O 1J89, n THI SPOHTIHO Lire Pmusmxo Co. SPORTING LIFEENTERED AT PHILA. POST OFFICE AS srcONo CLASS MATTE*. VOLUME 12, NO. 13. PHILADELPHIA, PA., JANUARY 2, 1889. PRICE, FIVE CENTS. not b* opened fora week or more, as Manager Sul- itylnff that OllMcno bad lived up to his contract aud livrtii ha^ received a tr'.egnun from Milwaukee an- was entitled to the m nej h*- claimed from t!ie Wash­ LATE NEWS. noiiucing the di ath of his aged father, Ted will go to ington Club. Tim sort of doutile dealing wad what dis­ MilwauKee to attend the fuueral. gusted Mr. Yoiin^ with the great umpire, as he lost A START MADE. faith In a man who could change his stoiy eo c<nn- Columbia's Offer to Marr. pietely. Besides, it was a well-known fact that Gtlli­ A Rising Pugilist's Sun Special to SPORTING Line. gan fully derived nil tbe fining be got, as be foiled to CINCINNATI, O , Dec. 29. Columbus has aiked Left/ live up to his contract from the very first.* A New Southern League Murr tor l>is t.-i'uid, providing tho club secures hit re­ "This wan thb fir**t I had ever heaid of Gaffney's Eclipsed lease from Syracuse. Marr wnnls S2.IOO, $.100 advance trouble with Hree dent YuUDg, and I will now be sur­ and one-third ef the release mouey from Syracuse. prised if be TB appointed on Iho League staff, for Mr. Organized. "Red" Muck, who is h-re from L-mNville, flays Guy You lift It a hard ni>m to change when he bas onre set Bccker will poaltivtly refuse to again sign with the bis mind, and n<> <lou!>t be hat lost faith iu Gaffuey'* Spalding's Party to go Around Colonels. BEN MULVOBD, Ja. ability to stKk to the truth " The above mny or may not be true, but Is un­ Four Southern Cities Entered the World Billiards, Base SET RIGHT. called for, in view of the fact that Gnffney did not ask for a place on tho League etaiT. We The Texas Clubs in Dr. Leaf Replfea to Brunell In Regard to have President Young's word for it that at no Ball and General Sport­ KiioufTs Pitching Ability. time since the close of the ball season has Mr. the Cold. PHILADELPHIA, Dec. 29. Editor SPORTING LIFB; Gaffney been an applicant for a position on the ing Intelligence. ID your Iar>t unite Mr. B:unell, In his ' budget," takej exception io my eipreescd op-nion in tb« pi*uce<itug Lengue staff. If Uaffney umpires at all it will number cf Tin SPORTING LITK MS to the condition of be for the Association. Nr.w ORLEANS, Deo. 28. The Southern Mr. Knouft's pitching arm. He any* that A B1LACK DESTROYER. the release League was organized here yesterday, with of this pitcher was A wine action because he did not BUMPTIOUS BAKEK'S BRAVADO. Memphis, Birmingham, Mobile and New Or­ have (ton t control of ihe ball though his speed A Quietus Put Upon McAuIiflfe'n Aspira­ leans as member?. Dallas and Houston wero and curves were satisfactory. While it u The He served tions by the Australian Champion. nut my object to m.ike capital for Mr. Newark Pitcher Signs With represented, but could not agree upon terms. J. Bpff ml to Sri'RTiMu Lire. Kuotitl, I still feel ihnt I am in duty bouo I a California Club. W. Home wna elected president, A salary SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 29. The contest for a to o former p:itlent to coireot a wrong impre^-eton that .NEWARK, Dec. 26. Norman L. Baker, one of limit of $1,200 per month was adopted. purse of $3,000 between Joo McAuliffo, the niny »:aiu ground by leaving Mr. llrunell's rtati>ment the crack twirlers of the. Newark Base Ball Club Two more cities are assured, and it is no\f po without coni'tie L'. 1 b«lieve that Mr. Kn-mff has daring the past sevson, has jumped the reserva­ f champion heavy-weight of the Pacific Coast, never been to Olt?ve!;vnd t-iuce he caine to uiu for treat- expecte-1 thnt the F.e^gue will hive a member­ »ml Jackson, the colored chiiuiplon from Aus­ meut ne-tr the end uf the championship season, and I tion claim held upon hitn by the Newark Ba^e ship of eight clubs within a month. A recess tralia, which occurred at the gymnasium of the believe tnrther that your Cleveland corr«-fp.mdent Ball and Exhibition Company and has signed a was taken until Monday, the 31st inst., when California Athletic Club last night resulted in never saw Mr. Knouff pitch since nu came contract to play next sea?on with the Stockton all) the details of the organization will be com­ tome. If this is the case, how can tho latter gen- Club of the California League, which ia located the eclipse of another rising pugilistic star. t!