, 1877-11-25
Eating and Fielding Strength of
the Pitchers Of TT.
T o,,;sville's Crooked Play
ers and Umpire. =
NTH of Deylin's Confessions Must
Be Accepted.
. chauter On Crooked Rece-Tracks--
, Lots Of Horse Talk.
1ho National Rifle Association
And an Appropriation.


REORGANIZATION OF THE M1L"Auh6Es-
-cn.ro1 Correspondence Of 7it Tribune
,,,v.t-SEE, Nor. o3.-As the many friends OF
~ v;,waukces look to THE TRIBUNE to enlishten
,,er about what is going on IN onf city as 70
~s-.sen.at,ye cub for 1878, -gour correspondent
~ ~ With Great effort, interviewed those who
what is going on quietly as the club thatshall
49, a., honor to our city and which will stand as
.oo3 , chance OF coming ont ahead as amy II the
e.,,,.rr The managers OF Affairs arc not disposed
- be very communicative as to the men 'ensasea'
,u, knowing for certain OF two late engagements
sad the settled rumor that three Of the old nine
have been released, it is easy to see what thfs
..rvark+ nine will be- There is Bennett for catch
az onc of the first in the country, euse batter ano
ts;- runner, Weaver will occupy his Old place as
.f..h,r ..Samuc(" il no novice in the
business. IS his fine record will .abun1antly
n-ove. The lightning Redmond will be seen
r. hort nj whom Mcvey WAS heard to say, - Why,
+h,t Redmond will play with ball. turn summer
.ee,;+ and then throw man out at hrst-' A new
t.cs xrill he seen On first not altogether unknown
T., orr neopie here; Jacob Goodman, OF the Ale
.hcova' has been engaged for that position, and.
hy his record this year, he will prove tower Of
Strength on this base, Is nc 1s sure cateacs' 4
terrific batter, and fine runner Inc MANAGE
1nent are to be congratulated on getting LIN.
cco7,e Dreamer, left-icld for the Allegheny Club,
sure na,ses, aha w second bssc This is bis old
pos;,ion- and he will pay it as 1t should be. The
',st acouisiou TO the Club is that superior third
b4se man, William B. Foley, formerly Of the Gin
rinratis As his Old position is third, lm2slne he
viii nay this position; he Is . swift runner, anu
iurins from his record in batting lately published,
hc will greatly strengthen the nine. Dalrymp'e
will take c2re Of left field, and the manner IN
which he improved in his playing since joining
tue Nilwausres will leave nothing to be desired IN
III, yonno man except possibly, little less OBJ
Ills souu a-a Eo,h,r. can he learned about
s;:nacs at t'aies' -ns 80 ~. e>,,.s Tho-a
the-nlaclnc OF inc cehlrc a1su t!sut .5
ere to fill them, Morgan. Andrus. Ao'ocEt, 0Au
r;,;rk 1Jo1be.t is fine catcher, batter, and run
' ~. 49,. tho.c vim sav that Eenuctt will
nes. a"u ''sele e -'s, - r,1nort The c1ub bss
have poWes1nt rival III ho4.si1- 1Ae ~ w
decided to remove from their present place ~
6,., uronnas on Tenth street, two blocks south OF
5esnd ,vernc onlv seven minutes. walk from The
Piankluton. Ihe 1eucc Is a'ie'o. ~ Aus
the elegant grand stand is being taken down. pre-
rarato~y to rc-erecting it on the new srouna5.
1aEans Tue so.'el1o4 49, ..taar;t1 ,r,',, o1ec,nt
well-known honesty and tn1cst!.s, ,. WIZ .;
new GROUNDS, only .sn lnn1ss ",n rcsets e h,ter
-s,ncts fnr brilliant season than our lavo.itcs.
1Ise N;l,Taukces t'Lous may they wave say
aN Why don't this glab join the lcases: = Is ="
the rrIeascd pIaycrs were. except tnat Mills was
one Of them. The others may be Ncpona'o'
PITCHERS RECORDS.
The season for Averages being n6W well al
vsn1eas nee and and plent; Of figures having been pre-
thc 1ccord 81 tic p,tchc.s in the five Lcasue Cnbs
wAic survived all tue eslamlt,es OF tue I 5Gas n aa
iica1lun ol ascsszc= has been confined 70 Tue
Cn1rA1o T1:.LuSE. the 3lmes, the cou3.ec- ,-
o4ra the Boston hes"tu ta,;,r1 the Ss% nG sr6 or
weekly papers as E,ace it IN their way to steal
thr acufes from these sources. The only record
ow the t5ensth Of pneFS na no "a5
rate compilation ot the scores he ncd before MN
lut is comuara11rey useless, because it takes III
soue games payed ortsidc the Ieagne, anu 'ct
does not take in III such games. rspor,sS;s s;c', o1
aud se,'i- Official figures tue showing made By each
Of the s1 leading plt>her= aganst tue fous LcaSne VIZ
Clubs he 7aet. and presents them below. me
ani al the made y ii! lie vt men in a. H.
vide TIC latter by the former, giving Iecimals
known Us percentages OF basc-hlts to times Al
bat Of opponents. - The result Ii az 1o14o"s:
1.,l1n ,,.. ..f. bond. .oi3
Tiens........-... nc Dcvltn- ~
Nlcho,s...--..-....- .2'olradley....:. -9
This Is Just what was TO nave oesn ~ ~: u
from the career OF the cmns ne os.o,ss W.. ~,
clever fielding, aided BY good battlnS. MIC Lar
Kin pitching was good it was not properly Dackea
ly fielding NOR aided by enough batting. Esauley
record and that Of tho Chlcasos arc notn a. Ine
bottom, and one thing naturally lol!o"eo tue
other.
Compared with last year the record SHOWS tae
effect of the hard bull very Clearly; Tor instance
I;ond fell from 70. 10 ea3; bradley from .Ao1o
.2tU: Dcylin from 2a7 to :-'7. a,.:;,
another necessary clement OF pl1chcr Ekfl1
is. OF coursc, his fielding. The CourisF-toMTndt
presented table showing that, mt anciaoeo "':u
pitches rs ''cl,ances not accepted IneEc seems
reason for THIS, ana IT ls oetter "
accept The dictuEl OF Secretary 1onn9.
GEo. in sending the average for the chicago
Club some time ago, left the wild pitches 10 tof
separate item. and did not pnt them among lhe
CHANCES refused" Taking this precedent anu
leaving out the wild pitches, the record IS as lo!
lows, beng the percentages OF heiuln9 cnanccs
accepted:
Eocu .. $50 Blong .........-. -131
Bradley .79s Nichols .....--.'-'.. .e5
The average ol wild pitches per gasnc WAS as 1ol'
lows as near Us the scores ut hand give them:
Drylln 3,f Nichols .-.......-...-...OG o. 6:
l;ond. ...N............0.57 Bradley --.-....-.9 =
Le-s!a ~ B!ong
The batting OF these NEIL has already been gwen
they rank as follows: DevliH, Bradley, blong,
1arsin, Eond Nichols.
The sum OF these records Is favorable 10 Cnlca
!. go.s new pitcher
A MESSAGE TO LOUISVILLE.
TI:rufeyr il the sAorcan Of The ball crooks,n be-
cause it printed extracts from letter giving
Dey,n sd. ur the case OF, which he expelled
1t m:v BE- and seems to be, feature Of SoutheE1
eairalry to aeay criminal hearing; but 30 1ai
Atrr NJ tins II IL deemed only fair play tn give