, 1876-12-03

AppollonlO, Cnase. t0WIe, anu Canntycr, llnyt
agreed to adjourn their session until Weducsi]a,
eycning. The League Congicss. which meet:
Thursday, VIII be composed Of the fo}low'in:
members: Thompson mud Huston, Of tht
Athletic; Appol]onio and Harry Wright, OF Bos
ton: Hubert and spnlding, Of Chicago; J. L.
keck and S. T. Brown, of Cincinnati; BulkelcJ
aud Ferguson, OF Hartford; Chase and Chap
man, Of Louisville; Canncyer and Fotherin
st. Louis.
CHICAGO AMATEURS.
The Chicago Amateur Association have had
very suctessfui season, and have played mort
games than during any previous year. The,
will bold meeting at Quinn's place. No. L
West Madison street, Monday evening to scttlt
up the record and to award tho pennan1
for 18th, the ghampionsshMip slM Of the eity Th.
the winners. The Franklin Club will stand
to get this, inasrnuch as it has won TWENTY-FIVE
games during the season. The Acmes, whe
stand second, have won seventeen games. It i;
expected that some effort will be made to plar
out new incloscd ground-for amateur use fol
next year, md it this be done there IS no reason
why the Amateur Association should not dc
well.
. SCRAPS AND spL1STERs.
Mr.. NfcAlanus, who has been business man oI
the st. Louis Club for soinr time, and who sue.
ceeded Graifen as Manager. has opened ball
headquarters ut No. $50 North Sixth street, St
Louis.
The only engagements reported last week
were, first sort Of regular army enlistment
made BY Lewis ]. Brown for four years IN Harry
Nright's corps; and, second, the agreement OF
j. C. Chapman with the Louisyilles for a year.
The Chicago Post says: ''Thc Athletics have
played the past season 599 games, Of which they
have lost but 1867 This is rather cxtraordi.
nary statement, and may be doubted when it is
considered that to have performed this task the
Athletics must have. played an average Of over
three games day.
Tho. Philadelphia Sunday Republic SAYS:
'tTherc will be over thirty regular profession
al teams in the arena in 1877. Seven Of these
Louisville. Cincinnati, Boston,. Athletic, and
BROOKLYN" It may be all right about the thirty,
but about the scvcn,-stiil, 'swhere ignorance is
bliss, tits folly to be wise.' The 7th OF Decem-
Der will inform our contemporary Field.
Mr.. Fowle, Secretary Of the St. Louis Club, on
being interviewed by GlobcDenaoerat reporter,
gave currency to views Of an extremely proper
character, to the effect that the League should,
and probably would, take some action looking
to recognizing the contracts Of the scmi-profes-
sionals. 4 section to be proposed as an amend
mcnt to the League Constitution was drawn up
some time ago-and not in st. Louis.
The Chicago Journal has heard OF a move
ment On foot to establish d protective society by
which ball-players are to protect themselves
against nntrustworthy clubs and managers.
Tie best organization of that kind possible is
The National league,~ which provides, as
the Journal evidently does not know, that club
may, and must, be expelled for not paying its
players. Can the Journal suggest any society
which would have the same poHers
The Cincinnati Enquirer warns Mr.. Keck not
to cut loose from the League, for If he does the
League will accept some other club from bis
city. The same paper would like to see each
club keep its own gate receipts, and so would
r$1 ~ th1+ fnr 11,1|f
seems unlikely that that arrangement can be
entered into. Another idea which it suggests is
that the League membership be restrained to
four clubs and each one play twenty games,
which is also impracticablc.
The Chicago Ffeld-an excellent weekly
which goes lame on baseball matters oftcner
into the Clipper Inc, and inveig6s against
It throwing games" It will be quite time to
consider this matter when the Field man has
pointed to single sold game or dishonest
player. He adds that he would have the League
let us know who he means and how he would
"force'' II them out without bringing proof
against them, or the public will be apt to say Of
the writer that he dealsin platitudes, and writes
to cover space. Passing from the greater to the
less, the Field rather advocates professional
which idea The TRIBUNE first advanced
and only abandoned on a unanimous protest
from the managers, to whom the idea was sub
nitted. The position Of the Field in favoring
the abolition OF the fair fOul and the retention
OF the bound catch for fouls is sensible and in
brilliant contrast to the other comments.
The arrangement Of the Boston Club, which
promises the best for next year, is this: Brown,
catcher; Bond, pitcher; Morrill,, first base;
George Wright, second base; Sutton, third base:
Leonard, short stop; O'Rourke, Murnan, and
James White i'll the outficld. Another arrange
ncnt is: j. White, catcher Y. H. White,
pitcher; Morrill,, first base; G. Wright second
base; Sutton, third base; Leonard, short sop;
O'Rourke, bIurnan, and Bond in the outfield.
The latter arrangement would have the alyan-
tage Of a change pitcher, and the former 2
change catcher; Either way, & Morrill, ;+nnni md
materially n teri affecting the strength Of
his position, the Club has abundant
material to fill the position, rs there will be
four men, beside Harry Wright, lying idle ali
the time. It need hardly be said that this Is
too large number to carry, and that It MI uld
be for the mutual interest Of the Club and
players If the number was smaller. 1t will
prove poor policy to attempt to carry extra play
Wright, are quite enough for all practical pur-
poses. The above arrangement OF the Boston5
Is on the eupposition that James White would
not DC the catcher when Bond vas pitching. 1t
] i'm were to catch Bond perhaps stronger ar
rangetncnt could be suggested. But, take the
mines Us they are given, aud there Is but one
weak hitter in each. Leonard would be missed
nobody in the Club can equal George Wright at
second base.-BosGon Sunday Herald.
TIE TURF.
ONE or THE GREATzsr CASES or sw1spL1NG
&1,n +1x thn{ has han