New York Clipper (Nov 1894)

NOVEMBEB 10, THE NEW ^ORK CLIPPER. 577 Uwken, V.J n« gime betiTMn lb*T. U. 0. 1. eleTei ot New II»«n und tbe Ttl« College tr taa, *t BtMlde ruk, 3. tormluled In • dief mc«- tol OiW between Ue sU;en o( the utmi end t poittoD ot Um tbree ihoonnd ipectfture. Wben oils two mUiatee wu left at plejlog Uma Id toe ■toood hilL ud DelUier ilde lud Mored, WbMler, or Uie T. M. 0. A., went throoili the YDa hoe. Tr««brl<lg^ o( T>le, hit him Id Ihe lace, koncklDR mm to Ihe groDDd. While on the iioond Wbceler wu kicked IB the fece etnnl tlote. la a moment a leree ll(ht wu In proRme between ihe plajera. Vanr ot the apecuton crowded Inu the Held and Joined lo. The police were powerleea lo etop the tgit, and it waa oolj when Howard Enept, lale'i laaou pUjer otfetn ago, end a few oibeta who were on the Oeld went Intoihethlckettot the Oghe and look a hand that order waa raaiored. BoTaral ot Uie pla;eni on both elerene were badljr n*Hl op. Tne Y. H. 0. A. eleien Kpmeoia New B itm la the Biaie aaaoclauoo, end too diraolors ot the T. U. 0.1. have decided lo die- band the team on acconnt ot the dUgracolnl aiiair. ne leama repraMatlng WllleU'a Folot and Fort Adama are to contend at Newport, R. I., on Thankagl'iDg naming, tor the caamploniblp ot Ihe nnlted Stalee Arar,M prteent held bj the former. The Port Aduia elenn waa organlvd ihla aeaaoo, bnt la aalit lo be qnlio atrong. The capuin le Lieutenant Batte, of the Engineer Corpa, who gained mnch ejptrlenca u a purer while at Wnt Point. The leama are compoeed ot ofllcera and priniee, and a determined and moat Inlettat- leg airaggle la looked torward to. An Bz-Pedestrlaii*a Swcceaa Jamea A Cathcart, who ia better known aa Jamea Albert, the eilong diaunce pedeatrlan, reccoilr re- amed from Ihe Oltj ot Meiico, where he bad gone In Ihe intereet ot a ayndlcale formed for ibe pnr- poee ot carrilog on bnalneoa In that conntrr nnder the ilUe ot "The OnU Und and Trading Companj.' Daring hia abaenca ha completed Ihe pnrchtae ot a large tract of land aiuioied between the Panaca and Tamplco Rlren. Ihe •!«» being upward ot ono bnncfred altloa (tbont 4M,ooo acm). The ld«a la to colonize on a large acale with American andOer- man farmer*, whoae prlaclpal object will be the falling ot com, ooffee and aagaT, and a large aogar nlloerr will be created. The plan ot the projeclora laclodea the minagcment ot toe htnde pnrobaaed In email lotahj the rompaor and handing orerihe net reralta- The capital of the new compaoT la to be MOO.OOO gold and laaac W. K>mblo will be Ihe prealient, Obarlee Tsller the oecrclarj, Orvllie "ead Ibe trraaorer, and Mr. Oarthcatt one ot tbe eight dlrectoti. Thoae lotaieated In the enterprlae are TOtT augnlne ot meeting with the nimoetaucceea. Ur. o<tboart gnea Sooth again ehori Ij, thla tine with aalie a large pertf, and will remain awaj daring le Winier and eirlj Spring, wben he will retnm to AUanUoOllj, K. J., toremalndnrlngthe Bommcr eeaaon. MSM Aftkr tbe defeat of Hallea h; the Eoillah cham [linn, BMCon, on UoL 20, at BallBbrldge. Dublin, Ire- and. Ibe frlenda of the defeated nuuj hoped that be mlgbt Kim the tablea on hia opponent lo tbe 1.I1 mllea rice on the following itar at Wexford, the dlatance being two mllee farther. Aboot aeren thoaaaod pereona wlineased tbe race, wblch look place over a tnok aodd'n from tain. Mullen led tbe way nnill a mile and tbree-ooanera irom ibe lalab, wben Bacon weot to the front, and after a magiilOcent llol<h landed a wliiaer b; s ;ard. In 31m. 6a. T')ree defeala oot of tour atarta at tour, Are and alz mllea. onght 10 convince Hallen that Ibe Rngllehmnn la bis auperlor. HiHHT SonuiHU tbe Wniera Innir dietance DedeBtrlannnd 'cycllet, arrived at City Hell, Chicago, III, at l ot p. u. Nov. 1, bavlog walked from Ue Slate Honae at Indlinapolla, Ind.. to the Cllj of Pork la TOh. Mm., brlaalng with bim a meaa^ge from the Hajor of iQdIuapolU to tbe Haror of Chicago, which anted that Rohmehl bad left the former oltr at 2 r-M. Uct-lt. It la aiawdthata wager of IMO depended on the result ot tbe tramp E. P. Wbston, tbe vcteiu pedeetrlan, now uttf- llve rears ot age, atarted troni Kewbnrg, N. Y., on Oct. 22 In an aiiempi 10 walk 4ta mllea In twelve da;a, on an alleged wager. lie accorapllehed the feat withont maeb dlincalt/, Ihe roada being gen- erally good, as was t^e weather, throoghont the trip. Weeion arrived at Newbnrg on bis temm at T r. If. Nov. 2. A HiTOB It barling was played at WaUace'a Ridgewood Park. Long laland, on Baoday afier- noon, Nov. 4. the teime engaged belog the Wolf Tones and Frucla Meagbera, and the former came off viccora by a score of one goal and sine points to tour poinia. TBI Belleville (Ont), Onrllag Clob'a omcentor he enanlngvearare: President,FrankDoioo; vice jrealdent. v. W. Pope; secretary and treasuier, t. W. R. UcRea. BASEBALJL. THa NBW A9S0CIATIOM. lu Object a Worthy Ontf-Worda efPnUa tnak KjeadlBg Newspapen. Now that Ihe new American