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Jan. 6. THE SPO »O3OTIK , LIFE. 3 FROH THE Hl'B. The Boston Team for '80—Hines' Ca«»-Wls« Sure to Sign—Miscellaneous News Notes. BOSTON. Jan. 1.—Editor SPO«TINO Lir*: If the ground was in fit condition a game of ball could be played in the Hub to-day as well »» not. I hftve attended a good many games in early spring anil late fall when the weather was much colder than to day. A New Year's Day of a thous- and, and it is a relief to bury the Boston Club'j season of 1S85 with the old year. May the Gods prevent a repetition. And now for the prospects of the bean-eaters in 1386. Yes, they are better than they were a year ago. I am afraid that we shall not have a championship nine unless future developments show additional strength. Great pitchers, number one fielders, fair batters and ordinary base runners, I think, sizes up the ag- gregation. Now, it is a strong one, I will admit, but I put a great deal on big batters, and while we have a number of good, free hitters, there are but few real, every-day sure and clean hatters. How- ever,we shall have a great team from one standpoint. If. our men can't do much batting perhaps their opponents will be in the same fix, for they will just about have their hands full when they face Buffinton and Radbourn, and then the field sup- port will be strong. There are still some import- ant members of the Boston team to be signed. President Soden has been doing very little with base ball for two weeks. He has been too busy winding up his business year to attend to the National game's interests,but he tells me that now he is going right to work to perfect arrangements for next season. He will sign Morrill, Buffin- ton and Wise at once; that is provided he can,and there seems little doubt of that. He don't have much to say about Whitney and Hackett. It would be quite a joke if they should be released to some other club, and then they should go to work with a will and down the Bostons every time they meet them. Stranger things have happened. There seems to be a diversity of opinion regard- ing the future of Paul Hines. Originally it was given out that he was to go to one of the two new clubs. Next, there were to be but six clubs and so Hines was on the market. Suddenly Boston signs him, and then right on top of this comes the information that the Nationals are to be members of the League. What it all means would be difficult for a Chicago lawyer O decide, but then the maneuvers of the League magnates are more difficult to solve than the old fifteen puzzle, which drove everybody to distraction. I was rather of the opinion when I learned the Nationals had been taken into the League that Mr. Soden had made another one of his ten strikes by capturing the big centre fielder of the defunct Providence Club just in time to pre- vent his going any where else. Several with-whom I have talked seem to be of the opinion that Hines will yet be given to the Nationals if they really come into the League. This seems to me to be very reasonable, but yet we need Hines so badly here that I am inclined to think there is some arrangement to retain him in Boston since President Soden is coming out about number one this winter. While the powers that be in the Boston Base Ball Association are taking a slight vacation, the dissatisfied members of the corporation are taking A breathing spell during a cessation of hostilities. They have not given up their cause, however, and to-morrow will buckle on their armor for an ad- vance. The holidays interfered with their origi- nal plan?, and the report which their counsel were to have made a week ago had to be deferred until to-morrow. They are to hold another meeting at the office of their champion, George Lloyd, and expect to come to a final decision upon tbeir course. I have heard aome croakers aay that there waa not money enough in any syndicate that could be formed among the "kickers" to carry on the suit. Now, aa a matter of fact, Mr. Lloyd could conduct the suit atone to far as the financial part is concerned. Iron has turned into United States money in his hands and he had the re- sources to fight out the matter single-handed if he waa to inclintd. WISE GOOD EXOCGH FOB BOSTON. It baa been a winter of base bail rnmora in the Hnb. A very freely discussed one ii to the effect that Boston and Chicago are attempting to exchange Wise and Gore. I asked Mr. Soden the other day what troth there is in the story, and he laughed at the idea, siymg that nei- ther he nor Spalding knew anything about it. How- ever that may be. it baa been the talk of Boston's base ball circles, aud these two players have been discussed and pulled J > pieces in a way that wonld hare fright- ened them bad they overheard the animated debate! of which they have been the innocent canae. How yoa can make any just comparison between the men I can- not see. Gore is an oatfielder, and Wiae is an infieller He nas not done enough work in the outfield to give ground for compariaon, and what he can do in that ca- pacity is atill an open question. The big centre fielder ia a great player, and would make a valuable addi- tion to any club, but he could not fill Wise's place any more than Sam could fill his. Not a man wonld be more missed by the Boston nine than Sam Vise. He is a ball player, every inch of him. He don't play one inning or one day and sulk the nest, but he does hia very best every day. He don't always play a brilliant game. In fact, I know of no one on the dia- mond who can make more exasperating and disappoint- ing plays than Sam Wiae, but on the other hand he has made more phenomenal one-handed pick-ups and throws than any abort stop in the profession. He is not like some players who become rattled when they make a miss. An error has no effect on Sam. He plays juat aa hard and conscientiously after as before making a throw ' over John M'.rrill's head. And yet Bam is very sensi- tive, and after a game is over feels aa badly as anyone possibly could if he hag played poorly. I remember the first game of ball Sam Wise ever played in the Hub with the Bostons. It was on Faat Day, at the cuatomary opening game of the season, be- tween th« B,at»na and a picked nine. Wise played short slop and be waa the observed of all on the field. As he atepped to the plate for the first time he was given a rousing welcome by the tig crowd, and then every- body waited anxiously, wondering what he could do with the stick. He looked big and strong enough to knock the cover off the ball, and a minute later he came very near doing it. He got the ball juat where he wanted it and the next second it waa sailing over the centre fielder's head, while the apectatora ahouted and Sam flew down to second. With that two-bagger he ran straight into the affections of Boston's base ball en- thusiasts and no one it more thought of to-day. 1 saw him on Washington street the other day. This is the first winter he has ever spent in Boston and it evidently agrees with him here, as he it looking finely. Boston people weuld like Gore, but they don't want to give np Wise. If they can't have but one, they would take our popular short stop every time. HITS FROM THE HUB. This talk about the American Association being about ready to wipe out the League it the shallowf at mockery I ever beard. Last Monday's meeting at Philadelphia looked a great deal like dictating to the League. The poor fellowa who attended it muat hate the name crow. They used to tell me when I was at school that every- body muat eat his peck of dirt sooner or later. Now we won't all hive to eat our crow if the American Associa- tion people keep on aa well aa they have begun, as they will get more than their share. It ia no use, the men who are ruining the Association are not equal to the League leaders in shiewdness, and they might aa well acknowledge the fact first as last. They keep showing it by the amount of back-water they have to take. They thought they could keep the League down to six clubs by taking in the Nationala. They made love to the Waahingtons and even proposed, bnt only to be refused, and to they had to fall back on the divorced Metropolitans. The Eastern New England managers are not to be outdone by their elders in the League. They are get- ting to be big boys uow,and have a salary limit just like the men in the older organization. And what.il more, they pay juat about as much attention to it. Circum stances, at least, go to show this. Tke Newburyports wanted Cooney and another player from Connecticut who played with their new manager last season. They said they would rather play, with him than any other man they knew, bnt objected to the offer made them, which was tlie limit adopted by the League. A few days later they were signed by Haverhill. If they would not sign with the Newburyports where they wanted to play so as to he with their old captain, how did it happen that they went to Haverhill, when they were offered the rcaxium salary by the former? I think Manager Seelye, of the Havei- hill's muat have adopted Jim Mutrie's plan, and paid them a good round sum for some old shirts. The wheels of next season's organization have been oiled and started at Brockton. A n->w stock company of limited membership has been formed. H. 8. Bicknell, Warren A. Howard, James Luddy and E. A. Chase will be stockholders. McGnnnigle, who had a third interest in last year's club, will probably not be a member of the Association this year, but he will manage it. The club was run last season as a private enterprise, and made money. Jack Manning aaya he can't see what need there is of the men who haven't signed yet. He has figured it up that three dubs have fifty players under contract or re- serve. He adviaes that the ball players join the Knights •f Labor, since that organization seems to run every- thing. The pololets of this section are delighted. John Mor- rill has been persuaded to referee some more polo games. He will preside at two a week, and will officiate only in the rink* from wbich he can get home the nights of ths nine. John is very domestic, and does not like to leave Mrs. and Miss Morrill alone at nights. Lucas will have the best infield in the country with McKiunon, Dunlap and Donny on the bales and Glass- cock at short. For fielding they can't be beaten and as matters they are not very slow. Thomas Lovt'tt, who began last season with the Prov- deuces and finished with the Athletics, has signed for thu year with the, Newburyports. Muowfxr. CHATTANOOGA'S TEAM. All the Men Signed—Who Manager Levin' Selection* Are. CHATTAXOOGA, Dec. 31.—Editor SPORTING LIT*: —Our city is the first of the Southern League towns to complete its nine, and every man signed is secured by a contract, and no further trouble need be apprehended. Though Chattanooga did not win the pennant last yaar, we demonstrated that we knew how to choose ball players, and as a result our city sold two players for $1,000. It is earnestly hoped that a sale will not be necessary next season, and from present indications it will not be. All that can be heard of the new players is most favorable. Manager Levis, and Hart, Cross and Otterson, of last year's team, have already been signed, with eight additional players. Graham, the new right fielder, played with Memphis the latter part of .ast season. Mansel], left field, was one of the hardest hitters in the New York State League last year, and ia said to have a splendid fielding average. Lew P. Dick- enon, centre field, ia a left-hand batter, and ia :laimed to be a very faat base runner. Mathias ia short top or basemau. He was short stop in the Eastern League laat season, being a member of the Norfolk ^'lub. He played with the Chicago I nions in 1884. He s said to possess two winning qualities—slugging and >ase running. His batting average last season waa .312. Ettinger, third basemao, played iu the West laat season. Kent, pitcher, played with the Hamilton (Ontario) Club. His catcher, Cantz, has also been signed. DrUcoll, pi'cher, is from the New England League. The following is the team as now signed: Kent, Hart and Driscoll, pitchers; Cantz, catcher; Ltvis, first base; Otterson, second base; Ettinger, third base; Croaa, abort atop; Graham, right field; Mansell, left field; Dlckerson, centre field; Mathias, short stop or baseman. Another catcher will be signed very soon and the Chattanoogas will then be ready for the battle. A number of North- ern clubs will visit Chattanooga in the spring before the season opens. The Louiavilles play March 26. The De- troits are booked for April 2. BUFFALO NEWS. Mr. Lucas, of St. Louis, Sued—Next Season's Club, Etc. BUFFALO, N. Y., Dec. 31.