The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1886-08-24
BASEBALL NOTES.

MANY pitchers and catchers COM
plain of over work if worked in two or
more successive games. They should
take into &C Iteration that q game
lasts only aboI, two hours, and that
such players sS Radbourne, Clarkson,
Bushong, Flint, Gilligsn and others
have played in more than twenty con-
secutive contests without injury or
complaints.
THE Nashville American emphatic
ally denies the story that the Nash
vile club are endeavoring to sign any
of Purcell's men. One OF the directors
of the club says in reference to the
story that was telegrapbed from At
lanta Saturday night: "The Nash
vile club will play out the season inst
as it is. Every director Of the Na]h-
vile club is in the city. We have
never had the fsintest idea Of sending
anyone off for players or making any
sort of effort to unite in this deal
which Atlanta has gotten up. | am
dumbicunded ct the article. 1t has
not the faintest utterance OF truth
in it,"
A PIECR OF petty meanness COM
miited by manager Goldsby yesterday
hes caused him 10 be az unanimously
detested among lovers Of baseball
here as he is said to be by the indi-
vidual members OF bis nine. The act
complained of is bis fiuing Dundon
s25 for allowing Andrews to make a
home run. OF all species OF petty,
mean, malicious tyranny, commend
us to tho tyranny OF baseball
manager, who abuses the srbi-
trary power conferred upon
him by the accident OF his
position to humiliate and impoverish
a less fortunately circumstsnced player.
Does Goldsby imagine that Dundon
willingly allowed Andrews to knock
the ball over the fence? II he does,
then the fine was not heavy enough 4;
1t should have been $500. But he
knows better; he Knows that DuDdon
was az deeply chagrined by the bit as
Goldsby himself could have been, and
mulcting him in pecuniary damages
besides is in the nature of refinement
Of cruelty, possible only to baseball
manager with swelled head.
NASHVILLE Union, 23d: zone OF the
most potent reasons why that Atlanta
Macon deal should be frowned down
is the gross injustice that would be
done Memphis should it be carried
out. The Bluff City people have nobly
upheld their team, and now that they
are at home playing good ball and en-
deayoripg to close the season without
financial loss, Atlanta jumps in and to
crafty her insatiste desire to get even
with Savannah proposes to send q lot
of inferior players TO fill out her series
with Sneed's team. Anyone with an
ounce OF brains knows that the Macon
team in Atlanta uniforms would not
draw a corpora's guard. This is one
of the very worst phases Of the
scheme. Sneed and his players are
making a determined effort TO merit
the good will Of the Memphians by
PLAYING the best ball they know how.
And they desire liberal patronage
that they may be able to enter few
dollars on the right side OF the ledger
in order that they may be strength
eued for the campaign OF 1887. II
Macon is allowed to play off Atlanta's
games, Memphis will be further in the
ditch than she is now"
Not exactly the Memphis club is
not in the ditch but comes out of the
season whole, and while no money
has been made, none has been lost.
If Macon comes here to play Atlanta's
games 1t will be equivalent to giving
us four games, and that will place
Memphis third in the league, a much
coveted rank Just now.
HP Savannah expects Memphis to
stand by her in the attempt to be re-