SPORTINGTBADZUARKED BY THB 8FOKTINO CIFE FT7B. CO. ZNTEEJBD AT PHILA. P.O. ASLIFE. SECOND CLASS KATTBB VOLUME 24, NO. 25. PHILADELPHIA, MARCH 16, 1895. PRICE, TEN CENTS. JOHN 5 BARNES JOHN C STROUTHERS JADES H, MANNING MINNEAPOLIS DETROIT CITY LARRV TWITCHEL^ CHA5. COMI5KV 51. PAUL W.H, WAT KINS 6E.ORGE E. ELLIS JND1ANAPOL15 GRAND KAPJD5 o*. SJPOHTINQ March. 16- sible for the race track men and poo mously as the House, where only two room promoters to get any foothold ill CURRENT COMMENT. votes were against it. This will open Pennsylvania. The necessity, then,for the A LESSON ONLY PARTIALLY LEARNED. the territory to Gorbett and Fitzsimmpna passage of such an act am and any other national champions with­ A WEEKLY that intro None of the base ball clubs appear to JOURNAL duced by Representative Pelt is not be having trouble in signing players out fear of interference. Devoted apparent. this season. The men who make the to If it becomes a' law and is THE PUBLIC CLEARLY UNDERSTANDS. rigidly enforced it will effectually crush games with their skill appear to _be BASEBALL, BICYCLING, SHOOT. reaching a sensible conclusion regarding A proof of the unpopularity of the out the light harness horse industry in ING, GENERAL SPORTS the matter of pay. They get good National League's action in coupling this State, and work a serious financia remuneration, and as long as there ut Pfeffer's reinstatement with a fine is AND PASTIMES. loss to the various agricultural societies something with which to remunerate the numberless tenders of subscriptions which permit trotting races. them, they always will get it. Never­ and benefits for the popular player. Published by Of course, such considerations theless it is a fact that the constant This speaks louder than words in il­ do not talk lustration count with the reformers, about the business feature of base of the feeling of base ball THE SPORTING LIFE PUBLISHING CO. who have ball, which began with the year 1890, patrons in regard to the matter. 34 South Third St., eyes and ears only for their particular has done much to hurt the game. It and peculiar hobbies. But the sensible was a feature that always NOT A SECRET AT ALL. Philadelphia, Pa., U. S. A. should have men in the Legislature should see to it been relegated to the rear in a sport of Mr. Caylor has once more sprung a SUBSCRIPTION BATES: that one mere superfluous law, easily that nature. cog. He asserts very sensationally that One Year................. convertible into an instrument of the fact has just come to light that ............................. J»4.00 op­ THB BUCKET E STATE TO THE FRONT. the 8lx Months....................... ..................... pression, does not encumber Louisville club was bankrupt last Z.25 the statute The Interstate League that has been season, and had to secure financial as­ Three Months....................................... 1-25 books. organized for hiugle Copy..................,....................... Ohio has a bright out­ sistance from the League. It came to lOc. look, and it is expected that with good light very prominently last season and PAYABLE IN ADVANCE, management the League will make mon­ was so reported in "Sporting Life." The Foreign 1'ostage, SI.04 Extra per Annum* THAT SPORTING LEAGUE. ey. If good players are developed it is League, however, did not secure a mort­ sure to be a good thing for some of the gage on the Louisville Club for a loan The projectors of the Sporting League, managers of the teams. of $4000. That money was simply ad­ readers .of SPORTING LIFE who for political have not facilities for reaching news­ offensive and defensive pur­ vanced out of the 10 per cent, fund, dealers should by all means subscribe, poses on behalf of, sporting men and IS THERE MONEY IN BASE BALL? which was subsequently divided among thus assuring themselves regular and organizations, are making a mistake at There will be ,16 professional base ball the twelve clubs. Louisville's twelfth prompt delivery by mail direct from the very outset by confining, leagues under the protection of the share of that fund amounted to about it to one national as much as the sum this office. particular field of sport. agreement in 1895. This will advanced. If the move­ mean the employment of about 2000 oes to press at 2 P. M. ment is to be successful here as it has players with the 116 clubs, at an outlay ANOTHER CUP SERIES. every Thursday. News letters must proven to be in England it should re­ For salary and traveling expenses of over At the recent League meeting not a reach this office on or before Tuesday. ceive the indorsement of all branches $500,000. How the business side of word was said about the Temple Gup J!