, 1877-07-08

that fact, it would be proper to have smother de.
MAJ Of Its truth. Or como personal retlectons :.
anything but the facts. Speaking by the book, 1t
seen thai l'evinney has un,ptred every game t1
Lonls{1lle except two, and that Bnris hes amplEeo
eight in St Louis to ivo by the other three League
ump1es.
ST. LOUIS NOTES.
For real confessed weakening on club AFTER u
has lost few ganles St Louis leads the country.
The reason why Nichols did not pitch for st.
Louis IN the Hartford game Of Thursday was th1s
| his little child died shortly before tho game.
Hartford ps ycd four ganes against st. Louis with
| Then they made threo against Ulong. viii tho
managers ever tumble to Nichols, Or must they
whit till house falls on them?
on Its ground should presume TO cheer Chicago
| player. that it charges TINT n select gang OF
ioafers .. was imported from Chicago
| to send mcn enough down to st. Louis to outnum~
bcr the attendance nt the late games there.
Perhaps the most extraordinary case Of supersti~
tiou record Is that concerning Force, widely be-
I following from the ihiladepha Republic: s.Force,
| the Jopnh, ia bringing had lrck on the St, Louis
team. They had better dispose e bis services at
tion, the club will continue 10 lose gu1ncs,"
When the Browns arrived home after their East
ern trip. on which they won one game In six, the
| papers acted likc-wclt, like St Louis papers in
] views, among them the following: A correspond
ent in the Globe Democrat charges that the Ill sue
d the team v was Sns sn to a 4 ey
+. adds that il Harry Wright had iii
Browns, be would carry off the pennant- The
os s "Sa ssy' @ sss@ ss e@3Ss
DID. clitorially ndds that the Browns had better
| 60 into liquidation, ''thcy may understand some
papsi aads t at the Directors arc tired
paying AEst-class salaries to second. class n1en.
" Fo tsy s5e dn g IN A6e
ing interviewed. lad the maiu blame at the door OF
The siekncss and disability of The nen, p; ehtshy
forcrees! the downfall OF the game
unless The present system Is changed. It closes BY
basc- ball may as well shut up shop. it will con-
tinue for tine to be played By boys and anateurs,
for !. is hsslay InxEsstatiaE Eame bat IT. Us
It's games attractive, the Inevitable umpire Is to
step in. the DISARMAMENT Of the professional clubs
Will be followed by the decentralization Of the ANA
tours nn3 the final dinppear rance Of the game. We
do not pretend to say that this overwhelming pre-
pondcrance nf umpire Is All essential part Of the
it ts there ia nothing to do but erect little
monument where once the home base stood, anu
to carve on, on i a. I'D Insc,ption saying thai the
|. gnnle was killed by too much umpire"
FROM CINCINNATI.
The Enquirer says that the Cincinnatis ARE ne
gotiatins with Mctahc, who ie playing with the
Port Icrvix Club, and IL said to be phenomenon
.Ioncs, OF the Cincinnatis, having injured hin,-
self III tic Fourth Of .luly game, was nat nb1c to
play in l0niatt]c ur with the Dostons Friday.
1t was spraincd knee.
Several papc1a l.ave printed paragraphs to tho
effect that Hurry Wright would manage tho Gin
cinuati team In lS7S. IT does not appear that he
has been engaged IN yet. but there is good ground
for bclicvln. he has agreed to 60. provided--
The cincinnatts wear r7Eti :eolored caps. as fol-
iows: l'. Gmmminss, & red Hastings, white: Manning
stripe: Foley, red. with white stripe; rike, blue
and white; Addy, white aud black; Gould, yellow
unu black
At tlc beginning OF the season in Cincinnati Mr.
keck sold strings of twenty tickets, and many iu-
vested therein. Now they have doubts about the
wisdom of the performance, as the new Cltbkn
n"t heck ,, nor any 81 has ,Mosks-includins the
peg and swear At. however.
TIE qncstion whether the new Cincinnati Club is
member of tue League, an1 consequently wheth-
continues to be discussed. Two things rather df-
hcult TO be rcconci1ed hare just come to light
First, the Cincinnati Enquirer INDUCED In the
most violent inveetive against the Chicago Cub be-
cause it was bent On kceniug the new organization
our while the Louisville Club was its friend, aud
vas not only willing but anxious aud earnest that
1t should get in Secondly, the truth appears That
the Chicago Club was the Est to sign the agrecmont
which allowed the new concern to take up the
signed the agreement at ali. So nlucn for protcs.
sion VS., prnclice. Meantime. the new concern has
shown strength enough to whip the Louisvilcs
twice; and, after tho second defeat. the organ Of
the Lou!svil1cs scta UP correspondent uild an
swers him to the following effect tho dcliverance
Se a! q SS T. ad
Courier-.jo0rnat saya: 'Q.) The Cincinnati Club
il not at present in the League; whether 1t will be
ts} THE games PLAYED thus far will probably ai bo
thrown out ~ The game played to-day lCin-
cinnati, .; Louisville, II was not Leuyue game"
new Club may have prompted this uttcrance, who
can tell!
GENERALLY.
Lcary, late Of the Eries, has Joined the Live
Oaks OF Lynn.
boys they have III twenty Of them prevented their
opponents from securing run-
It Is understood that Mr. NJ. Chandler, Lcsepe
umpire for Boston, has rendered his last lccision,
and very judicious one-to reaiRu. Hostoa Her
df@
The Indianapolis Club have engaged Cuthbert,
late Of the Cinc!nnatis, und played him last
Wednesday. They have released uolden and
Seward.
The Louisville Co,ri<r-Jonrnal informed its
readers that Anhy t.'nliiEs had been engancd by
Cincinnati To pitch Arthur Cummings would Lave
been nearer the mark.
Bobby Mathews slus joined .hcBuckeyes Of Col
nmbus, und will pitch for them tic remainder OF
the season. This leaves vnly kcsslcr, Of tho dis
banded team. unprovidcd for.
The Boston Herald says there III a strong desire
tn scc Cbap'aia White play ut second base. Cheu-
70 also would dearly like TO him there i'll any
game which it WAS playing against tic Bostons.
The A1aaka Clnb, OF New York. have lonorab1y
released aickae: }uity their catcher anu lie has
jo1ned the Fries. Mr. guilty one of the found
crs OF the Aluskls. having played with them in |
Central Park ycnrs ago. |
Devn hit bail over the Boston fence for home I
run, and the C0ur:<rJoaFnut cnlIs it ''t1e longest
hit ever matte in boston," Was il better one thxn
Gould madc of Xcttlein in 1871, bringing III four
runs and winning game against Chicagoy
Tommy Bond has put forth doubtful claim tn |
The invention OF parubolic-curve pitching. For is
there not in Holy Writ stutcn,ent that when
Noah WAS buildin, the ark he pitched 1t within
and Elthontf' What more doee any curve pitcher
io>->Syrafnse Courier.
The Enquirer la relieved to learn that Hague has
he bofs this year, and not Dcy1in. The dcfeats Of
lust years nine were too often laid to the carbun-
,le cause and it Is proper to advise the Northern
.mlgEants to Southern cline thut the native diet
IT hog aud hominy Will alwuys bring ont bad blood,
A correspondent asks why the Chicago Club loses |
Is grip and allows itself to be beaten III the last m
ming often. lie STEAKS without the book. The
peculiar thing to which he refers has taken pIace
1ut twice this sclaun, aa against four times last,
aud yet we were--well. never mind what we were.
The Chicago Post believes thut the St. Louis
Club does wisely in giving another ticket to spec
ator who il dcbarecd by rain from seeing ut least
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