AssoclaUon has been sncceaa'ally launohed, It la to be hoped that it un gilds aafely over the troubled baseball waters, and be ateared cleared ot all shoals and pllfallt, tor It has been organlud with a worthy object In vi^w, providing, of oonrae, It la carried cat on the plana laid dovra at the recent meeuog In PbUadepbIa, where It aprang Into exislence. Its scheme la to fnralah the pnhllo with dratdaas games at popnlar pricea. Thia la what the majority of baseball luvlug people want, and there are Ihonsanda who will ahow their approbailon when the oppottonlly pro- aents liaelf. Tnere la a large deld for Ibe new as- acclailon, wblch can bo worked to good advantage, withont intetterring with tbe rights ot the older organlsailOD. Tbe American Asaoclallon will have mnoh to contend with before It oan aocompllahed lie oi'Jeot, tor It will Ind that Its path Is not strewn with roaes. Tbe m*iir leagae magnatta have had such a monopoly or tbe baaeball butiniaadnring the past few veais that they have come to look upon it aa bewnglog woolly to ibemaelTea. They will, ther'tore, dUpaie every Inch ot gronnd with their auppoaed rival, and will go 10 anv extremes nther than recogDize It, or admit that It haa any right to ezlsL It Is notrlgbt that snyeetot men eboatd hold anch extremo viewa. It la only by mingling with Ibe people who do not think aa ibey do that a mora liberal Idea of tbe aubjeotcan beobtalued. Frofes- alonal baaeball can only eilat br Ihe wUl ot the people, therefore tbe punlio abonio lie allowed aome rlghta In the matter. ItlaawellknownCacttbatln some ot Ibe cities where lesgoe clubs are located tbe people have thowo tnelrdlaapprovalof the high price of admlsalon charged by elaying away from the gamea. Yet these same places would be good baseoall clUea at popnlar pricea. Then why should the Lesgne magnaiea Inalat on malnialoing this slats of aWnl Uy trying to cover np thelrnar. row minded plana nnder tue oloak of a legal or a prior right the Leasue men are proving a greater meoaoe tothe praaperily of the national game than Ihe American AssocUilon will tor simply trying to gain a foothold, ao that It can give tbe pnbllo what It longs for—a good game at a popular price. The Leagae magoaiee snonid be allowed to retain all ot Ihe cliu* where tbe pabHo will eopport lie ganea at the price ot admlsalon It asks, and a good olreollot eight clabe can toadily be formed there- from. Tbe Asaoolailon cironit can alao be arranged to a good advaniage. Toers ais two claaaes ot basetasll enihnal^ats and boib ahonid be encour- aged. The major Magne could aid Ibe American Aaaoolatlen if II were Inclined to do so, while at the asms time It would greaily airchgthen lieelt. There are few penonsbnt will admit that the major leagne, aa now composed, la a topbeavy and un- wieldy aOklr, and a detriment to itself. By ttdno- lug lu oinnit lo elgtii olube It wenki ouoe more be a compact and well baltuced ortanliatlon. Then the four cities dropped by Ihe League oouldbeglven to the American Aawclailon, from which, with four other equally good ones. Ihe newaaodatlon could form a ationir eight club elrcolt. Tbe two ornnliallons, woiblDg la bstmony with each nihtr, under a new national agreement, w^ old make the nallonal game as popular ss It was prior to the out- break of ISM, when the lllCatsd PUyera' Leagne wu formed. Tbe only way to avert another conirovtray will be for the two organiiatlooa to work in harmony wiih each other, started In tbe rlgut way. boib abooid meet with anccoa. There Is little need to empbsaUe wbst everybody slraady knows, or raclts what all parti's will agree in eayisg will be the rs- auii ot asottier baseball war between lbs tiro or- gaaltaUona, ITalets they ate allied together by a rwi^noalacraeoent the nswsasoclatlon will meet wlUi Ua gicMcst danger wh«n It oomea to alga Qeorge W. Blackbura,.one ot the pitchers ot the Oharleeton Clnb, of ibo Souibem Leagne, during the past championship season, was bom Sept. 21, isn, at Ozark, Ho. Ue gained his drat knowledge ot Ihe national game wblle aojoomlng In Texas, where ba wu sfterivarda connected with several teams. It was throuah ihe Innaence of Hsnsger HcClnakey that be obulned an engagement with the Houtgomery Olub, of the Soolheru L>agae, at thsbeglnulogot theaeasouof 1W3. Uewuabori- Ir altsrwatda releaaeU, becauao It wu cUimed, he did not give aailafactlou. but he waa hatdly given a fair trial. Ue at once accepted u offer from ooe of Ibe clubs In the UUalaalppi Lesgoe, where he iras given every opporinnlty lo ahow what he could do, and he did his work to the entire eailstacllonof Ihe dob. In tact, hIa Improvement wu ao noticeable, that Ibe Auguata CInti, ot Ihe Bouihtrn League, en gaged him, and he Oslsbed oot lha aeason with lie team, doing oreditable work. At tlie beslanlog of Ihe put aeaaou Blackburn waa one of the flrat men engaged bv tbe Charlcaton Club, and hla eicelleni work In the plu;her'a poaliion euxbled