, 1877-04-01
only by their skifull play, but by their
inn and rcnt!enfarly rnnG11rt

arranging games with ali League Alliance and
other Itrstclass clubs and can promise al comers
| L:!- treatment and good game.
g.. The Uniform of the club to be changed, and a
| thorough outfit is being procured.
| The State Fair takes place in this city in Sep
tcnber, and it is proposed to make baseball! cxh~
M nt'onS s ono OF the attractions of the city during
| THE GAME IN MILWAUKEE
| THE TRIBUNE has received from, Il Milwaukee
| Trend. who writes from ! posilon to know, some
interesting f9cts concernin that excellent orani-
present this year one Of the strongest League Ai~
anee tsa'ns: The list is given and the positions
| men, though it is not understood that they have
| been o.!ci%ily placed. The following will be the
name Of tc players. and the positions will not vary
Anson. . B; tmrons, IT.. !: Lawer, s: e.: AN
4rus, !. r.; Turner. c. f.; Macdonald, r. T.;
| , Sa:e, sub. of the men named, Furlons
chand!er, ana osc are amateure, mot playing for
money nor c,iterin: into contract., they being
members OF soulc o; the best families in Mwau-
o S new wSo % f e. To- ade
| lie is a cousin Of Arson of the Chicago Club, and
- E ha'd ~ have fully az much native ability and
is as large as tho Chicago giant, and terrible lett
| hand hitter. This last addition strengthens tho
team. aud makes il capable Of wnnn, It's share Of
Mllwaukces now have ,oou prospect OF /: st.ccess-
fu! seasun, both in club victories md financial re-
suits.
THE LOUISVILLE CLUB.
6Decidl Dispatch to Tie 7,ibunt.
LOUISVILLE, Ky, March :ii.-.lI thu Louisville
rived, aud they viii reach here by Monday 1Iy-
an, engaged To play left icld has been released,
and the place will be filled BY l.alIerty. Ryan was
WAS refused, and asked for his release, which ho
got.
LEAGUE sQU1Bs.
SWeasy denies that he IL under contract with
the Lowels. Us had been announced. lie is still
open 10 engagements.
The Secretary of the League has notified all
LcaSuc and Alliance Clubs that the Crickcts, Of
Gin.ha'uton. has granted III honorable release to
Gcorsc v. Latham.
Cincinnati has a telegraph contract" with
iliThau' ltwun't hold water under League rules.
anu the Stars, who made regular contract in good
inlth, Will undoubtedly hold him.
The - 1Iarttoras OF Brooklyn opened practice
March -, against picked nill- Of l-ra:,ue Alliance
were earned oil Iafkns is pitchns. ii - T. ~ ''A'
., This is going to b. stormy season for D. lis
dead -hcads-at the Uall ground. The current coin
Of the realm, will hurc be furnished Us the only
substitute for last years ''clleek. '-s. Louis Re-
publican.
The Chcascs continue their gymnasium practice,
and are developing muscle to all alarming extent.
The bali pitched throuy:: The window by Hradlcy
lust 1huriuy was picSed up yesterday on tue OPP
nus!te shore OF the lake.
st. Louis continues to .lt at over Nichols, and
points with pride to the fact lat so far tlis sea
Sun, no run las been car4.u oif hi- pitching. III
still, my Acurt, sit still. -
The Courter-JournaI credits Manager Chapman
with working IN the grounds ''just as hard u
any of his hired hands," Exact Justice would
probably pay those hired hands about 50 cents q
week, If the story is true.
THIS isthc way it was done: Harry Wright said
he would spare brown if slaldins woald let Mctey
70 alou,: and So til. Louisiana Commission is COM
plctc. bradley zays II he sauy judge, 1cNey and
Brown can catch Nichols without difficulty.
neyln Count Boils, is in Louisville, va}iantly at
wurK. Johnny l1a]Le'nan inspects Ji1n's hide
every morning 10 whether there is uny pros-
pect Of cutinrous eruption this scason such as
there was last Laerty. We believe, ID not troubled
with bo.ls. s.-EAquirer.
