, 1875-02-28

draw closer before ha pitches bad Dicfey r" bal
in that open spot: but no. Zett won't give him thr u:
an easy fy. But wais till the seventh inning, With
or two the bases and then you will sec DtcSsl
snould he have an opportunity, do the business. Tn
old Atlantic blood rill b. up then, and with p" no no.
psbs Wits cgtsne 10 assist ass suafs dssh tat vi
cause you TO throw up your hat o. ~
"Blood will tel" snd you have it. Encourage ' ~ y
forts. Encourage them to keep tn good condition an
to play with club spirit and with plenty Of pracuee
unaoimity OF feeling sna honess t eose ~ tb
b. not expect too much the first scason. Experience
ts good and sure teacher, # at dmes sestre one
In another four weeks our players will all be here
Our list now numbers twelve viz: Spaldne, j. White
Msvsg 1ess m.nnne aee1ge Issop md
Utica, n r. he e % years DID, feet sH inches II
us.xI'' ted his 0 ply when il canaa. i've season.
ago Ho was then playing With the o.taws Club, NTH
which club he played two games and he attracted Gu,
attention BY his very ne play both 1t first and second
base. FRS. base appeara to be hia home position
When playing on first bass the day We saw him he
tho bfs s,teS bsng 9q sad
maize strong player, and If he proves worthy, hia
engagement is good for three years. .
CBAr WITH JIMMY WooD.s
The baseball man Of the st. Louis Democrat
bad \ chat with Jimmy Wood, of the Chicagoes,
| who was in that city h few days ago. Jimmy
oycrhauIed tho ST. Louis players and compared
them rather unfavorably with the members Of
the White Stocking nine. He told the newspa-
ses Why the st. Louis Club should think they
were going to beat the White Stockings.
Now said he let ua compare the players tndtyidu-
ally. For catcher, there IS Miller and Higham tho
,ss only eaiehsr you hase. vhs Diek Hiehan Is one
Of the ture4t and heaviest bdterk in tho country had
experiences, md y hrst-cas. haae- runner Bradley
sure, but pitch you ought to know rs much ss
ean tell you. do not know anything about Bradley,
but II Devliu pitches, think hare the best Of it.
IS ha was second on our batting list Last soasoa.
First base, pehltnxn and Glenn. Tho former 1nuy
play the base the best but III batting, base running,
md general playing Glenn @ esn discount him Second
with them, rs sny ona ought to know that Patcra Is
head and shoulders above Bathn in every respect.
in the country than Force, hs being Of the very
beat btatsrs. Poarce has been of tho BEST but,
think, his race is run: This is private, remembsr:
think Of it there is as much difference in them as
in Basn and Pctsra. Whto is 1rst-class 1t thu bat
and led the score in tho Baltimore teal last scason
not as good. BY jug full cuthbcrt and Hnes left
field. The latter took balls away out in Cnthoys field
last season- Hines stands hetter st the bat-cuthey
tre-neld. Pike is thu hardest batter, but no
sr1rer than Bielask, while both ars about the
ssms n TIE @ they ss The fastest
while BiefasH Ia worry quiet Chapman and Haatin9s
right field The former won't begin TO show up with
Hasngs - hs is one q the finest baters and catch
egs in tho business.
Take Ill in Al we arc much stronger ut the bat.
Whie st. Louis has but Pike snd Cnlhbert for base
runners, have but poor ba.s-runner, in Zett;
al the otherB frst-clxss, not Of EN- being
growler- We have change pitchers and catehers-St.
Louis has not don' beas St. Louis eight ont Of
the ton games deserve to be thrown into the like
GOSSIP OF THE GAME
1t q ball given at Bridgeport, Conn.,, last week
by the T. 3. F. q. 8. Club O'Rourke OF the Bos-
tons won the prize as the best waltzer on the
foor.
Tho National Amateur Convention meeta in
Boston on the 18th Of next moath, C. ". Blod-
get, OF Arlington, n. r., ia the Secretary Of the
Association.
George Wright, the famous short stop. is busi-
~ engsgsa IL, IN getting up n,, nH" +, book On the
with skotch Of all its players.
Chicago paid the highest prices for ball-tossers
last year, and notwithstanding tho rent of their
grounds costa them 81. 400 year, they came out
ut the end OF last season with more III their
treasury than all Of tho other professional clubs
put together.
Tho convention Of professional baseball !
clubs will meet in the rooma OF the Athletic |
Club in Philadelphia on March !. Delegates |
will ba in attendance from the stock company !
Boston. Hartford, New Haven, New York, Brook
IN, Philadelphia, Washington, St. Louis, Keo-
lux, and Chicago, and ia ali twelve regular
.lobs will be duly represented. Tho business !
necessary to DO transacted by the Convention |
ELL include tho election OF officers revision of
he Associations constitution and bylaws, md ]
he adoption Of tue reports OF ths Judiciary
Committee and that on rules.
The Chicago nine that got in ten runs on their |
lido OF tho book, and presented nine little round !
inss to the Boston Red Stockings, on tho 18th
Il last September, at 1oston. consisted OF Zet-
lein, p. Gllroy, c.; Glenn. 1 b.. Meyerle, 2b.;
It. Louis Peters, s. 8. Force, b.: Cuthbert, !.
# Philadelphia, umpized tuo CANA.