, 1876-05-06

I,estla t,,s old bo,,cr inspector. andy Haley,
Jack Sieyls, and Aid. Maiden, Of thIs city, wero
on hand aud rcsdy 70 take 'anythiog, "a hs @ tno
t|emiiolln tipped tho bots Increased till your
boys stod 70 *n o. loss ever5.nHnh ,na tho, iootca
bluo. There was no chance % hedge, for there
was nothing to hedge with. Upon tue 'ast hat
cf Tho ninth Inning tho siokest lot OF Chicago
men Tint eyar etrnck this town 0eood atound An
empty domtiotn, fiat broko. .. .
Jpn Mackiu lost ~ 500, and has Halo arEnnFe-
1ponta to start for homo on loot so-mofFo". ite
Will take tho Alton track, became be insists snat
the rolling stock oh that road Is tho best, and II
10 shorter than the Central.
Frank @, Barnes has tllAs received Dispatch
from Erhy stating that he will not romte THO
ptlco OF ticket. az walking ls good enough for
sny man Who will 60 10 st. Louis for ball
Cba.ley Clayton is trying TO negotiate, mort.
rnge on hiH cigar stand, but Williams has hurt
lin In the market here by ststementa that the
Atock hts deprecated. and is not worth tho
Wal.er Williams tried to borrow 80 from the
Water Commissioners on IN extemporancols
invention Of q strcct.aprlnklor. But tho buafd
bounced Williams. IIe tr!cd to hrout his over.
coat but McChcsnoy. who has bought out
Abrabams' 'pa"n.shop. dropped on II and sofnsea
h'At any price. In aneWer TO Williams Telegraph
sold one OF hls ehoas, with Charles Il.
Thorno's indosHemcnt, aud ho is r@tgg,ng @
up Tho othe5 TO- al, p ,hn mo c.na, tas'a, e.
Chicago. Iie has got bis poop and quarter
on, md parlor organ {crelt} IN tho cabin, and
II liz can ind church door enough 70 ~
he heel 1.-The ea5sed h0 fSeea vt o,pht
Bhow az foot of water IN The channel. ana r!sing;
but Williams WON'T start till thore aro - teot
| ioctes. .........-
irving to ndltce tho road to indorEo 1t for mcals
| II be succeeds be will b homo In t!1no for
Dan Toynton, an old member Of tho Glub, OK.
| pects 10 got shomo on lalf-tare, but spaldlng
| has stabbed fila pfau aud wishes something un-
pleasant IL that tonnsl, to whom he aacribea the
!oss !o q q tho ,, game can ride on tho 'amo '5aln
Coma. FORMERLY 1uoubcr Of tho Whito etook-
ings hut who now oloyatcg bis striped stockings
to tho Mattcaop House counter, has gnuo before
CAUCUS OF hotet proprlotora here to-night. lilo
| hha great hopes 10 u subscription that has al
| ready roached @A.85.
Dispatches hayo bcon received hcro from
Admiral bill saying shat ho fools It Ia not good
10 DO hero. He admits to having bought pools
on tue Whites to the whole OF Ills siac-toll, but
80 thInEa arc blue in tic rotunda Of tbs Lin
doll tonight, and tho boys aro in soErow sat
dist1uss.
"IUsT BEFORE THE BATTLE, MoTuED."
| ST. Lotjs ieprdl.edn, Afdy4.
The all absorbing topic OF conversation, to-day
Will DO thp g1oat match-gamo Of baseball! which
comos or tits afternoon at tho drand Avenuo
patk between tho riva! and professional tcams
est felt ID this particular gnno probably c1ccoda
that OF my previous. game over played IN the
city. Tho interest Is duu not only 70 the natural
rivalry which exista between st, Louis and Chi
caso, but to tho fact that Chcago has thie yehs
made tie most strenuous efforts ever made BY
a city to aecure tho championship to heraelf.
Tho history Of tho manner in which she bought
| out tho flower of tho Boston uino Of saBe year
and strengthened tho game by wbatorer VAS 70
be had for high money, is fanftlat to all. St
Lonia had HI excellent ninc last ytnr, but by nj
means a championship nino. The nine Of thisyes
ia that OF last, strengthened in two places. M
| effort was made bJ the Brown management tt
eocuro phenomopal niue, but merely tc
strengthen The old nine whore. 3 SEASONS oxpa
rienco Ind developed most wetknnss. Whatovel
may have boon the oplnlon Of !ndtyidasls, IL has
teon tho opinion Of tho country at largo tha
Chicago o1t9ht to win tho championship. The
record Of hor engaged players sostned to indicate
Huch 3 result. bus such Is tho hck1oaesa Of tht
godtlcBs OF bsso-bal that tho saulc result was b!
. no moars assured. Among. those clubs lookcf
to az possibly possessing the nbtlity to humble
the ta!ipriced chtcsgo!tes bus hcen that Of 81
Louis. In the last two woeks The Chicago Clut
; has won four straight games and lost mono
Playing agatnas tho sa'tlo oan6s. e. LOUIS ha,
, TO iudcnte that Chicago has tho stronger toam
| Dlt u0c9 NOT provo ". Bo lAtEelf QUae tAt
olemcpt Of fortune entsc at times into ,baso
ball. It Is not asl impossible that Chicago shonl
. bat DeYlln mud Fiahsr With case and YET DO un
able to bit bradley and not NIL impossible tha
st. Louis should lind Spa1ding ansor than eithe
: Fisher or Doylin. It IL felt Of course, hoWoyor
that the game Of to-day will Virtually determine
the comparative strcngth Of tho Two mines, aut
iu consequence tho possibility OF 81, Louis wear
intsrast III Ino CANA thls afternoon. III
/ browns aud Whites will both arrive th!H morn
Ing at $40, ly tho Vundah line. after bavinl
Q ridien oil Night. Neither club will be IN tn
| but thotr distractions will DO equal. III
xroupds will probably be morn crowded tba
! ever botoso. and oayold Jam and rush poopl
hhdnld secure bhats At tho bail hcadquartcsa o
pool-seling last night on the game wAa no
very brisk, Several hundred dollars Wete 4od
tho chlcagoH having geuera!Iy the cal Mt odds 9
. two to ono. Backors Of tho browns aaemcd Will
odds could bo had h6ld on tlll This morning, who
E Chicago sports arc expected In.
! Iu regard to tho game to-day 81. Louis doc
I not rcally aud truly expect victory, but AZ 81
JlouiB beat everything taat played ball last yca
0 one Or moro games, and aa eho has st!l bette
Q n1no thia ycRr, and nothing any morc difficult
defeat. she fdels confident OF hc1uttlnH herac!
crcditablY. Chicago haa Won games recently b
scratches, aud IT. Louis has lost some b
3 HcrAtchoA bnt scratches can't laat forevar. Lc
the boys draw iuapiratien from tue homo crow
Il to-day, nud give the "furrinera MI lhoy've SO
"a 1,oston won hor first defeat hcso in 1875 Ii
II Chicago take her first tumble in tho aamo pas
= IN 1916. mud Two may be happy res,"
% Merely becanso our Brown stockinga SHOVE
l. theis good natnre and their real kiudue1s by a
j. luwtuE tho Lorsvilleb to present them With n't
gooBo.eggB, thcro arc people 80 unjust and I
unreasonable AZ to make curnosy remarks hho1
"a thom aud to suggest tho propsicty Of socelIit
y thom with h caltthun,pan band and escortir
tbAtu hnmn with d DrDce6bioU of billboard me-