, 1876-07-25
SPOl{'l'IN(1.
DASE-I}ALT.
A CURIOUS LITERARY kFFohT.

lust arrived at this Office contains fearful
declaration Of war by the sporting reporter OF
that paper on tho unfortunate who appears TO
hold Tic sainc relation to tho azttte. 1t is cvI-
IDENTIFY based OIL surnc article (which the writer
Inns not tccn} in whic, annicth!ng IL alleged.
This may not bc very definite statemcnt ot tho
cause Ut the war, but 1t Is really difficult to
work up mitch enthusiasm over It, and to htutly
into It would be impossible. However, the En-
gnirer article Is ah excellent one In fts way,
fully equal 10 anything ever pcnncd by Mr..
sllrk In The best days of The Eatonwlll J'tde'
fatnitut. For fnstancc:
Wards Kangaroo. Il I'm aiaoosfn' listlc knss;",
lie beeo,lrs 20 ridicutoua somot!nes that It would
but, like aii beautiful out.y.tootsy children, e
aRiss ;aRais or which m :s + ai%R} esf
Of sl5 per week, this little ''puff" would ncver
have been pcuned.
+ xoa p!stty eleafly from n,tn tho gS gfn
fron ile poultry. yard in Cincinnati Journalism.
But lie uppears further on as "g,izzlcr,"
"k!tten,na "duck," AZ "IgnoEamYs." "eu- ~,
dcating youth. 81 far as the general tone Of
tho article Is concerned. tho sVccs1ucns al,0rc
given show its literary character, and It might
bc dismissed DID nut paragranll stats ~ III.
ssnty sa sTms tt n9 5reG o se
ueI1' Gaee1 hui ssii. told %wloppcf" WIa tic last.
named paper respectfully declines To act Us u.li-
ptre In any contest Jus, the
Inns all along been I'll the habit of giving clean
hits for bases taken on calei bulls, nnd he
justiflrtl his action By tayng that Harry Wright
did it. The Enqaircr followed thc practice n!a
TRipuan showed by Mr. Young, the highest
authority in tic hus!ness, tllat tic .practtc vas
Illegal, anil by Hurry Wright that liz Ind mover
authorized It. Where the "whorper" L, cai'; cal;
enc cnongh ri I to lad ti,at ~ ths ony motive In the
world was to secure fair play fur tho players
outside Cincinnati. As f0r woTdy wars Of wind,
why, bless you, We had mrcls rather t'rint news.
plKE's OPINION OF M'9EAHY.
1t is announced that Pike, who l,as been play
ing with the St. Louis fpr two seasons. llas
signed with tho Cincinnati Club fEr ncxt ), year,
an.! tle following paragraph from the o'-D' ez-
popular cuntrc. .lcllcr u t1e brown Stockings, yes.
eonvs.saton @ xitl lin, s:kea his r, slgn;
vi ~ VIZ ssssea 4 s NY opIaoa s. Mutual ss9s Il
K sat nessy III .5 pssa0asss :oa ,ss Rae % WA
crooked rlaycr also expressed the samo nMGon
Of my opinion, to which I rtt1l adhere, Ksmeen
WIS engaged In my place for next. ycar. Seeing
Gnennat ns @ %ext s year % "itongh hase bseous fond
Of st., Louis, mud would hayo preferred 10 s'aS
ro-pAY's GAME.
The Cincinnati Minis arrived from st. Louis
yesterday, and put III gootl rcst Tor to.9ay,s
game. iley arc in pretty good slnps and fully
as likely To win a gan.o from tho ChienEob as
The Athletics were when they cane 1ev hehfe,mn heJo
pitcher III Dean whum scveral of tile Chleago.sa
iaye never fnied. Their ni:!c for to-ny VIII
probably DO: I'noth, e.; Denu, p; douls's o.;
smeqsy r. Fosy an, D. sarst Ks,ssp' r. oar
Foley Inns n,n1y friends III Chicago who Will cx-
poet to sec llm play tlie Ean'e'
II Is announced thut Mills, nov Of the Hart
for,ls, will play In Louisville next year. barring
TINT e lsas gusts of tI1ts aud gusts of that, lle
will do very wul!.
For nbout the twentieth time this yenr. the
announcement ia nsntio that Providence, H. III
will have professional team next yet!r, mil
tllat Cummings and Allison haTc SIGNED to 70
there.
Some extraordinary ass has started Tug story
that Ferguson was to play third base for Cllt-
cago next year. Tlirse cAn be no answer to
such yarn.
St. Louis having faIrd to secure The men sho
wanted out of the Chicago Club, Inns made MI
other arrangement for one position, as shown III
tho following from tho httasoEican:
roscc vii, NAV stort- stop far st. Louis in 1877.
Ilu Will bu very valuable addition tn thG nine. !tc
is splendid short stop, aud splendid batter. iily
to Plkos. In 1x1.. he led tho entire HIT. Last
your he was nn,brr ten In tho lst. Such rccoF!
establishes hiA battling abilities beyond duaht, nnl
he cannNt he nno Of those hriit!nnt zx'cs WHO ub'
| tain great nano on d few spnrts OF batttng.
| nr,oOMiNGT0H. lLta
| Rpectaf Dispatch 10 1ze 1etbun@ So,
! DLooMISuroN, ILL.,, July M.-Bnac-6all-
Louisville, 10; Bloomington .. Louisville
twice whitewas1ctl; Bloomington, eight tucs.
| VT. PAUL, MISN.
| Speeta. nspatch 10 7hs Tribune.
| ST. Paul, Mimi, July.l .-l@asu-ball-atutrals,
Of Juncsvie, Wia., Ii; Red Caps, Of ~; Fail,
I {. Tile galnc was a,etter played than tic one
bctwCcn tho snn.e n!ncs Saturday.