It tJ> wlu m^ny samea. lie wu credlud wlib a number of noteworthy plici log performauce*. The moat re- markable of tbtsii WBB In a gurne apRlnatibe Unl venliy ut Tuac looa 1, AIh., team, no April 21, when he held hie upponeuis down to ouo safe hIL Ihe men htld uoder reeervatlon by the major leagae. The Auoclallnn claims that II agreed not to Interfere with any ot the League's players under contract, but Ihe League holda that toe players held under roaerve by its clubs, are vinuslly under contract to ibvm- Tut mav be gond bueball law, bnt, u long u the ten daya' dauae appears In Ihtir contrmcis, Ihe olobs can hardly expect to win, should tUey attempt to tsti the matter by carryiai It Into the courts. This la 10 be deplored, u li wli lead to the very thing that abooid be avoided, <or another war will certainly dlagoai the puMlo and prove injurlona lo the national game. Tne ap- pended sewapaper comments on Ihe allnallon will prove Intereailag rsadloa: "Tbe lat«at movement lu bueball cltdea bu at lut come from nmler cover, and the working of Ibe frueasers Is at an end. In a Iboroughly buslneaa Ike manner tboaa Iniereeted In tbe new organiza- tion got together, and u a reault ot their labors tbe American Aswclatlon wu revived sud put upon the market sa a bidder fnr tbe patronaae of the ba«eball public," aays 7As />AUadelpAla linm, "They wentattntir work syatenatlcaliy and with- out gualo aa to what they Intended doing, and after completing their mistlon retnmed.to their homes. So much hss been aald since the tact lesked out thst there wu a movement ot this kind on foot that It wu a pleasant anrpriae to meet with snob level headedntas at the ouiitart, hut It wu to be ex- pected, for all oonceraed are old banda at iho bual- neas and proOKd by the mlstatea of others. What the/ did at this oeetlug la now a matter ot hlatorr, and, be It aald to their credit, Ibey left noihlog to conjecture- Of cnnrte, at all ancn galhennga Iher* are many things done not made public, but that la for good boaln*ae reuona, and It would be Im- pi IllTc for anv organization to reveal ill their plana unlll fully matured. Tbrlr work, so fsruravesled, sliowB a keen aenee of the boalness end ottbe prop osltion, and wu well and ihoroogbly done. The droult u now formed Is nicely balanced, and a compact one, and with the admlulon ot BudUo, u DOW seeme probsble. It will be a gtwd one, ao faru the making ottrlpa are concerned. Itappar ently hu no dead wooo in it, and with good attiac- tloosahould andconld be made to pay. They stuck does lo tbe old American Aaaociiilou policy In re gard lo Ibe price at admission snd Sunday playing, but left the beaten path In uothar and perhaps Ihe moat Important one In Ihe maiier ot omcen. Another point on which the latest addition to the ranks can be Juitly complimented, la fe emphatic aland It hu taken In the matter ot dirty ball play- log- No aeason hu been so mined by the dlagnat- log soUooa ot the men upon tbe Held u tbe one ot I8M, and Ibey did well to lake cognizance ot It, Anoiher feature ot Ibeir work wblcb can bo 06m mented upon la the conliact Ibey have drawn up for playera to aign. It Is, perbapa, the almpleat form thst conld us need, snd. In fsct, much leu swathed in legal verbiage than any other uaed tor the aame porpoae. The teaturee that will airtke a player at onco will be Ihe entire abunce ot the reeervatlon claoae, and the ten day reieau atlpula- Uon, By Its wording It Wonldsppeartobe a simple coutnot tor one year, but there la one catch part about It, and that la Ihe binding ot Ihe algucr lo abide by any regulation that may be made In Ihe fuinre by tbe party ot Ihe llrsi part, or Ihe club. It mightatierwatdapau some regubMions tabs vir- tually a reservailon, and, while not lu the contract, be binding under that clause relsllns to the future. And It Is a ijueatlon whether ihey could live with, oat aome auohrule." "The deal organization ot the tbe American Aa- soclsUoo In this dty on Oct. it, may or may not mark an epooh In the history of the nallonal game. If lie organlzallon ihonid be Uie means of securing a ratum to Ihe oondltlona that ezlaled prevloua to Ihe Brotherhood, then every lover nt tb* game win tlwnpandcallltbleaaed,''uyB The /'hUoMphu Prtu. "That, bowever,aeematobeonlof Ihe ques- tion jest now. Tbe National League, recovering Irom the dlautrou effects ot the Bivtherhood wsr, la In no mood to receive 00 a fnendiv footing a rival that might eventually divide with It the honors and the proBia of the game. On the other hand the American Aaooolailon people know that It would be almoai linpoaalble for them 10 go ahead without treuchlog upon the leaiue'a reaerve llat. And It la tight here that home will be locked. 