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

it S LR 3 a4 S M Dl A M il s e L A i AR 5 THE CHICAGO TRIBUNE: SUNDAY. MARCH 11, 187/—SIXTEEN PAGES. TURF AND FIELD. The Disappointments of a Noted Driver. Charlie Green’s Failure to Cap- ture All the Purses, ° Condemnation of Colf-Racing--- Long-Distance Races. List of Players in Clubs Out- side the League. Notes of Preparation from the Chieagos. Facts, News, and Gossip from Indighapolis. Personal and General Items for All Classes. ——— THE TURF. CHARLIE GREEN'S WATERLOO. Next to Budd Doble and Dan,Mace, probably the best-known driver fn the country is Charlie Green. Unlike the two first named, he has not been at the business a lifetime, and reached his ‘present position by long years of tofl, but came to the front in 8 somewhat meteoric and daz- 2ling manner. A few years ago, when Doble and Mace were known from one end of the lana to the other, Green was invoived in an ob- scurity, from which he suddenly emerged, and in a few short seasons achieved a success that made him not only the rival, but’ the peer of the others. Dan Mace properly belongs to the generation « which produced Hirsm Woodruff, and the pres- tige of this fact, together with his well-known skill, has kept him to the front through a series of years that have witnessed the rise and down- fall of many another man who started with the Urightest prospects. Doble’s fortune was made when Biram Woodrnff, in surrendering to his new owners, Messrs. Fawcett & Trussell, of Chicago, the king of trotters, Dexter, recom- wended them to secure youny Budd as driver. Both Doble and Mace are bred to drnive, their fathers having been in the business, and even now the elder Doble has few equals in the care and management of 2 trotter. Charlie Green, who fs the son of a deceased Congregational minister, pushed Limselfl into promigence by subduing the hot blood sud flighty brain of the Golddust and Norman lorses, and by developing such good ones as Fleety and Lucille Golddast, Lula, and May Queen, showing that in someof theessentials of afirst-ciass driver he was not to be excelled. His straightforward manuer and quict deport- went gained bim the rood will of the puolic, and with the horses of Joseph Harker, a weatthy XNew York stock-broker and protege of Commo- dore Vanderbilt, as a nucleus, e was soon abie 10 gather about him a string of trotters inferior to none 1m the country. The contest in 1§75 through the Eastern cir- cuit between bis “stavle and that of Doble was a - flerce one, Lut Budd bhad a little the best of it. Last year Green aed s friends determined to Eecurc 8 jralaxy of fiyers that should sweep the Septilat- tral purses from Cleveland to Springlield, ehatter the pool-box at every poiut, aud cause the balznec of the horscmen to sit down on weir bind legs and howl. In order to accom- plish this result, the country wae thuroughly huuted, and an array of trotiingtalent gotten together that, on paper, was invincible. Then the projectors of the enterprise touk the pro- gramme of the Septilateral, and entered a horse In every race but one. Most people would have been gatistied with _half the amountef .the purses, but the Aunte all. - First on the list was Lula, with a4 record of 2:15, and the Lonor of having beaten Goldsmith Maid, and trotted the fastest three consecutive heats on record, at Rochester, the vear previous. It was Ler ss to capture the purse for a special trial of peed, n_ which it was suppused the Maid would be entered. The free-tur-oll was Jo.ked upon asa soit thing for Lucille Gold- dust, but, to make it still casfer, Lula was also entered for this race, so that if one horse was out of form tie other could fill the zap. May Queen, Lula's half-sister, had snstained the Jonor of the family very creditably in 1875, aud to ber was assignid the task of showing the way to thewire inthe 2:20 class. “Tae 2:22 puree was a fot one, and I‘roas)ero, a very spcedy horse and halt-brother to Judge Fuller- 1om, was selectea to represent the combination iu this ruce. As a preliminary note of triumph, his owner, carly in the scason, offercd to maten him 4t Lalf-mife heats against any Loree, mare, or geiding in the country. Breeze, of the cele- brated l‘l‘]fi Faunily,’” by Hambletonianout of Old Kate, was assigned to the 2:24 race, with the understadding that he should win it whenever called upon to do so. Inthe2:29 a watk- awav was aoticipated, as the cbrated mare Josephiue, by Hambletoman, out of Lucy Almack, by Young Engincer, had been purchased at a large price aiter snowing three beats better than 2:20, cspecially for this race. Her name was changed to Mattie, and another purse rcgarded asse- cured. Proctor,a horse that had shown some very fast trials, was boohed for the 2:32 race as 2 sire winner, and in_the 2:30 race was placed Rose, s double-gaited mare formerly known as Quecchy Maid, and very speedy. During the early summer months, while these horses were taking their preliminary work on 1he Babylon track, everyth went smoothly. Their owners would come down .early in the ‘moruing, stow away a clam breakfast, and while under its genial Influence visit the track and see tbeir favorites ‘“cutloose? for a quarter or lulf mile. These trinls would be reported in New York, and the horses did not loge anything in speed as the yarns traveled. By the 1st of July, Green's horses were trotting ro fast (on vaper) that some wag proposed that the man- azers of the different tracks should hand Charlie 1he first money in each race, aud save the trouble of trotting for it. At Cleveland the slaughter Legan, and it pever stopped until. after the Poughkeepsic meeting, when Green flew the track and went home, not caring to pay freight on his stock to Hartford aud Springtield, so contident was he that they could win nothing. "A brief review of the successive catastropbes £ to which this stable that started out with such aflourssh of trumpets was subjected may not prove uuinteresting. In the 2:38 class, “Rose sécured fourth money at Clevcland, was dis- tanced in the second Leat at Buffalo, distanced in the third heat at Rochester, distanced in the second heat at Utica, and was then withdrawn from ber other cngazementt. Proctor, that was to have captured the 2:32 race, £ot fourth money at Cleveland, nonc st Buffalo, second muney at Rochester, fourth money au Utica, and was not started again. Mattie, fu the 2:20 race, performed very -creditably, although placing but one race to her credit. At Cleveland she got fourth money, at Buffalo second, at Roch- ester was drawn, at Utfea got third money, at Poughkeepsie won a good race, and was drawn from the balance of the races. Inthe2:2 class, Breeze was s failure, getting second money au Cleveland, no money at Buffalo, the same’ amount at Rochester, third money at Ttice, and was then retired. Prospero, the great half-mile-beat horse, was sick, aud did not start at Cleveland, got. third money at Buflalo, Do money at Rochester, and was scnt homae in disgrace. May Queen, in the2:30 race, won first mouey at Cleveland in slow time, and was never ft 1o start again. Lulu did very well, finan- cially, in the trial-of-speed parse, a8 she had no cumperitors, but the time made was disgraceful, it sometimes. bemg as Slow as 2:30. Lucille Golddust, in the free-for-all, got lesa money: any other horse in the class. To sum up, Grezn had eizkt horses, each one ina daferent Tace, and with this array of talent he managed to win fwo races. Of coursc for such a wholessle faflure it was necessarv that some excuse be put forward, and_as the horses, with the exception of Ludlle Golddust, were manifestly out of condition from the time of lum?z Cleveland, the blame was laid on a new ar in which they were shipped from Babylon, a - mmdnng surgeon asserting that - the t on this car Lad poisoned them. This , may have had . something 10 do with the result, but when the fresh paint theury is mentioned among horsemen, it only rovokes a sinile and some remarks lberally. interspersed with profanity. When pressed for: ar expression of opinfon, they will reply that too wany clam breskiasts and private trials had more to do with the defeat of Green's stable than suything else, And they arc undoudtedly Green-Harker combination | correct. These remarkable "private trinls, on private