The daily critic., 1890-08-19
SPORTING GOSSIP
BALTIMORE WITHDRAWS FROM
THE ASSOCIATION.
WILMINGTON HAS NEARLY COLLAPSED.
Prospects for a Team Here This Season.
What the Amateurs Are Doing.
COlumbia's Chances

Poor old Atlantic Association.
Happy Washington. What a good thing
It v as that no one took the Washington
team and tried to carry it through the
rem oindcr Of the season The Associa
tion is now on Its last legs and will
hardly survive the month. The with
drawal of Baltimore and It's entrance
into The American association, de-
privos the Atlantic Of its strongest club.
while the threatened collapse OF the
Wilmington team, which will come In
day or So, will reduce the circuit to
four clubs that will hardly care to at
tempt TO finish the season. This was
foroseen almost a month ago. with
the dissolution of the Worcesters and
jersey City clubs, followed so soon by
the disbapdmeHt Of Washington and
Hartford the Atlantic Association
found itself in a pretty bad way, and
u was inevitable that Il would collapse
before long.
Now, Barnie is going back to the old
love and the Atlantic Is more hope.
lessly stranded than ever. The Balu.
mOres will take Brooklyn's place IN the
American Association, Barnie arguing
that Il is better to be a tail ender In a
major league than a pennant winner Ia
minor and moribund association.
Trust Barnie for getting in out Of the
wet He defends his action on the
ground that with two exceptions the
Atlantic Association Is composed Of un.
important cities, and looking at the
change from pccuniary point Of view
thinks that new faces will replenish his
nearly depleted treasury.
This city could have gone into the
Association had II desired. That body
has been trying for month to find
some one on whom Il could unload the
Brooklyn Club and offered the franchise
TO persons In this city for nothing
Washington, however, Is tired of tail.
end clubs and poor ball playing, aud
after looking over the ground carefully
the interested parties concluded they
did not care TO lose their surplus cash by
backing team that would hardly at
tract iiies. Then the Association took
its wares TO other markets and disposed
Of them.
II Is not impossible, however that
This city will DC represented by first
elias 8 team in the Association this season
1hCiC is quiet movement on foot to get
The franchise of another Association
team az d transfer The New Haven Club
here Sucn move would be profit.
able ore and II may be accomplished.
AMONG THE AMATEURS.
Tie Cisbandmcnt Of the professional
club here has led 20 the organic ltiOn Of
au ima'Cur league, aud from the games
already played II promises to furnish
some excellent baseball for the remainder
Of the season. There Is plenty OF good
material around here from which TO
form league that will be a paying one
The game between the Columbia
Athletic Club and the Light Infantry
had 10 DC postponed on account Of the
rain yesterday.
Manager simms Of the Columbus Il
/ feeling Ia high glCe over the defeat Of
| the New York Athletic Club nine by the
| New jersey Club in the Amateur Ath
| letiC Union championship race. aud Is
cor tidCnt his team will be able TO easily
defeat the jersey ties and thus win the
Eastern championship Of the Union.
UNDERWOOD BENEFIT.
Fred. Underwood, the popular pitcher
| Of the dcfunct Washington team, will
| have benefit game 10 morrow at 4:3)
| O'Clock. The contesting teams will be
a picked nine and the Columbia Ath
| letic Club nine The picked nine will
| consist Of Riddle c., Underwood D.,
/ Gleason 1 b., Kelly . b., Faller 3 b.,
| johnson r.. Hauptman H. Caulia1wer
Of and Boucher IS. Manager Simms
| will pr sent the regular Columbia nine
| and keywOrth will pitch.
| The game ought 10 attract a good
! crowd, and, II the weather Is clear, un.
doubiedly will. The two nines are
| closely matched. as was shown 10 the
! Gleason benefit game, aud so an inter
esiing contest may be expected. IN
| deTwOOd made himself host OF friends
in ibis city by his willingness to 60 In
the box when the club was Ia a bad
way, and his admirers propose TO give
/ him a substantial recognition Of their
/ regard.