, 1879-07-20

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NOTES OF THE GAME.
II you want to poison a base. bail club; nd.
minister doss Of strike-nine.-Ne.5 FORK a.
press.
George Wright and Mike McGeary, Of thu
Providence team, are accompanied On the nre.,
ent trip BY their wives.
Mclean uupired the Cincinnsti- -Pro7idepe.
games in Cincinnati last week, and the local a.
pert praise bis work highly.
Jack Farrell, Of the Syracuse Starr, has eons
home, and Creamer. late Of the Rockfosds IL
filing his place at second base.
Sweasev, the original Red Stocking escona.
baseman, has, since the disbandmens OF thu
Mancnesters, been playing with the Gen Wosths.
OF Stoneham, Conn.
Frank Smith, shoFtstop OF the San FrancIscn
Mutuals, Is brother Of Charley, who, In the
e.rly days OF baseball, played th1d-base 70. thu
Atlanucs, Of Brooklyn.
The female baseball mines conrended at Bsltt
more, Md, On July7 and s, 81, 400 being realized
as the gate-recaipts On the first day, and littla
over $50 on the day following
1tlooks as II baseball might become one Of
the consultations OF religion. At least Hopo
!
from any church club in the dty.-Sprinqf9d
RepubttcGu.
The latest report concerning Sutton is that
| Harry Wright likes him so we'll at short feld
that no change will be made Morrill, is doing
well at third, and Coggswell, The new f-stbase.
man, is filing the bill.
! A Cincinnati paper says: tOld Joe Start
walked across the field yesterday, and then tho
Provid .ace BOYS Immediately made single and
a two-base hit Joe is not exactly black cat,
but his appearance is cheering"
Fergv Malone got together a scrub nine in
! Philadelphia for 18th Of July game in Ba1tt.
| more. billing them as the Athletics, and now
| several members OF the old Athletics are loox-
ing for Fergy with view OF disfEuring him.
Burke, of the Cincinnatis, was badly wanted
! By Springfield, and at one time it looked a II
| he would go there, some advance money having
| been forwarded to him. Mr.. Neff refused
| release, however, and the cash was sorfowfully
returned.
The Washington Capital, which is nothing Il
not sensational, says there is g Ring" which
controls the Boston ntne. It such is the case,
the sooner the Ring is broken the better for
Boston, as, from the present outlook, the pzoa-
peet for the boys is gloomy one.
Cheerful lie from the Syracuse Journal: ut
would not occasion much surprise should the
disabilities existing between the League and
Nationals be removed within short time It
would give both Of the associations great help
financially, and without II the League must H.
most Inevitably become bankrupt"
Bancroft, 'manager OF the Worcesters. is work.
ing on scheme for series Of Two games each
between the Boston, Providence, New Bedford,
Springfield, Holyoke, and Worcester Clubs for
the championship OF New England. the games
to be PLAYED after the 1st Of October. The fde3
Is nonsenstcal one, and the games would not
bring in enough gate money to pay the travelling
expenses Of the mines.
Troy 1fn.<s: "Just before the departure Of
the Troy Citrs from Buffalo, yesterday after
noon, stranger. who said be came from Prov
idence, stepned up to Evans, the Troy right
fielder, and, handing him a $40 gold piece. rs-
marked: There, you made over $500 for me On
Monday, and you are entitled to it, Evans. It
will be remcm oerel won the last Providence
game for the Troys by three-basa hit in ths
eighth inning"
Mack, Dolan, and Bsttin, OF the disbsnded
Uticas, have been engaged by the Springfelds
as shortstop, change catcher, and second
gan have been released, to make room for
the new men. who are experienced .pfagers
with good records. Baktiu played second
base and Mack short-stop in the old st
Louis Club under Pike, and Dolan caught SIC
cessfully for Calvin Of the BuffaIos, one OF the
hardest pitchers in the country, for three years
In last THURSDAYS game between the Cincfn-
bit: His further proceedings are described y
follows by local paper: tsWhen be realized
that he actually was on first. and no mistake, be
called for map Of the route, and, after study
ing it intentlv for moment, stole second.
There is no telling what that wild yoong man
might have done II Kelley and White had not
been put out almost directly afterward. II was
truly wonderful. On arrival at first be hsd to
be introduced to O'Rourke, who said he bad
met all the other Cincinnati players except him.
William IA rA9f}y uAttinty u11dY. anu lt
would be well for the Deacon to keep bis optic
on hinn.''
McGuuuigle Is still worrying the Bunao Clno
in regard to his release. The Express has taken
up cudge1s in behalf OF the young man; and
says: 'If what We hear be true, some OF tae
Gunnigle with fairness. He has asked for h!s
release twice, and each time has been refused.
Now some people are abusing that PLAYER, ~
ing that he could get his release II be wanted u
brought to McGunniglc, and naturally enough
they make him feel as though he was not wel:
come here. Mac is fine ba1l-payer, periect
gentleman. and he has nanv friends in this ana
other localities. IT the Directors did not want
him whv didn't they grant him his release when
he dcsircd 1t and let him 60 where be could play
ball and be let alone" j:
John Glenn, who PLAYED In Chicago several
seasons, is trying to join the Washington va,
tionals, but without much success. Inc Can M
saws: .s@ By morning contemporary the 1n1ot-
nation is given out ID seua-oficial manner,
ne presume, That in case John Glenn shows up
uell ia his practice he will play on the National
pine- II Glenn is to be a substitute, it's all
right; but il to displaco any man on the Ma
tional nine, count Us among the kickers- The
writer was one of number who croaued audi
bly at the way Kipp called Booth out on strikes
Tuesday and Thursday, and it set several peo-
pie to thinking that there might be dirty work
going On. We stuck pin right there, and shall
wait. The National nine have done excellent
this season, every one OF them; they who cx-
pccted more Of them should Immediately bo
penned up and fed on corn for Christmas butch:
eriug,-that's about the time they Kill hogs"
Dckerson, Of the Cincinnati team, got the
following kindly notice from local pauer after
the second Providence game last week: T. II the
Cincinnati Club had little backbone IN It, ono
Of the Cincinnati PAYERS would be taken By tue
cuff OF his uniform and pitched out OF the
League Neither a drunkard nor crooked
player ought to be allowed to bamboozle the
public. The player referred to has been coa1eo
and encouraged to do right long enough.
Twenty times enough evidence could be op-'
tanned with which to e1pe1 him and keep hn
out Of the profession. The public gets slek
looking at first-class bad-p1ayer valn!y trying
to play ball the day after debanch- flMa:
words are often the best" The mex day, haV1ng
in the meantime been threatened with spanA:
ing, the kid wrote and published the fo!!o"n5
able retracuon: 'sThc writer unwitting!f dpu'
Dickcrsun a Wroug In the report OF w etneSua}a