tracks, are very well in their way, but they zenerally do more harm than good, and it isn:‘iantzgn at thfi horscfl t}mt show great speed at home are frequen ound * fighti the banner™ in a race. q ¥ s ADOUT COLT RAGES. It is a matter of rfmt to all having the im- provement of the American trotter at heart that the practice of instituting purses for colt | races is on the increase. As long as the trafn- ingand uotun]gegia 3, and 4 year-olds was con- fined to the tucky bluc-grass regions, and used only ds a means of advertisiug a few trotting sires, no fault was found, although the Northern breeders, with few exceptions, looked n the matter with disfavor. meeting was iven at Philadelphia last summer, in which all ut_one of the events were for horses of 5 years old and under, and although the. entrics were numerous, the audiences which assembled to witness these {trots were composed almost entirely of those directly interested in the movement, not 500 people of the class that ordinarily attends a trotting-meeting being present. - Buffalo Park was the first association of any ‘préminence to give colt racing itssupport. Some time ago it announced a serics of such events to take place in connection with its aonual fall meeting, there being purses of $1,000 each for 3,4, and'5 yearolds. Flectwood Park has fol- Jowed the example set by Buffalo, and arranged the same programme. ‘It is casy to sec in what Jight this matter is regarded by the track managers. They know that the mania for early training and trotting is spreadiog all over the country.—thanks to the pernicious influence of the mectings held in Kentucky,—and arealso aware that nearly every man with a love for horses has a colt or two which he foudly imag- fues will develop into something fast. To these men, who have never enjoyed the u:lnmm‘ge of a little bitter experience, & colt-race has a fascl- nation that cannot be resisted. They argue to themselves that the entrance-fee is comparative- 1y light, not stopping Lo thi t the expense of tralning thelr alleged pr s will amount do much more_than they would receive in case of winning the race. Thcy place their horse In the hands of some *‘artist,” who charges for its keep sud care as much per day s would board a-man at s first-class hotel. But this item s only the beginning of ;. the nse. ere are sweat- €xpe! Dblankets, stadle-blankets, hoods, neck-pieces, toc-weights, side-weights, overhicad check-reins, different styles of bits, quarter-boots, knee- boots, shin-boots, and interfering-boots, to he bougat, until, like the Wisconsin man in & sim- ilar “situation, the unfortunate owner thinks that “the bloody colt will have all the boots In the famlly.” After payiug o heavy training bill for three or four montbs, the day of the race arrives, and if the colt has, by virtue of anun- usually good constitution, withstood the im- mense amount of work to which fts limbs and muscles have been subjected, it starts with the rest of the borses, and is probably behind the distance-flag when some infant phienomenon in the horse line goes uuder the wire. If the ama- teur turfite gets his horse back uninjured he may conslder himself n luck, as it is not too much to sy that out of every ten trotters train- ed in their colthood seven go amiss. It isupon this class of suckers that the project- ors of volt stakes and so-called breeders’ meet- ings depend for their financial reward. Owners of trotting-volts are zenerally men of means, and when, 3 well-bred youngster that with proper care would have developed into a trotter of merit, is returned from oue of these brutal contests in a disabled condition, they either sive away, or sell the cripple for' 2 song, and then start for. a brecding-farm to purchase another embryonic Goldswith Maid. This is exactly the result that the breeders are striving to attain. Every ruined horse in these colt-races means the sale of another to some infatuated party with more money than braius, andekB' thus kecping the market iu a_condition of healthful activity all hands are sutisficd, except perhaps, the purchasers, and they do ot reslize the «cost of their folly until the end of a once im- posing bank-account has becn reached. Tt may be said that the breeders tnemselves enter coits in theseraces. This is true, butit is also true that, if their engries become disabled, they can be utilized in breeding, and no loss be sustained. The evil effects of these colt races on the coming generations of horses can easily be fmagined. If the custom is allowed to grow, in & few years the now famousroad and trotting ‘orses of this country will be like the thorongh- Lred runuers: light-waisted, spindle-shauked, wasby fellows, with defective feet, and fit only to run a few short races, after which they are absotutely worthless. LONG-DISTANCE TROTTING. The old style of long-distauce trotting match- es that prevailed so extensively in the days of Miram Woodrafl has, like mavy another ancient institution, been superseded by something pre- sumablybetter, but which, in the minds of many, does not attain that position. In the “early days of the American trotting turf, races of mile-heats were seldom arranged, aud in the swminaries of the contests between Dutcbwan, Tacony, Rattler, and horaes of their time, it is noticeable that the dis- tance is from two up, and that tne greay majority of the events were heat races, three- in-ive, although an occasional instance is to be found where a shorter distauce was named. With the advent of Flora Temple and Lady Suflolk, the time rocord was_greatly reduced, auda passion for_fast trotting at mile heats created. This demand naturally led to the .training and driving of horses .in_order to dis- play their best gualities at that distance alone, aud, in consequence, the old race of long- distance trotrers,—real stickers, that could recl off a five-mile heat in fast time aud repeat in rood style,—has entirely cisappeared, and their plazes have been filled with a lot of weedy duffers fit only to trot o mile, at the best, and, even at that distance, many of them will throw up - thefr tafis. The multiplication of trotting horses dur- fug the past five vears has been so " great that the same amount of time and talent is not de- voted to & horse of moderate speed that wonld have been given in early days, when a horse capable of doinga mile i three minutes was well worthy of lonz and patient handlivg, and one that could putn its heatsin 2:40, or better, cousidered to be a valuable campaigner. Like all other good things, the training of trotters is overdoue, aad it is hazarding nothing to say that seven-tenths of the professional drivers give their horses entirely too much work. ‘The poor brutes arc taken to the track every morning during the training sea- son and jogmed six or seven miles, Thed, perhaps, the next half mile is done at & faster pace, and the lsst quarter finished at full snced; all because the Junkheaded driver is de- sirons. of showing the crowd of _idlers on the home-stretch what 2 world-beat- er he has in charge. This style of work does the business for _many a horse that with proper handling would haye mado its mark in turf history, and itfs the more to be regretted since it is not confined to the back-country drivers, but flourishes most leartily among the ribbon-handlers of the large cities. “‘his mania for showing fast quarter and half mile trials, when pursued to the extent that is done by too many drivers, Is bound to-produce its lezitimate result. Its victims, the horses, are perhaps made very speedy tor a short dis- tance, but lose both speed and stamina before the race is half over, or perhaps evena heat bas been finished. There is many a trotter that can show & halt-mile in 1:12 that cannot finish better than 2:30, sod perbaps does thatin a manner that shows a broken heart. Half-mile heas are all well enough in their way, out, a8 Peter Johnson once remarked, * They dont han up the money at the half-mile pole any more; and the soomer this fact is appreciated by the large number of trainers who mow femore it the better it will be for them. And when the system of Jess speeding and more jogzing is adopted, long-distauce races will acain be the fashion. The public de- sire them now, but the managers of tracks say, with truth, that were they to offer a purse for a race of two-mile heats or upwards it wonld not Bl1, the owners of trotters ali sereelng that their hotses cannot stand the strain of sucha contest. ‘They know that with the present sys- | in tem of mile-heat races it is a lucky man that carries a horse through a campaign Wwithout ac- cident or Joss of form, and very naturally do pot care to multiply the difficultics that already beset them by increasing the distance to be trotted. 