, 1877-02-18

| 80 proven out of court, to hare won anu los
! !ase as Lse managers lnteres: in the pool-bo
| ueuaauuea. ~ Answer 5.-The Athletic Club wa
s 1onposea ::e OF men who entered into legal con
e.,. ast "lth players, and then refused to nav th
1Hns Enie, agreed upon. Answer 6.-Alfrei q
| Nt1Rnl Is the representative of baseball a
game" Aeo ~ ~
D2e; it seem from this that it is likely tha
a! nl1slt would commit forgery or any olLc
nnM-,lvcu crime! Because, ii il does, the proc
WINCH mas been adducel traeiue the forrerv Il
nm n is fortified by that probability.
,tn nut u u may be asked, What does the Telegram
prove u It ic admitted that Wright wrote il
on, nothing particularly now; only that he i
sne oaly man who ever suggested that an at
Tempt At Bribery was made Oh this OCCASION. h,
is tne on:y man who claimed that there wa
scb IN the game, aud he alone showed
as would lead the detective Or criminal lawyc
70 shIewoly suspect that he, aud be alone, mus
nave ocen the man to whom he himself refers 4.
having been deputized to attempt bribery.
~ anasnach e,9 as Wright has for lung time put
tional game in Philadelphia, It is right to make
certain discrimination as between tile men
whom he represents and those whom
ne does not; Eo does not repre-.
5eps H;,,,la: y; W: Thompson, Charles I, craetn
MANY others. These gentlemen, CONNECTED with
the Athletic Club at different times, have kent
themselves clean; their fault has been that tllcy
allowed themselves to he led away and over
come oy other men with whom they were asso-
cia1cd.
1t is Threatened that the new PHILADELPHIA or
ganlzation, which exists as yet only on paper.
and which will never take rank among clubs nm.
~ ~ some nc more Philadelphia ball men Of the old
,, k'no aie or arr sent to the Penitentiarythat
thing that this paper can do or sav
will bring about such consumma.
tion, it SHALL be Forthcoming. For its pa-
tronage Philadelphia has been despcablc-ft,r
its patrons, dan,nable. Until soine al the
present hanEcrs-oa OF the game have bccn
slou9hed or, and until a new and different.
management springs up, it is better for the
game. and for every other city that supports a
nine, that the rotting oat should go on in the
sluuls OF Philadelphia.
Lest this should b.: misunderstood nc mn
assertion that certain Lcarue c1uhs ara ar
posed to another entry from Philatle1ni,ia. It
should be said that, SO far as Tue Tk1pusE
knows there is uottur that wn,,,.l he 81 ria5.
ly welcomed as 4 club OF gentlemen man,~ed
patronized by gentlemen and ses tit, n t,t tr te
Such au enterprise would pay, and would he y
1n;s1akc ahorf II Tta1o 1as 1aIse s1ou!a oe no
Ws;e.'t - aas ~ H. tnele shoula pe no Al
portar at t - ~ aq hns 10 epese o. Consannot or
plenty, tho grounds arc good, the patrons will
lind the'nsclyes-but where is the aead:
WHAT THEY THINK or srAlD1SG IN BOSTON.
nnhi;shrd n enerfai tar"e,ra4n fra',. n1;i'1s1
nnia oivino ,ba e,,I,S+ona ~ ~ ".+f, .,.;
ras - 'h;,, " ~ aIlcle "hlch
~ 5 " npeeai.A'tu "nNn utu iippeaf-an
paper c:iIleo 1nc ot4'tadH -1eTcnry, tue organ of
the Athletic Ciab, SO long IS there was such an
institution, and presided over, SO far as news
M,t soa .te aatoa1 'a'1ie 10 concernen' bS a; r.
l.',nst;o,, ~ nflns se so eLast .! tne tuo III
10 ciiaIses were maue IN the article,
0Ns
snite would nroba1lv nryer have hean ot;ee,i ~
to tie rro1nd had # nat s,rre1 r, ~ ,t 9ao1
ing IN Boston. presumably because Mr..
spalding was playing with the Boston Club
at the time OF the game referred
be has mauy warm friends and aI1n;rere n
Boston, who hatcd to sit still md see such q
9 49,; - .'ss - tau ~ ~ EcL.aea!au i Ane
n1n'; 4ctte., !esGtten eeste!uas py FFtsl-
cent Hu!oert oi tue thca9o CLUB, explains the
COURSE Mr. spaldins's Boston friends took to
Bosros. Feb IT, 1S1--Nr 4 gvy5-r, z7rx,.
i.{ruf CAjcdoo Bns<- Ra,1 flI6. ! he n st1r;se
yon tbat shall send YOU br this mail two paners.
ncat,on to 1he chieaso ln5 reaixc to an s,.;co
IN he last philadalphia Sus,av Mer'uru att,rt;n"
:,enhsr Of tne oston Fix and !, ;s sia5 hr "a
70 ;sons who have cli fhe o7lcc of pres;dent
he five years Of Mr. spaldins:s connection WITH It.
Hra5 5anHf In al
restcd na,fics mi Is s1,na, nr IL. ~ 1n ~
atc1y ,ssorintcd wiff, Nr snaidin1 IN ia Roa4o-
,,nh WIN aro now IN this ~ ~ tn ha1;of .ht
navy trends ~ fhe ro,nc nrj or ~ SaaId;na ,;t,
!" ead ~ read rhaf ;s thnn1b1 ~ t;rn ~ 77hn
rho nave IND abnmdsnt onnortnrt;.s ~ p5on;ns
"a ~ raefer fo1 nrnh;rr I rematn v,nr, t-ntrs
- 10A 'As'' p 9ro1 ,axn tas3.
The first letter referred to from the Presidents
Il the Club covers I'LL the time from its organi-
alton to the time that Spalliug closed his serr-
n with it, Il is ns Ioltn.rs:
,a,. ~ =, ,,-- r. -.
~ ~; 49,; -, 1o* y; & .ns u!.seuau oase,
* L. tsag, vsu u.". 49,, lLtNES: Me leei
~ ~ - :;u ~ 1 IL ~ .'to sss n'ate5 sPosen o.
crow u Is hase!F sass ioF ~ 20 declare taas
n , ui H., Eo, ~. fc1 haa occasion
~ ~! uPon !te Dos'ou -. elno -: any e~pla-
a.lsh " VI 4s ua " ae =! Ivy oi ~ pasets
,. wnoaa u. t1es KY msse psunesH aesonhaso!e 20 t3e
~ atsotis ~ u sng -. a.su ies' Iust:aao!c
i'"e - NY taSs ta..s ~ w sonai ,n.esti1J ~
m .sty tan. aA .as .f1oa nJu; % ;i,t t oos'on e1uo
At ali times since the expiration Of our RESPECT
e terms OF Office VIC have continued to note care
.lly* So Tar as oar o22oTan't1es have allowed. All
l!n3s affecting the welfare ami good name 0! the
oston Club. rms 1eel'ns Or interest extends to
layers who nave ceased 10 oe connected VITA the
luo MS well rs TO laose "ho are low wearing IFS
inform ., .-,. |
1t IS, therefore, win ~ondcr ana Indignation
lat We have read IN pubic journal certain