THECorTRiGHT, IffcO, B-? THE SPORTING LIFE riELismxa Co. SPORTING LIFE.E.NTERKD AT PIULA. POST OVFIPE AS srrnjin PT.*H<J BUTTI-H VOLUME 12, NO. 16. PHILADELPHIA, PA., JANUARY 23, 1889. PRICE, FIVE CENTS. of captain, and he will be ably assisted by Jim Strom- nineteea victories lie waa going to squeeze cut of the inger as assistant captain. infuut. He'll be lucky to break even. < havley Moyer, at one time a favorite catcher of tbi Director Cohen saya he will bo satisfied with seventh LATE NEWS. city, will organize » team f^r next season in the upper place, and certaiuly expecta to laud at least thero. Abe ANOTHERTANGLE end of the city. He chums to have some excellent is conservative. talfiitVud says he will make all the local auiatonr Jiaimy Williams says the club Is no better than the clubs hiutie. first club Cleveland got together in 1887. Wrattz The Brutal Murder o CliiimborsbnrK people neeni to te rather envious o Jim ia only kiddiug. F. W. ARNOLD. Two Clubs Quarrelling the fact that'wo ure tp have a Drofessional club nes poabon, and they caution tho sporting nien of th.ei; Catcher Bradley. towu that if they ihsiro to*rt'UiQ the service? of Pat THE SOUTHERN LEAGUE. Over a Player. Roliibs as their culchei1 they had be'ter organizo im­ mediately or Hftrriuburg would eigu him for next sea­ Difficulties That Beset the Organizers son. Well, the people of ChRmbersbur* nce-i not b iSinningham Charged "U'ith Bad Faith. Gafihey in Line The Cincin­ afraid of us signing Rolling, for if we want a good NEW OIILEANS, Jan. 15. It is questionable An Important Point in Minor catcher wo need not go out of this city to get one " now whether there will be a Southern League excel lloilina. and Memphis as nati Strike General Sport­ Another week has passed and the base ball enthu­ with New Orleans, Charleston League Reservation siasts here await the arrival of James Farrington, o members. At tho recent meeting held here n ing Intelligence. Cumdeo, who ii to lucato an-1 manage tho Harrisb league was formed, but there were representa­ Involved. Chitiia the flliddte Stiitos Loague. His presence in tives from only two eities present New Orleans this city would naturally stir up the sporting men and Mobile. Memphis and Birmingham were THE M PLAYER. and thetijfu going lo earnest work in the club's int^r efct would, beyond tlte leaet doubt, assure a club fo included in the organization, but they both sent Another complication and quarrel has grown proxies. Since that meeting Birmingham, il out of the experiment of minor league reserva­ Details of the Assassination of, C ate lie this city. Inquiry at tbe post office elicitel the fac presumably out to­ clubs Bradley. that a largo number of letteis, treating, would seem, has broken faith. It leaked tion, and now two American Association on ba*e bull matters, await his call ing- H" i*> an-v day that Mr. Shepherd, who ia the moneyed are at loggerheads over the signing of a reserved Special to Srwmxo Lirr. the poopl vay, atixiou.Oy looked fur here, and then man in the Magic City, had written to minor league player. Details are given below DALLAS, Tex,, Jan. 10. The tragedy in of ti.Je tiiy c*u learn positively whether we will have a League club or not. KroaT. Atlanta proposing a league that should in dispatches from the seat of war Kansas City which Bradlcv lost his life has assumed u seriou include only such cilie-* us Birmingham, Atlanta, and Colutabus: pliase. The Grand Jury has found a true bil Mncon, Chattanooga, Columbus, Nashville, Savannah, of murder in the first degree apt last Angus, an< ON THE FENCE. and one or two others, Mr. Shepherd affirming that Columbus Scoops in Ralph Johnson. another hack driver namcl Dick Johnson- ha thoso cities would be within easy communication with on TYIiicli SId COLUMBIA, Jan. 18 The Columbm Club, on Tues­ been arrcatei 09 an accessory. It developer] Th« Dallas Club Vntlecided each other. lie wrote lo Atlanta that he did not to Drop. care to eo into a league in which cities on the out­ day last, ut Mt. Clemeus, signed Kalph Juhnson. tha yesterday that the provable cause of Angus' ac­ skirts, like Memphis and New Orleans, would ba in­ heavy-hiiting third baseniivn, Ute of aud reserved by tion wns jealousy, as the woman, Dolly Love, DALLAS, Tex., Jan. 10. Editor SPOBTISO result will bo will cot be known the Kan»ad City >V«storu As o i»tion Club. Joimsou cluded. What the