, 1877-11-18
prospects Of the National
Game in Chicago.
nsxt Years Nine.--Rensen Se-
cured for Centre-Fieider.
George Wright and James White Join
the Clncinnatig.
Comparative Batting Strength Of the
Two Great Western Clubs.
Exposure Of the Doings of a Gang
of Horse Sharps.
Proposition to Record the Time Of the
Second Horse in Race.

BASEBALL.
-rr MINES OF TIE TEAM WHICH HAS BEEN
ENGAGED FOR NEXT YEAR
.,e guarantee that honesty will prevail as it has
dining the last two years in Chicago among the
naycr:, and alwass in the management For the
,tyapt,cc OF those readers who take the Sunday
c5ition only Tus TK.nuSE will reprint the names
of the tcam which, gave last Tuesday, and which
will t.y 10 bring the pepuant back to Chicago ne1t
year 10 show thst this il - of year " in base
hsl IS we'll as politics:
For Captain, aud probably short stop, Robert
Ferguson
For catcher. W A. lIarbidsc, who has the
best catcbers record Of the year, excepting only
SEyder.
For pl1cher, Larkin, whose first Eeason in 1876
was better than that Of any other regular pitcher
bu. Lone.
For first tase, Joseph Start, who leads the COM
tzy il fielding, and is sixth from the top in batting
For third base, \. c. Ansou who needs no COM
u1eu4ation 10 Chicago audience.
For left field, the best player Chicago ever raised,
James ualuun.
For general play, young Hankinson. an amateur
in whom Ferguson, who is good u judge as any,
oae. thinks hc has discovered ! wonderful PLAYER
Fox right field, John c. Cassidy, WHO stood sec
ond in the batting this season.
For pitcher, L. Reis, the younEEter who made
his first Appearance this season, and raised hob
viii tue DQstOn AlnC1uuaIl. ana a. L0QtE Clubs.
Two more men will probably be engaged. One
OF these ma likely te Remscn, player who is
great favorte with Ferguson and splendid fcld-
Ct. The other ought 10 be Ross Barnes, il any
means can be found to retain his services
CINCINNATI NEWS.
The news from, Cincinnati is Of unusual interest
this week. The team for that city has bccu pse-
vously announced, in fact, put on the market
loar while ago.-but Of late the managers were
-t.l.
k:ruct it. AZ first given out The list was: Nj chell,
p.; Kelly, c.; Sullivan, l b.. Gc7hazdt, b. !;
Foley, 3 b.; Geer E. g.; JONES' l. f.; Pike, c. T..
Addy, +. f., with McEcy ch. c., ch. D., Captain,
etc, and Booth rs sub. OF course Aac was to |
play, but just where no one seemed to kuow,-in |
fact, il was no ones business but his own, and !
then only after the season opened. Well having |
these eleven men on hand, chance came to cet !
jim White and his appendagcs. They were tnken, |
AMI that made thirteen players. Then George t
Wright hinied that he Vas willing, and !
he engaged. and that made fourteen, or
With Charley Gould. fifteen. 1t w2s about
tsae to begin TO tain oat. and 50 Addy's cum
tract was bought in for $500; that uaacc fourteen
Then Foley was released, and that made thirteen
7:en so:.c arrangement wAs ,nade with i.oo,t- and
he disappeared from the roll: that made twelve. ]
1nas:nucu Us Gtulu Will do little else than lake
Ut the ground lie may he counted out OF tfe
lit. and, prs<lo. We are down 10 eleven asain. !
The n,ne Is reapnears after ths picking over is:
w., u: h,ts, p; J; Whts, G sullivan, IT,; Ger
laFCt ~ NCA cE 3o.- " FlraL, s. =: Jones. !
l. T.: Pike. C. I, Kelly, r. f.; Mitchell and Gcer,
sabs,-a strong team. very stron: ,ndiv,lu-
losd Eait1norc 1nes OF 1s72 and 1873. Thcy,
especially the first, were the best ever
arranged. but they fell by The way |
siuc> While THE TRIBUNE chce1fulIy ar
tnowlcdse@ the strength Of TIE team. il does not
believe II juslies aay talk abo3t ''euse1y walking
sway with the pcnnant" such as has been made in
Cincinnati, papers 10 satisfya correspondent who |
:n.Ses au inquiry, the following calculation has |
been snade TIL: batting strength Of the tcans has
been u-cerrained and placed s1ue by side to show
psrbAbe results is far records inucate them. The
leasue dsnres are lakea wherever possible, the
Mitchell. The Buckeye Club for Kelly. und the
Syracuse Courier for Geer. With1h Chicano4 are |
placed Ecnscu and Spalding. that is very likely
tu be the way the team Will DC finished, and any |
falr comp plrzson must hare the same number OF |
hi Il III each side. he record would be. |