, 1877-12-16
1ist OF All the Baseball Players on
cially Announced for Next
Season.
rhe National Trotting Association on
Its Last Legs---Board of APP
peals Decisions.
I3,A SlS-DALI.
ST. LOUIS PROSPECTS.
m the Etiifuy Of TtIf Tribune.

w., s,t ynn may be sure that it hurt us just bad
uheu i, did come if VIC hadn't expected it. The
,.,enus which led 10 the collapse were, at the hrs
,emore, financial. will state the case for you
so that you can understand it in the w:nsing Of ~
--e We have had club during the Years 1875,
1s1a. and ls77-that is one side. Per contra,
ne hare had capital stock aggre.atiug all
,o1d about $50, 900. As near IS I can
,srcrtaiu, We have collected in the neignborhood
ofs1o, 600 on this $50, 600. In addition to this,
lam gwen to understand that some OF the Direct
o-s raiscd 1noner their notes for the Of the
Club aud then mad to pay the notes, amounting to
ciose 10 50, 600. That went where the rest went.
ard in addition to both items, there IS some S.,
600 cue the players OF 1877. Now il you can ~.
p1e that up you eau sec how near the game has
come to paving in the City of St. Louis. Put it
down thus:
Nv.cy Taiscl IL Directors yo
NoF due players ,oo
Total Tor three Sc, w
believe, with Mr. Wel1er@S boy who had In-
i.hed the alphabet that is doubtful whether 1t is
wo::a while 10 so through 50 much to learn so
little. But now sou know WAY we quit, do you
btane us! or would you have advised us to go On
smother year!
OF course you would be justified in asking
me for the reason TO my reason-tAar Is. why
We made these losses. Aud | can tell
Sou stsai:htaway. and you will very ike
II believe me, because you have i'ased
your Chicago Club on principles about opposite to
onrs in the matters to which shall refer. In the
first p!acc, Grand Avenue Park was too far away
from .dovn town to ever hope to induce people
to 90 to games there. ride Of morc tl:;1 hour
On stree, car is unpleasant and tedious IL any
time, and Goably SO in warm weather zna with i
crowd. When come 10 look back on tho past.
wonder how SO ulauy people ever got out to tue
grounds.
ssll se'oN On sunua:. n.lr: One p * the soundcsi
s1prrsslousi ever heard on that subject was IRON
&ttrouy well-wishee of tile browns who oucc SAID
I q: helr1n- - ! tell you the buuls and toushs
Ire done busted: thc,'ve got no moisey lhe
money l. all i s.lirln into the church folks lands
.ad Just ~ sure you git them dowu OH Jou
foar re gone. And just 80 sure as you 20 to p!ay!n
iamcs on Sunday them knocK-sneed Old dsds
tsep ts tae S soya won I
/ tell you 1neln's the chaps That have
Ire money" There WAS OF this ho'ncly
sermon, but 1t was al 10 the same purpose. an1 !
drm1y believe II was BASED on better EuoWi ie01e OF
human nature than the management had
Then again, wii!e the nnnase,nent-;as iar as tue
yet there was favor OF poker rooms and such
like that people smiled A.
One other Thing winch hurt very much was the
unfortunate selection Ut a.aIrcs. OF Course, it is
the Club put up l;urts with an idea OF
,a They the put other a Cubs il as ehsas eas
lim-the st. Lonis cluo c;dn't Dut anyhow lie
was very unfortunate selection, and 1t Was poor
]'olicy-.e it turned out-ior the Club to uphold
h1A aud BOOST hun alon:, utsa insist On Linn Tor
umpire utter lie Was terribly disgusting to out
sidcrs. But they lhought they were right. Wen.
after tue Burtls ot.nc!s began to ~ pain ~ tns
people, come uf them wouldn't come a:aln. aIid
thai helped 2raw olt little don intend 1o cay
anything c1uo.:ed:icss anon: The players, .or
thc papers have been making in THIS city, is
pretty much bush. cont care MAat
Nike atct;cayy before he cs.,c here believe
he inns been and straight with the peop!e Vi
ST. Luus 1t is pretty clear. Ut course. thai Bur
It's in with gamblers, out all the tatE about tue
rntn seems to INC unfoundcd-at ieast don &ne"
Of any pl0of. :.
