5,000. The Jncorpomtors Il.Smttli,ss..4 00 0 21 Van H'n,cf,p4 01350 shoulders above any player who ever filled the position live car lines running to our gate* aud will be only In one of the largest cemeteries in St. Louis there Is are Saninel G. Morton, Henry L. Ha< h and Andrew Powers rt... 4 0210 0 Denny, fs..... 4 13121 for tho Browns."' abuut a qu uter of a mile further out a beautiful monument. The base is compcsed of a FOUR PLAYERS SIOXKD. H. Griffin, the flrst named being president and kre»e- Puni.hiie;.ll»..4 I 2 1 3 0 Myers,2h..... 3 10521 But then Pickett's release than we are at present. Our nuw (Eraud mtwaive piece of Hurricane granite nearly twenty feet In preparation for that end tha management has would cost several begun the signing of players. As stated ral manager; the second, secretary and treasurer, «ud h H>..4 1 I 14 0 it BU»kistcn,lb:i I 0 11 0 0 stand will bo a handsome oue and will «eat about 8,000 square. Besting upou this H another huge stone of last week, the last named, vice president. Pnrtetl.p,tf..4 00 0 4 OSweeney, 3b.4 1 I 1 1 1 thousands of dollar?, while Fuller was bought people. Wo wttnt a wna:k at tde Giants fti the spring Halowell granite, srid standing on this la a full IKe- Mr. White was reported as contemplating signing a »iy 2b ... 300 3 40 Brown, if,c..3 02230 for only $700. Pickett also wants not less than and hope they w^ll play us." size figure in citi/on'g dres* of Prt-sident Von der A third baseman and short stop in the event of the ex- Knell, li, p.. 3 01141 Mack,c, rf... 3 11300 $2,500 per sc:i^on. Now is he worth that much Birnic declined to &t ito who the mon were whom of the St. Lou ;s Club. The figure is complet« and d Detroit meu failing to come here. As suitably men HUGHES, one of Brooklyn's pitch c La\von,cf.-3 0 1 1 1 0 Whttn«y,p,cf3 0 0 030 more release money and high salary combined he was after, but he has pitcher B >b Barr, Pickett and the original justice. The sculptor who performed the for those positions, R;*tney and Andrus' late of iramil- other case of abnormal development. He 1 ton, were recommended in these columns. It geem season's experieuce in the Association, pig CarnM, C.....3 0 0 3 1 0 II-iye«, It. .,..2 00 0 00 than clever little fuller? Von der Aho is a Joe Horuuntc on bis list, aud I firmly believe he ex­ lab'/r w*s a whole year on the work, and the result ia Tnial...... ;i'J 2 7 24 14 2< Tot 5 8*26 16 3 pects to get them all. a masterpiece. The monument is not yet half com- that the men were favorably thought of, aa events garner, and h is cuucluded that he is liberal man, but be must be given credit for "I pee ISi unell eays we will be down near the bot­ ple'e.l, but President Von der Ahe hoa already ex­ show. On Friday ln»t Manager Bowe went over to any man aud wants as much money *Kuell out for running out of line. Hamilton, gnn Kmncij-eo...... 2 0 <> l) 0 0-2 good business sense, especially in this Fuller tom," sni'l Barn;e. "Well, I will tell yen what. I pended $7,000 on ii and before it is finiahecl U wilt cost and. In consequence, the wires bore the in- player in the team. Tlrs young [ ersoj Knickerbocker...... 0 0 5 matter. wilt bet JJruuell auythiag h* wacU that tbe Balti­ twice tbdt amount. UHlgence back to Buffalo that Wallace W, Amlrua ing, aud unless we are mhtakou he wij THE LIFE. Ja,n.

Left KeMtr*. evidently one of (ha infirmities which the modoru ', I Crowley. SI 87 .916: 8 Ber(t«r_. 15 89 .871 boss cannot Ki'iipj.Ie wlt'i. . BALL. 2 McMil'n 103 213 .924 9 fpeidol... 24 46 ,8f>9 BILLIARDS. lumitluo.lfj'oii GUI, A:l>art Gamier, of France, or 3 Brodie.... 107 189 .920 10 Boutcl'e 109 18S .81!) Boase ptrt uf Gernmnv, Ijei-i^ uivi'ed to take ]a;t in 4 C.McV'y 2.1 60 .916ill Torrcy'o 17 83 .787 an Amerimn tonrnampiit iu 1H8{». Aud yet it is sa.d 6 Sharp..... 97 199 .914J12-O'Brlen.. 61 88 .781 SAMUEL G2BSON. that revolutions never gn backwurJ! ; HE TRI-STATE LEAGUE. 6 MrCann. 95 139 .913 13 Boeder... 24 45 .777 _ fGiimiiu.. 103 151 .000 Death of the Noted Koom-Kceper and TOE GAMK IX CHICAGO. \, :i.»t Was Accomplished by the Playerg \ Ea.^au ... 39 70 .900 Professiunul. Cntlre Fit-Men. Uurinj; the Season ot 1888. Samuel Gibson, at one time a noted profes- Carter and Mnggloli Schaefer's Attitude 1 T-.WeUh 81 184 .923 9 Green 61 121 .876 Towar. , f Willi.Vs. 29 27 .88SiU Ilutch'n. CO 64 .781 which contained nearly twenty tables Samuel him nearly, if not all, that tiiueto Jill his pre-ent IVli.lionty, Wheeling...... 21 40 15 .408 27 .888,15-0'Xeill.. 18 22 .773 engagements. lie considers the proposition of Kiiby, l,lr.in...... 88 140 62 .309 Catt'lteit. Gibson was connected for a long time. After Ma^'pioli a fair one, and cxore^scrd tho d'.aiie to play Sooiui*ra, Lima...... 82 Oil .342 1 Johnron 2fil .9d5 11 FitZki's... 63 461 .039 the St. James Hotel closed, Gibson was engaged him at the o.tiliyst possible uj.portunity. Tarter in- Unilpv, KnUumzoo...... 85 108 .329 2 Pike...... 26S .95U:i2 Minte'n 38 292 .938 to manage the lower billiard room in the Con­ furnn mn that it is his intention to play billiards with i O'Noil, K>l>mazoo...... 86 113 .327 3 Calhoun 447 .9571,.. fLet'g..... 29 287 .936 tinental Hotel, which room contained nine tables, »ny master at any btj hi of game ihut will wairu&t, him i XeuI, Lolunibuj ...... 11 13 534 .96Si 1 tt.Wes'e 44 408 .036 making with tho upper room in thia hotel 17 in the belief that hs cuu win, aud ho H ol the uuinioit Gmnbcit, ZanMYille...... 6S .64 .324 5 SixsRiifh 150 .953 14 Sharp.... 10 60 .933 that with proper practice he cau dtfoul Maggkli at B lioeior, T'jlulo...... 37 60 20 .322 6 Somme's 692 .952 15 Beruer.. 34 254 .925 tables in all. tho hitter's game. J)-KLO:.», L:mi...... 84 111 68 .321 7 - Talk...... 623 .951 16 Drown... 23 224 .924 Retiring from the Continental Hotel room It uaa tele^raj hed to the pro s of thld city f rim New 10 V,'e,t, ColimOiius Wli<*llDg_ 100 160 42 .320 8 S cnzcl... 330 ,9I8[l7 Bailey... 15 154 .922 Gibson was next found in the business in \Vil- York a few dH}3 hi;o th-tt tho balk-liui» hat:dicup I. f Mchol, V.'liwling...... ICJS 160 60 .317 f Uoene'n 28 222 .945,18 Cliris'D.. 30 253 .920 touniauunt was fully ariHiii?.d t-* I«k3 p!«co ther« 1 l A l'oi>, MimsBi-IU...... 63 8-1 27 .317 9. givt-'il withuiit th«» >'Aue<, Toledo...... _...... 92 111 15 .297 4 Morri'u. 1G4 .S>.i7i22 Somers.. 31 3G3 .884 them to return homo immediately BH the State yiedt oluyei'ti aid, and ax it* they aro of lh« opiniuti t McC.mn, /Ciuesville...... M 104 39 .207 5 Jones.... 162 .953,21 Peclio'y. 15 122 .868 vibration. The price is $135. ttmt Sciutt-ftr'ti nan-." is sutlkioiit t> niako the lourua- 6 McKl'h'e might topple over during their absence,) Gibsun i.' Jiilineo:!, /anegviHe...... 91 115 69 .295 105 .9,i2 24 Gaitri't. 21 204 .867 Tbe tandem is of the same general specifications as the single machine, but both wheels are uient a succoiS, uo mutter wheiinMuSci-.aefor pluya or 20 Eo'.tcnus, Toledo...... 71 76 IS .294 7 J.Hnn'o. 328 .95:i|25 1'halen.. 225 .866 thirty inches. The handle bars are eich of one pieee of the best seamless steel tube, strengthened was next cngsged tp manage Dooner'a loom, at Eighth and Chestnut, where' Green's Hotel is ubf. In one respect tho Now Yorker* aro correct. . f 3!cMiil:n,J,iina...... 108 126 90 .293 8 Gumbe't 3S2 .917 2G-0'Brien. 265 .856 in the middle by an inner tube to prevent against breakage, and curved to bring the hnndles into Schacfrr's uamo l-t ail-potent a^ a drawing attraction, " \ Kfttrlilfr, ^ai.clusky, ToltJo.. 112 127 101 .293 0 L\imi.._. 176 .943,27 N«al...... 131 .854 proper position." The front seat is ridable by a lady upon removing the brace that runs from the now, and Gibson was afterwards cngagcJ pro­ but what will be t'io opinion of the New Yoik pubho !laiuiltu!i, C-liiDilMH...... 104 I'll 80 .290 10 Kniiuss.. 881 .928i28 Flana'n. 24.-) .853 fessionally at Cape -May, and as manager later uud tl)p j'Ul>lic at la^u of the nn'.img-T^ of this tjutntt- Fry, /Mlie^ville...... 05 7:1 20 .2'JO 11 Da!e...... 249 .923,29 Dolaney 103 .844 from the front seat rod to the steering neck. The machine is wonderfully fast and easily con­ 34 Clark'n. 96 .812 imjvrove bicycles. It." J. Ilunii-r. Mr. Gibwn continued to r.i:tu»tco iio m.ovf or fro»t M ytt. Nutwithstatid.ug tliis this bil­ 57 Miunshaii, Jo-kson...... 101 115 25 .276 1C Laiton.. 272 .904 :i5 Cook..... 265 .796 The English Road Record Association bare accepted Green's room fur sonie two yt-ar^, and retired f;om tho liard lm ictus IKH hot-n ren;arkaldy goml. Hannah & -C.ii.wll, KaUniiiZoo..:...... 85 97 33 .275 17 N.llan'e 248 .91)3 36—Fitzi'd. 97 .773 WHEELING. P. A. Nix's 24-bour bicycle road record viz., 2H7 miles. billiard business to open the Catiiral Hotel, at Sixth Ho,rg'.-* room did much the lar;;et-t irado in lhJ>3 ot i-.ny -S'.ricf, To!ei!ed up to the ye:tr HJMCO they opcnfl. fducli of this succcya is line to -Walsb, Toledo...... 40 46 83 .27.1 World will conliuue as official bulletin of the L. A. \\. time of his diath. Allhongb tut little known in the thoir ubk1 nianag-r, Kelly JMulvaney, who has been ili- -aorri,on. Wheeling...... 33 31 2 .172 CYCLING COMMENT. fur the next threo years. calling during the past fuw j«ai3. Mr. Gibaou was a rt-ctly aud iodiftclly connected witli b'l:i:ir Great Norta road, I>ec. 18. 1 Chridtnan Columbus Jacks'n 90 85 21 .247 »>t)ubtful very. nary encmie*. There is a groat ttivcrerty of opinion jw ^G.WestlVite, Slansaeld.San'y 95 78 72 .247 for the successful carrying out of the venture, and if League has ever seen. Here it ia in full: to what constitutes friends aud wh*tl eueir.ied in tbia 1C Slrothers, Toledo...... 90 7!> 33 .216 it fails none others ue3d try. fiome reference to the Ifthareisona cyclin;? club In town that, aa an or- aoliool cf business. It is all very wtll to be H "ii.vil The irrfuid averages for the whole scrioa of eansea FROM THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE. gauiz'ition, bids fair to aciiievo ttio honor of owning are a* follows: Eanie*. ii.47-77; Yaltor, 2.U'J.;V2G; Gil- §7 Stickney, Juckson...... 83 35 .244 men at the head of affairs will probably uot prove un­ The executive cooiuiitie*. having iiiTestigated the fellow well met," but we have ytt tr» learn of such a f Maun, Columbus...... 42 18 .243 interesting. lha f..stedt man in PhiladelpiiU in 1SSO. tLat club id nun being rescued from Iiis fm«nciat difHculties by muii. 2.1&-173, CiUiptt-ll,2.3.S-347;I);iQkelni:U), 2.9-174. ifl-uu of tho circular in Now York State in favor of tho the Ti-.ga Cycling flub. Kimt'si, by \vinniug tb tlio Michigan Stive Works and vice president of the ami thft oihsr 1hre« divide £'25 bet'.veen Ihum. Vatfer f BaUfOwine, Canton...... 36 It .242 ai.d iuUrrfsta of the L. A. W. than the action ia*«m Aaliingcr, Arraaindo, Eck and an uukuown. At last of tho few local profeseiouiils vho got his hcetite in Detroit Stove Work?, two of the largest concerns ot ihe reports Diu^ley was in the lead. tm-i challsn^O'l Banio* for a nmtch jcani* of 1:50 p -ints, i Le-g, Tolato...... 43 20 .242 by the chairman of the committee ou rights and privi- June la^t. Fie had to borrow Iho ni"ney to securh the I Darfow. Maufleld...... 88 11 .241 kind io the country; also president of the Banner To­ E. J.Shriver, of the L. A. W. Board of Officers, as­ license, which money,according to th« s'atement of cuniiton caroni.j, on tlm table used in t!io recent tour­ bacco Comj any mid president of the Uaoner Cigar nament for £!, Gibson grew curelcstt n the bo-iks, The himd *,f de:ith 2 (O'Brien, Columbus...... 103 25 .22'J nut Inhabit tho terrestial sphere. Ha will tallt base tlea on ibe-r machines. The money is relurutU to this city a few a t'g>. Mr. Jobus ha'l been suffer- Are League members n lot of children, tbat WHS then hovering around the tsick inun'a tied. Jt Uita ioji from consumjttio^ fur f.onieyea>fl ]i»at. ( M:Iier, Sandnslty...... 33 10 ,229 ball during any portion of the 24 hour* of a day, ariJ them on laavin^ the country. Several ca'Sts of cjcle then too lute to seUl** bis accounts; ho was no li»n»er JQ ( J',i,"tou, Sandilfcky...... - - - 36 18 .2: would rather eee a game than lUteni a eoiree at Queen they are to bo played fait and loose with in this smnyrfling har« been discovered, and tbe authorities, a nirmbor. This fac r, however, wus uot o.ade known JEui»Mn' CrtrtiT is hiiviiig a wordy war with S'osion ( Lemons, ManafioM...... 43 11 .22* Victoria's palace. It must also be taid that to George manner? ^therefore, pluced those rt-stvictious ou the wheelmen. to the dying man. It waa no Furpna^ to iii^ wiil-jw, ovci ih»s fcbilhlus of each. Carter thinks he can beat y...... 55 25 .227 Chitteuiien, moro tkftn to any other man in Detroit, ia As if this meagre "report" were not bad Tlio fiuhl ecore of tbe six-days' female bicvcle race yet Mr. Gibsoo might Imvo rcnuino;! a meuibtfr u[) to Slosst u or H.'tv otlior bMliftrdU; in the cotiutry, c-xcoftt . f Biickor, ColumLurj...... 41 6 ,22li due the fact that we hare a ball club to-day. When enough, Secretary Bussctt makes it worse by at Pittftbiirg wa«: Miss !Iil-la Sualler, 354 miles and I tho time of bis death, which would not only hu*« re­ Scliat-ler. ii thinks, of course, SloSiuu is over rated \ I ;.:7..s!Gini'jn?, Canton.!...... 72 15 .226 everybody eliie wavered and was inclined to lot tho lap; Mi-s Hatti« Lewis, 455 miles uu 1 9 laps; Mira May sulted in til* regular sick beiifOts, but J100 »t d-«Ui. and \vaiito H mntcb with him. [62 William', Cantfm, Cjlumbus 31 22 .225 gama die.be k»pt aduiiuiateriog stimulants till tlio thia bungling editorial comment: Alien. 374 miles and 0 la^; Miss Je^ie Onko^.