2 TRACE TALR. Mr. Sanford’s horses are doing dally work at Newmarket. The pacer Fred Wormley, record 2:29, recent- Iy changed hands at a-fair price. The English race-horse Liberator recentl: bursta blo%d-vessd while being given a u-ia{ gallop. Kisher, fine form, mer even The stallion Mambrino Ido, Jr., was found dcad In his stall at St. Helena lsland, Sonth Carolina, on'the morning of Feb. 19. Observer, the horse that created such & seasa- tion i turf circles two years ago by his wonder- ful specd, will not be trained daring the coming season. The well-known trotting-mare Annie Coliins, record 2:23%, is for sale. Annic s a fast aud well-bred mare, and as 4 campaigner has few superiors. Tan TriscsEis obliged to “Krik” (H. G. Crickmore) of the New York World for 2 copy of his recapitulation of the doings of the racing turf for 1576 The old-time trotter, Myron Perry, recently injured his leg while belnz banged ‘around the the winnér of last year’s Derby, s in and beiug trained for the great sum- abortion of a track at Gilmore's Garden, New York, and will never be able to take part in anotber race. The fine pole team Lady Williams sud Volun- teer Maid have been sold by J. F. Merrow, of Boston, to Harry Bradley, of Medford, for $2,500. They can’ trot togéther in 2:40. The Tury, Field, and Farm. in itslast issue, ives Peter V. Johnson, of this city, driver of odine, Grant, Granville, and others, a merited compliment on his skill in developing trotiers. The promising gelding Dandy, owned by Richard Peniston, injured himsclf last weel and was destroyed. C’ls(, Jr., out of Charlotte, by Alexander Ab- daligh. Joseph Mackin, of this city, is now sole owner. of the 4-vear-old bay mare Pet, sired by the Updyke horse, of Batavia, IlL, and out of a thoroughbred mare. Shels sald to be very fast and well-gaited. James Golden, Lou Morris, Norcross & Mor- ris, Hiram _Woodruft, Luther Eames, Georze cks, D. W. Beckler, and W. B. Butcher will train their horses durlng the coming season on. the Mystic Park track, Boston. The cclebrated running horse Felloweraft, the first 1o eclipse Lexington’s four-mile ree- ord, has been placed in the hands of Charles Lloyd for training, and will be entered inall the long-distance races next summer. The Winona (Minn.) Jepublican aunounces that an ussoclation with fiftty memberships has beon formed in that city to control. the track aud give a meeting this summer. The Minne- apolis papersthink this an excellent thing as completing an easy Minnesota circuit. Scamp, the winner of the Croydon (Engl!sbg Interutional Handieap, on March 6, Ly eigh lengths, started with ten to one agaiost him, with Lottery, at fifty to one, second, and Wood- cock, at sixteen to ‘one, third. Brosdside, the favorite, finished fourth. It was a great day for the tlelders. e The Assoclatfon which controls the Charter Oak Park at Hartford-met last Tuesday and yoted to reduce the capital stock 40 per cent, or from $39,450 to $34,000; also to cancel the 100 shares In the hands of the Treasurer. It was then voted to ralse the capital to $75,000. The. effect of these two schemes will Db to wipe off tae floating debt, and put the finances in good shape. R. Peniston shipped from Lexington, Xy., on Feb. 23, five e of stock for New York, amongst them the noted four-mile racehorse, Felloweraft; Col. West, & bay colt, three years old, by West Wind, dam Monogram, by Mam-~ ‘brino Chief: Irene, brown filly, 2 years old, by Administrator, dam Lily May, by 1dol; o bay colt by Sentinel, dam by Country Gentleman; and a bay filly by Almont, that trotted a mile to halter.last fall in 2:51. Toe Poughkeepsic Fagle yentures a statement. that it would like to see the track-owners make adollar, It snys: ‘We 5 that It lliuggcs!ed that the trotting associa. tions n the circult offer a big purac for Goldsmith Mafd totrot sialnst time, giviax the owners of thiemaro $1,000 foF starting: lier in & trial. Nothiog could be more sbsurd. The time for piving extortiouate purses has gone by, ‘and everywhere the volce of the people v agafass it. If tho Assoclatfon desire to ald fubt trovters Jet them offer $3.0000F $3,000 to nuy horso_beating 2:14, the ownerof each horse 1o pay 10 per cent en- $rance fee, and to geL no part of the entrance fee back if the feat 1s not accomplizhed. 1t 15 about time that the asociationd commence fo MEKe rome money. Horse-owners hiave been taking it all for years. g Itis noticcable in_ this conucction that the owner of the Maid bLas started the regular an- nual Dnngm})h about his intention of with- drawing her from the turf at the end of the coming scason. Lie couples with this the usual asscrtion that sbe will beat 3:12 this year. The following are the noteworthy sales made during the past _weck: John Forbes, Cincin- mati, to Jamea Weelk, Plesonville, O,, b. s. Mo- bawk, by Norton. dam Rebecen Price, by the Colonel; price not given: W. L. Hirsch, Lex- ington, to Jackson & Wilson, yearling, gr. e. by Baywood, out of Crounlet by Enlister; S. W. Whevlock, Moline, 111, to 8. J. Schermerhorn, Nevada, 1a., yearling b. c. Ralston, by Romut lus, out of Lizzie by Alexander’s Norman, rice, $300; Dr. Hirsch, Lexinaton, to A. Ilol- rook, Cincinnati, b. g. Foxglove, by Wood- ford Mambrino, dam Tulip, by Alexander’s Ab- dallah, price not_ given; G. W. Nes- bitt, ~ Syracuse, [, to James Bill- ings, _Rane Couaty, IIl, 38-year-old colt. Extepsor, by Castor, for $400; R. Davis, Toronto, Can., to a gentleman at Markham, Can., b. s. (Vhirhrind, bs Royal George, price not given; G. . Wisner, Goshen, N. Y. to W. T. Terrill, Cleveland, b.'g. Free- dom, 8 years old, by Hambletonian, price $1,000; E. H. Emerson, Brovklyn, to L. M. Blakesley, Washiugton, D. C., blk. s. Nizhtshade, by Su- perb, price not given: A. D. Brown, Bultimore, to ML Manly, same place, ch. s. Anstral, by Imp. Australian, out of Coral by Vaadal; John Nashville, to A. H. Robinson, same place, b, . T. O. Harrls, by Jotol. dam by Fel- ton’s Morgen, for 8300; J. F. Merrow, Boston, to Harry ]]rxdle‘l', Medford, double team, Willinms and Volunteer Maid, for §2,5( Peniston, New York. to 8. G. Anderso; kota, b. s, Colonna_(brother to Nil Desperan- dum), for 81,5005 W. M. Randall, Indanapolis, to J. G. Stevens, Peru, Ind., b. & Vandal, Jr., by ‘Vaudal, out of i’-‘ay, by imp. Yorkshire. BASE-BALL. PROFESSIONALS OCTSIDE THE LEAGUE. In last Sunday’s TRIBUNE were given the names of the nives which will take the fleld to ruepresent the League Clubs for the season of 1877. Another class of clubs, much greater In number than the Lesgue organizations, but ‘hailing from smaller cities, and varying greatly fu playing skill, are the scmil-professionals, a8 they are called. These are this year to be grouped into three classes,—the League Alliance Clubs, the International Association Clubs, and the clubs unattached to any orgaunization. 1t bhas been loosely stated in various papers ~that the number of these out- side clubs was * some{hirtyor forty,” and again, by a more sanguine temperament, that thero were 150 professional clubs outside the Lengue.” - An absolutely correct census would very likely be an impossibility, bat ‘t'us Tris- UNE has gathered together a list which fs given ‘below, and which is conflned to such organiza- tions as have secured a ning or any considerablo part of one. It is apparent that it must be im- perfect, beeause the clubs have not all selected their men as yet, and some of them which have men under contract have not allowed that fact to be published. The positions arc in part given by the clubs, and in part by the natural fitness of thinge. Following is the list: LEAGUE ALLIANCE CLUBS, 3 Indlanapolis Ciub—Nolan, p., Flint, ¢., Houtz, 1b.,Quest, 2 b., McSorley, 3 b., Mack, . s.,Gol- den, L1., Rocap, ¢.f., Warner, r. f., Julian, Riley. Chelseas, of Brooklyn—Itule, p.. Curran. c., Dunne, 1 b., Loughlin, 2 b., Hankineon, 8 b., TRoseman, s. 6., Hayes, 1. f., Cassidy, ¢. ., Hour- igam, . £. Red Stockings, of Memphis, Tenn.