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THE SPORTING LIFE. 'i /u. * y. THE SPORTING LIFE. PUBLISHED WEEKLY AT No. 34 South Third Street, Pkilada. BY Till; Sporting Life Publishing Company. THOS. S. r>ANTM>........._......... President. F. C. KICHTKR............. Vice President. J. CLIFl' UANDO.................. Treasurer. All Cheques, Drafts, Money Orders and Remittance* must be made payable In the order of THE SPORTING LIFE PUBLISHING CO. POST OFFICE BOX, 948. FRANCIS C. KICHTER, Editor-in-chief. JAS. C. DAYTON.......... Business Manager. TERMS: , per annum (josiage paid)............S4.OO Six inuntbg................... " " ............ 3.25 liiree rnoniha.. ............. " . " ............ 1.25 Biugle couie*................ " " ............ lOc. INVARIABLY IN ADVANCE. TOBF.1GM POSTAGE $1.0-1 EXTRA PER ANNUM. PHILADELPHIA, SEPTEMBER 6, 1890. PHILADELPHIA POINTERS. The Closing Games of the Two Big Clubs— Tho Programme For the Rest of the Season— Tlio Athletics' Downward Career — Current Local News and Gossip. PHILADELHIA Sept. 5. Editor SPORTING LIFK: The local season is drawing rapidly to a close, and while we had too much of a good thing in the early months ot the season we will have extremely little in the closing month. The local Players' League team is now engaged in its last series in New York. On Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday it will wind up its season with Brooklyn, and then the New York and Boston teams will make their last appearance this season in Philadel- phia, the New Yorks playing here next Thursday, Friday and Saturday, and the Bos- tons on the loth, 16th and 17th. These games will terminate the championship season at Forepaugh Park. The team will then finish with a round of the Western cities, the last game being played at Cleveland, Oct. 4. The team since our last issue has done fairly \rellinaplayiiigsensc. It won three games in fine style from Buffalo, but struck a snag with Pittsburg, who captured three out ot four games played. This result was partially due to the tact that the team was without the services of Mulvey, but the mnin cause was the facility with which the Pittsburgers han- dled our pitchers. Mulvey's loss will be a serious one for the team and may have an appreciable effect upon the final standing of the team. He is prostrated with malarial fever and may not be able to accompany the team on the final Western trip. Pennant honors are now out of the question, thanks to the "Jonah" qualitiesof Brooklyn and Pittsburg, bnt third place is still a possibility. The chances, however, are tbat the team will have to content itself with iourth place. Even that will require a hustle, as the Chicagos are striving to land no lo\yer than that and have the advantage of a finish at home. THE WIND-UP AT PHILADELPHIA PARK. The local League team received an awful black eye and had their pennant chances ef- fectually settled in the series with Anson's black-hosed gang. They made a good stand against Cincinnati, howcver,and were thereby enabled to hold on to third place for the time bvinjj, and if they could finish there they would !>e very lucky. The probabilities are ag-iinst that, however, as they have too many jennies to piny away from home, and the friends of the te.iin should therefore not base their hopes higher than fourth plaee. The team i.; once more in pretty good shape physi- . nents a lively brush. Motz. the Akro'n first baseman, left town last Friday for some unac- land for an Oliver and hit the "dude" hard after his Chicago experience. Anderson and Day are doing excellent work. Anderson particularly is pitching so well that the Philadelphia Club must regret having released him. Sunday has already becomealocal favorite. Fogarty had his hands badly burned on Thursday night while extinguishing a fire in his bed-room, at the hotel where he board*. The lace curtains at one of the windows took fire from the gas jet, which is in close prox- imity, and, before Fogarty was aware of it, the curtains were all aflame, and the carpet had also caught fire. He succeeded in extin- guishing the fire, but, in so doing, burned his hands badly they being covered with blisters. Fogarty will, however, not stop playing on that account. A nent the all-night chase of the local re- porters after news of the Players' League- Association conference the New York Wurld gets off this very apropos squib: "In Phila- delphia the lot of the base ball reporter is a sleepless, if not a thankless, one. Further in- formation on the subject may be obtaiued from Messrs. Diddlebock, Hough and Gil- lam." In this instance B'rer Uickinson's task was equally sleepless, though less thank- less. Esper was given a trial by the League team \Vednesday and did well. He is hardly strong enough for the League, taking all the qualifications of a successful pitcher into con- sideration. Pitcher Hughes, who was released several days ago, claims that the Athletic Club has not yet paid him the balance of salary due him $21)8. He complains that he is kept here waiting for his money at great personal expense, with small chance of getting it with- out recourse to law. When Denny Lyons left to join the St. Louis Club he found there was no salary coming to him. He had been fined the entire balance over $300 for his recent escapade. Picket! always plays hard to win, and doesn't miss many points, either. Hallman once more shows his all-round qualities by playing third base fairly well during Mulvey's sickness. George Wood has picked np greatly in his batting during the past week. His fielding and throwing are as great as ever and leave nothing to be desired. If ever there was a contented lot of players the Philadelphia Brothers are the men since their highly satisfactory interview with President Wagner last Tuesday. The boys are certainly ou Easy street now. F. C. R. NEW YORK NEWS. Tlie Topic of the Hour— Specnlation