, 1877-07-22

4IlEFG never WaS ~ no SIGH a person.
4 musical member Of an amateur B. B. c. on
the West Side sings ilrst bass In achurcb choir,
and made brilliant double play with the
soprano last Sunday at morning service
The Lake View Club defeated the Crooks and
Fairbanks yesterday By score of Il to t. The
fielding may be judged from the fact that the
Crooks made six hits and the Lake Views FIVE.
The St. Louis Club appears to have beaten
their bats into instruments for the extinction ut
the public pound Of Spitz dogs and yellow curs
which Is about as good use as they could put
them to.
The St. Louis Republican says: "The Indian
the R:pnbliean place a thumb on. a club In the
country (cxccpting three) which has not lost
money this year7
The Enquirer, in announcing the engagement
Of Gerharlt for 1878, says that he ranks as bat
ter with Jones, Adly, and Hallinan. In the
only record Of which there Is any certainty, ha
is found at thirticth place.
The New York Yorld (Chadwick) has amend
ed its opinion on the championship question,
that the only legal position to take is to throw
out all the Cincinnati games from the champion
ship record.
Among the rumors which Cincinnati Is think
Ing over Is one that Hall Is likely to be engaged
for next year If he can be gotten reasonably;
also that Crayer is likely to be selected. Ger
hardt being claimed to be already under con-
tract, why not take the ruck-Sha1fer, Latham,
Hague, etc
Following Is the latest news from St. Louis,
Us printed In the KtpuJiican: t.ChicaSo is
awfulIy riled and mortified over St. Louis en-
gagement of Deylin and Snyder" Any gentle
man WHO desires to cachinnate will please step
out into the hall.
The weekly championship summaries, at
IN
editions, do not preserve that perfect unanimity
winch might have been possible had not 81 keck
said 'sGood-by to baseball. I'm no hog. I've
had enough" h."-Courier-Jotr
TIE TRIBUNE asked last week what was the
need of Nichols in the Louisville niue, and the
Enquirer Answers: "Hague has boil on bis
wrist as big rs a sixty-eent watermelon that
may last hiIn till the leaves fail. Nichols is
only boil substitute. T1is is otlicja1.''
And now Harry Wright knows all about Nit
cllcll and bis lcft-handed curves. He took the
boys up to Springfield, O., Thursday, and made
one base hit off Mitchell, and Morrill, made
that. Schafer got one run of errors. while the
other fellows made seven hits and three runs.
After city baseball club has laid out expen-
siyc grounds aud purchased q gorgeous uniform,
and then q country club in q uniform Of shirt
sleeves and cowhide boots comes along, whales
them out Of their spiked shoes, and walks oil
with half the gutc money. why then-The Nine
NtubE3.-EfC6lOfk
The management Of the indianapolis Club
have about determined not to pidy at Louisville
again. When Chapman's club comes here they
carry away $50 to 500, and when our club
visits that city, If they get off without loss,
they think they arc doing we'll. The Inst trip
nctted just s1.90.-L,dianapo polls 1ours.a1.
a telegram to this paper and several state
ments in the Cincinnati papers united on the
assertion that Gcrhardt had Signed to 60 to Gin
mir yf j nd III
Journal and says: I'VE can state on the au-
thority oi Gerhardt himself that he has signed
no contract nor given any promise to play in
next seasons Cincinnati nine" Whose q liart
FROM the Philadelphia Republic it appears
that Larkin Is falling into disrepute because .
tendency which Is implied in sariug that he Is
very often thirsty. There is no reason to be-
Iieve the truth Of the story, aud dscredit is cast
OF, it by the assertion that Ferguson Is after
Philadelphia man named Ward The same
paper compares Nichols to joscpl1s, and prophc-
sizes the like fate for the former as befel the
latter.
4 St. Louis paper says: "Chicago is in 4 bad
way for next season. 1t Is matter Of certainty
that Bradley will 60 to PntIadc1phla." Sol
"Their yearly coup d'etat will hardly be az
complisned this year:" When @ sn,1 dld Chi. ant
ret hims Butif you have any idea that yon
can get anybody to lay all bis cards down, facc
up, BY any wild talk just now, why you don't
show even Missouri common sense.
The umpire figures frequently in sacred aud
proiane literature, and, curious1y enough,
always in connection with the Stars. Berkeley
says: 'tN,estwar1 the Stars and umpire take
their way" which WIS neat method OF an
nouncing that thu young. men OF Syracuse we're
about to go West and Erow up with the
country clubs, md in the Bible VIC hear that
Sisern," which implies that Siscra was the UNI
pire, and the Stars kicked against his decisions.
The Indianapolis Sen.;ad says: The St.
Louis Browns have come to time and asked the
pardon OF the managers of the Blues for the
way they have treated them in breaking their
and have asked for dates with the
viii play hero on Aug. l." A St. Louis paper
adds: ssWell, St. Louis did not act exactly
right In the matter, and it Is o matter oi con-
graduation that it Is smoothed over. 1ndlnnap-
polls has q good baseball club, but better
Very few managers are making contracts
with their men now for the noxt year, as The
opinion seems to have generally obtained that
salaries are to take what may be called " tum-
ble.'' Fancy salaries have had their day. Econ
omy is the universal watchword, and basel
clubs may as well be conducted on those prtRc3-
pies which characterize the Administration OF
the National Government, as well IS the man
agemeut Of The private workshop. Every sal
ary-list should feel the pruning g-knife.-Syra-
casse Courier.
One Of the most extraordinary things IN the
city is the sudden influx Of base ball spirit In the
Journal. That papers methods OF procedure
are so weil-knoWn that its present ebulltt1on OF
abuse are worth only smile Its habit Is to
publish various and sundry scraps about the
game In the early spring, and then prepare an
application for season seats so Us to be first on
the list. During the season from the time 1T
gets its seats, the journal says nothing about
the game except In the way Of abuse, and then
only occasional bursts Of Vi1ifcation.
The st. Louis nine for 1873, as now stated,
viii be Snyder, e.; DeTlin, p; Clapp, b.; NC
Geary, b.; Battin, b.: Force, q; 81; Hall
T.: Nichols e l.: and Blong, +. t. The st.
Louis Club are bent upon winning the pepnant
in 1878, If they cannot do It In i6ff.-4fsm xorx
Worzd. But hold on; the Club named st. Louis
solemnly promised rc-engagements 10 MI rs
men OF this season. What shall We do with
Remscp, and Croft, and Dehlman! Besides, the
81. Louis Club has eucaged one more man than
It has ever announced.--a dark horse, what
will they do with himf -. .
A Cincinnati paragraph says that the club
management Is expecting to get new grounds
for next year nearer the centre Of the citE than
the present ones. Another paragraph says that
the new club Is as much In the League as the
Chicagos bv tho operation OF paper which has
been signed by all the clubs. Having once be-
fore referred to This absurd statement, THR
TRIBUNE now desires to ask the Enquirer man
II he has read the agreement referred to. II be
has read 1t. he ia falsifer in making the state
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