—Van Burk- alow, p., Kennedy, c., Walker, 1 b., Shonp, 2b., Cuminlngs, s. 8., Brookshaw, 3 b., Moore, 1. f., Loftus, c. Maloney, 1. Crickets, of Binghamton—Alcott. p., Richmond, c.. McGuinness, b., Smith, 3 b., Roche, L f., Clark, c. f., Ta . B Stars, of Syracuse—McCormick, p., McKinnon, 1., Farrell, 2 b,, Carpenter, 3 b., Geer, 8. 8., Yagenl, 1.7, Hotaling, c. f., Clinton, r. £, all. ilwankee Club—Chandler, p., Bennett, c., Mills, 1 b., Carbine, 2 b., Andros, 3b., Lawler, &.8., Voee, 1. 1., Furlong, c. f., McDonald, 1. f. Red Caps, of St. Panl—Bachli, p., Gross, c., Gaault, 1 b., Ely,—; Miller, 2 b.,Scott, McClcllan, h;“?‘;}- ks, of Chi Moones, B sirbanks, of Chicago—Mooney, ¢., Brown, p. Brocken, p., Coblen, 1b., Furln’ug, 3., Bandgir 3b., Burke, e. 6., Edwards, 1. {., Dennis, c. f., Kellogg, Reardon. In the above list the Stars and Crickets are included, not because they are claimed to have signed the agreement, but because it is shown that they proposeto do so before a ball is struck 4 ganie. The following list of clubs under the head of Internationalsis, toalarge extent, doubtful, pecause it cannot be said what clubs have joine: that association until the scason has fairly com- menced, and they have sent in their money and signed the articles of association. The follow- ing list is of clubs which were represented at the Pittsburg Convention, either by delegate or Droxy: INTERSATIONAL ASSOCIATION CLUBS. Allegheny: Club, of Pittsburg—Dolan, c., Gal- vin, p., Goodmsn 1 b., West, 2 b., Nichols, 3b., Nelson, s. ., Holbert, McKelvy, Williamson, Creamer. . Actives, of Reading, ra.—Reseler, Fields, Heifer, Dillon, Warren. Buckeves, of Columbus, 0.—Barnle, ¢., McCor- mick, p., Sulllvan, 1 b., Strief. 2 b., Spence, 3., Burke, u. €., Booth. 1. 1., Fleet, c. f.,Mag- ner, r. f, Lochester, N. Y., Club—Batler, p., Caskin, ¢., Simmons, 1'b., Lrady, 2 b., Madden, 3 b., P Tipper, L f. y E0i, c. f., Shattdck, r. o5, . p.. Quilty, Browne, 1 8 8oy ‘Pond. Alaska Club, of New York.—Fallon. ¢.. Isherwood, 1b., D) 2b, e, c. I., Lew . N, 1., Club,—Carl, c., Snigg, p., Cogewell, 1b., Woodlicad, 2 b., Dailey, 3 b., Say, 5. &.,-Mincher, 1. ., Blogg, c. 1., Boad, r. . Tecumschs, of London, Ont. —Powers, c., Gold- smith. p., Bradley, 1 Somerville, 2b., Doe- scher, & b., Knodeil, 5.s., Hornung, 1. {,, Hunter, c. 1., Dinnin, ©. £. Miple Leals, of. Guelph, Sull.van, p., Lapham, 1b., Ont. —Hastings, ¢, Gillespie, 2 fi’f'.'mx'- e was by Strader’s C. M.- an.' 3b., Welsh, e, 8., T. Smith, L £., W. Smith, % spioyarxa o ¥o omoANIzaTIoN. | Lowells, of Lowell, Nass,—Foley, p., Sullivan, F. Whitney, E. T. Whitney, 8am Wright, Heitert, Streasy. . . Riode Inlands, of Providenco—Critchley, p., Keenan, o Dresnaban, 1 b., Hanion, 3 b Pearce, 8. 8., Maccaller, 1. 1., Bany, . 1., Thom- as, r. f. Geneseo, N. Y., Club—Tilbar, p., Doty, Sny- der, Baentie, Esmond, Sullivan, Léonarg, Tima, % ¥.0 Club—Wood, p., Heath, c., Kei- coy, 1., Benedicr, 3 b.. Obordorf, 3 b, Hohen, s. 5., Challiy, 1. f., Yorks, ¢ ., Buchner, r. 1., Green. Minneapolis Club—Bohn, Dickson,’ Hoffman, Gillen{w!e. O‘Dn%. Athletics, of Philadelphia—McDBride, p., Fisler, 1hb., Reach, 2b., Meyerle, 3b., Fulmer, s. s., Weaver, . f., Sensenderfer, c. 1., Coons, r. f. -Franklns of Chicago—Gllen, p., qunn, C.y Hanley, 1b., Reed, 2., Manning, 3b., Dufly, & 8., O'Longhlln, L f., O'Rvurke, c. f., Wood- lock, r. f. The above lists contain 8 few names of play- ers claimed by two clubs. 8o far as possible, these revolvers have been climicated, but only the playing season can insure accuracy in this matter. The lists are also liable to revision and amendment, both in the names of the play- ers and in the organizations to which they be- long, and to which their clubs belong. Several clubs which have been ** mentioned ” are not in- cluded in these lists, because it has not appeared that_they have any players. Among these are the Erie, Pa., Atlentown, Pa., St. Louis Reds, ‘Fall Kiver, Mass., Buffalo, N. Y., Cleveland, Auburn, N. Y., Resolutes, of Elizabeth, N. J., and others. The cities and towns which had good nines last year, but which bave not been heard from this” scason, are mauy. Some of them are de- pending on loeal talent, some will have no clubs, some mixed clubs, and a few of them will pull out when it is too {ate and try to get up a clud out of the old stubs who are left. The list of these places is only partially givenbelow: New Haven, Conn.; 'Bridgeport, Conn.; Tauntun, Mass.; Ithaca, N. Y.; Ilion, N. Y.; Neweustle, Pa.; Wilmineton, Del.; Harrisburg, Pa.; Juck: son, Mich.; Toledo, O.; Detroit, Mich.; Pater- son, N. J.; Wheellng, W. Va.; Covington, Ky ; Port Jervis, N. Y. THE WHITE STOOKINGS. The Chicago team for 1877, who have before them the arduous but not entirely unpleasant duty of playing under the shadow of the championship flag, haye manifested a pleasant alacrity in getting to the work laid out for them, and seven of the ten are now in the city. Besides the four who have spent the winter here—Mesers. Spalding, Barnes, McVey, and (Glenn—the new comers are, curiously, the three new members of the nine—Bradley, Waitt, and Smith. The first named bas been ailing a little, but is now much better, and will no doubt take the field in the best of trim. Waitt is also well fitted for business, and rather anxions to have it commence. The other new man, Harry W. Smith, of Indlanapolis, hap- encd in Friday, looking with favor uponall that En saw, exeept the snow. ltisa part of the country to come from.—that Hoosier State. They have plucky ball-players thereabouts. McVey wili do for 8 sample, and_if Smith gets on as well as Mac has, ke will do quite well enough for any team. . The Club management have laid aside so much of the ideas of former years as related to a gymnasiam to work in, and have arranged to have the team exercise ip a lange loft over No. 76 Randolph street. Here s o room abont 40 by 150 fect, admirably adapted for all all kinds of practice. The windows have been protected by wire netting, and the whole fitted up for use. : ‘The three members of the nine who have not yet arrived are Ansou, Peters, and Hines, but they will “fetchup” before Thursday, when the whole party will got to work. They expect to put in four hours per day,—10 to 12 a. m. and 2 to 4 p. m.,—and it should not take many days of that kind of work to get the knots ont of the cords. Nothing is known as vet about the first games, but It is quite likely that they will not take place here. The indefatigable and earnest McVey, who had been pining away all winter for lack of somebody to bruise up his hands, fell on Brad- ley as soon as he grrived in tho city, and, met~ ting bim ina hall, procecded to examine his delivery to sce if it had improved any during the winter. When the examination was con- cluded, Mac stepped out and informed a friend that if anybody hit Bradley clean for a base this year it would De a seratch. It has been for some time a favorite subject for speculation with outsiders as to what the Chicago Club pr}pvscd todo for a catcher to replace White. It was not enongh to assure the doubters that McVey was competent to do the work; they wagzea their wise heads aud declared that there was somo * darlk horse,”” some *Incipient African in the hed% 1 1t looks now as if they were right, for the Chicazo Club has during the past week sent to Mr. Young the notice of contract made with M. L. Finley. Exactly bow good & man Finley -may be can only be told after -Le has seen service. He is understood to be from Pekin, fo this State, and is said 1o be one of the best men in the country fu his place; quick to detect a point, tharp In making returns, aud generally excellent in change. NEWS FROM HOOSIERDOM. To the Editor of The Tribune. INDIANAPOLIS, Murch 9.