—Editor S PORTING LIFE:—Charlea B. Wheeler, representing the Cleveland Baae Ball Association, has brought suit the Erie County Supreme Court against Henry Lucas, of St. Louis, to recover $2,000, which it is alleged he agreed to pay for the resignation of the Cleveland Club from the National League. The consideration for the franchise was $2,oOO, of which #.}IH) was paid down and $2,000 waa to be — id when the St. Louis Hub was admitted. The St. ujuis Clnb was admitted, but Mr Lucas baa not paid the |2,(XX). The Cleveland manager* caught Mr, Lucas ia this State and at ODC« began suit against him. Buffalo will probably be represented next aeason in the Mew York State League by a strong team. A meet- 3g for the purpose of organization is to be held the firat reek in January. The gentlemen connected with the u«w movement are among the leading business men of Buffalo, and a number of them were al the head of the old club in 1877 and 78, when it waa BO successful. Buf- falo was the best drawing city in the old National Asso- ciation, and, with the a i mission at twenty-five centi, will doubtless be the beat paying city iu the State League. AD effort ia being made to secure the valuable ervices aa manager of the genial veteran J. C. Chapman, .tho was so successful with the Buffalo League team laat season np to the time they were sold out and the "big four" taken away. The poor showing made by the Buffalo* afterwards was due to the fact that Chap- man waa compelled to play the season out with several inferior players. Charleston Frosposes to Stick. CHARLESTON, S. C., Dec. 31.—Editor SPORTISB LIFE:—I see the Savannah, Atlanta and one or two other papers take great delight in saying that "as Charleston has not complied with the re- quirements of the Southern League it will be 'fired* at the meeting in Macon on the 7th of Jan- uary." I beg leave to tell your readers that Charleston is a member of the Southern League just as much as Atlanta,Savannab or any of the rest of them. We have paid and had our initiation fee accepted. Charleston's name is printed on the letter heads used by President Proudfit. Mr. Proudfit aent us blank contracts and we have already names on nine of them as follows:—Ang Weyhing, pitcher of Henlsy Clnb,Richmond, Ind., batting average .125, fielding .975; William), Weyhing's catcher, Henley Clnb, batting .245, fielding .930; Strothers, first base, Zaceaville, Ohio, Club, batting .286, fielding .9«<4; Brognan, second base, Eastern New England League, batting Ml, fielding .921; Alvord, third base or short stop, St. Louis and Milwaukee clubs, batting 248, fielding .918; Bourke, third base or short atop, Zaueiville Club, batting .286, fielding .900;'Mclleer anl Oilman, of Youngatown, 0., and Rhue, of Augusta and Henley clubs, fielders. The club'a batting average will be a little over -2.W, fielding .940. We want another battery, and Will Bryan wonld like to hear from good pitchers and catchera at once Address, Will C. Bryan, care of Waverly House, Charleston,3. C, Bryan and one of the directors will attend the League meeting at Macon on the 7th. VIM. Bancroft Getting Good Material. NEW BEDFORD, Mass., Dec. 31.—Editor SPORTING LIFE:—It has been currently stated that Roches- ter may be admitted to the League in order to make up the full quota of clubs. Manager Ban- croft says that under no circumstances whatever will the Rochester Club enter the League. It would not be policy for him so to do, as he cin- not get a strong enough team to contend with the either six, and the move wonld be a financial loss in the end. He ia satisfied with membership in the New York State League, where the clubs will be more evenly matched Frank thinks there will be but six clubs in the National League. No steps have been taken as yet to placing an Eastern New England League club in this city. The Brockton Club management a anxious to have a club here, as it would give the League a membership of eight clubs and an excellent and paying circuit. Manager Bancroft has signed Horner and Warner, of Baltimore, for one battery, and Kenzil, of last season's Trentons. Hen Myers or Strief will play second base and Joe Miller, of last season's Louiavillt-a, short stop. Nava will probably be secured for one of the catchers and Sullivan, a local pitcher of Tall River, will be given a trial in the be x. Al McKiunon refereed the New Bedford-3omerville polo game on the evening of the 29th and gave perfect satisfaction. B&ISTOL. Blnghamton Moving. BI.VGHAMTON, Jan. 1.—Editor SPORTIHG LIFE:— Base ball is still on the boom in the Parlor City. Contracts have been forwarded to Jones, of laat season's Newarks, who will guard second bag; Hasset, of the Lawrence Club, of the Eastern New England League, who will play at short; Van Alstyne, of the Syracuse Stars of last season, who will as heretofore take care of third; Sales, of the Williamsports, who will twirl the sphere, and O'Bourke, of last year's Binghamtons, who will still continue to play behind the bat. These players are all exceedingly fine, both with the willow and in fielding, and we have uo hesitation in saying that they will make all opponents play remarkably fine ball if they desire to win. Manager McCormick is desirous of hearing from a first-class pitcher and catcher, and also any A 1-out- fielders in want of a situation. The Syracuse Courier has published what they claim is a correct list of the playera comprising the .Star nine of 1886, and we ven- ture to say that if said list is a correct one, the Stars will occupy none other than last position at the close ot the season. Not Afraid of Spalding. From the Washington Republic. "It is true that Spalding objects to the admission of Washington. But there is nothing in that. This city it in and he is powerless to oust it. The commiltre ap- pointed to fill vacancies, as before said, is clothed with plenary and irrevocable power, and its decision it final. Mr. Mpalding was designated to look after a Western club, but he waa at heart against eight clubs, and tried how not to do it. He is afraid of the improving East w ngainst the deteriorating West. The East is solid for Washington and means to keep it just where it is, Mr. Spalding to the contrary notwithstanding. The Bostons, New Yorksand Philadelphias are tired of going West twice every summer at au immense outlay and getting nothing iu return. These ' lutw wane tnother first-class city in the East to give them enough of money to defray the expenses attending the luxury of traveling West. The bruins of the National game are on the Atlantic slope, and it is easy for mto forsee that ultimately there will be a icreat Eastern league, running from Boston to Washington, and therefore the necessity of obtaining Washington before it was riptnrml by a hostile associa- tion. Wnshintiton will, under ordinary circumstances, and taking the season as a whole, give visiting clubs al least as much money as Chicago and any other Western town combined." BABN1E GETS H18 MAX. Barkley to go te Baltimore Despite Plttn- burg'a Effort* to Secure Him. Baltimore and Pittsburg hare had something of a tussle for Barkley and Barnie only succeeded in bagging his game after a sharp struggle. He had to hunt Barkley up in person and, after much trouble, induced him to sign an agreement to play in Baltimore if released from St. Louis. Barkley at the same time signed a contract all filled up ex- cept the date, so that the moment he was released by Von der Ahe the date could be supplied and the contract sent in for approval to President McKnight. All this took place before the American Association meeting last Monday. On Tuesday Barnie finally settled all matters with Von der Ahe, and the latter has by this time probably formally released Barkley to Baltimore. Horace Phillips expressed some disappointment when he learned the facts, as he was almost sure that Barkley would go to Pitts- burg. He said that he and President Nimick had seen Barkley at Wheeling and he demanded $2,250. Pittsburg offered him the limit and Bark- ey as good as promised to accept the offer, accepting a railroad ticket to Ptttsburg, where he was to have gone to sign. Barnie is very hot at Phillips, and at the meeting laat Monday ventilated himself freely in regard to what he calls his wrongs. He says that Pittsburg, by meddling with the i matter, forced him (Barnit)^o go to much trouble and : an increased expense of several hundreds of dollars. Ha i bought it was particularly mean in Pittsburg, eousider- ng that he kept his hands off in the Cotumbua deal, lost money by Pittsjmrg's unloading upon him of Geo. Creamer, and also considering that he waa to be < given a chance to strengthen his team. "Thia is a sam- j jle of the way they help me,' he said; "at the first | chance I have to get a really good man, one of the very i clubs pledged to give me a lift step* in and tries to rob | me of the fruits of my enterprise, compelling me to spend a large amount of money to secure a man whom [ could have gotten without trouble and at much less money if Pittsourg had stood aloof. D—— such friend- ship. Hereafter I'm going to look cat for Barnie and the Baltimore Club, and depend upon no one but my- self. I'm tired of professions of friendship without the performance." Bark ley's release coat Barnie an even $1,000; his salary will be |2,000 and he will also receive an additional sum for captaining the team, so that he will stand Baltimore juat about $3,300. We ;rust that Bar me will get the worth of his money out of lim. He will certainly strengthen the team very much DETROIT TIPS. Preparing for the Unhappy Pitchers—Sam Crane Asking for His Release, Etc., Etc. DETROIT, Dec. 31.—Editor SPORTING LIFE;— Base ball people in this district were affected to tears by the spectacle of Day, Wiman and Caylor reeping on each others' necks. Perhaps it is un- ind to refer to the cartoon which pictures three politicians lovingly embracing each other while sticking out of every pocket were dagger?, re- volver?, and other unanswerable arguments ready for instant use in case of a change of political sentiment. As Wiman seems to have maintained a very perpendicular position since his troublt with the Association, Caylor's magnanimous sug- gestion not to jump on a man when he is down is u-tin; to say the least. It's usual, I believe, to have the other fellow get off of you before you jump on him. But then it's very proper that the big chiefs of the base ball world should begin the New Year by burying the hatchet. Said Ed Hanlon to your correspondent the other day: "Pitchers won't have any soft marks in Detroit after this. Before Galvin left the League he told me that he used to 'spread' himself on the first four batters of the Detroits and then rest himself on the remainder of the nine, and it was so with the rest of the pitchers." Well, there will be no rest for the wicked, weary twirlers in Detroit next aeason. It i- surprising that Hanlon, Bennett and Wood have secured such excellent batting records in view of the fact that they were "laid for" by the twirl- ers. Jimmy Peoples and his njarvelons fine overcoat flaahed upon the astonished gaze of Detroiter's this w0ek and then suddenly withdrew from our gaze like a beaa- tifui picture in a panorama. He returned to Cincinnati where he has secured a lucrative position. Jimmy is a Detroit boy and before he joined the professional ranks took part in many a hard-fought amateur battle in th« City of the Straits. Sam Crane desiiee his release ao aa to play with the Athletics. 