, 1875-03-21

What the Chicago Turfmen Think Of
the Palmer nopse ConSulta-
ti0n.
Sketch Of the Tolleston Club---Its
Grounds.
Progress Of Tho Billiard Tournaments
Gard from Slosson.
General Items

General !tems-
BASEBALL.
THE CHICAGO N1sE.
Tbs members OF the new White Stocking C1ul
for the season of 1875 are all here, most Of then
having arrived in the city last Monday. Among
them are seyeral OF tho old faces familiar to tn,
patrons Of the eame as members OF the team q
1874. Hines. Glenn, old Zettlein, Devlin, ant
pe,ers will 1eappear in the new nine. probably il
their old positions. They are all glad TO get bacl
To Chicago, and since their arrival here have beer
welcomed by many friends, whom they assure
they intend to make it su]try this season for III
the clubs East, West. and South. There art
several new players among the nine who arc no
known to Chicago except Us they have OCCASION
aIly appeared in rival clubs. Highan tie favor
IT, pitcher OF the afutuals. Warren and Bielaski
o6 the BAltimores, Hastings With whom Chicago
had part Acquaintance through bis connection
with the Forest Gtys CT Rockford. and Kecrl ot
she Maple Leafs. though in the oa:ly history OF
tho game he onoe played with ths Chicago E1-
celsiora which went to pieces at the hands OF the
Nationals Of Washington, and was for very
short time member Of the Chicagoe oi
1870, coma here comparative strangers. They
hlvs had no reason to complain, however,
of their treatment here thus far. They were
cordially met by the old Chicago p]avers, and
suce their arrival have been pat IN the way Of
making many friends. But their reception by
the general public altogether depends upon their
conduct On the ball~ield. II they arc earnest
snd pains:aling no audience in the country Will
pore freely accord them praise and applause
snd more heartily glory in tbei- victories If
they are not-well Chicago is = hard city for bail
clubs remarkable only for the numbers OF th-,r
defeAts- Chicago at present believes that the
new nlns is an excellent one, mud has every rea
son to think it will secure much more praise
thsp cepsu1e-
M.nager Jimmy Wood is greatly pleased With
bis team. the hardy, healthfEl appearance Of
Ehs harmony and good feeling which prevail
kmoug them, lead hlm to believe that they will
work together effectively. e2d form the strong
eat combination tuat Chicago has ever Ind He
ssys the men a1e strictly temperate, 8, all first
class bail players, aud will eptef the field with
ont any Of the petty jealousles and i1l-fee1loEs
that weakened the nine Of last gear. One
caarac:eristio possessed by the niue which
Jimmy thinks greatly to their advantage is, that
Ill Of them arc young players. They have not
been in the basel bail business long enough to
lose theic zeal and interest in thair games.
None Of them are baseball hacks who play JUS:
veil enough to keep themselves in E joo. and
care for little else than their salaries. all Of
them, With the exception Of Zettleln, are fresh
h the professional ranks. none having been paid
plsscra more than four years.
Manager Wood counts more upon the harmoni-
Gus working Ut the club than anything else.
With nine that pulls we'll together, whose
plavers back up and support each other and are
not solely bent upon keeping up their individual
records, the defeat Of cl,bs individually strong
h%1fr is71ip mi
The importance ct it he fully recognizes. He
thinks that the condihon Of the nine in this
respect ia very hopeful sign, and he is quite
ready to predict their success over clubs wnose
Players names make & show1nK Of grest
strength.
Besldes possessing this es.ential to successful!
PLAYING, jimmy THINKS they laTe certain charac-
te1ietics which make Hhen individually stronger
shan any other club iu the country. One Of them
b their skill in base-1unuing. Hastings, Bic
iaaki, Warren, Peters, Kee1l, snd Higham are the
tstast base-runpers In the ranks OF professional
:uhs. Hastings and BieiasA are noted for their
Richness. Peters last season astonished every
body With the rapidly with which ho darted
from one base to another. Higham among the :
Rutuala was noted for lis running,
u coyote. Wood attaches much Importance
b base-running. He says that ba1f-a-dozen su-
perior hase-ru..ners can rattle almost auy club.
Ths batting strength Of the new nine is excel
lint Aaet1 fa1 fhA nf tha
H.TtfoTda xii, STOOD eaconi in tne White
horI1nsn H,nh,4,, 1 ,rss aecond in the MrtnaIa.
VsrTeo hatt +he a.rns nlace in rhe hatting score
af the Batlmores; H,nes, Glenn and Peters arc
Nsne.T ssfs f.sr T raa~ ,saa aonal to that of anv
nr9ass,onaT nsrsr r1s ~ Win tha e1oention Of zet-
atin tber .re 81 81 rsrv haarr hatte1z.
71a csnere, - f.sii3e ;s thst she nine will
enfeat tbs n 1an;a ri7,h withont much tronhIe.
d tbs strar..tt - ths4 orsu6isstion It hen too
n,n1 NO o1 tna1 ~ he ra1 =. snecss nec .uo
tn n srr =. ~ ~ 81 frst re.r Miller Bradlsv
B,nc. ma Vita },.va never plnred ID pro.
tessional n,ne hefore Re.tin played one se.-
Mn u;th tha +hIat,o. .nd u.s e1joued In leava
hsm ~ hs,snsa sns Aes ~ at a"a enccs-s Flret ia
,omnars.;va 4r-s, and ..nn cnod." Pearce and
0ahimsn ara he onI, n1ayera who have had
nncs' a rnofas.;on.; sts 1a11 a+1,spanca FtH'