, 1879-05-18

He never plaJb.-ELCHAHyes :
Bennett, Of the Worcesters, has been granted
months leave Of absence, having become disabled
James R. Ad1ance, Of last years Williams Col
lccc nine, died about ten days ago at his home,
Poughkeepsie. N. 7.
Jim White. in published interview, sustains the
general impression that the Cincinnati grounds me
the worst in the country. .:
The base ball grounds at Hartford hnve been
abandoned, SO far ~ the National game Is COIL !.
cetned. and sold for song. /
Glenn. formerly Of the ohicagos. is member ct
the Rochester Hop Bitters" nine. John WILL :
strike his level after while.
GraIen, who formerly managed" the st. :
Louis Club, ia now d resident Of kcokuk, Ia.
where he Is deyoting his time to aquatic sports.
A silly rumor that the Troys about to dis
band has been started by Cleveland paper. me
Club has bad the slightest notion OF disoand-
ing.
Ali that talk in Cleveland about forfeiting games
to the Syracuse Stars amounted 70 nothins. ANY
such action would have expelled the Cleveland
Club from the League.
HiRham was recently offered job by the Syra-
cuse Cluo. but declined to sign contract unless
he was allowed t. choose whether or not he would
catch. Consequently the trade fell through.
When the Syracuse Stars were in Cincinnati the
newspapers OF that city attacked several members
Of the nine in very mean and malicious manner
on account Of alleged nn.entlenanly conduct. tn
Justice to tho Stars, it shbud be said tnat duflny
their recent visit to Chicago every man behaved
like gentleman.
certain base -balist conadentially told reporter
why he wouldn't go to the opera with sister IN
q certain city not long since. Why said he,
she had on one Of those SKY scraplng hats gloVes
clean up to her elbows. her hair patted down on
her forehead and covered with m Invisible mask.
and abe looked so like the dcnce that couldn't 20
with her In that kind Of a uniform. ."-Erchd"9e.
There are symptoms ct dscontentn J. IN ,.,e the
to carry lis short-sighted brother William and oth;
er relatives on The tall OF his kite. Gefhnrdt ana
McVcy don't hitch horses tue latter BENG aeelaou
has ordered Muc tle mark, but the cnu Il not
yet, for Calvin will have his say.-Bosfon HeFa'o.
The last Of the Boston Cleveland games seems TO
have been unusually productive o. aceloents; da
,Set wseb, though not uuusua are not desirable
ewift ball from Bond gave Eden severe Wback
On the left elbow; another one took fhullps IN
the side which caused him to breathe short .ot
mipute Snyder got one In the breast which knocke4
hinl out OF time for awhile and Snyder wanted 10
put Glasscock on second 50 bad that ne maae ms,
caiculut.op IN throwing the bali, which oe!teo
Burdock in the pit OF the stomach, anu stse1caea
him on The god to rest SPELL
The Troy team is getting badly abused by the
home papers- One OF them charges that "heh tne
~: ::hurrah" Mar md tue Troy tress says: 1.-The
managers Of tho Troy Club Ind better call that
gang nome and keep them here Fltsy & Gents II. 10
ers .et defeated. Not much! 1t won't Work 10
TroS. The friends Of the Troy Club only aakcd
that they make respectaoe showing against tne =
Western clubs, but they cannot even do that; TO
| viii never do. Troy has had all thc nonsense
| she WANTS III the line Of ball-parcrs- II those
men cannot play ballthere are others who can
A Cleveland paper says: .'sullivan has tele-
| nlace Of change pitcher in the Cleveland team
| providence was litter him. It is stated 1hat hc
and Mccormick practiced together ali last winter
Sullivan has recently been attending Holy Cross
| College in Worcester, where Bond, the Boston
| nitchcr studied. That Is the reason be cannot
come sooner for he must stay the year out OF lose
wnole college year. Sull1vans batting record last
| season places him ahead Of oigat Of the eleven
League ca,chers Inst year. only Dr9wn jim White
and Harbldge staudiuy higher, and hls aeld1ng roc.
| catchera, placing him ahead Of brown: Holoert;
| Hurp,dse, Bennett aud Foley, leaving him ranked
only by sueh veterans as SNYDER I'm wte he r. H.
only League catcher VINO excelled him both at the
| bat and in the field" "
Tho Capital City Club, which has had such a pre-
carious existence In Albany during the part OF the
season nov past, has transferred its affections T.
Rochester. Tine men composing tho team - were
paid their salaries in full up to May l. The Al
pr<s* which sa'!ed IN me 1rket M bdo 1oe .e
capa'A c eaS saSs ;nat csrta,a members ot ths
| Glu6 we're guilty Of crooked BUSINESS: Cum.
eh1ef dtafS' part TT in the 'undsrand work. Tie
ErDress says: ssThc salary list Of the players was
Us follows: LeonnrI, schafer, Manning. 81, 5oa
s1sG sl;unoa, ,9 s., s5o each; Mcclure S. 55o Cum,
| ml,gs manager, Sl,200. Amounting in the ag'
erega,e 10 auout ST. 900 per annu1n, more than an5
other club In the Association. IN All that hui
| tnken place 10 blame is attached to H1gham, Nc
| Kinuon. Corey, or Smiley.
The Cincinnati Club seems to be thoroughly de-
| muraljzcd. speaking Of their exhibition tn Thurs
| dny.e rame with the Eostons, local paper rays
| 1.-THE Cinctnnatiz played lIke Hchool-boys. VIII
| the exception OF Jiln White. Gerhardt, and Nc
| Vey. Gerhardt showed up eiant and never dill
behind thu bat as wide the side Of house in or
der to catch the crratc pitching OF his awfuilS OF
brother. It is wonder bis errors are 81
| few for his hands must be pulpy. II ON
| don't know that Will White doesn't drink, ON
should say he had been out the night before. Afte
doing such good worS yesterdays exhibition strucl
bis admirers all in a heap. Burke, Instead Of do
| 10 i degree, aud seems entirely lacking IN judy
ment. McVey, by pickup, saycd hlm an erro
Yesterday. Barnes appeared With hta stif neck
which showed and marred all his playing. DICE
crson did some Of the craziest throwing IN OF LEI
field hits ever seen on q professional oall"h
White and Gerhardt was worth blarney at thu
bat. All the rest could be craxed to hit at an,
thing, and Burke never got the ball outside tn
| diamond. Hotaling won Unlimited praise Tor nj
superior baIting. The Cincinn1tts can learn man,
points in base-running, batting. and fielding iron
the Dostons. A good many Of the younger mem
bers of the nine want to 90 to ped earlier and &c
| ut midnight previous to game. One player ongh
either to quit drinking beer Or be laid on awhil
| md give Foley chance. We feel that few plRi
| words right now will do no harm. The Cincinnati
team has better material In it than any nine IN til
country, but it wants to be raked together soldere