, 1877-01-21
:lnH that are saa. oe final aud binding upon tn.

neseto pave; BY their dulr autbor;-n,t are pafsle
~. neo this agreement on or before r.
"49 u February, A. u. 1877. '''e LUG tot
e.,,,s W tne more prominent of the e1,,be :, ~
ind;apa,,o3::ssl :slonal way-thc Milwaukee ami th
tue lucas advanced, and several othors ,s,t
so1nE s 10 Inc sensible conclusion tfat thau 81
au T;.a,, ~ rel!e3 Necessary. The letter ahnr
81 cn1 WIS, o1 course, in the nature Of person
H. haancatlon, hanaa nc but copy having fallen int
.ne uauds OF one Of the violent narrisans ~ ~
proposed Association he casts tlon3,ts ,7,e,, ~ -.
Suou latth OF the writer, and endeavors tnthrou -,
:. II11cteul1 on the intentions Of tho f,eaa1,e
~ ~ worthy Of note that Of ali the criticis1n
word rI ,'as aaFe oeen passed on the plan not on
ficency n ., ean oc alleged against its sui
p,os1qeo It oe well hacked up, and If It be fas /
- lnuorsed by the President of The TearNva !;
Mou,o appear as If it furnished way out of IN,
n.ono'Ss o. the scmi-profcssionals which, aca,
Or anybody else. "'@ '@1e 1>e@so'
TUE FA1RBAsKs' NEW GRorsns
=, II vas if1tin1ated in Sundays TR1a11yr tb,,
tne Fairbanks Club OF this ctr was ahoft r.
secure lease Of the White Stocking orounas
1hus getting control Of the inclosel grounds r.
Inc cty Tor their gaines, and taking position II
S as 1ne 1eaalnS amateur organization Of the
otate. ne arrangement suggested has been
concluded, and the Fairbanks have become
1essees OF the grounds. The idea is. and +he
eAect Upon the game In the city will be, excel.
1cnt~ lhe fairfauk ks Club is composed OF Young
nsnaa. men n thc employ OF the Fairbanks Scale
company, and the fact that tbcy are fiIliue
Eoou positions, and are not living of the came
N any way, is just the proper guarantee that
Lucy Will Keep up their character Of amateurs
and Will condnct the game on their grounds and
~ their nlay 50 as to elevate it. Last year, the
Hss1 OF taeir organization, was quite successful.
and they marked it by twenty-five victories ouf
o1 thlrty-two games played. For tue coming
season they have strengthened their team, and
Will enter the field with the following PLAYERS: ):
+ ! Mooney, n. n Edwards; J.. GilIen, $. Brackcu,
I. F4rlons, I. Burke, ". Brown, T. Rcarlou
aud J. Cohlen. Two other gentlemen will hare
positions as substitutes. Tie club orerau1za,in,
Ii as follows:
Pr<tident-H. 4. Forsyth.
lict~ T5esident-E. Z. Durfee,
S-cr<fuyy-B. +. Stancland
5fanagers-c. J. lladey and A. c. Kellogg.
The Club announces that it will during tue
season play series of games for the benefit of
the charitable institutions OF the city, an idea
which will be well received no duubt Tue
strongest reason why the arrangement with the
Chicagos is good one is, that it enables the
strong clubs flom such cities US Milwaukee to
come here and meet good club, which they
could not very we'll do last season, because Of
the lack OF proper ground. Nothing
is more important to the game than
to have the interest in it difruscd
rs widely as possible, aud to encourage tho am
ateur while giving the best possible professional
exhibitions. It was no doubt q wise thing to
enable club OF high Standing to take the lead
in amateur baseball i'll Chicago.
LEAGUE ENGAGEMENTS.
