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

Manning of the Bostons is
clerking in a store at Fall River.
-Radford released by Boston has
signed with the Providence.
The Bostons and Metropolitans
are TO play series of games in
April.
The Union League Club, in
Boston, is not making much pro-
gress.
Tie American Association in
doing what they have, refusing to
recognize the Union LIE que, and in
increasing their membership, will
die in less than two years.
The Providence nine will report
for practice in Richmond, Va April
1. Games have been arranged: In
Richmond, April 8, a, S; Washing
ton, 7, 8, g; Baltimore, 10, II, IL.
The Metropolitans are in a
quandry about their new grounds.
The place selected being covered
with rubbish, and requiring a large
amount of filling in.
The Detloits have released
Trott, their change-catcher OF the
past two seasons. They have en-.
gagged two new catchers to assist
Bennett, viz, Walker of Ionia,
Mich, and Wood of Hamilton, Ont.
Some of the Interstate or
Union League Clubs can secure a
good second basemari by addressing
William Higgins Of this city. Hig-
gins played about IL games with last
years Quicksteps and has first class
fielding and batting record.
All reports to the contrary, not
outstanding, Larry Corcoran of the
Chicago League Club, has left that
club and signed with the Union Club
of that city. He writes long letter
to this weeks NeaO York Clipper,
explaining his action and claiming
in it, that he was treated unfairly by
the League Club. That his demand
for salary of $4,000 was not unjust,
that other players in the club were
receiving larger sums than that, and
were not any better players.
"Wednesday next December 18th,
at II A. M, at the Bingham House,
Philadelphia, the first annual meet
ing of the Union Association will be
held. Much will come of this meet
ing, which may result in the question
of the future prosperity of the associa-
ton. All the Clubs are we'll backed
and are dealing blows at the arbi-
trary and grasping League and
American Association. Some of the
Shylocks in these two would not
hesitate to reserve every man in
their mines at $I2oo if they knew it
would not raise storm about them.
John Morrill, started in for the
Bostons as catcher he has covered
since then with remarkable success
pitcher, first, second and third bases,
short-stop and all the fields. He
has been captain, manager, and is
now first-assistant on the field. 1t is
hard to say what he will cover next,
and his rivals are confidently smiling,
since they expect that his ambition is
fixed upon the umpire's position.
And still Johns reputation is not at
its height. He has yet to attempt
to cut a ball, to steal from second
without touching third base, or to
run into a fielder to prevent HIM
from making double-play.
The Union League of Ball-play-
ers probably cannot do better than
to enter the convention of the Union
Association and become part and
parcel Of that organization, which
alone appears to have any chance of a
successful existence. They prepared to
do battle with the reserve-rule at the
outset, and have kept boldly to their
colors ever since The Union League,
on the other hand, proposed to OBJ
serve all the old association rules,
For their reward they received the
cold shoulder, and now find them
selves shut out from all prospects OF
success, except that of coalition with
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