About the Conference Meeting in Philadelphia — Ward's Alleged Objects— Brush Again Bobs Up — Local Newa Notes. NEW YORK Sept. 4. Editor SPORTING LIFE: Nothing else has been talked of here during the past three davs hut the deals to be made or that have already been made by the Brotherhood. It doesn't look tome as if any deals had either been made or will be made. The proper kind of a deal might have been a good thing for the Brotherhood in some re- spects and a bad one in others. As I have held along, if there is any advantage in a deal between the Brotherhood ami the Amer- ican Association it is on the Brotherhood side of the fence unless it should agree to Sunday games, unlimited beer and a twenty-five cent tariff m Louisville and St. Louis. An agree- ment of this kind might be sufficient induce- ment for St. Louis and Louisville to enter the scheme, but without it they would be sillv to quit the National Agreement. That the Players' League will ever make any such concession seems to me very improbable, and hence my reiterated belief that the two par- ties would not come together. But beyond this concession Von der Ahe wants more, he wants to have certain of his players restored to him, a wish not likely to be granted, GUESSING AT RESULTS. The actual result of that conference at Philadelphia can only be guessed at now, as, barring Von der Ahe, no one present seems inclined to talk. enough intentions and plan*, tbat his conclusion! were simply irresistible. "That settled it," said Mr. Byrne. "W« are undone." I mention this little incident merely to show the T.'g what terrible havoc he has wrought among the National League magnates, and «sk him to have a little mercy on the poor "League blunderers," as he styles them. If he keeps on he is likely to drive some of them into doing something desperate. Banter aside, however, I would advise the T.'s to come out of the clouds and judge base ball magnates and players by the general run of the men who are chasing the mighty dollar rather than by his own high standard and his ideal of what they ought to be. When he does he will keep in the swim. WORK OF THE LOCAL CLPB. Of local news there is little to recount. Ewing's men are going along winning games with great regularity. The Buflklos made no very strong stand and dropped five straight this week. The games with Ward's team be- gan to-day and the first one was won off the reel, and, while they will have to fight hard, I expect to see the Giants win another one of the remaining games of this series. The Giants play in Philadelphia Monday. Tues- day and Wednesday, where they are likely to get a set-back, and then finish the week with three games at Boston, which will probably settle the pennant question in Boston's favor. Buck says "no" to this, of course. Pitcher Keefe is all right again and will get to work in a few days. Gore is laid up with a lame hip or some- thing of that nature. Jim O'Rourke pronounces the double-um- pire system a farce. If Jim has any say there will only be one official in the Players' League games of 1891. The League team has been about holding its own recently and will, I think, manage to break even on the season's games. John B. Day has one pleasant thing to close the home season with and that is a scries of six games with Boston nnd Brooklyn on the Polo Grounds without a conflict. This ought to put money in his purse. Then for three games with Ithe Phillies, and New York will be dead to the world on ball games until springtime unless the Brooklyns should win the National League pennant, a most likely event now, when we may have some games with Louisville. W. I. HARRIS. TROY TIPS. A Week of Up§ and Downs For the Rome CHib—News of the New York State League Campaign, Etc. TROY, N. Y., Sept. 4. Editor SPORTING LIFE: The past week has been one of ups and downs for the home teani, but still they managed to take the lead again in the strug- gle for the penuant. Although we have but a slight lead over the Johnstowu-Glovers- ville team, yet we are -confident of holding the lead to the end of the season. The boys continue to play good ball, but have fallen off a little in batting. This is the cause for the unusual number of defeats in the past week. The team went to Cobleskill last Wednes- day and Thursday and lost two games by scores of 14 to 4 raid 5 to 4. Friday Oneonta was with us again, and oh! how can I tell you about it. For seven innings the "Million- aires" were not in it, but in ihe eighth they thought they \yould have something to say about it, and hit out ten singles and scored 11 runs, and that was enough to win the game, as the "Terrors" could only score8. Saturday Utica put up a stiff' game, against the home team, but were beaten in the ninth inning 4 to 3. Sunday at Pleasure Island the Albanys defeated the Trojan's by a score of 2 to 1. By the way, the boys down the river are playing great ball now and they make everybody hustle to beat them. I am glad to see the Albanys win some games, r.s it bears me out in the statement that I made last week that they were good ball players. Manager Prim- rose showed good judgment by signing "Joa" Coyne, late of the Troys, and playing him at third base. "Joe" has proven a strong addi- tion to the team and has been NOTES AND GOSSIP. ^gS~THE SPORTINO LIFB will be mailed aost paid to any address in the United States pnd Canada one year for $4.00, six months for $2.25, three months for $1.25. PITCHKB MICKEY WELCH i» on the sjck list. Rrjsis hai been most effective against Cleveland. THE Illinois-Iowa League season closes on the 27th in St. FRANK FENNELLY seems to hare dropped into oblivion. Oi.isscocK temporarily leads the New Yorks in batting. REILLY and Marr have batted in most of Cincinnati's runs. HARRISDURG loses an unusual number of games by one run. ROCHESTER has braced np wonderfully with her new men. THERE is a string tied to all base ball