, 1875-04-18
ahcir Hopes Of Victory
Cycr the Whites.
e,xth Day Of the Grand Bill
lard Tournament
cnrlefEh,s Great Runs---S0mo Inter-
estiny Canes. d.
9udolphe and Vignaux,

<..tu, forrrsponucaae Of I,As Chtcdo' 77tonfs-
e. Iours, April l6-Knoxing the deco inter- |
- -cnr rs.do.s take IN tan r,se aad progress Of
,.ionl ANS in the West, have thought |
t.r items concerning tue state Of things bass
iii, in lbs Moand City would not proTe unao-'
..n.,h,e and hxve taken tho liberty OF send;ng
e.o t,,e following hastily-yathcred scraps per-
t,rine 10 tho condition Of anMrs hers-
ry+e rrow;ns in:erc=t tliat hts Tor tbs past few
....-s ~ ,rked the increasing popularity of oar
;.ror,te pastine in this stsid, quist old city was
~+.,t1v Augmented by tbs exciting rivalry be-
tween
.,+ th, .na.eur championship Of our Stats. Last
swimmer aud,euces Of si1 and eight Thousand
~er. not infre1ucnt to witness the contests for
s,nrenac7 between these two evenly-matched
-,aee The close rubs they each Eavo some Of
~ n,ou,ioant professional clubs that >: took in
81. Loais OH their way to yoor city also gave
;,,petus 10 the popular demand for
PROFESSIONAL. cLup
or ninc that conll copo with your great players
and the giants from eae East On eonae degree OF
cqaal.ly-
Toe sudden death Of this Ecnia1, who|e-souled
Asn ". Smith, who hh3 for years been p1ouat-
,,e,,t in base-b1l aff airs ih tho Mound Cit7 pat
, d,mper upon the project aud TOR time the
rrtisot Of having real professional nine to do
I,tt;a for tho Clty OF st. Louis was faint indeed
Tora,tis the close OF last Season, bo*ever,
7,eetinc Of those flrorab:e to the organization
4; an ASSOCIATION on a solid bass, aad securing
sait.be set Of sla5ers for the campaign Of 1875.
-r.s called to meet q: tae Southern Hotel. The
1.rre attendance therear demonstrated tho deep
interest taken in the game BY tae public ut 1arge
,sh;ch wns further Illustrated whoa committee
than .nooIuted- to solicit subscriptions to tbs
nrooosed cacral stock oi 0,0W reported at a1s
Gijoarned meeting orcr
srxrnx THOUSAND DOLLARS
bona ddo appli.ations. :.ecessltating an increase
of the same from S10,0 ,0t3 10 e2ooN aaa tne
res.r:rtinn Of eaci st3c sholirr to hre stares OF
fhn stock. An electiun fo7 officers, :su1unE IN
t,c selection OF the folio xing gcnls men. gave
adEisiopal p.ooI that the business affairs OF Tue
Aseoc,a,iou would be condacsol "iti prudence
md abiisv Mr. j. g. c. Lucas beng chosen ffes!-
dant Charles 4. Fow!c. Secretary; Charles r.
Tueuer, 1reasu1ar: aud Messts. Ney1nan q. mc-
cre.sy, Joseph r. Carr, Wlll g. eselse1s' T. y"
Mr. c. o. Bishop vas-at once duly conrn1S-
sloncd aud dispatched East 10 secure
4 COMPETENT coRPs OF PLAYEEs.
= h@;no decided alter considerable discussion.
to ensa@e professional players OF koo"n ao1nsy:
as Heii as temperate, uaotab1e nAoH. ~ au1
nth the nd and advice Of hr. A: Il. Wright, OF
Philadelphia. who was selected pa.a a. man3set 90.
Cn.n1o.n. bradley, Miller, Datt1n. Waitt Wete
sc1oc,ed and engaged. McMui!.n, OF the
At,;n1i.s, was taken Ut his earnest solicitation
Int. ~ his contract was an informal one, DOT
legaly binding on account Of date ete' C. ne .oGz :;
-oua ot Ihat numstnus class OF plaTase alNaSa
,eaiy to sign contacts snl make promises ana
a;or as wiling 70 keep faith wi4a tho farms Of
fhn n;,e su,tauc ihem best.
TRAINING.
Ths man with most Of whore history in the
rrr,,. yn1r readers are no 6oubtfam:lias, arrived
in tins civ ea.ly in January, aud at once went
into a regular oourse Of 81 nnssttn and poaes-
t:1ku exercises, under the ! ersosaat supervision
Of tne manager a n.o9 ~ 14peh be The "pe ~
fion Of Mr. Wrscht. Tbs exercises consisted o!
two hours' calisth :nic exercise IN tue nliasouEl
Gymnasium Ear1ed win hano-oaI ~ has 20 ~
e,xt r. ,utro ace this hca1hy, exeft'ee as
Tarsc,es NJ snromotez amoug lhc basc-t,ali frnter-
nity In tuo afternoon. from TO sl3Ga' non'
5to mi os wclo covered with creo1ialie 1eec-
1atitY,
TIE ST. LOUIS TEAM.
Tho force above mentioned was lncscaseu ~
Mr.. dr4Heu took ouarEc Of affairs ~ the aa
hesion OF Hague, OF Philadelphia, and se~a1o,
Of 1t. Louis, aud our team BOW comprises tue
following men: George ". Bradley the PtIcneI.
is comparatively urknosn IN the p.otess' r. 10 10
Enston Club as third baseuan. he became eon'
viuced that he possessed tne necessary quanasa
4ions 20 make a s1ccess1nl pl1caet. ~ 6a.ne s
with he Princeton College nlno ne vas e'ssn a
tr1u il tho 1sst ei1 innlnss' nno sucieso H. ~
hIaukips them aud Winning tne ma;Ga III aoi 4,s hs
side. Tho victory OVER the lhnaae,pu.a EGy S:, "
ihe score OF II to soon after "arus X;
his claitn to the position ns fegnlal =, ~.
club. He is exceedingly aMlftr ana ~ 1ass Ese
ting ur tn Ill the points tequ1slse n .1ut a:e
the sx1Iled batsmen nho will De opposea 10 ntm
In throwing to and watch1s:g tae uanes ~ ~ ~
no superior; is aiso good fielder, eatner 10 ~ lus
ontfeM or on the bases, and, oo!tar tnan - ~
hnnest. and works like an engine 1oT " LIS sue:
Behind the bat VIC have Iom Mtter, "oose
4crea " has c,eated stir second on'y TO you
{. Force matter" He il lightly, nut sttoos.y sly
built, full 1t pluck quieh a.u ,hs hasea i;t:t
rerv TRICKY and cunning. Watcn1nt: TUG oaeea nAs
ahswE when payirg up. Ho IS also very sute
eata batsmsa. -
Every one knoKs that in Dehlrnan ne nave, ai =
first base, QUO rho hss in joe sta1t hls ON. on
eous!, Denf "fe batting much better tnan eve eve
haforo. 5nd Is playing ihe b4E as we'll as OF Tore
Ice B.tt,n will guard seoo1d for na. he l
from tho Athlet1c nine Of last rear, and Is one
tas hardest working PLAYERS IN the tFotession