, 1879-06-22
NOTES OF THE GAME.
The Cleyelands arc still after Ferguson.

NOTES OF The II M Il.
The Cleselanda arc still after Ferguson.
Corcoran is playing short~stop for the Spring
fields.
Ferguson umplred the Boston Cincinnati
games last week.
Holbert is doing fine work behind the bat for
the Syracuse team.
Force and Fu1mer have been doing the best
batting Of the Buf1alos. -.
Gilugau, Clegeland's new catcher, played last
year IN Clinton, Mass i
.Barnie, well known IN Brooklyn as catcher.
is playing with Sau Francisco club
J.. Healy, who pitched for the Indianapolis team
last year, Is being tried By the Udeas.
Thus far the Bostons have lost all but two Of
the games played By them On Saturday.
The postponed game between the Troys and
Clevelands is to be played in September. =
"The seven-e]ephant-and-tw menage-
rie'' Is what the Syracuse CouTia' calls the Gin
cinnati pine.-
President Hulbert Of the Chicago Club will
reach home to~rnorrow, having been with The
team three weeks
Ives. catcher Of the Yale College nine, who
broke his Leg recently, is getting well rapidly,
and will soon be able to play again.
McKinnor, OF the Rochester nine, about whose
expulsion the Troys such: q row has, been
raised, is i'll from paralyatic stroke.
When the Albanys pounded Richmond, the
new !eft-handed pitcher OF the Worcesters,
the A,gus sent up the war-cry: "0n to Rich
mon1ns
Fersy Malone is not going to Oakland. Cal,
after all. The club offered him S75 month and
railroad expenses to San Francisco, but he In
Sisted on 500 month, and lost the JOB.
The reason that Vassar College has no base
ball nine, sars an exchange is because the girls,
though willing enough to field, will NOT ac-
knowledge that they have anything to do with
batting.
Richmond the left-banded pitcher; of the
Worcesters, who puzzled the White Stockings
SO badly not long ago, was not so successful In
Albany, the team Of that city batting hin out Of
his position.
Fred Waterman, the old Red Stocking third
baseman who was reported to be in Nebraska
hopes to be- Captain of Mr. Neff's mcnager1e
before the season closes. $685. ,....
4 very inconseqneptia] paper in Rochester ad-
vises the Club Of that !city to hire Devlin. and
make fight against the Leagne. Such con-
test would remind most people OF the celebrated
battle between the fly and the elephant.
Ho1ltnser's Detroit nine IS reported to be on
Its legs again financially. Probably some Of the
boys found IS note ID the street. ANY nine
under the management Of Rollinger or Jack
Chapman is sure to be q distinguished failure.
In ope OF the recent Providence. Cincinnati
games George Wright WAS caught napp!ng ut
second base and DECLARED out. jim O'Rourke
hegan to argue the point with the umpire, when
Mclean turned upon him and said, Shut up
who wa. at the bat, that be Immediately struck
out. T.: -
The Petersburg Browns. of Petersburg, ILL.,,
bave reorganized for 1879, with the following
players: White, b.; Rutledge, 2 b.; Gum, 8
s.; Frackclton; i. T.: Lorcntzeu. c. t.; Kainey,
Aut'e. o.; Kreig F5she1 @ S,,,s $ s.. $. ;a ana
inclosed grounds, and would like to arrange
enlnes. Address E. G. Fisher, Box sa1, Peters
burg, LII.
They tell 2 characteristic story ot Brown, the
catcher, now OF Providence, but formerly OF
Boston. 10 1877 the Loutsyilles came here to
play, and, knowing Browns weakness, they
game. he got lawfully Wild" and was up n'}
night, while the Louisville men all took care to
keep Straight What was their ~chagrfn :ne1t
day to see Brown put out thirteen men behind
pieces and step on himselE-EIchrnge.
The Brook]yn Eaqe, referring to the effort on
the part Of the Stars to secure Farrow:. says:
~ Farrow is the engaged catcher OF the Jersey
CITY nine. The Jersey City Club is in the Ma
tionnl Association, and this is tbe way League
club tries to steal National PLAYERS: First Dun
lap. then Mclkinnon, now Farrow- Surely tne
League clubs arc composed OF '1onorao3e
men," The Stars would not take Farrow II he
rave his services free, unless be Gang to Sgra-
cuse with m honorable discharge from his pres-
ent ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Courtsr. -
After being appointed nominal Captain OF the
McVey went to Manchester Tor the
purpose OF engaging Leary, pitcher OF tue Man
chester nine. Word preceded him that ne vas
after Loary, and repetition OF the Mch1nnon
affair was on the docket. Consequently, On ar
riviug at the DEPOT McVey; found large aud
angry crowd awaiting hinl, and even threaks OF
violence were made Wien, however, McVey !
assured them that his errand was peaceful
one, and that be did not want Leary unless De
was honorably released, the crowd saw what
ninnies they had made OF themselves, and felt |
ashamed accordingly,
Secretary Young, in letter to President |
SAGE OF the Buffalo Club, says: 81 am IN re-
ceipt OF communications from Messrs- Hubert !
and Nef, in which each claim that there is !
mistake In the original schedule in the dates for
their games in Buffalo and Cleveland. In com- |
pliance with instructions, have chanred my |
schedule, placing Chicago at Buffalo ,Aug. Ii, j
Is, and 16, instead Of AUG. q, go, and Sept: l,
and Cincinnati at Buffalo AUG. 28, so. aud Sept. ]
|, instead Of Aug. IA, Is, aud 18 The change
simply reverses the position ,of the two clubs, |
without changing the dates for games on your 4