, 1881-04-03

full.
The League clubs pay ont about 100000 TO
5atnFfes hIs to say nothing Of railroad and hote
Sutton, of the Boston Club, hns suffered an
Affection in the loss of Nirtle daughter by dIph-
iberia. -
Smith, the Californian ensage,~ny Cteye!--~..
has been released and '>fe''fe from BILL
| playing. -
f,1cro,anf; rip t,e Uniformed the same as last
yenr, sppfal9< having already received an erder
Drojtarwho has been coaching the college
| hoys nf1lanoyer, n. L., will join tho Detroit
team y i New York.
| Buer, Of Washington, now under contract t.! to
viz the Nationals.
Billy Taylor, last year q member Of the Bay
dtys of Sun Francisco, and in 1S19 Of the Du-
.buques, is in Chicago, and open to engagement
J. Ford Evans, the. efficient President Of the
Cleveland Club, Will resign his position ~ An
ness.
Whitney, Bostons new pitcher, is said to be
very swift in his delivery, but extremely wild so
fnr. TIE seyen-ball ruLe will tone hlm ao"n, Or
else rclegate him to obscurlty
Season tickets to y hite Stocking Park will boon
sale at the clubhouse, No los Michigan avenue:
on Tuesday Ut this week. The price will be SIS
for the forty.two games. and the tickets w1li be
TRANSFERABLE.
Chilean. who is to umpire the Buffalo, Detroit
sorles ut Dctroi1 on the 5th 9th. and 7th of May.
Will come TO Chicago in order to be present as q
spectator ut the Chicago Cleveland games OF
May, 3, and !.
Nichols, of Rockford, has been engaged US
twelfth man TO assist the Chfcagos In their
PRACTICE work The plan will be to have full
niue In tho field. with three men at bat, and to
run bases and play Us though In regular game
washington willbc represented by fair team
$kf I'm min 1nH3
Powell, Mnnsell, Warren White, Farrell, Dallas.
Wise, and Gardner The expense of the nine
this season will aggregate about S3,00; Inst
year it was $i2,000.
who arc regarded as iikety to make valuable
regulations this ycar are norrissey, Budalo's
third -naseman, and Derby, Detroits pitcher;
both are looked upon Us players OF exceptional
ability and promise.
Keefc. Troys change pitcher, has been trying
the nfty-foot rulc ail winter in pitching for the
Harvard College nine, and his Judgment IS that
ijsTance He pronou nces tho out curve useless
with the addition OF hvc feet
The salaries paid to the players Of the Provi-
dence Club arc Sai ahd te be as fo!lows: 6n Ward
s sN Hines Sfaf, $l neSisileS sSSs s}oo ofn:as Mat
ass<s sai' ss,5; ' and @ HoueE, So; @ tota sriss ~
The Dstsos are f. Play sx &ames Gth 1b; 5he
KcIiy and Sweeney and Brown will alternate as
pitchers and catchers. Derby and Bennett will
report ut Detroit on the 10th, and work together,
till the season opens
"Chub" Sullivan, the model frst-baseman Of
the Worcesters, Is said to be wasting away with
consumption, and It is understood correspond:
epce has begun with McVey. It would need
Just this to make three OF kiud,'' the Worces-
ters already having Mike Dorgan and Pete
Hotaling to !" draw to-"
The opening series between Chicago and Cleve-
land will be uhipi1cd By Doscher. one OF the
most efficient umpires on the League list. He Is
very popnlnr in Chicago BY reason Of bis prompt-
ness, fairness, and clear manner Ut announcing
his decisions, and it IS to be hoped he can be Sc
cured tor tho entire months play In this city.
At the special meeting of the League in Buff
falo predictions were mnde by de!egntes on tho
championship contest for 1881. Five out Of
eight named Chicago for first place, the other
three being Boston, Providence and Troy. each
OF whom felt sure OF bending the list 4 major
ity OF tho Delegates seemed to be of the opinion
that the relatlv . rank OF rhe other clubs would
bo us follows ut the end OF the senson:' PROV
idepce, second; Rpston. third: Buffalo, fourth;
Troy fifth; Cleveland, stxth; Worcester, seventh,
and Detroit, eighth+-EEchange- And. at the
close qt the season, majority Of the delsssses.