8am played an elegant aecond baae for De- troit last season. His atjle is peculiar. He appears to go after 3 ball with preat deliberation, and when every- body gets nervous tor fear "the t«*ie runner will beat him, heanaps up the ball and gets it to first just ahead of the candidate for a run. Sam's fumbles are few and far between. In view of the fact that Duntap took an oath, on hia contract with Cleveland, to never again soil his dimpled hands with the mud which grows on ihe St. Louis dia- mond; that he would rather subsist on bread and water (fire-water) the rest of his days, there must have been gome very substantial consideration to induce him to overcome hia dislike to the Mound City. As the League law holds that a released player must go to the League club which ten days after said release signifies its desire for the services of said player, it would seem that Wood, Caaey and McGuire are at the disposal of Philadelphia. MAT. Stray Bits. COVINGTOX, Ky., Dec. 29.—Alex. Voss has signed a contract with C. H. Morton, manager Savannah ball team, to pitch for the season of 1886..*...... Robt. Clark, who caught for the Atlantas last season, is in Covington unsigned; also Tom Sullivan, his pitcher—both open for engagement. It waa not Robert Clark, the (tall player,*ho waa sent to the workhouse, but some other man by that name.........Wm. F. Kreig, who has signed with Hartford, wants his release; he will not play ball the coming season, as he has gone into the wholesale grocery business, and that will require all bis attention.........Joe Diestel ia at hia home in Fortress Monroe unsigned for the coming season; Joe led the centre fielders in the Southern League the past season .........Savannah has secured a good pitcher and general player in Vow. Jm O'ROURKI has twen made » referee In th* Wsttera Division of the Now England Polo L«*gue. FRED DIM u'only wanted H,,ViO and a two years' guaranteed contract from the Athletic Club. PITCHER JOHN CONNOE, late of the NMhvilleand Chat- anooga clubs, it wintering in Nashua, N. H. DAVIS, of last < on's Brockton team, ia said to have Notes and Comments. ED WILLIAMSOS is in Chicago. SEERY ia ia St. Louis on a visit. WHO will get Shaw, the wizard? HECKER practicea daily in a gymnasium. HARTFORD will be managed by Jack Remsen. FRED Co BET still wears a ihade over his injured eye. REIPSLAGER ia said to be an expert with the Indian clubs. MACULLAR ia captain of a polo team at a Baltimore rink. FOSTER, the second base man, has been signed by the Meta. WHAT the New Tear brought New York—Johnny Ward. WHO bida for Hugh Daily? He atill cornea high, we believe. MrELROY, the well-known pitcher, ia wintering in Norfolk. MANAGER BvR\E,ofthe Brooklyna, signed Oldfield laat week. MANAGER MUTRIE ia rapidly filling dates for the April exhibition gamect. NED f'l'THBBRT la back to hia old occupation—tend- ing bar in St. Louis. BESIDES a good salary Sam Trott has the score <'ard privilege at Newark. VON DER AHE ia in favor of having the pitcher's box lengthened one foot. LEAGUE Umpire Curry has opened an oyster saloon on Vine street, this city. PETE BROWNING has had hia share of Christmas and gotten over it bravely. THE chief ambition of Jim Manning, of the Detroita, ia to own a drug store. MONK CUNE is eaid to have aigned aa a short slop for the Columbus, Ga., team. BABSTE has found a partner with a "barrel," but re- fuaee to reveal his identity. THE two chiefs, Roeeman and Reip, will be together again next season. 'Tis well. JUEGERHARDT has signed with New Tork, report! to the contrary notwithstanding, LOVETT, of Ia»t year's Athletics, will probably go to the New bury port, Mass., Club. JOHN B. DAT baa evidently begun to get the lads "down into that tobacco shop." LITTLE NICOL'S store in St. Louis ia the head quartern of the professionals In that city. ROBINSON, the Athletie's new catcher, ia an excellent polo player. He lives ia Boston. JOHN MA.N.siNf., they say, ha^ become very thin, al- though his health continues good. CHARLIE MASON ia seriously thinking of taking a team down to New Orleana in February. THR New Yorke will open their season April 1 with the Jaspers, of Ma thattan College. FRANK LANE, the ex -League umpire, is with John T, Raymond's "Magistrate" company. "BIDDY ' McPHEE's brother Horace is selling baae ball goods at Hawley'a store in Cincinnati. JOHN SHEBIDAN, ex-umpire of the New York State League, la wintering in Philadelphia. SAM MORTEM has abandoned hia plan of converting the Chicago ball park into an ice rink. OH LORDI Petey Donahue,the New York JForWi base ball man, has turned short story writer. eloped with the wife of a prominent physician. IF we ever hav«a baae ball club to sell, John B. D*y can get the job on a twenty per cent, commission. THE contracts of Hen Boyle, Jack Glaascock and Fred Dunlap with St. Louia have aln-ady been approved. THE New York Wall Street Base Ball League will only play boua nde Wall street men iu their club next season. A BALTIMORE exchange is authority for the statement that Barkley's left arm is much shorter than his right. THERE will he plenty of room for good players next aeason among the increasing professional organizations ST. Louis will sign no more players at present, as Manager SchmelE has been directed to return to Colum- bus. JOHN P. BAFFKRTY, the third baseman of Itst year's Macon and Memphis clubs, is disengaged in Evaiuville Ind. THE Bostons have now tome nineteen names on the list, and half a dozen will be dropped by the first of April. Lou MvERfi, of Cincinnati, denies the report that he iato manage the Lexington, Ky., Club. He is still dis- engaged. MR. WIMAN was once a newst>oy and rose to be a base ball manager. Let the baae ball struck "kids" take warning. Now that Millionaire Wiman has gone into base ball he must not kick if he ia lied about like any common ball toaaer. BARNIE baa not given up his projected Southern trip; only postponed it for a couple of weeks until the Chicago* get through. CUHE, hurry up that Meriden-New Britain combina- tion. Both places a/e good ball towns,and should surely support one club. NASH, Boston's young third base ma a, ia fresh with the pen. He writes that Baston has the champion League team. Ah! IT COSTS each Americana Association club about $1,200 per annum for salaries of officers and umpires and other Association expenses. IT is said that Wiman wants Esterbrook for the Mets and that he has offered $1,000 for hia release from the New Yorks and the League. PHILADELPHIA will be pretty well represented om the Syracuse team with McClosky, Charlie Householder, Jacob?, Greln and Toniney. BILLY HAWKS has given up his East Sagiuaw rink business and gone to Cleveland. He says the rink busi- ness ia dying out in Michigan. LEW DICKERSON has caught on again. We hope he will take counsel of experience and play out the aeason with the club he begins it with. IT WILL be observed that Paul Hines' contract with Boston has not ytt been approved or promulgated; also that Buffinton has not yet signed. THE base ball season will open at Staten Island early in April, with a local championship gam* between the New Yoik and Metropolitan clubs. . McPHEE, Baldwin and Jones are in Cincinnati practic- ing daily. The weather there is so mild that practice in the open air ia frequently possible. THE Waterbury players wintering in that city are practicing every day in the armory and intend to be in food shape when the season begins. SECRETARY WIGGIS, of the Eastern New England League.has approved contracts of Guerdon Whiteley and George A. Wilson with Newburyport. ROGER CONNOR, of the New York Club, and William 9o)bert, of the Metropolitan Club, are at present em- ployed iu the New York Custom House. TONY MULLANE proposes to shake the duat of New Orleana from his feet, as there is no catcher there able ;o hold him—at least that's what he sajs. Gcs SHALLIX has tried electric battery treatment and 3as had hid arm blistered. He says lib arm ia well and j would like an engagement next season. TUM GUNNING goes to college all winter, andhasa*ved enough money since he started playing ball to purchase a good home for his parents in Fall River. THOSE unfortunate frozen-out Boston Club stock- holders haven't even a dead-head privilege to the ground to show for the money invested in the club. DEACON FARNSWORTH, the estimable base ball editor of the Boston Pott, has been under the weather with pneumonia. He ia now, however,around again. SYRACUSE preaents three candidates for appointment to an official umpireahip in Messrs. Geer, Francis and Adams. 'Geer ia certainly the man for the place. MANAGER HACKETT, of the Newarks, is kept busy cir- culating around the Eastern League cities to stir up the animals, as it were, and to keep the enthusiasm up. FROM New York comes the cheering news that Johnny Ward has at last signed with the New Yorka. 'Rah. Sow let ihe procession move. The country is saved. BALTIMORE American: "U Saeta Claus will only put in Baltimore s Christmas stocking a decent base ball club, he will have the thanks of a great many people." JA< K GLBASON'* old enemy, "boils,"' have taken poses- aession of him. What with Louisville on one aide and Mils on the other, Jack is having a pretty tough time of it. HINES has played for eight seasoDs with the Provid- ence Club, Start seven, Farrell six, Radbonrn, Gilligan and Denny five each, Irwin and Carroll each three sea- sons. OSCAR WALKER, the well-known player,late of Newark and Baltimore, is dangerously ill at his residence, 102 Nassau street, Brooklyn. A benefit for him ia to be given. SAN FRANCISCO is stuck on Fogarty's third baae play. Out there they consider him second only to Denny, and Denny is the Califoruian's beau ideal of a third bag guardian. CAPT. ANSON, by close attention to the rec«nt billiard tournament and by judicious betting, managed to re- coup the major part of the $600 he dropped against Tom Gallagher. MANAGER Barnie waa laat week presented with a handsome gold-headed ebony cane by Mr. John Fowler. The presentation took place during a carnival at the Apollo Rink. THE Detroit sluggers are expected to kill one pitcher per game. Seriously speaking though pitchers with an off day will suffer when opposed to that tremendous bat- ting aggregation. JAMES BAXTER, the Brockton ball toeser, had an offer to play with the St. Louis League Clnb after be had signed with the shoe-town nine and it waa too late to seek larger fields. EX-MANAGING EDITOR WILLIAMS flopped that long tailed ulster of his around the corridors on the Conti- nental Hotel laat Monday night with a flop that proud and exultant. MVLDOON is a quiet as a clam and steady as a honge thia winter. Barnie has him under the eye of a base i ball loving priest, who has great influence over the er- i ratic third baseman. l MANAGER HARBIDGE, of the Augusta Club, has been i authorized by the directors to sign Weidel, late of the Lancaaters. Weidel will affix his signature to a contract in the course of a few days. THE.contracta of David Oldfield, with Brooklyn, and W. H. Holbert, John Nelaon, Charlea Reipschlager and Steve Brady, with the Meta, have been approved by President-Secretary McKnight. THE Chicagos, Louisvilles, Detroits and Cincinnatis are mentioned among the clubs that will go South for early practice games. Gus Schmelz will take the St. Louis League team to Atlanta. LEN STOCK WELL has signed to catch for the Savannah, Ga., Club, and Joe Brown, of the Chicago and Milwaukee clubs, will probably be signed as his pitcher, as they played together last season in Milwaukee. CINCINNATI Commercial; "Several copies of Reach's Base Ball Guide have been added to the Philadelphia Law Library, and the judges down there ap«nd their noon recess reading up the rules and constitution.' 