, 1870-12-11
TIE SPORTING WORLD.
Amateur and Pro etsional BASE BAH
Players.
The Prairie shoo.fns Club.



PROFESSIONALS VI. AMATEURS.
Gincs the close Of the pl4y:.z sea +o1 Of 13ss,
sherr hss been developed Il stnsA oppoAton 10 the
system Ct p ofes.to1a al bare D. 1tyng, or the em-
r. ynent Of PAL pnitra- hte Ieelug 4 st foup4ia
public and dectl.c ~x2res ,ton tn the tate 4uppA
convention in New YORK, the members Of waeh
,rcnbcd d,lga'es from both prnfess,"nal AID
aU.1eut clnhs In order to p!4ce The nst'e1 faltly
b. tn. the canveotlop, and to br1ug 1t 10 test
vtte. refn'uron Has IN, ~odneet. the IaE 9uaxe Of
w'.c commit ca tae Saaocai Association 70
hzsr bsil II excited warm discussion, and was
tLB1ly voted duEn- Since tue adjournment Ut
1h+ conEclftop. numerous smateur clubs 4: re
formation OF Sa'lonal Association composer
exclusively Of amaieuf cluh.. thus atsaEtng tnem-
10 iu1e tut O! tue lTat-raitJ. Tar ltea OF
sst!ct amateur elun. Nhose members play ball
pu e.F Tor toe love Of the ean., and not tirp.y.
-uppoit At tue ma s nj the press IN various quar-
o.ae Ia T.. fu ,,aaa snare Of abuse
h- that The two systems are an.agoaistic
udt al 1t the oLe crctitmes to exist. The o:as
nu>. d'tru,. Its dlt1crlt 10 discover waere ta-
"nr rrfte.ble copoics~ between professional.
&: i amateut6 comes in, un'ess II artsea Aotly
ou.h ia ntl>y, tor suref the present polttlno
tion, and acslt tul 5-rcIsr Il aim =: entirely al
wa table to thr professional system. 81, a.
least. has .eeu at n. W-s1, ID the cases Of H.
N7KFs N8A%lk1A0's N@ShCIa4H t&44l II NkIQSut
| paid nices have been mantained. Previous to
the OFT arszatton OF the White Stocking ntne
oten a''sc eu,s there ia ope,on eis ~
celslors. Ctlcseo'a pride in 1863, dtsbanted be-
cause nobody seerei to csrc whet Ter they plafe,i
ns! Or not more esnsca'y a',ss P'o;ssstons
on them TIA: hunlllaftg ''a3 tns;- such thing
az cEp~d Of a tntnsAud peeps at a base i,all
,sin. match Tss sanlels Il ever. Apw l.1Ne is$s
tIast- Attic ctosc of The PLAYING SEASON ot 15sj.
there were. At moderate cat -uls1to", nP1aEd VI
one hundred. amateur club organ,z .tsons Ia
Chicago, embracing, a. ncc5r M,elnl,erH, a
thousand men and boys who turned out three
OF four times week for Practice or
furpte crested BY the presence OF the WHITE
S'pcE!ags. whose VARIOUS cantcsta IN Chicago werr
! nt;nesEs Il q ut trsst oDo0 ieone during t1e
session. - tar fr'm op+ rating acAlnkt Tue su cess
o. amateur cu,.s. these patti professionals were
| the direct means OF anlne1ung t'Hth t1e1r nun'
IT rs and tbtir +r1c'e1cy. Therefore, 1t u difficult
to discern abS cAuse Tor antag0nlsM between pro
| fttsDna1s ami au1at-nrs
-AuTacttve as Is the tdtea Of base ball degosee.
~ho p!ay the game solely for The love OF il and tht
| y thoroughly demonstrated thar It will not WORK
| amateur PLAYERS nave u ttnef the uue nor th1
i1clnar,on 10 ,levoie themselves II such rto..a
| attstu PERFECTION IN the Eante. WIthnut the per
lection III which prnts ssionals have brought 1t
sn. ctes Of amusement. Tue pubic viii neithe
support II, morally. nr p'cuular,ly, and It will dto
b' & mo III" eb.rure position whsrh It occnpie.I
IN Chicago year or two ago. so far fenm feel
Ing OF hoStillsy on the art OF amateur, a
aeainst pr"f. ssnntl cluos. there would to b
every 1eason why ttc r+'atlMs between the al
hetens Of the TWO FJss. ms should be oI the friend
Lest a1d most fraternal nature.
! THE CLEVELAND CLCn.
In srr akipE Of T m Foleyis vt.t IL Cleveland
the Leader, ct that city, does Chicago justice, Wit
ne sacefs!on Ct t. 'r7 implication as % rfatt
u n hay Iatf4