Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, February 11, 1877, Page 7

e B | | . Rtrence PASTIMES, Opinions Concerning the gveral belers League Alliance. Wright Thrusts Borden Out Into the Cold World, test’ Plan for & Team in % Philadelphia. The State of the Game in | Minnesota. rs to Correspondents and el o General Notes. ch News from the Stables as the Weather Will Permit. Unfinished Contest for the Audubon A Club's Diamond Badge. BASE-BALL. LPAGUE ALLIANCE MATTERS. e discussion of the League Alliance plan is sbont the ooy matter of generel nterest {n the world this week, but it furnishes 1y of food for reflection. especially among sbe apidiy-growing clase of semi-professional dohs who desire to place the game on a higher pass than ft has occupied in past years. Last eason was mot entirely 3 good one {nr_v_h.xba hich nodertook to meet large expense-bills ©thont merit or capital, and eeveral of them {6l by the weyside and didn’t find anvbody to & them 1p again. This season will be marked ‘onsiderable change o the status. Instead ol twoorthree not over-stable institutions in iiean will be secn balf 2 dozen strong teams i Minvesots and Wisconsin. The encouraging featgre in this last movement, and the one which argues best for the game, is that these coming clubs are Dot the gangs gotten together by some eoterprising: p_cflpntenc manager, but sre disciplined organizations under the control of, 153 backed by, men of influence azd postion—men whom the public can respect, £nd to whose managemwent they look for no cor- supt practizes. The effort to get such menas sheseat thehead of the Indianapolis, Syracuses Miwuakes, St Paul, 2nd some other clubs, spesks well for the prospects of the game, and for the proper exhibition of the best and most exciting outdoor sport which exists. The other gide of the picture is not 50 pleasant, nor yet so promising. There sre half-a-dozen “noted mamsgers™ who have within two years gotten tozether teams for the smaller cities aud larger towne, 2nd, having sucked the orange in one geson,‘op part of & season, they make off to fech ficlds, and pet up otmer clubs. These “goted managers” are ably supplemented by a {ew of the most notorious ecalawags that any fusiness can show, 2nd also by many bright, murt young players who need only proper mansement to make them behave themselves. Clubs of this class are no profit to the game: thelive in an atmosphere of betting and dissi- ption led by the “old timers.’ They ipecdlly disgnst the . patrons of the gsme, snd have to resort to betting and kike practices to gt 2 subsistence. The end is sell- fnp games, getting cauglit at ity and then being iked out of town 1nto some other, where they reform for a time, get up a new club, and go on inthe ssmeway again. This is a pictore of too maoy dubs of last year: it will not be so fre- caent the coming season, but there are, never- thelese, a few of the manazers and several of theplavers st afloat- The fendency has, how- eier, been very stropely toward improvement, ad the influence of ¥he Leasue has encourared the eaning out. The Learue Alliance will still further strengtiten the hands-of the betfer dass. Perhaps the proposed assoviation which frexpected o be forned the last ol this month m dothe same thing, and perhaps it may not. Notlng i3 kuown avout it further than tiat its et G 2 sy oo s nd (second) to go l.\anuvm-:lg;‘c with thsé Leazue Whick of these expressions is the Su gix:i:nda !',?‘"?&."f error nobody can very i 3t pres The discussion between the St. Louis friend of Anew assozdation ond Mr. Spalding has been Tery progerly brought to a close. Mr. Spalding aeitber the upcriag nor the closing of the debate, but Lis singic letter has proved too much for nis autazonist, who has confined him- fl lt&ln‘:‘?ém‘g: mnti;ts tot bnrnc‘ out ‘by‘ the 2 FOI o ‘eneril £lashing &round » withont once toucxfxing the poing at ;‘:1203? E;b:‘\" something .;t t:iu I;‘zl_;n:fs w"hx’ch ubject, a couple of e: L] rom letters are given {u:]z\r. The epistles are among those recsived at this office for which room cau- Dot always be had; even sixteen pages of space §aotstend ererything. The following s from We think what you say about the new Leagne 2ce i4 eound, and I am slad our clab has tone F v abon! e B ‘.“’.;J."k.:;‘;’;.“ pl]ee l«:‘-yniv u; :;;l niiunfliipuhgng;_! pldinzcan el points o, this sablect when B m’fr it lyli nprhore, Bat i".f-’mi“w tell you n:w fead ,:('}f, 8 l’;ne‘? 10;;5 toue. He has puhh»sl]e: Beass i ans “Cworl himd-inlore with ihe Nowue,'and ‘i harmony with the Leaguc.™” H, !fgnnd;‘r?o‘:x 1{,1.% jcerta ly eaid in the circalar 13 sop op eing his scheme last fal i Sorlnace 00 nE cxsentio) o ints * o b Eared oot :r;!rrm that $palding’e plxgown X ’:f’ginue.l for apete Jurpore of elinttingout clubs in League e tasd e ba letters to_prove it, and now e s wovernent: and st b o phose thot1 ;‘g}‘mg called on him for his proof. of his first fleq lhcm.n::dhc sa7s he his the letters but won't thelenora: o0 feta 3 reporter to say that b saw ¥ G at they are as hie saye. Now. e o &t 37T 1 fay, ket 1, hot ot (nd persunded the Globe-Democral to muggndr Spxiding’s letters to the Milwaukce s ke, oogs chn hod oy suc, JsE n %:fizel;r\:‘me ascerts: bosides it s plaln that s B aa o, s b e 054 be t0 anxious whether his club was **leit Sovin the cold ™ aa 0 write lics to him about Mr. EF}&’M_' ol 0 write lics to him al 3 Jd ng'e p Waite charzed Capt. Spalding with belng unfair Tt beknew that tne Internationals were to ngLreb.20, and should have held off hisJetter Togsent it toihe Convention, and Spalding replied Iols that be dicx't know ey wese Lo meet then, Snenoaldn't have beld of if be had known it, be- Paet the clubs ouzbit 10 know what the different M2 Were a8 soon 26 possible, which is very truc. om, Waite trice 10 make out that Spalding g ponhen his crowd wae 1o meet. 1f Spalding Tody Lo thit, he knew more than Waite or any~ ot elte. 0 his letter 1o the Milwaukee and the oftinclabewas writien fn December, and the date T that meeting way not known to anybody ntil B Lme after that, i . Lditor, i seerne 10 me that what Waite st 18 entirely too” thin, and it is safe to bet he tasprrote anyihing. He hae to own up thathe i ’"‘ghn **to offer at Pittsbarz ™ or anywhere (5209 he o't expect any ciub that hasanything +Metake to ool on g Jark Just to afve Him olori- #I7. Thle s the way the thing 100ks t0 8 DaLn-TossER. a A gentleman fn unl;xs city. who lnssf Xo\‘-“ several smong the supporters of the ame 'I;d 2 firm friend of & euon’f)oml cjub, while at wyoDetime he was nearly always to be scen ‘¢ Professional rames, has sent the follow- ter, in which ie has cxpressed some views = Would maturally oceur to'any sepsible * To the Editor of The Tribune. - B_Oflum‘ Feb. 9. — tave scen o copy of 8 recent Wprolie Baper in which, after inducing the puper oltely refuse to pubiish an answer, Mr. L. C. g Ddeason to squirm on of the predicament Trkeh Mr. Spalding’s letter placed him. As TELSBUSE has discussed this whole subject in 3 &:nlflhenlmnfl fairnese, 1 wish 1o call aften- A1y nita columna to the fact that Ar. Waite nt- o !fifll 10 show a particle of the proof which Pimmed to possess (and which Mr. Spalding Anuedly challenged him produce) of an_slleged Mrfiznt““" underlying the League-Alliance * Xt Spalding i ite" ‘ g quoted Waite's_former letter para- b "lexf;xfl‘ph. 2ad demolisted cach In regu- b . Inretum, Waite imputes to Spalding: Sxement ;l:l:h fptudlng di Ig]uz make, and :n s Doint of uo possible consequence, 28 1o whether Spafiing kmows of 40¢s k0w thar the Waite party intended X Tan THE CHICAGO TRIBUNE: SUNDAY. FEBRUARY 11 1877—SIXTEEN PAGES to meet at Pittspa, deavore 1o "n“mog tn Certaln date, and en hen refate such fictiti Satement, but pradently maxes no attempt to Propositions in Spalding’s let- 'fll;:l: the form in* whnch Spalding forcibly stated But, while Watte's effasio n—regarded sim :g&ffimefisn ridicalons Tailure, it possesses o Lenzus puic {0 professional clubs of the non- that e pracs in that he ia forced to acknowledge 10 offer tag,i0 PIan of organization and protection