'We will re- apect cootncta,' uya tbe asaoclallon backen, 'but not Ihe reservation.' The league will maintain that reeerve claoae is legal and then there will fol- l^w Ihe tgbiB lu tbe conns with theaccomoinylng wuhlogof diny linen, which did ao much to dis- gust the loUowers ot tbe game In I8M. Aa to the legal right of the Amerlou Assoclatl''D to eogage in tbe bauball bualneu ttisre can be no queallon, and thongb Ihe eaiabllahment of rival cinhe lo Chicago, Brootlyo, New York, Fhlladelpbia and Waahlngton will undoubtedly meet with theoppoal- lion ot the ownen of tin leagne cluba locaied in thoae cities. It would not be polTilo for them to give aoUve ezpreaslon to tbat opposltioD. The geneial pnbllo does not recognize the t«rrltarlal rights ot any one In the matter ot aport- As to the wisdom ot the new aaaoclailoo Invadlag the league'a re- aeivs llat, auuming that they have the legal tight to do so, wblch In sny event neus a deelarauon of hcatilltiu, ihai must -be denioostrated. It wu nnfortonals that an eighth clnb wu not tep- restnted. ThIa will be regarded by the American Aseociatlon oppooenle u corrobomting what they have malntatoed all along-lbal It would be a hard malttr tor the new organization to complete I's rlr- cult Aetn tbersllnielonaoe ihe capllaiuta, that WM explaloed on tbe ground that it would be Im- politic to do ao, and Albert iobnaon'a failure lo come 10 time wu made a ca»e In poinu Juhsaon is suppcaed lo hava been talked oot ot the project by Bomeot the leagne p«nple,ud it wasn't tbonght indent to give them a Shane* to um Uisli penoa- alve eloqueaco upon any ot Ibo other masoalea In emitryo. Aalotne bivak In the circuit, tbat la of really llule Imponance. That can be readily Oiled. There la one big advaniage the American Afaoela uoa hu u compartd with Ibe Playera' lieague— every man who wu preaent at the meeting bu had more or leu ezprrlen'e»lui tbe practical end tf the game, and the majority of tliem bave bad a thorough acUooHog in tue art of inaklog a little go a grrat waya. lu Ibe event uf an optn rupture with the Nallonal League—ainl It la nut clear how It can be avoided It ibu American Aeaoclallon per- slats In Ignoring the Naitiiual licague'e reaerve rule—this practical knowledge will count." OIAMONO FIELD aOSilll*. Latest Haylnga atitl DolDga of ttie Bas«- liall VrBlernlly. Caplaln Anaon, ot the Chicago Club, hu relumed to the Windy City, atler an abaence ot aoiue daya on a bunting trip, and, being Interviewed by a Chicago howapaper man, aild: "It cuia uodgure with me whether the major leagua circuit oonalata ot twelve or eight clobe. It looks u If Louisville would be dropped and another uiwo lUen In its place. Chlcigo will not support two cluba. The ezpcrlinvot bu been tried before, and tbo promot- ers received a acorchiag Doancially. I am not wur rylng oier the futuie. The team u 11 atanda Is a atrong one, ud I expect that we will iw airlcily In It next year. Uy pliobeis are all right. Unr weak spot wu at second hue, but tbat ipot taai, I think, been atrcngtbenad by algnlog Stuwart. Uunpoae be doea rank low In the t fllcial avcragee. That la not always s nllable barometer. I nave taltli lu the yoonBater,and Iblok he will develop iotoa go<<d player. I am very glad that Piealdent Hart haa decided lo send the team sou'h in the Spring. I have no pariluular choice. All I want la a good 8lace where the team will be usured good weather. Iven that, Ibu boys will aoon round Into abape. Texu le, petbapa, aa good a apotucould he cbnaen. We win leave early In Uarcli, ami not Iio beard horn until It le about time 10 begin tbe i4af log aea- aou. Hind what I tell you, Chicago will bo Tu tbe lace from the atart neat year. Aa for playera, I bave all that 1 wanL I believo that twenty-threo or more are under ronlract." "There la lliue isfornutlon to be had regarding Ike altuatlou In Ullwaukee," uia Tlw Kctning ma- contln. **The men back ot the Wealero League olub Bononnce that tbey will build a new park on the old Wright Streetgrounda, wblle Ilany U. uuin aaya: 'Wo will have the tuicat kind of ball at Athletic Park.' Uoib aldce an dttermlncU to go ahead, and It looks now u If Milwaukee will bave two clobe. The Wcatein League and American Aaaodailoo dubs lu this oily would do well to compiomlae In some msnner. It Is ceiulo thst one ot them must go uoder, u the tuwn will aoi support Iwo clubs." The Lculavllle Club bu claimed Iho aervlcu ot Whitehead, the clever third baiaman of lut 1 eon's Hcraolon Club, of toe Peonaylvaola HIats League, lie la looked open aa one ot the most pioulBlog yvuDg playera lu that league. The SL Loula Club will give a ycfuog pitcher named HcUougal, a trial next aeaaon. Oharlea A. UoDlak«y, Tbomu Foley ud llobert J.Uariln,BraatieraSi. Paul Iranohlse in tbe Weat- em Leagne. Oonitakey bu plenly of Ooandal backing, and can put a drat dasa team lb the Held. Hsnsger Tehean, ot Ihe Cleveland team, bunoii ledyonngOiiniiha, Ihe college pitcher, who made bis Oret appearance wllb tbe Ulevrlanda lut aeuon, at St. Louia, Ho., that be mut atop playing lool- ball. Orimih hu bees nlaylog qoarleroack fur Ibo Horthwraiero Unlveraily eleven. "Thia glvu rbie to the