^SO miles J. It II- iner 1ms retired from the \ ropri«-torahip of "The executive committee huM » meeting in. Now Gibwn, however, w.w a memhur of (-tvi-nti t.it;^r ,T I btitploton,btfiploton, Wheolii;g...... Wbeolii;g...... 75 19 .222 inanimate body tevivcJ, and new ho has the aatiafac- an(117 laps; Mies Elsa You lilumen, 451 milea aud U lodges ( r srcietie?, aiH it ii comforting to kno*** th»t thoAvon BillUrd Hall, Ilrouk'yn, and hiw bdt.n enc- (Lerscll, Mansfield...... 103 85 25 .222 tion ot"seeing the ''corpse'* healthier than ever. York U3t week and.aiwongother w.Tk.tbty investigated reeded tuori-in by Da:jif 1 De;»n, tho only living mcm- tbe charges a.adt> against BIr. C. II. Lutcomb, who, it In the hour of death the poor mnn'nas not n«g!fcUd. 64 Flanagan, Wheeling...... 30 23 1 .221 eorge H. Barbour is treasurer. Sir. Harbour la The Fore* Ciry Ramblers, of Cleveland, hare elected The eacldnnt part or Gil'Son's (loath Is tho fcouwlMj.^*? bsr of tlio trio of the f>rm<;r Welt-kuovvu DtaQ 65 O'Brien, Canton...... 39 31 10 .220 vico president and manager ot the Michigan Stove 0 >., is alleged. Issued a circular in the tiftmo of the Lcngue Urothors, ohl-timo rcom-keeperj. favoring tho election cf Governor Hill, of New York. officers as follows: President, Oe-.Tge CoMisU-r; se?r«- that, f-o fur ft? wo hav« bren ui-Ie to lesirrj, tht-re WM uot «(i A. Diilon. Liuia...... 24 20 7 .219 and is ouo of the shrewdest buslntsd oitu in tho West. tary, J. T. HuQtiiiKton; treasurer. A. II. Brunncr; a professional at his funeral. This was not fMirely OLO uf tho fiii-Bt rooms in New York, prfsMml over 67 Darrab, Mansfield...... 60 8 .218 In addition to being a ma:i of mound be has held sev­ The result cf tbfc t:ivcstijratt''i» Is g^ven in tbe communi­ cation published this week. TliOBia!enimitma>leby Mr. captHlo, Henry K. Ctmbb; b"iird of diiectore, the t»l-ore the fault of local Lii!iard n;o i. Three or four days L\ one of the mf ft I'Opuhtr men tlial ilio u^mo has 68 Ottereon, Wheeling...... 108 98 M .21 eral important municipal cfiico*, and is an aH-rouud offlors aud Fred II. White, Waltt-r U. Chubb anJ K. J. tefor« Gibson died a meeting h,id been arrntix^d by evt-r know u, nnd located, too, in ILo vury best [iKrt tf « f Lenard»o,Toleiio...... 27 13 .216 hustler. He is aljo a strong euthr.s A^t. Liuconili waa satisfactory to tJm committee, but ft ha* 21 been thought beat not to give Iil3 def&iiMf; at thin time. 1'oulict. tbe ctiun-el <>f the pn xy (-Icment cf the Atsoci«t:ou to the city, is said to ho going to piece* ia comcqiifliice of eJ \0'Eoinke, Lima, Toledo...... 63 IS .216 W. G Gray, who was a director on the old" boarl, is meet a committee from the other bide of Mm Associa­ the "tramp or tou^h element,'* which curntunJ'y con also a member of, the prt-aent directory. He is tho At tho February meeting Mr. Loscomb will present The Zigzag Bicycle Clnb, of Buffalo, lisa these new 70 Whnlen, Kalamasoo...... 28 23 5 .215 officers: I're&i.fenf, Wurren G. Shs-rk; vico r.;-e«id,-nt, tion with tho view acd hope ot ndjustitig the present predates tlieie. Tlio day h«s p«is8R. iutl, Itau-tleld...... 89 35 15 .212 plete* ttie list of directors. Mr. Evana ia heavily en- Bird. Palmer, Creahan and Levy were amnng the most gagod in the whok-aalo grocery business, is young, a every member may tbtn pnt himself on recunl in tba Tho South Ead Wheelmen, of Philadelphia, hold the P.jMaril, r^Litivd to tho proposed nmtch. Uurrid evi- 74 Rbeima, Lima...... 19 15 6 .211 auxiotu to pay their la.«t mat k of respect to Gils ID'S riently fortc^s tho fact that when ho last pUyed Pol- 75 McShannic, /.unebtillo...... 96 84 61 .210 leader in society, foil of enthusiasm, and w juat tho ca?e. This lias boon thought to be a leiter way to record fur the Stafe Cur mileage, J. K.*Li:ico!o Kd- deal with the question than to set on foot a newspaper ivarJs bavin? rid.lea fro31 Jtiuti-iry J, 18^8, lo January memory by beh;g presMit at his funt-in! if tir th« memory 49 .lor gethor, fettrnp* him as ono ot tho beat base ball man­ cumstances were such" what has Mr. Luscomb URT, J. N. Hopkins; club committee, Dr. Caarlea Tit: C'AtiEFL'f,. Tliero is considerable talk in local (Dale, Mansfield...... 65 6 of Samuel Gibbon cast such a gloom over that meeting biliiiird circioi ut present about a match beina; made «, ( Khue, Sandoeky, Jackson...., 105 84 70 .195 agers in tbe country. to fear from an open and public discussion of Sprague, S. P*arl Brock and U. Twitchcll. as to Uo credit to tla; nifu who knew him s-) w^ll m 15 .195 It IB pertinent U remark right here that Detrotters but ft emi Pollnrd and Btuii-i for ono or two hun-irt'd iCiihill, Colninbna...... 21 7 his action? The following officoM Lave beon elected by tho I.f<* aud wbo it-iueoibdr him with aucU afTeciion now d.jliurs a oi'ie, the uauie tJ be playti.i in i>u'j'ic at 84 Williams, Sanduiky...... 55 17 16 .1«1 do not think they have the pennant won. They are South End Wheelmen, of this city, to serve lor the en- that he is 110 more. aware that the Internatiocal COL tains some clubs hard The investigation is -put off till the board "cheap pro s." \Vn (\-.t nut cart^ lo iiavo niiK-h to suy 85 Jones, Canton...... 22 14 6 .187 suir.g vpur: Prt-sid'-'ut, S. Jackson, Jr.; vice pre-i-lent, on lliu propriety of such a match at present, for the ob­ 16 3 .186 to down. What wo do thiulc is, that wo have a pretty meeting in February and the members at large, F. B. Sullebsrcer; secretary, T. McD.jugall; a^is'aut aR f Brigus, Oiiuton...... 22 THKON'S DEATH. vious reiisuo that profit* ioiiaU in tjcnernl and the (1'halen, JarkMU...... 42 27 5 .180 snug team together, that will make a good showing iu whoso servants the board of delegates arc, are to eetretary, C. HofFman; treasurer, S. Young; captain, C. the rar-e. public in pinicular know tha exact stand (hut we 87 Chllds, Sandusky, Colnmbu^.. 36 21 23 .181 havo nothing to pay in the matter. The majority t-f A. Diaoion<]; flrtit lieutenant, L. J. Kolt>, second lieu- The Ex-Billiard Koom Keeper's Tragic A Washington writer pictures all Detroit In tears tbe delegates will have nothing to say, either, for the ph-nhl tuke iu finch a contest. THE SPORTING LIFK 88-Cook, Toledo...... 34 22 13 .!« tcnunt, O. H. McOardy; bugler, II. SI. Green. Fato ISrlcfly Commented Upon. will Oo atnong iin w%rme.;t advoca'-*-a conditionally, nlhollarid. Ccluuibus, Jao*a 4O 9 over thp lues of" the Big Four and a lot more. Wrong; matter will bo kept iu tbe dark till they get to New R9 (M..l-- - 32 27 .177 Th« Rudge triplet qnadricycle, with P. G. Whitta- ai:d one of tho conditions must lo that tho dignity i eo as gentlemen which th?y really inc. : G. llcVey, Coluuibus...... 22 14 2 .llili fleeted nn excel*ont. board of offlctrn for the ensuing he abandoned to become a baker and confec­ Thwo experts play quito as well n» the m.^jonly of tho { WaUon, Zaoeavlllc...... 21 13 3 .1CS it ont of print gives tho whole thing a very ugly look. tioner, which calling ho also abandoned to en­ FLORIDA REVIVING. fcix mouths, as follows: President, R. 31. Tliomf-rson; pl.-.ycM who (loured 3J huuonibly En tli« recent Chi- 95 M. Slorrinon, Lima...... 24 15 1 .103 It is qnlte evident Lbat they have taken this action vie? president, P. A. Libby; gocrotary, F. W. Piewon; because the rcpoit would rnm Mr. Lu-comhV cbnnces ter the liquor business on Ninth street below c.'ig» toiirDKiiiciit. A coutB(*t teiwren Bnrrta nnd 0,. f Cl^nkson, Lilixa...... 11 7 0 .102 treasurer, W. D. Shcldon; librarian, W. D. Alien, Jr.. Ptillatil. if |>la>'fd in public, can t>e ^Iven e'trcessfnllj w'l JIcKlhone. Toledo...... 30 18 3 .162 A Move Made for a State I«engiic A Meet­ for the presidency, for tchtch they huce promised (heir Market, where his place became quite famous in ing for Organization Called. explain, K. U. Cook; flrat lieiUenant, Joseph C"x; tec- in a financial point of vi«w by charging fifty cer:t-s n 97 like, Columbus, Toledo...... 60 28 25 .160 support. , oud lieutenant, L. llo-lgkius; color bearer, S. Pluaiaier; its way. Thron'3 Ninth Street Concert Garden, s^'Ht, which should include (ho prico of the f,'«»or.il 98 So\vder=, Lima...... 40 5 .158 JACKSONVILLE, Fla., Jan. 3. Editor SPOUT­ buglers, L. Cole and M. D. Garrttt. as it was known in later year?, was one of the admission! Such a contest Would b? worth this nnt 99 E. Mum-on, Jack»on...... 10 9 C .157 ING LIFE: Well, here I am homo once more As I stated in th«e columns la»t week, it ii very un­ institutions of this cit}'. Mr. Thron mndo so nothing mart1. Anything less would ho calculated ti> lflo f JUyei-j, Zant-tvil o...... 31 17 4 likely that tbe contract with the Jlicyclintj World Pub- Tho Long Liland \Vhenlaiftn have electeil the fol­ .1 lowing officer* for the yep.r: Preaid*nr, G. W. Mnboc; lower lh-3 dignity of tho KHIIIO, « hitb irt acunetliing I BJaclKtock. L'anlou...... 40 24 10 .156 after four months of "Refucceing." Everything ]i->hiug Co. caa be ienJ GmnAling, Toledo...... 20 10 5 .128 tention is to Imo a league of eight cities, and in a ta!k contract wa-t made a few days ngo by tbe committee .12' this country. Itna«, in fact, VfiT much after Iho rule was chftnged sv that after [ho bnice ban In en 110 Inviii, KitUiiiaz«xi...... 15 G 1 with Mr. Hubby he said they would have no trous-le with the hicyctiiifj World Onitpfttiy, and the Lea-zue SPORTING NOTES down 45m., tl.ey nmv bo ordered up H.I HOIHI ll^or^aflor .li' order of Koaterft Liul'.s place In Twenty-third street, 111 Kua'iB', WlierliiiK...... 31 0 in securing the other two. Jacksonville, Fernandiua tbifl time is to pay Ib* bonus instead of being paid, New York. It was Thrvn'a misfortuoe thai white he RB a dwisiun can bo nmdo, \\< the- rul^ rol;itin« to tha 112 N. lluiidiboo, Coiumbue...... 30 13 1 .119 and Guiiiesville had professional pi ay era la-st summer, as it was ia ldS8. was the owner cf emu a place in thia city concert bye d<'g running a uido heut tho words "if practlraMo" This is evidently tho outcome of a well laM scheme. One of the foremost tonnis players of this coonlry 113 Gai'li»M, Tolsdn...... 37 0 .1011 and altlicugh'the fover cut tlM Bcanon 8h;>rtf ttiey all (3 in coiunmmcati'jn witl» priiminout player* of Eng- gardens in genera', together with pool room4, fell into wero inserted. The rooigimliona uf Mo-srB. I1' E. L«\v:«, Tho members of the League will remember what bit- 114 OXVnnor, Saniln.ikJ...... 36 14 13 .1(13 come out on the right Mile of the h«dgor. Plttyers who laii'l aud Iroliml with refy.euce to their enga^emtnts disivpute; not that Thron kepi | ojl for drinks, which K. C.OTDpli «ud S. L. #>g.X3 wero acreptid The 115 Kifholsou, KaNu-izoo...... 15 5 2 .090 will play for a small snlury will do well to keep our tor attack H were made en tho Bulletin when it vr;ig he did not, but it sort of vinuoui era wa* in the nt- stakes for 1880 will bo the sun- uu U-! v.-ir, ni.d thn published In Philadelphia; inte:-fftei people wanted it iiu\t eunmifr, and if id uudurstowl that efforts ivill bo llfi J. Dill..n, Sunilusky, Mau'lld 66 23 7 .0!lo League in view. made to iuJncB two or more of them to visit Ameiira muppher-j at tho time ofi the part of tho officials of the d»to for the beginniu^ of iliu cpcn ntakey was flxud for 117 Srhell, ^alnlns'<> ...... 30 B 3 .091 I was surprised to sf-e in tbis week's is*uo that my aboliolitd; wanted it out of the way. It was too string law in this city, ana Thron was net only convicted of Nov. 18, tlie members* fitiiku to bogiii NOT 13. a competitor ia ihe finlil of blry.-le advertising, and f,u',\ p!*y in the championship tournamot-t at Newport, US u'Bri'ii, Saoilusky...... 30 9 1 .(ISS frieud Joe Oh), of Atlanta, gots nfier me for saying ho n-xt August. Mr. H*mil First Batemcn. of inv own personal kuowlt'd^e that they held several Eo\vg in tho World. Tliat nece&*:irily meant the deftrtu rcoins were concerned, has become a n-titt^r of history; to 10, d mbscrijitiuu of Dvo (totlurs fcr en«:h ci'l'ie en- C rf the Mulletin, and f!s do;ith wan worth paying lor. New York, Jan. 8. Eighty dollars was watered on p meetings, in which Joo acted as chairman, aud if thut that the concert gar.lona an t prxd ro ins vruich theu lortd to bo pni'l to ihe K-cretary of th(? Collie ('lub «t isn't tciiig interested I would like to know what it irf. Uut, mtcd yon, after tho c-^rpsu i^ s/ifely laid iindftr ei.ch baltif, and $200 a siuV on tho nmin. Tlie JS'ew Jt-rsey cock^ wero bred in Hmtann county. The b:-t- existed hete were a disgrace to thU city cannot be the time of entry. - TQ regard to my walking capacity, I am too well ground tliore Is no good money wasted )u keeping the questioned; that the one was quite as dingeroas u-t tho ! ITumi'n. lot 1U" .0,-:;; S Hillery.. 106 known among flra^-d.isa pedestrians to tit fee the eod in ordtr. tntg on t^« main waa 3 to 2 in favor of Jersey. Tom The Cook Kennels, of Do'roit, Mich., hnfinii had 4linl handled the Pennsylvania cocks. JaniM Roland oiher no right-thinking pc:s-;n will deny, and-tlmt the unusually brtd hick UIIH fall and wlnlur, having lust 2 Virtm-_ 1U7 fai .'.177 fl Him...... 20 2(!S trouble of denying hi* walking 8t»ry. Wo havo loot the Bulletin, wbjcb was a gplendld pro­ officials of this ci:y fchonld have bi!en imjicucht-d for 3 fry...... V, 714 .9117 10 S!ro:h's. 72 751 I am anxiously locking to see some club sign Dan selyting medium anJ at loaat a p )».ible cotirco ol' in- V.-A.S tiie referee. Ojne-aud-a-qnarter-iuch g-»lTa wero over ouo hundred dn-n by s:cki)ca^ inodtjy diatcinpor. u-c I, witli a cVuingo each 1 ultle. Jeraoy won the permitting either to exist !;ore as iotig as Miey did i.n a We rt't;ret to learn tliat Mr. A. I'red Nush liui with­ 4 Stnnle'u. 75 81J .a'JliUl IwmbU. 