bad been aligned by the Kaoeaa City Club, which " manifested Ins utmost grief at Bradley's funeral LIFE: The organization of a stock company tc until aome time next week, when a meeting of the new perpetuate base ball in this city has been ar will be called. bought tho Kansas City Westein Cl'i!) and told tiie ami went immediately t»f;er tho killing to where lli Southern League frtircKlno to St. Joseph, to the lu'.ter club. Johrj*on, corpso luy nml wept. There sbe stud, in the preeenc ranged with capital enough to run a Icagu It H said hero tbat Birmingham has only made the the is of tho cpiuioa tbat New huwovt r, refused t<» sign with the i^t. Joseph Club at of A loom full cf pien, that OTI the night fceforo th club. The prime movers are interested in a sub present moTe becauee the salary offered £200 per mouth, and claimed thiife laurdcr AUJJUS hud told her in tho pres'.-uce ot wit­ Orleans intends to outer the Texas League. Trumi urban railroad, who have an elegant park lo­ men in New Orleans say that the lie should receive at least ng much aj he haitbcoa^ nesses that ho was going to kill Bradley before the nent base ball tlTcred by a Calif *rnia L»ngue clnh aifd several in;yor sunset of the following day. cated. Tho only drawback now existing is a Crescent City is not looking towwrd tho Lone Star peopl that she desires to go into a league league clnbs S1,6UO. Tl ia tit. Joseph refused to p*y. \Vhilc a-ime little t:iik ot lynching Las been indulge' league to join. The Southern League Association, but Other clubs, notably Coliimbu-, then roa^Je offers for In, the eherrti has taken every precaution to protect hi have been consulted and are very anxious to compoeed ot cities east of the fllissisiippi. The Texas amount to much, since DaKaa, the the man, but the St. Joseph Club put a prohibitory prisoner, A fimct is being raisml aiaouc tho citizens o have Texas clubs join them, but their liberality Leaguo will not price upon h;s release, name!}', §3,000. This, of Dalian for the purpose of employ) UK comircl to assi j most prominent city, has a're^djc expressed her inten­ as they claim, is anything but liberal. Ke\v the Southern League. cour.-p, \\ould not bo paid, ncd tffurts were ai title to the State iu tho prysecution. The base ball players i; tion of g-jing into purchase t;io rel.-ivso of Jimmie DonneSly. Wrwju town havo sent a circular to the sporting papers of th Orleans, necei-arily the backbone of any Southern There was a meeting of the constitutional com mitt eo League, seems to want too carili. A pariy intcrt^te * League here the other day, at which 5Ian»cor Ct:ckenbergf-r Tiaiied President Hewltt^ country, calliu;< on boee ball player* to contribute t of the Southern in Washington Inst week he not ouly purchased - tlie fund to engage good counsel for the prosecution. in the Dalles Club visited Now Orleamaud at:ende some important Alterations were made in the consti­ tho Sontbern League meeting. After being urgfiul a reso­ the release of Widner and Daily, but eecuied A despatch was received tost evening by Cashier E C. BIJCKEISTBERaiilR, tution, t:ie principal Icing the introduction of ati option on Donnolly for $aOO, in case M. RsardnD, of the City National Uank, from the pro­ requested to juia with them, he made the following lution to enforce atiict obedience to the salary limit projHm'.ion: The Manager of the New Association Club From Columbus will nothing further could bo done in Juhiisnu'd case. prietor of an i.H Qiiil lu Oil CHy, PA., in which Hnul Under the oew order of things each club The Spras;uo case just hi-re carae up, in which tlie Jey'rf father is an cmployi-p, rHrcUingtlto uiniciUker t That a guarantee of $100, with priviloze ol 30 per ho obliged to deposit a substantial guarantee cent, of gtito receipts, cr £35, with privilege of 30 necessi­ Chiirngo rt-»erve was vitiated bjj^Jhe removal of the jtive the fKft'l ball r*!ayor a decent luriai and guuran Any violation of the salary limit will club to Minneapolis. Up>n tho strt-ng'.h of this Clave- tc'eiii£»ll wxr.fnsts. Tbo fiint-ntl tikes place to-da per cont. ot tho receipts. This offer tbe SoiUben: tate tlie immediate and full forfeiture ofx this people declined, hencp HO league has been forniei: MEETINGS GALLED. COLUMBUS CHATTER. bo per­ lan 1 signed tho man. The queUiou was a 11 pa tiled to at 1 o'clock, nnd « number of Texas LeH£i:o player guaraniee.