But in =pi;e OF al these thina5-~thc dcot and all
we should have goue all E.gtt II it hadn't occu
for those Louisville expulsons. They struca us
right when We we're tryIn. IL ralse lltl'c money
to 70 with next yeas, And it Hattcued us Out Us
flat as tue dollar Of our dads. amt there we have
been ever since.
for am not yet convinced that We cant get up.
gather from ull that has bcen SAID that no one
wants to go ahead with parS out IN the country;
to the irst thing is sronna, l tainS we cunlu
spuuk up for the re=t II we flud grouitd One
echc1ne Is to try 10 get Missouri Park square al
most near our business centre as the Lake farS
IL 10 Chlcago's. THIS Squire (WHICH Il COM
monty known Us llugg,ng parS} was given
IL tie city uy Mr.. Lucas ,tcceased) with tie
condition iha1 if it were ever used for any other
purpose than a park it should revert 70 lis nelrs
it was planned to have The heirs quiz Claim this
right of fevcrson If the city authorities Woa!d let
the Club occupy the grounu There seems now
ever. to be some obstacle in the why. and. so far
as can learn, progress nIs 1cen made
Another idea advanced was 10 get gronnu over
in East st. Louis, where i was thonshl one couiu
be had not away from the end of tue olE b11d5e
but the search does not appear 10 nave pfoauceo
anything yet. .
rb+ 1,n bud h,,+; fp1f
Grand avenue ground.
have trica 1o give you faithful showing ot
where we stand; it you can derive any comtor1
from 1t for the game, You are wiser than yours
truly, uorCE UAF1E-
Beside the views of the correspondent above,
the following extracts from St. Louis papers are
gwen, showing the feeling IN thc press 1nc
G1ote- -Ush0cruf says:
Ever since the organization Of the broWn St2ek'ngs
O. tns hs
Invested IN the organization ior ts srDrt - s de
iIio sp9xen carcd lts as .Aey .a* tnetr way
ensssar 's sne could
as AZ e. ss dd sns Il IS
champion Bostous with the utmost allowing them
at ana tcr picsr ana @ ea.eer
batsu3a were lost to them. thus nscessiatlS r.
Gould not r. Sc ea ri men
19s i 81 4a 1 ref.s TO- m Me
certain crooked work the part OF eertatn o. She'f
pEn Hen during tile seaSOn JUST CIustA.
ther ard0t suct extent that tacF conc!naE1 -
Hop In dccency aud In order for tile Lime oeinE
pae word more Is necessary AtaouSn St: Louis y
bot member of the League. she VIII bc fcpscschca
3n the bali ned In 78 with team - srpne Is any se
yet placed In the ned aud capt21ned pS le oess a
uel0er III the profession.
The comments Of the Republican are as fos-
Lows:
So far the old organization Is concerned II ls nov
represent her Unless some pars
nine like the Ked stockings there Is surety that
re shall have goud bait-tossfnG In St LOUIS nett
Sear: Perhaps years abstinence Will 40 the clH
Eood. II seems that the Grand avenue oase'oait
Eruund is destined become thing OF the past Mf
osst offered such terms he thought he was 1nsiaed
u uoiaK for lease Ut the track oot vas
nake satisfactory arrangement. AlFeauy sne ~Glh
Of removing the skeleton n2d the rason mas p
un aud these will be taken to pieces and placed asde
[a such manner that It will not Oe d1cht 10 leGa
them again Ia OF ground being taken. Nulcn
Is ao up:babc- It is be regretted t1at the esoan
y park has had untely end for Il was one o1
kae haudsomes best Kept and appointed IN the county,
DEvL1N on DETLN.
Some weeks ago correspondent OF this paper IN |
[ louisville called on Devlin, the expelled Dali
player and, after having talk with him, sent the
OF what he had said to Tile TR1nrSE, IN
which 1t was published. The part Of the story
chiefly disagreeable to Louisville readers was
where Devlin asserted that the ecoundreIIy actions
II Deyiuney were with the prlvity Of the CLUB man-