, 1881-02-27

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James 0'Rourke has been appointed Captaj
| of the Ruifulos. He Is 6uid to receive u sular,
Of $a:0lD.
Bob Ferguson is said to be casting about for {
team to play at Coney Island this season. Bol
! ought to have his hands full with the Troy Club
! The players for the New York metropolitan
| CLUB have all been engaged, with the exception
! OF pitcher and catcher. Good men will be Sc
cured for these positions.
| The DuIalos want J. 81. Clifford for manager
! and think II they Gun get him, Or some Other
| competent person, there Is . good prospect o1
| their winning the pennAnt-
| The Directors Of the Worcester Club have de-
clded to sell season tickets to the present stock
| holders for $1..5O Tho players Will report fol
| dury April J., aud tho opening game will be
| played Fast Dny with a college team.
| The Providence Club Directors held meeting
| last week, and decided to sell season tickets al
SIS eAch,-rho same as last yenr. The choice o1
| Manager fell upon Mr. Bullock, who is said te
| be IL courteous gentleman and firm believer in
| systematic training Us essential to success.
The Lenguc meeting to arrange the schedule
! posed. 1t will be held in Buffalo March :. The
meeting was to bc hed ut the Pulace Hotel, but
us that house was burned down !. short time
Is anxious that tho schedule meeting should be
held In that CITY,
Louis Say, the well-known short-stop, claims
to hive signed & contract with Bancroft. Mun,l-
ger vi the Detroit Club, for 1851, but was after
wards informed that tho Directors refused to
sanction the engagement, hnd consequent
y be lost 'on He o,,H snys vh1eh be b.. bud
fused, thinking he was under engugemeat to
the Detroit Club.
The Boston team has been completed " the
signing Of contracts by George Wright and
deucc that this yeAr's BoStons team will win tho
championship us they have tho same t,ine in the
field that won the pennant in 1877 and 1915; It
Is said that George Wrght's contract specifics
that he shall not play west or Syracuse during
the season, Owing to his business in Boston,
The following story is told of Strlub, of Mil
wuukce who caught for the Troys during II part
Of last seasons, straub is u folly GERMAN ta with
land games he slightly dspleased the Umpire o oy
his constant requests for decisions, alwnys using
umpirc threatened 10 fms him If he did not
dcsist, when. Straub turned round and said:
You CANT tine me;< don't got nodsnss co"'n
to me-.
fn0 Of George Wright by tho Boston Club:
s.ijnce more is everything I'LL right In the. Dos-
ton Club, and once aguin Gun tho old success no
sit1on TINT the West will present in -the Chicago
team OF ISL Not only have tie. Bostons rot
Snyder buck again to suppoEt hond; n4i 1ar
the return of George Wright to his old position:
The Boston people did not like to tho idea of
their pet team being LETT OUT III the co'd tnree
times in succession. which it would have been
but for the uction recently taken, and so this
yeur they went to work to strengthen the Club
By replacing old and effective players In the po-
siuons they wero needed IN. Here arc tne pat, pat,
ind Dcasley cnd Whitney. with an assistant
catcher In Crowley. On the bases are Morrill,,
il bis old position the Bostons will have the
strongest intield they have presented since 1878.
In tho outheld there are Hornung, Crowley, and
iohr and and fA0Fu 1f0Ctnf1
Tor s!, and Chicago will please not forget it,
Chicago only regrets TINT George will not be
seen IN his old position in this city. He refuses
to play west of-ayracuse. Boston Gun be beaten