New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1877-02-24
TIE BASEBALL SEASON.

THE CONTESTS THIS YEAR TO BE- or UNUSUAL IN.
TEREsT-THE ORGANIZATION OF THE LEAGUE
CLUBS.
There are indications that the coming base
ball season will be one OF unusual interest Owing to
the political excitement OF last and the attrac
tOns OF the Centennial Exhibition the professional
CARNATIONS generally unfortunate and nearly all OF
them lost money. Thus far only league professional
clubs in the play for the championship PEN
nant now held by the Chicago White Stocking Club.
These are the Boston, Chicago, Cincinnati, Hartford,
Louisville and St Louis clubs No clubs have yet joined
the league from this city Philadelphia, bat the Hart
ford Blue Stockings will probably make their headquar
in Brooklyn for the coming Al Philadelphia
II is expected The Athletics viii soon s players
and start on firm basis and join the league before
March l. Among the players mentioned as forming the
club Mcbride, FISHER Reach, sensenderer, Meyere,
Fulmer Eggler COOns, Weaver, Zettlen, and Bennett.
This will form remarkably strong cOfnbil alton for
fielding and batting The price OF admission TO all
championship games will be the last seasOn-50
cents The list OF league players TO constitute the repec
tive clubs which nearly all complete, Is follows:
Boston, White, catcher; Bond. pitcher; Morrill,,
first base; Wright, second base Leonard, short stops
sutton third base; CROurke, LIFT hed Murlan, center
field; Manning. right field; White and Brown. substi-
tutes.
first base Barnes, second base; Peters, short stops
son. third base; Glenn, lett field; Hines field
Bradley right heid ana change pitcher; H. smith, sub
CNcIssAr.-Hicks catcher; Matthews, pitcher;
Jones, first base ilaan second base; Booth. short
stop Foley, third base; Addy, left Held; Pike, center
Held; Kesser. right field.
HARrroRD-AlllsOn, catcher Iarkin. pitcher; start,
first base Burdock second base; Casey, short stop
Ferguson third base York, left field; Hold, worth
field; Cassidy right field; ". A. Harbrdge, substl
tute.
LOuIsyIILE.-Snyder catcher; Deviin, pitcher; La
tham first base Gerarit, second base; Hague, tbird
base; Ryan, ett held Hall. center Heidi snaier rignt
ST LouIs-Clapp catcher Nichols. pitcher Dehlman.
first base McGearr, second base; Force, short stop;
Battn, third base; Croft. left field; Kemscn center
field; BlOng, right field.
The following men who played in league clubs last
season not been engaged in any league club 20
the present time: Meyerle, Knight. Zettlen, Coons,
Ritterson Frouser Malone, Eggler and Fsler OF the
Athletics Bradley and whitney OF the BostCns BIeash
and AnJrls OF the Chlcagos FISHER. Gould. sWeaZy,
Hlgham, NILS, and Cummings of the Hartforls Sum
meryiIc, Fulmer. Hastings, Allison, Clinton. HOiDert,
Booth, and Treacy OF the Mdtuals Cuthbert, Mack,
Pearce and Mckinley Of the St Louis. OF these players,
stood respectively 9th 7tn, lOth 18Th 18TH and 10th
order the heavy league batters last season. large
number these players have been engaged by semi
professional clubs and will play with international
league clubs in the coming
An important meeting OF amateur baseball players
WAS held AZ the Clair Hotel, Pittsburgh. Tues
day. The meeting 10 form International
non and, II possible, prevent revolving gamc-,eil-
ing" and other dishOnOrble practices The following
CLUBS represented Alpha OF Reading Penn,
Alaska Of NewNorS. Allegheny OF Pittsburgh, Altoona
OF Altoona, Penn Buckeye or Columbus, ONO, Buffalo
OF Buffalo Chelsea OF Brooklyn, Erie Of Erie Fairbanks
OF Chicago, Live oak OF Lynn. Mass, Manchester OF
Manchester, n. H., Maple Leaf Of Guelph, Canada.
Remove OF Remove, Penn. Resolute OF Ehzdbeth " j.
Rochester OF Rochester san Francisco of san Francisco
and Tecumseh Of London Ont. A constitution similar
Ia thai Of league organizations Was adopted The fol-
lowing permanent officers were elected President. W.
A Cn1ming % of the live Oaks; Voe-Presideut H. Cor
mon of the recumsehs Secretary j. A. Williams OF the
buckeyes The convention then adjourned 20 meet at
the sherman House. Chicago, In February next