qoMtlon u 10 whether a Nallonal IjCague club haa Junsdicllon over tbe pisyera during Ihe Winter muotha, wben Ihey are not under aahtrv, but are carrird 011 the reeerve llat," uja no .VI. Loun Piut-Ulrpotcl^ "Tebcau aays that aiimih, it he ahuwa up u well lu the Spilug uhe did lut aeaaoo, la a moat promlalng pitcher. Ma ia Ibe only left handed pitcher Ibe Ulevelud Club hu, and all the more valoahle on that accouol. In hla opinion Oriinih is ahowlng poor Judgment In taking the ebsnces of sn Injury wblcb may uaOt bim fur hia profeaaloDua ball plater. While liie dab hu not the poaer to prevent QrllDlb from playing football It can releaae him and hire auotaer pitcher. Orllllih'a college chams sn lodlgnaut at Isbcao'e Inteitetencs." Hanager Banle nys thst he will hare tblhga In intty good abape {or hla Brooklyn Aaaodailon Hub In a law daya. Ue bu aecured hla grounda, and will have all uf bis playera under coduboi be tor tbe holiday a. It iheBnoklyoLugueCluhlatendantaraioglo- Washingten Park, lu old homs. It will do ao at lbs coit of uveral uoasand dollars, u thou grounds have been partially oiled 10 during lbs put tew years. Jamea K. Peeplea, the ex-profeealooal player and umpire, hu bean vlalileg mends In Uls Ticlaliy. llesprska in tha blghtattermaot tbe aMe manner In Which the altalia ot tbe Wcatem Lesgne were conducted dnilng Ibe paat aeason. Oilm, or tola vear'a Louisville team, will appear with the llrooklyna next aeavin. The Utter einb wrcbavd hla relcaM while lie team wu on lu aat Wcatem trip. Hanager Bamle U spending Ibe Wlnler in Brook- lyn, N. r. FUyen wlsblag 10 commuslcai* with himeu dosoby addRsalagaleitsrtahlm la eats 01 u. IL KUCe, tu rmiOB Sinai, BnoUyD, >. T. Atihor Thaobv, who died suddsDly Oot. M, at hla rraldenos In Fblladelphu, Pa., wu at ons tln.e a cooaplolons Igan In local amateor bsHball, hat- lug been prominently IdentHed with lbs Olympic Clnbot that oily, and aoting u the manager of Its team for uv< lal soccesslvs sruoas Ue wu born about Ofly-wvenyeaia ago lo I'hilado'ptaU, and In early life btcame a memixr 01 the Olympio Ulub, which then had lie headquaiiers al Twenty-fllth ud JeDbnon Sirveia, where Ihe onoe famoua Aih- leUo team atterwarda played, aharlng tbe grounds in common. The Ulimpio, when then ranked u Ihe oldeat ball playing orgasUiailoo In the connlry, having been formed In 1&33. oontlDiied In exliteece until a few yean ag& and fur aeveral aeaioaa con- tendrd with the Athleiloa for the local ohanplonablp bnt olwaya nuncceaalnlly. In Itu and IM>, tbo Olympic team, under tbe management of Arthur Thacher, played with all tbe'pretMalanal teaina that viaited PhlUdelphIa, and nuked u tbe atnngest amateur team lu that city. llariySchatrr, afterward third baaeman of th« Doaton team and other prominent profesalonal teama. Oral came Inio Eromiuence with tbe (ilyropio team. A younger lothar, JeoM Thacher, waa on 1 <.t Ihe orgaolurs ut the preaent Chlcsgn Club, and uted u aecretary and scorer during Its (raissaaon. Arthur Tbaohcr wu alao prominent lo nollilcal and Inuctal cir- cles, and hia audden death wu a great tutprlie ud shock In bla many frlenda. The loneral look place Nov. 3, truni hie late ttaldence, and wu numer oualy attcaded, Fraak Ml ilau Hubiaon, prwldent ot Ihe Uleve- land Club, wu In tbia city rrceatly, and, being lii- leivlewed, eipreaaed blmielt u folluwa: "rbta American Aaaodailon aohenie hu merely been put Into rilbct to force the National League 10 buy out certain Indlvlduala. But the National Lugue will do noibing ot Ihe kind. II the American Aiaocla- tlon people Inally decide 10 go on and pUy ball they will Dud tbat the Nallonal I,eague will give them a dght, providing tbey lake any ot our play- era. S'lll, I do n<-t feel at all alarmed, fornuboily («n convince roe ihuihe Auerlcu AaaocUtlon can get aenalble men to back aucb a palpably Inalag venture- 1 have made no aitempt u yet to algu my player*, and I letl no appreheoilon at Iho wild autemenia ot Pfeirer U'at he bu aeoured any nl them. Tobeau, UuAleer and Chllda ban already aaaured me that they will alga with the Cleveland Club for next year, and I am cunddent that tne other mrniben of iho team will do IikewiM. At the coming mceilng of Ihe National Leagae aomriliing win be done 10 prevent playen niing abuilvc Unguago to umpiru on the Held. There wu BO mach inoiilo over thu point but aeaaon that the NailoniU League hu been 00m- Eriled to take aummary aotlun. A rule will proha. ly lie framed empowerlngunplreato Intllot aevere publahment In ue caaes of thoae playen who can- not bridle their longoee. I have awn a letter from Prealdent Yonug, enclOBlng a communication from Umpire tietia, cnarglng ceriala pUyon with nting lugiiage that U not 01 to repeat. It Is only an In- aiauceof how playen loae control ot Ihemaelvta and, by a ilaw In Ihe rules, are permitted to ant like hoodlums and loatera. Tbe manor must be effectoally alopped at ouce." 