Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1878-05-24

Have they lost their grip in Gotham?
Jim Devlin is pitching for an amateur nine.
So says the Chicago Tribune.
The New Ravens have been transferred to
Hartford on account of a lack of support.
Bob Addy is in California, working as fore
man of tin shop. 1t becomes him better
than paving up the grass in right field, wait
ing for fly balls.
Houston (Texas) Telegram, 21st :: Only
few of the old members OF the Lee baseball
club responded to the call, to meet Sunday
morning, for the purpose of reorganization,
and in consequence no business was trans
acted.
Blong, Baker and Houtz have signed con-
tracts to play with the Springfield Mass
club, and this strong trio leave for the east
tonight. Manager Douglas, of the New
Ravens, will doubtless feel sore on learning
the above news.
A correspondent of the New York Mercury,
at Manchester, in an account of the first
Manchester-Butfalo game, says: 1.-The fea-
ture of the game was the playing of Libby at
first base, he saving the visitors at least three
errors by remarkable stopping of wild-thrown
balls"
The Quicksteps, the leading amateurs of
Indiana last year in baseball business,
have reorganized, and announce Halpin,
p; Jones, c.; Crane, h.; Brennon, 2b.; Har-
vey, 3b. Campbell, s.; Maxwell, M; Locke,
l., and Phillips, r. Brennon is claimed by
the Indianapolis Reds.
Galveston CTexas) Netos, 2lst: A match
game of basel ball was played on Sunday
evening between the Stars, formerly PelIcans,
and the famous Originals, which resulted In
a score of Is to 10 in favor of the Stars; and
the Stars are now ready to play any junior
club in the city, as they have beaten the
Originals, the boss club of Galveston.
Chicago Tribune: One of the characteristic
views of the game is that held by prominent
member of the county board, who, at game
the other day, was not pleased at the applause
you be slappin' your hands about now?"
splendid stop" "Splendid helli'' retorted
the commissioner, ito the devil with the
stops; what l be wantin' to see is thin fell
lows run around like race-borses.
Buffalo Commercial Adre,tiSer: Charley
Backus, Of the San Franchises, says that the
next time he comes to Buffalo he is going to
bring baseball nine and see If that will
draw. He never saw people "have 1t so
bad"-old friends who have not seen him for
years clasp his hand: Glow are you, Backus?
By the way, die you hear how that
game stood to-day between the Tonawandas
and Black Rocks? 2" The burnt-cork prince
says he never saw anything like it; beats
Tue OWL; anu Gnen DIS troupe are all III
fected. He swears that they turn out of the
''sleepers" at daylight to get hold of paper
at some one-horse town to read the account
of the games played the day before. Beats
the devil-never saw anything ike it.
Milwaukee Sunday NeWs: There was
mourning last night among those who had
ventured their money or set their hopes on
the Milwaukee nine. The game yesterday
afternoon resulted in the success of the Wis
L.
Eees made fatal mistake In allowing any
body else to pitch In the place that was so
well filed in the other games. The mistake
was seen when the visitors began to roll up
their tallies, but the change was too late to
repair the fortunes of the day. In spite of
the unpleasant prospect for rain at the time
for beginning the game, some one thousand
five hundred to two thousand persons were
inside the grounds. The friends of the Mil
waukeans fwere, of course, confident that the
home nine would carry off the honor But
the hackers of the Cincinnati boys did not
lose faith in their favorites.
Providence Dispatch: The Dispatch wishes
to make little suggestion to the manage
ment of the Providence club as regards ad
vertising on their western tour, and we be-
lieve the idea to be good and entirely practi-
cable. A few days previous to any of your
games in foreign cities, send on the entire
and complete working uniforms of the nine,
have them displayed in some conspicuous
place, and the effect will be simply stunning.
The different suits might be neatly labeled
something like this: "When l this suit do
press then may We we'll beware.-Dick Hig-
ham," This is turning and twisting
spbere.-Tricky Nichols. ''The dun-deer's
hide on heeter foot was never tied.-Paul
Hines. 81 throw for heavy stakes, dare you
play me?-William Hague" etc. This style
of advertising would have the merit of entire
novelty, and would doubtless pay well.
An International Bulletin.
SECRETARY's OFFICE !
COLUMBUS, o., May 20, 1878.
To the Members Of the International Baseball As
ISOLATION: 20. GA
You are herby notified that, by unani-
nous vote of the judiciary committee of this
association, the New Haven baseball club,
of New Haven, Connecticut, has been per-
mitted to change its name and location, and
it will hereafter be known as the Hartford
baseb club, of Hartford, Connecticut. You
will govern yourselves accordingly. There is
no change in the officers of the club, or its
position in the mpionshipveontest. | am
requested by the officers of the Auburn club
to contradict the report that they have dis
banded; they have not, nor do they intend to.
l had hoped to have issued a bulle-
tin, giving the position of clubs in
championship contest up to and in
Guiding the fifteenth instant, before this,
but have been unable to do so on account of
the failure of some of our clubs to forward
scores promptly. am sorry for
this, as | am satisfied it is desired
by almost all our members. l will ask the
scorers of championship clubs to report to
me any game postponed by rain or resulting
in tie, so that may know what games on
the schedule are not played according to date.
The Forest City club has engaged Andrew
Cummings. L. M. Vaudeville has resigned
as umpire for Rochester, R. R. Nickerson
and Herbert Todd for Live Oaks, and Prof. H.
S. White for Stars. Jas. Tufts has been APP
pointed umpire for Live Oaks and F. NJ Fa-
Der for Forest City. Very respectfully,
], A, WILLIAMS SECRETARY