, 1877-02-11
ssrera1 Opinions Concerning the
League Alliance:
Hary Wright fhrusts Borden Ont
Into the Cold World.
Latest Plan for a Team in
Philadelphia.
rhe State Of the Game in
Minnesota.
Answers to Correspondents and
'''' General Notes.
suct, News from the Stables as
the Weather Will Permit.
,,ewers to Correspondents and
f"'' General Notes.
In Unfinished Contest for the Audubon
Clubs Diamond Badge. .
RASE-BALI.

1.r,r ri food for re1ectl0n. especially amonl
r.. ranidlyErowing class Of semi-professiona
snbs who desire to place the game on highc
has Than It has occupied In past years. Las
.s.son vas not entirely good one for Club
xhrb undertook TO meet large expense-billt
rahop, merit or capital, and several of then
IN h7 the v.yside and didn't find ANYBODY tt
~ them M again. This season will be marked
r. considerable change in the status. Instead
oftro or three not oycr-stable institutions In
N;reiran will be seen hall dozen strong teams
h Minnesota and Wisconsin. The encouraging
t,stnre IN this last movement, and the one
xhih a1gues best for the game, is that these
ronins clubs are not the gangs gotten together
hr some eptegprising peTipatetic manager, but
srt fisip!ined organizations under the control
If. nd backed BY, men Of influence a:d
noktiou-men whom the public can respect,
md to whose management they look for no cor
,uDt p,srtir. Tie effort to get such men as
1be:e 1t the head Of the Indianapolis, Syracuse,
M1Tzukee, St. Paul, and some other clubs,
f2esks xell for the prospects of the game, and
for The proper exhibition Of the best aud most
erctirR outdoor sport which exists The other
side Of the picture is not so pleasant, nor yet so
PROMISING There are ha1f-a-dozen "noteo
n.ussers" who have within two gears gotten
together teams for the smaller cities aud larger
towns, and, having sucked the orange in one
st.,on, or part OF season, they make off to
tesh fields, and get up other clubs. These
saoted managers are ably supplemented by
teT Of the most notorious ecalawags that any
business ean show, and also by many bright,
sna.t young players who need only proper
MANAGEMENT to make them behave themselves.
Clubs Of this class are no profit to toe game;
The live in IN atmosphere Of betting and dissi-
radoa led By the "old timcrs.'' They
speedily disgust the patrons Of the
Esme, End have to resort to betting and like
rsetce. to cct subsistence. The end is sell
tf games, getting caught at it, and then being
liked out Of town INTO some other, where they
,t;ntn Tor time, get up new club, and go on
IN The sane WAY agl:n. This is pictnre OF too
many clubs Of last year: it will not be SO fre-
eaent the coming season, hut there arc, never
iheess, 3 few Of the managers and several OF
th* p1srcss yct ahoat- The tendency has, how
t7es. been vczr strongly toward improvement,
md The influence Of the League has encouraged
sae cleaning out The Lcague Alliance will still
"4@~1e4 9LlatsbANA lAE A4II1A@ Vi lliS uELiGE
d.ss. Perhaps the proposed association which
ke1pe1ed 10 be formed the last al this month
nay d. TIE same thing, and perhaps it may not
Nothing ls kuoWn alout 1t further than that its
1ounder tss proposed Oisst} to play no games |
flh League clubs un:ser any conditions, |
1na tseeoa4l to 70 . hanti-in-glove with the |
League" Nhi:l III these expressions is the |
nj one and which the error nobody tan very
Fcil dis!ne at present.
Lie discussion between the St. Lnuis friend Of |
= neT association and Mr.. SpaIdfng has been /
fsiy proferiy brought to close. Mr.. $palding |
na ae1sher the opening nor the closing OF the |
eeoate, but lis single letter has proved too
nnra 1or his antagonist, WIN has coDfjned him.
sen to 1mputins motives not borne out BY the
fecofd: snd to sort Of general " slashing
slofnd without once touching the point at
ssae. e. 10 show something Of tie feeling which
1sls 1e on ne subject a couple Of extracts from
e1sess / are given below Tie ep;stles are anon.