'There la trouble In Ihe Kutem League over the make up of the circuit for IMS, and It looks u If It waa to bo a game nf frepzo out tor the Pennavlva- nla cluba," saja T/W l'Mailel)iMa Inipilrrr.tai cobllnuea: "Proaldeut I'owera U working for a tnore compact circuit than bo liad thla year, and be pnpoaea to drop wilkeatom, Stranlon and Erie. A few diya ago Presldeut powers and delegatee from Iloffalo, PmvMeace anil Sirunso met In Jer- sey City audiiUUIncd a ocbtme u> drop undetlnble cluba. Powora ulU aome time ago Iliat be would not bo a candidate for Ihe pretldenoy ft the f:ut- eru League next year. At that time be expcolcd to aucct^eil John H. Ward u niaoagtr ot the Now Yorkieaui. but It did nut lotn nut that way, and ao I'oweiB wu ea>li)r iieriuadod 10 unco more tie- came a candliiHbi for tbe Kaatero League preil- ileocy. Poaera bu been working agalnat the Pehamlvanlai lulia for ayrar.buthe could not ace hla way clear to get along without liiero unlll now. Hla new circuit will cumprlao I'rovldrace, Hpring- Oeld. Buffalo, Hncbcaler, Siracuie, lliica, Newark andToromo. Krloladtapoatd 10 make a kick, but It will do no good. Sonaton made a fooliah move lu Joining tfin Kulern League thie year, and lu Btotkholdera will not grlovo, u Ihey ran make more muuey lu tbe Peanayivaata Bute I.«ague. Wllke»barre abould alao be la the Ulter orgasiia- tlon, aod It probably will u It la oerulu to inae lu Euicro League frani-htao If I'uaeraoangetalung without II. Pennailvaiiia stale l.eagae proapecia are brlglilenlng,aad It begina to look u If every atrong circuit would be organized." Prealdeut Umper, of Ibe Providence Ulub, ot Ibe Euum League, in recenily diaouulug the make up of the circuit ot the Kutem Leagae fur uext oea. Bon, Bald: "The circuit will proliably bs changed aome and changed for the better next aeaaou. The annual meeting of the Kutem League will be held al New York on Wedneedar, Deo. t. Noilce bu al- leady been received from H. I, Kelly that Yoakera will not ho In the league next aeaaoo. It la alao very probable tiiat Hciaoton will be allowed to re algu unleu uneipecled alreogth la shown, flnsicl- ally, at I bla meeting. Wbenueotty wuadmltied In Augua' It wu for Ibo reDalader nf the seaatin only, atsdilio tuwn may be dropped at Ibe annual nieetlag, Krle loal oonalderwiile money lut aeaaoo, ud probaiily won't care tu repeat the expettmcnl next aeaaon, and will proliably draw out. TbU will leave Providence, BprlngOeld, Wllkeabarra, Buffalo and HimcuHuanudeua fur tbo new circuit. It U undenlood that there are aoveni Oral data hall towna loiiklos lo Ihe Kuum League, among Ihein being Toronto and ilocbeaur, and It la very likely that both will be admitted. Ooe other aplendld Eutem city la knocking at the door ot the league, and If Sunday ganiM can be played there, It ia likely 10 make up Ue circuit A oommluee will vlalt the cltlea oamed, aod report at thB annual meeting of 1 be league." The Tezu League wu organized atameetlngheld OcL 2>, at IMbia. The defegaiea repreaeniad were u follow; 0. P. Feagao, llalUai A. II. Ilalalead, Sberman: Jamea Tewmey, Fort Worth: W. L Work, Ualvealoo; T. P. Suillvau, Uoiislon; T. Uart, New Urluna, La.; Lloyd Bnwen, Shrevepnit, Im., anil Ibe Jamn Drake, Wooo. Theu oHIcen were elected: President and irruure, J. V. HcNealua, of Uallu; vlca president, c. W. Iloolzle,ot Fort Worth; aecretary, Jamea NoUn, of Oalvealon. Tbe follow- lag CommlUee on t^onailtuUon and Uy- Lawa and to arrange a uhoduls of obamplooablp games wu ap* pointed: Feagan, of Uallu; SuUlTan, ot Uousion, and Ranlmae, of New Uileaoa Oharlea Sweeney, farmerly a profeaalonal pitcher connected with tbe Pruvldeoce, bl Loulaand other dube, wu on Nov. 1, at San Frandaou, (Jal., con- victed ot manaUughisr, having killed Uorodloa HoHanna Id a saloan row MveiaJ luontbs ago. Joueu Heckln, one ot the pilchen of the New York league team, wu tendered a reception on the evening of Ool. tl, at New Albany, Ind,, by the memben of the Uigh Heacb Ulub, a popnlar soclsl orgaoixatlon of thatclly. James A. WllllaDia, Ihe ex aecreUry of the Amer- ican AaaocUtlon, and veuran manager. Is uxioua to aee Uolumbus itpreMoted In some prominent league orasaoouiloo, next seaaon. It Ihe LouUvUle Club waou O'Brien, who pUyi d second ban nn the BuiDUo team lut aeaaon, It will Ont bave to pay I sou for bis relesu, u per UUu B ot tbo natiooal agreotnent. It U generally believed that BnSBIo will do belur In a stronger urganlzailon than the ons II wu a member during ibe put aeaaon. A city th* bus of BuHilo ahould have a wluolog team, and anch a team would be loo expeeaive tor thoae other Eaatcrn Lugne cities. A meeting to crganlte an Inler-Btats l,ugus has beenoslhdat lluovrr. Pa. ItU propoud to form a circuit In indods York, Uaoover, (lhambenhnrg, Uagentown, Frederick and Weatmltialcr. No action toward organlilng tbe Ohio Lesgne ut^ken St lbs recent muting held st HusOcid, . RepiesentsuvM from Columbus, BtenbcnviUe and Toledo were