sen- sations these days. LATH AM has certainly proved a drawing card for Cincinnati. Vox DKH AHE'S new catcher, Trost, sizes up like a good man. COLUMBUS is booked for an exhibition game at Bradford, Sept. 10. THE deaf mutes all over the country ad- mire Hoy, of Buffalo. WILMOT and Anson continually exchange wagers on their hitting. CINCINNATI'S team has more "sand" this season than ever before. MARR has been doing some heavy batting of late for the Ciucinnatis. KLMBB FOSTER strengthens the Chieagos both in batting and fielding. THE Wilmington Club has had forty-six players and three managers. PITCHER DARNBROUGH, late of Denver, has signed with the Aurora Club. THE Louisville Clnb has released pitcher Mickey Jones and Chief Eoseman. THE Aurora Club has released Frank Mil- lard, Greer, Prescott, Ford and Pedrose. WHEN Lefty Marr and Tony Mullane get coaching together the frogs are not in it. McPHEE thinks there is as much luck as anything else in winning a championship. GEORGE HOPE has been reappointed as an official umpire of the N. Y. & Pa. League. THE League may be compelled to take Washington into the circuit again next season. THE Ottawa Club has signed second base- man Taylor, late of Peoria, and released Mills. BRADFORD'S ex-captain, Fogarty, has been appointed umpire in the N. Y. & Pa. League. IN STEIN and Luby Anson appears to have collared the real phenomenons of the season. TWELVE home runs have been made off Clarkson, six off" Nichols and four off Getzein. NEXT to winning the championship Colum- bus' dearest wish is to beat Toledo out in the race. MANAGER SCHMELZ says that he believes in giving his men all the credit for winning games. AL TEBEAU of Joliet, is considered the crack second basemau of the Illinois-Iowa League. "WHY doesn't Ward deny that amalgama- tion story?" Philadelphia Press. What's the use? PITCHERS Gamble and Cox have been sus- pended by the Harrisburg Club for insubor- dination. DAVIS, the centre fielder of the Clevelands, is one of the beat throwing outfielders in America. RlllNES, singular as it may seem, has pitched in but three exua-inniug games in all his career. LEHANE is playing first base out of sight for Columbus, but his batting is far below ex- pectations. -\LLbase ball stories nowadays are to be mental - countable reason, although the club was pre- pared to sign him at his own figures for the rest of the season whether he played or not a nil had even ordered a uniform for him' McCauley is, therefore, once more a fixture on hrst base, and is doing better than for- nierly, particularly in batting. The last game with Boston will be played Saturday and on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday next the Brooklyns put in an appearance and with these games will close the cham- pionship season at Philadelphia Park. The team then goes on its last trip, playin? in Bos- ton, New York, Cincinnati, Chicago Pitts- burg and Cleveland in the order named. THE ATHLETIC CLUB TROUBLES. The affairs of the unfortunate Athletic Club are going from bad to worse. There h:isbeen a sort of reorganization of the team llenny Lyons, who was suspended without pay for his recent spree, ha* b»en gotten rid ot altogether. He goes to the St. Louis Club. Pitcher liughes has been released and Pitcher Seward quit ofhis own accord. This leaves the team with only McMahonasa stand-by in the box and some young pitchers will be tried. Catcher Riddle, late of Wash- ingt-w, has been secured to alternate with Baldwin. This was rendered necessary by another injury to Robinson just as he had re- covered the use of his broken thumb. The rest of the team remainsas it was. The team has not been playing winnin°- ball, and this fact coupled with the shorf- * sighted management of the clubdirectorv has disgusted even the stauuchest supporters of If anything POOR Miss Principle, of whom so much was heard earlier in the season, seems to have been lo«t sight of entirely in the base bail world. THE knowing ones say tbat Cleveland and Pittsburg will be dropped next season, and that the League will go on with six strong teams. LATHAM has undoubtedly proved quite a drawing card for Cincinnati, and Stern has more than recouped himself for that purchase money. CAPTAIN POWER, of Baltimore, will now have a chance to develop still further the ex- traordinary captaining ability he is said to possess. EVIDENTLY the coming winter will be ag lively, in a base ball sense, as was last. And the energetic fakir will get in his fine work as usual. CLEVELAND'S new pitcher, Yonng, has the making of a coining pitcher. His associates have named him. "Si," owing to his country- like ways. CAPTAIN MCCARTHY says that if St. Louis had last year's team it would hardly have lo^t a game in this year's American Association. Very likely. LATHAM has become stuck on his cap- taincy. In his conceited way he says: "There are only three of us left Aiison, Comiskey and myself." WOMAN is nowhere on earth more out of place than on a base ball diamond. The for- mation of female base ball clubs should be discountenanced. "THEY call Reilly the 'catcher's friend' this season, because he stops all the wild pitches for them with his bat," says Loftus, the quiet "kidder.'