, 1879-07-06
OTHER GAMES.
UTToA, July 5.-Manchesters, Z; Uticas, T.
DEvLN REfNSTATED.

| James Dcvlin, at one time connected With the
| White Stocking team, and with whose subse
ouent yi1lainy and disgrace as member Of the
Louisville nine the public is familiar, has been
admitted to men bership in the National As
| sociation. This short statement is sermon in
itself. Hitherto tt.has been supposed that there
| VAS a spark Of decencv left in the National As
sociatlon,-as much at least as would prevent
its members from taking into fellowship man
who has been publicly branded as thief, con.
yicted not only on evidence OF the most positive
and irrefragable character, but also by his OWE
confessiou,-a humilating statement Of the
depths of degradation to which man OF Low in
stincts will descend
The facts in tho case are too well known to
need any claboratIonr at this time. in 1871
Deylin was pitcher fo< the Louisville nine,
an organization Of the strongest kind,
which, when 1t started on the seasons final
Eastern tour, had the championship almost
won. On that tour they lost game after game,
the result being that the Bostons were cham
pions. 1t WIS evident that there had been
crooked work somewhere, and the presence in
the Louisville nine OF the notorious Bill Crayer
gave the Club officers who investigated the mat
ter a clew from which they worked with the
most gratifying results. It was soon learned
that Deylin, George Hail. the centre-deldcr, and
Crayer, second baseman, we're the men who had
done the dirty work of selling out games. The
mapuer in which their robbcries we're perpe-
trated was SO childishly clumsy that as soon as
suspicion was aroused aud an investigation
started the whole scheme became apparent.
The thieves in the pool-room conspired with bet
ting men to "throW " games, and were actually
idiotic enough to record their dishonest inte1;-
tions on: :te'egraph-blanks anu send them to DIFF
ferent cities.
OF course these men were expelled. Craver
aud Hall, with sense of the fitness Of things
have never sought to again place them
selves before the public; but >Dcvlin
has been going up and down the land ever since,
labelling himself, sRepentant Thiet," and seek
ing rein statement by the League. He told its
officers we1l-concocted yarns Of the sufferings
of hitoself and family since his expulsion, and
promised that il again taken into tue told ne
would be honest. OF course his appeal was un-
needed. Whatever sympathy the League may
have felt for the mans famfly it mani1estly
could not stulsity itself BY extending pa1ooh 70
acter. Such action would savor TOO
mnch of the trotting turf, where men
caught robbInc and then pcr1ur!ns
themselves arc simply she1ved for time. 1he
League was started for the express purpeose ..
masnc baseball honorable, and Of lifting 1t
from the mire III which it had been sunk oy tue
Pbfiadelphia dog-lghters and shoulder-hltters
from whose midst Deylin graduated.
But, seveu while seeking pardon Tor PAST
offepses and promising honesty for the future,
DeTlin was at bis old tricks. When in Chicago
last year he was actually given m'ney by char1-
tably-disposed persons who believed bis story OF
poverty and sufferings. and in less than three
hours this same money was used By him tor tne
purpose OF gam bling.-a poker game being the
scene Of his operations. This little incident
shows the character Of the mau. While proless-
ing honesty be was engaged in dishonesty.
This is the man whom the National Assoca"
tton has taken to its BOSOM He is fit COM
panion to some already there, and probably feels
perfectly at home