, 1880-10-17
BASEBALL.

I 1iru in the LOpC1Auu NuIeti4 kl04AAa~0f Ae@""
chester.
BASEBALL.
WORCESTER
Specinl DtspateA to Tbs Chicago 1HbunA
WORCESTER, Mass. Oct. l8-The "orcesteB
dtsbanded to- night after playing m exhiblton
game with the assistance OF amateurs TOT Tue |
benefit Of Club Sullivan. who played nus
old position. Richmond and Bushong did
tho batting on one side, and Corey
and Bennett on the other Corey's
side won-S to O. The net reee'pts
were nearly 500. Bushong, Sullivan, cFeamer'
Irwin Stovey, and Corey, of the old nine, nave
signed for next year, which, with DORIAN, OF the
Providence team, VINO signed cary } ~ eue I ia1,
Aefo' CHICAGO VS.. NATIONAL
WASHINGTON. D. C., Oct. l6.-Nadonal' .; cnl-
cago, /. .-
INTERESTING NOTES OF THE NATIONAL CANE.
It Is very doubtful ii the Nationals will put
team in the field next year.
the Chtcagos will play in Cleveland next week.
They had better take their ulsters with them.
Mcclellan, Of the Nationals, is in demand.
Providence and Buffalo are asking MS 1efna
There is satd to be possibility tnat ,e1] sng
ORourke family will play IN CaeSe1ano next
season.
Hornung and Crowley. Of Buffalo, have been
asked by Boston 10 put a price On their SERVICES
for next season.
Last weeks Clipper contained picture and
biographical sketch OF fnnt~ 4ne piA1se 3Aseo
him is deserved.
, Gross caught in eiGhty-four championship
games during the season,--n record which IS un-
surpassed by any other catcher.
1t ts said that Force and Rowe are the only
two mempers Of the Buffalo team that will be
retained. Jim White ia wanted to play nrat
ba6e-
Cleveland will probably retain Mccormick,
Kennedy Glasscock. Phillips, shafer, Dunlap,
and McGeary for lss1. The latter will be the
captain.
It Is stated that George Wright will play IN the
Boston team next season. morrill,. Hurdock.
and Sutton have signed. and the :" pa1Lery Will
probably be Bond and Snyder.
"Chub'' Sullivan, OF the Worcesters, has fu.y y
recovered from his late illness. and proposes to
be IN deck next season. He occupied the nfss
| place this season In held,ng as tirst-baseman.
The Ct0per states that Williamson will cap
tain and manage nine II San sfanG1seo s IHc he1s
| GUS climate OF California, as he has signed 10
play In Chicago
Chicago made more two-base hits than any
other club Cleveland more two, oasers: ,,,h ana q
season, OF whic ich James o ORourke made sir:
| worcester's reserved men arc Richmond,
stoysy Corey d lrwns aa aaa 80 aet as
| player and manager. Nike Dorgaa, late OF me
| Providence, has signed, and will captain the
team.
/ The Troy niue WILL It Is said, be composed OF
welsh and Keefe, pitchers: Holbcrt and Ewing,
| catchers; Connors, 81 b.: Ferguson. ~ T.: Cas-
Eins, 5 s.: Evans, !. T.: Cassidy T.; Gillespie.
L +. The Directors are said TO Do ANXIOUS 70 st-
| cure good hrst-baseu'an-
Fly-Catchcr, Rockford. ILL.,. writes Of the alfa-
bet mines: Il can W r correspondent up on
bis c. mines. Look ut this one: " White, P;
George Wright, g. s.: Ward, 8 b. and {: p; Wood;
II: Warner, G. T.; Walker, r. T.; Welch and
We!dman, subs; Harry Wright manager; and
| Walsh, umpire.
A correspondent at Be.oit, Kas., signing him
! SELF New Timer" writes as follows: F." Motto.
ing In last Su ndays TRIBUNE challenge from
*Old-Timer to match his team in C, submit
ers, b.; Bufdock, ? b., Brndley, 5 b; and c. p:
Burns. $. s.; Brown, l. t. and c. c.: Baker, c. +
and c. C.; Brady. +. f.; Bushong and barnes barnes
subs; Bancroft, manager: Bradley, umpire
This team has four trst-class carcheEs, two first
class pitchers, and the batting average Is,
t9nk moso osiif vii ta this a and satisfied
The papers have been signed. sealed. and de-
Hvered binding Gore and Curcoran to play WIFI
the Chicagus next season, so tlsat the team Will
The Two extra men have not yet been selected
| hut probably will be on the return of President
Hilbert, who is with the Club at the East. IN
% day, and Thursday Thu s with Tie Cleyelands on th'
Germantown Cricket Grounds. Philadelphia, an
afterwards play the Metropoltans In Ne'
York.
WHAT A. .-LovER OF THE GAME" has TO SAT
| 10 thr Editor of Tbs Chicago Tribune
CHICAGO, Oct. l6.-NotwthsrandinR INK the politca
diu. the Ohio surprise, and the lndiaua astonlsn
| brance the manager OF the White Stocking C!oo
who gave to us not only the pleasure or seeinl
base-bull played as it should be,-a confdenc
that tho AFTERNOON would not be marred by th'
| rlotous proceedings Of a guzzllnK- beer crowd
but a niue who brought back to uS the PENN
, four years ago. Games having ceused here. it i
; necessary to look into the columnszof the Ne'
; ments of the Metropolitans Of Gotham I
| thoroughly understand tho manner tn which tn
game called baseball should be PLAYED. and IL
After pera,siug the many valuable contribu
.. 1ons of the sporting reporter, the write ite
eelieys s thS es,or Pes4tonsa ca sse e eo2
g.sr,,al jas I0st valuable III % memper OF It's stat
The ability displayed In managing the Club en-
$ Tuesday's Tues Heraid: sDur1ng the seoond innin
= Daily, the one-armed pitcher. who Is exceeding
. m outsider. Withdrew from the field and refuse
; to pitch nuy longer. Should such = step b
shs y
!. allow such deucatoly- individual I
. twirl the sphere again In a League patne.
u In the same article the reporter suites tha
), "the Nationals OF Washington, whom the Metro
. ! poiituns defeated in three succe5si 20 gaines
g beat the Chicagos yesterday leaylngthe reade
OF the above item TO draw the natural inference
One who has often seen how poorly the rul
d works With baseball. recalls tho story credite
a | to the Benecia Boys mother. Her son had sc
n verely punished many notorious puKilists, = an
Z, Workers imagined an invincible niue had bee
y secured because the Metropolitans had won Sc,
: eral victories: but the Worcesters visited ii
b Polo grounds one afternoon, and gave them
" brief lesson in pitching, catching. ba
ia ting. fielding. and running bases, althoue
n Ward. formerly OF the Providence Clul
: had becn engaged by the Metropotitans, II
10 Herald thus tells its readers why Victory perche
b Oh the Worcester banner: "At the end Of tn
g inning the game should have stood l to 0 i
i favor of the home club. but rne s,ln was In ii
u telders tMetropoiitans) eyes, and they drops
II | five flies that would otherwise have bee
II caught" Now. did the sun forget to shine whe
k the Worcester o1.tficders were In their position
a In another game the readers are Informed tn,
II - the home club would have come vi victorio,
II had it not been for several telling errors ma,
.e ut critical parts Of tho y:amc.'
If Once more: In the g,trne with the Troys t