—This 1s one of the best of Western cities in w to draw a large crowd to witness the national game, but when it comes to glving substantial money sup- port, such as is needea to carry a first-class club througn a _year’s work, then the citizens fail, and the present splendid conditon of the professional teum bere is largely owing to the personal interest taken in the matter by A.H. Brown, Esq.. President of the Club, who has sald tiat there was no rea- son why Indianapolis should not have as good u team 88 any other city in the country, and lias striven to make the Club here suchan one. How far he has succeeded can cnly be deter- mined at the end of the season's work. The ning is 2 strong one and the men are all in good condition, having.gone through considerable pymnasium work and practiced every available day on their grounds. - The trip théy are now taking South will take stiffness out of themn and aceustom them to each other’s playing, and, thoueh they will cope with no strong nings out- side of St. Louis and Memphls, they will have the practice that every set of new players needs. The few practice games that the” Club bad before leaving were witvessed by large crowds of peopiec who wished to sce the new men and how they _played, and every person secmed sutisfied and prond of the nine that will enter the field for the ¢ first” place. There was mnch dissatisfaction amonast a certaln set here when they found that Miller, the second baseman, bad cut his own head off, nnd was to leave, -and quite a party of his friends went to the National Hotel, where tho rest of the players were staying, late one night, and triéd to compel them to have Miller re- tained, but they soon found that the persons Wwho were paying the money were also manag- ing the affairs of the club, and Miller left. His trouble with one of the players was caused by dis circulating stories about the latter which were not true, but very damaging to his charac- ter as 2 man and ball-player. “He called Miller to aceount, and they came to blows, but were ‘parted before any damage was done. 'The Indianapolis team left for the South via St. Louis Monday noon, the boys fecling sure that they would bring home 4 ball from St. Louis—which remains to be scen. The 8t. Louis Browns play here on the 26th and 37th of this month, those being the opening games Tere. They will be witnessed by very large crowds. The management are trying to arrange with the Louisville Club for games there on the 30th and 8lst of this month, going from Louisville to Cincinnati, and playing Keck's team April 2 aud 3, and returning to play the Louisvilte Club bere about the 6thand 7th of the same month, and playing the Cincinuati team here the week following. - They expect to kecp base-ball matters going very lively lere during the season. The park here is being fixed up for the reception of the Club on theit return, ané the grounds will be put in as good condition as possible.. From trustworthy in- formation, I find_ that Mack, manager of the Club, has received aletter from Devlin, want- to come here and play, but tne letter was not sauswered at .all It is reported that . Julian, who pln{'; ed short-stop here last year, and engaged to play substitute this year, has recelv- ed oo offer from the Red Caps of St. Paul, Minn., which he will accept on bis return from the South, ns the club here have expressed & willingness to release him. Henry Smith, who has been engaged-by the Chicago Club for this scason, left for your cit this evening, and wehope he will prove as go a player as the other man you received from us —Cal McVey. < Tue free !ét There this year will be very small ‘indecd; and good clubs coming will find their share of the receipts’larger than last year, and as orderly a sct of people in attendance as were ever seen on 2 ball ground. Many thanks are due Mr. A. G. Spalding from the clubsin the League Alliance for the perfect plan ho ‘has given them whereby they have all the benefits of the League without fts cost. Mr. Npalding has “done very much to elevate ball-playing to the place it shonld ocen- Y- Tre Cnicaco SusDAY TRIBUNE is looked up to by those interested in base-ball here as the authority in all matters pertaining to the game, ana we hope that 1ymx will continue in the good work, and ru{x wlvofl mmth::g 50 hnve"the hfimi support of all vers of ¢ ‘“pure’” sport of base-ball. >3 e N C.R. 8 THE BINGHAMTON CRICEETS. R The following communication from’ Mr. Ab- bott, Manager of the Cricket Club of Bingham- | friends. too, N. Y, bears upon some statements hereto- fore mede In these columns: To the Edifor of The Trivune. Bryanaurow, N. Y., March 2‘—-]1!"'1113 noticed in your Sunday issuc of Feb. 25 a statement that the Cricket Club, of Binghamfon, N. Y., were trying to procure Messrs. Daily and Bradley, mem- bers of other clubg, which, the writer adds, looks s if they were not g\lnnlnfi an honorable course, ctc., 1 wish to add that the Insinuation fs not war- ranted by the facts, and does great {njustice to the Cricket Club, and creates o false impression.” A Jittle light on the subject would have made it clear to the writer how unreliable rumor i+, as a founda- tion to assail the motives and acts of a club in se- lectinga.nine. Mr. Daily signed a contract with the Cricket Club in the month of October, 1876, to play with the reorgunized Cricket Club for the sea- son of '77. While in New York I learned that Mr. Daily had, about the 1st of February iast, simned o' contract to play with the Manchester Cinb, of Manchester, N. H. On my retarn home, it came to the knowledge of the Di- rectors of the Cricket Club, from the Manager of the Manchester nine, that he would not permit Mr. Dally toplay in his nine, if he had signed with the Crickets. In view of Dailey's unmanly treatment: and his little regard for a valid an blndln% con- tract with the Crickets, ho being needy, the Direct- ors were unanimonsly willing that he shonld take his departare to anch club as might give him ‘the m?\a’!l;m:;for'} n!nd l%:’dullusad‘l;iin. Joat v the Dostons had played their closin, me with the Crickets in the fall of 76, it was gufie‘:lly believed that Mr. White, pitcher of the Crickets, wounld play with the Bostons this season, and an application was made to Harry Wright t0 asaist in engaging Mr. Bradley as one of the proposed pitch- ers for the Cricket Club for the season of 7. Over- tares were made, and a correspondence was had. Mr. Bradley made an offer, but, by reson of neligence, Bud press of businesy mattors, the Crickets failed secure his services. Al negoliations were open, aboveboard, and in good faith, without any knowledge that he had made any engazement elsewhere. Mr. Dradley has not intimated thathe has yet signed with any club. - Newspaper annountemeits are not always sure proof. The Crickot Club are decldedly opposed to glv‘lng any enconragement to players who have made en- agements with other clubs. The success of the ase-ball Interest du;)cnd.u beyond question on a rizld enforccment of contracts, otherwise there :vlll‘hc n0 safety in making engagements by con- ract. The Cricket Club has suffered withont retaliation, Mr. George Latham sought an engagement and entered into a written contract for the scason of 1877 with the Cricket Club, and aflixed his own sal- ary. About the 1st of January last hb commenc- ed to revolve, and wrote fora release. Inquiry ro- vealed tite fact that hehad procured an engage- ment on the Louisville nine. The Cricket Club has not released Mr. Latham, nnd at the proper time they propose to bring his case before the base-ball tribunal, should he fail to keep the e %mem_ Cuances E. BOTT. It is & pleasaut thing to learn that the Cricket Club of 1877 fs an entirely reorganizea institu- tion, which has cut loose from the traditions of 1876. ' The mere fact that the name of the man- ager has been changed from Mixis promise of anew deal. It fs not going outside the record to say that last year’s Crickets were given to getting men pretty much any way, and itis ao- ceptable to be ablé to announce a c¢hange. The Dn!lly matter scems to have been pleasantly settled, though not exactly on the basis hinted at in the above letter. Correspondence from the Manchester Club, received since the ietter from the Crickets, says that the whole thing Las been satisfactorily adjusted aud that Mr. Daily, haviog Dbeen released by Binghamton, will play in Maunchester. The same letter asserts that Daily never offered to play with the Live. Oaks of Lynn, as had been asserted, There seewns no doubt that he will plfllin Manchester, but that does- not at all ex- l: how lecame to sign a contract with Binghamton in_October, 1870, and anotker with Manchester in the spring of 1877. Sowe friead of Mr. Daily’s