The evening tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 189?-190?, 1897-05-19

| and Of the 107 clubs and cities therein
represented Is hereby furnished through
the courtesy of Chairman n. T.. Young.
| National League York, Bostor,
Brooklyn, Philadelphia, Baltimore, Wash
ington, Chicago, St. Louis, Louisville, Gin
cinnati, Cleveland, pittsburg.
| Eastern League. Toronto (the only city
of the 107 which Is not in the Is~ited
States), Buffalo, Rochester, Syracuse
Scranton, Wilkesbarre, Springfield. Mass. !;
Providence.
Western League. - Minneapolis, st.
! Paul, Milwaukee, Detroit, Indianapolis,
! Kansas City, Columbus, o.; Grand Rap
IDS.
Atlantic eague.-Hartford, Newark,
| Paterson, Philadelphia (Athletics), Lam
caster, Reading, Richmond. Norfolk.
Western Association Burlington, Ce
dar Rapids, Peoria, Dubuque, Des Moines,
Quincy, st. Joseph.
Interstate League Fort Wayne, Toledo,
Mansfield, Youngstown, Springfield, O..
Dayton, Wheeling, Newcastle
New England League. Pawtuckct, Fall
River, Brockton, Newport, New Bedford,
Taunton.
| Central League Haute, Cairo,
Ills; Paducah, Washington, Ind; Nash
VILE, Evansville.
Texas Association San Antonio, Gal
weston, Houston, Austin, Fort Worth,
Dallas, Sherman, Denison, Paris
Michigan State League. e.-kalamazoo
jackson, Saginaw, Port Huron, Lansing,
Bay City.
New Jersey State League. .-Trcnton,
| Elizabeth, Millyille, Atlantic City.
New York State League. Auburn, Can
andaigua, Lyons, Palmyra, batavia.
Ohio and West Virginia League --Zanes-
| Vile, Marietta, Canal Dover Parkorsburg
| Connecticut State League Derby, Wa
terbury Corrinaton Bristol, Mcriden,
Bridgeport.
Central Pennsylvania Lcaguc.-Wil-
Transport, Milton, Shamokin. Pottsyillc
Maine state League. Portland, Lewis
ton, Augusta. Belfast, Bangor, Rockland
| Excepting tie southeast and the Pacific
| coast, the United States is pretty well oc-
cupied by this great baseball confedera-
| ton. Tecrc has never been any profess
sional sport which occupied one-fourth so
many cities in a single central organ;za-
tion cooperating as one body.
| Jesse Burkett and his fellow veterans of
the National league, who for several years
| havo been mcnoEoliZing the first positions
In the batting list, must look ciose to
/
! this season ly several of the newcomers
Especially is philadelphia's new first base
man Laioie making "a high bid for tho
lead. What is more he seems to be able to
keep up his heavy work and Is confessed
to be "born hitter" Up to this date
Lajoie's batting has been n leading feature
of the rcnnant race.
| Next 70 Lajoie as new batsman comes
Clevcland's Indian, Sockalexis. Some of
his batting feats against the best of the
League pitchers have been noteworthy. In
| addition to his excellence with the bat
"S0ck, !" as he has been abbreviated, ia a
| skilled base runner and n fife fielder. His
| heetness of foot Is doubtless Inherited from
| o long line Of primitive ancestors. The
| great success made I'm such short time by
| tho only Indian playing professional bali
| raises rumor that Uncle Anson has sent
| AN agent intn the reservations I'm search Of
| talent. The ruInor, Of course, is not true.
| The grand old man has trouble enough at
home to keep him busy hy day and wake
| full at night. IL was new and not at all
| pleasant experience for the veteran Of a
| quarter Of century to view ~ champion
| chip race from the rear--from the very
bottom. No one probably realizes the
| bitterness of this position to Anson. OF
| course he will not stay there with his Colts.
| But these excessive defeats mt the start are
severe handicap, which no one but q
born fighter, us he Is. could overcome or
| would stand up against gamely.
Early In the season Mr. AnsOD, In all
apparent earnestness, expressed n fear that
| his Colts might take the bit into their
mouths and make runaway race of IL,
thus taking all interest out of the race.
| Now there are those cruel enough to sug-
gest that ne meant "tbc cruppcr" when
| he said tho "bit." But such n littlo In
cident ms that Of being last In the procession
| does not feazc the claimants professcd
faith. He now says it will make the race
all the more interesting to Chicago to see
| him lead his Colts around their field and
| win on the post. Snch a feat is not i'm
possible, however improbable 10 may be,
for 10 was accomplished once before. In
one of the years when the New Yorks won
the pcnnant-isSe or 1ss9--they were alb
solutcly last in June, and then slowly but
surely went IN the front But the Giants
that year were clearly the best team and
had but seven opponents tn NOW down,
| two conditions which Anson cannot claim.
Anotbcr surprtSe plaver I'm the League