THE*, H 1«» gPOBTI.NO Ld» Pu»UUUN« 00. SPORTING LIFE.M 1 IILA. POST Omci 11 nooND CLASS MATTIB. VOLUME «, NO. 17. PHILADELPHIA, PA., FEBRUARY 3, 1886. PRICE, FIVE CENTS. innrceat game of base ball, and go home to their and found yonr Burch contract here, addressed in my families in a healthy, happy fr*me of mind, but this care. Ho compared the signatures of the two docu­ ordrrof TbtDgH does not nnit aoaie of Kentucky's saints. ments, and found them ideuti.-al. Mr. Byrne had a BASE BALL They are a > nvtremety gi^^l they would h*ve all others MOBETROUBLE. Itr^e number of letters and telegram*, shotting th tt he NOT YET SETTLED. as they are, hence they will put a stop to thid siaful had mailed the regular furms of contract at the proper game of bast'J&ail on Sunday*. The people where the time, but there had oeen an unusual delay in their arri­ zame is pla\e<l have not ashed it, but they kuow what val, owijg probably to the storms and snow blockade. All the News of a Week the peo] le want better than thu people do, eveu if they The Mets and Brooklyns But he did not neml 10 tender Mr. Burch the regular The Eighth National League bnVt never sewn a game and kn^w nothing about it. To contract until the 4th of February, under tha rule. carry <mt the plan of putting the finishing t» uch on th<? You cannot deny that, for the language of the rule u Compiled, moiality of the State, the K-nl»cKy Stnale recently Again at War. very clear, viz., the second paragraph cf Section 10, Ar­ passed A bill prohibiting the playing of base ball on ticle VI. of our Constitution. Even Mr. Giffjrd will, I Club Still Unchosen. Sunday, tt.ongh iu this bill the county of Jefferson (in think, tell you that my decision is correct. I have not which Lomaulie is located) wa* exempt Thf bill baa broken my word, as you nired him, for the rule says Gathered by Reporters, Corres- bteutieijt back to Ihe committee ou morals and ia *tt for Each Club Claiming Burch. the that the documeLt which Mr. Ryine presented to me is Cincinnati Out of the Count-A * future he>Lriiig. The press of Louisville ai d the peo­ * contract, and consequently I navo approved the first oondents and the Telearaph ple are ou'spokeu in far,,r n( base b»U ou Sundays, and contract which reached me. why a few old moss-beck hayseeds fr< m the mouutai'.a Left Fielder—The Metropoli­ [" 'DESVER.CO!., Jan. 5.—I hereby agree to sign a con­ New Applicant for seek to m^dtlle wi»h wbal does n<>t C"Ocern them, is » tract to play ball with Ihe Brooklyn Base Ball Club, of From All Points. oonnnndruni which is hard to *>lve by people who are tan Side of the Case. Brooklyn, N. Y., during the sea«on of 1886, at a salary iu the htthtt nf attending V> their own aitairs. of $2'2.> per mouth. It is expressly agreed, however, the Vacancy. THE FIRST BASBMAN SECURED AT LAST. between the manager of thi. club »nd myself that te THE EASTEKX LEAGUE. Mantt^er lUitUsbuuiiau.Ieo thai Big Jack Smith is shall loan me tUe suru of $2~:5 to be repaid to him out the best first b-seuun who can now be (secured and BW YORK, Jan. 30.—Editor SPORTISB LIFKT— of my sular> ai:d that the. club shall furnish all uui- Nothing has yet been done toward filling th« Another Meeting Held ou Friday—A Clnb to has closed with bun. Ho will come hfroabout Mau> 1 The war between the Metropolitan and Brooklyn f.'rnis required ty me. (Signed) E. A. BVRCH.J Western League vacan :y beyond consultations be­ *""" ^~ be Placed in Boston. _____ _ _ aud aca nipany the team on the Southern trip. Thu dabs, which everybody supposed was over, ha? V'tsueii) A. A. ADAMS, witness. Califor&ut players all pronounce him a great uose bail '"If you are still not convinced yon can, of course, tween Messrs. .Spalding, Lucas an 1 Marsh. Neit The Eastern League held an adjourned meet- broken out afresh. Having lost Orr and Rose- week, however, the cooimittee will meet in Chi­ man aiida slu^gtr fn»m away l^ck. man, the Brooklyns now claim K. A. Bureh, t-riog the matter before the boaid of directors. I do Dot wg at the Stirling House, Bridgeport, Conn., Fri­ SCORIXO RULES. think you will jump ou me, as others have done,becanse cago and then the choice will be made. The Cin-" day, January 29, and 6nished up the business laid The Philadelphia /V?