will have to sct that matter straight before he can be whitewashed. At present the Cricket Club stauds in the best posi- tion in the matter. THE TRIBUNE knows several facts about Boston Bradley not atall to his credit in the matter of contracts, but it waits to sec - where he will bring up this year before it prints them. In the ineantime,it would say to Mr. Abbott that Bradley has signed a con- tract with the Teeumsch Club, of London, Out., and has received $100 gold advance pay- went. That wiil cut*off negotiating withs him. A statement made by the management of the Teeumseh Club is to the effect that the Cricket Club of 1876 deliberately stole Latham away from them right fn the middle of the scason b offering him $25 2 month more than he was gel ting to desert them. II thisbe true, thereis sort of poctic justice in his eecond transfer. Hoswever this may be, and there Js no reason to doubt the source of the story, THE TRIBCNE is rlad to hear that there ia to be no more work of that sort in Binghamton. Mr. Abbott may be eure that he will make his balunces come out nearer right by honest work than by encoarag- ing revolving. ~There is every reason to belicve that he will square his conduct by that principle. | THE ‘* REORGANIZED.” The usually trustworthy correspondent of Tune TrRiousE at Philadelphia gave last week the prospectus of the rcorganized Athletie Club with something like laudation of the Lonesty which was to snimate the new association. It looks now as if the veteran had been imposed ou by the soft words of the new gang, whose initial movements are very wuch like those of the oid crowd. They announce that they have engaged young Benuett to catch for them, in the face of the fact that they kuew that he had signed o perfectly straight, fuir, clean contract with Milwaukee. Lest thereshould be some quibble about this matter hereafter, it is proper to sny that Tue TRIBUNE reporter knows about” that contract, and knows that the Milwaukee Club has not released and will not release” Benmett, and that the contract is in full force and effect this moment. Tt further suggests that the gang will find in the shortest possible time that they have waked up the wrong passenger if they come to a row with the Milwaukee association. It is possible that the gang bave an idea of carrying matters high- handed, aud of playing Benuctt. They can then play such clubs as may be outside the League, outside the League Alliauce, outside the Inter- nationai Association, and outside the pale of decency generaliy—and npoue others. 'This would be reform without a doubt—Philadelphia reform. But the matter never will come te any such pass. The Athletics will back down, and Ben- nett will come whirling West before his contract begins. 5 1 Thadswick so rarcly utters 2 sentiment worthy of general approval, that, without explaining why a codfish will not ctimb an apple-tree, both space and indorsement are given his declaration concerning the “reorganized” Athletics, that “They will not join the League, but will play on an independent footing.” The New York World thinks that the Ath- Jetic Club *is now under auspices which will insure its being run on_the square,” and then adlds, with something like nconsiatency, that licks Hayhurst is to be Manager. It fs claimed that the “reorganized Ath- letics ” offered Eggler $300 for the coming sea- son, and that he replied with pardobabie warmth that he would see them further first until they paid up for 1ast year. There is a sort of general idea that o clubwhich has to drop its name to get away from the SherifTs oflicer isn’t first-class sceurity on a contract. THE BROOKLYNS.OF BROOKLYN, The movement of the Hartford team to Brooklyn, which was first announced as a fact in 1ast Sunday’s TRIBUSE, meets with the hearty approval of all the clubs and players in the country. A dispatch to this paper last Sunda said that the aereement had been drawn an would besigned the following day. ~That Prof me was carried out, and on the day named the contract was signed and sent to Sec- retary Young as custodisn. - The opinion of such of the papers as have heard of the change has been singularly unanimous iu its favor. The Clipper takes the extrsordinary ground that it aunounced last fall that the change would be made, and that the fact that is now made proves that = the editor was right. The fact is = that the _ original negotiations for the change were all on & different basis from the one finally adonted, and they all fell through and bursted long azo, and the present arrange- ment was tho result of new propositions made by the other members of the League. Again the Clipper fails to remember that it announced that the agreement had been made—not would be. That was not true, and it is rather a curions thing to claim merit for it now. Itis tly to De feared that the Clipper’s pet,—its beautiful darling,—the “fAtlant{c Club of Brooklyn,” will even now not thrive and grow. 1t is the inten- tion of the management to- comply with Sce. 8 of Art. 3of the League Constitution, and to pame the club the * Brookiyn Clobof Brook- Iyn,” and they will be wise if they carry out the inténtion. There 18 a kindred aud an unpleas- ant flavor about both * Mutual” and ‘At~ Jautic which will not attract patrons nor make ‘There i8 1;5 renslg:l W yyli‘?!:oi‘c;gélmlz should make himself a missionar] the latter name from the depths™ into ‘which it had fallen.” 'DORGAN CASE SETTLED. Fpectar Ditpateh to The Trébune. a r. Lo , Marcl 10,—The Dorgsu difficulty has b auttied at last and n fovor of St Louls, the Syracuse folks withdrawing all claim to him. Telegrams received from Syracnse to-day stote that he leaves at nnux!ul;hsl. Louis. -gratifiying The above dispatch conveys very gral n, news. It Wou‘dplln.ve been a bad thing. for the e to have had & row between two so_prom- snent clubs, one ‘inside and one outside the League. It s now left for Dorgan to make the best of his way to the city by the bridge, and to try by earnestuess of play and good bebayior to redeem his foolishness in Algnmz,‘;tl.:;o contracts, d thus stirring up & row generally. . - m’rn—s"‘l"rgnwn lmlsJ resented both sides of the controversy about Dorgan 50 fully that it will not recapitulate it now. Legally, there never was o doubt about the binding effect of the first contract. Aorally, there #as a wrong; but it does not look as if it was haif as much St. Louis’ as it was Dorgan’s. The Stars saffered the loss of a ‘flnyar because their officers took his word—and that by implication—rather than his bond. It remains to say that the Stars have acted during the last part of the difficulty with far more moderation, sense, and judgment than they at first displayed, and they will sce the good effect of it before the seasonis through. It is understood that the Stars are making overtures to a zood man to fill Dorgan's place, and that before they are ready to play the first ggme they will have a competent player behind 2y Malone and McGl; who e with them & part of last scuun’:m' ik HOW_EGGLER TRIPPED HIMSELF UP. Spectal Dispatch to Tha Tribu Sr. Louts, March 10.—Eggler was ol,lltred $1,800 {or the scason for his services by the Browns, = He held out for $2,000, which the St. Louis folks could not see: -and,’ now that Dorgan is secure, Eggler is not wanted under any circumstances. It was clear that there was something w , from the prevalence of such paragraphs as thi in the St.Louls papers: “Thereis nothing new regarding the engagement by the St. Louls club of_the outfielder referred fon few days since. Negotiations have been In progress, but they have not as yet been satisfactorily com- pleted.” 