1 KID BALDWIN has quit the wrestlers and fighters, and it now takei a derrick to move him away from hia hotel after dark. Mr. Kid says he has turned over a new leaf, and that he intends to play ball next season. THE Louisville Cl^b is now complete and very strong, lacking but one man, an old head to play firat baae and captain the team. At present Manager Hart hadn't a a man competent to fill captain's position satisfactorily. PRESIDENT-SECRETARY YOTNG has made his first official umpire appointment. J. H. Gaffney ia the man. The American Association wanted him and invited an appli- cation from him, but hia terms werotoo high we believe. HOUCK may bt found with the Baltimore Club next aeason. Barnie thinks he would fill the bill capitally at abort field, if he will keep liraight awl let up on his everlasting chinning, and that Barnie says he can make him do. IT IB said that the Cincinrati management would like to trade off Charley Jones for Joe Somrner, of the Balti- mores. Joe would like to go to Cincinnati, but .Tones, although he wants to get away from Cincinnati, objects to going to Baltimore. FUN NT Cincinnati exchange:—"The situation growa intense. The Wimanftes in New York are threatening to cast the Byrneee into the dark dungeons of the Tombs. Keep it up, boys, and the turnstiles will squeak the more next aummer." AMONG the local players wintering in Cincinnati may be mentioned:—Ed Clark, of the Columbus Club; Ed Reeder, of the Lexingtuns; Ed Pendletoa and George Miller, of the Maeons; Lou Heyers, Al. Hungler, Harry Wheeler and Wm. Kinsman. McDoNALD, formerly of the Oswegoe, is playiug good ball with the Pioneers, of San Francisco. He is catch- ing Sweeney, of the St. Louis Maroons. In a recent game hia record was four times at bat, one run, no base hits, six put outs, three assists and no errors. A GOOD many longing eyes are fixed on Myers, the plucky and hard working catcher of the Buffalo Club. Pittsburg would like to get him and so would several other American clubs, but Lncaa will in all probability secure the prize, owning to the League reserve rule. BALL players snicker when the wonderful sobriety of the Chicago team last season la mentioned. More than one League player is willing to swear that the < harn- pions stood up to the rack w«U up to July, but that aft*r that many were the rackets sad benders indulge i THE Pittsbnrg^nd St. Louis delegates were bitterly disappointed over Mr. McKuight's failure to put theni on the schedule committe, and their curses were not loud, bnt deep. Horace Phillips has an idea that he i* schedul* '""1U ia 'he bu<inew that can d ™w UP • proper JAS. 1. POWELL, who played firat base last season for the Norfolk and Athletic clubs, is living with his moiher at Richmond, V«. This lady, by the way, is the lessee and manageress of the Richmond Theatre, the only legitimate first-class theatre in that city. Powell is still disengaged. THE following paragraph is going the rounds:— '-Preai- ilent Garrett, of the Baltimore and Ohio would like th» Baltimore Club to go by the name of the 'B. a'jd O. Club of Baltimore.' He wonld present the club with a c«h' present if they adopt the name." Not a word of truth in it, saya Barnie. HUGH F. BIDDY, ot Bridgeport, is prominently men- tioned for the management of the Eastern League club to be organized there. Mr. Reddy is our correspondent at that point, is well posted on base ball matters, has a wide acquaintance with players and would prove a good man for the pcsitiou. THE Newburg, N. Y., Base Ball Association has been dissolved and a new one formed, which will play on the old grounds with the old tea™ strengthened The new association will probably join a Hudson Ri ver League to comprise Troy, Albany, Hudson, Kingston Ponuh- teepsie and Newburg. SOME curiosity is expressed as to how the New York State) League's new method of dividing gate receipts will work Their rule is that no guarantee will be paid to a visitinir club and the homa club will tuke the whole of the re- ceipts in every instance, except on national holidays ™hen they will divide equally. * WE HAVE letters for the following persona: A O Watson, Landis and Smith, Wm. Harbrid«e, Sam Kim- ber Red Batman, E. C. Pendleton, Charles Morton W J. Roche, George W. McVey, Joe Miller, Hen Myers Hughes, late of the Athletics; Hawkes, E. N. E League player; Pat Larkin, Eugene Derby. BALTIMORE Times: "Baltimore will not mourn greatly lor the loss of the players from the Meta. Old Squaw Brady couldn't catch anything handily but the measles. Foster was worse than Manning, and Nelaon is so old that the opening of each aeason ia a conundrum to him and the knowing baae ball public." KEWE and Rich-rdson, of the New York Club who> were at New Orleans since the season closed, have re- turned home. They say that there is no longer any profit in base ball at New Orleans on account of the cold weather. The Chicago Club, however, will go to New Orleans to play a series of games with the St. Louis and) Louisville clubs. WHAT those gentlemen who are reported to-day av having signed with one club or another, denying it to- morrow, and having it reiterated next week, expect to gain by their course in the long run is one of the mys- teries at present, but it is to be hoped, for ihe peace at miad of the community, that they will be securely an- chored before long. PHIL POWERS, who is living in Port Huron, Mich had a very sad Christmas. On that day of days, wheu joy reigned supreme, the angel of death entered Phil a happy home and robbed him of his baby daughter Anna. The little one had just lived nine months and seventeen days in this world of trouble. The many friends of the genial catcher will sympathize with him in hia affliction. A NEW YORK contemporary ia not so far out of the way when it says:—"Possibly the New York State League made a mistake when they declined to take in the strongest of the Canadian base ball clubs and thereby form a strong eight-club International League. Ten times more interest wonld be taken in the fight between Canadian and New York State clubs than can possibly arise from local contests aione. GUY HECKER ia going to make a trip In January in the interest of hia base ball supply house. He will visit all the base ball towns from Louiaville to New Orleans, and will endeavor to make terms for outfits with the va- rious club managers, as well aa to supply retail dealers! in aporting goods. "Heck" ought to develop into a firat- class drummer. He has plenty of presence of mind, and his tongue flows like a brooklet. A DESPATCH from Wooster, 0., says:—"W. C. Luce was caught between bumpers while coupling cars at the de- pot Wednesday, and had his left arm crushed. Large pieces of bone were taken out. Amputation will p,ob- ably be necessary. Luce played with the D'Nice Ball Club, and was an expert catcher. He recently resigned tue position of brakeman on the Fort Wayne Railroad." IT is a fact not generally known that Barnie has ligned Erneat Burch, late of the Nationals. The con- tract was not approved or published because Barr^ would have given him up to the Nationala had tfS latter been admitted to the American Association. As the Nationala are now out it ia probable that Barnie will hold on to thia good batsman and fine fielder, plac- ing him in the ontneld, thus utilizing Greer as catcher for Kilroy. AUGUSTA, Ga., notes:—Our club ia now getting in shape for next season. We find some difficulty in aecur- ing good pitchers, as all the best of them have signed with the older associations. We would like to hear from D«»via, formerly of the Bostons, and some other good pitchers and catchers.........Chattanooga, Nash- ville, Macon and Columbus are much ahead of their sister cities in signing players. I think the firat two have their nines complete. JOHN F. GORMAN, of the Vtira Club, writes THB SPORTING LIFE that Secretary White left him out of the official averages altogether, although entitled to a record. He played in eleven games and led the club batting with an average of .351; he played at third base and short field in '2 games and pitched D games, and his fielding averages in the first named positions were .750 and 1,000, and as pitcher .639. He has signed with Lawrence for next season. HARDIE HENDERSON,Baltimore's champion twirler,and his active little catcher.Trafrley, have formed themselves a bnsiness battery and opened a saloon and restaurant ia the Monumental City. Hardie left Philadelphia las£ week and wiP make Baltimore his home for the rest of the winter, should the battery succeed in mixing cobblers and cock-tails aa well as they can assort the shoots and curves the shekels will no doubt be plentiful by the time the robins nest again. THE Eastern League has signed the National Agree- ment, and it is thought that their players will now be safe. Several prominent managers hold that the con- tracts of the Newark and other clubs' players wonld not be binding npon rival managtrs, who might want aome of their men, as their contracts were entered into long; before the National Agreement was signed. This looks, however, very much like stretching a fine point. No self-respecting baae ball man abould now think for a moment of further tampering with these men. THE Washington papers have a strange misconception of the Nationals'position in base ball matters. For in- stance the Herald says:—'iThe National Club, if they accept membership in the League, stand iu a position to* dictate terms to the other members of the organization. They can insist upon the return of Hines, Shaw, Gilligan and Carroll, of the Providences, who were originally promised them under their former qualified admission. This is manifestly jnat, and the directors should insist strenuously on this question." Guv HECKER it quoted as saying: "The cut in my salary was a large one, but I signed, and it it probable that I wonld have signed for less if compelled to. Ball men will pJay, and it is a fact that some of them, or I should say many of them, would not let a season pas* them if they had to work for two dollars per day." Not to very large a cut, Guy; only $300 off, yon know. By the way, Hecker was the only player on the Louisville team who received over 82,000. A cheap nine, and yet got a good place in the race. No wonder the club made) money. MR. FRANK NEI.SOV, secretary of the Canadian Base Ball League, announces that the Torontos have given notice of the engagement of the following players:—J. H. Humphries, J. H. Davis, Jay S. Faatz, Dell Darling, Charles H. Osterhout and F. C. Macklin. Notice of the engagement of these players has been forwarded to the other leagues in the National Agreement. Macklin ia of last year's Toronto team and the others are from the Syracuse Stars, last year's champions of New York State. To the list has to be added Yeach, the pitcher from Ma- con, Ga. Faatz, who will play firat base, it 6ft. 4in. tall. CONNECTICUT was well represented in the National Association of Ball Clubs as far back as 18<j!), and aome very exciting game* came off between clubs from Water- bnry, New Britain, New London and Norwalk. Fair Haven, Westport and Nangatuck also had clubs in the organization, and several of the crack League players of the country came from these towns. Anong some of the many we might name Jim O'Kourke, Mike Dorgan Jerry Dorgan, James Tipper, Wm. Arnold, John O'Rourke, Tommy Burns, Critchly, the great pitcher of the Albanys; Steve Brady, Ed Hanlin, Lil lie, Win. Ar- nold, the manager; Benjamin Douglass, Tom Furnis% Jim Keenan, "Tricky" Nichols, Fred Goldsmith, Roger Connor and many others too numerous to mention. WASHINGTON is a little apprehensive of the 50 cent tariff. One paper saya: "Whether in the Letgne o.- the American Association. Washington is a twenty-five-cent city nnrt, last and all the time. The success of a base ball clnb depends largely upon the number of admis- sions at the gate. The uncovered seats at Capitol Park last year were a greater source of revenue to the home club than the grand stand. Nearly every person seen on the former represented a quarter of a dollar, while the same cannot be aiid of the grand stand. Twenty-five cents is as much as Washington people care to pay for admission to the grounds, although there are many persons who would not hesitate to pay twenty-five or even fifty cents extra for a choice seat on the grand stand." KEOKUK, Ia., notes:—Jas. Walsh, E. H. Decker and D. J. Corcoran, who are booked for the Macon, Ga., Club for next aeason, are wintering here. Walsh and Decker are married men and this place is their home. "Corkey™ has charge of athletics at the boat club rooms, ill the boys are taking excellent care of themselvei and will be in good condition for next season's work. Harter is afc his home in yuincy, III. Dngdale and O'Brien are at Peoria, while Ted Kennedy and his bride are sojourniuff In the South. If Ted ia given a show with the Athletics) he will show Spalding that he was heavy-weight enough) for a League club. The dressing rooms and grand stan<t •t Sportsman's Park were destrojed by fire recently. It it thought that the fire was caused by tramps who Ii.it. taken up quarters in the dressing rooms. (Bate 6uR continued mjifthfagt.)