The Brown Stockings expect to leave ST. Louis
,onSs and nd to y nay n lxana* ;,
ther, but will return directly home utter these two
ea:aes: They have given up the trip to Memphis,
which had been largely billed.
''WhIlc practicins Friday he took two tumbes
in the mud, square his back, merely for the sake
Of catch ne his ties-and he caught them, too. -
Enquirer No headlines are required to identify
the above as accurate description OF character
istic exploit OF the .Hon- Bob Ad1y-
Mz. n. r. Young, the indefatgable Secretary OF
the League, has bccn spending several days at the
n,anafactory of tn. League balls IN boston. lie
has inspected, signed. sealed AMI otherwise pre-
pared for delivery nearly thousand of the prr-
tcri'ed spheres and reports The stock as being the
best he liEs ever seen.
The st. Louis Republican takes the part OF the |
philadelphia players are not thieves With most
OF the players whom, appeal for indignation is
made TfE Tn1RuSE has nanght TO do. but |
Waite called rhiladciphians. Neither OF then, was
born in PHILADELPHIA and both OF them have played |
more years outside OF that city than in it.
Lip Pike has published an address to the people |
of Porkopolis ancnt the financial troubles OF 81 |
heck and the future Of the Cincinnati Club. Tn |
less the newspapers do him an injustice, Lip has |
developed IN unexpected genius for making
Frf
fill his contracts to the last dollar, and will I'M
qucs,ionably tnat the different members Of mis-
lanlity has bcfa!lcn him than the gratuirous in
dorse1nent Of this blathcrskite.
For the purpose OF soothing the Globe Democrat
man, he il hereby informed that neither Sec. i.
letter defending it. originated with or WAS written
By any person connected with this paper, nor was |
the letter written by the author OF the rule. 1t Is,
however, only fair to say tat IN answer or IN at
tempt to answer the arguments presented in the
letter referred to would hare more weight with the
readers OF ncwspapet than any statement, how-
ever elaborate, OF thu cost Of furnishing the public
the information demanded by the rule.
Mccormick, pitcher Of the Syracuse Stars, has
written to the ST. Louis Rcput''can asserting that
hc never offered to goto Cincinnati, and never
wrote to Mr. Kcck about the matter It remains
3nly for the Enquirer to back up its assertion or
lake what the Hon. Bob .aady used TO call 4 walk.
SLAUGHTER house rat. The letter written to the
,2se- bull editor Of the Enquirer. who wrote to
lin for Mr. HECK. IT contained JUST What VIC: pre- |
1iously said it contained and, among other things
we're these words: ''Send in your proposition"
The letter is in Mir. George kec1's hands now. Has
he young man anything further 10 say? If he is
lot satisfied, will publish the letter just asst
xas written, -bad srammer, bad spelling, and all-
Does he insist s-EhquireT.
LEAGUE ALLIANCE ITEMS. |
II that the central figure Of the rcorgnnized
.udlows is to be Williams, rho pitched part Of last
eason for the Cincinnati Club.
The engagements Of Henry II. Salisbury By the
Red Caps Of st. Paul, and Of Mathew Turner by
he Milwaukee Club, are announced ny the League
Secretary.
IL is announced that Knight. formerly of the
Athctcs has been engaged by the Lowels,
which completes their nine, with one exception.
t seems that they propose to try the Spalding
dea Of many colored caps
The Fall River Club, which was one Of the
trongcEt sesri-professional clubs in New En-
lnntf last Icar, has completed its organization,
nd IL now ready for business. It's nine is COM
osed Of players selected from its last years tcam
nd from the Dridgcports Of 1876.
The admirers of base ball in Port Jcrvis. n. T.,
re looking forward 10 an interesting season. They
xpeci that their representative club, the Dela-
ares, will be made up about US follows: Michael
;rccn OF the Sunny Side OF Sing Sing, y. T., |
;; William Pearsall, OF the Olympic OF Patterson.
T .{nho Whn1en. Of the London. Canada. !