The engagement If Dorgan by the Brown
Stockings is denied. At the time it was an
Aouneed in The TRIBUNE, it was iu the form Of
I special telegram which asserted that his con-
tract had been received The Philadelphia Iress
nnts the story in this wise: ''The new Board Of
Directors Of the Star Baseball Club Of Syra-
,Nse have secured the services positively Of
Dorgan, the catcher Of last years nine. He
will be the manager Of the new team. &c has
'efunded the advance money which he had re-
.ciyed from the St. Louis Club and returned
heir papers unsigned"
The Hartford Club have determined on an cx-
,erime1t III the pitching line, and have engaged
.arkiu with whom to fill the place Of Bond.
professional line, having been pitcher for
he BROOKLYN Club, and also for the Lion {S. 1
y Club. He was quite successful among Clubs |
i about the same strength rs his own, and his ]
iclivery is described as nearly like Bonds. His
My experience against strong League nine |
vas tav %, 1876, when he took Matthews |
lace in the Mutual nine against the BostoDs. |
he latter nine hit hm for eight clean hits at !
hat time. With practice, in Fercuson's charge |
e is quite likely to make another Bond.
Another engagement made known during the
asst week is that vi Georee ShatIcr by the Louis
ii|c Club. 1ic is 4 relic Of the Philadelphia /
Tub Of 1915 and the early part OF 1876. After
nat organization went up into the air, he turned
yer into q sem-profcsslonat club, though the
riter is unable to remember exactly which one
WAS 1t may have been the Allegheny, or
1c Neshannock. OF any other one Of that grade.
e is a lair fielder, with something too much
.tIon and show. The TRIBUNE expressed its sat
faction at the Louisville line of conduct when
lat Club announced tho engagement Of
emmett, aud it still believes that
Hiding up from sc1ni-profess'onats IS 2 good
ea. Il is not however, at all clear that Shaner
Ill prove strong enough to hold his own il
-st-c1aSs club.
The st. Louis Club have secured the services
Arthur T. Croft, whom the writer takes to
the same player who occupied centre field
# the St. Louis Reds in 1915, and played with
lem again in 1875. If he be the same player,
.st-class batter. The engagement seems to in
cate that the Browns have rather given up
all for lS77. It will be remembered that they
lnouuced him as one Of their nine, out they
nc never given formal notice OF bis engage
cnt, and the inference from that fact aud the
eagcmcnt of Croft is, that the negotiation
th Hall has fallen through. Tho Philadelphia
crcury intimates that Hall refused TO sign
til St. Louis because they wouldn't pay him
ouch. If the management offered him more
an 81, 200, they ought to have I conservator
pointed for their goods and chattcls.
M1LwAUKEE- II!
The Milwaukee Association have announced |
cir nine for 1877 Us follows: .Bennett, late OF
Ncshapuock, e.; Chandler, p: Mills, D.;
rhine, 2b; Andrus, b.; Law1cr, S. s.:
,sc. T.: Fur|ons c. t.: Mcdonald. +. +. Or ]
Esd Chandler, Nosc, and Furlong are FROM
Iwaukce, Mills from the Hartfords. Ear5!7e I
Il I,awIcr from Chicago, AndrUs from the 5
lite Stockings, ard Mcdonald from the st. {
mis- Ernpl5es The team is strong one, es- {
rially in the pitchers and catchcr's positions, ,
t it will take trial to convince people tha1 t
rhine can play second base aiF. Rogers, c
Luarcr OF tic Club, was in the clty last /
ck on mis- way to the South, and on mect'ne r
n q reporter demanded to know with cer- t
nty about Bennett. In reply, Mr. Rogers ! i
i positively and as 4 matter Of fact, that nc +
/ = contrac: properly signed by Bennett, ana 4
It he had no doubt that he would considerably {
cngthen the team. ,,. !
n Tep]y to another question, Mr.. RoTers7,ae- il
with considerable empl,as;s that his ciub b
u]d ioin or approve the puhlisA61 idea OF ~ h
CREATION which should refuse to play WIN s
,ouc clubs, "N'i.r.H said lie, "We coaIuh't
iii to do such thing; it would be shipping
onr nose to enable somebody else to get even.
b his face. Last year we were glad to nave
Chicago Club, for instance, come and play
because it helped our revenue y o
isfed our patrons, ana eon'lL,eu Ii
friends aud supporters that ~
could play good stiff game, and we're !"
-thy of encouragement. Not any ASSOCIATION