The Morning herald., 1876-09-14
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Dickinson, of Philadelphia, and late o1
the Neshannocks, has Joined the Etnas Of
i Detroit.
The Diamond State nine of this city will
play match game with the Brandywine
club of West Chester, tomorrow.
Warner, late of the Philadelphia, has
Joined the indianapolis team, taking Riley's
| place, who goes back to right field.
The Toughkenamon base ball club ex-
pect to play the Darlington nine on next
Saturday at the Toughkenamon trotting
/ course. -<a-
Base Ball clubs complain that the Inter
national regatta completely killed base ball
in Philadelphia. Too many "rows" there
we guess.
The Athletics will present reorganized
nine in their games this week, including
Curran, late of the San Francisco club, as
third base.
Rain postponed the game announced to be
played al Boston on Saturday Afternoon be-
tween the Boston and Louisville mines. It
will be played, weather permitting, this
afternoon.
The Secretary of the National League
| makes the following official announcement
as to the Boston players: O'Rourke's con-
tract continues until November Is, 1877,
Manning, Leonard and Murnan until No
vember Is, 1878, and Whitney's covers the
years of 1877 and 1878, if the Boston club
shall SO elect.
A match game of cricket was played on
Saturday, at Ardmore, between the veteran
secold eleven Merton cricket club and an
eleven of gentlemen connected with The
Pennsylvania Railroad. The Merton scored
1873 to 40 for the Pennsylvania Railroads,
with one wicket to 60 down, when game was
called at quarter past six, and the match
resulted in draw.
Foley, third base of the Cincinnati, met
! with quite loss recently in Richmond, Ind.
His ball suit was rolled in bundle, and
some how got mixed up with another bun
die belonging to lady, and when he got
off the train he carried off tine bundle which
contained lady's dress. He decided not to
wear that to play, SO he had to 20 without a
| suit for that match.
The Mohican, of Kennett Square, has two
games for this week, one with the Red
Belts, of Parkersville, probably ON Wednes-
day, and one with the Blue Stockings, of
Centreville, Delaware, on Saturday next,
both of which will be played on on the Mo-
hican's grounds in this borough. The Mo-
hican will play the third and decisive gamo
with the Eureka club of Coatesville, in
West Chester, at an early day.
A paragraph, started by some Chicago
numskull, to the effect that it is considered
doubtful whether the Louisville club will
be able to pull through next season, has
been published as bit of news
by great many journals throughout the
country. The paragraph in question is un-
true, and is, moreover, calculated to hurt
the club in several different ways. The
Louisville club owes not single cent either
| to it's players or to outside parties. That
it will 20 through the next season without
the least trouble there is not the slightest
room for doubt, and we trust that those
who have done the club an injury by the
publication of the said paragraph will will
ingly make the correction
Various reasons are in circulation as to
the causes of Bond severing his connections
with the Hartfords, but there seems to be
no doubt that it is owing to his i'll feeling to-
ward the captain of the nine, Mr.. Ferguson.
At the last game played by the Hartfords in
Boston, Bond was batted pretty freely by
that zine, for the first time this season.
This, and several bad errors by Furguson,
gave the Bostons the game. As in two i'm
mediately preceding games, one at Phila-
delphia and one at New York, the Athletics
and Mutuals had each batted Bond harder
than usual, the general opinion was simply
that, as happens to every professional pitch
er, sooner or later, Bond was having little
run of bad luck, for which he nor any one
else was to blame. To the surprise
Of the managers of the club, Mr..
Bond, Immediately on his return from
Boston, made very serious charges against
Captain Ferguson of selling the game In
that city. As he made this charge publicly,
and said he could prove 1t, the managers
informed him that he must prove or retract
It, and offered reward of $1,000 for the
proof, If 1t could be produced. Bond,
failing to make good bis charges, was
suspended. He then published retraction,
and the general hope was that the matter
was ended and that harmony would prevail.
Now comes the announcement that, at his
urgent request, the managers have cancelled
his contract for 1877, and he is already
playing third base for the New Havens. But
2l years old, and only in his third profess
sional season-three years ago he was clerk
in grocery store In Brooklyn, at salary
of 81 week-he now easily commands
salary Of some 81, 900 year, and as eis
considered the best pitcher in the country,
he will probably soon be engaged by the st.
Louis or some other leading club but the
statement that he has been released for the
present season is not correct. He has been
released from his contract with the Hart
fords for next season. For the remainder
of this season he has been suspended by the
League association, and his salary has
been forfeited. This prevents him from
playing with any professional club until