, 1877-11-11
BASEBALL.
DEyLy's ELEMENTARY CONFESSION.

| a gentleman we'll known to reporter OF this
PAPER writes at some length from Louisville. viii,
the intention, as lie expresses 1t. Of *glving both
edess' OF the story about the expulsion OF Devl!n
and Hall. He begins by saying that the base ball
| public will heartily thank the Louisville Club for
its efforts 10 expose corruption in the game, and
would be even more profusc in their thanks and
congratulations could it be made appear that the
efforts of tho management Of the Club had been
uniformly on the high piane lately assumed by
them. One part OF tho confession OF Nr. Dcylin
has not it appears found way into the Courier
Journal, and that item bears upon the Clubs
relations to Devinney. When asked upon
that subject, Dcyl1n confessed that the
Devinney scheme had been put up by the managers
after consultation with himself and Others and
that it had been brought to such pitch Ut perfec-
tion thar, as he e1prcsselit, '@no eighteen men
in tho country could have won u game from us
with Devinncy a5 U,npire- Add the ever
recurring proofs offered by facts to this
confession Of Dcvlin's, and it puts the
Louisville Club management lust about where
the public have long ago stationed them. Farther
more, the Club cannot afford to repudiate this
branch OF Mr.. Devlin's revelations any more thnn
they the others which they put SO much
stress. If they accept his proof OF his own
guilt in one direction, let them not ignore
his guilt in the matter of buying up -Dcvinney just
other clubs. It Will be hard find any club mann
ger who believes 1t was much worse for the game
for Deylin to sell himself out than for his employ
crs to buy out another man. 1t was deoasn1 and
corrupt:ng the game,-in in one case by an ignorant,
needy player: in the other by heightened, wealthy
gentlelnen. These are the views Of Devlin and
the correspondent. Tney Wonia also be those Of
THE TRIBUNE were ii absolutely settled that the
Directors, IS we'll as the PLAYERS, were knewing, to
tue DeSinney matter, as charged in the supple
mentary confession Of Deylin.
Another thing OF which DeVlin complains bitterly
is wau he calls the Clubs lack OF faith with him iii
another matter. lie says that when the first sus-
picion OF crookedncss was excited tue management
went 10 him md asked MIN to tell MI he knew and
that they then absolutely promised him full I'M
lin made his second confession, expecting as he
says, to be covered up. but the Directors broke
their PROMISE and expelled him,--wl1ich the same
he richly deserved, both because he sod games,
and because he was fool enough to own up TO 1t.
While Deylin has owned MP to tue fact that he
lost three games on purpose, and for mnney, he
reason why he did So 1t is simply that he WAS In
absolute want Of the necessaries which money
could buy, and which he could NOT get because the
him. lie Gays thAt the Club has not paid him
dollar since last August, and that it now owes him
Fu'er aa1 ta! or whe il M hs @ hf
brought only SO. In short Devlin claims that he
SiS2 t. a s9nae that On the The n2es
were owed by the Club the following sums at the
end Of the season: Snyder, $500; Gerhardt,
$500; Dcvl1n, $40; Sh4:1er, $50: Crowley.
$3.50; Latham. $500; Crayer, 500; Hall, $500;
LatIerty, $500; Hague. S:,50 This sum OF 3d. 43O
ha. not been paid and the PLAYERS do not expect
that It will be- When the Eastern players went Oft
home they were given Sl00 each, out the others ]
could get nothing. 1t further appears, an evil
denee OF the condition Of the Club. that the car
penter who built the stands for the grounds has |
never been paid. and that, despai.ln1 OF get
ting his money i'll any other way he has gone into
the Courts aud that even now the concern is pla-
carded for sale oy the Sheriff Of Jefferson County,
Ky;
Dcvfin in the fact that he has nut been paid and |
That claim is not made By himself by the CORE
spondent but still the flcts about the Club are !
quite proper to be published as showing how it /
treats Its players, and, more than that, how it |
treated other clubs during the season.
1t appears that the expelled members of the Club
PROPOSE to appeal to the League ut its December |
meeting to cxpcl the Club account OF its failure
70 keen faith with them in the matter Of payment
violated from the time he signed it to
he day he was expelled. He has taken it to |
competent legal advisers and they have told him
hat it was urtfufIy drawn as not to hblu the |
Club for dolar He therefore proposes to ask |
he League Board for equity, and others will fol- I
ow his precedent If it shall be proven Us is |
aimed, that the Club has defauItel to its players
" has been guilty OF snborulng umpires Tor an |
lmpire), it should be promptly expelled from the ]
.eague,-just as promptly as should Deylin and
Hall On their own showing. The League can no !
more stand defaulting and dishonest club than
an the club stcnd dishonest player. |.
THE MILWAUKEE CLUB.
correspondent In Milwaukee sends the record
Il the professional CluD of that city as (p1Iows.