, 1876-02-04

and tnctlicIoncy. and the other fncu1nprancea Of
tlao game, it viii meat With favor everywhere.
cosstpERED N DETAIL
tho resoutton wAa greatly needed. Tho Mutual
aud dick liighams in i. Tho Athletic hsa been
too long under tho ruln Of HperEng; tho phiIh-
dotphaa arc happily cut OF entlreiy-And tbAt
ono thing IL worthy tho whos uaovs, because
combines ali that In doubtful and bad IN playing
and management, from Concannnn 10 2estiein.
You may bs sure that NO hero Ate varr hkppJ to
ha able to bid Kooa-by 10 the rtiiadetphiss.
deal asrcngtbens them. becauss it remover the
necessity Of playing viii, Tie Now lIa7ons I'm.
icsa shoy choose. YOU can Judge for yourself
how it will a6ect the wost.
aion Of Baseball has. by tho election Of krt
Young to tho Hccrotaryal.tp Of tbs now AAsocia-
ton. gotten rid Of tho Old Man Of ths Sea, who
lives To this city, and WHO has far sof1o years
boon dead "ofeht OF, the nsok Of the Ramo. I
don't know whether ho has heard Of The now
scheme or not. but am convinced tlIht Il ho
Ind he has applied 10 como cue to bo made 8ec-
Rotary oft.
A cH1e&ao COMMENT.
The hboTs full dispatch from THE TRtnUSE'a
New York baseball correspondent gives the
facts ot tho new movement aa he undor6tattls
them. and It Ia rjEhr to ray that he Ia generally
correct. Whcroyar he ia wrong tho fault may
10 attributed 10 tho fact that the movement ia
entirely Wtatoru ono il conception and cxecu-
ston. and that TO this city itst IL tho c1ode due
Of freeing tho game ftom ita bad features. Tho
ideas whlch are set tort, IN The constitution and
rules Of tho now Association arc exactly those
recommended In TIE TRIBUNE Of data Oct. ~,
1915. aud tho professionals havo chohon wlaely
10 following tho suggestions there given them:
Tnn effect ~ regards Western clubs will DO
excellent. and tho gentlemen who take an tnter-
cut iu the game in shis ctr may bo assured tllat
We nhkll hare no morn Dick 1!gham and Zet-
tlein buanosa under the new regime. In 1T.
Louis thero ia no question but that the new
movement will aid tho Browns greatly In cutting
III tho useless ied Stockings Who never lad
any particular reason for e1latencn except ~ III
amateur club,
Tho general feeling amoug Ill Western bali
men will be Of gladnoes that thcro is uu further
necessity OF considering tue rlllsde!phiaA As
equals, 6atneB may be played with theu II thov
continue to o1iat, but ths idea that the1t ueashen
Cblneo practices arc to hereafter he their own
fessiouol clubB. will give feeling Of relief.
THE utgT0nY or THE NEw MOVEMENT
further than IL set forth in the foregoing dis
patch. is a. follows.
in September last tho Chicago Club ,nnusgo-
ment SAW that something must be done to tevire
public confidence In the national game, which
had become greatly impaired in tho West, and
especially 10 Chicago, BY tno or three players 10
Westerns and tho relapse OF tho He'd Stockings.
In October TIE TniauNE pointed ont tho way 70
clear tho path In au article which was read and
iudosBed by bali men ali over tho Wcas. The
matter EEhw in consideration until in
tho winter an informal conference Was held
Ut Louisville, which wns ~ the aAmo time
pleasant Rochl meeting and convention OF in-
port to the game. At that meeting tho "8-club
ilan," so-calIed, Uaa discussed and favored by
Ill parties, and tue upshot Ut tho meeting waa
that tho two gentlemen before named woso
doputied to bind tho Western clubs 10 q plan
like that noted provided the othog four Clubs
would como in. Tic gentlemen named then
called moc.ing in Nov York Feb. g. aud tho
result Of that gathering ia giyeu above. Tbs
wlnfo movement WA8 essentially Western in
origin, but not in any Offensive sense, becsuse
1t Was wisely planned for the good Of ALL bath
| East and West.
TIE Tn1BCaE extends henrty welcome to The
now Association. aud assures lts members that,
If thoy live up to the idoas they h%yo put forth,
thoy will have this year the most succossful sea-
Bop thoy lavo eyer known. Chicago people will
turn out this auinnef moro largely than they
llave Rince 1870. because they will 10 assured Of
honcst games aud 4oo1 games. The fact IS that
from tllis time III long III tue new Association
kecps up its principles it null be safo to Bay that
:. championship game" 1neans q good gamo
aud all honest game-thfngs which couldn't DO
safely predicted when tue Atlautlca, tho Wash-
ingtoHs. md tho P4ilade!plias wero among tho
contestants.
ANNOUNCEMENT.
There will be- at important meeting Of tho
Liberty Base Bail Club this evening 1t 8 o'clock,
at Qutnns Exchange, No. u West Madison
street. All uonbe1s aro urgoutly requested to
be on hand.