* man certify ad to the present and future value of pleted. ItfcAuliffe had a clear record of victories, and Mr. Kuoutf as a piic'ier? I suppoie that th" ioteutiou at Stockton, Cal. Baker has been pitching for FURTHBR DETAILS. his recent battle with Mike Conley, in which WHS to convey tho idea that Mr. L:>ftus btsud his ac­ that club since tbe close of last season and has Naw OnLBAS*, Dec. 2!*. At the meeting the the "Ithaca Giant'* was defeated in less than tion in relftutfng a desirable plaiet- ujiou hfa record up been successful, so much ao that the managers of Dallaf, Houston, f*'ew Orleans, Memphis, Mobile five minute:*, added greatly to the admiration of to tiiat time, and if thi^ ib so, your correspou lent was the club made him a bi^ offer for next season, and Birmingham clubs were represented. i iyhtjfor when Mr. Kiumff came to m« hii arm pained aod notwithstanding that he was legally bound to tlie his friends. Jackson had won an excellent him; he could <-nly curve tho ball wfth suffering; he Newark Olub by the nilf-s uf iho National Agreement, When the terms of organization weredpsoribol reputation since his arrival here some months coiiM not pitch for more lhaii a few inniiifr-1, and he jvt he accej.)*! theoflir of the Pacific capitalist*, ana a difference nroso between the Texaa and New buck am! he had given the highest evidence of Ms was certainly very wild. At piesent, howevi-r, h» has therefore will u->t don a Newark uniform next *quiner. Orleans clubs. Tho Texans wanted a guarantee tbiiity in hfc niaich with George Godlrcy last Aueui-t, uo pain; Itecan curve better than ever and without linker, iu a letter to « Prc*#-Reyi*ter reporter, s'at<-s of $100 a gsinie any dlbcumfjrt; at New Orleans and thirty per in which the. Boston pugilist threw up the spouge in he can pitch for an indefinite th*t bo signed a conn act wi;h the Stocktoo Club on cent, of the gate receipts and guaranteed the the tiintb round. Ifntftb of time, «nd h 19 as good contrul of tlie Dec. 15 for a st-a^on of eight months nt tfiJOO a niont'i Another circumstance which Intensified the interest ball as any pitcher I have ever seen et wuik. Let rtiid f200bonuH. In addition t" thexbovethx letter states New Orleans Club $60 a game in Tcxns or In the matter v;is tliB undfr-*tauiiinj< t!-at the winner nin add io this that be will continue in g<*od form th«t the nrtic!e< in Die contract lijHiUtf thai his ball thirty-five per cent, of the receipts. Now would bw backed to fight »uy man in the world, the all next sea?<>o, if he me eta with no cccident. As 1 playing will not interfere with a potition which he Orleans offered a $75 guarantee aa a compromise, Oa If-Tiiia Athletic Club having offered a purse of a:iid in my previous letter, he baa become more of a holds in a laundry (nwnod by one of th« di rectors of the but the Texans refused to |C,UflO for such & purpose. McAuliffe strategist and has learnel how to save his arm. accept it or to enter was the favorite club) at a salary of 8100 n ni-nth. this bringing his the Southern League on the same terms. it> the betting, at odds of 2 to 1. Now tho.-e are all facts, Mr. Editor, to which 1 titttlsalary upto'giOOH month, ur$V^K>f: r the nea- When the men stepped into the rlnx last nlehl there cheerfully certify, aa I believe it to b» my duty. It FOU of eight monthn. He further state* thnt the above Tbe four other clubs Mobile, Birmingham, Were fully '2.000 spectators present. McVul life's muat be remembered that hh arm had trouble! him «m -uut in more than hp could receive iii thin city, aud Memphis and New Orleans then organized % Weight was '220 pounds, while Jnck*.m's was u Httle fur more thau a year, yet despite (his he had made (hat aa ho had beaid nothing in regard to th.- next league, with Mr. J. W. Hearn a» temporary ever 200. McAuliffe was Oft. %in. In height aud a good showing. My parting advice to managers iifafeonV team or the j>ros|> ct o: Newark being repre­ Jack TOD 6ft.