82 37? Jlinuohan, Jute of Jiis;kjun. I a;u euro if managers cotuc. It will lie oext tn iiiiiioRslliIo t« re-e^liiblish it. fiict which cannot ba denied. Ai aLieudy staled, IDW- ' fVOilTr.. 8:» 35i .9051 ti Millor.... :« 365 wMitd iiivostl^Hte hlM record he would hare no trouble and while the present rnaiiHgoment is in charge of main by five battled to three. drawn from the tiim, o\ui;g to a miauuderatandiij;? evcr, It h;3 always LH en a qticstiun in our mind it' with Mr. IJ. K. (,'ook. lunow.. 75 88:) .9Clil3 HHl...... 22 230 In "hanging bis hooka." League afiuirs « n may rest nsMirc'l that no money will gteve Brodie was in Toronto last week on his way Throu's place was such as to warrant so savc-rc u pen­ :iaily..... SO 1058 .9«lj Your Galvt'1-.tun cyrre*pondent In hl« last gave Geo. bo malo out of the pitsfnt arrangement, to drop ovor Oenesseo Falls within i*iii«ty co-ilJ etand. evon tion will holl a bench show in C'>oiio:tn:u vriLii iheir why is thf work W» givt?n to t&o bigtie^t bidder in- tays hw saloon business in the Bow* ry, New York, pxhitiition at Altrou, O. Jtin. 14 ty 1'J. Mr. John 1 fl-Ilricn. 72 , 1)5 564 .886 menu. I tlnnk tht-rc mint bo t\vu sides to th^t, for I with Ills flno cunstitutiou. Fra:iciM Throti W,H at OLC 2 Weloli... '.'J l:« .!i:i9 15 Carry ... i!) 140 .Srt have kn nvn George a loug time, aud 1 must Bay I btead of making u contract tn ccctetT clears him a handtome sum annually, end he does not tiiuo a uifuiler of tho Ndtionul liiiliard Adriod it ion, to- Uuhw, of \\oostcr, O . will Judee ftl! clft-sM. Tlio ad­ »!14 .'Jililtt IVlanoy 37 1111 .Mil have always fouti I him a s It id worthy of notice that nt his dress of the eei'i'OJrtry it Nathan Moree, Akron, O. 4 \Vcih-...' 81 140 .»;8il7 Fji^.in... 6') 341 .874 "Patroi" als;) (?ivi;9 Munnger Hariiagton, of Cnnfon, ! action ol th« execuilvo i:mumitt(« fs majle tit the lii- dent of doing the Fulls, notwithstanding the fact thut place, 9lr. Bauiiibhitt. This was at a time when Tdron Tlio Aineric.in Kennel Club haa decided to admit In­ 4_Cor!ie : t.. 17 93 .924 : I8 Deleh'y. 2t 141 .K72 a sly tap. Sour grante. Coininbiis will never pet over | 'iny Wvrtd. Ilialoobadw blunder to artvc-rtisp, if Patch was killed there 25 years a^o. was biipposed to be worth very cooeideratdo uiout-y. dividual members, with dues at §3 p-,vr y<*iir. With « McbuI'D 64 3::0 .fl:!2 : l'J llewl..... 39 191 .8:,9 the fact that Jitu Livught a team from n little Jim j blunder il Is. PERSEUS. Sport aud Ilo»e, eighteen-pound white bnll terrierc, and an he paid coue'deratle money into the treasury ot this will bi» yivi'O a copy of lh :» Ktnml li.... 16 92 .913 20 (Jhrin'n.. 31 17i .857 Crow town and wiped the earth with thtir j)*-ts, Aud ! bud a bitter flxht of an hour and ninetieu minutes1 the A-pociufiua, there id no toasoii to s ipposo that lie American Kvmul Guaxttt, and two regidtrdliuna fice 8 (lay...... 61 417 ,91221-lli ; l...... 20 Io8 .854 Bpcukiug of Coiurnlius, 1 fee ,1 report g'>ing the rounds I A Tournament on tlie Coast. rft'iou for $100 a side, near Patersou, N. J., Jan. 8. was lacking iu charity aud did not do much go id in each >e^r. that tl.ey are going to re:easo Manager Buckeubergor. I fct-ort ia hut ciyht mouths old, but be puuisheJ lioseaj 2i 130 .91 1 '22 Fuller... .21 l.TI 819 The inaugural tournament of the Bay City Ili^ day, evMi when l.e wna t,n the brink of an abyss Mr. W. Wild** h.-w piirchrned from M-. W. C. Ken- 10 Oiiil.is... 6'! 3liS .9')4 23 HuiLiu'd 40 255 8'« \Vt?ll, they will regrf t it if th»y rmod in this conutry, who;o Tliiril Hasfmrn. [ am Burn it any cue can got them a good team it Is One mile novice C. E. Totftweud, lj<, W. Uammer, Kamsdtn; secretary, I', ti. Poweil, caj'tuio, U. U. Lar- Tbroo. ______o!joct will do to import, breed and exhibit tho very the "little sent from Detroit." 1-Slnef.... 38 142 .'JOtf'lO O.B'Tcy 19 CO .806 2d. Time, 3m. 60 1-ot. kiu. btwt epccimetii of tha\! 98 ^- 17 67 .812 Two mihj safety handicap S. Pluaomer, (scratch) accomplished thai foal last Monday, ia Carlsbad, N. J., Btatement cf tho boss tlemeut that ^cbaefer dates uot jud^o and owner iT tho note I field spaniel Uitick 6 Black'k. 40 l:!9 .884 14-Stl,k.jey re.-iJeiit Young will not regret tigning Geor-e. 1st; A. A Borton, (40yUj ) '^J. Tim*. 8.3J. thereby winning $50 for her lucky ownor. 82 342 ,J38 The Cubun Giauta are wiuteriuu; in St. Augustine. ren'.itin out of the proposed balk-line tournament to Prince, ia now poing in for clutuberj, hiviu^, wo hear, 6 Orppii... 16 S9 .88l'l5 Calnll... Three mile baudicap R. W. Turner, (85yds.) Ut. 20 60 .818 ilove aeon. U. V. BUUB KIUUB. take place in New Yoik. I'ossii ty thia is iuto'jdeJ a^ imported two Rood cnen. 7_f;.Wis'o. 87 3S9 .fi79|l6 Kirhy... 72 210 .803 .————————«———————— Time, 13:33. au itjbinu-illuu that tbo public might arrive at tbu Mr. G. H. Hill, of Madeira, 0., ha* sold Nellie Mor­ g rjl-lVp:... 2'i Half-mile handicap S. Flummer, (20ydj.) l=t. F. A Droadlul Note of Warning:. 6S .878 17 n.inrku. 63 203 .SD7 Where is the Mistake? conclusion thr.t Schaefer fear* to enconntfr the botsed! gan, No. 4S3>, blue helton Better, ti Mr. C. G. Billiard, »_!),!,, b'l 21 7S .871 |l8 Mullio'd 20 6U .!72 R. Cook, (scratch) 2d. Tim<', 1,37 2-5. From tbo Brooklyn Citizen. In the event of Iho tournaujent taking place we hope Knlamuz' o, Micb. Price, private, though uiidoubtedljr Slart SlOff. Appended to President WikofTa lait circular One mile handicap C. K. Townecnd, («5yda.) Jsf; Pii-ildeut Byrnc, of tie Brooklyn Baee Ball Clnb, Is eiuceroiy that Schaefer will be amoug the experts. a good one. 475 .all. 11 Robin'n. 24 114 .850 is the following notice: A. 8 Irelnm!. (35yd*.) 2<1. lim*, 3:W. anguine of liaviug hi-* club wlunlnK 'he Association Whether Scliaefer pl\ya or not, hovieier, it will be The Kastorn FieM Tri:il Club haro claimed their 340 .90S 12 Slmrp.... 54 292 .646 "P. S. Ai-proViil at Cuntract of Ceorge Bhito with OnamP.erf^aiidinn-F. W. McNear, lif; A. A. pejiuaut for lfc'89. Ho has worked hard to bring about wisd'.ui for the bugse?, if th*y ere famMiar with thit date, Nnvimhvr 18, and arranged a programme for i'O .,--... the Detroit Club Is hereby withdrawn, he lu-uing Borton 2J. Time, 4:55. this result, and now asserts tliat the team which ho word, which we very much question, not to forget tho stakes to bo dfci'led ut tbeir atniuai Held trials. 24 101 .811 Five mile hHudkap J. Smith, {300yds.) Ut; a W. 108 .8'JS!.. f lloen'n.. 19 78 .833 signed with tho Columbus Clnb on Get 29, 1SS8." ha* gathered together will faave ft comparative walk­ fact that there is uut u bc$a iu Ibis cotiutry tu-duy The bench show of the New Jersey Kennel Cluh, 3J3J1 .Kll] 1 | Miniie'u 17 90 .RM Btiroit has signed no player named George Hammer, f}00yds.) 2J. Timo, 18m. over in the base ball race. Jio club iu this country that Schaefer cannot concede the odds of from 15 to 6U announced to bo held Feb. 12 to 15, has betu indefi­ percent, ol tbe game to. It ban not been so many 2S2 .877 i:> liaffertv 17 74 .824 Rhue, but baa a man of similar name, namely, has spent more money to (secure a winning team than nitely poet p< iced. 214 .873.16 Diisch'l. 15 70 814 Wheel Notes. the Brooklyn Association, and uo club iti better patron- moons Bim.e tjclmcE'or challenged n prominent New Georgo Rooks, an outtieldcr whom Manager \oi k Toss at tiip Oiids of di<-couut (the l)0ia to be Uie- The premium list of tho Columbus, O., uliow in out. 159 .8711 17 llutch'n 89 .797 Tbe Camden wheelmen are atout hsviog their club iztd; and iu the event of the present season laudicg Tbe show uill be held a week after the Pittabmgahow. 423 .869 18 Uilay..... 36 135 .703 Harrington claimed to havo previously signed Incorporated. Brooklyn In anything but first place. Hie Polo Ground count^d by BthnefVr) fur a Idig'.' sum of monpy, and Mr. Ptthall, of Jeri.e.T City, has accented the invite 428 .IW^ia RheiOH. 19 98 .741 for Canton and for whom he demanded a bonus It is claimed that a French chemist has discovered * will receive the piitrdiiage and Washiuglou Park muj aflfctii.uatcly as the boss iovts money he fuui;d it coo- 70 .S65| of $50, which demand Detroit iguvred. metboU of ivtating ttcel \vuicu will crcatly incrtai* the a be divided up ipto buildiug loU. yenkut ty dccliud ^'uatler's cbulkL^. l-^-n^ IB ti'.n to judge pointers at tho Dobtou ebow iu April. Tan. 1G. THE SIPORTINQ LIFE.

nc-ar future, which will settle the champtonshJp M the city, compare* favorably with the finest athletic fields United States. Letters have been sent to (tboat fifteen Iu the country. The association 19 a member of the A. TRIGGER. of the mo«tt prominent shots in the country asking ATHLETIC. A P, of the IT, S. thorn to participate. The proposition la to tuuke a free- The American, Pastime and Olympic Athletic clubs, A. J. REACH CO., for-all race, open to the world, at 100 birds, Hurllng- Of New York, and the Proopect Harriera, of Brooklyn, NATIONAL BIFI.E ASSOCIATION. ham rules to govern, $100 entrance, four moneys. All A MONSTER TOURNAMENT. were repn«ented at the third iaviUIlou run of the the noted shots of th« countjy will be invited to com­ National Croae-Cotmtry Association at Staten Island'on PHILADELPHIA, PA., Struggle to Keep Up the Range at Creed- pete. It wtll be opeu to all comers, whether profes­ The Amateur Athletic Union Games to Jan. 7. Tha start was made at 8:17, and tbo course sional or not, and wonld %;•> far to establish tha Ameri­ taken was the old shore road to Krastina and back, a moor Annual Sleeting. can championship. Mr. Eiliott, who will furnish the Kxcel Anything of tlie Kind Ever Before Attempted An Immense Entry List. 'HutsDoe of about six miles. There was practically no The annual meeting of the National Rifto As­ birds /or tb<3 match, wilt order about five thuosaud as run in, although eoino of the runners epurlcd from the sociation was held Jan. 8, in New York, at the. soon AS be is assured cf asufflcieut number of entries The monster athletic meeting to be held in West New Briglitua Station. The distance was covered Twenty-eccon'i Regiment Armory, General John to make the match n ^o. Madison Square Garden by the Amateur Union ia 42:00. J. H. Mellor, of the Prospect Harriers, com­ B. Woodward, president, in the chair. Among of American Athletes on Jan. 19 will surpass ing in flrat, with L. Levein, American Athletic dub; The American Asso­ tho^e present were >t iretary-Captain J. S. Shep­ anything of the kind ever hold in the world. A. Marsh, PMtimo Athletic Club, aud C. B. Gardner. Olympio Athletic Club, socoud, tbirU and fuurth re­ herd, iJonerat W. W innate, General C. F. Rob- THE RING. The entries closed last week with Secretary Otto spectively. biu^, Mjijor George L. Fox, Major H. C. Brown, Kuhl, 101 West Fifty-fifth street, and over 600 There was a largo crowd at the Worcester, Mass., ciation, recognizing the Messrs. John II. Peet, James Duane, J. 11. MATCHED AT LAST. paying entries have so far been received for the Skating Rink on Friday evening, Jan. 4. to witness Brown and T. J. Dolan, Colonel Bodine and fourteen competitions on the programme. It is the athletic tournament under the auspice* of the. Captains (i. Henry Withaun, Leslie C. Bruce Sullivan and Kilrain Sign Articles for a likely tbat there will te OTer 600 starters the largest Worcester Kowiog Club. Tbo greatest excitement was evinced over the ten mile walk, which nearly culmi­ superiority of the Reach aii-i L. T. Baker and Mnjor (Jeorge JSchorkley. Fight. number evvr recorded iu these games. The comprti- tora will represent eorne fifty athletic club* iu tbe nated in a little head punching, >s well as a great deal '''lie president reported that John L. Bull Iran, accompanied by several of betting. The opening event was a threa mile run, prominent backers from Boston and New York, United States and Canada. "T;ic game cloud hangd over the range at Creedmoor The Staten Island Athletic Club heads the Hat with which El lie won m 17m. 33s.; Alltson 2d. The second Ball over those of other OFFICIAL tM wad the eiK^s in ih> banning of 1887. By tha arrived in Toronto Jan. 7. At the Roasin 96 entries; next cornea the New York Athletic Club event, a two mils amateur walk, was won by Jerome, efl rts »nd exert'on of the officers of th« Association House he met Kilrain's representatives W. E. ffitb 85 probable starters. The Pastimes iwud in 75 in Iflm. 27d.; Barber 2d. The third and final event thf tlm*at«ned < rocepdin^ on bt-half of the property Il&rding, of New York, and "Parson" Daviea, men; tlie Olympics fH), the Americans 45, tha Athlattc was ihe ton mile race between Caaey, Neodharn aud holders in tbe rear >-f t'io butts to enjoin the firing Club of tbe Schuylkill Navy 31, the Young Men'a Foy. Needbam dropped out on tho fifth mile. In tbe makes, readopted it a have l«?t*u lemii'Kariiy av.-id'-d, and the Poppeuliusea of Chicago and after considerable parleying last bnlf of the ninth mile the two remaining con­ :AN ASSOCIATION B!f Christian Awociation 28, tbe New Jersey Athletic Club es'Hte \\ftn * aut**d ns [mother j car's l*a*o of the article* for a fight were made. The following is 23 The Pullman Athletic Club, of Pullman, !»., the testants rushed forward regardI«M of Ml rules of heel Wf^tfTD ttbort r*nge targets, which stand upon Hio tbe agreement verbatim: First Regiment of Chicago Athletic Association, tho aud toe walking. Foy got there first, but the ques­ their annual meeting in t« ground hir- d by it. This 1ms been nccomidtshed with "Articles of agreement entered into thla 7th day of Athie;lc Club of Newburg, N. Y.; th« Gaelic, ot tion of wbo should tak* Brat money WKS not announced. thw umlfrstatvlinij that th« plan adoj-ted l»xt yt»ar of January, 1889. between Jake Kilrain, of Baltimore, Yunker*, and many other organizations hare sent on Time:-?Foy, Hi. 25m. 13*.; Cwey, Ih. 25m. 36s. turning :ht? range over t<> the Stttte would be carried and John L Snllivan, ot Boston, Tbe gnid Kilrain and the names of their beat men, out i!u.