, 1876-11-05
Tzottting at Dexter Park To-MoTrow---
Budd Doble's Stable.

to operate the Club. Grounds vcTe
leased and laid of by engineers, sod being
placed upon the lot selected to play upon. The
necessary seating arrangements had to be pro
-vtded, and when these things and the salaries
from Nor. Is, 1875, to April Is, 1875, had been
paid, the amount in the treasury was, 'as play
~er remarked, "dcn little, assure you"
Thus having decidedly lean purse before
play began, the Louisvillcs hailed The coming
ot the Chicagos with q great display Of delight.
The attendance at the opening contests was
large and paid well. The Louisville nine then
consisted OF Snyder, Dcylin, Carbine, Somer-
vile, Fulmer, Gcrhardt, Chapman, Hastings,
and Bechtel. The 1irst game was won by Chi
eago to, 0, the second also by 10 to o..
Lent being over, the Kentucky folks could
relish the eggs presented them, and began to
call their Club failure. Then matters changed,
and Carbine alone was the failure &c was
oustcd, Gerhard1 going to first from third,
Hague taking his place there. Victories over
ST. Louis anu Cincinnati elevated the spirits of
thu bcop,e regarding their nine, and, had tile
CLUB Wuskcu IRON this time on as it should hare
co1c, Ill would hare been well. AS it was, the
players seemed not to work well together, and
lost Lalt-a-duzcn games 1airly theirs but lor ex-
ccrablc 1nulliug IN the ninth inning. An idea
seemed to take possession Of the people here
liat LAt 1llJ EG1tAu VI tuEIf money Ok11tuSt
ol Lie wealthy uacke1s OF The Club, were not do
i,4g their hest to win. Another notion was that
tue selection OF Manager Chapman had been an
unfortunate cue. So lar as concerns the lat
!cr, the Directors hare always had the
fullest confiicnce in Chapman, and the poor
success o. tic Club was not attributed BY them
lo hun. Dcchtcl MES dismissed, and Allison put
III RI; ;At tiu- This had good effect for awhile,
but poor Dlayiug together Of all the men again
delnonstrated that something was 1adicaily
set tt.,eY .
tar Directors, aud De1lin succeeded Fulncr as
captain. fnc good accomplished was only
-c.Ai,orary. Deylin's temper was '' a source OF
aHuust constant trouble" the other players
said. Then le was eompimented everywhere
Tor his pitching, aud the Others became possess
rd Wit! notion that all their playing amounted
IL nothing .or themselves, every good accom-
llishcl boistering up Devlfn's repu-
.ation. ~ .:ftn l;as; eh, having been taken 3saa
to Jimmie chnson, OF tie Memphis Club, mat
les Frightened considerably, and, had Solncr-
yliI aisu been removed to the field, Clinton
Vlayl1~ first and Gcrhar6t second base, bet
Ter record and more money in the treasury
would Lave been the result SomcrFlle was
couilDucd uu Second base His playing was mt
times unusually ybr1liant, but in the main sue
uessioa of miserable muf11ng ut critical juno
turIs when nerve was most needed. Had he
been put LII right iicld, his own record, as #ell
rs the Cubs, would nave been FAR higher. The
lu;nrY to Snyder again, weakened the Club, and
though his successor, Holbcrt, played we'll, be
didaot show up like Snyder. All Of these things
operated SO much against the Club that the at
tendance after August on the home
expenses were paid until the Club Weut East.
tt,e second time. Boston alone gave decent
receipts, Hartfords' amount, as usual, being
very little the Mutuals' tolsrabe, and Athletics
ccpts tllis trip would have been most disastrous.
Ttlo Mutuals took AWAY s100o from four games
fclc,~ Louisville got about $3.50 from games
there. The Athletics got little here, and like
wisc.the Lodisvllles in Philadelphia Il was an
even thing With Boston, and Hartford, Of course,
received three or four times mucl'as given.
For the causes related above Louisville ut the
close Of the scason found deficit Of 5000 in
her treasury. Bankruptcy was not to be rcsortcd
to, and rs to the best manner Of getting free,
from trouble no one could determine satisfacto-
rily. meeting Of stockholders tuok place scy-
ckal days ago. After q long discussion they
resolved to contribute among themselves .sufti-
cicnt money to pay of the Clubs Indebtedness.
also to force delinquent stockholders to pay up:
The first policy resulted in raising Sl,20o. The
second has not been pushed to any extent If
the present stockholders choose to sue those
who fa1l to make good the, amounts subscribed
authorities say those. who failed to pay up stock
subscribed can be made SO todo. The PLAYERS are
all here noE. Dcylin, Fulmcr. and. Sonleryillc,
it is sale, are very much dissatisfied and disposed
10 kick1 lnough tnc Eoor W. tnas & wv H. 10
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1ne15 ianu1e easc at Sfr;ta, stas nc, W.
arsi,, re',s;re ,,;m Erom Than NTH t1,e r1osc
y AZ reer F,Ins- ni.vcd Ir;11antir 1otter hv
%ir ~. th,, svsr hsfora a;'d NM that ka saes =,
4n;nIs d. thst III his 1ahor @ b"s hs"n ~ vsin toa
font ~. b. l. aiss.t;sgoa e,,s ~ ~ enr,r;so
r. nn;sr;l1a " eornerr;1ia hae inss rnocon - .5o
. Eitkr1 Tran any one eisc. Ind the nirectors
la :,.%-
eh aid ,r r;.d ~, r,,nch .ic,1o+a . ~ 80
t-sfa ,nnnfhs soo ner1i,, 1 I;d h;e Jn+1 IL
66isvcd veil he ye,, +hronch w nc 1 cbief fan1ts
w. lie ternn.- .,d h;s ,,l,,o ,,r;.a r. 1at.a1
ss cnme Of tao nrh ,s nra3se N Ne annrs n
.monr t1,c ..sin,re-s i nf The eenae p''eA' '1'o
! saw Dcyrn iast nirht o., hts way tn c5nc,n-
natl. and in onr conversation wc snote ~ The
nrcsrnt @ trouhie. I asked him: uWhat d. rou
men have u, sar If thr nrescnt tronh1cs,,
I'VE have not resolved mr. money for tvo
months said ncv5in: the nIrectnTs ~, -ere "ti
nt IT s;+r .nd en far - nc@t Sesr,s cinh -. T.
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