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Page 1: Jan. 6. THE SPO»O3OTIK , LIFE.library.la84.org/SportsLibrary/SportingLife/1886/.../SL0613003.pdf · THE SPO»O3OTIK , LIFE. 3 ... There seems to be a diversity of opinion regard

Jan. 6. THE SPO»O3OTIK , LIFE. 3

FROH THE Hl'B.

The Boston Team for '80—Hines' Ca«»-Wls« Sure to Sign—Miscellaneous News Notes.

BOSTON. Jan. 1.—Editor SPO«TINO Lir*:— If the ground was in fit condition a game of ball could be played in the Hub to-day as well »» not. I hftve attended a good many games in early spring anil late fall when the weather was much colder than to day. A New Year's Day of a thous­ and, and it is a relief to bury the Boston Club'j season of 1S85 with the old year. May the Gods prevent a repetition. And now for the prospects of the bean-eaters in 1386. Yes, they are better than they were a year ago. I am afraid that we shall not have a championship nine unless future developments show additional strength. Great pitchers, number one fielders, fair batters and ordinary base runners, I think, sizes up the ag­ gregation. Now, it is a strong one, I will admit, but I put a great deal on big batters, and while we have a number of good, free hitters, there are but few real, every-day sure and clean hatters. How­ ever,we shall have a great team from one standpoint.

If. our men can't do much batting perhaps their opponents will be in the same fix, for they will just about have their hands full when they face Buffinton and Radbourn, and then the field sup­ port will be strong. There are still some import­ ant members of the Boston team to be signed. President Soden has been doing very little with base ball for two weeks. He has been too busy winding up his business year to attend to the National game's interests,but he tells me that now he is going right to work to perfect arrangements for next season. He will sign Morrill, Buffin­ ton and Wise at once; that is provided he can,and there seems little doubt of that. He don't have much to say about Whitney and Hackett. It would be quite a joke if they should be released to some other club, and then they should go to work with a will and down the Bostons every time they meet them. Stranger things have happened. There seems to be a diversity of opinion regard­ ing the future of Paul Hines. Originally it was given out that he was to go to one of the two new clubs. Next, there were to be but six clubs and so Hines was on the market. Suddenly Boston signs him, and then right on top of this comes the information that the Nationals are to be members of the League. What it all means would be difficult for a Chicago lawyer O decide, but then the maneuvers of the League magnates are more difficult to solve than the old fifteen puzzle, which drove everybody to distraction. I was rather of the opinion when I learned the Nationals had been taken into the League that Mr. Soden had made another one of his ten strikes by capturing the big centre fielder of the defunct Providence Club just in time to pre­ vent his going any where else. Several with-whom I have talked seem to be of the opinion that Hines will yet be given to the Nationals if they really come into the League. This seems to me to be very reasonable, but yet we need Hines so badly here that I am inclined to think there is some arrangement to retain him in Boston since President Soden is coming out about number one this winter.

While the powers that be in the Boston Base Ball Association are taking a slight vacation, the dissatisfied members of the corporation are taking A breathing spell during a cessation of hostilities. They have not given up their cause, however, and to-morrow will buckle on their armor for an ad­ vance. The holidays interfered with their origi­ nal plan?, and the report which their counsel were to have made a week ago had to be deferred until to-morrow. They are to hold another meeting at the office of their champion, George Lloyd, and expect to come to a final decision upon tbeir course. I have heard aome croakers aay that there waa not money enough in any syndicate that could be formed among the "kickers" to carry on the suit. Now, aa a matter of fact, Mr. Lloyd could conduct the suit atone to far as the financial part is concerned. Iron has turned into United States money in his hands and he had the re­ sources to fight out the matter single-handed if he waa to inclintd.

WISE GOOD EXOCGH FOB BOSTON. It baa been a winter of base bail rnmora in the Hnb.

A very freely discussed one ii to the effect that Boston and Chicago are attempting to exchange Wise and Gore. I asked Mr. Soden the other day what troth there is in the story, and he laughed at the idea, siymg that nei­ ther he nor Spalding knew anything about it. How­ ever that may be. it baa been the talk of Boston's base ball circles, aud these two players have been discussed and pulled J > pieces in a way that wonld hare fright­ ened them bad they overheard the animated debate! of which they have been the innocent canae. How yoa can make any just comparison between the men I can­ not see. Gore is an oatfielder, and Wiae is an infieller He nas not done enough work in the outfield to give ground for compariaon, and what he can do in that ca­ pacity is atill an open question. The big centre fielder ia a great player, and would make a valuable addi­ tion to any club, but he could not fill Wise's place any more than Sam could fill his. Not a man wonld be more missed by the Boston nine than Sam Vise. He is a ball player, every inch of him. He don't play one inning or one day and sulk the nest, but he does hia very best every day. He don't always play a brilliant game. In fact, I know of no one on the dia­ mond who can make more exasperating and disappoint­ ing plays than Sam Wiae, but on the other hand he has made more phenomenal one-handed pick-ups and throws than any abort stop in the profession. He is not like some players who become rattled when they make a miss. An error has no effect on Sam. He plays juat aa hard and conscientiously after as before making a throw

' over John M'.rrill's head. And yet Bam is very sensi­ tive, and after a game is over feels aa badly as anyone possibly could if he hag played poorly.

I remember the first game of ball Sam Wise ever played in the Hub with the Bostons. It was on Faat Day, at the cuatomary opening game of the season, be­ tween th« B,at»na and a picked nine. Wise played short slop and be waa the observed of all on the field. As he atepped to the plate for the first time he was given a rousing welcome by the tig crowd, and then every­ body waited anxiously, wondering what he could do with the stick. He looked big and strong enough to knock the cover off the ball, and a minute later he came very near doing it. He got the ball juat where he wanted it and the next second it waa sailing over the centre fielder's head, while the apectatora ahouted and Sam flew down to second. With that two-bagger he ran straight into the affections of Boston's base ball en­ thusiasts and no one it more thought of to-day. 1 saw him on Washington street the other day. This is the first winter he has ever spent in Boston and it evidently agrees with him here, as he it looking finely. Boston people weuld like Gore, but they don't want to give np Wise. If they can't have but one, they would take our popular short stop every time.

HITS FROM THE HUB.This talk about the American Association being about

ready to wipe out the League it the shallowf at mockery I ever beard. Last Monday's meeting at Philadelphia looked a great deal like dictating to the League. The poor fellowa who attended it muat hate the name crow. They used to tell me when I was at school that every­ body muat eat his peck of dirt sooner or later. Now we won't all hive to eat our crow if the American Associa­ tion people keep on aa well aa they have begun, as they will get more than their share. It ia no use, the men who are ruining the Association are not equal to the League leaders in shiewdness, and they might aa well acknowledge the fact first as last. They keep showing it by the amount of back-water they have to take. They thought they could keep the League down to six clubs by taking in the Nationala. They made love to the Waahingtons and even proposed, bnt only to be refused, and to they had to fall back on the divorced Metropolitans.

The Eastern New England managers are not to be outdone by their elders in the League. They are get­ ting to be big boys uow,and have a salary limit just like the men in the older organization. And what.il more, they pay juat about as much attention to it. Circum stances, at least, go to show this. Tke Newburyports wanted Cooney and another player from Connecticut who played with their new manager last season. They said they would rather play, with him than any other man they knew, bnt objected to the offer made them, which was tlie limit adopted by the League. A few days later they were signed by Haverhill. If they would not sign with the Newburyports where they wanted to play so as to he with their old captain, how did it happen that they went to Haverhill, when they were offered the rcaxium salary by the former? I think Manager Seelye, of the Havei- hill's muat have adopted Jim Mutrie's plan, and paid them a good round sum for some old shirts.

The wheels of next season's organization have been oiled and started at Brockton. A n->w stock company of limited membership has been formed. H. 8. Bicknell, Warren A. Howard, James Luddy and E. A. Chase will be stockholders. McGnnnigle, who had a third interest in last year's club, will probably not be a member of the Association this year, but he will manage it. The club was run last season as a private enterprise, and made money.

Jack Manning aaya he can't see what need there is of the men who haven't signed yet. He has figured it up that three dubs have fifty players under contract or re­ serve. He adviaes that the ball players join the Knights •f Labor, since that organization seems to run every- thing.

The pololets of this section are delighted. John Mor­ rill has been persuaded to referee some more polo games. He will preside at two a week, and will officiate only in the rink* from wbich he can get home the nights

of ths nine. John is very domestic, and does not like to leave Mrs. and Miss Morrill alone at nights.

Lucas will have the best infield in the country with McKiunon, Dunlap and Donny on the bales and Glass- cock at short. For fielding they can't be beaten and as matters they are not very slow.

Thomas Lovt'tt, who began last season with the Prov- deuces and finished with the Athletics, has signed for thu year with the, Newburyports. Muowfxr.

CHATTANOOGA'S TEAM.

All the Men Signed—Who Manager Levin' Selection* Are.

CHATTAXOOGA, Dec. 31.—Editor SPORTING LIT*: —Our city is the first of the Southern League towns to complete its nine, and every man signed is secured by a contract, and no further trouble need be apprehended. Though Chattanooga did not win the pennant last yaar, we demonstrated that we knew how to choose ball players, and as a result our city sold two players for $1,000. It is earnestly hoped that a sale will not be necessary next season, and from present indications it will not be. All that can be heard of the new players is most favorable.

Manager Levis, and Hart, Cross and Otterson, of last year's team, have already been signed, with eight additional players. Graham, the new right fielder, played with Memphis the latter part of .ast season. Mansel], left field, was one of the hardest hitters in the New York State League last year, and ia said to have a splendid fielding average. Lew P. Dick- enon, centre field, ia a left-hand batter, and ia :laimed to be a very faat base runner. Mathias ia short top or basemau. He was short stop in the Eastern League laat season, being a member of the Norfolk ^'lub. He played with the Chicago I nions in 1884. He s said to possess two winning qualities—slugging and >ase running. His batting average last season waa .312. Ettinger, third basemao, played iu the West laat season. Kent, pitcher, played with the Hamilton (Ontario) Club. His catcher, Cantz, has also been signed. DrUcoll, pi'cher, is from the New England League.

The following is the team as now signed: Kent, Hart and Driscoll, pitchers; Cantz, catcher; Ltvis, first base; Otterson, second base; Ettinger, third base; Croaa, abort atop; Graham, right field; Mansell, left field; Dlckerson, centre field; Mathias, short stop or baseman. Another catcher will be signed very soon and the Chattanoogas will then be ready for the battle. A number of North­ ern clubs will visit Chattanooga in the spring before the season opens. The Louiavilles play March 26. The De- troits are booked for April 2.

BUFFALO NEWS.

Mr. Lucas, of St. Louis, Sued—Next Season'sClub, Etc.

BUFFALO, N. Y., Dec. 31.—Editor S PORTING LIFE:—Charlea B. Wheeler, representing the Cleveland Baae Ball Association, has brought suit

the Erie County Supreme Court against Henry Lucas, of St. Louis, to recover $2,000, which it

is alleged he agreed to pay for the resignation of the Cleveland Club from the National League. The consideration for the franchise was $2,oOO, of which #.}IH) was paid down and $2,000 waa to be — id when the St. Louis Hub was admitted. The St. ujuis Clnb was admitted, but Mr Lucas baa not paid the |2,(XX). The Cleveland manager* caught Mr, Lucas ia this State and at ODC« began suit against him.