1t appears from the dispatch that the Browns were not golng to the lus of eleven men, as secmed probable from the Eggler nego- tiation. It will' doubtless mow appear with great clearness to sald Egeler that he made “a ass of hisself” in refusing $1.800 per year. He never will get the same offer - SBAI-PROFESSIONALISM. It is sald that Ellick, formerl; Louis Reds, has joined the . Columbus. . Bradley, formerly of the Bostons, says that be will play in London, Canads, and nowhere else. This on authority of Boston Herald. Noticewas given by the League Secre: last weck thai the Chelsg\ Club had rclessetary Clare and engazed Roseman; also that the Red Caps, of 8t. Paul, had contracted with W. H. McClel- lan and Walter Scott. ‘ Miiler, late of the tndisnapolls Club, appears to be an unknown and at present an unknowa- ble quantity. = Within a few days after he part- cd company with Indiannpolis, one of the at- taches of "this paper received thrce letters from different * clubs asking about him: and saylog or insinuating that e bad applied for a position. It would appear from this that he had been looking fu- dustriously after another position, as. it was his duty to do. A week ago 2 correspondent in St. Paul explained that he was to play there, and later two Eastern papers assien him to] differ- ent clubs in that section. Meantine no notice of engngement comes from any source. Please i;.-me this matter somehow and at once, gen- lemen. “Two weeks ago THE TRIBUNE published a list of players claimed by two clubs made up on the best authority at hand, partly newspaper and partly letters. Among the rest was included the name of Hotaling, who was said to be ex- ected by both the Muple Leafs and tars, of Syracuse., A letter from George Sleeman, Fsq., President of the former Club,” explains the matter in the following lan; e: “The facts are these: I made Hotaling an offer to pln¥ with us; he re- Dlied, stating that 1t was satisfactory, but asked one week before closing contract. ThisI grant- ed, and abont a month afterwards he returned lus contract to me unsigned, and gave as his reason, that his father was very sick and did not Wwish him to be 5o far from home.” Mr. Ed N. Williamson writes to complain that an injustice was done to him by this paperin that it ranked West, of the Chelseas, as his su- perior 88 a second baseman in commenting on the composition of the Allegneny Club, of Pittsburg, for which both are cngaged this year. Mr. Williamson may be as- sured” that there was mo intention to ipjure him in the remark: and, fn- deed, it can be no injury to be ranked sccond to 50 good a man as West, who playedsome games last year never surpassed by any one. In jus- tice to Mr. Williamson, it is proper to append his own showing, whichisa very finc one. He says: ‘“In base hits I had anaverage of 1.36 to a zame, while in fielding I had thirty-two errors in thirty-six games, playing in pusitions of pitcher, catcier, and third base.” This s cer- tainly remarkable, and only half 4 dozen men In the League surpassed it. - SPLINTERS. As the base-ball season comes on apace there fs a young man down in Boston who says he would sooner be Wright than be President.— Enquirer. . . The Globe-Democrat bids sdfeu to * Hip Plke, the hard hitter, switt runner, and lazy fielder.” If 1t comes in Pfke’s way he will delight in tak- ing the change out of Nichols for that last naine. 3 a- In the scarcity of ball news the Eastern p: pers are elaborating on Harry Wright’s weight Z170. He begas Clln’f‘lnnnn Enguirer publishied the long obituary of him. The Courier~Journal thinks that thefirst cham- plounship game in_which the Louieville team takes part will be in Cincinnati with Mr. Keck’s Reds. More than seyeral people will go down to Mill Creek to see that zame. A valued correspondent at St. Paul sums up the week by saying: *° Nothiog new this week, exeept that J. \V. Spalding Is up here setting forth the merits of his wares m & basso pro- fundo of great compass and parity.” o Bradley has been engaged to pitch for the Chicago Base-Ball Club this year. TWith his assistance they expect to successtully inaugu- rate the season and come_out victorious in the end by eight to seven.—Enquirer. The newspapers at present tcem with para- graphs about like this: **Mr, —— ——, the es- teerhed and effective — — of our new nine, arrived here yesterday. Heis looking well, and feels confident that our team will attain 2 much bigher rank than last season.” They are all sigus that the season is about to begin. The catcher of the Harvard Base-Ball Club has fnvented o brass wire mask for the face. - If it were not for our American colleges the lntent genius in some men would slumber forever. The Lest protection in base-ball, however, is to hire another fellow to take your place, while you sit on the fence and watch the players zet crippled.—Ezchange. A pentleman writes to commend to the notice of some professfonal club Frank Col¢tnan, of Brooklyn, who has played with the Namcless Club of that city, and ~been known as *Wal- ters.” Henry Chadwick calls him *‘a first-class general player, a strong batter, and a man whoseintegrity of character {s unquestioned.” He has chiefly occupied first base. Two communities are waiting on Larkin with considerable anxiety: the Hartford _papers (which baven't yet heard that their niue hasleft them) are wondering whether he is going to turn out another Josepls, and the Boston folks are getting readyfto havea beautiful Jaugh if he does. When the Brooklyns meet the Bostons it will not be Ferguson’s fault it histeaw doesn’t win. 1t appears from a Philadelphia letter that the I‘Mm&lphln Club has thoughts of gathering {tself tozether for the season—or, rather, for the beginning thereof. Whether thisistobea 1ot of youngsters, o the rakings and scrapings of the **old-head * clementl does not g a8 yet. To guess at this long-range tance twould be to think at once that Zettlein must bein it and of it. In reference to the removal of the Hartford Club from Hartford to Brooklyn, Al Wright has ‘himself on record in the Philadelphia Mereu: follows: “A New York contemporary still in- sists that the Hartfurds are coming to Brooklyn, and now locates the headquarters of the ‘re- organized Atlantics?® at the Cnpitoline gronnds. We can say positively that the Hartfords will stay in Hartford.” 3 “Penpant calls attention to the great im- ‘provement in the Boston, St. Louls, and Cinein- nati teams, and asks"if tne Chicagros have been strengthened in the same ratio. He thinks not; Tue TRiBUSE thinks they have. It believes firmly that Bradley nod McVey are the strong- est pair of ball-players who ever faced c) other inthelr positions. Having said so much sbout a part of the nine,—and that is more than it has sald concerning any two players in a year, —Iit waits tohave & few games show that’ft is right or wrong. a In commenting on the Loulsville team the Couri it full 50 per cent strong- er than last year. This does not appear; the changesare: Latham for Gerhardt, clearly not an improvement; Craver for Somerville, a help to the batting, but not_to- the fielding; Gerhardt for Fulmer, 8 big lift to the "efficiency of the team; Hall for Kyan, strengthens the batting; Ryan for Eunn%s, alsoa good things Shaffer for Clinton, a loss. The team has certalnly been greatly. improved,—unless Latham turns out another Carbine,—but not one-half. Itis expected Craver will Captain the nine. N The most encouraging thing in base-ball this year has been the altered state of the public mind toward revolving. It wasn’t more thana year ago that the Femln sharp hop) from town to town, recefved advances, made ex- its in quick order. ‘It wasn’t more than a year ago that the Resolute Club started out for a tour, and dropped from one to three players fn every town until avout the ' only people who reached home again were the managerand a cripple. It was only last year that a prominent New York 8tate club sallied ont for a tour and stole l!g&r men be?re I‘;. xl:e :m:k. 1t was the era of thieving, an: ually the m: TS be- gan to be hot about it, and by the ml the of the St. uckeyes, ol n to improve from the day the season they were blazing mad. And, 1. ably enougl, the men who had stolen the most men were most . anxious to have the practice stopped, for fear thel’i_glnnder should be stolen from them in turn. e change has been rud- den, but apparently thorough. A year ago Tne TRIBUN®'S publication of “men claimed by two clubs ” wonld have excited mo comment; now every man whose name Is in that list has been searchine lich and low_for some wav out. Several men have freed their names ‘from the charge; the others ought to if they can. To the Cincinnati Papers: The Hon. Bob Addy has started for your city to take part in some ball games. Be kind to Bob; he is buta fragile flower and cannot stand the chilling blast,—besides, he’s mighty clever witbjhis fip~ pers. And be sure of this, that whatever hap- pens on your ball-fiela the Hon. Bob will have gmmd lotin it; if a man is to be ran ont ctween third and home, Bob'will show ap and take a hand In like as if he had been standing .there all the while. And, finally, chalk this on ‘the wall: The Hon. Bob will get 50 per cent more runs this year than any other man in Keck’s Menagerie. Bos’s OLD PARD. A correspondent advauces the incontrovertible statement that there is plenty of old and sea- soned ball materdal in the country, and backs 1t up with the paralyzing - conundrum, Why doa’t somebody get it together into an Old Thmers’” Club? There isn’t any answer to guch a ques- tion, except, perhaps, that the game has gone ahead 8o fast within & few years that thestrand- ed ones are forgotten and lost. The propersug-- gestion to the correspondent is that he himself volunteer to get up the nine. Here is & list ready-made to his hand—all “old-timers ” sure enough: ¥, Zettleln, p., Watermaz, e Sweasy, 2b.,. Radelir, 3b,, g‘::n‘g& el Treacy, 1. f.; * Cuthbert, c.f,, Bechtel, £, £, Foran, Paber, Hatfleld. X That would be an assortment equal to an] that could be picked out—in lom:x?eapects. 