St. Paul daily globe., 1885-03-16
The National League Will Not Rein
state Contract Breakers-H0w
the Action is Viewed.
Some Gossip About the Big Base Ball Clubs
and the Movements Of the Most
Prominent Players
SpecuIations as to the Proposed Sullivan
Ryan Mill-Boxing and Bicycle
Notes-Genr raj News
Base Ball.
THE CHICAGO CLUB FOR 1885.

tilted to be on hand promptly
April l, and will on that day leave for Louis
vile, where they are to play the Louisville
American Association club April 2 and 3.
Then they go to Cincinnati and play the
American team of that city April 2, 8 and 8.
Beyond here the dates are not definitely ar
ranged, but it is settled that games Will be
PLAYED in Nashville, Chattanooga and At
lanta, and the club will remain in New Or
leans a few days, returning in time to open
the regular cham pionship schedule with the
Lucas club in ST. Louis April 30.
THE ACTION OF THE NATIONAL LEAGUE.
The refusal of the American and National
leagues to reinstate the contract breakers
does not suit Mr.. Lucas. A correspondent
from st. Louis writes as follows: The
league meeting is now thing of the past,
and if indications may be believed it will take
years of toll and unlimited trouble to rectify
| the mistakes of few hot-headed fanatics
who com posed the board at the recent meet
| ing. How or why the action was taken is
now the prevailing question. To the un-
biased observer in the light of recent events
| it looks like vile conspiracy on the part of
both the League and American association to
wreck Mr. Lucas. Base ball in st. Louis
| never wore more roseate hue for
| a grand season, both as regards the quality
| of the PLAYING and the box~office returns.
This was the situation on Saturday morning
before the league meeting. All that is now
changed. Expressions of disgust and fiery
condem ations are heard on every side.
New York correspondence: Since the re-
| quests of the contract-breakers and black
listed players for Srein instatement have been
refused by both the League and American
associations, and refusal to reinstate these
| men leaves Mr.. Lucas in dilemma about
getting a good nine for St. Louis, the old
rumor is revived, and is believed in some
cases, that the Metropolitan club will disband
| and that Nj. Lucas will take the pick of the
| players The rumors say that the price
agreed upon is 900. The local managers
can not afford to trife with the public for
that price, and they undoubtedly would be
trifing with their supporters if such scheme
was carried out.
THE SOUTHERN LEAGUE.
Nashville (Tenn.) Correspondence: Great
interest is felt here in the opening
Fof the Southern league championship season.
Nearly all the players signed in the various
clubs of the league have arrived and are now
at work. Exhibition games win be played
| by the Atlantas and several other clubs from
| the 18th of this month with many Of the best
clubs of the North and West. There are not
so many men signed by Nashville, but they
| all come well recommended and with fatter-
ing records to their credit, and in addition
seem to be a well-behaved, sober set of play
ers who mean to do their best The follow
ing players are now in the city: Alex Voss,
W. 7. Crowell, James Hillery. Len Sowders
Joe B. Diestel, Werrick, Edward McKeon,
George Rhue and Will G. Bryan.
| MISCELLANEOUS.
The Missouri Republican asks for the ad-
dress of all base ball players black-listed, ex-
PEELED or disqualified under the national
agreement What object the Republican has
in this is not stated
| The condition of the st. Paul club has been
stated from day to day in these columns and
need not be repeated at length here. The
managers have been somewhat discouraged
! lately for the reason that money did not
| come in as rapidly as they expected it would
| Recently, however they have been doing
better and there is reason 10 believe that if
! all the promises are fulfilled we shall have a
| good club here.
Carroll, who played right field for the St.
Paul club, has now signed with the Cleve-
lands.
A New York writer prophesies that st.
! Louis will win first and Athletics second
place in the American race. The same
writer gives the Chicagos the league pennant
and New York the second place.
President Young of the National league
| boa orra n1ad NTH Pohort Earouror 70 aarva
as a league umpire the coming season. The
regular staff will be Ferguson, Gaffney
Decker and Cushman, while Sullivan OF
| Chicago will be in line to fill the first
| vacancy.
| Mr. Lucas has received letters from a
thousand players, all of whom are anxious to
| join his team. One man writes from way
down in Mississippi and winds up his letter
with the words: "Tm no contract jumper
and don't drink whisky
The pennant which will fly from the staff
in Messer Park, Providence, this year will
| have a white background and a colored
border Upon the flag will be inscribed
| providence B. B. club, champions, 1884. 1"
The Detroit team now embraces Weidman,
| Getzen and Meinke, pitchers; Bennett,
Dorgan and Ringo, catchers; Scott, frs t
base; Farrell, third base; Phillips, short stop;
| Wood, Hanlon and a battery man in the
! field.
Detroit correspondence: Manager Morton
announces that the Detroit club will play their
| first practice games in st. Louis with the
American team April /, 2 and g. He has
filed all bis dates up to the 18th, but has been
unable, as yet. to fill up the time until the
| league season opens, for the reason that the
seasons of the American, Western and
| Southern associations all commence on the
| 18th.
| Judged by the records for 1884, the best
| fielding team in the league last year was {:
/ Pitcher, Calvin, Buffalo; catcher, Hackett,
Boston; first base, Start, Providence; second
| base, Burdock, Boston; third base, Sutton,
| Boston; short stop, Force, Buffalo; left field
! Horuuug. Boston; center field, Fogarty,
Phiadelphis; right field, Evans, Cleveland.
And get this is q team that would stand a
very poor chance of win ming the champion
| ship, as 1t contains but two irst-class batInen
and base-rupners-
| Capt Anson has little time Just now to
think about baseball, being busily employed
! in getting ready for his match game Of March
| % with Frank Parker for $3.50 side. But
! the big captain has been heard to remark be-
tween shots that Chicago will win the pen
nsnt this year to dead moral certainty
| Kelly, the Chicago right fielder, returned
from the South last Tuesday and will remain
here until the club reports for duty April /.
| He had been troubled with throat difficulty
| bat a soiOurn iu the South fixed him all right
| and be is Bow as sound and hearty as one of
| the big bucks be tells about slaughtering in
droves in the wilds of Canada.
George ". Bradley has entered suit agains st
the Cincinnati Union Base Ball association
TO recover $500. Bradley claims to have en-
tered into contract with the defendants, they
agreeing to pay hin 81. 500 in customary in
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