By the. ok Theyare tis given timely notice ment™ that hIB8t0F of thel ntcrnational move- Wil be Bt the proposed pilgrimage 1o Pittsburg rill be 8 waste of time 203 money: 80 far 5o, bos P L in ;hu scheme is concerned. OBSERVER. N zfl;l feriv.:m of news on the same subject is Bl r from Syravuse to the Clipper, dis:ussing “): nncnt Jleng and concluding ns follows: oming meeling of many of our stror $eml-profeseional clubs st Pittsbarg will o doubs degareied out. a8 1t was inaugurated, with no well: ned plan ofaction, and will doubtiess calmimate’ entlemen of the non-Li e Clubs, of wis- ggm and experience of men why have '-r,m:%zoh‘l‘fn o hiofession, and whose - advice and friendship i be of g0 tand materiala bencfit! We allknow that cluba are dependent one upon the Otlior for their financial prosperity, and the class hich has the better rules, the beiter and more es- _blhsl%cd tystems of management, is the onc that Vil oventusily sucteed. Let us bridge over these itile differences, and, since we are entered upon & fi"fia‘;flfi‘: ,f nn?;&;ll' ever can be other than it nev g i advances of the League faif way o heee Kandly A reporter called on Mr. Spalding to ascer- tain if X'u:v hod anything further to sngy in refer- ence to Waite. atr. S. “‘Es he has no desire to add susthing to what he has already written on the subject, and that he is well satisfied to bave the stafements contained In his letter comparcd with auy Waite has made or can make, He adds, that he should have pald no_ attention to Waite's first letter, had not the paper in which 1t was printed fovited a re ly, and because he thought a full discusslon of the matter would serve to show the clubs intercsted the emptiness of Ttlm x}}fi-L&ma scheme, He TRIBUNE is inclined to agree with the Globe-Democrat that sulicient, lnkm been shed by correspondents on this subject, and believes at it was led to accord Waite tha last word as well as the first by-humaue considerations of the weakness of his case. Trg TRIBUNE i5 also inclined to approve the Pposition taken by the Glode-Democrat fn its re- cent editorial indorsement of the League Alli- ance plan, although it is someiwhat enthusiastic and e. Itsays: “Mr. Spalding, hav- ing lared emphatically that non-League clubs in League cities by his plan are to be ad- mitted to the proposed Alliance, the -only ob- Jjection that any one conld Eosibly have 1o his scheme is removed, and the movement will, ‘without doubt, receive the hearty of all ball-tossers.and the press country.” = Tax TRIBUNE has had oceasion to critfeize severely the conduct of certain League clubs, "but thosc clubs bave - been ‘ex- pelied from the League, and it is. due to to that organization, at this Juncture, to say that it has done more for clubs, not its mem- bers,—and who could not afford as yet to be- come its members,—than any foriner Associa- tion ever attemnted to do._ The development of the Learrue Alliance plan shows that its leg- islation affords to such clubs *the’advantages of League membership without its burdens and fairly paves' the way to a_closer alliance that will place all professional clubs on as equal footing as their relative circumstances nm? in-. terests may admit. The fnterests of base-ball are, for the fiist time in its history, in the hands of substantial, clear-beaded, and npselfish busi- ness men, who are surely [:uidln% the game and the clubs exhibiting it to the highest attainable plane of skall aud success. The “weak sisters” who fall out by the way through 1mismanagement, or who wander off at the beek of demagogrues, will continue to afford examples of folly,"while those clubs ouly who join hands with the progressive leaders of the Leaguc will achieve, or deserve to achieve, per- manency and success. AL WRIGHT ON SPALDING. ” i 20 Thia 1r1y B PPILADELPHIA, Feb. 10.—Al Wright in the, Sunday Mercury to-morTow proposes taking the. scalps both of THE CHICAGO TRIBUNE reporter and Capt. Spalding of -the Chicago Base-Ball Club. He begins with the kindly remark thay the base-ball reporter of THE CHicAGo TRIBUNE, ‘with his customary spite and venor, is endeav- oring to poison the mind of the pubdlic of that city ncuinst the Athletics. He has followed the Athletics, says- Wright, with a vindictive venom which is DH'F Jaudable because it is utterly barmless. The Chicazo people will Jearn him in time snd appreciate him at his true valug, all this because Tur TRIBUNE said that the League clubs could get alonz withont laying in Pinladelphia. . Wright charges that 'ne TRIBUNE misstated the receipts for 1574-'5, and adds that the Athletic Club _proposes co-operation oughout the this year to let Chicago severely alone. Wright _having got his pencl sharp- cned, uext turns to Spalding, whom he charges with being mainly responsible for the expulsion of the Athlctics, sud, after a little preliminary abuse, continues 'ss follows: ¢ Spalding is indebted in no small degree to the Boston Cfub for ‘the notoriety he Las acquired, aud yet lie deserted bis friendly connections for a mere speculativn. It is said that Spalding was offcred 810,000 a vear to go to Chicago, but, being of a modest” and unselfish nature; De acccpted just enomgh to keep Lis body and soul tozether and "provide him with a new hat oceasionally. While playing with the Bostons somne carping critics insinuated that Spalding could be induced for 2 pecuiary con- sideration to win or lose on onc or two innings, apreeably to the previously privately expressed opinions of the zambling frateraity, but we of course do not credit this slanderous statemeut, although o story has gaincd a wide circu- Jation that 8 purse of 3$1,400 was actually raised by the gamblers of this city to persuade Spalding and others of the Boston nine under his control to lose in two' innirgs the game played with the Philadelphias on the 7th of October, 1875, and it may be mentioned mercly as a curious coincidence that Spalding’s nine did Jose in two inbings on this occasion. The truth or falsity of this statement. can, perhaps, be casily ascer- tained, as a . well-known Philadelphian was in- trusted with the money to thus buy up Spalding and crew, and stated that he bad accomplished his mission.” Tuc Afercury also announ.es that Hicks Hayhurst will act as manager of the new ehub biere, and thenine witl bex very strong one, inclnding two first-class pitchersin McBride and Weaver, one of the best of catchers in Ben- nett, excelient hasermen—Fisler, Williamson, and Meyerles a rattling good short-stop—Ful- mers: and such fine outfielders as Egeler, Reach, Coons,- and Scpsenderfer. The grounds at Twenty-fifth and Jeflerson streets will be the scene of operations. z EXIT *‘303£rnms.”” The Boston Jflerald anuounces the releasc of Borden, or ‘“Josephs,” from his Boston con: trace which had two years yetto run. After giving the history of the negotiatious the re- porter sa; Mr. Burden leaves the club with kind feelings for all, and fully of the opinion that it wae for hi oo nitorest and that of the club that the connec- ton between them shoald ccase. Mr. Lorden has been faithful to the terms of his contrect, perform- ing whaterer duties *were assigned him. “Ile fecls that he has not always been well treated by those in avthority, but harbors no 1ll-will towards :m{ one. - 1lis ensagement proved ill-advised, althong] he showed:<ome talent s a pilcher—that i to say, hie delivery was hard to punieh, znd had he had control of ‘the ball and of himsell in critical mo- ments he wonld have been o valnabic man between the pointe. Borden will remain in Boston fora while, and then, perhapy, return to Philadelphia and vo inte litmllncr& e 1s uncertain whether he will play ball any wore. ; It scems to the average rcader that thisis a peculiarly kid-gloved and lily-white method of speaking of one of the most” outrageous frauds who_ever saw Dbis name in.a score-sheet. He was hired at a large ealary to do certain work which he could nuf. do, and the Jeast spark of manbood or decency in him would bave dictated his witadrawal when he could not earry out his contract. No one but a plug would have