-uirf th" present se»slon of the legislature. I .Sullivan hereby agree to fight a fair &Unti up fight, There are over 350 individual entriet, which IB be­ St. Louis, Dec. 5, 1888 tni>t and boliavt* tliia wilt b th» cat*), for it la clear according to the nsw rules of tbe London prise ring, yond question the largest individual entry Hst everre- 5oz. Bin. tbat it" >t m not dt.ue, Cret-dmoor will ba very badly by which tbe teid Kitrain and Sullivan agree to be cervtd. AdUATIC. cripi'le.l. In fact, it is very doubtful it it cao b« longer bound The 8«id fight shall be for 810,000 a side and In tbe 7ft yards sprint on boards 93 men will com­ mniiit:tii.cdt as we cnnnot oxj.ect to retain the Poupen- for the seasons of 1889 tho I\>lice Gazelle diamond belt, representing tho cham­ pete. A. T. Hall-Fake and some eighty others will it is reported from Australia that Hanlan Induced huf-n pro ertv, and i'ven if we did, the Associati >n ia pionship of the world, and shall take, place on July 8, be in the half and one mile runs. Berrian, of tho without rut-mi* to nmkethe repair* to the butts tmd his backer, R. F. Watson, to mako a deposit of $500 in thn State of Louisiana, Within two hutidreJ miles of filnuhAttana; Champion Burckhardt, of the F.wtfmM, to bind a match oo behilf of John Teenier with buMings which are inJisuei'stbln." New Orleans, the man wiuning the tosa to give the and Pullman, his club mute; Charlw Leopold, of '90 and '91. Secretary Shepherd stated that there was a Soarle for 82 500 a side and the championship; tbat opposite party tun da/V notice of tha place. Philadelphia, and 30 more will struggle iu the one tlie match WAS to take place within six months balance of over $21,000, the largest since 1873, Tiia auid Kilrain ttud SnlliTan to fight at mile walk. All Ihe prominent bicyclists, including from Oct. 27, and th*t G. Hill, of Sydney, is stake- ; excepting tbat of the year 1382. Among other catch weights and to be in the riog between Criat, Powms, Wendle, Ilalstead and Kiunslej will be holder. It ia probable tbat Mr. Watson will bave to The various leagues and associations now organizing tor the season of '89 will find things his report said: ttie honrs of 8 and 12 A- IT, the man absent to forfeit in the two mile race ou wheels. In the 220 yards forfeit, and Hanl.in is naturally very indignant at the buttle tnouey; the ex proses of tbe ropes and hurdle race are Hnch men as C. T. Wiegaud, P. n. Teemer's neglect to respond to such a kindness. it to their advantage to adopt the REACH BALL, as it is the only one warranted to last "t'h«* board has held eleven meetings tdnre my lust stakes to b« borne by each pirtv, share and share alike. BabcocK and J. B. Thornton, of the New Yorks. a full game and not lose its shape. report, and at Use meet ing t>f December 12, when thir­ $3,000 a side are now deootmed with the sporting The tug of war, between four-men teams, 650 From a very reliable source it in learned tbat tbe teen directors wth, stroke. Tbis is the same be used lo purchase tlio west range and anch other tbe rlug aide. The toss for choice of battleground to of Jersey City, another i'rom the Schuylklll Navy, one crew tbat woo, the junior four championship of Can­ land as may bd needed to epcure iu thn future tbo use from tbe Young Men's Christtau Association, aud ada on the bay last season, defeating seven other ratine, ami to ntuhe take place on June* 8, between tbe hours of 8 and 10 p. cedar shell that A. J. REACH CO., of the present property as ft rifle H , at Charlts JohnstonV, in Brooklyn, by the prin­ tbreo others. crews. They will row in the English the rt-puirs and improvements that are now Absolutely cipals or tbeir ropresentatiree. The part) faiiiug fo The prizes will be more valuable than any BTCF carried them to victory before. required and for which tbo Association, bas not the make tbe final deposit to forfeit tbe money down. In (tiren for a handicap or any oilier amateur meeting George Sulaman, provost and president, and George 1022 MARKET ST., PHILA., PA. n^cweary fund". The leaar-s of the present office in case of maaisterial interference the referee or the held in the world. A gold stop-watch, valued at $110, Fitzgerald, vice preiident, ot the Dublin University, Temple Court and of the ground at Crcedmoor known stakeholder shall fix the time and place for the tight, will po to the winner in each event. The second man have challenged tho Yale University crew to row iu as tlie wf*t ranee were. Iwv.h renewed for one year. it possible on tbe same day or week. Tbe money not. will re-eive a gold watcb valued at $75, and the third Dublin, providing a race can be arranged witb the fi>r each of the following oarsmen: Haulou, Candour, ' Tlie fall m?e :ing commenced OQ S^pt. 10 and con- to be given up uulega by mutual consent or until lost prize is a silver watch costing $35. In addition each Guiubridpe (England) College crew, the Dnbliu-Yale QUESTIONS ANSWERED. O'Conuor au-1 T. emer? Will the graded »;tlary Hst of tinned through tbo weeh. The attendat C* was not aa in a fair fight JOHN U SUI.LJVAN, competitor will receive a silver souvenir. The pre­ race t. tuke place after the raca with the Cambridge tho LoHffiie be made publiu when completed? W. G. large as we should have like.'! to see, and the meeting JAKE KiLKAiN,(p^r W. E. Hnrdin? ) liminary heats and trial jurats will be decided during cr=)W hf»3 been roweJ. No action has yet been taken by _Aro answers by mail. Write your questioni C., Slrathiov, Can. resulted in a low of nearly S301. Tlie matches for the Witnesses Louis B Alien aud John W. BarueU," ihe afternoon, and the evening programme will con­ the Yale beating authorities. cl*arlyt concisely, and write only on one tide of AniHcer— (1) About March 10. (2) There will bo tio&. qualification as marksmen of th« members of the Na­ sist of the finals In every event, tho lacrosse match Tbe Keystone Canoe Club, of Philadelphia, and the Issued but tbe contract fur pubM-hing it baa not vet 1 tion*! Guard show an increased interest-every year, An attempt by the police to arrest the party the paper ^ else no attention will be paid to your b«un given out. (3) Sbindle, of the Biltimorea. (4) and foot ball trame. Red Dragon, Canoe Club, of Camdeu, havo amalga­ communication. anermanently without injury? What is tbe cause of a Colleuder, Mappts, Crane, graves aud McKiuuon. only time he tried conclusions oo terms of equMity \vaa .)oe l^nnon, the South Boston heavy-weight, and the following « ffLeni for 1889: President, W. T. Lit- when be met M. Jouruee, who is considered to bo the president; Howard Perry, secretary; Dorsey soo; vice president, William Mover. Jr.; treasurer, B. person boing tblraty all lha time? W. L. W.t Now George Godfrey, the colored pugilist, have signed arti­ Brown, treasurer; S. W. Stineraetz. director of V. M«-yer; corresponding secretary, Oliver Hart; finan­ York City. Please give me tbe ng*», ht-igbt and weight of Harry finest shot in Europe. It was the general opinion that cle* tor a fjiovt* nght on Feb. 4 for $1,000 s »ido. Answer— (1) Go through a regular course of training athletics; W. H. Gibson, captain; Richard W. cial secrota'v, James W. Uoduett; commodore, Abner Wright. Sport, Nashville, Tenu. * Captain Brewer would win easily, but,contrary u< ex­ Jem Smith has challenged Peter Jackson to a battle Regulate your diet; keep regular boure; abataiu from Anm-er— Ago, &4; height, 5it. O^in.; weight, 165^ pectation?, M. Jourueo decisively defeated his oppo­ Ryan, first lieutenant; J. R. Elder, second lieu­ Osborn; captain, Frank Eugliah; lieutenant captain, for £1,000, lo take place in sif months in Franco or B. J. Hunger. intoxicating driulta; exerciao with dumt-bells, Indian nent. to England, Spain. lit* will allow Juckaon expenses tenant, and Liout, N. E. Mason, W. H. Gibson, The Ariel Rowing Ciub, of Baltimore, has chosen cluLa, etc,; run from ten to twenty iiiitea a day; finish To decide a bet, please etnte who stole the most ba^eg Captain Brewer, after winninjr the championship of your duy'j work with a bath and a pood rubbing down the world cup at Hoodoo last Jtiiy, returned to ttila John L. Sullivan b ;is beeu engaged to play tbe part A, L. May, H. B. Zeverly, W. B. Hibbs, Charles now ofiiers as follows: M. D. Tvson, president; Dr. D. during tbe last three seasons, Stovey orSuudtty? Sub- of ftnkttj L'oft in the "Raij Itaby" company nexe season E. Coon and H. T.Staneli'Ie, board of governors. II. Barclay, vice president; U. E. Seemuller, secretary; and you will in tb.it way be able to work off fifteen ecriber, Duhuqtie, Ia. country and again visited Kn^land lust Novt>ii)!*r, pounds of fleah iu a short epace of time. (2) Four Answer — Stovoy stole more bases the past three sea­ when he competed ia the open handicap at Hondun with frank Daniels. Sullivan ia to receive $500 per at once with il. L. Proizm-tn, treasupr, G^o. M. Huucke, captain, week It was deteriuined to proceed rouud triprf. (3) ^ee a pbvsician. (4) Being thirsty son* ihtiu any m;iu i:i either uf the nnjor associAtious, and carried oft one of the. prizes. Since then he has the erection of their new club house, aod the govern­ and W. L. Hopkins and S. H. Shriver, fiivt and second Near th» Indiana and Ohio line Doc, 29 Lew Bezenab, lieutenants. Tbe club DO-V has eighty-five active nil the time is a symptom oi dtabetaa. Bolter ccuault or, for tliat matter, more than auy other player iu tha taken part in no COD teat a of importaocsiinti! the mutch ing t^nnnittee \vw autborizcd to incur an expense ot" your family physician about it profession. with Walter Blake was ratified, which was brought to of Covington, Ky., and Jack B"lan, of Cincinnati, O., 835,000 f00 a sin*' ut 50 J.iids prospect* are fluttering that iho entire sum will be chosi-n the following officers: President, Ernest C. \Vhois tbe champion light-weight; Carney, ot McAu- «t 33 yard* fo bia op­ A Ho If h flgbt between Dick Morehouse, of Boston, for tho Athletic grounds the coiuiug season? C. E. 8., each, Captain Brewer standing taken up bv iiiL-mbers and their friends. The financial WoM>; vice president, Leonard A. Amermttn; record­ liffo? V. T.. New Orleans, La. Philadelphia. ponent's 30. Notwitlislandioc his skill with th«* unit, and Tom (ianroo, nf Pbiladulpliia. was decMed! Jan. 4 showing ot the club for the past yenr waa very flatter­ ing aeciemry, William Gearj*; rorresponding secretary, Anwer—(l) Height, 5ft. fi^'o.; weigbt, 129 pounds; it was certainly somewhat mart on the part of t.'uptuia «t a l«»nrtte rea»rt n<*ar Rye. N Y. Tbe battle lasted Anftcer^to Treasurer Whi taker at President Pennj- ing, chowiug a decn'jwe of nearly 5^,000 in the debr. J-.xieph Snyder; treasurer, Walter Hnyder; captain. age, 40. (2) Both claim tbe title. packer'd offico, third Qoor of 1018 Cheatuut street. Brewer to concede Mr. Biaku three yards, fur th« Ut­ but two rounds and Morehouse knocked Bannon out. The active membership of the c.ub is 318. The follow­ William P. SteveLB; Lieutenant, Edward Phillips. ter pportsmao is considered on -A tbe (lotst wlog abota Jrtck DnlAnrey, tbe ligbt-weiebt champion of Qreeo- ing rosolutiuii was passed as tho ultimatum of the c!iib. Tiie YarutiH Boat Club, ot" New York, lias chosen passe -3 balls In Great Britain. In computing a catcher's average are not Tins F. D. S. disposed of his fifes? Where can I ge* poiut, put Frttnk Burkw, of Philadelphia, to sleep In "Kttftlrtsd. Thihtj hereafter any open rogatt * that may these new officer*. President, John B. By me; vice counted aa errorn? Elkin, Scraotou, Pa. books on hand ball? D. S. B., Binghamton, N. Y. Aa saon as the burning of powder l>egan, odrta of '£r> four rounds J;in 9. Thn battle was fought with skin­ be given on tbe Potonnc Ri»er toward which tins club president, A. P Black; tecretary, George E. Lang; to 20 were offered on Blake. Cap'aia Brewer <-.tim- Answer— Certainly. Antwer— (1) Yes. (2) From A. G. Spaldiug & Bro, tight gloves and took place within fivo miles of Long is to bear any of the expense Btmll be an invitation treasurer, J. W. Beid; cuptniu, James G. Tipbe, first or tbe A. J. Keach Co. pienced by falliup; to atop his bird, and it *:is cortftiuly Islam! (My affair Kiveu undor th-i HdrfficMS of thte club, provided lieuteudnt, H. C. Welch; svcond lieutenant, E. D. Os- Who ia pitcher Paine, of the Athletic?, and what is disbenrteniug (or hint to eee, two out uf bis Ike \Vdir, tao Belfast Spider, has been mulched ihnt this recommendation aball not apply to a regatta go ,d; jfidge of court of discipline, J. F. Townloy. bis record? Did Flushed, of the Brn tklyns, ever play first five rocka fall dead out of bounds, tifW Please give me the ages of Spalding, H. Wright, G. against Harry Bartlett, tbe Kugliah licht-weJerbt The given by uud under the auspices of tlie Nttv.nal As­ The Raven-wood Boat Club, in Long Island City, witb tbe Dayton, O., Club? Who ia Uany Simpaou, of Wright, Auaon and U. Clmdwick. Who ia the beot receiving the contents of both barrels, 11 ink* ahnt tight in to lie t<. * tinUb with skiu gloves, lor §1,00!) n sociation of AnrUeur Oansmen." Rowing men of the the All-America team? There are two men out, with woH and led throughout the COD teat, gaining a Nornft- has olectod the follovrinar officers for the ensuing year: manager-captain, Ward, Aiiwo or Comiskey? J. A. dlrle mid will take plaw) between Now York and Boston District belonging to other organizations Irave com- \V. F. Hendrickson, president; C. T. DnflV, T 'ce preal- A. B. aud C, on first, second and third basw respec- N.. New York. whftt easy victory by five birda, making a Krand tctnl nithlu a inotitb. menitM) freely on tbis determination of tbe Columbian, deui; J. Creter, treasurer; H. M'ienckle, financial sec­ Uvoly. D, hits a grouuder to E.. at abort. E. throws of 41 kills out of SO. Onptain Brower's score was ^G Aiunrer—(\) Gliadwfck, 65; Spaldlnj, 38; H. Wrisjht, At Wanamie, Pa., Jan. 8, Manrlee Hurler »»d Thos. and various interpretations have been placed upon the retary; Maurice Murphy, corresponding secretary; J, ball to 1. to force B. at third. Instead of touching I>H 64; G. Wiigbt, 41; Ansou, 3G. (2) That's a matter of kills out of 50. excellent work at 33 jarda ti«e. Fol­ resolution. baeo F. runs down the Una to touch B. The latter lowing ia the score: Hi.Ar, well-known pngilujts, foogbt forty-two rounds Slcnnghan, cjp'ain; K. J. Fox, lieutenant. opiuiou. with bare knuckles for ?5()0 a aide. In the forty- The Corinth nn Yacht" Club, of Bos'on, haa elected turns back toward second and C. crosaea the plate be­ HATCH FOIl £100 A -SltlK 50 BIRDS EACH. second ruuo'i Hoar was knocked out, and ihe fight was I'ointers. officer* R* follow.