, 1870-01-16
SPORTING MATTERS.
The Proposed Professional Base Ball
Fine for Chicago Failure. =
A Few Of tbs Re&sons WHY.
Bil1tArd Anttsn-The Trigger
Aqustio.
BASE BALL.

TEI r&ortGrD CHICAGO cLEB,
It now eeem1 thtt the project Of Organizing
1rstclaa hase bail club In Chicago Tor the year
1870 b total failure. Indeed, tn1t such Is the
TACT scsrceiy admiis Of doubt. Unpleasant and
nuu1uattnR though i. rcsy b to admit thkt Chi
caso can fail In Anything sse untestates, rne Id
mission II due, Il u also the announcement to
such OF our citizens as hs1e interested themselves
Ia tie r1atser ard nase counted upon great thlnga
tr that connection. We 2re cot to have arst.
clan hAse bau club That Ii the long
and the short Of It. The thing h1s
nxzled- To-day, over three months aftet
the preliminary organization was Effected
tic famous Chicsgc Fine, which waa to have best
En- the "Red stock,rgs' IN particular ana the
world tn general. consists Of TWO plAye1s! Ooe
Of tAcee u dtzr-cisss; the other doubtfll. Da1-
tpK thesa thirteen Weela tue cream Of the pynres-
z1onAlG, which Chicago night hare had but for q
SERIES Of miserable h!ande.s, nave been abfosbed
Into orhes clnos that, out OF the total uu:noer
OF dlsepgagcd players In the Unised States 1t Tho
pt7 7ert tine, II wonld be lmrossole TO select a
kssctlJ fi1at-class nine III. CAME ls-ouDeiIrg
1neE1c1ency en- the part Of those who hare had the
management Of ma,terh Tae pro.pecs was
2uhpldors IN the beginning. There was no
Eck OF moral and pec2oiarJ support All
that remained to be done Was the exercise
Of little prompt. energetic, discreet acunty.
rot up 70 ibis sort OF thing. 1ns:ead OF proceed.
ing Ut oEce TO attend TO the matter By tue selee~
ton and formal engagement OF nine, these
hunalet1 alloR I'd The dAyF. ard Feeks, and months
20 Alp BY, dong nADy th!lEs which they ought
not to haye done, An1 leaving undone many
tnlrgH which they ought To bare dcne. Scares OF
ceslrable players throughout the Gu airy applied
for engagement, bu: del3y after delay entued !:
s,ates mad up ont cay we're ssa,hed tbs next;
rt4S3u AfRk 1JFNR tn tk<xA AFR
body eHc and uez'ecuug his oSn: Unauthorized
1ud u1truat worthy parttea wefe admitted to TITO
inne5 ~otkDgs o. tds aa.!s; 80 that Steps Eh!eh
fire we're diE1sged and puolIsaed
broadcast. thus altogether frustrating Important
a%sssr,nsd, % frequently 10 direcs coa.sa1ea,ion to
legitimate and deliberate resolves upon tne psrt
OF the organization ttsel-in 6hort everything
done: ard the result il total failure. base oan
club rsy, and probable viii, be selected and an
ane Lave 81 su
olnha -.
4 meeting Of the stockholders OF the clup was
called for last evening at the Dr.gga House. fone
OF the pricciptl 4utscItbefB were present the at
tendssce eoD.lss,pg Ct the fe1 mis- managers VINO
ipg. according to the articles Of Incorporation,
ahould taee boen held on the Sin inst,
bat v ~ informally postponed 10 suit somebody's
because of the non, attendance or he sharehold-
era, slttough 1t WIS senouhy contemplated By
tEokt present 10 proceed E1th an election. which,
II held, would have amounted 10 precisely nothing
Wiser counEels prevailed, however, a1d the meet
itE waa adlourneo until 10 uorrow erentng.
There wab disposition manifested TO 60 on with
10 procure. 10 be called the "Chlcag0 Base Ball
C!1h.'' The c.ue t.detcg from Present Indications,
will be under the aesolute control Of s we'll known
spori1nx Inan OF tals city, WHO viii thua be en-.
Aeled TO wleld power Of considerable pecunia1y
advantage 10 ninseG Ind fr,endsy shpnln he set
II TO, me It to that end. From the
1sct that r. no ns ne
Of this KIND, 81 nay safely be predicted thst the
"BAse Bal Ring y Nlll be added to his List OF d.
ttncttop1 u thai line. Whatever the plne may
prove TO be In point Of efficiency, sld however
much or lnlls credit II may be ao!e
= 5ssss 9pen se eh'sse ess :, esse . III e
which nas not hitherto sunk 10 the questionable
3esel o. soue Other sporting matters, tnnt lts
reputation must, 10 so great an extent, ba gov-
elned By c!rcuEDstSnee3 EnonI beyond ~ control
Hucn seem TO be the sett1ed probabilities with
reference to the mstter Il Z, perhaps, nov too
representation tast the zine was to be
thc best IN tbs world. freely snbscr,bed
the!I money 70 assist N carrying out the pEoec.
10 Withdraw thes support, Considerable money
has been 60 fat expended N preliminary arrange
uents-pee.easly and fooflshiy In very many IN.
stAncxR-ard the thing must be Dit thfoagh IN
order that these lnef1cten. orRauiZers may be r..
subscribers 10 the STOCK should b called upon toR
ssseRaneats; the aole reason uhy, under the cls-
CuInntAnces, the parties In Charge OF matters
should be ocMtouB OF engaging, a. enormous Ba!1-
1tes, lot OF second: class players TO Eepreaens
Chicago for the Jeat 1t10. 1t temxin3 to bn beer
6RY EnYE