, 1876-12-31

gulne, anu % credit him NTH everything whic
| came from his plays. VIM some one Of The Oh
eass az Il ne has ever .s: ssen game
| fused to push along buttons for q scratches !;
.s;t ~ otaer words, did or did not the player re
creoit Tor What was made OF Ills shot, vhctfle
! ~ perfect play or an accfdent2 In the sam
! game, one1 player left the balls 50 that tn
otner player could not help counting, did tn
mafker refuse to put up the next Slot on th,
ooaa taat tae player shouldn't have any credi
foring match where one coxswain by bad steer
ING lost the race, though his boat traVsIei
Iurther than the other Ia the same time. would
tne umpire be justified in refusing to gire tht
winner credit because the other side made III
errors It seems as II the whole complaint wa
made BY that class Of papers which are OPPOSED
60 Inc League from beginning unto end. Tht
toaT.sr7oh17aaps idea That the rule Is cumbrous
VII Nnt 1aoe AWAY after he has scored fcw game.
mltn u. 1t really appertains to only few men
ans"say' e anu There Is no fear that they cannot
CLUE ELECTIONS.
lnere vas something very like 4 row In the
/. Boston Club when the annual meeting came
aronnd: 1t grew out Of what seems at this dis
tan tance e ap y nnwise attempt to put Mr. Apollonio
ouo 81 ee maanagement. n The absence Of TINT
o. holding meeting Of tie Club in Boston,
and q '"new deal " al around was had. This
Was by no means satisfactory, and the defeated
party took the opinion Of q leading lawyer; but,
upon bis opinion that the action was legal, the
books were given up to the party headed by G.
3. Porter. At later meeting Mr. Porter re-
signed the Preside1cy. and Mr. 4. II. Soden
was chosen in his Ylaee. The Board Of Direct
ors, as left BY the changes, is 4. II. Soden, s.
8; Aaynesi F. Z. Lang, a. ]. Chase, and Harry
Wright The prophecy is herewith ventured
that the Club has done foolish thing in lcay-
ing out Mr. Apo1onio. -
Tho St. Louis Ball Association at its annual
meeting elected as Directors Messrs. Lucas,
Turner, Bishop, Carr, and Fow1e,-a mc:t ex-
cellent Selection, and ono which will give the
club al1the barking and strength it needs: TIE
only notable dhange is in the omission, of the
name. Of Mr.. Hazard from the Directory. He is
the gentleman who came to Chicago to secure
Barnes aud Peters II money would do it. The
nine was announced as Clapp, catcher; Nichols,
pitcher; Dehlman, first base; McGea1y y, second
Hail; left dem; Remsen, centre field: Biong,
right fell. and tenth man who has since
turned out to be Dorgan, Of the Syracuse Stars.
he will certainly be played in the nine, aud
very ila!y at left field. The Boston Herald,
connecting on the new layout, says:
The line OF 1877 will be somewhat stronger ut
the batthan last years nine. As to fielding, the
n.w me will probably work better than the old,
nt csn hardly expect to excel it in sharp and brill
loub club Of 1875 did better aelding than was Va:
tve?d done before, and fielding that has never been
aKtelied save by the Chicagos the same yesf.
games, but still their playing was very fine II the
new nine ranks better than the old ut the close OF
the season, - Well done " should be the verdict
coScERNrNa WESTERN AMATEURS.
-. a 60. sorrespondent from Milwaukee writes to
for the game in the West ii some half dozen
OF the best clubs would enter Into some sort OF
arrangement among themselves to play several
games and maintain friendly relations in the
Tay 'ns Of not sntifine away plaTers The tdsas Of
bws: Let the Minneapolis, thu st. Paul; the
milwaukee,, the GAINESVILLE, and perhaps good
club IN Iowa, unite with some amateur club in
Clcago aud agree to play say three games oil
a1'und; az and also agree not to hire PLAYER out
He adds: stA1l the clubs hare named sre
couposed Of highly ly-respectab]e young men, and
they would give style and tone to the organi-
zaroa IT formed which would insure all the
ZANE. the best OF patronage, and would tend to
one, ant might veil be carried out There arc
two objections which must, however, be consjd-
cred: Ss club In Chicago except the White
Stockings have an inclosed ground, and that
o91q ',.a 1tso be amost r necessity The Faireapks
ship. They a.e eninently higb-toned, and they
play pretty caver game OF ball. II they couJl
manage 10 antnge for au fnctoscl ground
there Is no doubt that series OF games BE-
Tween sns n1ne a1a other good amateur o.
pay al expenses and aeriae over.
TIRE ATHLETICS Reviewed.
One Of the delegates to the .Icaene Conyen-
tioa from Western club writes to the Boston
Esrald giving 50 clear and lnminans q statement
1T the whole Athletic matter that Il IL we'll
worth reading. It Is as follows:
Iobserve that criticism in your paper upon the
action Of the League IN expellng the Athletic Gub
has been copied By the Phtladclphia organ OF thzs
elao, sna asds to appear as evidence Ct yqar dig
While the important qualifications In your artcle
render the organs assumption unwasranted, 1t is
a matter Of surprise to your Western readers that
integrity Of its institutions including the Boston
fail to commend, and that un-
Cub for defrauding its players The public, and its
clubs, Whatever might be the pecuniary
:of such action. You regard it as
any other honorable course Of action was possi-
ble." No delegation was more potent in the conn-
CHS Of the League than that sent oy the Boston
ment above quoted, but it became evident to him,
- well to all other delegates, first, that mo
other honorable course Of action WAS possible" {"
vas not likely 4'to cut OF this source OF revenue.
The Athletic was the Oldest club in the League,
md, therefore, should have set the younger clubs
the pledge made to the public and to the players;
ts financial embarraasmerts were, relatively, no
greater than those OF othe League clubs which full
filed their engagements and paid their players. In
heir address to the League they said, We think
the representatives OF the Athletic Club will show
you thar Cur fnture conrBc is clear and that the
Athletics will stand once more untan-
pered. u According to the statements Of
their, Representatives the Athletics 2ro-
Ppsed to sa fqee Gre h sEs1s%
phatisally that the5 didn't propose to pay them
to do SO. He could show the League no assets,
and no prospects O, expectations that xonld war.
TO the extent OF nickel; and, IN effect, they !!
simply asked the -engue to whitewash their |
swind1es of the past year and become sponsor for
n extremely hazardous speculation for the next.
The Athletics based their defense npon their long
and honorable career, which to put it mildly, no
clnb that has had the misfortune to have dealings
other clubs, will be able to recognize, and uron
certain technical qnlbbles which, in the hight Of
lie plain ;erns Of the League constitution and |
their gros violation Of them il several particulars
this soure OF revenue, the League has made pro-
vision 1o the admission Of q club from Philadel~ |
phia we'll as one from New York,
before the opening Of next season; a.