, 1877-12-30

dens their souls, 1t Is proper to say thnt Hankin
sons name in Frank. not ~. W, 'as the Easter
newspaper pilferers hase uniformly called It
don't understand IL not clear. The Boston Heralt
noyer credits any news which 1t mobiles unless il
wy 70 tpsrn n
column
The Official announcement OF the engagement q
John E, Clapp by the Indianapolis Club has beer
received by the Chicago cluo. a telegram to this
anapolif, and it is added TINT be viii play nfs,
base. He is IN excellent man on the base but oi
not much use at the bat All the past season he
ing hitter. and at the end Of the season he sup
ported his claim to that title by showing up az
foEty-thi1d butter in LIT ef ifty-two: That sas
suppose that his accession to the indianapolis
ranks will make the rclease Of Que man necessary.
IfMr. pettitt will hear whispered sus-
gestion, he will come TO amtcablc terms with
Nelson and lot him 60 whence he came. lie will
strengthen his team very materially in one essen
tial respect by s" doing.
1t will be seen by, the following from the Toxic
f;anan> Times thut not taking into ACCOUNT Their
boating clubs at regattns. Harvard men winning
distinction in the *'daluonu aeld" in Japan. The
Times says: 1.-THE casual presence OF two Harvard
ball players Of rcpute stirred our local dcyoteca Of
the uatlonui game Ut America to a friendly natch
in Yokohama on Tuesday lSst; Sides were chosen
which roughly moko ana tue &
cvinced lack Of practice, but the game was never
thclcss interesting. Mr. Leeds. who llas long
dlled responsible position in the Harvard Unirer;
sity nine, being the object Of special regard and
fully met public expectation. Ills general play,
and particularly his swift and ACCURATE throwing,
wus universally admired. OR the local champions,
Mr, Churchill eInuld, perhaps, be called the hero
OF the day. us he caught several difficult fly balls III
fne STYLE"
QUESTIONS ANSWERED.
1875-'sWas there u Ressler and Kesser both
in the game IN 1875, Or were they tho same 1nan
mispriurcd!' .tnsrtr-There were two such men.
one with Cincinnati and the other with Wash
ln.ton.
1Sp.-.tWhere did Nelson, OF the next years
Blues, CONC from:s -dHsipfr-Brookiyu, or there
abouts; he pla7cd with the Mutuals in 1870; Eek
for.'s 1871; Troy, 1879; Mutual, 1873 lS74, and
1873: Philadelphia and Allegheny, 1876; Allie
eheny, 1877. Maybe you can judge from that
where he belongs.
$40" Please decide bet by naming the nine
engaged for 1879 by the Chicago Club, If there was
such . thing; I named three men. and bet on t.''
Ansner--lt Is doubtful whether any one except Mr.
Gassctte give that list, and he isn't handy by.
As uear as can BE- remembered, 1t was to be:
b.: rinkhans, 3 b.. ]: Force. s. 8; Nelson and Nc
Geury were also OF tile team, but that's all the
writer can remember, and very likely he may he
wrong III some o( tue names.
On IcE-*t What was Croft's record in games
and base- e-hits the past season1 {2l Do you think
him better first basenlan than Lathanlf ~ is
Foley as good third. basen,an as williamson!
t4> Has Mack, Of indianapolis Club, ever played
first base reguArly!n -iHSntr-(l) Counting
League games only, he had 80 hi.s in 40 games;
cannot give you the figures for all the games he
played ~ As far as the figures 60 he is he was
the best st-base1nan in the League i'll fielding,
anu Latham was t!fth Croft was however. forty
third in the battins-1ist and Latham WAS nine
tecnth. Is, The record shows Foley's batting at
Hn3f 1frr, cf1r,"E haiti