, 1875-11-07
SPORTING.
Good Baseball Doctrine from
an Unexpected Quarter.
Proposed New Rules for the Came.
Personal and General Notes.
Decisions OF the Turf Association,s Court
Of Appeals.
Walking Match Arranged Between Weston
and 0'Leary.
BASEBALL

| BASEBALL.
| BOUND WORDS FROM STRANGE SOURCE.
| The Ne" York Eresaing POSI-, organ Of al
that il proper, and aesthetic, and nice, and ele
| CANT in the metropolis, has aetouished itselj
! with an opinion Oh the polity Of baseball; and
az WAS to have been expected, the utterance il
eminently just. aud gets at the salient points o1
| the difficulty with directness and force. The
| editorial is herewith submitted, it being only
promised that the wonder ia not that the article
should have been correce but that it should
have been written at all; the next thing to be
looked for ia remedy for the evils in horse
| racing in tho Interior:
It was some twenty years ago that the revised game
that We cali National" cane into lifa Most Of u
Who can recall It. intancy Will agree that ita earliest
1enated sport that WAS chiefly and peculiarly
tire. In those days there vas "nine In almost
every village that Goldsmith could have sung without
a blush. But there came IN err Of degeneration
Wealth accumulated and the baseball player decayed.
70 the American youth struggling the green sward
IN open hnd generous rivalry there succeeded troops
ot gadatorial ercenariea that secured the country
accompanied by pretorian hody-guards of gamblers.
A. the game took professional guse it's freshness
be.uty faded, and with them public interest was lost
until three years the sport dwindled anos. into
mere device Of the sporting fraternity for gain But
the game has Of lite reRaned so1netnng Of its old
popularity and good character; and promising sign
for s future ii the fact tnat professional ball playing
nppears to have Just reached that condition CONNER
cialy described rs Is gut In the market" where de-
mand ceascs and supply mus: be reduced.
The evidence Of this condition ID afforded by
aggressive city which THE TRIBUNE represents nas Of
la.s secured nine selected chiefly from the Boston
tenn that for three years. has flown the champion
penuant. The prowess of the club, ransomed
from Boston +'for good price," must not, in the
opinion Of Cheagos leading Journal 60 either without
appreciation or reward serious OBSTACLE to the IT.
discovered in fbn ~
that in the Jear 1876 there will be formed eighteen
bali clubs that will seek admission the Professional
will be Of inf1or Drawn and skill. set under profess
e1onal regulations they are each entitled to games
with "superior" ciqbs-that is, higher priced
that Ars thug forced into contests peculiarly un-
profitable. The conclusion Of Tar TRIBUNE is
that the superior clubs only peserve theu-
on 81 the nber of saa eon f.
emphasize these points may be explained that tho
home around each recognized professional club
the thirteen clubs that entered the championship
arena at the beginning Of the season, si1 detau1ted
in the matter Of PLAYING return games while three Of
expense On the Visiting clros, which had entered the
field in good faith.
II over speculation thus should lead to uanic in
baseball stock, the result Ia very certain to be i'm
proyement in the moral atmosphere Of the game. It
viii pass into the hands Of the few professional clubs
who use It in its legitimate of6ce healthful
ayiVe exercise Between these two claRseshe skilled
profcssonas and a1oatenrs-lt ought to assume the
standing OF national game. analogous to cricket in
England, and become III influence IN the formation Of
the Aug4o Saxon traits that have successfully
cd themselves IN higher forms OF achievement than
sports Of the field
PLAIN WORDS.
The Clipper has the following paragraph
which Will do great good TO the profession il
needed:
seasons play and that Is the fraudulent play which has
been INDUCED in hy Email minority Of the players of
tbs Philadelphia Mutual Atlantic md chi.sgo Clubs.
the facts too plain, in showing the crooked play
iudnlged in by few members o{ each Of the aboYe-
Ta @ TO- o.
Suspended players for alleged dishonest Practices and
the style Of play exhibited BY the other two cubs
all Of their mines played with earnest efforts win in
every contest in which they engaged. The worst
Of this crooked business have occurred iE the
Philadelphia Club team; and for the credit Of the
honest portion Of that corps, hope to the Judi
ciary Committee throw Light the frauds committed
end place the avee outside the pale Of the Profes-
Eion players who have taken part in the contests Of
1875 thers about ten whose record for honest pay
n'"R second Sassmaa, md two oatasise9se. 2atse9e
al Of whom are marked men In tho cities where !
Ehey play. There is but remedy for this evil /
and that is for every cnb-rnanager, who is de- |
irous Of collecting honest team together to repud1
men is open the door to the chsrge Of getting |
ogather crooked nine :" and this seasons play has
iuleed in Their di4onest play 1t cost to ths honest
lu6s Of the Of thousands Of dolara in the loss
# patronage they hive caused. This evil mnst be
toppea, the n1e OF Professional playing Ii to be
Viii the author credit Chicago with having
'a' so1'en ~ " W nel suspoe1eo p1ose
.h a.s rhorussp rs,iaa - ~" 1n ,..ess ne1es
-onyent,on Of the National Associa,ion is one |
providing that foul dies caught snail bo consid-
red in nIay as ara fair fies That in when fon1
IL is caur6t man on the bnge shaIt ne allowed
q atari Tor his uext basa direetIv after the l,aN
las been caueht instead Of belnr obiieed to
ya1t untiI it has reached the pitchers hands.
It ia also prouosed to change the rules SO inst
. hase-ranner who attemnts r. rnn On a foul hit
hall he allowed fo ratu.n tn his nasa natead ~ |
'elog caught OF, v as ia now the Case,
Another proposition is to enforce the calling
i ball On every second unfair ball delivered,
he cali to DO made in the order OF tue delivery