, 1876-09-24

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out AZ It's games. In this it has been grfe7
I lously disappointed, aud now has to anno,,nc
snat the Mutual Club of Brooklyn is s'buste,
Tha Tlae open" and will not come West again
INC peculiar constitution of the Mutual Glub
and its extraordinary action iu the circ,,m
| note. f' 0~1''|'4o
During last week Atr. Cammeyer, proprieto
OF the Mutna1s, wrote to Mr. w. A. Hulbert
resident resident OF the Chicago Club, saying that un
placed him In such condition that he ooult
not bring bis club West again this year. RI,
impression conveyed to Nj Hubert by tht
letter was that MIR. Cammeyer was not tinan
sy, eaally aole to take the risk Of a two
weeks trip without some sort Of certainty thai
ne would come out on the right side ct the
ledger. Thus thinking, Mr. Hubert wrote t.
MI Fowle, active man Of the St. Louis Club
ana. m after stating the case OF Mr.. Cammeyer,
one.eo e TO join the st: Louis Club in guarantee
games in Chicago, and $500 more for his share
oI three games in St. Louis, and, more thar
that, to arrange that he could play them all il
one week Both these very liberal offers
we're at once tclegraplled to Mr.. Cammeyer; but
he yesterday replied. It It is impossiblc.n fhis
is Of course an announcement tGat the Mutual
Ciu6 will go out OF existence as member oi
the League, and that its games will all be
thrown out of the championship record. Inas-
much rs franchise in the League is valuable
property, and the Mutual Club could have kept
lts membership il it had chosen, it is worth
while to look US far as possible into the motive
which animated the action Of Mr.. Cam
meyer. The statement that the Mutual
Club might have come West and filed all its e1.-
Eascments Il # had chosen, is not guess, but
aud St. Louis guaranteed Mr. Cammeyer would
have fully paid all his expenses on the trip, to
say nothing Of what he would have gotten III
Louisville aud Cincinnati 1t cannot DC, there
fore, that lack Of money is the only reason why
MI. Canmeyer refuses to keep his pledges.
played may explain something Of the reasons
which would move the Hartford Club to work
III every way they could to retire the Mutuals
and throw out their games. The Hartfords had
lost four gnmes to the Mutuals, and won only
three, while St. Louis and Chicago had won SIX
and seven respectively, and lost one each. Be-
fore the recent Eastern trip person figuring as
the Hartfords would could have easily shown
that they would lead Chicago il the Mutual
games were thrown out, and, in any event, could
not lose second rlace, then as now held BY St.
Louis. Add to this that CammeYer has engaged
no men for next year, and yet proposes to have
nine on his grounds, and that it is settled
almost beyond doubt that the men engaged
by Mr.. Bulkeley will play next year in Brook
iyyn, and you have an inkltng Of the state Of
worthy Camnaeyer to break his word There is
in every feature Of Che breakup quite reason
enough to accuse the Hartfords OF being at the
bottom Of the affair. Hints OF the plans for
next year have been all the season scattered
through the Clipper, and that sheet has nearly
every week expressed its desire, hope, and ex-
pectation that the old Atlantics would be reor-
ganiZcd with Ferguson at the head. This would
mean, of course, the transfer OF the present
Hartford team. It, is quite impossible that
Cammeyer should have refused to make
trip under such offers as Alessrs. Hulhert and
Fowle made him unless he could make more
money by staying away. Perhaps we shall
some day come to know how much Bllkelcy
paid to get! those four games against him
thrown out. The scheme which IS here re-
ferred to seems to have been put up some. time
ago, and before the Hartfords lost three games
out Of four to St. Louis and Chicago. It was
thcn hopeful project; nov it can only sue
,eed by miracle.
THE ETn1cs OF swmD11ya.
The general public do not perhaps under
t2ud the results Of the Athletic and Mutual
efqsa ins tq g end n their series as well as they
The present case illustrates it per-
ectly: The four Western clubs travelled all
trough the East, taking one-third OF each
'atnc's receipts, and finding it marvelousiy
ooE ..a. picking hasa When they returned ed home and
here here they could hoy hope 'te to rsceiss ssss
elapsed clubs calmly refused to give them
llanee, and thus swindled each club out of
! 900, or thereabouts. Therefore, when the
n easy way out OF the difficulty, it only brazens
ut q confidence game If the Athletics want
0 forfeit ~ their games, let them send draft |
or $500 to each Of the Western clubs. The !
blowing article from the Courier. Journal, but
robably written by Charles E. Chase, Vice |
resident Of the Louisville Club, is not bit too
arsh:
For several years past the Athletic Club viewed |
trough its managers, has acted the part Of per-
stent blood-suekeE and unscrupulons scalawag to
professional brethren, noet particularly to those
ut here In the West. The management Of the
nb has been noted for doing innumerable dirty
'inss, and the present season will close without
leir usual record being departed from. Long be-
IRE the Western clubs started on their second
astern tour the Athletic management knew
II well that the Athletic Club could not pos
ries Of games in Philadelphia between the
,me club and the Western representatives,
c obligations being return series OF two
'mes. Notwithstanding this, the Athletic man
ement keep the desperate condition in the affairs
their club profound secret from Chicago, st.
prcsentatives Of those cities have very nearly
rried out their part OF the programme to the let
:, and then the following Statement penned to
hers Of like import to those at the head Of the
aiming Western clubs: The above specimen |
silky-fneness amounts to just this: The Athletic
ub after literally obtaining money under false
etenses from the Western Organizations, has the
blime cheek to suppose they will be so green
again play right into their clutches, and bite |
,re greediy ut the bait than before. But what
ject had Mr.. Thompson in offering the Western |
lbs two-thirds Of the receipts to stay in Phadel-
ia and finish the series OF ten games with the |
me club, when the remaining one-third would
cunt to almost nothingr Simply this: The
hetic Club has contracts for next season with I
'era1 Of their best players Of this sea- {
l, notably with Battin and Bradley, Of ]
St. Louis Browns. With such players as {
y have engaged, Philadelphia expects to carry
the championship pennant Of 1877. But the
lnces OF the club will not permit Of another
stern trip by the Athletics, and, ii that Western
, is not forthcoming, their:games won and lost :
thrown out OF the League record, the club
1t is pitched overheard, and the contracts with
yers for next year amount to naught. II the | {
season, sea fuldiins its quota a.' Of | eomes =
prescribed by the League Eulcs, then
Sc players already engaged for next
r will be kept well in hand. To accomplish 4.
/, o call has been made On the Western clubs to !
1y stay In Philadelphia, complete the 10 u
les with the Athletics, lose money on every gume G
ied there, aud when everything is finished satis-
oriy to Mr.. G. ". Thompson and the rest Of
n, to be thanked by such remarks, which, If
expressed open'y, are thought very strongly,
the devil with you and your clubs" Mr.