The daily gazette., 1882-11-23
BASE BALL.


1 Intercsting Notes Abont the Quickstep ant
Other Clubs In the Interstate All
Vance.
| The managers OF the different clubs IN th,
Interstate Alliance are busy engaging play
ers for next year. The wise and experienced
| managers have looked ahead little and
| engaged their batteries, before the market
OF players was so low. IT Is said Of onc
manager that he is trifing with some play.
| ers already engaged BY other clubs, and thai
he knew tho fact ct the time he made
the offers TO the men. II the facts
are true, and there Is pretty clear esi.
depce of this, he should not be allowed to
become member OF the association Anv
person guilty of such an act is not fl TO ass0-
ciate with honest base ball men. Tho man
ager, spoken OF above, we are informed,
claimed a player signed by the Out .kstep
! club, but on inquiry being made 1t was as
eertained that there is no truth In the claiui
II the association is to be snccees, there
must certainly be honesty displayed by the
different managers.in securing players. II
player Signs with club, it Is binding and
If he signs with another the best <coursc to
take In the matter is to expel him from the
association. Several cases Of players Sign
Ing with two clubs have already come TO
light and II is hoped IL speedy example will
be made OF them. Ifthey are properly dealt
with others will act ina business like
manner.
The representatives OF the Interstate AS
sociation clubs will meet at the Blngham
House, Philadelphia, on Saturday The
Harrisburg, Trenton. Burlington and a
Philadelphia club will be represented. com
p.eting the ASSOCIATION. The Organization
will be perfected and all arrangements made
for next year Tie rules of tho American
Association will be adopted. The selection
OF four umpires xill also be made ard the
schedule Of gaines arranged Ii Is not
known how inaly games tiiec,ubs will play
with each other, hut eight games VIII no
doubt be adopted
The Stockholders Of the Quiclistep clab
VIII hold ar important tnaetipg in the base
inent Oftbe CLAYTON Honse this evening. 1t
is expected that the contrarts forwarded to
the dih"tcnt players will an be sigu-d and
presented 10 the stockholders at this meet
ing.. The salary list Tor next years players
will be in the neighborhood Of S5.00O.
The mawhgemcnt Of tue Active base hall
club OF Reading are having tickets printed
Tor admission 10 The games next season.
The number issued will be two hun,
drcd, emitting tine holder to witness
oo games or az many more as may BE- played.
Some fifty have ALREADY been Subscribed for,
at $40 ticket
The management of the Waverly base bali
club of Washington, d. C., havemsde appli-
cation for admission to the Interstate Base
Ball Alliance.
Myers OF the Harrisburg club has signed,
but one player so far, scllrtzline of last
years Baltimore club Is the man, and ut o
salary Of St25 per month. He is to guard
first base. Myers has made the assertion
that he would beat any club in the associa-
tion, with one exception, nine games out of
ten sporting man here says he will bet
Myers 81 900 to $500 that hecannot beat the
Quiekstep that number of games in ten. VI
The Merritts of Camden have engaged
sweeny as one Of their catehers for next
season.
Manager O. G. Waitt returned from Phila-
delphia last evening. While in that city he
signed Barker of last years Merritt to play
third base here next year.
The managers of the Harrisburg club are
advertising for players but are meeting With
poor success so far.
Mlligan of the Quaker City club of Phila-
delphia, has been engaged as change catcher
for the Anthracite club of Pottsville.