, 1880-11-07

GENERAL AND PERSONAL NorEs-
Williamson will lead the third basemen Of the
His official average is 1853 per cent.
John Clapp has signed to play with Cleveland
This leaves the new Leag ue Without solitary
player.
Cleveland will have a double set Of batteries
next season,-No}an and Clapp and Mccormick
and Kennedy.
Mccormick and Flint are spoken OF as the
winter battery OF the r. E. Lees Of New Orleans,
the champion Club Of the South.
viii White is selling tea In Cincinnati. and az
poets to make that city his homo in future. His
spectacles will be missed from the ball-tleld
next year.
Thomas Gillian, one OF the present corps OF
League umplres, and also one Of the best, was
Ward, OF that city.
Buffalo has engaged Foley Of the nos1ons,
gotiauons arc pending with other hrst-class
the team.
Morrissey. Geri '' Derby, and Baker have
NATIONALS next S. The Directors q .he
Guc "a At ,ha ed seSfqa qor nssn oe''oeo 10 'A''
Fred C. Tenney, who pitched last season for
the Brown University nine intends to play pro-
fessioually next year, should he secure an en- :
KnEEmeuE ICnney mas recently ETs!uuAlcN 4Eom
Brown, and Is now residing III Sterling, LII
The meeting announced to take place in New
York lust Thursday. to form league with the
Enquirer man as President and Manager, mas
been postponed until Dec T. There ,,s does ,rf1 nG1
seem to be much prospect that Cincinnati Will
have an ally IN the new venture
The Providence Club Of 1881 will include tho
following players: Ward, pitcher; Gross, catch
s1 and Adfy 9n the W taSo
Peters place at short-stop. The o'itourkes are
talked Of for the right and left fields
4 correspondent singing himself m" sends
in another alfabeticnl nine, taking the letter
Mofrili, b.; Moynahan, b.; MeGeary, 81:
Mcclellan. g. s.: Mansell, l. f.; Thurman, G. T.;
Manning, :. t.; Meyerle and McGonnigle substi-
tutcs.
The "Only Nolan arrived in Cleveland from
San francisco Thursday evening, on his way to
Paterson, n. j., to spend tho winter. de was
met at the depot BY some E ct the the Gleveiana leland
spondcnee. and Nolan expressed bis willingness
to sign for 1881 for Cleveland; Tbs transaction
was over in ten minutes; aa9 mo his contract mas
The Clipper of last week contained long
article reviewing the work OF the League pitch
ers OF 1850 Of the eight regular pitchers, Cor
corna had the smallest ReIcentn$c Or base h.ss
percentage OF earned runs against bis pitcning:
In the course Of the article 1t has the following
to say ABOUT the champions: The Ch1cago
regular pitchers arc necessity for first class
team, for large share of their success Is due
10 the judgment shown in nursing their bat
teries."
&c Bancroft has finally decided to 20 to De-
troit, and IL now organizing nine for TINT city
The Detroit Post and Tribune has the following
in relation to the new club: Tho pitcher for
the nine vii! probably be canadian saana, amateur
enon. The club will probably be composed of
the following plsyers: bennett eatches; n9s
! sou, third base; Gcrhardt, short stop; Knight,
Eieht field; Hanlon, left field; Brown, centre :,.
! pitcher. II Mr.. Bancroft fails to get Gerhardt
then Hankinson vii probably play & short, stop
| this city, ns left fielder At the meeting ct the
National League, held IN New York CITY Thurs; :;
| day, Detroit was admitted as q member to I'LL
| the vacancy made by the withdrawal Of the
Cincinnati Club, Thus the question is left witt
the citizens Of Detroit to settle, and as there +
but about 81, 900 Of the guarantee fund Of $5,0U
| left to be subscribed. the matter out 10 be set.
tied quickly and with comparative ease"