, 1877-11-13
Robert Ferguson to Have Field
Charge and Manages
r1ent.
Excellent Prospects, Of Having the Best
Playing-arounds in the
Country.
The Council Looks FnrorablJ on 4 Re.
quest to Lease Strip Of
tlie Lake-Fr0nt.
Losses Of the Farragut Boat Club in
the Recent Storms--Arranging
for Next Season..
BASE-NALL.

1VE Ne4k GtaA0As.
BASEBALL. .
THE CnfrA1o OUTLOOK roR NEXT SEASON.
The surmisng. guessing, and "knowing"
ahout the prospects of baseball for next year
arc happily over, and II 10 an agreeable duty to
chronicle the fact that tho Chicago Club nnn-
agcntcnt hayp under contract a competent,
sknlfut, and genttcmaniY team Of players vito
will DO their beat to win, and will, whether they
win or 1osc t,e as far abovo tho suspicion ofscll-
ing games d the management fIas always been
above that Of buying them. 1t has not appeared
for some tinc to be very c1escr or rcn'uncrn-
tive busincss To guest what baseball clubs
would do in tic way Of winning, and THE Tn1D-
uxH carefully fights sly Of giving my opinion
Us to tic probable succcss Of the team which II
announces below. It knows by tho record. and
by observation, that the men arc skllliul, hars1-
working, md earnest; It never 1,ns known any
n won to believe any one ot then, ANYTHING else
bat clean1y and honest. The rest may
safely 10 left to tho management
and to luck, which element always cuts 10 COLI
siderable 4 figure ia the seasons campaign. It
is proper to premise word: After tho season
had maybe half passed, part Of tho friends OF
tho game who could not we'll afford to sec 1t
drop cut we're rather Of the opinion Tint team
Of young talent would be most likely to sustain
tho honor Of the city. They bad secn'tle Chl-
cago team beaten right and left by tho younger
clubs, and, without seeking carefully tue cause
Ut these defeats, they proposed, NJ II Werc, to
start out with an experiment. That Idea WIS
rudcly shattered by tho conduct Of some OF tile
leading non-Lcaguc clubs, Which guvo such fair
GROUND for
ACCUSATION or DISHONESTY
as to discourage any idea OF getting sufficient
men above suspicion fruD, their ranks. An
other reason which might hare had to do with
tha abandonment Of scheme for phenomenal
Of tae ~ e psaary ~
mt their chanccs Of plaYine In Chicago If, =
Hccn hole.
n,avcr e4iis ss iIe slan % @ debated iou
aanll dcenly thc question OF q ground. What Il
dcc'II @ +. nnttrf @ I,elo,s. 1t ieilatI they founI
n chHnca of Getting the services oi an EXCELLENT
nm"ir,,s ri fcnti Which Ind the nlvu1t arcs Of
c,rs, 1cr',r,s ~ otkn,wjs lus.i xii, and sucrcss
~; fnanaT,.,,,'.nts Tho Eceretary was empowered
TnimusS ia ahlo +" apnoun;c this taUrnur that
Inc 'o''oI1sT nmnnn ,'itr conrn.cr esu ron 1878;
pohcrt Pnrtn,snn' nf Rrnoiyn. a. Camnfn.
,ri,,, 9,o] ahsm" lint ,Ic NAV nlay at sIlort.
acid. Of coursc Ferguson i q veteran,-in
play, experience, a1ul ceycrncas. Not TO 60
back too far for LIS record, It mas oe sald that
lie caught Tor tue Atlantiss III !a.g, playea ece
onu Tor inc ain!Aalh III 1n.t, Ihltu iot tao Az
laitLes Ia lh1@, lhto, apu 4ua4' anu tIe saug ~
aitfun for the Hartford team ever since. ~ ls
not et'o innch 70 eay tlhs uc ~ tno oea! "
a young playpr tn tlu KaHict n10dgl dlactpl!nA-
rian, and chi, got NJ much work out Of hia men
M nnv nnc rn,,.
E"rrn.,n,s r,rht.bavcr n ncrf,ana Old Jos
t.sst,.i 4.rs,i. riap sur ,,-i,t, Ia. hco,,
sI.t hs..e .rI h.ttur IL ninv Tnr - msnv
EtomHs oeisea su,, ~. "sss ~, tt,n npniSf 'S' ~
years ~ n9 Ills UEG1 VII kAu AEtAs