24 QURSTIONS ANSWERED. Snpsox—The list has already been pabdlished. B. H.—The rule haa not be i3 Just 60 lagt year. ot Tesaungt. Towas OLp Toisr—Berthrong and Fox wes ;hah- day, but have not geen heard mm‘:n.&:'lll:: ve years. ey T. ArteN—XMalone is sn exccllent catcher and an exceptionally fine thrower to bases. He did not have a fair ehow lust year. p Sconen—When a fielder drops’the ball Intention. ally and makes a double-play, the ball belngesi- - dently droppod for that_purpose, he should not be - charged witn an error. . Fretppn—Eggler had a better average than Hall as a fielder. He stands No. 5 in_the official list; while Hall Is No. 27. In the batting list, however, Hall is No. 2, and Eggter No. 16. Toraw Bases—Tie Trrsuys did not originata . the rule referred 1o, - Its merits are fall :l:’:g:::e‘n.l 3 in'another column. Belag a rule of the League, it must, of course, be used in all League scores. BrooxLYN—The Hartfords had been toplay o the Unton- Gronds for thes ¥ months, but the negotiations womld undoubtedly have failed if the other Lesgue clubs had not come 1o the rescue. . R. D. P.—It is not easy to name the most excit- ing game ever played in Chiicago. Probably it was tho White Stocking-Olympic_ game in 1871, in which, after_being -*skuned ™ elght times, the Whites won the game In the last inning by making nine rans, with two hands ont, the Olympics mak- ing seven In the entire game. LEAGUE ALLIANCE—'‘Are you correct in the statement In last Sunday's TRIBUSE that 3 Leaguce Alliance Club can play a club preseatinga man who been expelled from a League Club? We don't s0, understand it." Answer—You will find absolutely nothing in the agreement which yon signed that touches” the point, and you cortainly have at present all the rights which yon ever had, excepting. as to thase thivgs ‘mentioned in said agreement. Uxrine—(1) Where the **explanations " of the League rules in !herugnbflatlanyou refer toare identical with such rules they are” snperfiuous and tuerefore worthlesa. (2) Where such expiana- tions are at variance with tho Leagua rules they are worse than worthless, and no nmpire will be tolerated who follows them. (3) The names of Harry Wright and Ferguson are simply di d in as an advertising dodge. Those gentlemen have not given the publication - the endorsement of the League, and have no au- thority even if .they wished to doso. (4) The League playing rules are s clear and plain_as the alphabet, and re%nln no explanation. (3) The League Book fs the. only publiestion having a cor- Tect copy of the playing rules by the aathority of the Lesgue. ‘‘BaLis, Pekin, TIL—“InSec. 8 of Rule 6 of the code for 1877, u question presents ltself which is material. S0 as fo have no misconstruc- tionIask: (1) Can the runner, after three balls ‘hase been called, be %m out even if he runs? One would think 80 by resding it; and (2) if 80, where is -the loss™ to the fleld- ing nine in ‘having balls called® And agaln (3), is that gizing the batsman a base if ho can be pat oot thouzh he ron to frst! Answer— The phrase **provided he do %0 on therun™ was ut into the rules of this year to make the Fma lively by demanding of the player that he horry along sud not delay matters. sou motlce the: commas at each side of it you will see that you can't get such an interpretation o3 yours withont mneglecting the second ome. It isa safiicient an- swor to your three quostions to say that the runner cannot be put out in going to first base on called balls. The rale also demanis that he make the me lively by ronning the distance between the es—that Ia all there is to the change. ———— THE FAIRY’S PRAYER. One snmmer-eve, when twilight cast Ita silken veil o'er Nasure's face, My heedless foutsteps wandered past A utream—n still ond Jonely place. And "neath the drooping willow's shade, Where flags and 1ilies blossomed wild, Tepled, from out the featy glade, / faity crooning 1o her child. So rare and strange a sight to view As water-nymphs with silv'ry wings, On noiscless step I nearer drew, And listened td the tiny things. My anxious ear acarce heard the tone, o low and weird, like music sweet, Where love, and hope, and fear, in one Deep carrent, siruggliog onward, meet. Thia I8 the Iay the soft winds bore Out from the streamlet's grassy shore: ¢+ st as the Hly's peatly cup. Upon the clear lake's bosom borne, Looks, from its gentle cradle, up Into the rosy.depths of morn, And smiles to sce 8 world so bright Arrayed in robes of tinted Light: ** Just so may’st thon, more Tnnfly fair And purer than the lily's ba Catch, from Life’s fragrant matin falr, One glimpse of Love's enchanting flood, Before Earth's care, O bitter wo! Shall ananch the beauty of its glow.™ * Marou 9, 1877. BY NEste. ————— HUMOR. See-gesslontsts at Washington—Spectators in the gallery. A late book is entitled * Half-hours with In- sects.” What & lively half-hour one can have with a bee! Satd a canny Scotch trader once: “Xonesty s the best )’°“° ; an’ ye may tak’ my word in the matter, for [ ha’ tried baith.” s A Detroit restaurateur hangs out a sign of “free chops,” aud when the old loafers come around he shows them an ax and a wood-pile. There is a man in Tennessee with such big feet that, If he gets them wet in December, he doesn’t have & cold in his head until February. A paragraphist remarks that the man who de- nfed that neuralgia comes on in foggy weather is convinced now that it was a great mist-ache. A young lady sent a poem to a British news- g%mr entitled, ““Icannot make him smile.” e editor ventured to express an opinion that she would have succeeded had she shown him the pocm. He, stammeringly: I really—beg pardon; had no ides it wssguy: late; my wynu:h muoat haye stopped.” Stern percnt: **Undoubtedly. I advise you to have it repaired immediately. * Ezeunt omnes. “And it was for this,” a patriotic wile ex~ Bm“d to her husband, a most enthusiastic emocrat, it was for this that you came home home every night for six weeks with cloves on Your breath and Kkerosene on your coat. Faueh b-h1”? Poor boy " eald a lady, as shetook ont her purse to give the little” begger some change. “Yes, I am a poor boy,” the yonng rascal, squeezing & tear out of his eve, “and have four sick mothers _to support.’” e lady put back her purse, shook her head, and walked sadly away. - He was sitting silently by her side one chilly * evening last autumn, thinking of something to gay. Finally he remarked: ' How sad it is; the frost has come, and it kill everalnhm een.” Thereupon the young lady exiended . er hand and sald in @ sympathetic tone: % Good-bye.” . Ihe following bon_smot is . attributed to the Prince of Wales: On being asked what-ho thought of Lord —, who always appesrs clothed in the height of fashion, howerver ex-. trayagant that ion may be, his Royal High- nefs is reported to have s “To mymind he dresaes not wisely, but too swell.” 5 A street musician was palafully wrenching the remains of a tune from aa Infirm hand-orgax on the front platform of a horse-car, when an agonized passenger explained tv Spicers * What is that fellow ding out the tune the old cow died of, fort” “For his calf air down town, I suj " was the bulldozing -reply.— Bwoge,' % -reply.