bung on and drawn mouey for which be returned no service. The Boston Club was unpleasantly situated for a pitcber, and was forced to experi- ment; it tried Joscpks, and he was a glaring failare: 1t tried McBride, and Manning, sn Nichols, and Bradley—their list of experiments costing, it is s2id, over §4.000 for the one item of pitching. MeBride became convinced that he was out of plave, and he drew vut and_went hotwe as any honorable man would. And now comes a paper of large circulation and praises Josephs for doing the contrary. The mistake that the Boston Club made was in not sooner Siccharging the man on the ground of incom- pex.cnu;. and mot letting Lim® draw “mouey for doing nothing. . P THE FAIRFOULTOLE. o e question seems to bave arieen ¢ mes:;‘ngquf the rule intended to prohibit I:X]rl- foul hitting the coming season, and one gcnh :.': man has explained his failare tounderstand thaf tof the rule which depends on the words {within the foul lines.” He adds that he would like to know whether they refer to fair grom;fl or fou} ground. This seems a comnnrau\;le y trifling objection, insomuch as not more than ectator of the game in 2 thou- apy doubt as to which side of These fou! lines one player or sand would f the foul lines *within " was: ] ; mond, and -nobod form part o the hi:‘.:d ; 2ud.-satiod e e St [ntideand which the outsideof the el s L ould fake 8 sinzalarly able idiot :fll’gfl ihat the inside of the diemond was tne which make up .the dia- .‘i&‘é’fififié ;‘e’: nlxgcfs what the genugmn who ~asks the explanation’ virtually wants assurance about. - The- following was given by & ges tleman who had’ a handin explanation of the rule. making “Should a batter's ball first touch the person of a player either in_front of or on the Joul-ball . lines between third, home, and first bases, it would be a fair ball although 1t should thereafter roll or bound outside the foul lincs belore pessing third or first base. And should a batted ball first touch the person of a player outside the foul lines between said bases, it would be s foul ball, notwithstanding it should thereaftar roll or- bound either in front of or on the fonl lines between home and third or home | and first bases.” 4 THE SEMI-PROFESSIONAL NOTES. The St. Paul Club (** Red Caps ) have sizned the Leazue Alliance agreemient and sent on its list of players to the Sccretary of the League. Robert Clack, of the Clucinnati Club of 1876, has been enaged to play with the Cricket Club of Binghamton, N. Y., for the season of 1877. The Fairbanks Club of this city has an idea of sending = delegate to the convention ab Pitts- Ihnl\;i, if oneis held. They want to see swhat it s like. 2 A letter from Detroit doesn't speak with con- fidence of the prospects of a nine at that place. Many of the players who were there last year have gone e'sewhere, and besides the backing isn’tat hand. Thesewre the assertions that. come here. Advices from Jackeon, Mich., indicats that there wiil be no team of any partleular stréngth there next season. Perhaps it fs better that way, espevially eince the club of 1876 failed to pay its_plavers. Those of them whose homes are in Chicago could hardly be hired to go back, uuless some scheme for guaranteeing salaries was put in working order. Mike Walsh, who umpired a considerable num- ber of games in this city last season, has been Ixut in charge of the Memphis nine, with the fol- owlng team: Kennedy, pf Brooklyn, N. Y. Burkalow, of the Paris Mutuals, B W 10.; Shoupe, of ‘the Covington Stars, Brookshaw, of the Louisville Olympics, $b.; Cummins, of the Covington Stars, s. s.; Moore, of Brooklyn, N. Y., L. t. Louis Reds, . £.; Maloneg, r. f. and “Tug TriByNe is informed by circular that ‘*the Convention for the formation of the In- ternational Base-Ball Association will be beld on Tuesday, Feb. 20,” in Pittsburg. In casting around to sce what the constituency of the pro- moters will be, it 15 not. tzx:m&‘y clear that the Association will exert any vital interest on the ame in the West. The Buckeyes and St. Louis cds, with the possibllity of the Fairbanks, seem to be about the only clubs of notein the West who_will take part in the deliberations. Iodiznapolis, Milwaukee, and the Minnesota clubs seem to prefer the League Alliance. One of the papers of this city, which possesses a very capable pair of shears labelad *Ball Re- porter,” last Sunday suffered a tew lines of manuscript to get publication. It was acard from onc John Gillen, expressing Indignation that Tue TRIBUNE bud said that he had been allowed ta cogage hitmself elsewhere. The only reparation that can be made is to help Mr. Gillen to a situation as pitcher in some country club, which is the only object that he-had in view in writing the card. TItis, to be sure, rather out of tiie way to udvertise players, but Gillen has so neatly” taken in the ‘paper which published his card, that it is due him as a rteward of merip to say that he is a fair third-class proldgsional who played with the Fraoklins while be was furnished a sit- uation in the otlice of that club, and afterwards with other clubs, He is about up totherank, of the importation into couutry, clubs. Why he was suffered to leave the Fairbanks Club can be learned from the managers of that organiza- tion. Mr., Spencer, of the St. Paul Club (the “Red Caps™), was in the city a couple of days last week. He reports the {nterest in- the national me greater this year in_Minnesota than ever cfore. The Red Caps have nearly all_their plasers nnder contra.t, and will present a strong teaw, including Bachli, p., and Gross, c., both ot Chicazo; Gault, 1 b., of the Milwaukee West Ends; Jack Allen, 8b., of the .Auburn Club; Jerome, of St. Louls, r. £ and change p.; Ely, of the Maple Leafs,'c. £.; Mack, of Jast year's team, s. 5. This leaves an opening for a second baseman aod a left ficlder. For the former position the managers -would rather -like Seott Hastings, or might be satisficd with Gillespie at_a pincd. It doesn’t seem as if they could get Hastings on account of his having signed in Guelph. This team will hurry a good many of the best teams in the business. The Iecling between St. Paul and Minneapolis is 5o strong that the latter city has also put in trim a fine team, and when the rival pines come - tozeticr the fur must fiy. The names of the Minneapolis team have not been received.- Besides these, two more prominent cities, Stillwatcer and Winona, will also enter for the championship of the State, and, to put the matter briefly, the zame up North is going to have what John Logan's parrot called * a'hell of a time.” It is pot exactly pleasant to hear that the Buckeyes, of Columbus, have in a manner changed hands. The city which devotes itself to being the Capital of Ohic and sustaining the Buckeye Clup is long—very long—compared wita its width. [t has naturally, tberefore, two ends or coionies, which do not look on each other with favor. Whether they be the north and south ends, or the east and west ends, does mot appear frow the letter which explains the matter to the writer. Without enteriug fnto the geopraphical aiscussion, it is enough to say that the stock of the Buckeye Club was owned at both ends of the city, and tbat whichever end did not control it lasc vear does so this year. The correspond- ent who contributes these facts is an able and vigorous speller, but slightly lax in expression escept when hie speaksof the *other ¢ad” of the city. Then he breais out into abuse of_the other enders waich caw find no place here. It is 1o be boped that he is wrong in his prflFheueB, because Columbus should have a good nine, and one that van give Indianapolis and like cities a stroug game. Tue TRIBUNE hopes tho man- ascement may get together such a tcam. So far as rts have come fn, the team will be: Bar- nie, ¢.; McCurmlck, of Paterson, N. T., p.; Sul- livan, 1 b.; Spence, 3 b.; and some home talent tofall back on. ¥, FOR AMATEGRS ONLY. A correspondent says that Wright, first base- mau of the Bostun Juniors, is in the city. Cincinnati has followed good examples and nized an amateur League, with 2 