* IN HIS confidential chats with one or two players, Capt. Anson is alleged to have said that the National League next season will consist of six clubs. THE one-legged umpire, Kilpatrick, says he is going to write a novel entitled, "Throe Months Umpiringinthe Illinois-Iowa League; or, Out of the Jaws of Death." No WONDER Clevelanders are unhappy. With one club it is enough hitting but not enough fielding; with the other it is plenty of fielding but not enough hitting. WIDNER is said to be the slowest pitcher in the Western Association, and then-fore the most aggravating to spectators. This is not calculated to make him popular. PITCHER McCOLLOUGH, lale ot Brooklyn and Syracuse, issaid to be nn inveterate cigar- ette smoker. He sits up nights reading novels and smoking cigarettes, they say. THE League would have done better to have held on to Washington nnd Indianapolis last winter. It would have saved a lot of use- less expense and great wurriment. LATHAM, Hamilton, Sunday, Tiernan and Wilmot, all League players, would make a great party in a 100yds. dasli straightaway. It would be hard to pick the winner. JUST to think of Pete Browning leading the Players' League in hitting. And still Asso- elation talent was not as good ns that of the League last year's League we mean. THE poorest score cards in the country are said to be those offered in the New York grounds for a nickle. The finest are those sold at the Brooklyn League grounds. NOWADAYS the game has got down to the point that, no matter how many good men a club may have in a team, if it is weak in the box it can cut no figure at all in a race. "SULLIVAN'S TOWER" still overhangs the Boston League ground and yields its owner a comfortable income fr<yn his levy of 15 cents per capita for a high peep nt the games. PITCHER GRAGG, of the Joliets, has n poisoned arm, the result of wearing a red jacket in the rain, receiving therefrom poison- ing from the coloring matter in the cloth. MANAGKR PAT POWERS declares that Col- umbus, Rochester, Toledo and Syracuse will call a special meeting of the Association and demand the big four to show thi-ir hands. A NUMREK of well-known players are domiciled >!t Springfield, O. That city will keep ils ball park inti;ci and be again repre- sented in the Tri-State League next season. ,'iat the As- Thc con t'st was an exhibition game and re- sulted in favor of Cleveland by li>t>6. Virtue and LVIanoy, old Altooiia payers, were given an ovation. J. PAI.MKR O'NK[L,acting-president of the Pittsburg National League Club.saysthe re.i- son why the club has not paid I'rutt's bill is the fact that Pratt owes the club $5(10 for ktovk. "We (tie ready to settle the diilerence at any- time," says Mr. O'NVil. THE unexpected decision of the United States Court that party rates are lawful under the Interstate Commerce Act as it stands, wus the most important, as well as the most wel- come, news the base hull manager ever re- ceived from a judicial quarter. ANSON thinks that if he was in the Players' League he would lead the entire tri'oe at the bnt. Says he: "I'm afraid the colts are u -little too "fast for me. Still, my fielding may keep me on a little while longer." This is what Artemus Ward ussd to call "sarkasm." NEGADNKE anJ Hancock have dropped out of the Michigan Peninsular League, but the other four clubs will go through. Houghton is in the lead ior the pennant. That team contains Nat Hudson, the old St. Louis Browns' pitcher, and other well-known players. THE Illinou-Iowa League owes its exist- ence to-day to the indefatigable secretary, i".. C. Morgan, who has done yeoman service in keeping shaky clubs in line. He has more than once pulled it out of its diriiculties and put clubs on their feet in a playing and finan- cial condition. AT Mmni.ETOWN, Del., Sept. 1. t'le Elkton and Midiiletown clubs played a twelve inning game which was ended by darkness with the s^ore standing 3 to 3. Campfiold, of Chester, Pa., pitched for Elkton, and Hawk, of Wi!- mington. for Middletowu. Each had twenty- nine strike-outs. IT IS strange, but nevertheless true, that Managers Chapman p.nd Frazer do not speak ns they pnss by. Cause, the Sunday gf\m<3 that was forfeited to Syracuse. Chapman feels sore over the aforesaid game and claims it should never have been given to Syracuse under the circumstances. THE Baltimore team is said to be sufferir.r; from "stage fright" in Association company. Mack, Tatc and Long are the only men on the home club who seem to retain control of their heads and nerves. Even Power and Ray ap- pear to he suffer-in? from temporary aberra- tion of the mind when running base.-1. VON DER AHE had some more trouble with his players while in Baltimore. Ramsey was sent home, but afterwards recalled, Ilig- gins suspended, Miller was fined $25, and Captain McCarthy has had to endure a cur- tain lecture, f he cause of it all was said to have been a little midnight supper at Balti- more. EX-PKESIDENT TORY HART, of New Or- leans, is out of b-ise ball now and is devoting himself to his business that of house and sign painting. But the old man still has a soft spot in bis heart for the game, and he says if he had the lease of the park, free and un- 1ra mine led, he would plunge, right into basa bull again. FAAT/, considers Clarkson the coolest and best pitcher ever in the profession. The be- lief is endorsed by Jack Rowe who pays: "It is queer that there are not more Clarksons. He is a wonderful example of steadiness. Some of these modern pitchers go in twice a week and kick if you ask them to make an- other attempt. Now that Anson has worthy alternat'e? fur Hutchinson. he is making a great tight, and if Cleveland and Pittsburg were stronger sa :\s to assist him and Cincinnati in mowing down the Eastern leaders on the last trip West, he might win the pennant. But he can hardly do it without assistance, and thai won't be forthcoming. "WILL A. (r. Mills'services as a mediator be required this winter? Everybody seems to think they will." Philadelphia Times. Everybody is mistaken there. Mr. Mills will not be called upon, nor would he- be likely to act if lie were. His position in the base ball controversy is too positive to make .him available as a me liator. MANAGER !Ll^_^H^!i-u if the Athletio it was an - o — -"• •-••>-4.i 11 « u.l fin Ujirtft- ment for an alliance, and it is not positive even it such an agreement was made it ,«, be carried out. According tc.the Worhl, which appears to be in the confidence of the Players' League the proposition must have originally been for a ten or twelve-club circuit. The same source of information intimates