, 1877-04-08


League Alliance agreement, the Mescuri.l liar 0
Philadelphia says: - The Stars OF Syracuse wisel
refuse to join spalding'e crew."
And now there is movement IN covineton t
revive the old Star organization. Altogether, lhi
| seaso1 promises to be the most exciting and ths
most profitable for many Years.-En7uarer.
Among the players composing the Standard Gu
| nine, Of Wheeling. ". Va. for 1877, are Hagan
Lee, and Wilkinson, Of the old Alleshcny "a.
Club, and Phillips, formerly of the Braddocks pa.
| Club.
Ameeting Of the New England Base -Ball Associ
| alton has been called for "Wednesday next at th
| Sherman House, Boston. A schedule for cham
pionshp games for the local Tag will then be at
| ranged.
News from P1ttsburg Is that the A1egheneys art
all present and at work. They will open April j:
! with the Louisville Club, and expect the St. Louis
along shortly atte,wa1a Williamson has beer
elected Captain OF the team.
The contract for printing the constitution and
rules Of the International Association has been lei
to ". A. Cummings, President OF the Organization.
The officers Of the Association have extended the
time for entering fos the championship April 10
The Minneapolis Club has been endeavor1pp tt
secure az its shortstop Julian OF the Indiana pol
nlne but az he could not get release. J. II. Ben
nett, Of Chicago, has been engaged. The club will
get together April 20, and commence play early in
May.-Post.
posed of Talley. Curry, Phillips, Fisher, and
Smiley, Of last years Philadelphia Athletes; Ress-
Ter and Heifert, Of lust seasons Actises. Phil
lips and Knight w1f be pitchers and the Directors
Talley. asd :S'A'"S ''f Ill e'''s' 70 'A''ss Win
The Syracuse Courier says that Mount Morris,
Livingston County, has subscribed s5.Uo0 and will
put out tue following team: Rumsey, p. late Of
the iale College nine; Murray :. f., Of the Fly
aways of New York City, shuttleworth. c. I. tof
the Teeumsehs, London, Canada; Mills lst b., OF
tho Tartars. et Mount Morris; ;Baucr, q the Live
Oaks, 8. g.; Macarthur, OF the Tartaru I'd b. and
Howard, Of the Maple Leafs, Guelph, c The nine
will be completed when frst-clAas players can be
secured.
Aletter from Guelph {ont gives the following
Maple Leaf Club will put IN the field this season:
Welsh, G.; Sullivan, y: !; Lapham, b.; Gillespie,
a.; ni1on' . b.; - 2nlnton. s;s. and change c. !;
Hastings, r. and change c. -Hewcr, sub; This
Is better nine Than the Maple Leafs have ever had
before and gives promise otsutfIcicnt strength to
show fayoEabtT With any team outside the Leus,ue-
The correspondent writes that the Maple Leafs will
meet the Fairbanks, ana, II possible, the White
Stockings in Chicago shis ssson They propose
into Minnesota. and will leave their marks
as they go. The season will open in Guelph April
p; with game between the professionals and
Canada will be much more exciting this year than
last, both the Maple Leafs and Tecumsehs having
considerably strengthened their Mines
GENERAL AND PERSONAL.
The baseball season sneaking In on IA with his
fngers done up ina rag-Fuitoa Iansea~
The uniform Of the Louisville Clab this season
viii consist Of graz caps shirts. and pants trimmed
with red, red belts, and red stockings.
Capt Pike has appointed Hicks his Lieutenant
This is made necessary By the formers determine
ton toplay in centre -deld- Enquirer.
Rhode Island wants baseball club, but Maesa-
chsetts refuses to permit the pitcher to stand in
that State. 1t tprefeFs jug.-He'did.
The Olympic Ball Club Of Philadelphia. was or
ganized on the 4th Of July, 1888, and claims
h6I1
In the country.
The International Association Of Base Ball Clubs
promises to 20 by the board. The League Alliance
is fast absorbing al the very best League pro-
fessiona] clnbs--Eaquirtr.
The St. Louis team arrived home from Indian
apoffs Wednesday, and started almost Immediately
for Memphis, where they expected to play yenter-
day, to-day, and Tomorrow.
New Bedford (Mass: has organized . Baseball
Association, which will fence and equip ground
this year. 1t is expected that Fall River and other
New England clubs will meet On the new grounds.
Now that the St. Louis Reds have disbanded. the
st. Louis Papers ceme boldly out and swing their
done with Bradley If he had only staid in ST. LOUIS.
But they never peepcd until the Reds had gone to
pieces.
When Tommy Bond hears "one, :" ..two," OF
" three balls called, the hair on the back OF hs
mex, hall in with wicked disregard to where the
patsu,an catcher stanas, and this is the reason
why Jim White don't like to catch for htm--Prop-
ideace Dispatch
Bcchtel has written 10 TIM Louisville Club ask
ing for information to whether the release given
him last year will allow is playing IN another uins
this season peehtel very probably sess chance Hs
Of Joining hts fortunes with the Athletics. II he
does the Athletics will not play many games with
League or Leagne A1tinnce clubs this SUMNER
Courier-Journdl.
The Courier Journal man winds up about one
half Of his baseball paragraphs with the adjura,;
orsun If already in such auttcr, We would recon-
mend him to keep his teeth firmly clenched when
iea ou .tt o BIS ,oe
The Philadelphia JRorsd says: 'McBride pre-
diets that the St. Louis are the coming champions.
There are five Phladelphians in thnt organization,
who have stgn,isd their intention OF PLAYING in
this ctr In 1879 y That means Clapp, Force, Nc
Geary, i,8ttin, aud who! And yon couldn't drag
one Of them to Philadelphia to play, even with
hawser. But 1t amuses those fellows to lie and
ioes nobody any harm.
No announccmentof the approval at the schedule
has yet been made, and it does not appear whether
It has received a majority vote or not One point
On which there was difference Of opinion. the
Cincinnati gnmcs-tcems to have hecn
settled ii the following from the Enquirer in found
ID on fact: ''Mcssrs. Chase and Sherry have seen
S aaa @ m a Is ~ sr ' ~ tho
and cncinnatis are concerned"
An Eastern paper prints the Cincinnati EnqHirrrs
description Of the trimming undergone BY the Ked
Stockings, and gently scols at the idea Of Hicks
loins anything Of the kind. By the way. it j. 70 |
'cry rare that one eet* good chance to describe
,a1~player right ont OF the Bible TINT such an OPP
,ortunity must not be missed. The picture of
Teshnrun fits Hicks so exactly that 1t must DC !
)uoted: s'But Jcshurun waxed tat and kicked; |
hon art waxen fat; thou art grown thick; thou art
covered with fatness.-Deuterono,a 1zzIi.: Is.
The first number of the st. Louis Sportsman is
It hand. It is IN eight-page paper md when un-
olded is tride larger than one page Of this shec
Tue first issue is so ful! Of typographical bIunders
u the mort heartrendiug Kind thnt it is hardly
vorth while to criticise until another nnrnhcr ap
'cars. The baseball department had nothing In
tha: had not already appeared in the daily pa
'crs. except general article on the outlook for
STE which has ..the sound Of authority" 1fthe
lew paper improves greatly it will have an excuse
or liyins-otheEwtsc not
Following is the platform of the St. Louis Club
> set forth in the papers down that way: .'The
t. Louis Club relies far more for SUCCESS in the
omins campaign On the friendship which exists
mong the players themselves, the ,,erfcct har-
opposed in each other BY officers and players than
n mere playing skill Bradley, Pike, aud Cuth-
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