, 1877-05-27

nJ belief TINT. 1t Lucas {wea1th,. ntshon n.o,
xhnowsssdge)' shs''sge)' and Fowle Yankee sharpness,
their own hands they would win he a.r and matt
| money while doing It. -@ al" A'"A<
.best bssferne hask :; e the word butter,ng u,ed
whole credit Of games won in St. Louiy f. riseu
70 tIe teeer and he cannot 20 to the but without
O. app1aase,-af least TINT has been the
! be IMAGINED. ''es''1 s0@ a~soJ
word Is due to the St. Loul. Club grounds,
get o'ts OF land in the country-when ron ret to il
@ enn hardly mike chicagoan understand its 10.
tbat xo exefnt 70 ~ comparison Consider, then
}as. like IN St Louis yon would have to 60 down down
State street fourteen blocks beyond where the cars
asut TN. re tnen turn OF to the right and 20
Monid nave to rule IN street-car to poaut twelya
nocke beyond ths stoc&-yarIs uni Dexter i'srk.
VIII Understand snnt the St. Louis citizen hus to
unaefRo to rec bis fa.ori'es play ball.
as matter OF the location of the park has un-
9uestlonao!y considerable influence on the num-
Yer ot people WHO attend. because they unders!aud
tnat 1 tG 60 to ball s not spping out after
Yer walch means halliday lost Despite this TACT
tne erow.ss are good. and lrst-class Club always
aoes wel-nt least 50 Ling there is interest in
Inst Tuesday than they will In both Louisville
games. q. B.--1'h.s IL guesse3
"3th the hearticst ~ishas for the success OF the
It. Louis Clue, It y impossible TO compliment tho
caty on its bnse ball audiences. The grand stand
ID hlled In good pnrL with real ladies md nerfecf
esntemen; but u hna before been sa1d they are %
o!:tesiF partisan as to one or two pfaYere
IN their nine tnat they can.ot see anythir. else.
nave been GU the watch IN front Of that stand,
ana heard howl like hat Of forty demons 1wcll-
behaved, well-dEesBcd demons, ineap} 90 IN oe-
cause one man tsAY Rensen, made IN rasy catch,
while IN almost impossible stop tsay B1ong' would
nZe these l1tle c1iques. and they no end Of url
70 Describe the out-lur crowi-thc narbarians-
Aol-19lot-would 10 bseak up anboiys objections.
fIf EnU f. fn thAtr nj. A~a
Lacy takc their 70 cents out In yeluy--anl II wells
were only ceut apiece they would CHEAT the man
to enthusiasm and ull that, but When parcel OF
men ana haf grown ooys empty upon the heads Ut
Playsr opposed to heir nine ,oley Of the most
OF the word, IT Is proper to note tat tact among
the iucdent.lfof the civilization Of The gp1ne Ihe
writer has heard lot Of boys and men who ust have
gonc through t.e krnnI stand II toey were honestly
III the ground, shout out To john t:leun while be
W. W rum ny for ay within little distance ot
to hell, drop that oall you - OF - AMI then
moment aiteF, when he was running for o FOUL
Gn n 1aS s drop 4 or III cut
been said to fret base.neu loudly that scorers
and reporters Tn top OF The stand, hundred feet
ee need" 9% t the
some question Ut doubt about plain matter, your
correspondent wishes TO aid thai he blanlcs no
tho ns ees Of ,hs st. Ea;s
Club. Being. one and all, gentlemen, tney have
no n. sympathy with the scoundreis or the mob.
They could not very we'll help themselves if they
wanted to, nnl the whole scuErilous practice must
% chargeI upDn tue imperfect civilization Of tile
ma -ses for which the social economist, and not
the ball managers. must lind remedy.
Let no man uare to misunderstood me, and Say
hat lay the loss Of any to thus .o1uckynard-
cuusht the balls after which they were running
when they were SO fouly despatched with muddy
names. Passing over tue fact tiat both are |
anytns to be called namss ns tor TOYS de the
fact remains that the St. Louis cheap public feel 80
strongly over their Club that they cannot well |
zuAraisu,. Tho Question whether man must
:ubm T. whenever he contracts to play ball, to
have his mothers vood name abused by St. Louis
:rowd. IL one on which need not entcr. am not
little sorry that the game In St Louis should lie
70 lar an exception to othess as to mike so far ~
ny eapef'enee soes necessity &C. 10 hass !oalers as
'nly city which does.
! wlsn to add-and do it with considerable
sss nm ana afraid ls'pei1 sh,t e.
-ouis press ia partly responsible for this
tate OF things: The rapers here have faithfully
he world. and lhey have hin1ed+ md once in |
while said that il they lost 1t must oe eoFruptr
ct e tf hs h whsh a. eand; tan IN s.
.hcaso, but whoa Is la:gey read BY the buns and
luals. said after the r.. last Tuesday that 1t
a. thrown gy + louis fos {hs pnsposs Of getting
now that only the ctDtury-p ant could have
z.tten that, but 1t no doubt helped the crowd 10
,ake up their minis that there dishonesty In
ae party; aEd when man asserts that a. q.
pudding or Charles A. toSle would conniye 1T tae
,ss ot came for gate-nioney. be lays himself
ocn to .ce.ut1on in the asylum for the feeole-
,inded. A1au, lending paper mcan1np perhaps
, be trnny, but succeeding only in icing asinlne,
serted ,hat the st. Louis lost galne Il, hrp the
hicago- along, and for fear they would burst;
pon VIII ch another paper, which could only suc-
r in ue. an nss ut .econG- hand, grayely reads
It League ! lecture on tue siuluncss OF gi ing
way games for gate-money. when asaum.ug to
form the game, taking its facts from the other
reyious IDIOT assertions. q. i.
THE CHAMPIONSHIP. |
The week Just clo.eu has made few changes In |
standing Of the pennant cnasrrs. and has .ruught
llc4go up nu1cn Or two md placed Dustou at !
lc top, vita st. Louis seconl* The latter Club
iii probably never see the first place again In the
table, While Chica-o vail gradually
oFR upward. nnd De nearer The top at the close OF
EXT week. The tic games omitted frou the !
core, Is taey decide no. ing, and will be played
sef tt!ore the atus~n ends
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