®*Advertisers to insure insertion should of sport. The trotting men, who pro­ the game has developed within a decade! conditions. It, therefore, follows that a part not fail to forward copy so as to reach pose holding a convention at Cleveland consideration of the coming season the publication THE EX-CHAMPIONS WILL BE IN IT. will be the post-season games office uot later than for the purpose evidently be­ Wednesday morning. of forming There is no reason to believe at the tween the first and second clubs for the a National Trotting Men's Sporting present time that the Bostons will not cup, which this year is the property Of DISTRIBUTION: League, might gain some valuable hints be one of the strongest clubs in the the New York Giants. .^^SPORTING LIFE is the only weekly from the history of the movement in League next Summer. With a little paper (to our knowledge) requiring a England. There it was considered more strength in the pitching depart­ PECULIAR TO ATHLETES. of The recent death of Winfield Scott perfecting press to complete an edition. prime importance that all sports ment, where is there an organization The circulation should that can defeat Camp from consumption recalls the of SPORTING LIFE is by be represented in the them in other points of far larger than that of any weekly pub League. the game? The only team, with the ex­ remarkable fact that this disease car­ lished and almost equals the largest Instead of endeavoring to form a ception of the Baltimores, that ever ries off more ball tossers^thau any other monthly on a monthly basis. The National League, at the outset was a match for them has been the malady. Some of the" more notable papers are shipped by express as fast as branch was established in London, and Clevelands. Even Cleveland could victims were George Cramer, James not Fogarty. printed and any and all news stands in from this parent organization other hold up when the strongest test came. "Yank" Robinson, Amos the following cities or Cross, Jud Birchall, "Hub" Collins, localities should branches radiated, until - ' now almost have the paper on sale the day specified THERE MAY "Darby" O'Brien, Ed. Dailey, Jim every city of importance BIB SURPRISES. opposite to each locality: in the United It can be accepted as a probability Whitney, Oscar Walker, Frank Flint, New York City.............Saturday A. M. Kingdom has one or more Sporting that the battle for the National League Charles Duffle. All of which goes to Biooklyu, N. Y............Saturday A. M. Leagues, all organized on the same pennant this year will develop many show that ball players, as a class, are Troy, N. Y................. Saturday A. M. too careless about their health, and Buffalo, N. Y..............Saturday A. M. plan and governed by similar rules. It features that are not regarded as prom­ Albany, N. Y..............Saturday would appear, therefore, inent at the present time. At least five particularly neglectful of colds. The A. M. that better one drawback to vigorous Boston, Mass. ............. .Saturday A. M. results might be accomplished of the teams will have a look-in for the bounding Springfield, Mass.......... .Saturday A. M. if the flag. health is over-confidence in one's re­ trotting men were to invite The others may be considered from Portland, Me. .............Saturday A. M. the co-opera­ the start in the "also ran" class. cuperative powers. Providence, K. I...........Saturday A. M. tion of other sports Montreal, in the establishment Can. ........... .Saturday A. M. of a local league SHAKESPEARE! ON BASH BALL. Toronto, Can. .... ......... .Saturday A. M. in New York before NOT FOXY ENOUGH AS YET. Expectations Baltimore. Md..............Saturday endeavoring in New York City in re­ A. M. to perfect a national or­ Magnate Freedman would have shown gard to the result of the coming pennant Washington. IX C..........Saturday A. M. ganization. The acuteness. had he declined to se^-ve on New Orleans, La. .........Saturday A. M. idea is too big to he race are exceedingly sanguine and rosy, successfully carried that Pfeffer committee. It would have and every Louisville, Ky. ............Saturday A. M. out by any cue been effort will be made to laud Erie. Pa...................Saturday A. M. branch of sport. politic, to say the least, for the the pennant there; but nttsrnirg. Pa..............Saturday A. M. new magnate to have steered clear of the OhienKO, 111. .............. .Satimlar A. M. entanglement of that cause celebre, rec­ Oft expectation fails, and most oft there Cleveland, O. ..............Saturday Where mast it promises; and oft it hits A. M. THOSE SOUTHERN TRIPS. ollections of which will, like Banquo's Where hope ia coldest and despair most sits. Cincinnati, O. ............ .Saturday A. M. ghost, come up at Sf. Louis, Mo..............Saturday A. M. awkward moments for This trite sentiment of the immortal Milwaukee.