that the plan is still under consideration and will be adopted or not as the centra] board of direc tors may vote. This is considered here in the nature of a bluff intended as a mattress on which Ward, Johnson and Brunell may drop easy. Admitting for the sake of analysis that an agreement for an alliance was reached Monday was the club, nnd consequently the patronage has ll. The club is certainly a , been woefully smal losing concern now in every way and the outlook is anything but bright, no matter how viewed. A crisis in its affairs is ap- proaching, and may come to a head any day before the last trip is due. If that be tided over the club may be put upon its feet again but the outlook is, as before remarked, no particularly encouraging, considering the incapable manner in which the club has b?en and is being handled. This is a melancholy situation for a club which was an old Phila delphia institution, and would with any sort of good management be a money-maker year after year. NO DEAL ON. A story was sprung upon the public to the .. effect that the club would be purchased bythc Philadelphia Players' Club and merged into it. ( >nc paper even went so far as to sav that (lie deal has been practically completed while another asserted that a dicker between W Inttaker nnd Wagner was going on, and that-withm a fortnight the club would be owned by the Wagner Brothers. Both stories were wide of the mark and probably only {riven out for a purpose. As it matter of fact there never lias been a dicker of any kind between Whittaker or any Athletic club offi- cial and the Wagner Brothers, and the ques- tion has never been mentioned between them Tiiis statement is made upon the authority of President Wagner. Furthermore, there is 1' ilc or no probability that such a deal will e i-r be made. and Whitaker cannot deliver the goods with- out disrupting the American Association. loledo, Columbus, Rochester and Syracuse who do not appear to have been given much consideration, certainly would not consent and Manager Barnie, who has authority to speak for Baltimore, is a pronounced and bitter opponent of any and all deals with the Bro hernood. Mr. Barnie was here on Wednesday, and was very doubtful even that any conference was being held in Philadel- phia and did not believe it until he had satis- tied himself by telegrams that Phelps was not in Louisville. WHAT MR. BARNIE SAYS. Mr. Barnie told me that he had the most solemn assurances from Messrs. Von der \he and Phelps that no deal had been or would be made. These assurances were given him in black and white before he took his club back into the American Association. Mr Barnie was emphatic in his denunciation of the Players' League and in asserting his fealty to the National Agreement. The indi- cations are that there will be a the next meetin nates. of warm time at the Association ma^- WARD'S ALLEGED OBJECT. The principal object of Ward from the start has been to break the National Agree- ment.and, having broken it, so shape things that the National League can be forced into a compromise that will mean a new National Agreement and a perpetuation of the Play- ers League. Every move he has made shows this to be bis object. He is aided in every way by Johnson. These two men are never happy except when scheming, and have to- ?yu ni nghte3t miluis in tllc ninmigemcnt of the Player.,;' League. Ward h ss done more mistling and less talking this season than any ot his associates. He cares very little for the interests of the American Association and looks upon them as a means to his great end 1 think he will fail, because the American Association men are too shrewd to allow themselves to be used to pull out the chest- nuts unless they have value received for every grab. And their demands are so exor- bitant as to even stagger the arch schemer. ;.lu i,uajr «» j_nuur i.iay, a legal lioln! Tii? this Sstute, and Troy and Oueonta played "two ffames. Troy won the first game in the morn- ing easily by a score of 6 to 2, and .Oneonta won the afternoon game by a. score of 10 to D It was an exciting game and abounded iii brilliant plays. The Oneontas played their last game of the season here on Tuesday and Troy won by a score of 10 to 7. The team was disbanded Wednesday morn- ing and the players were paid in full Trov secured Goodryder, Mooncy and Fournier The two former are excellent basemen airl good hitters, and will be played »t second and third respectively. Fournier is a "Jim dandy" pitcher, and is without a doubt the hardest- hitting pitcher in the League. These men will greatly strengthen the team, and we are from this time out the champions of the New York State League Albany went down before our boys on their own grounds yesterday by a score of 7 to 2 I he boys have the Johnstowns for guests tl next two days and I hope they will dele the Jays" and tighten their grip on firs place. Cobleskill will be here Saturday. NOTES. Harry L. Evarts, treasurer of the Tro Club, is one of the most popular young me "f »i T-'ft'-, ^ '?