preuot, aod It wu also learned tbat Lima, Zanuvllls snd Wheeling, W. Vs., ate anxious to Join tne leagae. Anouer muling, which. It la believed, «IU be more >ncceBS(nl, «|U bs held at SprlngOald, O., In a few weeka. The Bulblo dub, of the Euura Leagus, cleared over four thoaaaod (K.ooo) dollars daring th* put sessoDiSod, hsd not tbree uf lu best pujsrs bun dUablsd daring Iho utter part of ihs aesson, its team would have probatiiy dolahed lo second, it not Ont puos, in in* championship r*c«.. Tbe Wuhington Lugue Olub now bu eight pUyen under oontiact for next Nison. They are: Albert Haul, Albert Belbacb. K. Cartwrlght, oWlee AbVf, Frank UooMman, John Hallaray, Varnay Anderson and Jacob Boyd. The major l«ago* shonld sdopt BOms more rigor- ou Bethods lo pnveot the trsnsfer ot ohsmpTon. abin gamsa, and eoeuquant sustained proteels, which resslud id uverai games being pteyed over during lb* pul aeaaon. Bich ihisp prove IsJuri- ons lo lb* game- There should b* a uvsrspsnally Impoad on a dob Itmoafsnlog lu gao- It* lafoMia soBssst hss bssn oMlMd, Albert Jenolngt, an sx-protetsloasl playsr and umpire, dleil Not, 3, atler a then nineas, atclacln. nati, O. The nfidiinnll nnm.5lir, In oommenl- Ing on hla diatb, uya: "In tit death ot Al. Jen- niags one ot iho moat promlneit among local char, aden bu paaaed away, lie had a national ref nu. UOB and acqualnlance, and twenty-live ot hla hity. three yean nav* been apeni for the meet part wIib baseball people. Aa an amateur he plajed with the Hohawk Browne, ihecopeca, tbo Ludloaa and the Stars, riobably tbe lut time he avorbandleda bat wu when be cuvercd ahni t fur hla 'Heil IJona' lu Iheir oobteat with Ibe Clnclnnatla. which piovcti to be one of Ibe irtalul nuveliica of the aeaaou of 'U. Oa that occuion bo proved that yean bad not aOHIed hla btulngrye.and hecrarkcdont bllau of yon. JennlDga wu hla own worat enemy. He wu one of thc-so happy go lucky lellowa who were Ihe ume In aaveralty aa Ibey were In proaperity. Alter leaving ihedlamondaaaplajer he commenced hla carter u an umpire, and tor yean he drifted from ono leagao tu anolhor, Judging balla and ■irlkea. Ho baa olllclaled lu Iho Buuinen, North, wratere, Uio loier-sute, Blue nrau and other or- ganlaatlona—not fnrgeitlng the III taud Union Ae- aoclallon. Tbo reclial of his experiences would oil a goud sized volume." Kdwani Cuthhnrt, tbe vntenn ex-profenlonal player, U working for Iho aupport ot SL Louu capltallaU fur the nuhliihueut ot an Antiican AaaooUilon club In tbat my. lu Rceailyapeakipg about hia Intereit In Ihe matter ho aald: ''I am now OguilDg 10 bave Su Uula ropreaebted In Ihe new Aiueilcan Atinciatton. s'.. Lonli la a good twenty, five cent oily, and tbo people will aupiiort a good team at that pMcoot adnilaalon. A Iteuer gronnd for a bueball club couldn't be secured than old Sponanian'a Park- Thla properly ia now I11I0 aitd can be rented on reaaonabie terma. I called on John Holaliy, tbo i>anker, and broaohed tbe aohemo to him. Ho Ihonght tavurably of it aod leferreU me lu J. A. Ht.Jiihn. ix>uU Coquaid la i|ult« <D- ihuiluuo ovar iho Idea or an American Aaai'oUtlon Ulub In thla city. I feel conlldont t ran rale* thu uecoaiaiy naplial within a WM k. I no alao aign a turn of winning ball pUyeia. Among Iheni an certain major Hague playerawboaenamca I aoi nut jeiatlliieiitlud.vnlge. I will uy, however, that thru or Von der Ahe'a bUjera are reaily to algu with a newAsaoolatinn dub, and I can gel them for St. lAUli. Hr. Von der Abe would probably call tbIa robbery, but the ni w Aiuerlcau Aaanrlitlun doMh't recogcixe Iho purohaae, Mle and re- leue of playen, and it Ib perfecUy legal fnr ua to algu any piaicr who U willing to woia for ua. it Iho local capital la not foniicomlng iheAinerloan Aatoolailou men will ralae iii'mey In Iho Kaat and run a club bore in be owned by an hlaairroayitill- oaie. The now American AaaocUtlon magnaiea look upon SU laiula u ono ot Um lH>t paylhg ball cltlea In America, and that a apeclal eiTuit will lie made, local capital or no local capllal, to givo ihu oily a atrong team." Hanaaer John U. Cliapman ilnra not want the management of the PlillHilelnhIa l.ta|ue turn. Ho la perfectly conteuicd where he IB. It la announced that Jamea Sullivan, who jillched for the Providence team, ot tlie lUatera Uagur, during tbe put aeaaon. hu been engaged fur next acaaun by tb* lloeton Club. W. IL Ilartlnalon, thu well known maiugor, U lilng aerliiunly 111 at tbe h. uie of a frltnd, al Hll- wsukee, Wla. JuMph Kertlier. ageil 11, a altiilent at tbe I'enn. eyltanla State Nuimal Hcliiinl, waa killed nn Uoi. 21, by aliaaeball ho atteiupttd lu cati-li. Kercber waa playing In the uutOeiil, and a high fly paaaed ihruugh hla hanil«,airlklng him over llio linri. Aa he atoopod to 1 luk up iiie ball lie fu:i deail. Ilenola UriHithrn, llrat baaeman iif Iho Haltliiinro learn, wu gIvrU a great rrrepilun nn hla arrival bnnie.ai Wappingcr a Falla, N. Y.,Bfier Ibe