, 1877-09-16

while Hall, Crowley, and Shaffcr are as ret free
as birds, although the former has papers in his
possession which need only his signature to bind
him to St. 1ouis.-CourieY-.JouY
McVey turned back-somersault at the con-
clusion OF the victory over Boston, and O O'Rourke
hip-iiapped last Tuesday. They are both ten
gaged'' for 1875.
The Iowa Stars, OF Nevinsville, Ia, hammered
out ~ runs, while the Orsents, OF Orient, were
content with II. The game took place at Ney-
insyille Sept 10.
Will Geer, OF the Star nine, has entered into
contract to play with the Cincinnati nine next
season. He was offered an engagement with
the Stars, but liked the terms oi the Cincinnatis
bctter-
Secretary Young announces the engagement
q +. T. Goldsmith, Phil Powers, G. Il. Bradley,
Ed Solncryille, T. Il. Smith, j. uorn,,nr, D,
Walker, and NJ. E. Burke with the Tecumscll
Club, OF London, Canada
4 Buffalo paper, after describing the game
between the INDIANAPOLIS and Buffalo Clubs. in
which the latter we're beaten to Q, suggests
the dropping Of the home club In the Niagara
River. That would be a drop Too much.
About month ago the Louisville Club Man
ayers dug d hole In which to plant the tlag-
stall that was to hy next years whip pcnnant.
And nov Chapman has abandoned Is Poor
Aiecn Alanccn," and whistles ''Roe the Fort,
for am coming."-Ci1ci,u.an Enquirer.
It is announced from Cincinnati that Mitchell,
Foley, and Booth have been engaged for next
year. -Addy anu Booth are mentioned as subs.
The managers are looking for another first
class pitcher is well as short-stop, tirst-base-
man, and right-iclder. McVcy will probably
CATCH
The Louisville Conrier7Jenrnal thus nourns
over Il defeat If the Grays by tue Cincinnatis:
Mitchell and Miller pitched and caught for the
Cinciunatis YESTERDAY. Mitchell and Miller arc
nj 1r lear. II hfar hrT
play with our little buys asyain they should re-
member not to squeeze anu lug them too hard II
1t is said that Manager Douglas, OF the new
Hartford Club, has secured tue services Of Cru
vcr, Hague, York, Harbidgc, and Carey. Doug
las Allison, Of the present Hartford team. will
,.an, anu Cassidy are ilc only p1ayers thus far,
who have signed with the Brooklyn Club. Capt.
Ferguson will have charge OF the team during
the season OF 1878.
The following is from Providence paper:
''Whcre arc our new players for the season Of
1878: It's time to bcs,i to secure champion
team aud joi, the League, Providence will
support j lirst-class club Let the emblem Of
the championship bc kissed by tic brcczcs ut
NarEagansctt Bay in 1873" Providence per-
mittinsr, it is not too late to ret niue. Il ligh
fence will have to be built on the grounds 70
prevent the bull being knocked into alassacht
se1ts or Connecticut by heavy hittcrs.
The Boston Herald has the following truthful
remarks aneut Louisville us i baseball city:
1.-THE Bostons went over TO Louisville and
played fur. games, losing all, but, OF course.
not in the hope OF getting big money Tie
share Of the receipts was just Sf40 The Louis
y1Ics take with them from Boston, as their
share Of the receipts from the four ga1nes lately
played, 81 ,4u. Had not Louisville 4 tirst-class
club it would be losing venture for any club
to visit there, All important Thought III view Of
the fact that the backbone Of the present team
is to he transferred to other cities at the close
of 1s77.''
4 Cincinnati paper thus describes the lengthy
Lewis performance In one Of the CINCINNATI
Louisville games: q Alcyerle came forward
with the centrc-poc OF Barnum's circus tent
across lis shoulder. The way Levi spit Oil bis
hands, and banged the homc-plate, and limbcred
tho joint i'll lis left ankle, gave every one warn-
ing that he Was thinking some OF killing The
gale-kecper down ut the carriage entrancc- Zip
came the ball; swish went Lewis tcnt~polc.
Deylin barely escaped from the swipe by falling
fiat to the ground. Owing to some mise .ula-
ton in Lewis optical bearings thu ball did not
bat squarely against the pole, and tho conse-
quclare was tilnt Gerhardt kept it from getting
DIRTY on the groEnd.''
SoN-LEAGuE NOTES.
Snig, Twie, and FL, are members OF clubs In
New England.
The Alleghcnies will retain A Goodman on
1.st bisc il their nine next scason.
McCormick's contract with the Stars for next
Season is announced by Secretary Young.
Indianapolis has sspickcd its Flint" and thar
plucky catcher will support Nolan In 1875.
Williamson, third-baseman OF the Al1cghcnics,
has signed for 1878 with the indianapolis Club.
Secretary Young announces the engagement
of NcCullar, Dorgan. Mck,nnon, Hotaling, nnl
Furrcll for 1878 with the Stars Of Syracuse
The Monitowoc Club have dlsbanded. The
managers have grown rich on tho receipts, aud
will doubtless put strong nine IN the ncld
next year.
The Allcshcnics still lead in the racc for the
International championship, the Tccumschs,
Rochesters, aud Mauellesters being well up in
the order named.
The Buffalo papers have. good deal to say
about Sllort'Stop Say, Of the Buffalo Club.
They DO not tsant him expelled, as they would
like to hire him forts lie has left Buffalo 1or
Lis home III Baltimore.
The Buffalo Express having expressed the
opinion that Sol1enc should engage the Auburn
nine for her ''lsickers," the Auburn Advertiser
saws: at would be more legitimate for her to
engage the Express nan, If q wcll-aeyc1opcd
calf is any Recommendation. .'-Syracnse Courier.
Thomas Barlow, arrested tor alleged petit
larccay i'll New York last week, was former
c1tchcr for the Hartford Baseball Club. Dur
ing game with the White Stockings in Ch1ca-
o.
The physicians administered morphine, and
Barlow asserts that since then he has been
victim Of craving for morphine, and while
under this influence is not 4 responsible moral
agent
This is the way the New York World editorial
" benoans the decay Of old timc baseball:
1.-THE age of amateurs is goue: that Of tue twist
pitchers League mines, and catcllcrs' masks has
succeeded, and the glory Of baseball IS departed
forever! Never, never more shall VIC oenolu
that generous muting Of tfys and groundcrs,
that proud laying for balls on the bounu, that
drnitlcd disobcdience, that INSTRUMENTATION OF
ti;c bert that kept alive even in defeat the de-
termination to wax 'et1 next time Tug IN IN
bought lirst nine, the cheap champion OF the
town the nurse vi manly sentiment amt heroic
enterprise, is gone! 1t is gone, that scnslbAlty
Of fingers, that slppcrlncss ol grip which icl' =,
lot liner ike u wound and Inspired courage IN
the striker while it fun'bed with the Dali, WHICH
tlronpcd whatever it touched, and under which
the Tamc itself lost. half its dulncss by losing
all its certainty" .
UMPIRE NOTES.
Sumner, OF Boston, does not escape the charge
of nartisans1,ip when {: close decision IS re-
CURED, and generally gives the Reds the bcne-
1T Of the doubt.