, 1866-12-20
BASE BALL.
Annual Meeting Of tho Northwestern
Base Ball Association.

The Northwestern Base Bali Association met a,
the Briggs Honkc yesterday afternoon, at three
O'Clock, and vAa called 70 order By The President,
y. Charles Smith, Egg, OF the Excelsior Club oi
thss CITY. The namos Of clubs represented In the
last corscntton were called. and the minutes OF
ten ali sSe1ea bs xsd ha o~nse .med eoSs ss
were represented:
E1celsso., Atlantic % md and Pfsife Of chlcsEo ;
Ssoi lsai; Il indi.a. IGR &sbssh q st,
46r treasurer reported thn, ;heta Was Balance
Of $5 IN tue treasury, f35 hssinE been spent dur
M Gc5s.!yts. cne yeas los necessary 2nsroses.
lowing namea clubs, and were admitted to seata
s. Louis summit city, Or Fost Wayne; caies. a.
bne, Wi.eooein: /, ,diananolis, Of indian%sooIIs: % !:
Occidental, Of Cleveland; Bloomington, Of Bloom.
ttngion: Diamond Of MsshawaEa. Wisconsin !;
fsye.te, Indiana; Cream Cily, Of MilwapKee: Res
o1ate, o. Chicago University !; KekionGa Of Fort
Tsype ,say, Cincinnati. Of Cincinnati; Badger, Of
Upon motion q the Vice President IN II. An.
aesGpf ens b.1 Es9 Of Detlot] Tho rules ef ,hs NJ
t Sonsehnon held in New 1o:l on the 1s'h os,ant,
The tine Tor the animal meeting OF the Con.
xention was changed from thc third "Wednesday
3. =. Chambers. Of tic shieaso ExceiIsiora, pro-
posCd distAndnenf nf thn Nov4hun.tot. aaso
siaiion, and argued in favor Of State Associa-
a deIcrafe frnm NirhITnn Uhn hsnnsn,n55
TO thinE hat ther. .rss ~ ~na. III nappSS,Hto pS,
Then Mr, Chamhrrs mnve% ~ .as.r-,o;,, pcmu.as
Are dIe : and deIccate ftSm Wiscon In moved
70 lsy hcf motion very carefully On the table.
adonrr ,veSe nj ~ 5;snd q tsat mononS 70
nT{ein,i Tnni;nn tSaa ,,iihJne,, - r.i tuat ~
beys moved tba1.s We,, INA conreni,an @ sa,onrra
4 dcieonte INN 1na,,n, ,n,,,-od ort,. p-o.,
dent as 10 wbethc. a. mi ercrv ~ saE
was Good Tcmnla,: to 1xhirh {noni1v fnr Psi
dent 1cpliad that he h.d no niai nfo,nsion nai m
he subject s'N4'''''4 ~
and arrnea ss he}ol an Hee 70 tae S
menf t5f the atanr,sfinnn - '"'"1 ~ t"s o1soa"
Mr. George +. Wills of the Atlantic ~ Chi
caro- sa1d Soni sranr,snts ~ nn1d ~ MAJ ~ III ~
onri1 r. he rentra1 nn1ra- ~ sM Mele
sh na4' cut1osCIsles-n fcerec, as we're,
hut a,,bnneh ths @ sreaIa1 aIIse or 1 AL n 9eSasaons
up in The East, be did not nronose' in
eddie to heso-caIled National Ease Baii Associa-
tion. He did not recognize any euch orranizatfnn.
aud he was eonewhat astun1shed at The hie b
soundtpg name which 1t had invited Itself to as-
sumo. Perhaps eomc or the Eastern clubs knew
little more Of the n1cetics Of piay IN lie East
than was known here, hat II Western people
could NOT stAtd uron their own merits Is bill
rlayere. ~ well as tler do in other matters, they
had tetler shut up shop at once. Nj, W.
Wished It tn be distinctly understood that
he was for the Northwestern Base Ball Association
all the time but II it was to be elau. here1 In the
house Of its friends. be was anxious 10 have The
killing done instautez. II he were to learn that
hi. head vas to be cut or; be would prefer to
have the operation completed as soon % possible.
because this teea Of dying all day was 1epugnant
to hls fner feelings.