, 1874-12-06
SPORTING MATTERS.
E7,e Professional Base Ball
Clubs Of 1875.
Some Facts and Comments Concern
Ing Tho Various Mines.
Turf Items--Pedestriani Blind
fold >Targot-shooti
GARNER Loses The Champion Cup in a
Game He Does Not .uader-
stand.


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THE c1CEs NOW FORMING
f,r 1a;b nil, shru ,,ora s7natnnrs tnrnea profos-
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s1o.a's s0aa ~nas Deet' ao'tsso " ia.' selo: o"e
club, tho no~ Centennial. or philaaelph.a, Of
which tho managers expect great things, is made
m. With two oxcc2tions. Of amateurs. Thero
vi, In o,,+, nm rI,ar ~ xe,,.snoun ba11-n1rr-
ers sheisea tins coming eeason' somo o1 WHOM
hcyo figured in contests for the past six years.
Those who take IN interest in the game cen look
through tho following list Of professional clubs
1of 1919, hna loaeo % eoe talA1t'o s'iops'u ~
each. II they can PICK out she Club tEas VIII
y;ip the po.rant, and back it up with g-eeabacks,
"thcro's millions in lt"; but they will do better
to wait awhile. There seems to be . Won
So, ..,.,. ~ - .,xasa,,;.a :, .r.or f,n. -,
ue1i0' ao'otaS " 19'"s11s -4no.S . 40" ~
the professionals. Gacuook- Tor instance is
c1ainaed by the Harsforils, Ohicngos, Mutua1s.
and AthIatfcs. It sou,d seem to be the better
1,-,,icr IN .11,a, anc., 7o,o fron, ,tha yatona1
oAo' ~ '1So 49,
;Aseooiatlon. II proven guilty o1 p1eacn OF con-
t1aot in writing, than to force him TO play in
nina against his will where hs can do ircalcula-
h1a hss1n in apc1 rray that m t4irect charpa cap
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70 ofoasHs asnlno. "s.n Da.o1s" 0A,o ~ ~
'pisy VITA the hartfofds' ana IN tnnt MIG on1y.
Force would seem to be IN demand also, the
Athletics and Ohica5os claiming him thu former
without any good Groand=. however, though they
assert that he signed With them irst.
THE cE1cAGcs.
The rs nine of the White Stockings has been
Published several times. rot. rs the mines are
now nearly I'll made up fer the coming contests,
it Will be as well to publish the names OF those
who will do battle on the diamond fold for Chi
cago next season, for the Rako OF comparison
:Hith the other clubs. It can be aaid Of the
fn-1 Mi win *hn% +har hnyc nd
tho 1nost brilliant games and sustained
tho most crushing defeats of ahy professional
club in tho country The club now stands:
,Ze:ttein, pitcher Hastings and HEhau,, CATCH
.Keer1, eeoond bace; Force, ahor:: stop; ".
White, third base and Captain; Dielaski. centre
fold Hines. left field Higham or Hastings
viii play right fed Capt Wood considers t this
an Improvement on tho club OF the past year
Eigham, :an old Mutual player is a irst-class
catcher batsmau, aud fielder, but he belongs to
no temperance band, and it wonld be we'll when
he comes to this city to hare him Join oDe.
Hastings is good batter, and his record with
the HartIo11s as catcher is an excellent one.
Warren Nhito, of the Baltimorea, has q first
.class reputation as third basoman. and is said
10 bo sure batter, Dlolaeld also q good
moor at the bat Els practice with the Maple
Leafs may have improved him in that respect
Tho remainder Of the players are we'll known
Some OF them p1ay brilliantly one de-; sud ago
I'll to pieces " tho next. They have thci7 dcyB
TnE posroSs.
Tho champions retain the samo players for
next year, with one exception Hall goes to tue
Athletics. and Manning. of tho DaItiInores. rc-
turns to tho Dostons, with whom he playod in
1878. The club is ! good one. and tbs mem
bern Of it hayo the adyantaae Of tnorouci1 oc-
ounintaoccship WITH each others DlaT. IF
EpnldiDr is moi the bert pitcher. he can certainly
lay claim ia he tho ueet baesman annono thn
.pitcheru. Tho way he has corkod Zeitloin
oil over tho he}d bas been cen Witnessed % many |
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.n.tnhor nRn,sSr:., N-et hsoa nar,,n.- aaao,J
ham. s.nofor th;rd hasns Gan-,a ws;at
sno.ato1 Ha,rv w. roht ,;nla aa mfsu %
ta,n T'ron,1d lit feid M,nn;nr 1;aht RI .so3d
Haa1s snhs1;t,1te Tho rot.Icnresji Gcnt,ar,o1
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- Tho fn"t ~ ~ I;st oo ",u ,a i ~ n"s
tIis for H.rtford has tcan, thnt hns as c,,'se3