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This Entire Document 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 £(<t/es, and is uow edit T of The chair. After thanking the delegates for tho thoir services; but, j«r <;OM//-*I, if their services are m by C. \V. Kline, president of the League. bet«(ji« reserved pJaynp of the office of President porting South. Ha posrrses nil tho q^iftlifJcations honor conferred upon him, be Jweit at great canted, tlicit t»i*ni«diiite/i/ The meeting was held in the ncccftsary lo make «n efficient head of a lej^neof base ch'b (*ce)>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>se<juent with''niwal however, that the principal pleted by electing Ulr. J. A.. Uurbis;h, of Auitin, aa no troiiiilit tiijaiiwt ths treasurer ol prwnt revival of interest in the Southeru Lfag-.ie. lie S. Tripictt, of tbis of the Detroit Club from League membership cuts meeting w»8 the suit secretary, but iu his absence Mr. A. If, however, on the other,hand,thty the League, A. C. Campbell, by" the Ka^ton Club, fall maiio a trip to Texas, also a trip to Birmingham and city, \va* called uj'on to act. figurant nil.. were pu'ulishtd io THK SPORTING LIFE Mobile, and his cucrgi' started the ball roSiiug. si)oilU ttm'cr their restgmttioD mill tho aanio should, details of which JOS. P». VISISHER, Mr. Nouuy, ot Ft. Worth, wa« then elected treasurer it wouli! e«rry with it the unconditional in November last. At a meeting of the directors beld I IIDI glad lo not c« that base ball players are taking by acc'am-ition. lie WHS instructed to Mire at once for be accepted, Wilkeeiiarre on November 19, a resolution was it upon th(?m*e!vfs to start the club* in certain cities The New Catcher of the Brooklyn Club, Late of the Hamiltons, c«n commence relo;i»tf of all players under conduct and lOhervat'on at protection, eo that the diflerisut cities who had not previously been reloaded agreed to t'mt nul^ss tSe East on Ciub ehotild with­ as Alhuta in doing In Atlanta :md PowelTe fiieiid in signing their players. Mr. Medics-key then read a by tr with it Mr. Caoipi»ell by Kovember Naithriilo. There is interest and capital enough In would t-uter tha and whose services bad in-t, b?en acrepted by eoma draw lUmiit Hgaiiibt udcgiaui from Austin paying thyy Club. Yours truly, N. E. YOUNG." tlieir relations nith the Lea<no would cea»9. every csty in Ibe South with a popuiatinn of 40,000 OT lAia^ue with a amail salary limit.
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