** "', e f rack first baeema of the libbits Cadets Club, of the Amatei League, last season, and also filled the pos tion of League secretary. Harry ispopuh with the players and travels with the club t look after the finances. He is a member o the firm of H. A. Evarts & Son. /.i"?'i lly " J,5isho ?' olle of ">e 'ate Oneonta Club s pitcher?, is one of the most polite an gentlemanly fellows I have ever met He i an A 1 twirler and a pretty sure hitter with the stick. I would like to see him in a Trov uniform. Mackey, O'Ncil and Crane have been New Orleans. HOLDING Cincinnati down to one hit eoe to show most emphatically that f'lHrksim arm is all right. PROBABLY it will never be known how THE Harrisburg pitchers. Gamble, Baxte and Cox, have shown up well in the Atlantic Association class. THE Chicago pitcher Hutchinson, has ice as soft as a woman' would bejii failure. , as ; voice as soft as a woman's. As a coacher h THE Rochester papers have begun sade against the peddling of beer in the Ro- chester grand stand. WILL WIUXKR is doing nearly all the pitching for femux City, now being the only twirler in condition. y .:)live games remain to be played with Toledo. This series will be finished on Wed- nesday. Then the team goes to Baltimore for three games, returning home with the Orioles lor three games, Sept. 15, 16, 17. After that t.ie Jast Western trip will be made. LOCAL JOTTINGS. Anson says Howard Enrle, his right fielder, whose place was taken by Cliff Ciirro]], ought to phiy first base and that he will make a J'.irker in that position for some club. This may be just the man lor the Phillies. J bird baseman Mayer is in rather poor health. He imagines that he is suffering from kidney troubles. If the Iwal Brothers have a terrific Jonah" in Ward's team, the Athletics have an equally ferocious hoodoo in Toledo. This team lias bent en tin- Blue Legs more than nnv other Association team and was the first to start them oil the toboggan in July. "Who is that old mail playing "in left field for the Athletics?"said Luthani at Gloucester Jnst Sunday, as Pureell came in to the bench. "Don'tgetgaythere,diide,"replied Blondy. "I have been here a long time, but they haven't jjot lired of nie yot." This was truly a Ilo- BRt'SII REAPPEARS. John T. Bru*U was here to-dny and I had quite a long 3fflt with him. Few people know Brush as he is or know what an inter- esting talker he becomes when ready to talk and is in the mood for it. Mr. Brush's reminMccnccsoftliccnrly days of the base hall fight will make interesting rending some (lay, when it is all over. One thing* seems certain to me If the other League magnates had followed Brush', I,,a(i an(1 ] mst j e(1 * ng he hustled there would bo no Brotherhood to- day His success with his players was re- markable when the man himself is consid- ered, to look at him one would never sus- pect the force and determination of his char- acter OP the persuasiveness of his tongue Mr Brush is not an orator, but he can put more sound common reuse and logic into a ten minutes'uiscourse than most.men of my ac- quaintance in base ball. A WORD TO T. T. T. I did want to make a few notes on Brother Moll's last letter, but my space I find is pretty well used up. However, let me tell the J s, wno appears to be "still flying" in trie clouds, that when Messrs. Day and Byrne read Ins screed, they paled perceptibly. It was like a shower bath of ice water in winter JIis analysis of the inside workings of the 1 layers' League showed such vast compre- hension or rather absci!tile knowledge of their leased to make room for Goodryder Moonev and Fournier. ""ucjr Young Stafford, late of the Worcesters is one of our pitchers now. He has done pretty fair work in the two games he has pitched He lost one and won one. He is a eood hitter. 6 "Pete" Eagan is on the sick list for an in- jury he received in one of the <r- smCH 1-ist week. Knox is in right field in "his place and is playing it good. ' Van Alstine is back at short again He appeared ralher rusty in the first game but he is limbering up daily. "Van" is hiitin» the ball hard, but he don't cover the second bag when there is a chance for a double play or when that baseman is after a hit Trv an'-l remember this," Van," and you will be "0 H." with the people. I wonder if the J. & G's. think they ar going to win the pennant? Not if Utica has anything to s:iy about it. Terrien hss caught a few games, and th people are dead in love with his work. H played second base in Tuesday's game. A. AND B. LEAGUE NOTES. Peartree, first baseman for the Lansine- burgs, is a good one. The Trojans made fifteen hits off of Stovey the Hoosicks'. pitcher, last Tuesday. Iii left fielder Marquette the Trojans have got« "dandy." "Billy" Minahnn is his part? ner in centre and Zeph Magil! takes care of tne ni.'ht garden. -* - - the League. During the last week and a half the Lau- reates have been ------- Vermont and New IT is like greeting an old friend to see Bal tyiiore s name listed among the major league clubs of the country. 'Tis the tallest feather in the ball ,, , cap to say he was a member of the champion team ot some season. BRADFORD'S club has more of its original players tnan any other New York and Penn- sylvania League club. CATCHER GIRSON has been granted a fur- lough by the Harrisburg Club for the re- mainder of the season. GREENWOOD is not in luck this season. lie hardly recovers from one accident before another overtakes him. PITCHER WILL HART, of Lincoln, i s laid up with a broKen finger, sustained throuch contact with a hot liner. WHILE in Philadelphia with the Cincin- natis, pitcher Ithines was prostrated with i n. naimnntiou of the stomach. pen- enjoying a trip through Hampshire playing sev- way and meeting with eral clnbs up that good success. ,, kittle "Tommy" Gunnies, who catches for the Irojans, is a Brooklyn boy, and it will be pleasing news to his many friends down there to know that he is putting up a fine <'ame and using the stick wiih telling effect upon tiie curves of opposing pitchers. "Tommy" can run bases like a fiend, too. Sam Downey will be with us but a few oays longer, as he will have to leave for IPS his home in Brooklyn to teach his school which opens on tin, 2d of September. Sam will be wjtn us again next season "Billy" Mackey tnkes care of the first l«ig tor the Trojans in professional style. The iitypI!r,- 1n B » ure ' h " nl hith' r > to°- A »y day that Billy is not playing ball you will find niniat his case in the Evening Standard otace setting up the news. IF KANSAS CITY wins the Western _.. nnnt Klmer Smith will be the biggest indi- vidual factor in the success. THE public have no idea of the wear and tear a championship season has on a member of «ne of liie leading teams. IN THE National League the Boston and Cincinnati