, 1881-09-04
BALI GOSSIP.

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Detroit probably leads all the clubs tinnn-
cially, having paid its players np to Sept. I,
anu leaving Il balance in the treasury OF SlS,-
600.
The schedule las been changed SO rs to
have the Clcvelalds play III Detroit tho It'll,
Sth, and 9th of September, Instead OF the stl,
9th, and 10TH. The new arrangement leaves
Saturday, the 10th open to be filled i'll case Of
rain the preceding days.
Cincinnati Enquirer: ''11ow would this 10
for Cincinnati next year, Rove and Ewing,
catchcrs; Mccormick and Welsh, pitchers;
jim White, h.. Dunlap, 2b,: Caskins, $. s.;
Morrisscy, 3b. Jones, |: f.; Richardson, c. T.;
Jim O'lsourke,. r. f." In the first place not
half Ut these players can be secured for C.n-
cnnati, and if I'LL could be engaged the team
wouldn't stand better than fourth.
According to all accounts, 4Anson did 4
very silly thing at Detroit in changing the
batting order Of his team in last Wednesdays
game from what it was i'll the list Iisado out
the nfht eetSce sa af ason 90 rs eontrar
to the list, and when the game, was over
Manager Bancroft gave notice that he would
claim the game OIL account Of the Slotloh or
the league rule OIL the subject, Anson M t!e-
batting order us ALLEGED. Lie is altogether
too much given to foolish performances Of
the kind, and needs to be bro:lslt up with
round turn.
It's stated by the managers Of the Detroit
Club that Bennett was fined $50 Wednesday
night for drinking SO much tl,c h,Eh' pre-
yious that he could not play well on Wstines-
day. The Post aud Tribune says: Ben,
nett played al exceedingly poor game aliu
wore an air OF seeming indifference about
the result that did not do llili credit !ic
was l:tzy and Inaccurate and the other side
stole bases Oh him atltlaciously, Kelly touch
inc the plate twice while he was dawdlinS
about Ills work ut tile bat was equally poor:
During the last three si:ts lle has Oeen at
bat thirteen times. and made only Single
base-llit.'
. Troy Times: i current r,1mor that the
Troy PLAYERS are three months behind in
their pay was pronounced false YESTERDAY ny
one Of the directors Df the club. lie said that
each player was paid every cent due before
starting on the Eastern trip, and that every
monthly payday The director declared
that the backers Of the Troys had lost ten
times as, much as the Providence tnanasers
ever w1u!d without "sque2ling," having
made money on tho Eastern. trip. and was
now ahead, but there would DC no League
nine in the city next season, at least under
the present management
Early in the season THE TRIBUNE called
attention to the rut1i;.nly characteristics Of
the player HtGnLlOl1fu III Liz lul1UN HlS ptt1t
graph from the Troy Times: 'Hurt'ock
proved himself a consun1liate blackguard III
yesterdays game. III the sixth inning ne tie
Iibcrately rall off the base, line, and ran
straight against Caskins, whose back was
turned to him. There was no earthly en-
cuse for the outrage. except that CasIllls WAS
backing III to second base Oh Il bail that was
being thrown III by Gillespie. Burdock was
running to second, had no right to be- OIL the
base line, and certainly no excuse to run INTO
the field aud knock down 4 player. CAsklns
received. All injury 10 his Knee, ard EWING
was substituted for him."
Much fault is found with Mu1lanc, Detrolt's
new pitcher, Tor giving Sryen ClticagOanS
their bases OIL balls in last Wednesdays
gatne-four runs being scored i'll cn!lse-
quel1ce. There is much ground for fault-tnd-
Ing in the case. No pitcher is lit to serve III
league team who las no better control OF the
ball than to give seven men tleir bases; Ut
sending 4 batsnaan to lis base on balls: no
matter who .he may be. When
it is re1nenlbercu that the best
bats1na1 in tile League fails to obtain clean
hit oftencr than once ont of three times at
bat, the folly of donating anybody q base Is
apparent. The on, conditions under which
Il base OIL balls is excusable is where, with &
! man OIL second or third, and two men ont,
an exceptionally strong batsnan Is TO- be
followed by III exceptionally weak one; but
in nineteen out ,nf twenty instances 1t is
better to deliver fair balls and trust, to the
field. IN order to place premium on
to change its rules so Ms to score 4 base nn
balls as a pitchers error, SO that all such
mistakes may cdunt aga inst him Ill the
seasons averages