, 1876-12-24

s.g. The paper takes occasion 10 inculcate IL
: following great moral lesson:
1t Is fact TINT might as we'll be faced at the b.
ginning, that there three men in the new orea1
lzat1on VINO nave been In the habit during tho pa
Iew years OF doing more drinking than IL good Il
then them: The discipline OF the Club must Be sue
season, and We know that It Is Mt Keck's iate1
ton to see that this principle Is carried out to tt
st5dF add = 19ere a s,s, Is NO member Of tue nine to
c2i sSn; vii VII b promptly dismissed II from ron Il 4
who hve zee as 5ss e. %hcs ths
: az we'll come here with their minds made up to le
1!auos alone, Or not come at all Tbs people
year, and not tipplers. Sober, steady men vii
gain many friends---drnnkards, none. What W
haye satd is more IN the way Of warning than
strong discipline in the Club must prevent
4 STRONG PLAYER FOR ST. LOUIS.
t Last Sunt.sy TIE TRIBUNE noted the fact tha
the st. Louis management had secured one 0
the best cateaers IN the country for their nine
and the subioined dispatch explains who th
man is. His record during the past season ha.
been an excellent one, and he will be a consid
erable accession to the Browns:
&DsG5al Dispatch e. The Tribune
Stars Wi psy %it6 The sste9e3 e.
Brown Stockings next season. His contract wal
signed on Tuesday, and it arrived here to-day. "
| MILWAUKEE.
The West End Club Of Mllw aukee, one of the
best organizations in the West, publishes its
record Tor the season, from which It appears that
it played 81 games, won A, and lost Ii, Of which
6were with League Clubs. The Club has &c
cured new and large ground, which will be
htteu up IN good style with covered stand, club
house, etc. The nine for next year will include
Fred q. Andrus, as manager aud some
times player; Everett Mills, of this years Hart
lords, J: q. Gar6iae, J. Il. LaWler, E. Med Donald,
| +. E. Bliss, q. E. Chandler, W. E. Furlong, H.
Vose, r =. Stone. 4 good catcher will COM
/ West Ends will not join the new semi-profes-
] sional association il one Is formed.
THE LEAGUE DooE.
At the Last session Of the League 1t was
voted that the publication Of the official book
Of rules be left to the Secretary, to be given to
made, and the firm selected to do tho work are
a. e. Spalding q Bro, OF this city, the senior
member being. OF course, the well-known man
ager Of the Chicago Club. The book will he
bility. It will contain the official figures for al
the games and players in the League, md will
fotm very valuable handbook Of the game.
PERSONAL AND GENERAL
The only engagement officially made known
last week WAS that OF Addy with the Cincin-
natis, announced in these columns some time
ago.
LIE ot. LOUIS baSe-boll ASSOCIATION held It's
ANIMAL meeting last Wednesday. Officers were
elected for the ensuing year, and routine busi-
ness transacted.
The Centennial Club OF San Francisco this
season won thirty games and lost fifteen. The
tour cost $3,187, and the Club was out only
$l35 at the end Of the trip East.
The Committee appointed at the League
meeting to 'scount the votes" for umpire under
the new rules have NOT entered upon the work
~ an1naf{cT1 1oar ind 1t1,rf $1r
more
The Allegheny Pa.) Baseball Club next sea-
son will comprise Ras bckelvcy, OF the old
nine; Calvin, Of St. Louis Reds; Holbert, Of
Louisville; Cotns, OF Athletics; Williamson,
Ncshannoeks; Nichols, Mutuals; Nelson, of old
nine; and Creamer, Of the Neshannocks.
The Indianapolis Club has rented q large
room Tor reading-room and general headquar-
training and in March will take trip to Mem
phis, New Or1eans,> Galveston, Houston, and
Dallas. The Louisville Club may accompany
them.
The Clipper says that Higham has been re-
leased by the Hartfor1s, and that West, late OF
the Chelseas, has been engaged BY the Bostons.
both seem improbable. What Harry Wright
wants with West, or any other player, to add to
the fourteen already under contract is more
than can be seen at first sight.
me clipper has the following: !" The League
delegates resolved to charge ladies for almis-
sion to their games next season. Hitherto they
have been free, and they should be welcome
deadhead6 on tho ha]1-fieH everywhera
Barring the fact that Indies have ncver hcon
free m NOR thsn twn .f'rstscioas rro,nds IN Tho
o,.tn ~ . :; =" Ill ~ III 'lic
eountt5' ''e AeeA - "eA enouSh'
The following Is the list of players enpaped
hv the Mamnh;s Raj StorI-,nr fluh fo- +he a.
s9n ~ 1977 rontrarts hore haen eirnaJ md
n ma 0f In RI
sss:pf,o1esalonal ser oreanlzata9ns t6at wiII be IN
the field next year: D. d. Van BurkaloW, p;
Michael Kennedy, c.; Oscar Walker, I b. John
Shoup, Q b.; Andrew Cummings, s. g.; Ben
Brookshaw, s b.: W, H. Moore, L l.: Tom
LOTUS. r. + Robert Ma1onev. chance n and -
+. II + Wa1sb viii he fhe monoreE r. s@110>
- ~ - " o4eee :" "AA ~ '1e A'"AA5eA'
Assoelatl9n 1l was nelo lass Week, When Ine Iol-
q Pnrter. Treasnrer. i + chase. Secretarv
Harry Wright; Director5-Arthur E. Soden and |
John G. Haynes. SeYenty-seyen of tho lao !
snares were Yotea On, lnGuuing 5mlty-nvc 6 OF the
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