, 1877-03-04

: 187B-'77 NAV be sct down as wonderful sue
cess. Peters, OF the .Chicagos, began it, though
he wns strutting around about tho matter be
the Cincinnatis; he was blest with a pa1ten
1nusic-box early in the winter. Then Charlie,
Fulmer's wife made him q present, and be bor1
the honor meekly. Burdoek, Of the Hartforls
was the next man to LOOK down on his bachel lol
friends, and pity them, and wonder how the3
i managed to get along without one. Lastly, antt
only couple Of weeks ago, Bradley, Of tht
i Chicagos,. was driven out Of the house by tht
| nurse. and, on returning, was shown a new STYLE
receptacle for paregoriv. AS usual In matter:
Her nine have two Of these attaehM cnts. By tie
| way. it is very hard to treat this subject with
proper delicacy, aud it is really to be hoped thai
IN this paragraph nobody's feelings hare been
hurt.
/ sEM1-paoFEss1oNAL TEAMS AND PLAYERS.
It,is said that Sweasy, of last years .Cincin.
natl team, is to play with the new Lowell
| (Mass.) Club.
The Alaska Club, Of New York, announce the
i following team for the coming season: Fallon,
! D.; Guilty, C.; 1shcrwood, I b.; Dover, b.
Tracy, S. s.; Haukfsson, 81; Jolly, !. T.; Rice.
| c. T.; Lewis, !: t.
L is now said that DALEY, of; last years
clubs has determined to keep his first contract
aud to play with tile A[nnchcstcrs, which organ
izatiuu has the best claim TO his services.
The Active Club, Of Readin:g;, Pa, has entered
vigorously upon the campaign, and wit;.it is
said be strongly backed. ~. Ress1er, Fields,
| IIeifcr, Dillon, und Warrcn;aof last year's team,
will remain, and move will be at once made to
ill the other positions,-those OF pitcher, first
base, third base, aud right field. q
The Live Oaks, OF Lynn, Mass, have COM
! p1eted their team for The season as follows:
| Cummings, D.; Riley, C.; Mason, 1 b.; Hawkes.,
2 h.: Jackson, b.; Ramsey, 8. s.; Adams, ]. +. !;
| Carpenter, e. f.; Allen, r: f.; Fcsscnden, sub.
| This may prove to bt very strong team; but,
inasmucb US it has ut least four players VINO are
almost unknown, it will be proper TO wait until
| solno games have been played before passing
| on it.
| The Fairbanks Club, in sending to the Sccrc-
| tary Of the League its signature to the League
Alliance agreement, presented the following as
Bracken, JOHN j. Furlong, Thomas Reardon, J.
j. Coh1en, Charles l.. Dennis, w. G. Brown,
| Thomas Mooney, Thomas D. Burke, Frank ".
Bandel, n. Edwards, w. E. Bodlcy: This is
about the same list Us was given In these col
| umns some weeks ago. -
Weaver, who pitched for the Philadelphia
Club last season, seems to be undecided whether
to join the Columbus Buckeyes or to stay In
Philadelphia With the new Athletics. He has, it
is understood, signed provisional contract
with the lat:or club to join them III case they
TE0FEQ0lZE. 1HC ulll9 Sus.ElIalVH LilAL 6CCflfS
proper to make is. that the Buckeyes pay their
men and the Athletics and Philadelphias-weli,
Weaver ought TO know all about them by now.
The Syracuse Courier adds another to the list
OF York State mines as hailing from Lima,
Livingston County. The players are said to be
ticfOllowing: Heath, OF the Rochesters, catcher;
Wood, OF the Etnas Of Detroit, pitcher,, Kelsey,
OF the Mutuals Of Jackson, Mich, hrst tusc; Bere-
diet, OF the same club, second base; Oberlarf,
of Dansyille, third base; Bohen, Of the Etnas
of Detroit, short stop; Challis, OF the Liyings-
tons, left field; Yorlss, OF the same club, ccntre
field; Buchner, Of the Limas, right field; Green,
Of the same club, substitute.
Last Sundays TRIBUNE. presented consider
able List OF players who were claimed By two or
more clubs, and reprchended the practice OF
men signing two contracts or making two prom
ises to different clubs. '1n the list Of doublg-
contracted players was included the name Of c.
jerome, OF st. Louis, who was charged with
being under promise to Milwaukee and st.
Paul The statement that be was to play with
Milwaukee was based OH an assertion to that ef-
feet made BY ". ?. Rogers to TRIBUNE re-
porter. 4 letter from tue manager of the Mil
that organization has had nothing to do with
him. Tits clears Jerome Of any blame.
The Providence Dispatch is cheerful over the
prospects for a good professional nine In that
city this year. 1t blocks out the programme
with D,clly Pcarce as short-stop, Captain, and
~
Bresnahan, b.; Hanlon, b.; Mace el1ar, !. f.;
Barry. c. f.; Thomas, r. I. This leaves only sec
ond base vacant, and 1t is suggested that the
managers have an eye on man from fhiaael~
aeha for that Place Ias pf 5s1a e6esudes 6esn
contracts signed with any Of the above Us Jet,
SO there is no certainty that any OF them will be
here, but to the best OF our knowledge the
above are the men that have been selected to
represent Providence next summer" Another
3e thof tn ha
mines in Providence. 1t seems as If any ATTEMPT
to divide the interest would end in making fail
ures Of both teams.
MOST SORTS.
The suggestion is made that Eggler will be
selected to fill the place IN the St. Louis team
made vacant BY Dorgan, should the Inter refuse
to carry out his eontract and suffer the conse-
quence Of expulsion.
The Secretary of the international Associa-
tion reports that be haa not yet given cut the
constitution anu documents for printing. This
may delay the book until after play has conl~
menced in some sections.
The Amateur Association OF Chicago will meet
at the fremont House Friday evening next to
hear tho report OF the Committee on Constitu-
tion, etc. That Committee has been In session
on the subject, ana It is understood that they
have prepared satisfactory document
Ball enthusiasts who expected an early sea-
son, and we're discouraged By Yesterdays storm,
may pore over the fact that the general result Is
about the same In this climate. For the past
three years the opening games in Chicago have
varied only fire days from each other. April
Is, II, and % have been the dates.
The Cincinnati Club has proposed as candi-
dates for umpircs for all games on its grounds
j. Brockway, ]. Draper, W. E. Walker, W. B.
Mcllish, and j. q. Clifford. Each club will vote
for three OF these, aud Secretary Young will
count the votes. The Chicago Club manage
ment has also sent on its names for umpircs,
but the President refuses to give them for pub
]ication.
Hines has spent his winter in becoming IN
ardent politician Of the Tilden stripe, and some
OF his letters have expressed the utmost deter
m;nation on the subject Of inaugurating the said
Tilden. Not long ago he proposed to start for
Chicago as soon as be had finished bis job of in
augura ting his man. 1t is quite probable, how
ever, that he will bow to the inevitable, and pre-
sent himself to play centre field for the Chi
casos, Tilden or .Ro'1iden.
The Fairbanks players were out again last |
Thursday for practice, and showed up quite |