, 1877-04-01

The Athletics Cannot Have Bennett
Notes from Janesville-squibs
for Everybody.
Itttting Colts--~TLc Turf Managers Determined to
Euin Ill the Promising Youngsters.
Programme Of the New Orleans Run
ming Mceting---The "Trot-
ting Instinct"
DASE-B-AIL.

Now that all the League nlnes arc complete, /
1eroules the duty Of TIE TE1BCSE to. inform it,
1e.dcs p,eeisc;y how the contest for the champion
su1o will result. In oraer that The determination
If ~ grave question may bc free from any sus
,icion Ct PARTISAN bias tAt might otherwise, how
ever uujustly, be imputed TO journal published
il Chicago THE T,.EESK hus carefully and con
.cientiously coatcd Inc very cream of the opinions
On this u,on,tutous sub jcct Ut those eminent au
tho.ties who shed upon the basc-bal
,ub!ic the light OF their mature dcduc.
lions through tie newspapers OF other cities.
dcceu. regard for the ecnsibilites Of the adhcs.
cuts Ut the ,arious clubs, we'll for the well.
known 1podcsty OF the arbiters OF this question
whose opinions quoted. impels THE TRIBUNE
IL withhold from its readers a evidence OF the
identity VI the authors beyond such inherent traces
IL their luminous utttrantes may bear.
With the futtAc: assurance thut these concll-
sions are not ,ai lied by club iictat:on, but arr
purely Journalistic yerlicts the latcful curtain Is
raised,
..Wc believe that the chances are in favor Of
Boston winning the championship" ''Our
o1,ilun that the ST. Louis Browns,
with any luck nj all, will carry OF
the pennant'' lit is needless to
refer to The splendid record Of the veteran Allan
1icssd there seems to be good reason tn doubt
list their worthy Representatives III tho League
prrsi ,e Of tic championship. ;" *"Ihis nine [the
tirc,nnau] can carry OF the championship. "
1.-The Louisville boys feel Us If they could clisw
Lip Pike and his gang Ut Good Templars to pieces,
Hn1 we believe they can DO it, too"
II thns appears that OF the six League clubs en-
tered for l>17, five are prcGestined for the cham
piunsi,'; and it eauno fail to CRAFTY the admirers
Of 1lc Chicago nine 10 observe that such an issue
would place Chicago next in the line Of the coming
championship.
Ar the prospect mag appear somewhat monet
onoas 10 The average baee- Lall enthusiast, ut wit
messing long series Of games, the final result OF
which is thus clearly fareslladowed, The TR1ErSE
ventures TO suggest TO the respective oracles Whose
yerstict it has recorded that, without detracting
from the glory Of the coming champions, some
zest may yet be impaired tn the programme If they
will only exert their powerful influence to induce
: TIT said champions thai arc to be to occasionally
''let up'' the present incunlbents Of that post
Of honor.
II, for example, the knig ghts who ere to do battle
for the respec1::e &C ming champions can be
ps1uaded not 10 ''bat 'sadley all over the field
on trfTy occas:t n VA :. called upon to WELD the
willow, and II, instances, the phcnome-
non willso far repress 1.-The curvc'' us to allow
Barnes. Arson, McNey, Hines. or fome other OF
the white socEcd ''duIcrs,' to achieve Bag ]. the
hattics for tue flag may yet excite some small de-
gree of interest, and consideration Of euch for
teasance, THE TRIBUNE will agree to join in the
plauu,ts Of the af1mirine m;fttudt as tho five VIC
o a., wnp}ed IN M The TOD folds , sf th IS CHAM
quest.
THE LEAGUE CANES.
shin ias not vt he ce, ,o 18Th unon ~
schedule heretofore printed in The TRIBUNE and
o&hcr papers represents tie report of committee
tue subject Which il now being considered by
majority Of the clul'* il will be open to msdiaca-
uun. The entire scheme. with the exception OF
boston, will be found in THE Tim
rSE OF March %. The other parts
Q: 1t, however. which have any special interest for
the readers Of THE TnlHUsE, are those which re:
late to games between tile White Stockings and
other clubs. especia1ly those IN Chicago. The fol-
iow1nr sketch shows tho route OF thu Chicago Club
Gusin. the season. as proposed by the schedule re-
fesred to-: They open play Mny s md 10 in Chica-
20 with the Hartford; receive the Bostons in Chi
e. I'd snd paya se s SIX saes eao
TIC Chicagos 70 to St: Louis, whcrc: they play
Nay - and -; thence to Cincinnati, playing there
H., ana M ~ "a 1nenee a 70 ,hs %nsfe .ncy
GirectlE home and receive the C1nclnnatis on the
Iwrnty third stree; grounds june ard !; follow
9 and Il. They then take the first Eastern trip.
playing in Boston June IL and lS. and in Brooklyn
yane ~ and -. Ihcn WILL follow the second
in Chicago July !: '--.--.,
THE ATHLETICS AND nEksErT; r;
fs ns,es hnI been sent to all clubs in
:you are hereby notified that the Athletic A.socia
1'en u Ph!lsdelRa r. n has sig led ts I Leasas A.
% IN ~ ana nns oc is a
~ iaas sl. lo1 ts fsaso " ~ n; ooon'
Samuel weaver, iHyi S. aiey.rle. " D. Filler aud
C. " Bennett. Notc.-1hc services Of C. ". Ben
nett mentioned aboye are claimed by The Mwaukce
osA.azal'on tSt iac a NJ .tc1corre
.c;rco tho fore,n;no not;re r,,s r"ccivcd 1be