member- ship of fourteen clubs. Tt seems probable now that mot more than five or six_clubs will cnter for the amateur championship of Chicago_this year, instead of the raft which came In last_year. The more prominent clubs will be the Fairbanks, Frank- lins, Acmes, Libertys, and Dreadnaughts. . - The Chicago Field enters upon the discussion of the question, “What 1s an Amateur ! in tiie game of base-ball. It proposes as a defini- tion that a prolessional should be any man who reccives any sort of pay for playing ball, whether that pay be in mouney, position, or other reward. No fault need be found with this definition, further than that it would be a very difficult one to apply; and, were the dis- tinction necessary to be made, it would involve an unpleasant. amount of peeping into u man' business relations. Wounld it. not be quite enourh to draw the Iine as between clubs woich reeeive an admission fee Lo Witness their pames and those that do not? The amateur, however, is fading off the face of the carth, and it will uot be long beforea specimen 21 years of age will pe extinct. B Jehn G. [ Myers, President of the National Association of Amateur Bose-Ball Players, has issued the following call: To the Amateur Clubs of the United Slates : The annual meeting of the Association will be held at Cooper Institute, toom 24, situated oo Eighth street, between Third and Fourth avenues, in the City of New York, on Wednesday, March 14, 1877, at £ o'clock in the afternoon. ~ You are re- spectfully requested to send, previons to day of meeting, to the Secretary nro tem.. duly authenti- cated credentials of the delegates from your club, togetber with annnal ducs. Legitimate amateur clubs are welcome (o membership, and none bat such will recclve recozmition in the convention. An earnest appeal is made to all amatenr clubs for their presence and co-operation, .and thercby as- s16t in carrying ont the object (o improve, foster, and ‘perpetuate the American national game of base-ball. Kespectfuily yonrs, M. J. DiLLo: Secretary pro tem., New Rochelle, GATHERED AND SIFTED. Bob Addy is n Chicazo, training under blue glass. Ile thinks the Redlegs addyquate to carry off the flag: Mnnn%er Spalding has no objection to Brad- ley serving on the Blectoral Tribunal, provided he “ shows up ™ in Chicago March 15. Latest forcizn advices do not confirm the ru- mor that Nick Young is to be Base-ball Com- missiover of Japan at $20,000 per annum. . The Boston Herald eays that Georze Wrizht, Leonard, O'Rourle, Murnan, Manning, Morrill, and Brown nave begun their’ gymnasium prac- tice together. Manning prefers the Boston Club to all oth- ers, and knows nothing abont eany proposi- tions.to go to Cincinnatl.” He_ says - he has not been aporoachod upon the” subject.—Boston Herald. - Tne literary pirate, DeWitt, announces that e proposes to publ?éh the League playing rules in & book to be shortly gotten out for the pur- pose. . Inasmuch as these rulesare the League'’s property 3s muchas any publication can be, this ‘proposition of the New York pirate's is cooler -than the weather. % ~The Courier~Journal man, whoknows the facts | “by- rayeon of his suflering,’” waits until Som-: merville of last season’s Louisville team has lefu the city and then relieves his mind by say- inz'of him that he will talk tne scorer ot an; clib to-death it that ofcial dares 0 put dowh an error ta him. A comparison between the batting averages, as published in the League book and thosc of the Chicazo papers and "the Herald, shows that the League averages are generally larger than those computed by the- newspapers, an indica- tion that the priss scorers are less lenient towards batsmen and fielders than the official club_scorers, who kept the records from ?i% the League averages are made.—Boston erald. Speaking of George Hall’s desire to play in a semi-profcssional nine at half price if )?e uymnot eet his full terms elsewhere, the Courfer-Journal says: “If-wedo not look cross-cyed at this matter, we are inclined to believe that it would be an attempt on the part of George to abscind his organ of smell merely to irritate his physiog- nmomy.” % A correspondent propounds a scheme for guaranteeing thesalariesof players,—something in the way of an insurance company. If it could be brought down into_shape, the scheme wouald be liberally patronized by some of the cheap- club players. It is lucky for it, however, that it didn’t” begin operations in time toget the Athletic Club players as clients. It is noted that the Hartford Club will play, some of its championship games in New Haven this year, if a pmger arrangement can be made for the lease of the grounds n the latter ciry. Inasmuch 2s no one city in Connecticut can sus- taln & club, and any organization must fail nn- less it can draw trom the whole State, the idea seems to have glimmerings of sense in it. The official announcements by the League Secretary thisweek have all been forestalled by the press. * They are thac the Milwankee Clug has signed the League Alliance agreement; that Joseph E. Borden has been released from his ‘contract with tire Boston Club; and that Frank Larkin has entered into contract with the Hart- ford Club. All these facts have heretofore been noted in these columns. The Philadelphia Mercury says that Bradley, pltcher of the White Stockings, “is at present very ill and confined to his residence.” Asis usual in such cases, the mail advices coutradict this, and say that Bradley was laid up for a few days on account of a strain received in practice, but is now much better and_nearly recovered. There is no danger that he will not be on hand at the opening of the season. The comparatively fine weather of the last few weeks lias made the average ball-plaver as {risky as o goat, and some of the more daring ones haye even gone go faras to hunt around for dry lots on which to limber up by passing a ball from hand to hand. Messrs. Barnes aud McVey began pymnasium practice Iast week, and have pursued the festive hand-ball with some awlkwardness and a good deal,of perspira- tion. Rumor assigns to Loulsville, to fill her team, Lalferty, of the Wilmin uicksteps of last scason, and_Crowley, whoonce caught for the Philadelphia Club. ~ While both .of the above arc guesscs, it Is mot unlike- ly that they Ymay be cngagements, es- ecially if either of them bappemed to ¢ a fair ficlder. Another *guess” by a con- tewporary assiens Pearce to the team. This is much less lilel All the nine lacks is a short- stop and one ficlder, and thereis not much doubt that Fulmer will show up in the former position. The only record which Lafferty has made in a League team was when be pitched fo the Athletic team against Louisville, Scpt. 16 last. At that Hague and Clinton alone hii him clean, and the whole party only made three hits off him in nfae innngs. The question between the §t. Louis Club and the Stars of Syracuse aboul the services of Dorgan seems not. to have been settled to the satisfaction of the latter club, though the first- pamed bave scptthe potice of engazement to the other League clubs throngh the Secretary. “On the face -of the retorns” the Browns do not appear to be in the wrong, inasmuch as Dorgan was not under contract to anybody when he signed with them. There is no doubt that double-dealing, and perhaps a lictle felschood, was-used, but it scoms to have been all between Dorgan and the Stars, and not at all between the two clubs. If the matter could be settled by giving Dorgan a year.in some penal institution for disturbing matters by signing two vontracts, and ralsing a row gen- erally, it woald be satisfactory all around. This is shzlxply a suggestion, and may be hardly prac- cable. All the proposals for the revival of the Ath- letic and Philadelphia Clubs baving fallen through, the orzan of the former club explains now that there is a project to form an enterely mew club on a firm basis. This may. be true, and amain is quite Iikely not to be. It sets up for a nine an asso- ciation of the recognized Philadelphia players who have gained the title of veterans by long articivation in the mame,—as for instance McBride, Coons, Fisher, Reach, Fulmer, Mey- erle, Hall, Eggler, and Sensenderfer.’ This would make a trustworthy team, which could be depended on to do their best, however the zame might go. 1f it Is to be Dick McBride’s team he will naturally want to be in the com- pany of the men whom he bas met so many times, and therefore he will probably make an application to the League. Should he wish to do t.hn]'sihc must make up. his mind before arch 15. QUESTIONS ANSWERED. [Hereafter such guestions concerning sports as may be propounded by correspondents will be answered in this part of Tue ScNDAY TRIBUNE. g BexepicT—The unmarricd men fn the Chicago Nine are Barnes, Hines, Waitt, and Smith. J. F.—Zettlein hos probably retired from the business; it docs not appear that he has been en- gaged for the coming season. - Pravixc-RuLEs—The *‘ League Book™ is the only authority, and there can be none other, the publiskers having copyrighted it. Cuadxriox—The Chicago Club haa the right to fiy the champlon pennant during the entire season of 77, whetber they lose games or win them. SrrcTaTox—The League tours have not yet been arranged. - The championshiv matches will probably onea in the Weat, 23 the Western clubs made the first visits last year. NonTuEAsT—Ile was an excellent fielder in about two games ont of five. bt not trastworthy in every game. 11.is not right for you to ask us fo publish those averages for yous; buy a book for 10 cents. : LEAGUE ArLiaNcE—The - agreement binds the Leagne ns well as the clube signing it: the Lengue having. by legislation, offerad terms which those who sign the asreement thereby accept, thus con- stituting a contract. TUxrine—The provision is not that the umpires shall come from the city where the game is played. It ie quite Tikely that_one of the umpires for the Chicago. games may be from Milwaukee. As to who the umpires are to be, nobody can say yet. Batsmax—(1) He is ont, whether the batted ball struck him **unavoldably " ornot. (2) He is not out, the ball having struck the short-stop's hands the chanzed direction is imparted toit by the short- stop—not by the bat. hence he is not struck by **a batted ball* in the medning of the rule. ArreTic—(1) By his expulsion from the Louis- ville Club Bechtel was expeiled from the Lengue under Scc. 1 (now Sec. 2). Art. V. of the League Conatitution. () The Loaisville Club had np power to subsequently remove the disqualidcation. that conid only be done by the League Board, un- der_the provieions of Sec. 3, Art. XI. (3) The Athletics and Mutuals were ofliciaily notified of Bechiel's expulsion some time before the games were played. Tiunp Bas—(1) The striker js ont, the ball having been batted **directly to the gronnd * and canght on the first bound ** outside the fonl-line, " —the fact that the ball etrnck the ground inside the foul-line makes no difference. (2) In this case the bali hayv side the foul-line is & * fair dment appivit.conlyto ¢ bails batted dircct'y to the ‘zround.” (3) Yon will find the rulc covering both these cascs on pace 31 of the League Book for 1877. Jaxesviie—N. E. Young, Secretary of the Leaue. is lhe eunue, gentleman who plased with and managed the old Olymnpc Club of Washington. He was orlginally a cricketer. und devoted himself entirely to that game, untilin 1886 he joined the Olyipice and played occasionally during that sea- £on and the seasons of 180 and 1808; but up ‘to 1560 he devoted morc time to_cricket than base- ball. 1n 1869 he dropped cricket entirely, and took part in every game which the Olympics played —thirty-six in all.” He waa strongest In the field, though his battng and runuing were up to the standard of the time, After dropping active play, **Nick " managed the Olympics, Lord Caltimores, and the Chicagos, bnt 18 now in exactly the proper place in that zame. No other mon in ‘the country could il his piace. A THE TURF. CASUALS. At s recent meeting of the Nashville Blood Horse Association the time for the spring meet- ing was fixed for Tuesday, May1,to continue five days. On Wednesday last John Browning, of In- dianapolis, sold his fast trotting gelding, John B., for $3,000 cash, to Mr. William Holdridge, a carriage-manufacturer; of Cincinnati, The Mobile Jockey Clubwill hold a three-- days' meeting over the Magnolia Course, com- mencing in the latter part of March.- The man- agers “announce that a liberal programme will be offered. The old stallion Draco, sire of ‘Draco.|, Prince and son of Old Morril, has completed his twenty-fourth year, and in his old age is ““on the market.,” The owner of the horse, Charles Sharpless, of Philadelphia, wants to dispose of; him this month for $500. * 1f not seld in Febru- the price for March will be $100; for April, £500; for May, 39001 for Tune, 100; ‘and. if mot sold by July 1 for. nothinyz.”? Mr. R. Penistan bas s0ld his trotting chestnat gelding, Richard, to Foster Dewey, of New Yorls, Tor §5,000. ' The sale took plae on Tues. day evening. Richard fs a clever trotter, having arecord of 2:25, 2:25, 2:253¢, in three Lieats, at Suginaw last summer. Ano?.hzr\phcnomeml trotter has developed at Auburn, N. Y., and has been pamed the Au- burn Horse in honor of Robert Bonner’s famous trotter of that name, which died.some vears sioce. A mile in 2:21 on the ice was thw iatest achfevement of the prodigy. . The programme for the coming spring meet- ing shows that the Maryland Jc%kcy Club are giving $10,000 in purses. There will be elghteen races run during the meeting, which will com- mence on the 22d of May, continuing four days, and concluding a week™ before the commence- ment of the spring meeting at Jerome Park. Hon. C. W. Hutchinsen, President of the Utica Parl Association, has been corresponding with the drivers and practical horsemen of the country, and the sum of that correspondence leads to the conclusion that no purse higher than 83,000 should be offered for any class; there should be no bar to the free for all, anc that the slowest cluss should be 2:30. The prop- osition to take the decision of bets from the control of the judges of a race meets with en- eral indorsement. The Albany Jorrnal of Thursday says: *Mr. Hodges has {ntroduced a bill well calculated to discourage horse-racing at agricultural fairs. It rovides that no moneys/ appropriated by the tate shall be paid to ahy agricaltural gociety unless the application for said moneys is accom- panied by an aflidavit from one of the oficers of the soclety makiog it that no premium or awrrd of any kind for trials of speed hetween horses have been offered or paid by the soclety the year for which such application is ““apy clever man can have him during. made.”? The Post rets black in the face with anger because a semi-occasionsl paper of this vity knows no more about horse matters than to chargethe death of MeKeever up to Dexter Park. It adds, ina vicious manner, that the sald paper plunders the daily papers for Its mews. The Lost ought to know that the daily papers of ihis couatry uniformly poy all the ills of the weekly sporting papers, except for tyne-setting and white paper. The writer has been In one office where were soveral pairs of shears of different sizes labeled with the names of the different departments which they reore- sented. Oue man used them all inturn.” There is justice in it in the end, however; since the daily papers bogan to frive the news as it o carred, tombstones have been set up ou many a weekly fraud, and a fair. proportion of the rest live on tnievery and blackmail. PEDESTRIANISM. A’ TWENTY-FIVE-MILE TRAMP. Special Dispatch to The Tribune. Owams, Neb., Feb. 10.—A twenty-five-mile walking-match took place at the Omaha Driving Park’this afternoon between Jobn Oddy and Harry Lewis for $200, and was witnessed by quite a large crowd. On the fifteenth. mile Lewis threw up the sponge on account of being chafed. He was over half a mile behind. Oddy walkea the fifteca miles in two hours, MoxTREAL, Fedb. 10.