pitchers lead in effectiveness both having the same record, .2:>6. T> T )'i E i^ el lfl 1' l.ta , pi(1s Clul) nas suspended Paddy Welch without pay for the balance of the season for insubordination. CLAHKSOX has been Cincinnati's terror this season. He was more effective against them tnan any other League pitcher. HALF A DOZEN nets for Harrisburg's great second baseman and captain, F.agan, are still out. W Inch club will get him? THE Harrisburg Club is one of the very few minor league organizations tbat will come out even or alidad of the season. ^ T ", E ,, I* ra(lfor ' 1 Club has signed pitcher fioodall, late of Columbus, anrHirst baseman Tom O'Brien, late of .Rochester. CINCINNATI has signed pitcher Dolan, late of Evansville. He is said to be a good man whom Schmi'lz was after last year. in batting brought otil except IT WAS Waliy Fessen.ien wh Lathnm. The "dude" was quite a little M low then, and, but for Fesseuden's would probably be still Lvnn. makino- ° coaxing shoes at considers Elmer Foster one of x- d , p rrs ,ln tlle cw">"y, and the only ^l^JLr_ or. k _ ev V. 1 '* U'» g« w: ,» « £ with tne suck in f fl the best rih - Reard bats and ' hro right-handed he is stronger in the field on plays to left than he 13 to the right Ollie is w.^°teo' u na re b± tOIlailythill « hU « wto- THE Baltimore and Columbus clubs during the week performed a f ea t probably nne- qualed in the history of base ball-play i«l wo gam won successive days, both ties/and by the same score. J^J 1".^',!' 8 '; eT ! nc «.K«?* interest in because OsiiORNF, and Lytle have been dropped bv the Pittsburg League Clnb. Lytle says he had never signed a Pittsburg contract. UMPIRE JIMMY PEEPLES.of the American As-sorinti'.n, has been released. Dan Camp- bell, of Philadelphia, is his successor. JIMMY WILLIAMS is now employed ins Columbus bank, while Wheeler Wikoff is reg- istry clerk at the Columbus post oflice. SAID Mike Kelly to Arlie Latham the other day: "You've got my secret down fine. 1 ou do as I do win 'era on your gall!" IT'S a cold year when Cincinnati can't flash >ne or two phenomenons upou the world and yet it gets but little nearer "the pennant. ' MANAGER LOFTUS sa\« Latham has got mck to his old-time form again anil is playing much better ball than he did for Chicago. W. C. HKRZBKRGER has been elected sec- etaryof the Rochester, limited, to succeed Edward Bohachek, who recently resigned. MAYOR DAVIDSON, of Baltimore, f s nn'en- uwast iind would just as soon witness a ame ot ball as calculate the cost of a sewer. INTEREST in the game is reviving in the Vest of late and the attendance has been ood at all the games of tiie Western Associa- 1011. brrr i , ecause .IrreeoJ. Texas League players. Buck Weaver I arry llaymoud and "Ued" Ehret, now w«» the Colonels'uniforms. ANSON gave it out early last spring that he would be in at the finish with his (jolts and t begins to look as though the old man'will make good his word. The Windy Cily team s coming along at a lively rate. ANSON makes his men practice a couple of >urs every morning when they are at home ml when the team has a losing streak on the ond the o,l ninn" makes them report for practice on the visitors' grounds. MIKE SCANLAN would he about the ri-ht inn to start an American Association club in Vashiii»lon,as he has the experience and can ommaml the capital. JI e wou ]d then be also nabled to pay oil' some old scores. PITCHER LUBY, of the Chicago League ,lub. writes that he, and not Steiu as reported pitched in the Chicago-Cincinnati game of ;hnf'l .f-'.'f' C ' a ', ;s and avc ro Re builders enoind not fail to make a note of this ACCOKDINO to the New York'papers Whistler probably bundles throws by Glass- cock and Denny better than anv other first h|seman who ever covered that base for them. The late Alc.x. Mckmnon is forgotten WHAT hard heads ball tossers must have as w-'.i to ,. st!l " d be>'"S hit by pitched balls With ordinary men such blows as bnll plavers <!U,ckly recover from would result in frac- tured skulls or concussion ot the brain. - ,. . . -- -." -.-. «>..ig engineered t l<> no in his opinion, indicate danger of Brotherhood 1 . —7--- —— ~.« ».- -... ii(-, L t 1/1 UIIM II CfllOO amalgamation, but only a desire on the par "J ^ &£!'«>"'" .to P « the nan, Earnie is talking througa the Athletics, his hat. fr. F MfU>mN n- President s Peas' declaration inat Aansas City would oppose an alliance witn tne I layers' League, the Omaha Bee. says: The Western League will stand squarely by the National Agreement." There is no Western "League" that we know of! Ihe Western "Association" may stand by Ihe- Agreement, but will there be an National Agreement to stand by? AN ' Arry,' once the pride and napohs League Club, late . . " ' »» -" "wjtot nun. a«m inis ipo if* his arrest To-day he wa, fined in the City Court lor drunkenness and profanity." A COLUMBUS correspondent has it all fiV. " h °,'J, ,""!' 01 °" Ml -'>'ialiy predicts that when the (olnmbus reserve list is sent to President Phelps it will contain the names of Orr and Baldwin, who have never Keen re- rntl . ;£' eve "n then ' that fhe brotherhood foes to the wall, Columbus will still hold i^L'tf -" &. hut «UPP * there should hMi- Lon, isv "l*'s second baseman, hilips Exeter Academy five years nr? ? r n *"»r "lathera '" i( ' s ^ Latiu and pifparnrg for Harvard College. His inclina- tion ran more to base ball, however, ha, '"t d d to \-irgil and he became one of the be" player, on the Phillips Exeter nine. From entt!rod "PO" l»s professional career f BARNIE says the American Association people assured him before he entered the or- panization this year thnt they had no inten- tiion of coiiso,dating with the Brotherhood, now iar^ilp assurances'- go in base ball? up at different hotels from the other traveling teams next year, 'tis said, because Anson keeps everybody up late o' nights explaining how he is going to win the championship BOSTON thinks Silver King is the fastest pitcher in the country; but that is said about every speedy pitcher Stivetta, Hutehinson, Baldwin, W-eyhing and others have each been tnneand again pronounced as the most speedy "SOMEONE liastranslatedGetzein's stomach- patting signals with the aid of a Morse al- phabet. Long pats are dashes and .