Daily Republican., 1884-05-22
THIRD EDITION,
Sill ON Top.


The tonic of conversation among base
ball enthusiasts yesterday was the col
lapse of the Monumental club Of Balti-
more, and when an afternoon paper
announced the fact that the disbanding
of the club would seriously affect the
standing of the home team and put
them down to fourth place, excitement
ran high and the situation was literally
discussed upon al sides. Several base
bail guides were consulted, and the
following from Section 5, Article 3, OF
Shibe's Base Ball Guide, relieved the
minds of those interested in the home
team;
1t reads
SIN case any vacancy occurs in the
membership of this (Eastern) League
during the championship season, the
board of directors shall elect some
reputable base ball club to fill such va
capcy, which said club shall take upon
itself all the duties of a member Of this
league, and be subject to all the rules
and requirements of the same. Said
club shall be required to play all the
Observation-Disclosures remaining
unplayed by the retiring club. Such
games shall be counted in the cham
pionship series of the old clubs of the
league, but not of the new club.
A fair construction of the above Is
to the effect that the games played by
the disbanded club must be counted in
the championship record, but the club
admitted to fill the place of the defunct
club is not required to assume the lat
ter's games. As the championship
pennant is awarded to the club having
the highest percentage of games won,
and not the largest number OF victories,
the standing of q new club is not IN
any way affected. This leaves Will
mington still on the lead with twelve
victories and three defeats.
In referen CO to the above the follow
ing telegram has been received from H.
H. Diddlebock, of Philadelphia, Secre-
tary of the Eastern League, which ex-
plains itself:
"The disbanding of the Monumental
club does not affect Wilmington 3
standing for the championship. All
games played by the Monumentals up
to the time of their collapse will be
counted for the championship. The
Ironsides, of Lancaster, left for Rich
mond to-day, and will take up the
Monumental dates with Virginia on
May %, % and "a.
HENRY H. DIDDLEBoCK.
Yesterdays GAMES.
At Reading:
Allentown. .......1 20 2O2@ 9
Active. e...........O 200 90 l. 8
Base hits-Active, 10; Allentown, 8
Errors-Active, 8 +; Allentown, g.
At Trenton
Domestic. ........O 0001O 90 . 8
Trenton ..........3 90 0 x-5
Base hits-Trenton, 8; Domestic, 8.
Errors-Trenton, 6; Domestic, a.
At St. Louis-St. Louis o., 13; Boston
U.,3
At Toledc-Toledo, St. Louis, 4.
At Observation-Disclosures, 3; Brown,
At Cleveland-Cleveland. 2; Chicago,
At Princeton-Allegheny, 8; Prince
ton, 3.
At New York-Providence, 3; New
York, 0.
At Philadelphia Philadelphia, l !;
Boston, g.
At Buffalo-Buffalo 12 Detroit, 8.
At Altoona-National, 10; Altoona,3.
At Clinton, N.Y.-Hamilton College,
IA Rochester University, 10.
At Eastou, Pa.-Lafayette College,
10 runs, 16 base hits and 3 errors !;
University, of Pennsylvania, l run, 4
basa hits and 5 errors.
The Boston club now leads fer the
League championship. Philadelphia
has lost nine aud won seven games
John Clapp has been transterre! from
the New York team to the Metropolitan,
and he will catch forLyuch, his partner.
in the Third avenue saloon.
The Monumental club had spent
about $4,000 in improvlnents on Its
grounds, and the clubs liabilities will
probably reach $4,000, distributed as
follows:
W. Fl. Hogg, 81 500; Robert Fergu-
son, 81 500; Harry l.. Spence, S4OO
members Of the team, S400; hotel keep.
ers, $500 gatekeepers, $50; contractors
of the grand stand, $4,000.
LANCASTER, Pa, May 21.-As soon
as it became known to-day that the
Monumental club, of Baltimore, had
disbanded, the Ironsides, of this city,
was telegraphed for to 90 to Richmond
and play the three games which had
been arranged between the Monumen'
tai and Virginia. The club left for that
city this afternoon, and will play the
first game to- morrow. An effort is being
made to have the Ironsides take the
place of the defunct club. The former
was an applicant for position in the
Eastern League when it was formed,
The Lancaster Club will try to prevent
the admission of the Ironsides, and it is
not known what will be done. In the
meantime the Ironsides will play tht
games of the Monumental, and viii
strengthen its team if admitted to th'
Eastern League.