Buffalo will probably be represented next aeason in the Mew York State League by a strong team. A meet-

3g for the purpose of organization is to be held the firat reek in January. The gentlemen connected with the

u«w movement are among the leading business men of Buffalo, and a number of them were al the head of the old club in 1877 and 78, when it waa BO successful. Buf­ falo was the best drawing city in the old National Asso­ ciation, and, with the a i mission at twenty-five centi, will doubtless be the beat paying city iu the State League. AD effort ia being made to secure the valuable ervices aa manager of the genial veteran J. C. Chapman, .tho was so successful with the Buffalo League team laat season np to the time they were sold out and the "big four" taken away. The poor showing made by the Buffalo* afterwards was due to the fact that Chap­ man waa compelled to play the season out with several inferior players.

Charleston Frosposes to Stick.CHARLESTON, S. C., Dec. 31.—Editor SPORTISB

LIFE:—I see the Savannah, Atlanta and one or two other papers take great delight in saying that "as Charleston has not complied with the re­ quirements of the Southern League it will be 'fired* at the meeting in Macon on the 7th of Jan­ uary." I beg leave to tell your readers that Charleston is a member of the Southern League just as much as Atlanta,Savannab or any of the rest of them. We have paid and had our initiation fee accepted. Charleston's name is printed on the letter heads used by President Proudfit. Mr. Proudfit aent us blank contracts and we have already names on nine of them as follows:—Ang Weyhing, pitcher of Henlsy Clnb,Richmond, Ind., batting average .125, fielding .975; William), Weyhing's catcher, Henley Clnb, batting .245, fielding .930; Strothers, first base, Zaceaville, Ohio, Club, batting .286, fielding .9«<4; Brognan, second base, Eastern New England League, batting Ml, fielding .921; Alvord, third base or short stop, St. Louis and Milwaukee clubs, batting 248, fielding .918; Bourke, third base or short atop, Zaueiville Club, batting .286, fielding .900;'Mclleer anl Oilman, of Youngatown, 0., and Rhue, of Augusta and Henley clubs, fielders. The club'a batting average will be a little over -2.W, fielding .940. We want another battery, and Will Bryan wonld like to hear from good pitchers and catchera at once Address, Will C. Bryan, care of Waverly House, Charleston,3. C, Bryan and one of the directors will attend the League meeting at Macon on the 7th. VIM.

Bancroft Getting Good Material.NEW BEDFORD, Mass., Dec. 31.—Editor SPORTING

LIFE:—It has been currently stated that Roches­ ter may be admitted to the League in order to make up the full quota of clubs. Manager Ban­ croft says that under no circumstances whatever will the Rochester Club enter the League. It would not be policy for him so to do, as he cin- not get a strong enough team to contend with the either six, and the move wonld be a financial loss in the end. He ia satisfied with membership in the New York State League, where the clubs will be more evenly matched Frank thinks there will be but six clubs in the National League.

No steps have been taken as yet to placing an Eastern New England League club in this city. The Brockton Club management a anxious to have a club here, as it would give the League a membership of eight clubs and an excellent and paying circuit.

Manager Bancroft has signed Horner and Warner, of Baltimore, for one battery, and Kenzil, of last season's Trentons. Hen Myers or Strief will play second base and Joe Miller, of last season's Louiavillt-a, short stop. Nava will probably be secured for one of the catchers and Sullivan, a local pitcher of Tall River, will be given a trial in the be x.

Al McKiunon refereed the New Bedford-3omerville polo game on the evening of the 29th and gave perfect satisfaction. B&ISTOL.

Blnghamton Moving.BI.VGHAMTON, Jan. 1.—Editor SPORTIHG LIFE:—

Base ball is still on the boom in the Parlor City. Contracts have been forwarded to Jones, of laat season's Newarks, who will guard second bag; Hasset, of the Lawrence Club, of the Eastern New England League, who will play at short; Van Alstyne, of the Syracuse Stars of last season, who will as heretofore take care of third; Sales, of the Williamsports, who will twirl the sphere, and O'Bourke, of last year's Binghamtons, who will still continue to play behind the bat. These players are all exceedingly fine, both with the willow and in fielding, and we have uo hesitation in saying that they will make all opponents play remarkably fine ball if they desire to win. Manager McCormick is desirous of hearing from a first-class pitcher and catcher, and also any A 1-out- fielders in want of a situation. The Syracuse Courier has published what they claim is a correct list of the playera comprising the .Star nine of 1886, and we ven­ ture to say that if said list is a correct one, the Stars will occupy none other than last position at the close ot the season.

Not Afraid of Spalding.From the Washington Republic.

"It is true that Spalding objects to the admission of Washington. But there is nothing in that. This city it in and he is powerless to oust it. The commiltre ap­ pointed to fill vacancies, as before said, is clothed with plenary and irrevocable power, and its decision it final. Mr. Mpalding was designated to look after a Western club, but he waa at heart against eight clubs, and tried how not to do it. He is afraid of the improving East w ngainst the deteriorating West. The East is solid for Washington and means to keep it just where it is, Mr. Spalding to the contrary notwithstanding. The Bostons, New Yorksand Philadelphias are tired of going West twice every summer at au immense outlay and getting nothing iu return. These ' lutw wane tnother first-class city in the East to give them enough of money to defray the expenses attending the luxury of traveling West. The bruins of the National game are on the Atlantic slope, and it is easy for mto forsee that ultimately there will be a icreat Eastern league, running from Boston to Washington, and therefore the necessity of obtaining Washington before it was riptnrml by a hostile associa­ tion. Wnshintiton will, under ordinary circumstances, and taking the season as a whole, give visiting clubs al least as much money as Chicago and any other Western town combined."

BABN1E GETS H18 MAX.

Barkley to go te Baltimore Despite Plttn- burg'a Effort* to Secure Him.

Baltimore and Pittsburg hare had something of a tussle for Barkley and Barnie only succeeded in bagging his game after a sharp struggle. He had to hunt Barkley up in person and, after much trouble, induced him to sign an agreement to play in Baltimore if released from St. Louis. Barkley at the same time signed a contract all filled up ex­ cept the date, so that the moment he was released by Von der Ahe the date could be supplied and the contract sent in for approval to President McKnight. All this took place before the American Association meeting last Monday. On Tuesday Barnie finally settled all matters with Von der Ahe, and the latter has by this time probably formally released Barkley to Baltimore. Horace Phillips expressed some disappointment when he learned the facts, as he was almost sure that Barkley would go to Pitts­ burg. He said that he and President Nimick had seen Barkley at Wheeling and he demanded $2,250. Pittsburg offered him the limit and Bark- ey as good as promised to accept the offer, accepting a railroad ticket to Ptttsburg, where he was to have gone to sign. Barnie is very hot at Phillips, and at the meeting laat Monday ventilated himself freely in regard to what he calls his wrongs. He says that Pittsburg, by meddling with the i matter, forced him (Barnit)^o go to much trouble and : an increased expense of several hundreds of dollars. Ha i bought it was particularly mean in Pittsburg, eousider- ng that he kept his hands off in the Cotumbua deal, lost money by Pittsjmrg's unloading upon him of Geo. Creamer, and also considering that he waa to be < given a chance to strengthen his team. "Thia is a sam- j jle of the way they help me,' he said; "at the first | chance I have to get a really good man, one of the very i clubs pledged to give me a lift step* in and tries to rob | me of the fruits of my enterprise, compelling me to spend a large amount of money to secure a man whom [ could have gotten without trouble and at much less money if Pittsourg had stood aloof. D—— such friend­ ship. Hereafter I'm going to look cat for Barnie and the Baltimore Club, and depend upon no one but my­ self. I'm tired of professions of friendship without the performance." Bark ley's release coat Barnie an even $1,000; his salary will be |2,000 and he will also receive an additional sum for captaining the team, so that he will stand Baltimore juat about $3,300. We ;rust that Bar me will get the worth of his money out of lim. He will certainly strengthen the team very much

DETROIT TIPS.

Preparing for the Unhappy Pitchers—Sam Crane Asking for His Release, Etc., Etc.

DETROIT, Dec. 31.—Editor SPORTING LIFE;— Base ball people in this district were affected to tears by the spectacle of Day, Wiman and Caylor reeping on each others' necks. Perhaps it is un- ind to refer to the cartoon which pictures three

politicians lovingly embracing each other while sticking out of every pocket were dagger?, re­ volver?, and other unanswerable arguments ready for instant use in case of a change of political sentiment. As Wiman seems to have maintained a very perpendicular position since his troublt with the Association, Caylor's magnanimous sug­ gestion not to jump on a man when he is down is

u-tin; to say the least. It's usual, I believe, to have the other fellow get off of you before you jump on him. But then it's very proper that the big chiefs of the base ball world should begin the New Year by burying the hatchet.

Said Ed Hanlon to your correspondent the other day: "Pitchers won't have any soft marks in Detroit after this. Before Galvin left the League he told me that he used to 'spread' himself on the first four batters of the Detroits and then rest himself on the remainder of the nine, and it was so with the rest of the pitchers." Well, there will be no rest for the wicked, weary twirlers in Detroit next aeason. It i- surprising that Hanlon, Bennett and Wood have secured such excellent batting records in view of the fact that they were "laid for" by the twirl­ ers.

Jimmy Peoples and his njarvelons fine overcoat flaahed upon the astonished gaze of Detroiter's this w0ek and then suddenly withdrew from our gaze like a beaa- tifui picture in a panorama. He returned to Cincinnati where he has secured a lucrative position. Jimmy is a Detroit boy and before he joined the professional ranks took part in many a hard-fought amateur battle in th« City of the Straits.

Sam Crane desiiee his release ao aa to play with the Athletics. 8am played an elegant aecond baae for De­ troit last season. His atjle is peculiar. He appears to go after 3 ball with preat deliberation, and when every­ body gets nervous tor fear "the t«*ie runner will beat him, heanaps up the ball and gets it to first just ahead of the candidate for a run. Sam's fumbles are few and far between.

In view of the fact that Duntap took an oath, on hia contract with Cleveland, to never again soil his dimpled hands with the mud which grows on ihe St. Louis dia­ mond; that he would rather subsist on bread and water (fire-water) the rest of his days, there must have been gome very substantial consideration to induce him to overcome hia dislike to the Mound City.

As the League law holds that a released player must go to the League club which ten days after said release signifies its desire for the services of said player, it would seem that Wood, Caaey and McGuire are at the disposal of Philadelphia. MAT.

Stray Bits.COVINGTOX, Ky., Dec. 29.—Alex. Voss has signed

a contract with C. H. Morton, manager Savannah ball team, to pitch for the season of 1886..*......Robt. Clark, who caught for the Atlantas last season, is in Covington unsigned; also Tom Sullivan, his pitcher—both open for engagement. It waa not Robert Clark, the (tall player,*ho waa sent to the workhouse, but some other man by that name.........Wm. F. Kreig, whohas signed with Hartford, wants his release; he will not play ball the coming season, as he has gone into the wholesale grocery business, and that will require all bis attention.........Joe Diestel ia at hia home in FortressMonroe unsigned for the coming season; Joe led the centre fielders in the Southern League the past season .........Savannah has secured a good pitcher and generalplayer in Vow.