-: Commodore, B. W. Crowuinshield; fore B. is touched. Doea C.'a run count? Q. W, M , Pleaao tell me what Axel Pa nlaon's record ia for 25 Thirty ynrds ri^e Waltfr Blake. atvanifd to Hurley. Tho Orange Athletic Ulub U to have its annual ball vjc-i commodore, I. S. Palmer; secretary, Everest Piqua, O. milea on skate*. Also hia longest jump. B. U., Lake 11110 -01111 10UI 01111 11111 21 out of ?*> Tbe two featber-weight-t. Jack Grace, of Brooklyn, at lha club bouse in East Orange, N. J.,on the evening Paine; treasurer, .f. B. Ithotle^; measurer, A. H. Keut- Amnrer— (1) A promising young amateur from New- Mills, Wis. 01111 110U 11111 11110 10110 '20 out of 25 and D.i^e McQiath, of New York, met in th"> rooms of of Jan. 23. inL'; board uf judges, I. B. Mills, Jr., A. S. Browne, W. tun, Maw.; made a fine record agaiust mnateur and Am>ttser—(l) li. 33m. 282-5a. (2) 15ft. n Brooklyn dub Now Yeiir's Day aod fought seven Thomas J. O'Day, tbe clianapion amateur litcht- L. Smith. aami-professiooal teams the paat two yoars. (2) No. Total...... 41 out of 60 rounds. McOiath was kuocked out by a left-hand wei^bt wrosiler, couieoipbitos retiring at the end of Jake Gandanr has cballengeJ William O'Connor, of (3) Fie is the Newark plaver of that name. Laat season Cau you tell me the weight and height of Connor, Thirty-three yards Ha« Captain Brewor. blow on tbe tin oat, the season. Toronto, to row a three-mile rac», with a turn, for ho managed the Asbury Park Club. (1) Ye*. Crane, Ewlng, O'Kotirke, Brown »nd Tisrnan? (Jin 01001 Olltl 10111 11 OO;-) 10111 16 out of 25 In n jjltivo contest at Minneapolis, Jan. 6, Between Tbe club prize of the Prospect Harriers for tbe £l,fnX) a eide and the cbauipit»iiBbip of America, tho you give me tbe a^o of Ge^r«e, Sbitt«ry, Foster, Whit- 11011 HOll HUH 1U11 01011 20 out of 25 largest number of point* ID the club runs to the 1st race to take place ehher iu New Orleau;1, Galveaton or Where can T get a newspaper directory cheap? F. ney, Kwfe and Welch? Who is tho 'tniwt lightning Charles (iimniic and Joe Lauiera, tbe lit ter wiu D., Toronto, Out. pitcher in tbo Leagno? Ar« Itrowuinx Hiid Wolf, of kuiKikftl out, after a lively O^bt, in tbe Ibint round. iu81. ha-* hoeu won by J. U. Mo!lor bv ton po;uta. Sun Frar.^itjco, on <»r ab'mt March 1. Wm. O'Conuor Ansavr— Write to George P. Rowel) A Co., 10 Spruc« Total...... 36 out of 60 Ten rounds woro to b:ivo been fongUt. Kiuiuiic ia re­ hat) accepted tbe chxlleny- th» Louisvillea, lett-handed batters? Ed P. Bret-n, The Wukefielil (Muss.) Aihletic Club baa elected the street, New York. Mention SPOUTING LIFB. Buffulu, N. Y. garded a-* a comiug light-\veight. following officers: Pr-'sHent, II- G Guwno; vice pnsi- The lat'-st is llmt O'Connor may not go to Australia, Answer— (\) Connor weighs 220 pounds and elands 6 Random Shots. Dick Mooio Hud Tom llurrav, both well known at d^ul Harry-Lane; aetrotdry aud treasurer, C. S. Emer- as his backers wnuid like to ht-ar from Seirle. Searle Please tell me tho meaning of i. e. 1* Flint married, feet \\/, inches In hia etockldgs; Cn*u«, 215 pounds, 5 The Cleveland Gno Club baa decided to hereafter pugilists, met at the Fashion Club room iu Minneapo­ 8UU. may notacce.pt O'ConiHT'schallenge. It is nnderatxxl and w bora does he reside? What id a SPOUTING LIFE fe«t 9 "inches; Ewiug, 18.) pounds, 5 feet U inches; hoot fiftstu tuugle birda from three single traps, iu- lis, Jan. 3, in H contest with small gloves. Moore had redeetriao Littlewood was enthusia^ticaUy received tbat Kenip proi-oses to come to America and ia willing file of 1888 worth, and where can I sell it? Constant O'Hotirke, 175 pounds, 5 feet 8 inches; Brovrn, 180 »^»d of ten birds from five double traps. all tii» ht*tt or the tigbt until tht> eleventh rouud.wht'a on bis arrival in England. Littluwood told bi»towua- to row any American ecnller. Reader, Chicago. pounds, G Itet 2 inches; Tiernun, 105 pounds, 5 fo»rt i) It JH stated that the Bronkwood Kite has DOW been ac­ Murray refused to eoatioue, and the fight was given men tbat bo could bare, gone 660 wiles had he been ID the la-t match with William Beach, a month Answer (1) It means that la, or, for instance. (2) inche?. (2) Gvor^e is 2'2 years old, Shtttery 24, Foster quired for tho British National Rifie Assocititioo aud to M<;ore. pnahed aero. In Australia, H-inlan was backed by R. F. Yea. Ift'Jhicugo. (3) Send your aJdre« to thn busi­ 25, Whittiey 20, K^efeSl, Welch 29, Uicbarrtfon i!6. that this ymtr'it oiu«tiDg of ibo Anauciatioa will be bold A fight for 5500 « sid», with four-ounce gloves, t^ok Joe, Darby, the f imous English jumper, is coming to Watson, and Beich wju backed by "Jack" Tnomp- ness manager of THE SPORTING LIFE and price you (3) CrAiio is b'-lieved hy many to be tiie awifte-*t pi(rh«r «i*ie. plan* npttf Nashville, Tonn., Jan. 9, between Mervine America in tiie nprii)« toju^npGoorire Hamilton, Bart- sou, & well-known ' bookmaker." want for file aud ho will, try and sell it for you. in the League. (4) Browning aud Wolf are botU The SandusKy Gun Ctnbhas elected thu following Thompson, of Cleveland, Ohio, and Bert Schiller. neU und all oLtiera who bave any cbim to tho cham­ John Teemer is at Si. Xx>nia and will go to Califor­ right-handed battere, oftict-rs for tl>R euauing y*»*r. ProsivUut, John C. Zol- Twenty -eight rounds wer« fought a&d both men vn-re pionship. nia with Gaudaur and Hamui. IfH&nlon still wants Who are ihe fastest runners In the League and As-o- liugcr; Tict* president, Wil!i:ini Gra«fe; »ecrL-tafy nnd a-verely punished. The flght was awarded to Schiller Tbo Athletic Glob of the Scoylkiil Navy will send liiiti to rnv Srarle, the Australian, he will go from clation? Who made the most borne runs in the Asso­ Wtmt players reserved by the St. Louis Maroons did treasurer William K. Marabail; captain, 11. Mat- on a foul. twenty-one men to New York to compete for the Kan Franci*co to Australia. ciation and League liwteeasoa? C. KM Alleutowo, P*. Tridinnrtpolis 'et 8° when ft entered Iha League? tern, Jr. Harry Al'en, a cleveryounglight-weigbt, and George prizes at tho fuiioor meeting of the Amateur Athletic J. F. Finley has resigned tho captaincy of the Har- Ausw—(l) Sunday and Latham. (2) Roilly and What League players made the m^st two and thn-e- - Tho officers «lectcd to neryo for tho ensuing y«ar at Wilkur, a middle-weight from Lonisvillo, fought to a Union uu Jan 19. var i new aud K. F. Her rick, '90, has been elected his Couuor. bane hits and home iuns l&ft Roanon? What are tbo the KomiUin Gun Club's raefttiiit;, Jan. 9, were Abel nuish with hard gloves at St. Louis Dec. '2!>, for a purse CvtndM'ates far th^ Harvard Mott Haven team are eucc»5sor. ttgeH of Glasscook and Bubai'tt? W. G. C., ludiau- Crook, president; It. Wells, vice prtaidont; U Thorpe. of 9100 The finish was r.ot fur off, for Wicker, who Who are the left-ban (led batters on the Philadelphia apolis, Itid. practicing in the gvniOHsiuni uiider Captain Mandell. Th^ backers of Searle, champion of tbe world, won Club? What av> raee did Hoy make* off Ko«>to ami treuRtirer; John Carn?y, secretary, Hugh Good win WHH too Ktron.? for his opponent, knocked his man out A lar^e number or men are at work, aud tbe team will 525,0! to by his victory over Peter Keoip. /lH5iper (1) Crane, GraTes,QuInn,Mftppls anil McKiu- and H. Pbilipsen, trustees. iu ihtt (bird round. Clarkaon last eeasou? How old ia Murphy, of the Syra­ DOH. (2) No recoid id kejit of oxtra bits. (3) Glasd- be regulaily organized Monday. Cornell expects to win her athletic laurels this year cuse Club? Header, Buffalo, N. Y. cock31, Baesett 25. The ITerron Ilill Club, of PilUbnrjf, «t Its annnal Jack Olearon, of Albany, defeated Eddie DufTy In a The Amateur Athletic Union is now composed of 30 at rowing. barn at HntberforJ, N. J., June 10, for a purse of ?'J09. Answer (1) George Wood, Irwin and Clements. (2) Boe»'!iug last week olectflfl tli« following dfflcers: clubs, has a total Di*m!'erabip of 12,190, and owns Oil Keefe, .187, oil Clarkaou. .216. (3) He ia about 25 Pleasi state best time ovur made in an eigltt-oarod President, Samuel Shaunr; firot "vie* president. W. H. DulTy ivas knocked out in tbe seventh round, nfter be­ properly valued at $l;424,30a Tbia ia a great showing ing unmercifully punished on the heaJ. Skin gloves HAND BALL. years of iige. shell over a three and also over n four-milo eotirro? Brown; second vice president, A If Law too; secretary for an eleven months old organizatioo. Has any pitcher ever struck *>ut more than twwnty- and treasurer, E. E. Shatter. were nerd, and the butile wad governed by Marquis of Quumjstmiry rules. Tli- final bent of the ShefDield Christmas bandkap When will Glllett'a Company in "She" be in Wash­ four wen fn one game? H. D. B., St. Paul, Minti. The West End Rifle Club Is a new Cincinnati or- w»s won by J. Ilaneon, cf Wood Green. He fcaa Courtnoy Forfeits to Lawler An Exciting ington? E. W. U:, Washington, D C. Answer — (1) Three-mile straf^ht-uwuy Cuurso, C'-or- gaiu/Jitiou with the*** officers Prnaidont, GemgH (I. Jake Kilraiti ha« sent a telegram to San Kranclsco 79^ydn. start. Pico Walker, of Notts, with 84^yds. Series of Games in Brooklyn. Ansicer— From Jun 14 to J;in. 19, inclusive. ncll University crew, 17m. H4^n., on Owaw Lake, N". Oork'.-; vice president, Ilnrry IJullnmu; rocordiua sec­ offerine to fifiht Pdter Jackson for the ?G,000 purse was second; W. South, of Sheffield, third. BROOKLYN, Jan. 8. Editor SPORTING LIFE: Y., July 17, 1878. Four-mile *tr»igbt~jiway course, retary, 'Squire Moorman; financial secretary, Ferill- offered by tbe California Athletic Club. Jobu L. Sul- Hare yon the following numbers of THB SPORTING Ltmduu, livtia, on tbe contrary, says he will never fight witb a It is rumored tbat Schiffersteln, tbe California Jlarvard Univernitv crew, 'Mm. 20*., ut Now Baitd A'iese; treftsurer. I> II. WaidhatM. sprinter, will positively retire. Itetbune, the profes­ Hand ball is fiourishin? in Brooklyn to an un- LIFE and what is their cost; Vol. 5, Nua. 1,19, 20, 21 Conu., June 27, 1887. (2) Not tbat we know of. At the annual election of the North Km! Gun Club, colored man. McAuIiJTe, by tbe w%y, will challenge preceiented extent, and this ferorable condition and 20, Vol. H, No». 8 and 25; Vol. 9, Nos. 2, 5, 11 aud Jackson toanotber flgbt, sional sprinter, claims that Schifforstein is tbe fastest of Philadelphia, tho following officers were elected: amateur sprinter iu America when properly trained. of things fur the Irishman's national game is 21; Vol. 10, No. 16, aod Vol. 11, No. 11? P. I. C., T have verified pedigree* of A rertain dog. What Tnt Dnffy and Pete Golden fongfat at Reading, Pa., President, S. 0. Kfcharda; vice prfsideut. Dr. It. 0. Ous Guerrero won a twelve hour raoo at tlie London largely due to the excellent facilities afforded Jubnstowu, Pa. step-i will I take to g"t him r^curdod and bACertaiu bU Alien; secretary, A. L. Lumb; assistant pecretary, Qeo. Jan- 5, tor 8150 a side under Queanaberry rules. The ^ H,w«r Yes; all excepting No. 20 of Vol. 6. Tbe clftaa? O C. H., Box 17t>, Sioux City, la. fight lushid thirty-eight minutes, nod at the «ud of tbe Theatre, PKisburK, Pa., on New Year's Day. The for the sport at the fine court of the Brooklyn E. Pdcl;; treasurer, Oeo. Denny; \\c\A captain, W II. flcort-rg credits I him with running 77 miles 21 laps; K. price is five cents per 11 umber. Anwr — St-nd fifty cents with podi^ioe to American Pack; »s>-istaDt cairtaio, Howard Jlidg-i; Jireotora, W. fourth round was awarded to Dnffy on tbe claim of a Hand Ball Club, which has no superior in the Keunet yf^wfer, P. O. BJX '2832, New York C:ty. foul Golden and hid second entered a protest uud tho V. Moore, ad, 7o; E^gledrum, 3d, 71.19; F. II. Hart, ^Did Dalrympte, late of Pitlebnrg, sign with Minne­ H. I'»ck, Ja«. Wol«oncroft, II O Alien 4th,G!KV. country. Then, too, it is admirably managed stakes were not yiven op. apolis for next ae&son? H. F- N., Columbus, 0. Where can I get a picture ot the yacht Volunteer? Tb« hailges oft'ered by the Aineri&m Fitld have he«Q Tbe aix-daya gc-^s-you-please at the Academy of by ex-Alderman Phil Casey, tbe world's cham­ awurded ;ta follows: B;iy City Ilitte Club. San Frnu- Jack Kogarty. the celebrated middle-weight boxer, Gnawer Yea. 0. A. McV., Dfctioit, Mich. wbo gave Jack. Dempsey the tightest tight the cham­ Blnslc, Lo* Anxeloa, Cal., came to grief in the middle pion at the game, who insists upon the best of cise", 