—The Montreal Snow- Shoe Club's aunual races came off this after- noon. Two-mile Indian race was wou by Lefeb- yre in 12:45. The celebrated Indian runner Kararouwe was second ; Daillabout third. The first heat of the unfinished 1,000 yards race was won by R- M. Mowat in 3:16; G. R Starks sccond. - Tiie 100 yards dash, in heats open, was won by Montgomery Vaughn; Ostward second. The attepdance was large. NOTES. The Boston Globe publishes a letter from Mary Marshall, of this clty, offering to walk 100 miles {u twenty-six hours in Boston. Curiously enough, theletter 1s duted on Robery street in 1t,L'\iu city. The word is generally spelt with two 5. Inaletter from W. Howes. O'Leary’s late conqueror, which appeared in the London Sporis- man of Jan, 19, the crack English long-distance man “goes for the two Americans. He Bays that O'Leary desired to put up a job onthe pub- lic but that he would not have it, and publicly aunounced his intention of winning on ks mer- its. Hesaystbat O’Leary produced the sem- blance of sickness and feigned diarrheea toavoid the defeat appearing on itS merits. He complains that Weston will not make a match with him and only cares for circus performavces and that O’Leary is no betfer, and ends up by challeng- ing Weston to walk for the championship of England. Howes should have looked at an_oe- casional Clfcago Field in the offices of our En- glish contemporaries, and he would have seen all this sort of thing stated long ago. But we think that O’Leary, fit and well, would make bim keep going in a_six days’ walk. Howes would probably beat him because he can stay well and go faster, but O’Learv is no slouch, and he is disgracing his manhood by his present capers. He is no American, however, save by self-adoption.—The Aicld. VARIOUS SPORTS. 5 SHOOTING. . ; The Audubon Club held the regular shoot for their diamond badge at Dexter Park yesterday afternoon. The conditions were -fifteen birds per man, ground traps, thirty. yards rise. The entries ware twenty-three in number, and, ow- ing to the lateness of the hour at which a start was made, it was found 1mpossible to finish the match before dark, and it was therefore post- poned until next Saturdagy. Atthetime of closing the sport the veteran Tom Stagg was shead, ‘having killed ten outof thisteen shot at. This does 1ot seem & very superior score, but sports- men will recognize that ground-traps at thirty _yards {s not easy shooting. A _correspondent of the Field, writing from Guthrie, IIl., says: I have letters in m( pos- sesston from commission-men on South Water street, Chicago, soliciting shipments of prairie chickens and quail now. Oue says to box up tight aod bill" poultry or furs, and, when re- ceiyed, they are put in the cellar, sold there, and carried away m sacks by restaurant’ men.” ‘Why not publish the names of these men? HAND-BALL. Monday last Phil Casey, champion of the game of hand-ball, played a match in Brooklyn against two amateurs, S{cEvoy and Bedford. The pair won three straight games by 21 to 13, 211016, and 21 to 19, - 4 WRESTLING. Owens, who thirew McLaughlin in Boston, de- clines to wrestle him ajrain. MeLaughlin and John Cavanagn of Vermont, have signed articles of agreement to wrestle in Utizs, N. Y., Feb. 20, for $500 a side. e — One More * Stewart Heir.” New York Worid." A young man, who looked as though he had Just stepped out of Virzil’s Bucolics, 80 antique and rural was hus aspect, stood before his Honor at the Washington Place Police Court yesterday. . *“You are charged with disorderly conduct,’ said the Court. 3 o “1 was only.after my rights,” said the pris- oner."” . “How is that?” . “J was arrested last night, sir, as I was tryin; to -enter the house of my late father, A. T. Stewart. I was stolen when an infaut from my father's honse, and have just returued to the home of my ¢hildhoéd.” ~ . “Send him to the Commissioners of Charities and Correction,” said his: Honor In an under- tone. ;. A reporter of the World sought and obtaived a few n‘?amenls’ convergation with thie daimant. To the question as to his place of residence, he replied: P ?‘1 Jive in Lec Township, Calhonn County, Mich." B * #By what name were you known there?” « Milton Church.” « How did you discover that you were a son of Mr. Stewart}” 2 . %A man by the name of John Campbell told ‘me that I had been stolen_from A."T. §u:wm1. s house in New York when I was a child.” “ Haye you any brothers or sisters?” «Oh, yés, sir; T bave both.” “You sav you came to New York to claln your kinship to Mr. Stewart?” W1 did, and I have been treated shamefally. I first went to the store, ana they kicked me out. 1 then went to the house, and they kicked me out; but I went there again last night, and two policemen came and arrested me.” . “Have any of your {family ever been in an in- sane asylum ¢ A # No. sir." i # You have becn in one?” 3 “Yee, sir; but I got out. It was in Kalama- z0o0, and I got out, and I'm here now.. I'm A. T. Stewart’s son, and I’ kill the man that says .Pmnot. Dow’t you think I'm A.T. Stewart's soni” + Certainly, certainly,” said the reporter; “but you miust excuse me now, as I have urgent business, and haven’t time to stay.” & ——————— “Yes," remarked 8 tramp, as he stretched ABlmself'out to'sleep ou & eeat In the: Senate galles ry, *the glorious palladium of our liber-' ties must be preserved. . We can’t watch: these politiclans £oo. closely; in fact, I think L' shall. stay here all night.”"—New York Commercial. - cazo. “HOME RULE.” dJohn F. Scanlan Comes to the Defense of t"e Irish Na- tionalists. Chicago Politics Have No Connec~ tion with Affairs 3,000 DMiles Away, The Western Oatholic and It;; Arrogance Generally Bepudiated, To the Editor of The Tribune. CRICAGO, Feb. 9, —In Jour lssue of theth fnet.: snarticle appears beaded ** Home Rule," which, from 1ts tone, virulence, and the absence of the ‘wsual necesary qualifications for a highly respone sible Journal like TueTiasrxe, would lead obe to suppose thut come aftache, in the absence of the responsible editor, had” gone on a Donnybrook dranke, aud in trus Donagbraok stgle determined hi ¢ heads of ends and foes as the; - ed to his distracted vision. . whi. 5 An atuck 80 general on the character of a peaple: 50 well known as the frish as fatthful to the princi ples of u Government coming direct from the peo- ple, and as true in their ullegiance to this conntry 2s the Irish people @ave becn, cannot, in the light of history, barm them much, coming'even from so influential & joarnal a8 Tue TrisuNe. although iilustrated by the ucts of a few ‘individualy, who claim to be Irlsh nud whose disreputable icts are but the refiection of groater ights in rascality from other matiomalities. lence I believe I need not defend the Irishas a people (onc of whom 1 feel prond of being), bnt let tne good judgment of our fellow-citizens arrive at an opinion of our honesty and incapacity us » people theough our record In American history from the firing of the first gun at Yorktown to the cesent moment, or from the artclg refered to, am willing to Be judged on this babis, aund hand overto the public-oar part of Amcrican history. and yourarticle as_the plaintiff and defendant in .ihe case. DBat in_ your amicle you mix up & part of the Irish people - whose principles are not 80 well_known to your readers, and class all men wno may have been born In Ire- iand as - Irish Nationalists.” In this you are not justiied by tho situation. ‘This, with “the. asser- tion that **Irish Nationulist presupposes Catbolic™ (religiously, T suppose ycu mean), would be too ridicalous for argnment, were it not for the above, namely, that muny of your readers do not under- stand “the -situatio and your statement, unre- futed, may place lrish Nationallats in » position they do not wish to occupy, in my opinion. Tue Nationalists occupy and are a distinctive Party within the ranks of the lrish people. They ouk and work for » republican zovernment in Ire- land. and some, [n fact a large imajority, hopet for a people’s government of the two felang hus uniting the Englisn, Scotch, zad Irish people in a Republic of the lsles. The- members may be Protestant and may be Catholic, and are hoth.” The fact that Cardinal Cullen has hurled more