Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1877-05-02
b THE BALL AND BAT.

The catcher's mask was used in the
Harvard-Live-Oak game last week, and
proved a complete success.
IHE Alleghanies and Rochesters have
entered for the championship of the
international association.
IHE Chicago White Stockings and the
alrbanks had game at Chicago on the
Zlst INST. Result: Chicagos, II; Fair
banks, l.
THE Louisville and Indianapolis clubs
crossed willows at Indianapolis on the
21st inst. The Louisville club were de-
feated. Score to l.
FRED TREACY has recovered his won't
ed good health, and will be heard of
once more on a Philadelphia ball-feId
this season.
THE uniform Of the Louisville club
will consist of gray caps, shirts, and
pants, trimmed with red, red belts and
red stockings.
EARLY in the year the management of
the Indianapolis club made set Of rules
to govern the conduct of the players.
One of them forbids the use of intoxicat-
ing liquors, but the violations thereof
have been numerous.
THE Philadelphia club is an assured
fact, the following players having
already signed with them: Tomas, D.;
Malone, c.; Abadie, b.. j; Farquhar, 2b.;
Dunlap, S. s.; Richardson, 3b.; Tracy,
|. f.; Eggler, C. f.; and Bechtel +. f. and
change pitcher.
WHEN $500 people sit through VIC
snow-storm to witness game of base ball,
the interest in the sport cannot be said to
be abating. Such was the case in Bos-
ton on the 18th, when Harry Wright's
club tried their two pitchers and
catchers
DICKY IEARCE first played on the
Atlantic nine On the 18th of September,
1856, over twenty years ago, Bob Fer
guson, of the Hartfords, first played OH
the Atlantics, May 80, 1866, eleven years
ago. Chapman began playing in the
same nine in the year 1862.
THE San Francisco, (Cal.) club has
been admitted to the International
association. The players are J. J. Cul-
len, E. Taylor, j. Williams, c. J. Keat-
ing, F. J. Percy, T. O'Brien, D. Ashley,
j. j. Smith, [. Jordan, and e. Massey,
and A. Williams, substitutes, The
Resolutes, of Elizabeth, n. j., have also
been admitted.
THE nine that will take the field from
Harvard university this season is the
same as in 1876, with the exception Of
Thatcher (who is out of college), and is
placed thus Tyny, law school, C.;
Ernst, medical school, p; Wright, 10,
1c4 L
Sd b.. Leeds, III, s. s.. Latham, IT, C. f.;
Dow, TT, T. f.; with Thorp '7e, substi-
| tute. @
| THE Erie club of Erie, Pa, have been
admitted to the association, and an
nounce the following players: Lewis
Talley, Mari Phillips, Geo., Fisher,
James Curry, Alonzo Knight, Fred Pief-
fer, VIM. Smiley, L. P. Ressler, Frank
Heifer, and Frank Thompson. The
Crickets of Binghamton, n. Y, and the
Standards, of Wheeling, w. Va, have
applied for admission to the association.
THE Bostons defeated the semi-profes-
sional Lowells in Boston, on the 21st
inst, by score of four to two, after
closely contested game of eleven innings
A wild throw in the ninth inning gave
George Wright his run. Otherwise the
Lowells would have had the game by a
score of two to one.
The election of umpires for the league
games has been decided. The following
are chosen to act in the respective
places noted:
Chicago-J. Fred Cone, Calvan I. STAN
baugh, Conrad Bradberg.
st. Louis-George Seward, VIM. Medart,
! L. w. Burtis. ....... ..
Walker J. ii. Clifford.
LooisUMe-Kenneth Mcdonald, ] John Nor
ris, Daniel Devinney.
Boston M E. Chandler, James Sumner,
G. F. White.
Brooayn--Joshua Bunce, E. Ducharme,
John Kenny.