777 out of n p^sihlo 1,000; Gardner Rille Club, of tbo weekjcause, no pat rename. The only record Answer— From L. Prang A Co., Boston, Mass. Oardner, Maw., 477 out of ft po-wsiblo fiOO; Cincinnati pion i>Ter bud in his long experience, has been up- order at his court, "and has fixed rules for its Wbo are the players from St. Louis playing In the pointed constable of the Ttiird Ward hy the Court of broken was that of profanity, when tue contestants control well calculated to #ive him the best Association and League? Do you think Herr will play Do you consider 58 seconds good titus for a qnnr- Bitln AsNocidticn, Ciiicintiati, 70!) out of ap.wiblo l.UOO. learned they bad been duped. Tho individual badge wiw won by T. N. Dodge, Gard­ Quarter Sejaloos, Fognity will be n candidate for tbe class of patronage. The court ia open daily wftb the Browns next season? What position will ter of a milo for a boy 17 years old? Did Kilrain ner, Mass., with a ncoro nf 2.")1 out of a possible 300 full term of BTO yoannt tho coming election and will Tho Staten IdlanJ A. C., American A. C., Prospect CuJwortb play for tho Browns? What was his bat­ and Mitchell ever flght, and if HO, who won? Il Harriers, Suburban Harriers, Pustime A. C., Allerton from 10 A. H. to 11 P. M., and every afternoon U ting an>t fielding average last season? Do yon con- This was tho highest aii^regute iu tho tliroo nj^tcliefl. retire from the ring. is difficult to obtain tho privileges of the court, Kubfc. of the Washing tons, the same man who A rattling fliibh fijrht look place between Jim Lyddy. A. C.. West Sido A. C., Brighton A. C. and Manhattan wider "Shorty 1 * Fuller aa icooil a short atop as Gioason, pitched for them in 1887? Wbat is the btwt sprint­ The Massachusetts Hifio Afuocintion, la«t week A. C are endeavortns to organize teams for national so large ia tbe demand for its use. On Thurs­ White or Eaterday? How did he rank last season? How elected tho following officers: President, lioraco T. of Newark, and Sam Walker, of Brooklyn, in a report ing time on record for n quarter of u mile? Wbo is on Long Itdund Jan. I. The battle laat«d six lounda, cross-country championships in 1889. days the experts give special exhibitions, but big n man in be? A ho how big a man 14 Cudwortb? the beat pitcher, O'Day or Whltuey? Which is tho Bcckwell; vic« presldonln, J. B. Kellowi, N. (! Nash; D. H S., Babylon, L I. ecretnry, Henry S. Harri*; Ireasm (tr, (Jeorge U, Uus- and rcBiilted in Tjydd5''o seconds throwing up the Georg') Smith, the American sprinter, did not suc­ nearly every day sees exciting contest3 among best ball. Reach's or Bpalding's? S. W. 1., Annapolis, sponge after tbeir mao had fractured his left wrist by ceed in winning tbo Ytilotidt hnudicap in England on A newer—(I) Association, Gleason, Brennan, George ind. ell; liirHCtorn, C. \V. Ilinman, L L. Hubhard, 1). L. F. amateurs either for oyster suppers or dinners, Dtid Olivor Teb«riii. O'Connor, King and Kreemau; liasc, (>. It. Dickey, W. M. Merrill. II. W Eaeer. N fulling on bis arm in the fifth round. A purse of J250 Christmas Day, as Ma friends boped and expected he An*v:er— (1) Yes. (2) They sparred four rounds m was given to the winner. would. He WHS on tbe 80^-vard mark, and won bis and occasionally for ten or twenty dollars u side Longue, Galvin ai,eas<>n, peted f*.r at the Country Cluh of Vestrhester C-jtinty Franciaco. The battle commenced at 0.40 o'clock and breaking Frank Hurt's rec:rd 137 miles In 27 hours THE WOULirS SKATERS. El-Kin walked ftliuost continuously, leaving the track way, are native Americans, though no one wcuiJ withnn average ot .845. Hia bailing arera?fl was .1S2. fn F'-l value aud will besbot continued until 3:^>tb» Dext morolug, wbea it was de­ suppose Lawler to be anything but a regular son of (7) Abont as big asDitvy Korce (8) Cudworth ia 5 feet The Championship M( Pting in Holland-' fur by le-tjns of two Th« conditions aro twenty birds clared n draw at the close of tbe 87th rouud. for fitimulants only. CunniDgtmm, of Worcester, and Mason of Paluier, finished about 40 miles behind. olJ Krin. Since Lawltr pUyed Crt«ey last year (or the 11 laches tall uu'l wulglia 170 pouutia, I>onoj;lnifi Breaks a Record, eficb ifiAii, thirty yanla rise, Country Club boundary A prize fight between Mrke Co-burn, ot MnnchosTer, championship in November, 18.S7 be ban greatly Joe Donoghue did not sweep everything btv to oacb man. Country England, and Jim Kennard, a half-breed Indlnu.ofSt. A flre io tho Manhattan Club House, corner of Fifth (a''ont fifty yards), tit*» Jiv;» bird^ improved in his play, having picked up In strategical At commencement of last soaaoQ A. bet that Charles­ f^re him in Europe, as Bis friends hat confi« Club rules. ICutrance $50 for each t«;ini and entries to Paul, Mlun., took place Jan 6, eight miles from To­ avet.uo and Fifteenth street, Now York, Jan. 9, caused point* ot the gamo. He is of tine physique, bas nerve ton would be last in the Southern League race Be­ close "ii Fub. IU. This cup is <>poii to L*ams from thn ledo, just across the Michigan line, for $100. Tho two a dunmge of over S12,OIX>, which is covered by in- and endurance, and ouly lacks more control of temper fore tho end of the Hensoo Mempliis and Birmingham dently hoped and predicted, although he did fulluuing clu?*: Tuxoilo, Westminster Kennel, Carte- men aro iight-weights. Nineteen rounds were fought flurtincu. The event hat given impetus to ibe move­ to do stronger work ti' the court than ha does now. dropped out, leaving only New Or leao9 and Charleston, distinguish himself hy breaking a record. The ret, Philadelphia, Hiverton, Country Club of Boston, under Queeuaberry rules. The battle was a bard ment tor n change of location. The cause of the fire and they had also to drop Ttm eeiwoa's ttveragca, international skating races were begun at ix unknown. Tbo bouse Is rendered uninhabitable Courtuey is not as strong as bis opponent, being sub­ Bt)c:-uHay Hunt, Moadi>whrook and Couotry Club of fought one, resulting iu a victory for Coburn. ject to fils of illness; but he is cool, plucky und bas after being computed, showed Charleston to be lowest. Amsterdam, Jan. 8. On that date tho half- V? eft tc better. for tbe prodeot. Mart Fabey and Jim Fell, who will soon fight Putsy plenty of nerve, an*! Is well up In his teacher's strate­ Doea A. win, or doe^ tbe fact of Memphis and Birm­ mile championship of the world was decided. Tho number of shot pellet* of th« various Mzea from Cardiff fifteen rounds, met new Minneapolis Dec. 31 io A scratch meeting will be given nnder tha atifpices gic skill in the (tame, "head work" being champion ingham dropping alTtjct the wager? Please reply in an iMidCft and pound, forms nn interesting tablo Few a tcn-rouud contest with two-ounce gloves. Fell was of tlie National Association of Amateur Athletes of Citsey's strong point in his play. For s^ine reason or nexl in6ue. Railroad, Charleston, S. C. Alexander Von Panscbin, of St. Petersburg, was Lave an iiita \vlieu they us-* l^oz. of No 12 shot that badly used up. The last round was marked by nome America at tho grounds of the Manhattan Athletio other, when Courtuey and Lawler meet, it is always Answer—A. witis, unless it was specified JD tbe wager tho winner in 1m. 25 3-58, Donoghue, who tbov hiiTt* fired nway l!,74-> pi-lleia, Ihis slzt1 measuring turrific fighting and awful slugging. Foil was thrown Club, Eighty-sixth htreot and Kigbtli aveune, oo Sat­ ''a malch for blood," «a tb« saying in; that i?, H feeling tbat the echedole would have to la played out, iu wan a contestant, fell during tbo race. Ho afterwnrdi 2,440 to uu ounce, or 5 onc-b«ndredih3 of an iijch against a red-hot stove and sustained severe bruises on urday, May 18,188'), commencing at two o'clock, at of animosity prevails which makes each contest a which event it is a draw. skated over the course against time, covering the dig- eu<-bp«llet. No. 11 bus 1,352 to tho oz ; No. 10, 854; his right side. The referee decided tbe fl«ht a draw. which tbe English championship programme will be bitter one. For nearly a year tlw two men have betn tauce in 1m. 27 2-5a. Von PaQEcliia won another half- No. 1), 075; No. 8 the g!; BBB, 42; T, 36; TT, 31; TTT, 27, The larr-f" Tbe former weighed 173 pounds and tbe latter 178 At the annual meeting of the Skowbegan, Ble., Ath­ tucker in Mr. Meeban an enthusiastic patron of the .lum-er Try and get into seme minor league. The place, the distance baing one English mile. The ra«» «iz« li'iL-ltM KO bv the pouurf, No. 3 wei^hiug 270 to the pounds. The battle was witb skin gloves to a finish letic Association, tho following officers weve elected garni, and on Christmas day the first seven of a series Middlo Statf-a League is just being orcanized and they resulted aa follows: A. Vou Panschin, of St. Peters­ pound. No. 2, 218; No. 1. 171. Of the O's the first for 550 a side. Lynch broke Mulligan's jaw witb a for tbe ensuing year: President, C. A. Mareton; vice of fifteen games, ID a match for 8100, was p!a>eiat are looking for young players who do not expect to burg, let, in 2m. 58 3-53.; Joe F. Donoghue, of New weitfh 143 to the ponud, 00, 117. and 000, 100. wicked riRbt-handed blow in the eleventh round, president, BrT. Patten; secretary, Win. Clark; treas­ Caeey's conrt, and it proved to be a very noteworthy receive over $76 per month. Yorh, 2d, in3tn, l-5 j., M. Jurrjens, of Am3terd«m, 3d, Thi< competitive contests tbat have been in progress which brought the fight to a close, Lynch being de­ urer. B. T. Patlen; directors, C. A. Mars'.on, Aaam contest, one so characterized bv the element of chance in 3ni. 7 1-5*.; H. Telhutt, of St. Ivea, Eng., 4tb, ia at Wa'mit Ui'l, the range of the Mag^achuseits llifle clared the winner. Sinipson, B. T. Patten, A. C. Houston and Andrew as to make it unusually exciting. In this first series When, where and between what two clubs was the SQL 122-Sj. Afterwiird an internallonal race for pro- Association, during the put year, were brought to a Frank Murphy, the English feather-weight cham­ Lumadou. Tbe members of this Association hold the Courtney won by four games to three. In the second longest game on record pluyed? When, where and by fcasional skaters was contested. 0. Smart, of Euglaud, cfoi»e «>u Saturday, Dec. 2I>, the Bucce*sful competitors pion, and Jimmy Hagau, tho young Philadelphia!), three mile, one nvie aud halt mile L. A. W. State series Courtnoy, after playina; three games and part of whom wua the longest fight on record fought? A. J. woo*jn 3m. 'Js. b^-iut: as fuHuw.-1. In the victory me&il naatcli II. L. who aspires to be tbe fnuther-woiglit champion of the chaiu pious hip; also the championship of St. John aud the fourth, was obliged to forfeit by rewson of sickness, 0., Milwaukee, Wis. OQ the 10th Donoghue came to the front in the ran* Lee wins the gold medal, with ten scores of &G or bet- world, met in a ten-round glove contest at tho Stock- tbe provinces. Lawler winning the $100. They are to repeat tbe Anwer—(1) Twenty-four innings, between the Hnr- for tbe world championship at two miles. The com­ ttr; tho gold iiienibcrahip bftd^e, Mitb ten scores of 81 too Rifle Ranze, In Stock to a township. Cam den county, The Chicago Amatenr Athletic Association opened match ou "Washington's Birthday. vanls and Manchester*, at Boston, Mass., May 11, 1877. petition took place at daybreak, owing to tbo thaw. or 1'eUet; Ihesilvor victoiy ineJal, uon on ten scores N. J., on tho evening of January 3, to decide the ques­ their new club house on Friday evening, Jan. 4. The The h»nd ball players of Philadelphia have a treat (2) Stx hours and fifteen miuutos, (91 rounds) between l*oiioghue covered two milei !o (iua. 24 ; .; Von Pant- of JSO or batter, and tho tronzu victory badge, won on tion m to which is tbo better man- Murphy had the hooee, which is a two-story un1 baseuieut brick struc­ In store for them, on the occasion of tha benefit to be Jamea Kelly and Jonathan Smith, ucar Melbourne, chin, the Russian, was secnnd In 6m. 31s. The cham­ ten scores «;f 75 or better. J. A. Frye also wins the advantage ID age, experience and weight, but Elagau ture, has been thoroughly equipped with everything given to the veteran Thos. Nichols at the Carpenter Australia, Nov. 21,1855. pionship <.f the world could not be decided, as "IJ iin-iuborehip bauiee on ten scorea of til or better. proved a match for him. The latter was on the aggres- necessary for an athletic club headquarters, includ­ street court on Jan. 14, when the following visiting Panscliin, who won the first and second events, g . B. *V a i re n wiiii* tbe Lronatt victory uaedal on ten aiTe nearly all the time, doing most of the leading and ing parlor, reading and billiard rooms aud rooms for party from the ujetropolis will take the 9 A. M. train When will Spalalng and Beach'a guides for 1889 be to secure the third. Donegiiue'e time, 6m. i!4n ecor-^ of 75 >jt better, aod tbe silver uieaiberehip badge be aisu drew first blood. A majority of tbe spectators pyjiuiasium exercise, etc. The club i* io » very pros­ for i'hiltideluhU to give a grand exhibition of the out? Is there an International Association guide the world's record for the distance by '21*. TJ on ten i-'Cores of 70 or bettor. thought Hagan had the best of the match, aud tuey perous condition aud is gaining additional strength beauties of the game for the veteran's benefit, viz.: issuftd? W!io led the American Association third vioiH best amateur record was 6ra. 56 1-54., 1 Step* uru tetn« taken by the gun clubs of Kansas came near mobbing Mr. Jas. Wat&ou, tha referee, tor rapidly. The ground of the association, which oc- Champion Casey and Juhn Lawler, Uarnev McQimde, tos?inen last season? Wborp cau I get a picture of the anJer Paulsen, and tlie previous best pq Cm tu h;ive A natloual touroaiuent ia that citj ia the idjug ia fovor of Murphy. cupiei * square block ol ground iu the west side of the Will Courtuey and James Uuiia. iit.MU CUAIMVICK. Toronto team? What ia the best record for three cuilej record was 6m. 43s., by Hugh McCoriuick. 8 THE LUTE. Jan. 16.

