New-York tribune., 1888-03-25
THE AMATEUR BASEBALL LEAGUE.
IT IS ALL READY FOR LIVELY SEASON.
MIKE KELLY, OF BOSTON, TO APPEAR ON THE
srAGE-MrTRIrsS YOUNG COLTS.

KELLY, OF BOsIcN' ~ hFTbhn ONN AAAA@
srAGE-MUTRIEs YOUNG COLTS.
The new Amateur Baseball League is at last fully made
up and Ia ready opening the season There are five
clubs In he League The Flushing Athletic Bergen Point
Athletic Staten Island Baseball and Cricket Ciuo tho
Nassau Athletic and Staten Island Athletic Club The
race ought be lively The Staten Island
Athletic players already preparing fheir grounds Tor
practice Their frst gamo viii be played on Saturday.
April a. crossing tats with the Pleasant Plains club Nor
gan the old Columbia College pitcher Is the latest add
ton to the club. They have three pitchers In
Beebe Morgan and Shaw One Of the attractive features
Of clubhouse Staten Island Is large and handsome
bronze containing tho photographs Of the baseball
The csb members are preud Of this group OF men,
as 1t is strictly representative team Of amateurs. The
team will be made up follows this year. Beebe, Morgan
Shaw pitchers Finley, catcher De Garmondia first
base Terry second base Larkns third base Brush short
stop; Moore Iet field; Hasted centre field and Shaw,
Van Deussr Jansen Fish. Renneur. Beers or Tyndale,
right feld
The schedule win be made out and It will show
that each club viii play six games with each OF its op-
ponents games ought TO bo interesting and we'll con-
tested throughout The Young Americas, OF Philadel'
phs visit the Staten Island Athletic Club Decoration
Day and July 4. Two games will be played on each day.
Henry Cur,s manager Of the Acmes has made application
TO tao new League be umpire. Clarke last years
reserve catcher, has again signed with the Manchester
team The players think that the weather viii permit Of
outdoor work this week.
Reading In aiterHt paper on Friday an interview
with Kelly solegraphed from Boston, Tribune reporter
was surprised the great baseball player In Broad
way yesterday. Kelly sid hat he had not been In Bos
on for some but that he n,onded there last
night and report with other Boston players for
co Kelly Says that he is in splendid condition. and that
II he was $4,000 beauty last year. the price ought to
increased least s3, 900 this lie is confident
that will Pitcher Carkson In spite OF the
Chicago clubs unwnGness 70 let the great pitcher 60
lie says that Of The Boston club feel that
they will get Clarkson. Kelly would not attempt to pick
the League but he thought that Boston
would not be far behind as 1t was last year. lie
thought that Esw.York had great lot Of players. but
was poor q team. He thought the Giants ought 70
make much better record than they did Kelly would
whether he thought the trouble lay In the manage
Tn the petty jesorsies among the playerA Not
only has Kelly ambition 70 shine on this ball ned. but
upon the stage we'll He will tako the part Of
Dusty Bob" In the play called The Rag Baby" at Bos
ton Monday night Kelly rehcarsed the part at the
Peoples Theatre In the Bowev yesterday and his friends
cay he did not murder It.
Mutrs teeeraphsd from the South last night that tho
young players OF New.York doing splendid
work He says Foster Is the equal Of Johnson
ahead OF Bostons great fielder as
batsnan and Cleveland he says Is improv
immensely and he thinks he has model third base
as last In Crane, he says he has undoubtedly So
cured greatest and swiftest pitcher In the country
The pitchers speed Is truly marvellous Murphy the
eachers troubled with isne but ought TO be Gil right
In few days hutre that the reason why his colts
ball was the crowd critical moment and that the
accident gave the washngtous three runs He does not
telegraph any for his oos beating the Washngtons
ten 10 the following day. Mutrie and his young
players will start for "Wednesday Thursday
and he Polo Grounds 70 sun the local base
ball machine week from tomorrow.
dispatch from Chicago The Sporting Times" last
night says the Chicago Club owners have determined
to invade Austrais fall twenty-five players will
leave Chicago October for tho ant2odes The CHI
eago Club Leigh Lynch. the theatrical manager 70
Australia few months TO look the grounds and
he teegraphed yesterday that the scheme ought 10 be
success Baby" will have charge Of the two
teams spaidlng thinks tho trip Will aim nearly
s2a o0o The will also visit the Sandwich Islands
Several more Of the Brooklyn Club players arrived In
Brooklyn yesterday practice game between the players
viii take place OF Washington Saturday providing
another blizzard does como 10 town.
Another college league Will probably be formed
posed Of Brown Colleges and the Boston Unves
| SHY. Here IL good chance Ter the Columbia College
| nine
There are seventeen In training for the Yale
College team and the cna selection Of tho players VII
be made until late In April The candidates VIII 60 Into
| regular practice after Easter Thrsen men WI. be
trip and the remaining candidates for
| positions In the will remIin In training.
|
| LOOKING Up AN HETR TO FEW THOUSAND
An advertisement appeared In paper yesterday request
ing concerning the present whereabouts Of
member law nTm Of Mitchell Mitchell. the adver-
Users said 10 Tribune" reporter: We una
Danney In order settle up the estate OF HE mother
About s22 900 10 lave,yei Ills share is In the rcga-
bofhcod Of $500 scme ten years ago Mary Donnelly
died leaving her with Daniel MeEihenny
Until OF her grandchildren became Of James
bfose Donneliy away nothing
has essn heard Of him fer eight when Mr. Mchenny