cbam- Blnnanlp aeaauD waa over. A tnrclillgbi pnicraalim, eaded i)T a tiiau IwU'l, wlin oruworka alnng thu Hue ofthe marca, wu tho prugniiimo arranged. Jamea II. O'lliiuriie, tbe veteran rx-prnfiailnoal pUyer, la a Deniucrailo canillilate for 1I10 CuoneoU- cut Aaatiubly fruni Hie Hrldgeporl dlrtrlcl. Kennedy, Ijicid and Undtrwooii are aald to he Ibe only meintiera of thla )ear'a Iiruoklyn leaauo team, who have algoed for nezt aeaaon, Ihe llrat named baring received an advance over lutsea- Bon'a aalarj. II bu lieeo alated nn good anilinilty that peraona In bulb CiDdnnail ud St. Uula have recently made applk-atlun for francblara In the AmeMoan AaaocUiluo. Both panlea claim lo baveaultablo grounda, ud have plenly of Onandal backing. The annnal meeting ot tbe .Satliinal l,«ngoe and American Aiaoclailou will Im lield at Ibe Filth Avenue lloul, In tbIa city, on Nuv. it. Ted Sullivan, tbe vetenan maiiagcr, la In Texaa. He will probably manage tbe lluuatuu team next aeasun. Tbe Navyadefeaird Ihe Kul Knd dyms by T lu a. Oct. 2J1, atuinclnnatl, O. The liwera made only twn Bate bile off Herman, while the vlotura madsOveuff HerhneBt, CRICKKT. B. Van llumrlgh, nf Ulllhronk, tint, liu cleverly complltd tor r/in Aineriuin I'rlcATfir an Intereat- Ing review and autlaitcauf Uie annual inleioaliooal matubea lielwcen tbn United HUtea ami Canada from IBM to Hie preaent time. He baa, however. In- cluded Id hla llat a game playid In iwu, ail'oronio, wblob hu bitherlo liecu cuualdered u Irregular. The United HUlu played only too men. Including Uarry and Ueorge Wright, and won wlili nnrolnally two wlokMa 10 apare, A. U. Wood, nf the llelmont Club, of riilladrlphia, la abuwn by the B'ailBIIca tu have bad tbe beat batting avrragf In tbeaa annual InUriiBtloual conteais, scuriog 111 in lourlnulnga. ■la, with I'Airuha, wu slan ihe higbcat scurer In an inning. II. I'alieraun virtually rauba aecoud In Ihe batting iveragea. and li alao credited with a century, 12*. F. W. T< rry, who leada Ihe Uanadlaua In batting, ia tbn only ulbcr laitamau ki acure a century, luaklng 113 runs. Brockwell, Ibe ynung Murrey ImUinsD, snd A. Ward, the Lancuhire "Htunewaller," will have moat to do with Ihe aucceaa or failure ut Hloddan'k team In Aualnlla. If they liuili "cuma nil" pretty conalatenUy tho KngllBh learn almiiM gttibriiugh Ibe aeaaon wllbout any ciuablng dtfrala. We Bhall soon aee kow much reaaon there wu In lUarkhain'a remark thai If iUchardaiin wen bowllug ou Auitre- lUn wli'keu he would bare the leather knocked off Uwball. We will b« Indebted 10 uy of our readeie, wiiu could furolab ua alih the parUcularaoracirsnf a game kelweeu elevena of Hunliral and Phladel- pbu, plai*d about IMS, In which Ihe former team made a large u>ial In tbe Oral Inning, I'eya making a century, ud tbe Phllailelpbia team bad loal Iwu wickeu for Oftr odd runa whan the alnnips were drawn. We lielleve the gam« wu played al Hoar real, In a match betwieo Yurkablre and tistbytaire Uat seaaon Brown played a ball amartly OD to hU wiclel and atlll lived. The ball passed lietwcen two alumpa wlihoot lirloglng down the falls, the most curluas feature of the Incident being lb* care- leuneuof Ihe liowlcn,uweli u the umpire, In not not Icing that there wu a chance of a ball being bowled dean ibreugh Ihe wIckeL Ixird Uawbe and the few remaining memliera ot hla team of EnglUh aouuura sallrd on tne alesm- ahip Nsir York, Uot, 81, forSnothamplon, Kog, l/>rd IIawke,arcompanled liyU. W, Wriglit, made a brief viBll to the Wut iDdletj A. J. L. lilll and K. s, Lucu had two wseks' shooting In lbs Nonbwaai, wcompanled by John B, Wnglil, at Toronto, and A, II. ColllDs, ot Ibla oily. 0. K. De Tntfurd, wim hu wifeaud sU BUtsr, apent Iheir Ume luvlalliog In iheRul. A conical mUUka wu receully made by a Hel- boon* paper. A oaliie oieaaige cams alatlng that Sloddard't tatffl that will vUli Anairalla la weak la i-alleta. The edlior alaread "hatura," UUnklog 1110 be the name of a mu, ud made Ihe cable read thu: "Mr. Stoddard will treaUy feel the ali- eases of Batters itsfore the tour u coooladed. Bslurs wu well up lu Uie Hit of averagca last Ka. eon Id all round cricket, aod would, do doubt, have btea Tirr UMful had ha been selected," IIU Ifiy yean ago aincs sUvena of the United HisiM aad Oansda flrat conUnded, and an appro- ~irUta numenio ot the event u a work rhilUsd Fifty rnn of Caoadlaa Uriotet," wklch will bs publubed In a few we*ka. John K. Mall, aeoratary of th* Uolarlo Cricket AaeocUtlon, U now bnaliy angsged nvitlsg Ihs proof abeete. Ueorg* l/ibmano, the faoiona Eagllah iMwIer, hu got IhaMI'eror hiapulni'nary compUlDt, afurtwo yean' alHence and anjoora In South Africa, aod the doctor now gives aim pemlsalon to ttiaro to Eng- iahd asd cricket next yesr. Osort* (Ilffen hu left Ihe Norwood Club, ot Ade- laide, aoaih AusirsIU, for which hs had pwyed for foertan ssssoas. II* snd Lyons will do* h* la dinmt uaas, wUofe will do mueh forAddald* OlobeilctBt