each net except the la^t has a I loo^-cnnlliog climax. Mf se*son 8t the Broadway. »nd Mr. Barre'.t goin ? to f nt'-red u;on the register or th« record b:ok, or it Is a As Cool Jmk Mr. Mayo is aa heroic as the moat ex­ Chicago, where he will produce hi« new play, which Laod that his cot been used. acting audience could expoct, aud llstd/e Butler baa not yet been oamed, .THE STAGE. makes a fu>c!n itinK lieroino ad Leoua, thd untutored The Oeor^A W. Child* Cup. child yf the wild West. It ( now nnflara'ood that Pftlmfr's New York Tho marking of the (It-orge W. Childs cop, offered EASE EALL PICTURES Theatre will bo closed to combinations and ttars after for tbf> greatest distance in the day preTloua to August MUSIC AND DRAMA. Annie Pixley, dnriog the week at the Walnut Street the completion ot the engagement of ("harles Wynd- 4, in the season of NW8, rcade: Theatre, male knovfu to this public ft pU> called bam next full and winter, and thnt Mr. Palmer will Awarded to C. 0. Bartett, Dorchester, Mora., for the Mrs. Potter'n Portraiture of a Lustful Wo­ ' The Charity Girl," iu which she is introduced aa cerrtuuly carry out tho aanounced policy of pulling a journey from Wtlland, Out., July 20, by the bird*, FOR SALE. man Marie Wain right Kssay§ "Rosalind" Clieny Ripe, the uurecotrn'ztd daughter of an Ea^t stock company into tbe theatre next December. lago, rny. i52. Lumps, reg. 11 234; Othello, rejf. 49, and A Prim a Donna's Bereavement A New Indian nabob w!io ha^t returned to Kngland to find hi9 Pedro, rc-g:. H 258. S'art at 5:30 A. M. Best timo certi­ ELEGANT PHOTOGRAPHS OF THE FOLLOWING CLUBS: child. Ho finds her, of cnurse, and it Uked three acia LoTera ofhealthful and delightful recreation living fied 4:55 P. H. Distance 415 mile*. Beat arerage speed Opera's Advent Programme at the Ix>- to accomplish the plewinj: task. There are many in thia city havo great reaioos to congratuUta thpm- l,(tWl yards. The journey was for proven record, being NEW YORK NKW YORK cal Tlieatrcs Current Stage Facts aud clever lines in the play, and ft is likely to become a «lves ever the e-tabliahunent of the Fbiladelplra under THE SPORTING LIFE rule*. CHICAGO CHICAGO Fancies. permanent addition to Miss Puley r* repertoire. She Roller ToboKgftn Chute, at Twenty-third and Chestnut The cup baa been on exhibition at 1C5 Summer BETRorr DETROIT PHILADELPHIA, Saturday, Jan. 12. The chief sing, danced and acted with her customary grace aud streets. It is an entirely novel mode of amusement, street, Boston, since New Ytar'i Day. CABINETS, BOSTON 8x10 Size, INDIANAPOLIS there being nothing like It nor equal to it iu tho coun­ IN'DIANATOtTS ST. LOl'I.S vent of interest in dramatic circles during the abandon. try. Oa entering tho building patrons are hoiited Williams to K of 1887. Size, 8slO, he has sacrificed as little of the poetry of the siug new song*, dance In burlesque attireaodtake part strains of a Strauss waltz or the inipii ing notes of a OPEBA. iu a gavotte. Mia* Plxley's new toilets for this play grand march. An immense supply of skates has been Y AT 8, Price, 75c., and individual cabinet pictures of the same club for 30c. Shakespeare.!!! original as was possible under are exceedingly sumptuous and elegant, having been eecurud by tho macagament, and they wili be pr>>- the conditions of the revival. Tho production made by the celebrated Gn<>riii, of New York. Miss vided free to all who de-sire to take a roll over tho .A_ddress is given in six acts, and the extent to which Elsie Gerome (3/n». Wynkooy\ Slisa Mollio Ravel smooth and highly pol'ehed floor. Mr. Bellow has carried his process of condensa­ (I'oll^, Mi-^s Adelaide J. Eaton (Mrs. JW/juwi), Mr. C. Duly (.4j»ji%MttH//. Smith), John T. Bur ken (Joh* El- SAID tion is indicated by the fact that in the third li*)t Joe. B. Keeaan (JereniUJt Jinkerson), Frederic Sack- Footliffht Flickering^. _^ F. A. SMITH, act the eleven scenes of the original are pre­ ett (Rut**), Kdw. Poland (Barney Hinney] untl other ex­ Hury Anderson male Boston howl with delight. sented as tiro in the adaptation. cellent pecp'e ar^ iu the carefully clu-Bcn snpportlnx Frod Marde, the Florences and Dixey are ia tlie cad'. Popular interest in the now pro,!action is evi­ P. O. BOX 948, Philadelphia, Pa. The verdict of the critics on the performance denced by au extraordinarily large advance sale ol PASHA. sea', a. Mr. and Mra. J. H. Haverly are wintering at Los was not unfavorable, and for the first time in her Angoles, Cal. iso pEori,E 150 -rrr stage career Mrs. Potter recorded something like Louis James and Mario AVainwright, wlio are great Kdwln Booth and Lawronce Barr«tt go from New IN THE I'KODUCllON. YV a triumph. Not thatshe had so suddenly ceased and deserved favorites with our public, follow Ai.uie York to Baltimore. W___ GREAT CAST, GliASD CHUKVS, to bo a poor actress and become a good one. Her Pixley a: the Walnut week of Jan. 21. Th«y will be Jeffreys Lewis and Harry Mainhall have been hav­ TT INCREASED OK(JI1ESTKA, TT THEATRICAL TIGHTS AND PADS, Al MILITARY BAND. XIL MANUFACTUUED BY speech was as faulty as over. She spoke be­ seen iu the following varied repertoire: Monday and ing a strt-to at Los Aogelos. Saturday, "Virginias;" Tuesday an;l Saturday mati­ Horace Vinton and Thos. Whiffln have been engaged BEAUTJKL'L BALLETS. tween teeth that seemed clenched sometimes. nee, "As You Like Ii;" WeJut-sdrty, VGretchen;" for Henry Lee's "Cavalier" C). "V" POPULAR PRICES...... 25,:. to $1. ~\7~ and which bit off parts of words at others. In Thursday, "Much Ado About NolhniK,*1 and Fiidiiy, Augnstin IMIy has purchased "The Marquise" and JL MATINEE PRICES...... 25c. to 75c. JL "Othello." Sir. Jwinr-s is a clcvtr anil con scieiit ions J. W. MANSFIELD, much of her utterance Bho was a veritable another new play from Sardou. Seats for sa'a at W. M. Simpson's, 1423 Chestnut tragedy queen of burlesque. If ever she had actor, acd Miss Wainwrigbt adds remarkable taleut IIHJC3-33 to much persoual beauty. Frank Da\M was retired from Coareid's "King's Btre-jt, and the Grand Opera House. ______recited cleverly, aa she used to be credited with Fool" Co., Jan. 6, at Chicago, III. Also Knit Sporting Goods, Base Ball Suits, Boating Suits, Polo Suits, Devil doing in her amateur days, the skill bad been Cues. U. Clark, heavy and character actor, will, bo \TATIONAL THEATRE. After over six weeks of rehearsal end moft elaborate -i-^l Ridge avenue, Tenth and Cnllowhill streets. Suits, Clown Suits, Bicycle Suits and Bathing Suits. lost at her advent into professionalism, and not preparation in etape mouatins, liichard tStahi'a new known hereafter as ilurcourt Clark. comic opera, "Ssid Pasha,1 ' will have its first produc­ - J. S. Alexander, of Philadelphia, purchased a con­ T. F. KELLY...... Proprietor and M».n»ger. recovered in the slightest dejrree. But of I. M. KAHNWEILEB...... Business Manager. faults of gesture, walk, and pose, Mrs. Potter tion iu the East at the Grand Opera Ilouso Monday trolling interest in "Fashions" on Jan. 5. A. G. til^ht. This work has so far only been performed in Charles A. GarJnflr is meeting with snccws through PRICES ALWAYS THE SA.51E, 15, 25, 50. 750. had almost rid herself. During tho previous S»n Francisco, where, r.t the Tivoli Opera Huii-e It the West in his uew play, "FatherUud." KESEKVED ORCHESTRA CHAIRS, ONLY 50Cts. iVIEN'S CARDIGAN week on the same stage she had been awkward run to over twelve weeks of "a'amlim; room only" S!g. Del. Puente hai decided to remain In this coun­ MONDAY, JANUARY 14. Anson, the Champion Bat­ nearly to ungainliness, but the attitudes nnd hueine**, ami the fact tint the Gruud Opcr» Hnnee ia try, tiitd intend* to open a school for flinging. , TUESDAY, THURSDAY txn SATURDAY. AND motions of her Cleopatra were usually about this city has beeu selected for its first Eastern produc­ ter, just before leaving for tion iiihken it a local event of considerable interest aud Manager Duff has secured an injunction preventing STOCKINETTE JACKETS. what they should have been to comport with the importance. It also will attract trom!n«nt nmnHgtVORSTED. Those who have heard ihe score of "Said Pasha" pro­ Y., la^t week. Tongue Bats for his use dur­ all of its seductive charm rightly suggested a nounce it to be exwptiouully attractive. The lib-etto Fred A. H. Peel has been engaged by Major Pond to At 1.50, 2.00, 2.2,-,, 2.50, 2.75, 3.00, creature exuberant with tho very deviltry of is said to be immensely funny, and as t!ie scene of tho go in advance of lira. Alice J. Shaw, the whisilin;? ing the season of 1889, saying: 3.25, 3.50, 3.75, 4.50,5.00, paftflicn. AH through the seines of endearment slip opera is Itiid iu Constantinople and also a village iu prjma d'jnni*. van the lithe, clinging, alluring Egyptian woman, India, it can readily be imniriued iliat the opportunities "On-3 of tho O'.d Stock," Chnfl. L. Davis' new piece, Presented on a scale of magnificent fpler.jor, with "I want you to select these C.OO ami 7.00 Each. m V«T *n impressive or commanding qmjoii, but ever a for, beautiful epoctacnlnr display aro neitner "few nor la meeting with tuc^esa In the West. The troupe will new anil elaborate scenery, warurubw and mechanical ALSO, temptress to the verge of le-*din)B3 auU bey on J. far between," Ihe j roductio?i employs over 150 per­ not lo East until April. effects and a superb c«et of sterling dramatic merit. bats out of the lot that you sons ou ihe sta^e. W. J. Fettcra aiid son had carte Sophie Eyre arrive! in New York City from London MEN'S STOCKINETTE COATS, It was as*u individual exhibit, indeed, that Mrs. Pot­ blanche iu regmtl to the scenery for tho three acts, SECURE SEVTS DURIXO TdE DAY. 8:30 TO 6. turn up during the fall and SPLENDID FOll HUNTING ANU HIDING, ter ftstoiiiabeti her spectators aud won a tlwliiictioo Jan. 1, au;l M now at Brooklyn. She took passage ou all of which haa been expressly painted for tnia pr.i- the altanieraa '*Mre. Dudley." Branch Tickat Office Ne»vs S!aud, Continental. that will not eoon letve Ler. IK-r face had long beoo d'ic(ion. In tho euseiiibleg (here will he K chorus of KEXT \VEKK-MOSDAY JAN. 21, early winter, for then I am At 3.00, 4.00, 5.00 and 7.50 Each. renowned f.»r its beauty, aud now sho greatly exieitdrd Nate Salsbnry atid his family sailed for Enrope, Jan. sixty, a ballet of twenty, an orchestra of thirty end a ALSO. tho public's acquaintance with her corporeal self. At stu^e band of hi x teen. TUe complete cast is as fol­ 5. Lew Parker and Frauk Richmond, of the Cody B1ONROE & RICE, sure they will be thoroughly the first disclosure by her of C'leojjvtra iu the dieeni- lows: Wild West, accompatiie.1 theui. MEN'S ENGLISH WORSTED, barkatiou from the liar^e, 0ho woro skirts so gauzy SiM Pasha...... Joseph Greens feld or J. Henry Rics has assumed the b»sin°ss mana.eement MY AUNT BRIDGET. dried out by the time I want that her te^, presumably in flesh-colored IK-PO. were Tenmo...... Arthur Mw»mer of tho "Burr Oakea" Co., with Fred Darcy at its"htud FOOT BALL JERSEYS, quite visible through tim Blight drapery. A ftirer Ha.lad ...... Edwin Stevens aud Harry J. Itopperger &* treasurer. ALNUT. JAN. Ut WEEK. to use them." Unless some AND figure bad hardly ever been seen aa a Shakes; eurean Nockey ...... Stanley Fetch Creston Clarke, tragedian and nephew of Edwfn A BRAND NEW COMEDY. heroine, nor r-no or freer view iu any play ontsiue of Hasten Ucy...... Ko! e;t N. Dunbar Booth, is making u tour of the So'ith. llose Coghlan All new Sou^s a; d Laughter. jPix'ey of the other players adopt his ENGLISH WORSTED SWEATERS burletquo and conuT- Ali Mnsfirf...... F.Clair aud Mitgyio Mitchell arc also in that section. New Dresses aud Dancing. Pixley geona costumes were m >re eiiYAinpiutr, until the time Musfld AH...... C. W. Shrepvea Emma Abbott's husband, Euaete Wetheroll died nt Wednesday,Inesday, nn r\ i .-i jPixleyPixlsy method and do likewise, we AND GUERNSEYS, came for (he t-uicide by means of the jM>isontms \vor;n's Plain Muafid...... W. Jones Denver, Col., Jan. 6, cf pneumonia. The remains — !2.2' Second Floor, -7y IN A FULL ASSORTMENT. bite. Then there \\M a ciiumx of ohodifiic^ to the ...... were taken to Gloucester, Miss., for interment. Sat are of the opinion that Anson text, which, it will be nmiembere 1, nukea C'«.j>alufty parts, and tho kadinif ar- th& past few wc-efcs. It nny he incidentally remn ked cou tract. Twenty-third and Chestnut Streets. tirts w«-re inieliigeiitty supp Tti-d. To the subsidiary tlmt to odd to the great ciif-n f»l scefi? of the third act dozen, or $1.00 for a single rules a secre of net-tr-* giT* tii"ir beet endeavor?. Mr. Kilton Kobl'W will close his company Jan. 19, at SOMETHING NEW! an elephant and several camuia will be iutroduced. Rochntifr, N. Y.. for his usual two weeks' miiwi;iter Hurry E-iwurdu, tilayii)£ Jlnubit3 ron^h bo*;o:-tv, \viw 011^* of tbese. Mr. s-ile of s-a!s for "Said Pasha" his rest. lie will oien hia Southern tour Feb. 6, at Rich­ West it is the The advance mond, V«. s-ife anil fascinating, letter lhau the far-famed enow Jan Roberts"!), ft loi etrcinuuis, at d commonplace ani'-'untcd to a ru-h, and the Grand Opera HOUBO will t'.>toi-'g.in a iile of ttio North. Roller eknting, danctnr, you want as to model, weight G?