Jm O'ROURKI has twen made » referee In th* WstteraDivision of the Now England Polo L«*gue.

FRED DIM u'only wanted H,,ViO and a two years' guaranteed contract from the Athletic Club.

PITCHER JOHN CONNOE, late of the NMhvilleand Chat- anooga clubs, it wintering in Nashua, N. H.

DAVIS, of last < on's Brockton team, ia said to have

Notes and Comments.ED WILLIAMSOS is in Chicago.SEERY ia ia St. Louis on a visit.WHO will get Shaw, the wizard?HECKER practicea daily in a gymnasium.HARTFORD will be managed by Jack Remsen.FRED Co BET still wears a ihade over his injured eye.REIPSLAGER ia said to be an expert with the Indian

clubs.MACULLAR ia captain of a polo team at a Baltimore

rink.FOSTER, the second base man, has been signed by the

Meta.WHAT the New Tear brought New York—Johnny

Ward.WHO bida for Hugh Daily? He atill cornea high, we

believe.MrELROY, the well-known pitcher, ia wintering in

Norfolk.MANAGER BvR\E,ofthe Brooklyna, signed Oldfield

laat week.MANAGER MUTRIE ia rapidly filling dates for the April

exhibition gamect.NED f'l'THBBRT la back to hia old occupation—tend­

ing bar in St. Louis.BESIDES a good salary Sam Trott has the score <'ard

privilege at Newark.VON DER AHE ia in favor of having the pitcher's box

lengthened one foot.LEAGUE Umpire Curry has opened an oyster saloon on

Vine street, this city.PETE BROWNING has had hia share of Christmas and

gotten over it bravely.THE chief ambition of Jim Manning, of the Detroita,

ia to own a drug store.MONK CUNE is eaid to have aigned aa a short slop for

the Columbus, Ga., team.BABSTE has found a partner with a "barrel," but re-

fuaee to reveal his identity.THE two chiefs, Roeeman and Reip, will be together

again next season. 'Tis well.JUEGERHARDT has signed with New Tork, report! to

the contrary notwithstanding,LOVETT, of Ia»t year's Athletics, will probably go to

the New bury port, Mass., Club.JOHN B. DAT baa evidently begun to get the lads

"down into that tobacco shop."LITTLE NICOL'S store in St. Louis ia the head quartern

of the professionals In that city.ROBINSON, the Athletie's new catcher, ia an excellent

polo player. He lives ia Boston.JOHN MA.N.siNf., they say, ha^ become very thin, al­

though his health continues good.CHARLIE MASON ia seriously thinking of taking a team

down to New Orleana in February.THR New Yorke will open their season April 1 with

the Jaspers, of Ma thattan College.FRANK LANE, the ex -League umpire, is with John T,

Raymond's "Magistrate" company."BIDDY ' McPHEE's brother Horace is selling baae ball

goods at Hawley'a store in Cincinnati.JOHN SHEBIDAN, ex-umpire of the New York State

League, la wintering in Philadelphia.SAM MORTEM has abandoned hia plan of converting

the Chicago ball park into an ice rink.OH LORDI Petey Donahue,the New York JForWi base

ball man, has turned short story writer.

eloped with the wife of a prominent physician.IF we ever hav«a baae ball club to sell, John B. D*y

can get the job on a twenty per cent, commission.THE contracts of Hen Boyle, Jack Glaascock and Fred

Dunlap with St. Louia have aln-ady been approved.THE New York Wall Street Base Ball League will only

play boua nde Wall street men iu their club next season. A BALTIMORE exchange is authority for the statement

that Barkley's left arm is much shorter than his right. THERE will he plenty of room for good players next

aeason among the increasing professional organizations ST. Louis will sign no more players at present, as

Manager SchmelE has been directed to return to Colum­ bus.

JOHN P. BAFFKRTY, the third baseman of Itst year's Macon and Memphis clubs, is disengaged in Evaiuville Ind.

THE Bostons have now tome nineteen names on the list, and half a dozen will be dropped by the first of April.

Lou MvERfi, of Cincinnati, denies the report that he iato manage the Lexington, Ky., Club. He is still dis­ engaged.

MR. WIMAN was once a newst>oy and rose to be a base ball manager. Let the baae ball struck "kids" take warning.

Now that Millionaire Wiman has gone into base ball he must not kick if he ia lied about like any common ball toaaer.

BARNIE baa not given up his projected Southern trip; only postponed it for a couple of weeks until the Chicago* get through.

CUHE, hurry up that Meriden-New Britain combina­ tion. Both places a/e good ball towns,and should surely support one club.

NASH, Boston's young third base ma a, ia fresh with the pen. He writes that Baston has the champion League team. Ah!

IT COSTS each Americana Association club about $1,200 per annum for salaries of officers and umpires and other Association expenses.

IT is said that Wiman wants Esterbrook for the Mets and that he has offered $1,000 for hia release from the New Yorks and the League.

PHILADELPHIA will be pretty well represented om the Syracuse team with McClosky, Charlie Householder, Jacob?, Greln and Toniney.

BILLY HAWKS has given up his East Sagiuaw rink business and gone to Cleveland. He says the rink busi­ ness ia dying out in Michigan.

LEW DICKERSON has caught on again. We hope he will take counsel of experience and play out the aeason with the club he begins it with.

IT WILL be observed that Paul Hines' contract with Boston has not ytt been approved or promulgated; also that Buffinton has not yet signed.

THE base ball season will open at Staten Island early in April, with a local championship gam* between the New Yoik and Metropolitan clubs.

. McPHEE, Baldwin and Jones are in Cincinnati practic­ ing daily. The weather there is so mild that practice in the open air ia frequently possible.

THE Waterbury players wintering in that city are practicing every day in the armory and intend to be in food shape when the season begins.

SECRETARY WIGGIS, of the Eastern New England League.has approved contracts of Guerdon Whiteley and George A. Wilson with Newburyport.

ROGER CONNOR, of the New York Club, and William 9o)bert, of the Metropolitan Club, are at present em­ ployed iu the New York Custom House.

TONY MULLANE proposes to shake the duat of New Orleana from his feet, as there is no catcher there able ;o hold him—at least that's what he sajs.

Gcs SHALLIX has tried electric battery treatment and 3as had hid arm blistered. He says lib arm ia well and

j would like an engagement next season. TUM GUNNING goes to college all winter, andhasa*ved

enough money since he started playing ball to purchase a good home for his parents in Fall River.

THOSE unfortunate frozen-out Boston Club stock­ holders haven't even a dead-head privilege to the ground to show for the money invested in the club.

DEACON FARNSWORTH, the estimable base ball editor of the Boston Pott, has been under the weather with pneumonia. He ia now, however,around again.

SYRACUSE preaents three candidates for appointment to an official umpireahip in Messrs. Geer, Francis and Adams. 'Geer ia certainly the man for the place.

MANAGER HACKETT, of the Newarks, is kept busy cir­ culating around the Eastern League cities to stir up the animals, as it were, and to keep the enthusiasm up.

FROM New York comes the cheering news that Johnny Ward has at last signed with the New Yorka. 'Rah. Sow let ihe procession move. The country is saved.

BALTIMORE American:—"U Saeta Claus will only put in Baltimore s Christmas stocking a decent base ball club, he will have the thanks of a great many people."

JA< K GLBASON'* old enemy, "boils,"' have taken poses- aession of him. What with Louisville on one aide and Mils on the other, Jack is having a pretty tough time of it.

HINES has played for eight seasoDs with the Provid­ ence Club, Start seven, Farrell six, Radbonrn, Gilligan and Denny five each, Irwin and Carroll each three sea­ sons.

OSCAR WALKER, the well-known player,late of Newark and Baltimore, is dangerously ill at his residence, 102 Nassau street, Brooklyn. A benefit for him ia to be given.

SAN FRANCISCO is stuck on Fogarty's third baae play. Out there they consider him second only to Denny, and Denny is the Califoruian's beau ideal of a third bag guardian.

CAPT. ANSON, by close attention to the rec«nt billiard tournament and by judicious betting, managed to re­ coup the major part of the $600 he dropped against Tom Gallagher.

MANAGER Barnie waa laat week presented with a handsome gold-headed ebony cane by Mr. John Fowler. The presentation took place during a carnival at the Apollo Rink.

THE Detroit sluggers are expected to kill one pitcher per game. Seriously speaking though pitchers with an off day will suffer when opposed to that tremendous bat­ ting aggregation.

JAMES BAXTER, the Brockton ball toeser, had an offer to play with the St. Louis League Clnb after be had signed with the shoe-town nine and it waa too late to seek larger fields.

EX-MANAGING EDITOR WILLIAMS flopped that long tailed ulster of his around the corridors on the Conti­ nental Hotel laat Monday night with a flop that proud and exultant.

MVLDOON is a quiet as a clam and steady as a honge thia winter. Barnie has him under the eye of a base i ball loving priest, who has great influence over the er- i ratic third baseman. l

MANAGER HARBIDGE, of the Augusta Club, has been i authorized by the directors to sign Weidel, late of the Lancaaters. Weidel will affix his signature to a contract in the course of a few days.

THE.contracta of David Oldfield, with Brooklyn, and W. H. Holbert, John Nelaon, Charlea Reipschlager and Steve Brady, with the Meta, have been approved by President-Secretary McKnight.

THE Chicagos, Louisvilles, Detroits and Cincinnatis are mentioned among the clubs that will go South for early practice games. Gus Schmelz will take the St. Louis League team to Atlanta.

LEN STOCK WELL has signed to catch for the Savannah, Ga., Club, and Joe Brown, of the Chicago and Milwaukee clubs, will probably be signed as his pitcher, as they played together last season in Milwaukee.

CINCINNATI Commercial;—"Several copies of Reach's Base Ball Guide have been added to the Philadelphia Law Library, and the judges down there ap«nd their noon recess reading up the rules and constitution.' 1

KID BALDWIN has quit the wrestlers and fighters, and it now takei a derrick to move him away from hia hotel after dark. Mr. Kid says he has turned over a new leaf, and that he intends to play ball next season.

THE Louisville Cl^b is now complete and very strong, lacking but one man, an old head to play firat baae and captain the team. At present Manager Hart hadn't a a man competent to fill captain's position satisfactorily.

PRESIDENT-SECRETARY YOTNG has made his first official umpire appointment. J. H. Gaffney ia the man. The American Association wanted him and invited an appli­ cation from him, but hia terms werotoo high we believe.

HOUCK may bt found with the Baltimore Club next aeason. Barnie thinks he would fill the bill capitally at abort field, if he will keep liraight awl let up on his everlasting chinning, and that Barnie says he can make him do.

