, 1876-12-17
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H;Ss Hs;;s,n T9lss' F1sS, Aaa''
saydcr Hyaa. Chapman.
S};:.s. S2$ S'E:s B:::s Ess;:''. b'ss: SS's''
p,,btdgo. Carey, Holdswortn,
Ss5;; SS9dset, fFsasa'''' Fe9E. Gishszzii. GGhisah'szii
HOW TIE ATHLETICS TAKE IT.
The philadelphia Mercury, organ Of the Athletic
Club, thus plans the future Of that organization
outside Of the League:
Alnehs hare been expected. the At Athletics found no
ss!s; sss = M Rsas
IA lie least bare aways been OF the opinion that
e. 7 and they haa on: 81 tic
T Is aha g. q
aG Of hE sassS tor ns3t ye
% ,Se League, and Viii piny "a Independent nine next
s ss sisgs @ Il vii no oaEs
ri avc Of six Thousand 2] collars . annually fsr r
feeetns "Rc hn5 w
: IL a eT pea5 ou nke an exec pes
:. qfs nns While c no;Sa Q, = s5
e,a!d Ss selected whilc Son1mcrvIllc OF Al l:each
Il s Wo oh m
4 names to ptcS fr!:n. INCLUDING EsGer sen:e a3sr-
tnas1is whose naues We cannotc call to mind at pres'
ri.
The above is in striking contrast to the attitude Of
The same paper couple OF weeks ago, when 1t dared
the Western clubs to attempt to expc1 the Ath1et-
lcs and asserted that it had four members OF the
lessue pledged to vote againzt expulsion: ., =.
herring the news, and then adds: - We repeat
Ills is good news because it kills the League. ~
The Clubs composing the Lcacuc cannot make
3n11.. -4.91- -& 1n1, ,xn$A nT1 ff1nr Inn
d. (D Here the harvest IL gathered. i!) here
only Is found hospitality, q here only is the game
appreciated ut its full worth" ~ It then ad-
1sorgan;ze on the 3en-men plan, and TINT the for
o. senes along, ~ for atbs ien can pfoerrs them
eae aaa
hg The money made By clubs in Phi1ade1thla, TEE
Tn1BuSE, having various figures at hand. points
70 the followin: facts: The Gaeaso clao
ishss played in Philadelphia IN 1874, 1875, ana
1s76, the mnnil;csnt sum Of 81 30, oran average
ot $a3 per game! The same rate OF reoompense 1t
throughout the country would have bankruptcd the
elub left the players unpaid. anu raised very much
such state oi things exits in Philadelphia TO-
ta5-c1cepting only that the Chicago club would
hare saved their honor, which did not occur TO the
The sunday Rtpujlic d.smisses the subject as
foDowss 'Thcre will be no Leasne organization in
this cfty next rear, unless the gentlemen who are
connected with the Philadelphia sec 1T to enter
ihtm. The Athletic have been expelled by
unanimous vote. there net being dissenting vote:
This without doubt the end OF that ti1nc- -honored
,gaf3zation, the old Athletic Club
The Globe Democrat relates the following anec-
aote Of Devlin, OF the Louisville club:
4 Louis Cn6 10 send him SO and that he would meet
tte,a IN Cleveland aad p@4ect arrenEcnents to pitch
S tse s. Las clgb did nothing ef tic Kid
be p {s,1e bad a1s9 S1sn sS more y Is M
Sas ldsn5sa @,t6 ts hs. o5s ss 3e ';e
Terror Of the West" was compelled to Tepcn'sa his
fatse In some other way.
nsnds that the facts concerning Devlin should be
gren especially Us his side Of the story was given
n TnE TE1rrxEs Louisville correspondence :ome
6qa De'ofe ns deiar
slieh be WINS entitled on tho past seasons ct1-
Hgement. and at his request the club gutborltlcs
.ianced him $3.50 on 1875 contract When 1;s tnts
bot forthcoming, whcrcu2on he made himself e. Z.
:emely unpleasant. and wrote letters to Nick
senne claiming that bis engagement with LOUIS
ITO. The reply Of the louisville Club was ealm
ssaages. but sinply demanding the rght n2 tS
eoose accorded ty the Doard. Pending this
.:tion, Deylin wns attempting to get money, not
oag ont Of the st. Louis and Cincinnati Clubs, Us
sta!cu ~ Llc above e11l1ct, DHI out u
1tanns In and out OF the League. complaining IN
eret3 case that he couldn't get his pay from Louis
slile, when, Us matter of fact, he had not Only
sotsn ~ that was que him from that slu'. oSe hao
work. There Is nothing in the Louisville Clubs
.stion which bears out 1evlin,s. accusation Of un;
!a:1ness and the only thing which can be aliescdi
ss!nst ihe Directors ofthe club and the people OF
ne city is TINT the5 were too easy with Devnn.
and treated him With suc,, undue leniency that hc
oseame pufed up with vanity. and, dcem1ng MS
.setF1cea indispensable, made an ass OF himself
TIE s4CLIPPER" CAMPAIGN.
When the Lcaguc was formed it drcw down upon
Aat once the cnnity OF the New losk CappeF' oe
1ese the editor OF the ball department OF Inat ~
paper WAS not consulted either in the formation OF
" League itself nor in the conttrueuon 81 tne
tales under which tplaycl- The enmity whch negan
nese Was made more bitter BY the fact that me
paaac9ton Of the League rules was taken amat Wy
1:on this same editor, named Chadwick, ana pEt p
%asie they would bring the most revenue 1of toc
Ies4ue. This same enmity has been all as;ons n;'
rT y vn1lous petty and mean little ways; nut, no%
snt the League hes passed successfully tAron9a
~ nEst year, and ended it with vigorous en2rt 10
ho ane IRON ss a on psr
I'D and declaring war in a short but utterly false
faa prejudlced statement Indeed. It IS wSnaet, T.
~. ao~ many falsehoods the wraet an ssscr
~. Eoa that the Western Clubs took adventass oi ~
IT, nat they were in majority 10 exPct ing
.eue and Mutual Clubs. Nothing could DC ia'eea E,
"a. .ths Board Ct Directors were two Eastern ana
~ 40 Western clubs. lind the Eastern menaosss
/, T.: she Board voted mo" on the II9 M9nUn ,snt
Ut s'ecornmend expulsion, the action coaiu 1s1 noi
rea haye been taken. And yet they ootn v0te. es
tMs.e1pel, and made the Board unanimous. uoeS
~'st iook as If the Western clubs forced
Again, when the League came to vote on the e.
Rasoa of the two clubs, it took 70 Gar1
aas measure. The Western clubs could not nave
.a aos TINT two thirds unless sided by the Eostoi1s
~ Aaruords; but ret the League unaniaaoueis
toted to expel the defarlters. It. was and IS lae
~ that the eTec: OF giving the balance OF po"e'
"9e West was to e1pei the clubs.
Further on in the ten lines is the statement tha,
MeAeague endeavors to .'susta1n its position II
lending the general class Of professional cnoa
informed pr he Ia . malicious falsifer. Who Va.
Aeps ea6 or excluded from the League