anathe- masat the Nationalists than any other class of people withiu his jurisdiction should remove the possibility of ** presupposing * the Irish Nationai- 13ts to be Catholic. As to the numbers of Protest- ants n the ranks of the Nationalists, yon do our Protestant fellow-cauntrymen great fnjustico, and one which cannot be borne oui by facts. Many ‘Irishmen. both Catholic and Protestant, are op-- posed to the principles of the Nationalists. This, with the fact that Jrish Natlonalists 2s sach never Interfere In American politics, the Weatern Cath- ofic to the contrary notwithstanding. compels me 10 earnestly protest sgainst your throwin the sins of the Hogans, Sextons, ct al., on the Nationallats, for they are not-of them, and, for aught I know, have no sympathy with their %flnclplu.'u to your thirty-four Protestest members of Parliament who still vote aginst their conatry, I do not think it much to their credit, and that. they prove them- selves worthy of their Protestant predecessors wno gold thelr conntry twenty-six _years ago, while we bave now Butt and hid copatniots ss we had: then Protestant Grattenand his copatriots to stand qr fall with their country. When you assert that the Irieh Protestants are treated with the game respect ag Moody and Sankey are treated at a German car- nival, you utter afonl libel on the Irish Cath- olic people, ‘who have ever honared with more than political _devouon the Protestant patriots of Ireland. What sentiment {8 stronger In the hearts of the Irish people than their affection and love for the trinity of Ireland, Protestant Lone, Fitzgerald, and Emmett? 1 think I can say without fear of contradiction that nota single instance in this or the old land can be cited where the advent of a Protestant {nto the ranks of the Nationalists was not regarded by his Catholic countrymen with more chan ordlnary. satlsfaction, and ihe place o honor swarded to him according to his_capucity in preference to b Catholic brother. In the spirit of protest 1 hope our Irish Protestant won't protest #00 much. Onr principles are & common platforn, knowing 1o religion s Nationaliats. 1t is then rather to the discredit of our Protestant fellow- countrymen_ that more of them are mot fiplimn- ing principles which the world is fast adopt- ing. " I trust, 3r. Editor, that in this ¢ Muchado, aboat nothin, ” you will ot drag into the mire of politics 8 clasé who have nothing but Iove for this land, and who are working against s Government who have nothing but hate, and who, in the struy- gle to elevate themselves. fear to arouse the de- mon of selfish politics or relisions animosities in thoir ranks. The WWestern Chtholic or mo other paper can speak authoritatively for- the Irish Na- tionalists. ~'hile the Nationalista are workingto spread some of the good things that flow from a people’s Government o tae people of Ireland snd England, 1 think I can say that they do not desire todo’ one act that would cause us fo blush as American citizens, or shrink from any of our re- sponsibilities to the Stars and Strives 2a soldiers, as citizens, at the Bench, or Bar, in honesty or momlhg. The Nationalists ask only that you gange thelr conduct by he bighest cods of heror, for €0 much do we pride oursclves on our mative and adopted lands that we canuot be too perfect for the success of both. Yours respectfully, Jous F. Scaxra. Mr. Scanlan misrepresents, or rather miscon- ceives, the drift of the two articles in Tne Tris- UNE to which he makes reference. Stated brief- 1y, the facts are that the Western Uatholic, which is, as its name indicates, a religious paper, pro- fessing to represent one of the largest and most influential sects in Chicago, published an article in which it reviewed in detail the palitical situa- tion with reference to the ensuing municipal election. It went through everyone of the eightcen . wards, and approved or disap- proved of ‘the possible candidates ac- cording to their adbesion to or dis- sent from certain Irish Nutiobalist tenets. A paper professing to be iotenscly devoted to the cause of Cathollcism and of Ircland was found proposing, as the crucial test of 4 man's election to the Legislative branch of the City Government, his suundness on the question of Irish nationality, and practically calling on the Irish to defeat every American, German, Scan- dinavian, or Irishman, who ran for office if he was not In favor of the scparation of Ireland from the British Empire. The Western Catholic savised its comutrymen to seize upon all the offices they could, and, wherever they held the balance of power, to 5o use it as so secure the réturn of ‘a man who held finm to a belief Irish nationality. Separation from Euglavd was the open sesame at which the door ot: polit- ical preferment would swing wide. Tue TriBUNE peturally felt Indignant at foreign Kuow-Nutbingism of this kind beins thrust into the faces of American citizes, an at such antiquated, medieval fssues being thrust iutou contest which should relate to purely local guestions. Tur FRIBUNE critiviscd this article with some little lifl" aud neces- sarfly reproved it with conslderable severity of lan; re, aud _even §ome asperity, b»ucvsn:‘?'“ Bt e bt way to deal with & thing of that ~ kind was to stamp it out as scon as possible, and not aliow such a dangerous spurk to inflame the body politie. In both articles upon this sub- ?m, TaE TRIBUNE expressed the confident be- ief that the utterauces of the Western Cathoile did not represent the views of a Jarge section of the Irishmen of Chicago, and called upon them to express thumsclves to that effect. This pas beea done by M. Scanan and by many others who bave written upon this subject. It has Dbeen percelved-by a number of Irish citizens of Chicazo that it was necessary for them to REBUKE THE IMPUDENT PRETENSIONS of the Western Ualholic, or it would necessaril, put them in a disagrecable and unnatural pusz tion toward the other uitizens of this city. There are also mmany sons of Irlshmen who were born in this city, and who, while feeliug s nat- ural tenderness and aflectiou - for the fand of their forefathers, fecl Irritated and wounded b such danecrous sentiments us those upres;ui in the Western Catholic. They, It appears, are opposed to the self-styled organ of any sect, poweriul and influential though It may be, treating them 08 an_inferior class, devold of patriotism and love of .country, and thus seek- ing to antagonize them directly with their own country, aud indircctly with other nationalities. 1t will be scen, fu reading Mr, Scanlau's ot ter, that altogether too much of it i3 devoted to the.question of Irish. politics, and tuat he has fallen into the same error, to a minor de- gree, as the Western -Catholic. " Americans care nothing about the affection of Irish Catholics for Irish Protestauts, for this is a question upon which the. Chifl;lgu election does not and canpot turn. TiHe TRIBONE never soid that Protestant lrishmen who have joined the Home Rule party were- mistrusted. It simply sald thut " there still- existed & feeling of distrust between the Protestant and Catholic jobabitants of Ireland. ‘It has ex- isted for centuries, and it canuot be remdved in aday. THE TRIBUNE bas nothing to do with Protestant or Catholic Irishmen, and bas no opinion to express regarding. the division of the Empire, or regardiog otber Irish questions so “far as_concerns the municipal election in Chi- it wants men’ electea to the Common - Council who are in favor of economy, retrench- ment, and reform. It does not care " how many % . mpameher, . SEECIRY, Caicaco, Feb. 6, 1877, Joszzs D. Irishmen are elected. If the thirts-stx best men in the dty are Irishmen, let them go.to the City Council, If the thirty-six best men belongtoother nationalities, let them zo. Let the best men among the irishmen have their quota of the uffices, but do not o across 4,000 miles of ovean for the purpose of finding the test of Qualifications. Do not introduce Into Chicazo pulitics THE NUMEROUS SONGS, = the party catch-words, of another dsy. The cleansing of the North Branch has nothing to do with that nohappy event which h:npeu=§ on the banks of the Bayne; nor should the execu- tion of Lord Edwara Fitzgerald be any reason for electing an Irishman to office. It is the rizht of Irishmen, or of Americans, to discuss the * gestion of the ~division of . the British mpire, but it is the richt of no one to - make that u]ucstx’cm of local pohitics, and the attempt todo it simplf Irritates Americans and others who cannot unilerstand these questions, and who find enough politics at home without £oing across the Atlantlc for them. x4 ‘To sum it up once for all, that to which Taz Tvmnnxl_ takes exception Is the foréign Know- : Nothingism of the Western Catholic. 