, 1877-03-25

hay been largely aud Incorrectly paragranhel. i
of 1ackb rs 1g1aoTs; - i:a t Of at years allegheny
of the came Club e.; Curry, OF the Xantha, chanee
C.; Wi,ktnson. Of the Allegheny, 81 dtahsn,
Wheeling s; Guise, Of tne ErIe S. id PhlIips' ~
ot the Bratdocks, l., T.; with Denny, 9i oi
e cooss Gosf The eRa oSe1 as s Re and
evidently, us the correspondent ntimatcs. a team
which wi!l not allow the Allegheny to take many
maps o. inc Held, They will occupy the same
tsvni , Us Inc Aicsheny' but are not likely to
More than few unkind things have been said OF
the professional hall cluhs bccause their members
were not natives and citizens Of the cities which
they represented. but a sketch OF the new Pitts
onrg nine shows that the scmi= i=professionas are on
gleny team MeKeivey is the only Pttsbafsee ss ,se
Calvin lives in St. Louis, uolbcrt in Baltimore,
iola polan IN S. Louis. Goodman in Reading Will
Nelson IN Williamsburg. 'Creamcr In Philadelphia,
| and West In Brooklyn.
/ AN MISUNDERSTANDING MANAGER.
| Mf. W. T. Rogers, Manager OF the Milwaukee
Club, waa in town last week. In the course Of u
conversation on base ball u,atters, he took occa-
the no ssaR II f tfFi Of praise concerning
\ letter from that Club, received some some
!er fedS SGy ssS waud @b
other club, and that it Milwaukee renly has con-
tfact With Bennett, Of course the Athletics will
| glvc him up As Milwaukee has a clear contract
with Gcnnett made rs long ago as last December,
y, while E the Athletics en2aged him only last month.
Mr.; Rogers innocently thinks the Athletics will
make no more ado about the NATTER and that they
VIII keep their word By promptly sirsenderin. ali
claim to Bennett It i plain that NJ. Il. has hal
knows that no club ever had palmer r;:ht to
mans services than Milwaukee has to Bennett's,
md he, he thinks , that because the Athletics
such prior right pertains to Milwaukee, that they
viii actually do So Mr.. Rogers may be sure tflAt
ea % # the KIND + thy
the prccedcnts OF Philadelphia management to
warrant the belief that the Athletics will stand by
waukee. The chances are ten to one thut they win
60 square back on it, and search for some techni-
caity wherewith to fortify their attempt to steal
Of the matter l. borne out by declarations in the
CApper and Mercury OF last week, to the effect
that Bennett will certainly play in the Athletic
nine.
The Secretary OF the Leagne has notified ull
Lcagne and Lensne Alliance clubs that c. W. Rem
for the season OF 1877. Mr.. Rogers, Of the Mil
wankee Club says that he did nut send to the Sec
rctary OF the League 4 list Of the players under
bccansc he thought the suggestion in the circular
explaining tile agreement that the players might
sIsn such notices good one When he found that
Bennett was trying to get out Of his contract, and
retary. thut the contract had been made and fur
o the hst snny e Il %
notice until the 1GtE inst The suggestion referred
to by Mr. Rogers will be found in the following ex-
non-Lcasue clubs 10 join the Ailiance, % and With
asks them in they sign the agreement to send
to the Secretary of the lit Of the players
and the period covered BY each con- |
tract, and, while not necessary as to
Eon1Tafts xam IT,, areay % made It is suggested that
each Of them sign such list. \ form OF notihca-
ton Of future contracts will then be supplied you
Il fi,xG .-:fi,
official notifications Of al1 players under contract
with League clubs and with all non-Lcaeuc clubs
tat Or e!eass to The
Alliance Agreement positively requires 4 notice
Of every contract made By club party to that
asrecment to be signed BY the club and the player
quently, whenever 9 'tLeaguc Alliance Club
m.Sess contrnc. with a player, notice thus
retary or the contract will not be recognizcd but
this regulation OF course has application 10 con-
tracts made tfore club joins the League Alliance
and undertakes this obligation ~ to contracts it
may make while party to such agreement
finley.
The following extracts give some idca OF the in |
:ercst which is felt in the Ghlcagos' eleventh man:
Ths ctof % hqse e n sa M nayeT IN
coa4s n s es,s4 a y thsa a e sf
yssIs enough Is re sa1aed out to 81; Esss.9
The Ghcass,s hare engaged an unknown player, Fin
sq as re atsqq ss m ca IT, aa Rnr S Try
vell US Is csi,ectct.--P Pniiuatipsia Hrrcnrv ''"
~ fs!s: \ 5ass
g. na r @ w ae ssd tea
is .a ',s;a sf;1sf Fialsy aIis f.o.a reEia
e s csno 10 cS i: Sf has e yons man named
'ncy. Fspace Willie behI'a tic bat lie i at pres.
fa;y ,sa; s9sps.s ill.,
us our ey c
f:s t. e ed IL feo ss
Uin ltkin- lll.-CouF4tF- F-JoHrnul |
The indianapolis Sunday statinel may resi- as
lred TINT the engagement of Finley will not hurt
IL chances of Harry Smith in the chicago tcam Il
fears.
sEM1-rRoFEss1oNAL1sMs. +
The Syracuse Courier hears that the Crckcts, of
lnehamton, have engaged Arthur Ellison, who
aged with the Louisvillcs last season.
II is understood that the new fashioned Athletics
we joined the Leaenc Alliance, though it il but II
NOR as yet, no notice having. been received from Fl
Z Secretary. G
The Providence Dispatch asserts with plenty OF Vt
ltics that frstclass nine will be placed in the c]
Id there next summer, and that IS, 600 are as II
cd as raised for backing. b,
Mr. J. A. Williams, Secretary Of the Interna- Il
mai Association, writes that the constitution | ai
Il rules will soon be printed arrangements hay v
been concluded to that end. ~
rhc Janesvil1e. Wis, Club have perfected their til
;anixatlon and secured their players: They M
agnc Alliance. The Fairbanks have been invited Iu
open their grounds some time in May. W. W.
1r. F. A. Marsh, an old newspaper man, has M
:epted the management OF the Syracuse Stars. pr pr
E TIN, N. hopes lie will come ont better than -, -
conspicuous newspaper who bursted up the d.
b Of which he was manager last season. 10
lccorm'ck, pitcher. Of the Syracuse Stars has iii
ttcn to the St. Louis Republican, asserting that au
never offered to 60 to Cincinnati, and never 80
otc to Nh kcck about the matter. 1t remains
r for the Enquirer to back up its assertion or E.
6 what the Hon. Bob Addy used to call 4 walk. At