The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1870-01-24
BASE BALL.
The Great Chicago Nine n FizzIe-A Lamen-

The Great Chicago Nine n Fizzle-A Lamen-
tatiOn.
Chicago is convused to its depths by the de-
lays and disappointments which have attended
the organization of its much-tallxed-o of base ball
club. The matter appears to have been badly
managed, and the Tribune has opened its guns
on the laggards. That paper slys:-
Itnow seems that the project of organizing
lrst-class base ball club in Chicago for the year
1870 is total failure. Indeed, that such is the
fact scarcely admits of doubt. Unpleasant and
humiliating though 1t may be to admit that
Chicago can fail in anything she undertakes, the
admission is due, as is also the announcement
to such of our citizens as have interested them
selves in the matter, and have counted upon
great things in that connection. We are not to
have frst-cass base ball club That is the
long and short of it. The thing has fizzled. To-
day, over three months after the preliminary
organization was effected, the famous Chicago
nine, which was to have beaten the Red Stock
ings in particular and the world in general
consists of two players. One of these is first
Glass; the other doubtful. During these thir-
teen weeks the cream of the professionals,
which Chicago might have had but for
series of miserable blunders, have been absorbed
into other clubs, so that, out of the total number
of disengaged players in the United States at
the present time it would be impossible to select
a strictly first-class nine. The cause is-bungllng
inetliciency on the part of those who have had
the management of matters. The prospect was
auspicious in the beginning. There was no lack
OF moran anu pecunlaly support. All JnaJ re-
manned to be done was the exercise of little
prompt, energetic, discreet activity. Unfortu-
nately, Il ma ority of the organizers were not
up to this sort of thing. Instead of proceeding at
once to attend to the matter by the selection and
formal engagement of a nine, these bunglers
allowed the days, and weeks and months to slip
by, doing many things which they ought not to
have done, and leaving undone many things
which they ought to have done. Scores of desi
rable players throughout the country applied for
engagement, but delay after delay ensued; states
made upon one day were smashed the next;
| everybody was attending to the duties of some
| body else and neglecting his own; unauthorized
| and untrustworthy parties were admitted to the
inner workings of the affair, SO that steps which
| should have been discreetly kept secret for
! time were divulged and published broadcast,
thus altogether frustrating important plans; I'M
| warrantable authority was individually assumed,
frequently in direct contravention to legitimate
| and deliberate resolves upon the part OF the
| organization itself-in short everything was
| done precisely as it should not have been done,
| and the result is total failure. baseball
| club may, and probably will, be selected and
announced within the next few weeks but it
| will not be the nine which might have been
secured, nor will it be nine capable of worsting
| all other clubs.
The club, judging from present indications,
will be under the absolute control of a we'll
| known sporting man of this city, who will thus
| be enabled to WELD a power of considerable
| pecuniary advantage to himself and friends,
| should he see fit to use it to that end. From
| the fact that he is not IN the habit of turning
his back upon favorable opportunities of this
kind, it may be safely predicted that the "Base
| Ball Ring" will be added to his list of distnc-
| tions in that line. Whatever the nine may
prove to be in point of efficiency, and however
much or little credit it may be able to reflect
upon Chicago it is to be regretted for the credit
of base ball, which has not hitt erto sunk to the
| questionable level of some other sporting mat
| tiers, that its reputation must, to 30 great an
| extent, be governed by circumstances wholly
| beyond its control. Such seem to be the set
tied probabilities with reference to the matter.
Monroe Mich, has had its case of breach of
promise to marry the fair plaintiff of ifty-seyen
suing youth of twenty, who promised to marry
her if she would buy him suit of clothes. The
suit had the desired effect, and they were mar
| ried by the Justice before whom the case was
brought, the bride excusing her importantly by
| saying she wanted some one to saw her wood
| "A young man who was sued for breach of
| promise in Birmingham, Pa, on Saturday, said
| in justification that the would-be bride was a
Methodist, while he was a Lutheran. Equal to
the emergency the young lady announced her
| WILLINGNESS to renounce her Methodism and