The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1891-11-05
IN SPORTING CIRCLES.
Capt. Comisky Will Be With the Gin
cinnati Team Next Year.
WILL BROOKLYN JUMP OUT?
Meeting of the Metropole Athletic Club
Jack Ashton's ego" With Joe God
dard at Melbourne-Califor Athletic
Club Bids for Corbett and Maher.

Capt. Charles Comiskey will not be with
the st. Louis Browns next season, but
will captain and manage the Cincinnati
National League team. Yesterday, in ac-
cordance with an agreement made some
time before with President Brush OF the
Cincinnati aggregation, Comiskey visited
indianapolis and had talk with him.
They made satisfactory arrangements as
to salary, and when Comiskey left there
last night for st. Louis it was with the
understanding that he would meet a repre-
sentative of Mr.. Brush at Chicago to-day
and il certain details of the agreement
were made to suit the st. Louis captain he
would sign league contract.
Comiskey refused TO give the terms of
his contract, but man who is in position
to know says that Comisky is to be given
a salary of $4,000 for three years services
and share of the profits of the club
something like 20 per cent.
Secretary Munson of the St Louis club
says that the question of salary between
President Van der Abe and Comiskcy will
be satisfactory arranged, and that the old
Browns captain will again be seen in a
st. Louis uniform next season.
Comiskey would not deny that the pro-
liabilities were that he would go to
Cincinnati. If he does go, Fuller and
BOYLE are almost certain to follow
O'Neill may also go there, and under
these circumstances there is no likelihood
Of Mccarthy living up To his contract He
will 90 to the Boston leagne club where
he signed first
The solution of the question as TO
whether or not the Brooklyn club will
lump to the association has caused n split
between Directors Doyle and Abell The
latter is for the National League He has
been n great supporter of all its principles.
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not been great lover of the leagues way
of business, and he thinks the league
magnates just as bad as those who run
the American Association.
While in the Association the BROOKLYN
Club made money, but il is said il has not
made dollar since joining the National
League This, il is alleged is what has
caused Director Doyle To ponder and to
think the best thing that can be done is to
drop out of the League and get back to
the first love. The club cleared very
nearly $4,000 in the Association. Why
then is il not a feasible plan for the club
TO return To the organization which gave
it health and wealth
The meeting Of the Metropole Athletic
Club last evening showed the right kind
of interest in the clubs affairs and sue
cess There was considerable talk on
matters of interest TO the club, and il was
finally decided that in order 10 facilitate
matters a committee should be appointed
to look the situation over and ascertain If
it was advisable to appoint any additional
committees This committee will prob
ably recommend 10 the club the
appointment of general athletic com
mittee To take the place Of the several
committees on outdoor, indoor and
aquatic sports ana gymnastics. house
committee and a committee on the re
vision of the constitution and bylaws
The committee appointed TO look after
this matter comprised Messrs. McAuliffe
Anderson and Stafford. There was more
informal talk about the clubs affairs and
the meeting adjourned until next Wednes-
day night, when the committee will make
n report and other business of importance
will be transacted.
was talking sports and geneal athlet-
les with runner last night: who has
probably toed the scratch in about as
many short distance races n any man in
this city. We finally fell 10 talking Of the
proposed match between Hunt OF Fall
River and Devln. when he said. "Well.