IT IB said that the Cincinrati management would like to trade off Charley Jones for Joe Somrner, of the Balti- mores. Joe would like to go to Cincinnati, but .Tones, although he wants to get away from Cincinnati, objects to going to Baltimore.

FUN NT Cincinnati exchange:—"The situation growa intense. The Wimanftes in New York are threatening to cast the Byrneee into the dark dungeons of the Tombs. Keep it up, boys, and the turnstiles will squeak the more next aummer."

AMONG the local players wintering in Cincinnati may be mentioned:—Ed Clark, of the Columbus Club; Ed Reeder, of the Lexingtuns; Ed Pendletoa and George Miller, of the Maeons; Lou Heyers, Al. Hungler, Harry Wheeler and Wm. Kinsman.

McDoNALD, formerly of the Oswegoe, is playiug good ball with the Pioneers, of San Francisco. He is catch­ ing Sweeney, of the St. Louis Maroons. In a recent game hia record was four times at bat, one run, no base hits, six put outs, three assists and no errors.

A GOOD many longing eyes are fixed on Myers, the plucky and hard working catcher of the Buffalo Club. Pittsburg would like to get him and so would several other American clubs, but Lncaa will in all probability secure the prize, owning to the League reserve rule.

BALL players snicker when the wonderful sobriety of the Chicago team last season la mentioned. More than one League player is willing to swear that the < harn- pions stood up to the rack w«U up to July, but that

aft*r that many were the rackets sad benders indulge i

THE Pittsbnrg^nd St. Louis delegates were bitterly disappointed over Mr. McKuight's failure to put theni on the schedule committe, and their curses were not loud, bnt deep. Horace Phillips has an idea that he i*schedul* '""1U ia 'he bu<inew that can d ™ w UP • proper

JAS. 1. POWELL, who played firat base last season for the Norfolk and Athletic clubs, is living with his moiher at Richmond, V«. This lady, by the way, is the lessee and manageress of the Richmond Theatre, the only legitimate first-class theatre in that city. Powell is still disengaged.

THE following paragraph is going the rounds:— '-Preai- ilent Garrett, of the Baltimore and Ohio would like th» Baltimore Club to go by the name of the 'B. a'jd O. Club of Baltimore.' He wonld present the club with a c«h' present if they adopt the name." Not a word of truth in it, saya Barnie.

HUGH F. BIDDY, ot Bridgeport, is prominently men­ tioned for the management of the Eastern League club to be organized there. Mr. Reddy is our correspondent at that point, is well posted on base ball matters, has a wide acquaintance with players and would prove a good man for the pcsitiou.

THE Newburg, N. Y., Base Ball Association has been dissolved and a new one formed, which will play on the old grounds with the old tea™ strengthened The new association will probably join a Hudson Ri ver League to comprise Troy, Albany, Hudson, Kingston Ponuh- teepsie and Newburg.

SOME curiosity is expressed as to how the New York State) League's new method of dividing gate receipts will work Their rule is that no guarantee will be paid to a visitinir club and the homa club will tuke the whole of the re­ ceipts in every instance, except on national holidays ™hen they will divide equally. *

WE HAVE letters for the following persona: A O Watson, Landis and Smith, Wm. Harbrid«e, Sam Kim-ber Red Batman, E. C. Pendleton, Charles Morton W J. Roche, George W. McVey, Joe Miller, Hen Myers Hughes, late of the Athletics; Hawkes, E. N. E League player; Pat Larkin, Eugene Derby.

BALTIMORE Times:—"Baltimore will not mourn greatly lor the loss of the players from the Meta. Old Squaw Brady couldn't catch anything handily but the measles. Foster was worse than Manning, and Nelaon is so old that the opening of each aeason ia a conundrum to him and the knowing baae ball public."

KEWE and Rich-rdson, of the New York Club who> were at New Orleans since the season closed, have re­ turned home. They say that there is no longer any profit in base ball at New Orleans on account of the cold weather. The Chicago Club, however, will go to New Orleans to play a series of games with the St. Louis and) Louisville clubs.

WHAT those gentlemen who are reported to-day av having signed with one club or another, denying it to­ morrow, and having it reiterated next week, expect to gain by their course in the long run is one of the mys­ teries at present, but it is to be hoped, for ihe peace at miad of the community, that they will be securely an­ chored before long.

PHIL POWERS, who is living in Port Huron, Mich had a very sad Christmas. On that day of days, wheu joy reigned supreme, the angel of death entered Phil a happy home and robbed him of his baby daughter Anna. The little one had just lived nine months and seventeen days in this world of trouble. The many friends of the genial catcher will sympathize with him in hia affliction.

A NEW YORK contemporary ia not so far out of the way when it says:—"Possibly the New York State League made a mistake when they declined to take in the strongest of the Canadian base ball clubs and thereby form a strong eight-club International League. Ten times more interest wonld be taken in the fight between Canadian and New York State clubs than can possibly arise from local contests aione.

GUY HECKER ia going to make a trip In January in the interest of hia base ball supply house. He will visit all the base ball towns from Louiaville to New Orleans, and will endeavor to make terms for outfits with the va­ rious club managers, as well aa to supply retail dealers! in aporting goods. "Heck" ought to develop into a firat- class drummer. He has plenty of presence of mind, and his tongue flows like a brooklet.

A DESPATCH from Wooster, 0., says:—"W. C. Luce was caught between bumpers while coupling cars at the de­ pot Wednesday, and had his left arm crushed. Large pieces of bone were taken out. Amputation will p,ob- ably be necessary. Luce played with the D'Nice Ball Club, and was an expert catcher. He recently resigned tue position of brakeman on the Fort Wayne Railroad."

IT is a fact not generally known that Barnie has ligned Erneat Burch, late of the Nationals. The con­ tract was not approved or published because Barr^ would have given him up to the Nationala had tfS latter been admitted to the American Association. As the Nationala are now out it ia probable that Barnie will hold on to thia good batsman and fine fielder, plac­ ing him in the ontneld, thus utilizing Greer as catcher for Kilroy.

AUGUSTA, Ga., notes:—Our club ia now getting in shape for next season. We find some difficulty in aecur- ing good pitchers, as all the best of them have signed with the older associations. We would like to hear from D«»via, formerly of the Bostons, and some other good pitchers and catchers.........Chattanooga, Nash­ ville, Macon and Columbus are much ahead of their sister cities in signing players. I think the firat two have their nines complete.

JOHN F. GORMAN, of the Vtira Club, writes THB SPORTING LIFE that Secretary White left him out of the official averages altogether, although entitled to a record. He played in eleven games and led the club batting with an average of .351; he played at third base and short field in '2 games and pitched D games, and his fielding averages in the first named positions were .750 and 1,000, and as pitcher .639. He has signed with Lawrence for next season.

HARDIE HENDERSON,Baltimore's champion twirler,and his active little catcher.Trafrley, have formed themselves a bnsiness battery and opened a saloon and restaurant ia the Monumental City. Hardie left Philadelphia las£ week and wiP make Baltimore his home for the rest of the winter, should the battery succeed in mixing cobblers and cock-tails aa well as they can assort the shoots and curves the shekels will no doubt be plentiful by the time the robins nest again.

THE Eastern League has signed the National Agree­ ment, and it is thought that their players will now be safe. Several prominent managers hold that the con­ tracts of the Newark and other clubs' players wonld not be binding npon rival managtrs, who might want aome of their men, as their contracts were entered into long; before the National Agreement was signed. This looks, however, very much like stretching a fine point. No self-respecting baae ball man abould now think for a moment of further tampering with these men.

THE Washington papers have a strange misconception of the Nationals'position in base ball matters. For in­ stance the Herald says:—'iThe National Club, if they accept membership in the League, stand iu a position to* dictate terms to the other members of the organization. They can insist upon the return of Hines, Shaw, Gilligan and Carroll, of the Providences, who were originally promised them under their former qualified admission. This is manifestly jnat, and the directors should insist strenuously on this question."

Guv HECKER it quoted as saying: "The cut in my salary was a large one, but I signed, and it it probable that I wonld have signed for less if compelled to. Ball men will pJay, and it is a fact that some of them, or I should say many of them, would not let a season pas* them if they had to work for two dollars per day." Not to very large a cut, Guy; only $300 off, yon know. By the way, Hecker was the only player on the Louisville team who received over 82,000. A cheap nine, and yet got a good place in the race. No wonder the club made) money.

MR. FRANK NEI.SOV, secretary of the Canadian Base Ball League, announces that the Torontos have given notice of the engagement of the following players:—J. H. Humphries, J. H. Davis, Jay S. Faatz, Dell Darling, Charles H. Osterhout and F. C. Macklin. Notice of the engagement of these players has been forwarded to the other leagues in the National Agreement. Macklin ia of last year's Toronto team and the others are from the Syracuse Stars, last year's champions of New York State. To the list has to be added Yeach, the pitcher from Ma­ con, Ga. Faatz, who will play firat base, it 6ft. 4in. tall.

CONNECTICUT was well represented in the National Association of Ball Clubs as far back as 18<j!), and aome very exciting game* came off between clubs from Water- bnry, New Britain, New London and Norwalk. Fair Haven, Westport and Nangatuck also had clubs in the organization, and several of the crack League players of the country came from these towns. Anong some of the many we might name Jim O'Kourke, Mike Dorgan Jerry Dorgan, James Tipper, Wm. Arnold, John O'Rourke, Tommy Burns, Critchly, the great pitcher of the Albanys; Steve Brady, Ed Hanlin, Lil lie, Win. Ar­ nold, the manager; Benjamin Douglass, Tom Furnis% Jim Keenan, "Tricky" Nichols, Fred Goldsmith, Roger Connor and many others too numerous to mention.

WASHINGTON is a little apprehensive of the 50 cent tariff. One paper saya: "Whether in the Letgne o.- the American Association. Washington is a twenty-five-cent city nnrt, last and all the time. The success of a base ball clnb depends largely upon the number of admis­ sions at the gate. The uncovered seats at Capitol Park last year were a greater source of revenue to the home club than the grand stand. Nearly every person seen on the former represented a quarter of a dollar, while the same cannot be aiid of the grand stand. Twenty-five cents is as much as Washington people care to pay for admission to the grounds, although there are many persons who would not hesitate to pay twenty-five or even fifty cents extra for a choice seat on the grand stand."

KEOKUK, Ia., notes:—Jas. Walsh, E. H. Decker and D. J. Corcoran, who are booked for the Macon, Ga., Club for next aeason, are wintering here. Walsh and Decker are married men and this place is their home. "Corkey™ has charge of athletics at the boat club rooms, ill the boys are taking excellent care of themselvei and will be in good condition for next season's work. Harter is afc his home in yuincy, III. Dngdale and O'Brien are at Peoria, while Ted Kennedy and his bride are sojourniuff In the South. If Ted ia given a show with the Athletics) he will show Spalding that he was heavy-weight enough) for a League club. The dressing rooms and grand stan<t •t Sportsman's Park were destrojed by fire recently. It it thought that the fire was caused by tramps who Ii.it. taken up quarters in the dressing rooms.

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