*i Las an article on scoring in though he signed with the Metropolitans on Sat­ we hold a ditt'erouce of opinion. riunati lAdgue scheme is dead, if indeed, it ever over at the last annual meeting. President Bal- last Sunday's is ue which hadjnauy good pjiata The urday last, and in conscience there is blood •(Signed) H. D. Me'KNIGHT.' had any life. The applicants for the vacancy now main argument of the article Is to add a new cuiunin t upon the moon, and George F. Williams, the secre­ "Poor MeKnight," said Mr. Williams with a lard was in the chair and all the clubs were rep­ the vc >re in which an account of saeiitieu bits and fails are Milwaukee, Indianapolis, Kansas City and a resented by delegates as fellows : Messrs. H*ckett tary of the Met?, who has learned more about b»se laugh. "How pat bet ft that sounds. President new comer—Tironto. The hitter's application *Mch asrist iu making a run may te ,s:ored. This, ball in two months than most men could master and Jones for Newark; Clarke and Powers for tt ink, is an excellent tlait; tLey #o fuitber and sng^ Byrne hud evidently been jumpirfg on him or he causes no little surprise in base ball circles, but Jersey City; Jos. Sioirnons for Waterbury; Soby tbat a.half hit be given for each bit as described at>ove. in as many years, is ag;iin in full war paint look­ would have remembered tnat the new National it should not be forgotten that Toronto's claims and Rernsen for Hartford; Parmlee and White This, 1 think, wonld be wrong, as the tc< re should be ing for scalps. Agreemor' expressly says th.it contracts must be are just as good as those of Milwaukee,Kansas City for Bridgeport; Reiley for Meriden and Smitft an exa^t account of the play, and two sacrifice bus do As the Burch case promises to have some novel completed within ten days after acceptance of or Indianapolis. In point of population it surpasses not Diake one base Litatiy nitre than do four base hits features, your correspondent called on Mr. Wil­ for Providence. by a player alwajs make a run. Ihe players1 average terms and not thirty, as was the old rule. The Indianapolis, an] in regard to spotting enthu­ Bridgeport and Meriden stated that they were eoald te made tbe same as now, when total basai liams to-day and put him through an interview. president of the Brooklyn Club chooses to base hi? siasm, none of the oth«r citiea named can approach it. ready to proceed with the business of engaging ar* considered on his averages for safe hit*, or average '•Is it true, Mr. Williams," said I, "that there claim on the old agreement, which a month ag> It J8 a mistake to anppuse fhat base ball in Canada at players, and both paid in their annual dues. for total tasee 01 average tor sate hits ai>d sacrifice hits. is more trouble between the Metropolitans and he told Mr. Wiman was not worth the paper it the preaeut time am >uuts to a craze that ia liable to ilia The latter would be the true criterion to jndjte » bats­ Brooklyn? '!" oot in tbe rnidat of the gfason. The gttme has a 4troDf< Ihe applications of membership from Troy and man by. HOME RUN. was written on. Then he was willing to tear it hold there. Besi'les tbe club bag the advantage of Albany were both rejected. "Confound it, yes. These Brooklyn fellows all to rags for the purpose of getting Orr and good financial back'ug, and baa also already under con­ seem to run afoul of us quite naturally. I di I Roseman, now he belds it up as a valid document tract a atrong team composed of tho majoiily of laat ; President Ballard and E. E. Smith were ap­ TORONTO NEWS. pointed a committee to confer with the proper think, after the question about Dive Orr and because it suits his purpose to do so. You will •eagon's Syracu« Stars, who won the Ntw York State League cham[>ioa>hip. The team might, with wme parties in Boston relative to placing an Eastern A Visit From Spalding—Advised to Apply James Roseman was definitely settled, I would notice that Byrne talks about the sn>w storm de- have nothing more to do with the club across the of the disengaged League playeis, be made into League club there. fur League Membership. laving his contract. The fact is the storm only a far sln.ugcr tt>«m than oue of the new Messrs.