1t objetts to Know-Nothingism in" any form, native or foreign, but it objects to it especially when a Daper professing to be the organ of a religious sect complicates its Know-Nothingism with its religion, and makes of the two an issue more ¥enomous and moredangerous than either could be were it raised singly. It is gratifying to be- lieve that the Western l;athall'c has mext to wo Supporters among the Irishmen of Chicago: that they arc awakened to the mischievous nasure uf such articles; und that they will hereafter be pmmgt to repudiate the arrogant pretensions of this sheet, and to declare that. they will not ther ::e'y its dictates or be guided by its 53; s NS ; SECRET SOCIETIES. MASONIC. - MISCELLANSOUS. 4 The Voics for February, just out, is full o * matter interesting to the Irateruity. 3 Brotber L. R. Jerome, L. P.G. M. of the Grand. Council of R., 8., und 8. E. M.; of Dilinois, has removed from Princeton, I, to No. 38 Egan avenue, Chicago. -1 . A new lodge Is to be instituted at Kewanee, Ind., to-morrow evening. The jewels, working : tools, regalis, elc., were procured In this city | last week. \ ‘The Dlinois Masons® Benevolent Soclety paid : four benefits in January, amounting to $16,-~ 993.75. The surplus fund of the Sodety, Dec. 31, 1876, wos $33,843.24. From the 1st to the’ 20th ult. the number of applications for mem- ., bership was eighty-four. A carrespondent of the Voice says the * oldest 5 Mason and Knight Templarin the United States 13 Mr. John McKeghan, of Logansport, Isd., late of Beaver Falls, Px., now 95 ycars oid. He ~ jolved In Ireland in ‘the year 1803, and the knlgnu Templars about the year 18%0.” z At the annual meeting of the Masonic Board * of Relief, the following officers were elected for .the “ensuing year: Presldent, Dr. 8. Wicker- sham; Vice-President, Dr. R Tribodo; Treas:- urer, J. Sutton; Secretary, H. Duval; Execu- tive Committee, C. Smith and A. Grannjss; Actuary, E. N. Tacker. 3 The ‘Masouic Mutual Benefit Soclety of In-- diana paid four benetits in January amounting to $16,551.60, and since its organization has paid « the handsome sum ot $1,301,163.70 to the fami- lies of 811 deceased- members. Thus many widows and orphans have been aided In thetime of nx‘zeed, :sfl the honor of Freemasonry bas been. main! The twelfth annusl convocation of tha bodiea of the A. &A. 8. R. of Indianawill beheldin - lnflh:xus, Ind., on the 27th, 28th, and 46th of M A pleasant time is anticpated, and® it is probable that a goodly number of Ortental . Consistory will attend. : The officers and 8ir Knights of Chlcago Com-. mandery No. 16, . T., have zccepted an invita- tion of the Rey. N. F. Ravlin to attend the Fres Baptist Chorch, corner of Loomis and Jackson streets, next Sunday morniug. The subject of the discourse will be: *The Sufferings of Jesns Christ, and the Eternal Gloryof Hlsf{ingda:n," Notice will be given of the time of meetingin next Sunday’s TRIBUNE. The origin of Freemasonry is placed by intel- ligent writers, at the time of the arrivalof Dionysius in Asia inor, during the Ionic mi- gratlon, the date of which is fixed at 1040 B. C., about a half-century before the commencement of King Solomon's temple, giving ample oppor- tunity for the mo%;mn Fraternity to become established in Tyre, at the timo wien . Hiram was called upon to assis in constructing the temple, 1140 B. C.—Voice. 2 ODD-FELLOWS. AOSCELLANEOUS. Silver Link Lodge was recently instituted at. Alfordsville, Ind. ‘A complete ontfit was ordered from Chicago. Palm Lodge, which meetsin the North Side Turner Hall, procured an elegant set of official regalia and jewels Iast week. The Hon. Jacob Krohn, Grand Representativa of the Grand Encampment, returned from Cin- cinnati last week. BrotherO. W. Ovitt, M. W. G. P., of Michignn, fa in the city. There is 4 probability of his coming bere to live. All Odd-Fellows would bid him welcome. E < G. P., W. L. Sweeney has been confined to his home by severe fllness for the last four weeks. His_condition Is improving, and hopes are en- tertained of his specdy recovery. B The Chicago Ba fon of Pairinchs will here< after meet for drill Thureday evening at theid ball, corner Madison and Halsted streets, prepar- atory for their entertainment at the approache ing anniversary of the Order. - P. C. P. Mahlon Coleman died recently at Ga~ lena, Ill. He was a member of Lead Mine En~ umgmenl, No. 5, and one of the organizers of the Grund Encamoment -of the State fn 1850. :le was bariea with Odd-Fellows” and Masonic vnors. . The Hon. W. E. Carlin, G. J. W., reports that Jerseyville Encampment, No. 90, I in a fourishe {ug condition, the number of petitions for mem- bership having largely increased. The Encamp- went has decided “to uniform themselves, and twenty uniforms have been ordered from this city. Eboezn Friends Eacampment, recently {nsti- tuted, which meets at the corner of Twelfth street and Blue lsland avenue, are doing plenty of work, having good material to choose from. Messrs. Bohm, Flelding, Hefter, and . Hartman aresome of the principsl members. Their new and elegant ou be used for the first time Friday cveu!nq. Prof. Samuel Willard, of this city, under in- structfons from the Grund Lodge of this State, bas carefully digested the enaciments and de- cisions of that body, and of the Grand of the United States, promulgated &ince the publication of the “¥ifth Nlinois Digest.” The snpplemeutal digest was to have been issued with the journalot thelast session, but, proving too bulky, the Committee in charge decided to issue it fo’ pampblet form. Tbe work ls fust vut, and will doubtless be distributed by the Grand Secretary iu accordance with the rula adunbt:d Ia‘; !lhe[dhtrlbullo;x of the journal. It oumbers sixty-six pages, journal size, and is from the press of Culver, Page & Hoyne;. i The followintz-named gentlemen have been elected officers ‘of the Grand Encampment of l()dd':}!l‘cuow:lul the St:'uwfl?hln, to w"tudnh ngz the ensulng year: J. W. Porch, M. W. G. P.; DL Lazurus, SLE. G, 5. P.-, Georse W Cares, R W.G.8. W.; 8. 0. Moscs, R. W. G J. W.3 Josepb Dowdall, - W. G. S.; Anthony Wright, K. W. 6. T.; William B. Kennedy, R- W. G. R. tothe Grand Lodge of the United States. e e | KNOW A LITTLE LADY, 1know a little 1-'a£‘ whowm I met not long 2205 - She is noted for licr many modest graces, Wblcth\'arywheu are scen in this daloty little ueen Y With the daintidst of dainty little faces. With 2 daioty little amile, never made for to be- ftuile, Never mido, oh! nevor made, to be 80 crne], — Bat mude It was to love, like a *~little turtle- ove, And to furnish all its bright and happy fael. Now I go out of my way more than twenty blocks aday, Just w catch a gllmpse of such a pretty creatare; And when 'l-l:;l do not meet, how it gricves me on the street, _ You can see it stamped upon my every featare. Botoh! tomeet hergare; and her winning ‘lttla . waye, 2 5 .. How they firly captivate and do enchsnt me; While her "orbs 0f sweetest blue thrill me aweetly ugh and through, And forever and forever do they haunt me. “In the lgl)y hour of night comes this dainty littla sprite, . Comesshe often—ob! 80 often—scarce can nume s L t wl How often her I aee, while I fear no dream of mo Ever breaks upon her dainty littie slumber. Then why shonld T replne, when she never may .mine, o 5 2o ooy bem snother—ges. another-—be may dlaiu SoT'llleave youall-in doubt tUlJ sift.they’. In my **next™--why,then, perhapa, 1,