T COPKIUOHT, 1885, BY TUB SPOBTINU Ll« PtBUSHIJiS Co THE SPORTING IHTIBID AT Tarn.IFE. Pow On. a a giooso CLASS MATTSB. VOLUME 6, NO. 9. PHILADELPHIA PA., DECEMBER !>, 1835. PRICE. FIVE CENTS. crmzy, while the management of the club is apparently 1 of happy. BASE BALL. SELI.rSG THE WFT3. A SELL-OUT. ut m ;-'rie» 1 SIX CLUBS n.int; ' No other 5;lub ' - .. Jens of the Home t«,m uLutiued Utter aveia^f., except two. thun NEWSOFTHEWEEK SODENS fo'rits,'lf mthe Kaslern Ll'»«ue- This record will answer FOR THE ^LEAGUE. :• utterly a*- *'' -hould encourage the rtained that P"tr' ' heir confidence in the . — . .._i. Weyman A Providence's Franchise Bought Sam' ....1 continue to appear fathered by Telegraph andXor- I Mr. John, B. Day and utml n from the ranks. There is No Western Club to be Had 1 *) for the Metropolitan "ot ' 't their presence on the field (I.... ... ....... as it stands. It was cer- ~Good-Bye, Rhody's Pets. nasa ... --.......,.....,.. uce upon their sober compan­ respondents Everywhere. taioly a _ H r. Day, as it took a white ele- ions, it is true that some of these players are gotd Washington to be Dropped. phant uf. ich has been a burden to him when sober, but who can roly upon a man with a blood­ eve-- <i - " <-,, IQ the League. Mr. Day was so One 01 tne ii shot eye, a clouded brain H--< ••-•—-. judgment No ' ot ba.-i- ball man can attend to busine- with the posses THE OFFICIAL LIST. hi. r the sale that he went out and treated generalship in r game was re- The base ball world was startled on Friday by hi ^ail, *nd wouM imt allow any of his sipn ot tlxese faults. Let. .t if we have to the following despatch, sent out by Associated fr: vealed to the pii' ...... ... •"•" it was tele- -'" "" ' riucceMors iu i,,,. .iiiim.ji.j. In a recent Complete And Correct Record of the Engage­ strongest teams in graphed all over the countr nt Soden, sketch of Mr. Joe Simmons there is a Press, from Spalding's barg: ments Made by Clubs for Next Year. th. is no reason why of the Boston Club, had, per- <ht out the arranged as to make it say that the "CHICAGO, Dec. 3. The committee in rhar»e of the ~" "'" ' record of the players signei for 1886 they srh.uhl ui ' ,,f the list next sea- Providence Club bag and baggage. Thii startling V,. _.... ., ,,»,l a walk-over in the race for the champiois- affairs f the Nat:onal Base Ball r ,ided to the clubs of the various associations sou. They wer early part of the ship of the Kastern League until it was weakened limit the number of clubs ir th, , They past season iu [t. iient, bnt they will piece of news proved true enough. The amount by the loss of Nash, Johnson and Kimber, when are: Chicago, St. Louis, Detron u New .-,,.-. The record is made up from the be in fine shape in tl : year. Mr. James paid for the franchise \v- < ' " >, which enables the Nationals went to the front. We hope that language York and Boston. Tte franchises f K.vh '.ho Buffalo official record? of the secretaries: Gifford, who uiadaapt Weyman last sum- the Providence stockh ; out whole and wa« used by others than Mr. Simmons, as we give him aud the Providence teams are now in the imnds of the more credit for goofl «r>IH <ense than that expressed CONTRACTS SI8.VED AND APPROVED. raer, has enga^, . and he and Mr. gives Mr. Soden sole c". n- franchise and League, and no others will be issued. The schedule W, ^resent the club At the coming conven- players, enabling him tu take the pick for himself The Nationals wer, ' -t , inb, but by reason of will . unsist of one hvndred games, each club plaviu« With Boston Thos. f. Gunning, C. Tate, Wm. Nash, ti hia. failure to secure a i. ; the older associations twenty games with the other clubs, and the games shall T. J. Poormar:, R. T. Johiwton, E. B. Sutton.CJ. Parsons, ir writes anything but encouraging and to dispose of the rest in such manner as to re­ it accepted a place r.eaarue. Should they be so arranged that the fifty games to be played in each " - i. J.J.Burdock, P. Dealey, C. Badbourn, np to New Orleans. He likes the imburse him for ' _' ' ' The whole have,, ' ' M. Louis flub did of the six League cities shall be divided into ,eries of .! he is heart-broken over the an- affair was most :irried out y0"1'1 illy? They were ten each, five L:ameF to be played each week for two . A. Palrymplc, Or. I. Gore, M. J. Kelly, without a slip, l_. .... ..., k . <»> >...,;,. lnwr " first six of weeks. Then follow two weeks of no games, the club v J. G. Clarkson, V. 8. Flint. A. C. inson, 1 v w York Club, and also the president of the Boston Clu' * and Vir- being elsewhere two weeks, then < retnruing tor > hot*. K. Barns, E. N. Williamson, Jaa. al: ' in this city, have been 1. Then two weeks more, and to on till the shames are all 1; .van, Ueo. H. Maohc. iu I . r.