, 1877-01-21

THE CHICAGO IRIBUN]
but simply that people had made up their mind
| that it was quite time that the wreck was a
! lowed to 70 to the bottom. For weeks, an
even months. the Mercury and Item have boas
ed. threatened, whccdled, begged, roarec
whinel, and done everything, else that could b
thought of to encourage hackers to come. 10,
ward, and they closed their appeals with the a
sertiou that the next meeting would set thing
all straight again. The night OF the meetin!
came, and 4 couple Of reporters went arouu'
! held was closed; and further, that there wa
next to nobody to go In, II it had been open
| Tue Mercury seems ut last to have come doW1
to hard pan, and, after detailing the bzzle
] adds: ''That this tiaseo should have occurret
IN the present condition of the Athletics il
simply suicidal, as It viii be impossible to get
quorum present at any future meeting" Thu
Sunday Republic is not more hopeful, and Think
that this should Le the last farce enacted II
the interest Of this defnnct organization" Iht
influential sheet tna1l the Mercury, in comment
! ing on the meeting, says: - Tue opinion o1
those gentlemen last evening was, that there
should be good club here this season, but nc
Athletic, as this tizzle OF a meeting had de-
stroycd the last longerinr spark left toward the
object" There is considerable hope ot sue,
| cessful organization in several utteranccs Of
the Press, inasmuch as it. represents
the better class of Phiiadelpllians whose
cooperation will be necessary to put Phila-
When this is thoroughly understood, then the
| new idea will be carried out and 4 strong and
Wcll-nauaged club will apply to, aaa be admit
ted to, the League before bull is struck next
April: It is good sign to sec the Press trying
TO help tie game along.
rERsosAL AND GENERAL.
Ihc League Book will be Oh the market about
the close o1 this week.
Inf, formerly of the New Hayens, will play
IN Rochester this year.
Allentown and Eric. Pa. arc expecting to
have good teams the coming season.
Parks, who played brilliant season OF one
game with the Bostons in l57G, will play In Al
lei4to'sn, Pa-, the coming season.
Harry Smith, Of the Cl,icaros Of 1877, is in
gymnasium practice, and will make his appear
ance here at the opening Of the season in good
furit:.
AIcHanus has been made manager Of the St.
Louis team for 1877. Ue is clever, genial fcl-
low and will do well enough With tho new team.
AS for the old lot, nobody crcr managed them
or ever could, for that matter.
The St. Louis amateur clubs held a conyen-
ton Wednesday Of last week und organized fur
the corning season. Eight clubs wcrc repre-
setitcd. The idea is the same rs was SUCCESS
fully carried out il, Chicago last year. It would
bt quite proper to hare the leading clubs III
each organization play couple Of games to-
gethcr.
IEe C';p9aer publishes in its last issue full,
fair, aud wcll-writtcn account OF the qbjebts Of
t!e League from tile pen Of ia gentleman from
Chicago" 1t IS the first wnrd of justice which
Queen expressed himself as "opposel to the
League because it was formed without consult
ing the CIipper.'
VIII some ono kindly tell us where Cuthbcrt
and Pierce propose to play tho coming season.
It was expected and announced some time
ago that the former would fetch up in.
Indianapolis, but the official list Of the
does not contain his name. Two men who were
so prominent in the third club OF the country
last year should not be allowed to fall BY the
waysidc without some explanation offered.
Some Of the Eastern papers having appointed !
Pike Captain OF the Cincinnati team without |
the priyity and consent Of the management
having been first had and obtained, the En- !
gutrer denounces the idea, and thinks that Adlv
would be a better choice. There is no doubt |
that the Hon. Bob is possessed OF excellent !
judgment and plenty Of experience in steering !
men around bases. II the management think !
that tic can make Hicks run, however. they are
very much mistaken
The indianapolis Club are even now at work
n the gymnasium, aud are fitting themselves as
pest they cau for the hard work Of the coming
year. i letter from them says that they will
play the following team to start with: Nolan,
, i; Mack, S. E.; Golden, l. t.; Warner, c. +;
loc2,p, r. t. They have in McSorley an excellent
lange pitcher. That team ought to make al
most any in the country hunt around pretty
sharp for runs.
The New York Clippea. Almanac has been is
ued. About all its baseball figures Of refer
nee are correct,-that is, they are lifted bodily
rom The CHICAGO TRIBUNE. It isagood deal
# encouragement for reporter to work all |
he season in keeping and tabulating scores oniy
. have them stolen bodily hy man too lazy or
acapablc to make his own averages. 1t may be
4 THE TRlhuSE's tables Of averages by other
apers and books, the Clipper ALMANAC is the
rst and only one to burglarize them.
The assertion md reasscrtion OF the claim
hat the present Hartford Club is to play in
brooklyn next year has at last worked
p the Hartford Post to the use Of
Of the story. Following is
n expression OF the Posts opinion: EThe
rooklyn Eagle and other papers which publish |
he slops compiled by one Henry Chadwick still
,sist upon publishing tho statement that the
[artford Club is to play its games in Brooklyn {
ext season, This statement is lie, rs Chad +
'ck we'll knows, but since the League was
,r'ned without his consent and contrary to his
isl1cs, he has taken every opportunity to cir | l
Ilate all sorts OF malicious statements which |
ould tend to iniure the League and the clubs
iaicil compose it, through the columns Of the
1ipEer aud other papers Persons wishing to
,cp posted on baseball matters should steer
ear OF such papers," i
George Wright came near being the subject Of !
coroMer's jury recently. 1t happened thus: 4 /
lend OF his learning that he wanted to take his
ife out slcigh-riding, offered to loan George | !
S nag-a playcd-out old horse, sure, but very t
ow. OF course joke was intended at Georges ] a
:penst, but it came near ending seriously.
hen George went to the stable to get tile | t
'rse, pretty lively animal was placed in the /,
:igh for him, and 1t was only with difficulty n
at George could get his wife into the sleigh. i
anxious was THE horse to lie of. Away went s
Gorge along the Cambridge road, and in yain d
he strive to restrain the speed OF the ANIMAL f
10 displayed I remarkable desire to pass every n
her team on the road, and he did it, too, with Il
SC. Finally after twcnty-nic ride-(;eorge I i
ping to tire him nut-tie horse and its driver NJ
turned home. and, fortunately, George reached s.
stable without accident, greatly to the salts q
:tion OF the 1iyerr-stable proprietor: whose
stler had given George the wrong horse, viz:
noted trottcr able to 90 his mile in 2 20. n
orge's arms were nearly paralyzed with the | e
II lie had to submit 10, and it is probable that n,
has had enough OF fast horses for the time ! r.
ing Fond as he is OF lively halls in hattinr | H.