The sun., 1893-08-13
orooUrr sHARps TO arrFE
They wni Bertr Their A..u.i Tourpsneut
at Norwich To-u,orrow.

They Wm Bertn Their Arnunt Tourpsneut
at Norwich To-norrow.
NonwrcH. Aug 12.--The spacious local cro-
auet courts are all ready for tho national tour
nament. which opens hore on Monday. and
several famous sharps have come to town.
There are ten great gravel courts under the
shadow OF tho Rockwell woods. in the northern
quarter. and seven Of them will be used for
tournament games. The three other courts
are for practice play The players. represent
ing most Of the crack clubs In the country.
with two delegates from each club. will
arrive on Monday. and playing for tour
nament prizes. silver-tipped. ebony. or
other hardwood mallets and balls, will
begin on Tuesday. Il IL believed there
will be larger number OF players than
ordinarily and greater and more enthusiastio
attendance on tho part OF the public The
grounds are half acre in level mead In the
mort charming part Of the city. almost under
the easterly eeyes OF the massive and ancient
shadow Of grand old hillside forest, in whose
across the courts. The courts are symmetrie-
ally laid out In elongated parallelograms. side
slim III sI Wooden curb curb Dm around % each % one and a
tall picket fence is about the half;acre. AZ
one end q II Is shady. handsome, kockTell 10
Tho courts are breezy, and pleasant at all
Mingled % iosm H and 'sFs sTave IfoS @ have been
rolled 30 many times with massive steel
ssniNed rubber @ ' s seVsn o ot n tho sD COURTS have
been entirely reconstructed and perfected by
experts In the past month and propYpneeL to
in the world. Under them is an Intricate. web
like system of sewers. with frequent iron
pools minute IN % AFTER @ shoWers S' bs Bs arc electric
as dSE Sy hs o 81 PSso
mNnt
III midnight;
neat LITTLE .ro,stH1sTy clHS house house has has sss
cro9uet implements, and apparel. a Kitchen;
dining room. and chamber for guests and
It Is believed that not less than forty w national
shGrps from twenty leading scientific croauet
Games Noyes MeeeS
and 4. ". DicFey oi Norwich finished grading
hH ssbp 81 S
adelpha reached Norwich to-day and Messrs.
Strong and Cady. New London experts. have
several days past
Tho Western Baseball League to be Re
vived.
ST. PAUL. Aug. 12.GNext season will see the
Western Baseball League again in existence.
1t Is now nearly two years since 1t was COM
pellcd to 60 out OF the field. but 1t is believed
that the Wester cities to which It catered will
such length Of abstinence. The League will
embrace eight cities. which will be selected
from the following: St Paul. Minneapolis. |
Denver. Kansas City. Milwaukee,. Des Moines. |
St Joseph. Sioux City. and Lincoln. 1t is
probable that Lincoln will not be able to offer |
sufficiently strong Inducements and that the |
eight first mentioned teams will compose the |
League. The St Paul. Kansas City. and Den
YER teams are already practically engaged |
One reason why the managers think the game
can be made to nay next year is on account Of
the largely reduced salaries which will be paid
10 players The manager OF the Denver team
writes that his pay roll per month in 1901 was
something over $4,000 but that he has already
Engaged tho same players to play during the
season OF 1894 at salaries aggregatng between
B 900 and Sl.5OO. The other cities pay In
about the same proportion.
st. Pddl and Minneapolis were bidding for
franchise In the National League. The cities
we're to com hine and build stand and grounds
half way between the two cities. which nre
only thirty miles apart, and the team was to
be supported Jointly. This would give popu-
alton Of nearly 100000. larger than many
u the cities now supporting teams in the Ma
ional Tongue. Tho deal was almost ready to
20 through when Manager John Barnes OF
:he Phoenix Athletic Club decided to try the
Western League. and that was done accord
ngly.
The managers Of the different teams in the
" estern League will hold a meeting either in
It. Paul or Minneapolis some time In Novcm-
Der and arrange n schedule. &c. It Is probable
hat cities will be asked to offer certain pe-
,uniarv induoements to the cluhA |