pose received at this office fur which room cal-
aol al"ays be had; even sixteen pages Of space
ny anoot ftsnd everything. The following is from
Milwaukee,:
eound, and I'm glad our club has gone
Ivy II. see that Waite, of the st. Louis Rcjs. is
a..ng good zeal to eay abont scheme he started
t,;s .a; IT, ano he trying to set around spaldings
i padns s9psts ~. gn;,s ased , hm Now ca
.,ax ~ nine up ncre, but want to tell you now
e ." Mates letters louk to us. He has published
~ 1e'scss IN the last three weeks, in which
tasae se ne. sna In harmony with the League"
%. tais same Waite certa My said ia the circular
ent saeu proposing his scheme last fall, for have
y ~ p' fup' Of the o3per he published it in. that
,ast n,s under no circumstances whates Ct shnuld
: ph} Lea.ue clubs Two or three weeks ago
!, s.os sV, .hos spa1dings plan was rginated for
t,e. Ptess purpose Of shutting cut clubs in League
III - ard @A
,est mt it WIS devised expressl 10 kill the In
,,;s ;soual movement, and that he can prove thntl
s;a1a suns Galley on him for his proof OF his first
aud he sa:s he has the letters but won't
e,has1 any that fheE are rs he says. Now.
u. 'rr' nr sot reporter TO say what Is not
Cssef - ,ea etse be wr9ic the whole business
\ ~ s;o y; 1oF spa'uhss letters to the Milwaukee /
srssl clubs have been published, they arc all
~ !, a1ke, anu nobody can find any such idea in
III. - :. naAe asscfts; besides it is plain that
e = &c satss rs nothing about any other club but his
=, :. as lntt Is The only club In any League
), ta31 nas been named to go In The ~ Intcrna- |
- ano 1t isn't likely That the other cluhs !
~ ~ ~ 20 a9xious whether his club was .'leit
ii sae eGld az TO write lies to him about Mr..
~ saMe Charged Capt. Spaldng with being unfair
4se ~ e. he Knew that the 1nternn1ionals were to
- SsIs to Tue Convention. and Spaldlns rcpled
aai eat ne u1cu know they wcre to meet then,
y Noaldnt have held OF II he Ind known it, be-
s ns aae clubs ought to know what the different
ON "eff az soon Is possible, which is very tEne
~ w, waite tries TO make out that Spatd!ng {
t,oau nnen n'e crowd wae TO meet. II Spa}ding :
: ra1" as' tass, be knew more than Waite or any
=. e.tes a1 1or his letter to the Milwaukee and the
H. ssaoa was written In December, and the date
= ~ meeting was not known to anybody until !
'e An1e after that
: w NI Editor, it seems TO nc that what Waite
!, - entirely too thin, md it is safe to bet he
no pJ,e ni,e anything He has to own np that he
tsas ne csat expect any club that has anything
~ 20 20 OF On lark inst 10 give him notori-
o's 10 'he way the thing LOOKS to
DALL-TossER. .
gentleman in this city. who has for several
altn Trend Of strong local club, while at
i,a LUG unc he YVES nearly always to be seen
IL 1s.i professional games. has sent the follow
ss ssss.ef, ID which lle has expressed some views
~ !. "oalo naturally occur to any sensible :
.,c. .: 70 r9s :as Editor of The Tribune n
nn; 1eo y. i have seen copy OF recent
n,,tas Paper In which. after inducing the paper
~ ac's fele*e to publish answer, Mr. L. c. Il
= * SbauSasots to squzm ont OF the pEcdicament o
~ Tsa.Ar- Mr. Spaltlinss letter placed him. Aa t.
!, a. MEcsE has discussed this whole subject in
!, T.. me utmost fai-ness, wish to call attcn-
f,.is columns to the fact that Mr.. Waite Mt =
.Is1,aa a 70 show particle OF the proof which l. T.
~ tsa's challenged him produce} of m alleged b
.nent tAo A1s0s"' !
sspalaing p quoted Taite's former letter para t.
rae.. Y return. Waite iapuaes to SDa1dinga r
e1a. msn1 which Spalding did not make, and in =. =.
ease s2 70 point Of no possible consequences, =
tnot 70 Whether spaldtng knows or doe5
~A"v 0A9 the Waite party Intended