The Society news. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-18??, 1883-12-15

AAdINCtL was Tie fifteenth man to
sign, and, though Lucas had an
agent here with contract already
made out, the consideration being
$4,000, $500 down, ''Mert' wisely
concluded to remain here, and Lucas
will have to look elsewhere for a
catcher. There has been very little
trouble in signing the men, as the
manager and players were intelligent
enough to be reasonable and respect
the wishes of one another. The
team IS as follows: Hines, Hackett,
Cunning and Barrett, catchers
v hitney and Buftinton, pitchers
Morrell, Burdock and Sutton on the
bases Wise, short stop; Hornung,
Annis and Crowley in he outfed.
Substitutes, Moriarity and Manning.
Morlarity can pitch and play in the
in and out field as required, while
Manning is an excellent inhelder as
well as an outfelder. The nine has
been strengthened in every respect.
Mont twenty five applications for
places on the reserved nine have
been received, and more are coming.
In Louisville, Ky a first-class
colored team has been organized.
The American Association met at
the Grand Hotel in Cincinnati, on
Wednesday, delegations from all the
Association clubs, and also from
Washington, Toledo, Brooklyn, In
dianapolis and Richmond, being
present. The formal award of the
championship flag was made to the
Athletic club, the others ranking as
follows ; St. Louis, second Gin
cinnati, third Metropolitan, fourth;
Eclipse, fifth Columbus, Sixth
Alleg heny, seventh; Baltimore,
eighth. Frank Gardner, formerly
of the Merritt, and John Milligan,
of the Anthracite, who were black
listed, were reinstated. The Wash
ington, Brooklyn, indianapolis and
Toledo clubs were then admitted to
the Association, and applications
from Evansville, Ind, Dayton and
Portsmouth, o., Rochester, N. Y,
and Lancaster, Pa, were refused.
The following officers were elected /;
H, d. Mcknight, of Pittsburgh ;
Vice President, Lewis Simmons,
of Philadelphia Secretary, w. c.
Wykoff, of Columbus. The clubs
designated to constitute a Board of
Directors we're: Brooklyn, St. Louis,
Baltimore, Athletic, Toledo, and
Louisville. There was some opposi-
ton to that portion Of the amended
constitution, which prohibited any
American Association from playing
with Union League club in any
city where an Association or National
League Club already exists.
There is a possibility Of there
being Union Association Club at
Milwaukee.
-Gross is very likely to sign with
the Chicago Union Association Club
and catch for Larry Cocoran.
Harry Wright has released Alex
ander Mckinnon from the reserve
list of the Philadelphia Club.
-Hilsey and Milligan are likely
to be called upon to do good share
of the battery work for the Athletic
next season.
-Cahill, Harry virgins Texas
player, is spoken Of in very high
terms by the Northern players who
have seen him on the diamond. He
is an inhelder.
Thomas Gillen, the catcher Of
last seasons Houston Club, of Thur
low, has signed to play next season
with Tom Pratt's Keystone Club.
Hoschie, a pitcher from an amateur
nine up the State, has also signed.
Other players already engaged are !:
Weaver, Geer, Kennel, Luf, Hoov-
er. Meyerle, Patterson, Mccormick
and Malone, Mr. Pratt is in commun-
ication with several other players,
including a irstclass catcher, a good
picher (the later Cincinnati player.
good general player in York State,
and PROMISING Eastern battery.