- Dennv. of th,' Pr,,vi- interesting details of the dr.. its went played." Vmh K:ruit J. B. IJonnelly, I,. Twitchell. C. H. dence Cluu, tu . special Boston correspondent. ,.ii .me bum tour when they hid uu i^tcliers with rather premature, J. H Manning, J. McGuire, (. B. Baldwin, S. them. Again, all the money that was made in the The report, however, was Getzein, Esterbrook, but and in some particulars incorrect. Mr. Day and L Tii mp"',ii I>. Riviitheis, J. C. Ro»e, H. Richardson, Mr. Day, in a i, . \ -, . c Details of the Deal. race was by making the race so close that rf proved a J ..I. he would keep his hands ufl the Providence players, and good drawing card. Mr. Soden, both members of the committee, de­ i-J. Fogarty, G. E. Andrews, J. the wary Spalding is holding him to his word, which BOSTON, Dec. 4. Editor SPORTING LIFE: Since It is rumored that should the Nationals be in exist- clare that as no report has yet been made by the »! . J Seigle, Geo. Bignall, Ledell deprives us of one of the greatest third basemen in the the wires carried the news all over the country en, e n.-.\t seas,,11 Jlr. Seanlon will not be their committee no decision could have been arrived at Tictuino, J. t V Irwin. b se ball arena. 0. B. S. last Monday that Mr. Sorlen h»d bought the fran­ rhat he will reconsider his de- concerning the number of clubs to comprise the With St. L -J. T. Cahill. J. Quinn, A. chise of the Providence Club, I have had no small t'rom the management of the Ba.i-r. J. K - , J. Healy, Kent Howard, E. FKOM THE CITY OF STRAITS. i, can fill his place so ably as membership next season. It is, however, now K - .-is. amount of talk with him and learned many ad­ he uan himself, as ho has recourse to his large experience more than probable that but the six clubs D. Stovey, F. Corey, J. O'Brien, Players Anxious to go There—Interesting ditional and interesting facts which show that the in handling ball tuesers aud can succesfnlly govern the mentioned in the despatch will be the number, G - ... ., .. ...^n, J. Milligan, S. C. Weaver, J. F. deal was a more remarkable piece of intrigue than private habits of all the players an 1 he has been more Washington being dropped. Buffalo last week Oueiiiaii, John Irwin. News Items. successful in the past than any other manager in the With Baltimore W H. Taylor, A. Powell, Chris. Ful­ DETROIT, Dec. 3. Editor SPORTING LIFE: De­ was at first supposed. When President Soden re­ arena to-day, excepting none. The patrons have more su-rendered her franchise to President Young, ler. W. J. Hoover, J. J. Sommer, M. Kilroy, E. Ureer. troit seems to be regarded as a very desirable loca­ turned from the conference between League and confidence when he U present. R. H. \v". which was equivalent to a declaration that the With Brooklyn J. J. Harkins, W. H. Terry. J. 1. tion for ball players nowadays. Manager Watkins Association his far-seeing shrewdness told him club would not go on. This, with Providence's) Tool,". C. E. Swurtwood. Wm. tkhriver, W. H .McClellan, informed your correspondent yesterday that he that in all probability he would not be able to get FROM THECITY OF CHUKCHES. withdrawal, made it necessary to secure another H Porter, G. B. Piuckney, J. McTanwuy. any one of the ''big four," ^ut, on the other With t'incinn-ti J. S. Corkhill, F. Lewis, W. W. bad over one hundred applications from ball toss- club in the West, if Washington was to be re­ Oi renter, J. A. MePhee,T. J. Fennelly, C.G. Baldwin,S. era who desired to play with the Wolverines aext hand, he determined that if Detroit was Speculation as to the Club's Intentions and tained. Milwaukee flatly refused to enter under P ' '" Keenan, L. J. HcKeon, J. G. Keilly, C. season, and they were not all from fresh aspirants going to have this prize, BostoB must get some­ Preparations for Next Season.