, 1877-09-30

Alliance Clubs have made the following con.
/ tracts:
syrac.*e;.7porgan, McKinnon, Hotalfns, Farrell,
l.dia"apotis-No!an Flint Warner, MCGEE
r.Aack'), Ackelvy, Quest, Williamson, Nc.
-Hhlraukee-Redmon, Bennett, Weaver, 4atills,
Apdras, Holsert. crcamer, Dalrymple. Morgan.
1t Mnlsth-~Powers, Goldsmith, Bradley, Somer-
vile, HoEnung, Smith, Walker, Burke.
Other engagements arc as follows:
.dtl<gheny-Dolan, Calvin, Goodman, Nelson,
Ct,ea-McGuinness, Alcott. Smith, Kennedy,
Roche, Clark, Richmond Richardson, Purcell,
The above list will serve to answer many
questions as to what has become of several
players It will be seen that neither Chicago
nor Louisville has yet made any contracts,-~or,
at least, not announced any, Hartford's new
Hague Carey, York, VII Hines, as Mi,son, S'u aud
Higha1n. 1t is quite likely that Bradley will
pitch for thrm though So far as known no con-
| tract has been nladc.
Denny Mack, Of the indianapolis Club is SUI
fering from All attack Of tile pleurisy.
Frank Flint has been made Captain Of the IN
dianapolis team. lie is certainly worthy of pro-
| motion.
Frank and Arthur Whitney, Of the Lowells,
arc reported engaged tu play III Buffalo next
year uu salaries Vi II ,50u.
Macullar, of the Auourns, while his nine were
| East, pitched eight innings in game against
the Rhode Islands without basc-llit being nlauc
OF him.
/ Our BOYS, Of Boston, have never been white
| washed, nut even BY the professional Bostons.
"Uur boys" ol Chicago, have had the brush up-
Piled several times.
The Pittsbur. Ga-ctte says that the only thing
! that can be dune to redeem the Allegheny Club
is to cxpei sonle players and force the resigna-
| ton ul some officers.
| Whether there will be anv professional nine
/ in Philadelphia depends entirely upon the gucs-
| tiou of ut least raising $jUU to guarantee the
| players salaries. Plenty VI players and first
class manager can be easily scrureu.--HercurY.
The Buffalo Express having expressed the
| opinion that Sul1enc, OF opera boutfc fame,
should engage tnc .fnl'urn nine for her 'krk-
! ers,' the Auburn ddtsrtiscr says ''1t would be
: mere le!. itatc for her to engage tile Express
man il u weu-lcvelopcd calf is any Recommended
| t1ou.''
By the disbanlmcnt OF the Buckeyes, Live
Oaks, and Maple Leafs, the contestants lor tho
international ampiullship are reduced to four,
whose standing is rs follows: Ailcgncnys, won
and : lost; Itcuin>ehS, the same; koelcstcrs,
won anu 5 lost; Mauclesters, ) won aud
lost. The last TWO clubs suffered greatly By the
dissraldmrnt uf the Others, the Aianchcstcrs
having lost no less than seven victories. The
cham lpioilship rests between the A]iegllenys aud
Teculnschs, with the chances slightly III 1ayor
Of the former.
ALL sORTs.
\ base runner: i bu1lku-stccrer.
Out on strikes: The Pennsylvania miners.
4 fowl fly: "Clickcns cualing home to
roost.'
the new Cincinnati Club own the CINCINNATI
Ball Park, having paid sl5,00o for the grounds
and Improvements.
Dickcy pearce, the Centennial ba1l-p1ayer, is
again I,layin@ with the St. Louis Browns. Dick
anti Providence have parted company.
1t is stated that just after Corc,ran had signed
With he Bui4I S iur nryt selSuI he WAS offered
$2UO i month by the Cinuiunatis to comc to that
city
Tho baseball people Of Syracuse have become
astrenohltrs- Their time is divided between
w:t:.ting the nuons Of Mars and the alleged
cfooa'uness Of tue Stars.
The Cincinnati Directors are thinking some Of
Offering Harry Nrlsnt Il guarantee to bring the
Bustons IT, Cincinnati for series Of three galtcs
between the eth and 18th Of Octobcr.
The President of tie Lakeside Club Of South
Haven, Mich, extends an invitation to any
amateur club ol Chicago to visit South Haven.
promising two-thirus Of the receipts to the
visitors.
The old short-stop Of the Athletics has been
travelling in Egypt Wien lie nct the Cheops
Pyramid he stopped, took off h:s hat, bowed,
and requested it to hold its base,--GinciHuuti |
1i,nes.
Il is expected that the St. Louis AMI Louis
vile C'nus will play in St. Louis Monday and
Tuesday, and that tile Cinc:nnatis will lie in st.
Louis Friday and Saturday. Tllis will close the |
anpiousAlp contests for tile year.
The secret of the Lou!syic,' late iisaster, |
lies n the fact that ever since they started East
the individual players have been 4uarrciin.
among themselves. Snyder and Crayer came to |
blows IN Buffalo, aud blacked each others eyes I
-En4uirer.
Players who have signed with Douglas new
Hartford team should remember that there is
no Buikcley with bank ACCOUNT back Of this
venture. The prices 1T which some uf tue men
have Signed {ior instance Hiucs at II. .70u) leads
to the belief that the cunlcrn is Planning to run
only to the 1st Of August, at which time it will
burst up in debt to all its men.
The announcement that Larkin, Start, Cas-
sdv, anu Halilnan have signed contracts for |
next year with Robert Ferguson of BROOKLYN
instead OF with any club, is regarded as rather
strange thing. There is onc membership in the
League which lies between the new Hartford
Club and Ferguson = club Which it belongs to
will have to be settled at the Cleveland meet
ing,
J. D. +. suggests that any player whose rec
ord is lower than 's 4 certain given point ~ bc !
prohibited from playing in the League Will he
add how he would have him prohibited! The
same same player r makes up strong team OF Mes as
non, h.: McGce, b.: McGea.y,3 3 b.; McCul-
lar, -; Mckelvy,l l. f.; McSorley, 1. T.; Nc
Cormick, rf.
There is curious controversy just NOW going
On 2s to whether pitcher can rive ball hori-
Zontal curve. Some papers {notaby the Cin-
cunatl Tines declare i'll Tended BREWER that it |
e:tnnot bc done, and some men assert that they
want to bet that it cannot Nothing is more
easy than to show and argue that the curve cum
no. be put ou, and at the same time nothing is
easier than to show it. Let the uoubters 20 be-
hl!d the catcner for any such pitcher us Bradley,
ward. Cummings. or Mitchell and they will be
convinced or lose their faith in their eyes.
The death Of William B. Ogden, OF Chicago,
is likely to have considerable Influence IN the
fortunes OF baseball III New York. The Union
Grounds, long known as the finest 10 some re-
spects in the country. belonged to him ana are
n"w in the hands Of lis executors. They find it
necessary to offer the land for sale undrr the
terms Of the will, and cannot give lease for
any definite tine. For this reason it seems
doubtful whether Ferguson can hope for auy
success III Keeping up good team when he is !
likely to have his grounds sold out frounuuder |
him at any time.
The Clipper takes most decided drop on its
model game theory, and acknowledges that the
audiences desire to See more hitting and more !
runs. In canyassing how to obtain these OBJ |
jccts, IT acknowledges that the balls used this
season have been better than eyer heF0re- its |