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,,lne element OF new players will Of courst
e9ausG each OF these results. There Is, how
esel, tne grand consolation OF knowing that the
| esnmate does no harm, and moreover that it i:
| lever oorne out By the play on the turf.
| ST. LOUIS ITEMS.
e~ Specsd' 1tspatch % Tie 1fibune.u
sI: LoVis, March 3.-Drector Marsh, OF the
syracuse Stars, arrived here to-day for the p,1r.
pose Of endeavorfng to settle the .Dorgan dith-
culty amieably. a consultation Was had to,
niSat With the Directors Of the St. Louis Base
ba1l Club, the result Of which has not been an.
s ssounee9s put It Is more than likely TINT the
eFracuse Club will relnQuish its claims 10 Dur
ean's services, aud send him out here, rather
lhan have him expelled from the League, as tho
q, Louis Directors say he shall be If lie violates
MS contract with them. The st. Louis Club will
OF the St. Louis PLAYERS, Nichols. Clapp, Craft,
alcGeary, Batt1n. Force, DehIman, and Blo,s,
are now here. Vice-Prcsitlent Kelly, OF The
Aileghanies, arrived to-day. to look after Gal
Fln, Dolmar, and Rcdnan, of the St. Louis Reds.
THE GAME IN PHILADELPHIA.
Special Correspondence or The Tribune
PHILADELPHIA, March 1.-The interest in the
national game in this city will be greater this
year than since 1873 for the reason that 4 new
departure is to be taken and an effort made to
raisc the game up out Of the mud INTO which 1t
has been tramplcd BY the roughs and gamblers
We have had three clubs die Oh our hands with
N N couple Ct years, and the result has been to
to- to get rid OF about everything and
fresh start, We lost the Ccntennials because
they never had any excnse Tor being born
Then We missed the Philadelphias, who got lost
in the woods near Pittsburg and pcrishcd Of
been pushed overbuard BY thu League, were
drowned In the deem waters of debt. That
cleaned the decks and left all ready for another
trial. The result is that few gentlemen Of
standing in this city hare come together and
agreed to go into the game moderately 1his year,
with the hope TINT another gear would enable
them to blossom out and resume their old posi-
tion at or near the head OF the game. The gen
tIemcn referred to are SO far as know, all Of
honesty and good reputc, it being the intention
to command respect at once by the character of
the backing which the organization shall have.
1 fully believe that nobody wishes or expects
that any Of the old gang will have aug,ht to do
with the Club.
The first and most necessary thing to be done
VAS, OF course, to slough of the old Athletic
Clubs embarrassment ents, and, to do this effcctual-
ly, tho new directors applied for . char
ter under the name OF 1.-THE Athletic AS
sociatlon," and WILL act under that name. This
was necessary, because the old club was SO COW
cred un with debt that, ii any attempt to play
game under the same name had been made the
officers Of the law would have swooped down
and carried away the proceeds, and that
wouldn't have been pleasant.
The officers OF the new association are as fol-
lows:
Prestd<nt-Charles a. Downing.
Fee rresidents-s- H. Flanagan and William
Warnock.
4seeretary-Charles !. Czagin.
D 1Trdsurer-George ". Thompson.
Dir<ctor>-Frank Mills and Charles I. Cragin.
Iaadgs-Hicks Hnyhurst.
The new Association has secured the grounds
ff1R f.f ISrvnr fFrh Tat
streets, and will use them about as they are
not caring to spend much it any money in fit
ting them up.
As an earnest Of the Associations intent to
connection with Al Wright and his class. It
was partly this which caused him to attack
Spa1ding, whom. he considers. in sort OF half
wlt way, to hare been the cause OF his loss OF
position and pay. His course Of reasoning is
that Spald.ng. got the Athletics expelled and
therefore made them unable to pay $500 for
Secretary; It followed then that Spalding had
deprived Wright OF $500 and should be abused.
can only add that none of the ''Athletic As
soslation" approved .l the attack on spaldlng.
in the field will not be as strong as some others.
but it wlll be composed OF good players, and
notably Of the class against which nothing can
be alleged. It was, Of course, too late when
the Association was formed to get the best men
in the country, because they were under con-
trait. 1t was, therefore, thought best to make
an attempt to stir up local pride By gathering as
many us possible Of the ''old At1letlcs.'' For
cast about them, and found Al Reach, once the
model second baseman, now in business, but
willing to play with his old team; Fisler, the
sure first base, and sensenderfer, the natty
centre fielder, were also living in the city In
F1ei Fred Treasy, I aud and y' Fersy Malone t r, we're
also available. OF tue younger class were
Weaver, Coon, Stair, Curran, Shetzline, |
and half dozen more we're ready to play, while
there was 10 trouble in getting Warren White
and Fu1mer, IL the money was forthcoming.
Here are more than dozen to choose from OF
hand, and though am not a prophet, nor ret
a baseball manager, l can sec that a good nine
can be picked out from them. I believe that
the Association will go to work in arranging a
team with the intention Of living within their
means, and If go, ther Will take men willing to
play for small salaries, or none For instance,
such nine as this could be had with yerv small
expense: Mcbride, o.; Curran, c.; Fisler, b.;
!. f.; Scnsy, 6. l.: Coons, +, +. They could add |
Weaver and another catcher, and then not go |
outside the easily probable receipts 1nasmuch |
rs nobody knows what the team is TO be, do |
ho harm in making these suggestions, which |
gathered from one Of the corporators Of the |
Association. |
It is easy to see that this nine had better not
Join the League, and for several reasons: First,
because tt is not strong enough to come out near
Lie t0Q, Al1u We uAtE uAA 4tltC SA44A4EuG 1lI1uS
which struggled for the top, and bursted in the |
effort II We don't try to be champions We |
:hall not be disappointed Second, the desire to
make the team pay expenses will prevent much
sravel, and there is no use In repeating last
year's iasco Finally, because the nine, II COM
oosed as forecasted, will not be nude Of players
rho can leayc their business to travel.
1t is stated here this week that the managers
nave made contracts with Bennett, who was
l]readY under contract with Milwaukee. Ihope
his is not so, but rather think it is. Fulmer
Ind Warren White arc also announced to have
;igned contracts
] see also that the Sunday Republic announces
With great certainty that the new club will ap-
,ly to the League and be admitted. hope this
S not true, and believe it is uot We have, as
have already said, had too many failures in
his city, and xhy should the new concern rush
n certain failure again! It would be much
,etter not to do it in every view Of the case.
The provisions Of the international Associa-
ion constitution and organization, 80 far IS we
AVE hearI them, seem admirable, and think
t likely that the new club will join the Inter
lationals- Il. a. l.
PROSPECTS II THE SOUTH
Special Correspondence Q 1at IF7onne
LOUISVILLE, March 2-Louisville folks are
boxing forward With eager interest to the com
1encement of the baseball season Of ~. They
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