*»r, wan-mother. Miss IIi-l<-u Itancr.ift, tho Ihird contain a crowded and highly fasiiionatdc audience Tht-reare some pretty di-tinctly developed rumors two bands of nirs'c. Open every evening. Spec al ONLY LINE VIA WASHINGTON. of importance, wns (tie Clmnniuu, a l^r-s graceful figure Monday e^eninfr. Mr. Kreiin?, tho proprietor of the to tbe effect that the Mndisun tfquare fc'cbool of Acting matinees for ladies acd chilJreu every afternoon, ex­ and-length, and we will select tliau lier Que^o, of course, l-ut far ntora uc;'ci»taM.> in Ttvoli Opera Uouse. Sin Francisco, aud the owner of i<< abo:it to uodcrtukc tho proco&a kuown as "goiiig lit cepting Monday and Fridiy- ATTENTION Is given to Theatrical JMT l.ritf spells of elocution. A. m tneut of positive "j'aiil PtMh:i," is so confident of the Hticcefs of tbo tht* fiump." with the same care as if we CuDQi'Uuits, Ball Clubd, and all kiuda of orgauized par- BJ Admission...... 25 Centa. dramatic power was contributed by Mr. SiJaey opera here, that he h,as come on from &tu Fr«nci«co to IJyre Davidson and Ramie Austin, out of the pro­ Ladies...... 10 Cents. lies. kct in tbe tkath of Eros. M'iturs-t the first p< rformance, and hasexi^nded nearly ceeds of their ''Dr. Jekyll and Mr, Hyde" venture, hr\vc were buying for ourselves. If 9I5JJOO fi,r its fiist repre^euution at ihe Grand Opera purchas; d a n«w play in which, they will juiuily star INCLUDING FUEE USE OF SKATES. Information ID regard to rates of faro, timo of Tnrn we from tl.i^ sensiutu »nf riiilsdf If'hifius. G- uerHl as hun become the reo That excellent pHy, "The Romany Rre," will be ili s Minna K. Gale, ot the Bo.,th-Barrett Company, equipped in every respect. Ditit-n cf Miis Murlo^e's great ^'nine, it lias be^n no- the ttttiaction this week at the National Thrntro.where i^ considered MIC- (>f the comicg actrsjeaof lending orders. Now is the time. C. R. MACKENZIE, District Pa«'g'r Agt.. 833 Chest- wlitre fo emphatic and pronouuctd as tn c'.iUurrat thelhrfshol puccesa. The piny id HO familiar that any svnopsis of A.G.Spa!ding&Bros, ht-r career, in tho C-ty i-f lltotleily Love. Tl.e^e tlireo Biii7.nc, and f.irmeriy played aa "l)e*J or Alivt-?" will E. D. SMITH, Division Passenger Agt., Pittaburg, Pa. its story is unnecessary. A produclioa of this kind It' l.'aniel E. JUud:iiumi's »ext production at the Peo- to find in a Hat store any­ weeks w-, re also themo^t. properous ttie Broad Street never f«ild to enlifct the lympnthy of an and enrp, anri \V. E. REPPERT, Division Pass'g'r Agt., Columbus, O. Theatre has enjoyed under the present niao^geiufiit. fle'a Theatre, New Yo;k, Jan. 21. 241 Broadway,1 108 Madison St. when the good and ba-I pH»si\el(rl.-d vijih bus" arid, tiio treasurer of the Ma-Jiaon Square Theatre, Chas. 0. Scull, Pinafore- Gouipa-iy, in cmtiniiy with Jenny Buna, n view to tl-.eir special fitness for the parts a*-igtie 1 to last wiek with a Itonncing b»!-y boy weighing 10ib-1. kets of the world. Our Hat General Passenger Agent, Dni«y M unlock ami Ida Muiloj then j.-int-tl the ballet them. Two cailrwlsof cow and elaborate s«;fnery, It is reported t!;at the Sh:tk*8peftrean production Jl.tLTlMOKE. MD. of the Ciuciiiiia:i (fraud Opera IIous-, and later sup- wardr-"»lte and meclijinictil effocw are carried ami n which Mr. Florence ha* in view ii "Herirv IV.," to he Store has grown so big because purled JusepMno It i ley. p'-rfect p'-rfttrnrince may be expected by the National pi(-s*n*ed it McVickers" Theatre, iu Chicago, next pntroua during tbe coming week. snnimor, Mr. Florence, of courto, npp^ariu; ai Fuktajf. it deserved to; we mean to HANDS FOR MARKING PIGEONS. At the Stir Theatre, New York, M *rl* Wainwriffht, Lizzio Evans, while playing in Cincinnati recently, eesrtyed for ihe liret timo t> pr*y Rn>>aliu-r- with any others at the price in tumu races of 1889 u« spring hutched youngsters must mine time t > plc«F« u la go port on of t!te audience, by to Francis Wilson.' The o[ er* ia said to he fuM of tak- near the band issued for tho same. Every bird wear-* fonnance and tbo corps of supernumeraries woaalurge Ine m«l( die?. It will probably b-j done in New York ins u baud is rBgi^terfd. Ifavinf; tuem off anrj exhibiting her shapely nnu o-e. town. j-rinp-Mmc 1-mlw in their entirety. And it must be C.ty within n year. Conefeiutively iiuuibeied and one Irilial: recni(le own, and w«ro not out of kee;(iujc v. ilh lUu ftiry texture Rye" is ihe popular aory. Her performanco was mnrkcd \>y a sw< "t from pneumonia. Rivers was hut twenty-three years -Open bauds for mini*, bin's: ItriiJgct," introducing tho famous comedian*, Juhn others $3.50 and $3, and one 1 to I'JO. c< iisecDtively numbered...... &1.0O ieK^iiJKinsneaa :md sn uostru;ued grace of ftmiiiinity Rice ami Georpc Mouroe. The coidedy has b«.-n rt- of a^e auil ha* bseu counevted with Miss Vokea for that was JL-ty refrwlilflg-. Iho past On oe year*. Each iDtiul on bacd, j.fr 1OO...... 50 visc-d hiuco its last appearance hero. New nni ie, f-'art- unexcelled at $2.50. Addie-e BOOK DEPARTMENT, Ung seiis-itiODS and Parisian noreltica hnve beenada^J. Helen Bsirry \s reported ti have met with gelid suc­ Mr. James acts Orlmdo in n iranlv and effective cess einco tho op^ntuK of her prewnt tour. The ar- ____JOHN WANAMAKER. TUB SPOUTING LITE PcBttsHiNo Co., wny, with ft ntron*r t-uch of humor ilutt is not un- At the other local thtntr.-a tliere will i* chingea of tislic aud financial results h:-ive been of such a pleas­ BSLLJARDS Phil.nlrli.hia. Pa. pU-usiur, if not ( ariicuUrly Bpnropriate. Mr. F. ('. bill, except at the Arch Street Thowtre, where Kosiua ing nature aa tJ inako iill iut'iresteii very miicli aatis- En'1' rssd t-y this paper as the fees' book ever written on M'"iely, ih« Jaqnf.^ deserves 8)'ec;al meutionfur an uu- Yokes puts in an^tlier week. Tho other bills ar*-: fi*;d. She U now iu tha West. the xiiujct:t. Thri'c tditious of one thoiisutul volume* each Tlie Brunswick-Balke-Collcndcr Co., convi'iiii* nr.l anfl entirely lui Ural exposition of that Ouetiiut Street Opera Honsf, Mnry An'ler?oii; Clieit- Ida Mull-j began suit Jan. 6 against Manager Ilen- ordered lit three montht. jMirt. He retit^-d tho well-known line-j. "All the put Street Ths.it:-o, Cora Tanner in "Fascination;'* dtrson, of th^ Chicago OIKTU House, and Sueinna P. BILLIARD and POOL TABLE M'firs, i-iUioc at tho hjimpjit table, in m worl-i'8 a ftasre," Continental, Kimt all Optra Compauy; Fore^angh1!*, McRdson, of New York City, f-r broach of contract, WHOLESALE AND RETAIL DEALERS IS ALL WHY USE ICE? meditttive manner, and wou nn c*pl:>*ivo rountl of ap- "Tuc Corner Grocer.*;" Germanfa, German pl«v»; placing f «imp!e excellence anu cHoiry of his uu- llerrrr'nnn'p, "The Nobi« St.ii;'* Lyceum, "The Kiudt-r- Mi«s Millie's recent retirement from "The Crjsliil IB i 11 i « r d Svi j> f» li o . BETTS, ftrced elocutk>u. garlen;" SiandarJ, "Struck Gaa." Slipper" Co. » IJY- A. G. Sl'ALDING & UKOS.' tJportlng Goods. Wiil i-tin Git'ctte is preparing (o pregfnt a novrlty Seo'l for Ciilulogue The Herald wound rp ito criiicism of the perform- The will of John LfSter \Val'ack, the actor, was al out March 1. fur which a complete company <-f fir.-;t- Undertaker and Embalmer, nric-j very cleverly us follow-: '-In reciiinc the epi- filed iajt Tuealay by his widow, Ko.l!y Mar) \Va!lack, clas^ arl :fi'e will bu orgnnizf d, ami the chief citiet, in- William Bruce Leffingwell, 1o;-uc Miss Waiuwr'giit iillered (he lir.rs. She said: \vho is nir.de au executrix. Il's *ou-in-ln\v, Arthur L. chidiiig New York, wili be visited before the close of CONTAINING SCIENTIFIC AND PBACT1CAL i)E- H. J. BERCiVJAftl, No. 255 South Fifth Street, Philadelphia. 'I charge ve, O women, for the h>vo that yrni leir to Sewell, is iimdc exccu'o^. All bis property i< given lo the eeaiK'H. He w aUo at work on a new comedy SCUIPTIONS OF 1002 Ar.CII STKKKT, I'll I I.ADELI'HlA. jotir IimbfciHJ-f, to like a* lunch of tlii^ t'1.-*y'tin n, the b:i i;ip«*i mina^er of Wjbon fttt''8'foltH4 it* rtnrk ns wi-11 a^ bruht tour of that actor in this CJ,u;i'ry next eea-p>iteU some of the leadiu^ stars of I>er4>vs AnJ their use. Ovur aHO,OOO Noixr. Snbdutr* Sold. E. A. YARXALL, Iciaht, winsuno Emma Ahbutr. Her will *:iil for Etirope in a few d»yd lo consult with Mr. thv d,y- that t.astcfAPun Barrett in ict-ard to the engH^en.yut. 3Ir. Birrttt will Blhiils How ami win -re t) cinslrnct them. Orders I rom all juris of UK- world promptly attt-n-Jeil to. haul ami, Knij' ne \Vetlu-i ill, died uuldenl.v at Denver, It is annonnccd t'iat a cnn^l'iernble nnmbc-r of the Boats How to buil'j uitd bow to baiidlo tbem 1020 WALNUT ST.. PKILAO'A. bf-ifin his AmcricHEi tour »i tho Hi/Hton Theutre ou Oo f, the ActmV Orc'a-r of Frionds!:ip (of which ft[r. AUJric.i JOHN CREAHAN, Col,, while (the an 1 her company were j laving B( Ivan- 7, \vheu he will play "Ben 5!y' Chree1 ' for a week. 8RR City. llr. W^therill Uo/l gon« t-> Denver to con- aiid his eup]>>)rters &i*e members) will prest- nt Kctrievers Their characteristics; bow to (elect Continental Hotel, Philadelphia. Then h* will go to Ne* York, opf-nini; at the Fifth petition* Bitmmat^ an extensive deal in real e-taie. On the way through thfir at tonics iu court, a plea and BD't how to train Ihoro. w 0 f^ I w B P n~tr iti CTC-r> towuio UIBCOUU- 1)0 coulracteil a heavy col'l, which developed inU> Avenue for a sewn of eix weofes in the en trie play. for tlie grantin;: of an injunction reitraioinu Mr. Al- -STEEL- Dniiiic: his New York engagement he will alyo present drich nud his friends from u^ni^ the funds of the Beniitlfnlly Illustrate.) with DESCBIPTIVK SPORT- pneumoiiia, (omj»)ir«t-d with valvular disease of llie "Good DM TimcB," "CUudian," "Hamlet," "The Color ISO SCENKS. Klejantly bouuil. Price. S3.5O ia ticularsti, TllfcKANClEll'S JOI'UNAI. I'li'tj.Ui. l.lt, . lieurWund on ja.it Friday rmrniuphe breitth.'dhid last. Aciur*' Order of Friendship to dcfr.iy the txpen'e* at- llul MS, l*hil»lel|.lil», I'^i. Tli» discard WMS about 45 years old. He mnrried Mi^a Sergeant'* and "Cualtertnn." Mr. Dnrrrtt takt-H no (eitd'tot up n lobbying in WaibiuLtoii in their effort to Clolb. r.nil S3.SO in Half Morocco. Express prepaid. BASE BALL Abb>tt shortly :«flor hc-r a'rtjzedelmt, and h«B iwinafied stock in tho uiovement to "protect" American actois, stcure W*« passage of tho bill excluding foroiyu actors, hut he baa concluded that it will l>-, nu>ney in hh OR SALE. TEN HOUSE POWER UP- thy company ever niuce slje fcas teeu starting. pocket to enzazo a few c.f them; so l,e intend^ brinp- The Suptriur Court, of New York City, la-IM! I'^rrUh Bluclnnt Co Pike {!.' () at Cat field fiitf, Kan. As elio aMghtMl t'n,m the traiu bftud of Hu'eu Dauvray, now Mr*. J. M. Ward. Tlie Manufactured for the TRADE ONLY, IT.1NTIMJ Jt I'l.'Dl.lSIllMJ CO, thi-< fflvpram wna hitndi<fitt OH S-ttttbio2rai'hy would coiuaiund and the Gt-u^rnl Term's d«cijion h;>Ms that tbe tiiu! WARD'S BASF. BALL BOOK. MN» Abbutt carelcwly hroka the s^nl and glanced at aucli a heavy price from publishers. juilfc,e crr»d in noUxlJowing the defenJaut the cloning BrsJ.lUJ.B.IIoiiensack tolJ evi: rj where <'i maile'l on rf-cei;il i>f p it>, !i.lc. tin- ;e!ej;rim,rfi uM'.tfis thinking it ao ordinary nit-B- ar^uincnt'. The Hoe of dele use la durcsa aud want of Surgical and Medical OlBccs, The Athletic I'uhlt&hiiiK Oomjuinv, UK«. For a i*nient the [.rima <'onna retnalned mo- The C^quetiu-Hading Company, which Is now in consfdf raiioo, 1134 Arch St.. riiHacU'lph'ia. Mexico, wi'I play a farewell cubage men t in Htw York tii'ii!r<8. Tlicu a ci v burst fn>m her lips un'l ll,e tele- Ko. 200 NORTH SECOND ST., p. litlt .St., i'liiia. car, ran to her nod ho'p*-d her into the coach. Slie iin- Mury Ander»on ha*< nn amiable craze to have her- PIGEONS. Treat all forms of nervom flcbil- E nifJiHtciy lookc.l herself In one of tin* compartment*. gelf photo^nqihcd. It is u -t siiiall-mindetl v;iuity; it T° "'EVERY OTHER THURSDAY lly anj blocil poison. Enlablishcd tare iriven to our ready-mat* an) ri'tnaiiioi there all niglit, moaniiig aud cryiug is tho n-»u!t of a rtifr^.-hinj: aud healthful candor The 18&9 Seamless Bands. bogiouiug \viih S» ptrniber '/Tth, 1SS3. 40 }enrs at No. SCO. finite hours department. 1 ilf^nniy. which lead;! her to fi^nKly say that she likes to look The bamla lor l.ircls hutched in 18*9, previous to from 8 in '1 nncl i; lill 9. upon victim s of herseLf. She never reruseg a plio- Frice, 81.OO for 24 Numbers. «rNP STAMPS rot: POOR July C2, are iioK rt-ady. Th*-y are ^f metal anj bear Single Copies, 0 Cents. 'W USBIf 1>ll "" 8s<'7 cnrcc! in lOtnSO TT. Pratt, Mr. \Vctlu-rill'8 business awri»te, totrvunhei'n request for a sittiug. While iu London beside* the numbering mid owner's iniiiale, the year J'ffi SlHSi. Days. Sanitarium or Uc-.nia ly arriinjel to have the company lay ot tor hcrdnily list of ctsgHgenitnts invariably iochiJed it mark 'St». Tliis fills the t-:ind with lettering eo iliat to Send Your Name nrd Address for a ..tinent 'i'rhil KreR. No Cure. No I'nv .-.-; on l:ttlt ['ay uT'til Miss Abb"ltcouirinr.), L'>uiuvi(i«, Ky.. an-1 KIW i\ soriog hi illu mw b.-unia l>y rttiH'i.ii,^ llie wi'J, tiuj can tbua .,o[ii,<.J.L..-ULi.lVAN.:,, ,. »-r Ape," tn » Itrgc nu\!ieuc« «t tlio S;a:n!*r<1. of Kt-ven perlorinaDfoP, lor \vhich tiscy ar.s to bo [ia:d k' op the number* ronsecutive. V dfpli-t* birder lift* in the l:i!!s of Iil.ilio, f'20.0*H). At tH* cli-se «J*W%,enga*cmetit tho t\vo actors An iiMi^fl bau 1 i:i or»e of which the wearer biw GFneE/202 S. NINTH ST., [five years agu. A tuiik feature ia tukU-il, aud will bej-ajute, Mr. IJooih goi*g.to New York to begin diet! aoU the band has beeu cut before the biM ^«a Lock Box 843. Philadelphia, Pa. iOU 10.-., 3 ioi 2oc. I)r»»ttl«0. B«v Si.ure, X. 1.