, 1877-01-07
rha Latest Plan for a League"..A
-" Three-Story Editice Rec"
commended.
- +r,e Profits of the Pool-BOx
Affect the Racing Interest.
-.n1and's Crack Cricketers Beat
en- by Some Colonists.
aspsral Paragraphs for Bowlers, Curriers',
walkers, Wrestlers, and Bliardists.

-. IN THE TRIBUNE relating some facts In
wv. N.sct;on with William Fisher, commonly
.@axn s.p as "Cherokcc," who played several
Auo" n The West Ends of Milwaukee toward
4. Ike of last season. The allegations against
.Ds.a- ~ ue~e SO grave that it did not appear
100, IN min. them until they had been looked
pvF Eow that there seems no doubt Of the
..r,h If the charges, It is quite proper to pub
~ them TO show the character ol the player,
~ nerhsps to warn other clubs aSa'nst en-
-,ar;rr him. It seems TINT good deal OF sus-
p p.;an Tas excited By some Of ''Cherokee's play
49, ~ tho West Ends, and especially By his con-
49, n . eame where they we're beaten, Sept
~ h. tbe iFtnns Of Detroit, by 4 score OF 15
IN ~ At the time OF that game the Club man
sasrnent announced that they would ferret out
-. aff.,r aud they were successful. When con
.-s,,ed With the accusation and what proof
I"n1a ~ obtained, Fisher owned up to the
ehale . sell. and implicated a prominent gambler
,,a betting man in the affair. This last man
Len raye up the story, and the whole sw1nd1e
ssms ant. 1t was very simple transaction,
.sra needs no especial comment. It was simply
e1o1 i, uCherokee's !" pocket, and the game
~, Inst. OF course he could not stay
n the Club after that, and he accordingly made
.rsr FIR another man. The case is somewhat
,pmarksble as being the only authenticated in
e.,nce of t.sold' game In 1876. There have
heeu plenty Of charges, and good deal Of Wild
,s1k, but nothing like proof In any single case
hsfore this ono, and even here there YVES no &C
snsst;on that the Club authorities knew any
tb;nr ahout the matter. As 4 postscript to the
,a-aer ~ F9sher.in Milwaukee, it may be noted
.hst sor,,e one arranged for farewell party OF
he11 to him. and sold considerable number Of
,;1:tets. with the proceeds OF which Fish
er went away unostentatlously, and With
out waiting for the pariy,, which,. by the
war: reyer came oil. the only information as
- Tsher's whereabouts comes from the Ph'la-
delnhi. Mercury, which recommends him as one
Of 1he pIaYers Tor the Athletics Of 1871.
CONCERNING 4 FALsEuooD.
The T;poer In its last issue undertakes appar-
ently to Justify its course i'll abusing the
League, and especially in m!srepresentlngg the
doings Of the Cleveland Congress; but IN the
eourse Of the attempt the writer founders about
in fslsehood, and trips himself up so curiousiy
as to be rather IN object Of pity than OF scorn-
/ counle OF instances will sufHee- The Clipper
SAYS:
In ,ecs,d TO the report in question, as 1t WIS
.!e Of the inaugural meeting OF the League to e1-
clte from their conventions all persona except
ac1ual dclcsates,-2n exception being made in
favor Of one Chicago paper At the annual meeting
q; the Leaeue,-tt followed as matter OF course
that cur regula: baseball reporter was unable to
represent 1t the rectinss- The same hand that
s<afMe report tctich appeared in The clipper, and
TIT comments interpola.ed we're the result OF In
formation furnished to our reporter bY party per-
sunsl)y cognizant Of the proceedings OF the meet
i1gk in question.
Thu ror.s in italics cover as exact falsiica-
1ran1s t.a,' Ia r,sda n eynrcss It il tr1a
uoa WYE - ~ 49,. F.,-.,;stog ~1;t1, e1;,,s ~
1eal tne Ct:gIef was 1u1iusleo VIZ. enps ~ ~
1a f 1Se d there
VII NJ reason to expect that the receiver would
mancle, aarble, and distort facts so IS to COM
pletely reverse the meaning and intent Of section
liter section Of the CONSTITUTION. The report
49,. n'sao~aS +, ~ Gj.,.1s,. .-as M Tnz Tp1n
~~+ e- 49, .e ea,t 1ra har< -
t1h report, noF YVES IL seAI l1oul Hglc ~ au3
Faleie else' was cookeu up III New aorh atla
based on The 1n1BuSE's slips, with every dls-
tnrtion and tnist OF meaning which ingenuity
could devise. The assertion that the Ciipper
presented q fafr reoort of the Learue loin1s is
isnrh,hIe Tia xr;ter If th;e ,,arorranI, 3s IN
no;sess;on ,f test;mnnr wh;.h cannot be
sa.osA" ~ Sne E;9ss eneet tnat ~. I4eeu,
~ ~u"ue1 u tAe Ctppe1, "as opFoseu ~
1ht Lcague az us beginning, anu e4presscu Hlnl-
stu Is down on the affair."" because 1t vas
formed "3nhout consulting the thpptr." Inc
mst 1nne IN the article referred TO Is slatc-
Ment that only the views Of the proprietor are
reader cannot STE the connection between tnose
t*o statements he Is blind indeed. There never
sas v 81 more absurd pretense than that ot impair
nslny on the part Of man who starts out with
ue express ASSERTION that he IS opposed 10 one
aae, ano then claims to be Judge.
TIE FIELDS PLAN.
r. 1ae Ihleago Fed has sounded 4 new note on