The sun., 1884-11-02
BASE BiLL IN 1884.
Good Nea at tie Das ssA IN the BsS-Pisy.
esn VIE have Wea RePststlsns.

Tho base ball season just closed proved to
be the greatest on record. both In the number
OF games played and the large number Of clubs
which took part under the head OF the National
Agreement The clubs forming this associa-
tion whom tho season opened numbered nearly
400. and represented largo number Of organi.
zations Of which the largest and strongest
were the National League. tho American Asso-
citation. the Northwestern League. and tho
Eastern League.
The two former hold firm during tho season.
the League with eight clubs and the Associa-
tlon with twelve. Most OF tho clubs mado
money. Others suffered from lack OF patron
age but. although they lost money. they hold
out to tho end with one exception. This OK
ceptlon WAS the Washington Club which WAS
far down In tho race and. rs there was littlo
chance Of getting botter position and money
was being lost daily II decided to protect itself
by disbanding.
To all tho stronger clubs In both organiza-
tions tho senson has been prosperous. but the
managers found out when too late that Oct Is
WAS too lnto in tho soason for closing dato. and
hereafter the season svii be brought to n close
on Oct ]. Both Associations began play on tho
same day and endod on tho same day.
THE NATIONAL LEAGUE.
In tho Longue. Providence carried Off tho
pcnnant while Boston has second place. The
race differed from that OF 1888 In evcry respect.
A year ago tho excitement increased as the
season advanced and not until the last week
OF tho struggle did IL reach climax. In fact.
the championship was anybody's until the very
end. AMI naturally the fight was hot. The
present struggle has been very different. 1t
began with u slight degree Of excitement.
which increased steadily until tho Boston and
Providence Clubs drew steadily ahead and be-
gan To light II out alone. The way in which
these two clubs altsrnuted at the head Of tho
list was enough to keep the excitement at fevor
heat for many days. This lasted until tho
Providence team took five games from tho
Bostons. which Savo thoIn tue lead. Then
interest began to lag. An occasional victory by
tho Bostons gave new interest. but it soon be-
came evident that the Providence Club was to
hs ncst champion Of the league of the il2
the !lnc percsntag" OF loo, They also won their
series from every club in the I;enguc. TO
Charles Radbonrne, thu ritcher, Ia due much Of
tue result oI winning the champions hip. and
he is undoubtedly tne boat ail-round pitcher
in the country During the early part OF the
give out. 1t was said 1t w,s imrossiblo to
stand such a strain. but his arm did stand. and
IL hs good to-day as ever II was. iio WAS
backed in tho neld by II strong. sure. and
steady game. or it would have bnen i'm possible
for him to accom- plish what he did. skilled
eoachinE. salnty in hits. nnda good CAPTAIN also
hnlned. Rtdbourne Is rood first basenlan
also. one thlnk WtA lie nlOl-tfHtpl. anu that ~
tho idea that u pitcncr could not pitch :wo days
In succrssion IL n ia!lacy. Day after day from
the same clubs hr snairhed victory; Radbourne
ID ~ years old. and native of Rochester.
The ey. .chnmpions of Boston hold tho second
place. They have no occasion to be ashamed
the sicknsss Of Bnr,iock and Whitney. Dur
ing their hight with Providence. when Sweeney
OF the latter team dnsnrted 10 tho Unions. they
mnlo up their minds that they had II sure
thing. President Sedan Of the Boston Club
says tina, had Whi,qey been able to pitch his
old eamo they would have again won the cham
BulTalo made tho fixht with Calvin alone.
Considering this they made peculiar record.
and very soon he was obliged to stop work.
ll"san. who was TO b. CHANGE pitcher, proved
S.rnd. who UNEXPECTEDLY proved to be- good
pitcher but he was no; equal to tho occasion.
@ WIN Gavin resting ana BrnnthsTs @ 81 sIck drs, ta
place. II IL und .'ubtedly u good club. During
tho latter part OF the season Calvin returned to
his old position. AMI landed them in the third
mace: Although the nine has not lost money.
they have not made any. and II no better play,
ers can he found the same team will be placed
The New York Club, which stands q tie with
Will, rusR sH. and itI ionksd " as il il wers e sure
be tho winner: but the bni management and
tho lnck Of y pitcher soon told on them. B.g.:
to keep his snh up. and Wolch was not equal to
the task Of doing all tho work. Dorgan was
tho necessary support in tho field at which
point thy lost about al OF their games. Take
ta, n,,'e,hor ] tl. t19o g,N-"ns"d ~ team hns ms
PLAYERS having mostly been taken up in spend
ing .h"r .ninres instead of training and got
Tho Chicago niue another high, priced team.
dii net do any br'tccr than the New i"rk;rs:
ono they would probably have done much bet:
ter bn, G"dsmth tHsf NJ" d2 1ns work and
crippled. AS CorrOran was tho only pitcher tho
team hal until Carkson was obtained. the
unable to retrieve ihcmseves. They did good
work during tn" last few weeks they played
but 1t was nothing compared with what they
Tho Phalolphia GLIB undcr the manage.
msnt OF Harry Wright although IT has mado
money. hRS not been u success. the nine bcinK
~ great extent an experimental com binatDn.
Hc hns tried nearly forty players this season.
do wonders next season with them. ie got
sixth place IN ne race through an accident to
The Cleveland Club has probably had tho
worst luck Of any team in the League. Their
prospects ut tho start were of the brightest.
bad Iurk. and at n critical time three Of their
men-.ul lasscock. Briody and McCormnck--de-
sertod them, and tho prospects OF the nine wero
no Detroit. which ends tho list Of League
Clubs has done poorly enough to diseSourags
when they began the season. but poor manage
m"nt and lack OF hnrmnny proved fatal to the
~ -.
with the pitchers. \ club with weak pitchers
In tha box is Of little uso in the race ], is pos
siblo that this club will not onter tho League
race next year.
THE AMERICAN ASSOCIATION.
At tho annual meeting Of the American As
sociatlon OF 1884 the numhar Of clubs vas In
crrnspd from eight to twelve. each rHprNs Mt
ing u s"pnras city. SO cyenly were several of
thn clubs matched that for moro than a month
Y was hard ~ mako q choice between them.
Finally: tho metropolitan. Columbus. aud
Louisville Clubs drew away from the others
and for tho bhianc" of tho season thn battle
was between these three clubs. although the
~. Louis Club made mn occasional spurt. The
h"trrpoltnns hnd ly far tho hardest iii,ht Ia
mako for the Other Eastern clubs were OF lttlp
assistance TO thum. while tho Western cluh,
uidrd each Other con. .jlcrlhly. But the Metro.
pol tans were equal tn II. The tHRm in addition 10
hnding llrSt a'n in the race. Leads the ilu!d-
ing, and Is SECOND in batting. II won IL games
nnd lot ~. and has percentage of .GSl, II
won each series with seven clubs and tied i'm
the other four, Orr iii some Of the best hnttin- :.
Of tho nine and his hrst-haso work ruua's that
%f many Of tho Older players. Nelson. Eater.
brook, and Brady hly1 a,so bnttorel thuir
record. a. pitchers. Reofo and Lynch have
been successful, and lIoih'rt and Roipsaughur
har" done we'll aS ca'chcrS. Tho Latter ut
times. played n brilliant game All of the
pinrers nf tho present team will be roongngpd
Mntrio was good manager. le came t.
this city and oryHDiHol tho MctrDnOlitun n M