« aret do , te ,- ,A",y teleKr ?Pli operator can toll"the sort or ball he is fmin» *« ^tt,.~ -—-„ minor the field next season? The present year'sV^ penence has served lo put a damper upon the ?'ffiT?" T" y , a wnul(J -be magnate."- i miaaelphia Anrt/i American. Not at all. Jlieiewillbe as many minor leagues in tii« field as ever next season. When one set of magnates , rop out another steps in and thus the ball is kept moving. Mi n ,, r leagues m«v come and go, but minor league managers con- nue to hob up serenely each sprin? despite the most discouraging experiences. Next year will be no exception to the rule. NEARLY 57,000 people witnessed the twentv- r"Z, m nJ ° r £? Ue base ba " «ames P'aved Labor Day. There were morning and after- loon games all around in the League and I.rotherhood, and ia two American Associa- tion cities. BALTIMORE starts with hard luck ri-ht at the commencement of her Association season as Baker nnd Townscml, the crack baUcrv nre laid up, the first named with a brokjn bis shoulder and the latter with a bone split finger. BASK MALL has been about as prolific in rumors the past week as it has been in runs. . Ine talk has been none the less interesting because of its coming mostly from outsider'- but it hns necxiiitated the waste of a good deal of salt. THE Pittsburg and Cleveland Lcnsne clubs played at Altoona Se^t. 3 before 2000 people. riov ;h ,,---£ yc 1stl' -r ' 1 ' l y traded Burke and Day with the Pittsburgs for Sunday. The alter will be a g reat improvement over Burke in centre field, and vastly strengthens the home team.'-Philadelpliia Ledger. Then all the puffery that Burke (formerly of the lorontos) lias received from Philadelphia papers thus far during the season was deecp. live was it? And he isn't such a wonderful tieK er, hatter nnd base-runner as the report- ers have been claiming." Rochester Putt-l-'x- press. Don't you make allowance for ante- season enthusiasm anil club loyalty? Literary and Journalistic Notes. The Sauteiubrr number of Ontiinj,l\ie duly liist-diw, mi'iilhly publicat on devotej to It'Ktiiniat, Btn)r'.» is ui.n«.Hlly inler-8li Ulr. "A D.y in tl.,. M,.xic*n Ca'pi. lift ' i» Ihi- u|ptninu artlclo, which is n»ll,>«od bv loiuri ou "The Enelisl, PartrMce" «u .l "Tl.» 1'raii-it, CMi-keu of Ameiic»." "A Piinin^er A-v.liee!'' will inli-ro-t cyclers. "Antelope Ilimiin.; K.MI of tho Kockip.' HI - iwila to evern,,>d y . H^nrv ChMilwici RTVPD » irad»li'» article ou "Cr.ckft in New y,,,k/' An fx^ellrnt iilii«tratr<i srlicle on the "\B«fc,iiml!a'iil 1>., ? " ii c ,,,,- tribuled by R. H. Miwru. Militia n.«.i will real ivi h. plea-lire t»ie ileHTl|i'i»:j uf "\\ jinl.'p l., n a:nl Its Caint '* - while f<-r levers ,,f t te wstnr s. J \v l{,-.,j , nim's ini rl", "Taciit Clubs ..r tl... £».!»,'' i» nl ,r,.pit O-h p rMlaMearliclei»r.: "WiliiBiiH U-»na Ahlel.ci'' "Kmetiiiii anil Lunis," |'liotogr..i.]i\" aiiil 'gi,ll-«nt.°r tuloof Koc. rOa." Ibo !.ner»of flcthin art, tint for- K'lleD, »n,l ll.ev r.r« rea»l,.i »itii ttiteo ixc.-1'eul »'..iif»,6inllM "0..1-L:i.|» T'nn.p.'-'-Tli., L.m I'a,,.., C »-! ' mill '-TheClio-mt Wi,Ti n Hears" The Pepleinber oilnilier of Oodffs Li'lg, Emk ii a deliglil.'ul on«. Tli» la hion pint's ami the eiu-r pie.adHj.ri|,tivenf iliem »iil, ,,i co-irse, I,* 1,, K|,|.,' l.reciaied by i| le )».!, , |,, lt ,,. t Hu! ,. m,,,^,^,.,, ^ on: Hut IhlH is all the unmb.-r ci.nta »». The litorarr Kuo'l Ihlius Hclnni. n .,.(, v epunnienl is lull o r lur ami fit!e I io all U- eailily, aijil it s au.ld 1,-o .|-ull of a aujoug Ibo ttBt i«.VioJii-a!« uf

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PHILADELPHIA, SEPTEMBER 6, 1890.

PHILADELPHIA POINTERS.The Closing Games of the Two Big Clubs—

Tho Programme For the Rest of the Season— Tlio Athletics' Downward Career — Current Local News and Gossip.PHILADELHIA Sept. 5. Editor SPORTING

LIFK: The local season is drawing rapidly to a close, and while we had too much of a good thing in the early months ot the season we will have extremely little in the closing month. The local Players' League team is now engaged in its last series in New York. On Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday it will wind up its season with Brooklyn, and then the New York and Boston teams will make their last appearance this season in Philadel­ phia, the New Yorks playing here next Thursday, Friday and Saturday, and the Bos­ tons on the loth, 16th and 17th. These games will terminate the championship season at Forepaugh Park. The team will then finish with a round of the Western cities, the last game being played at Cleveland, Oct. 4.

The team since our last issue has done fairly \rellinaplayiiigsensc. It won three games in fine style from Buffalo, but struck a snag with Pittsburg, who captured three out ot four games played. This result was partially due to the tact that the team was without the services of Mulvey, but the mnin cause was the facility with which the Pittsburgers han­ dled our pitchers. Mulvey's loss will be a serious one for the team and may have an appreciable effect upon the final standing of the team. He is prostrated with malarial fever and may not be able to accompany the team on the final Western trip. Pennant honors are now out of the question, thanks to the "Jonah" qualitiesof Brooklyn and Pittsburg, bnt third place is still a possibility. The chances, however, are tbat the team will have to content itself with iourth place. Even that will require a hustle, as the Chicagos are striving to land no lo\yer than that and have the advantage of a finish at home.

THE WIND-UP AT PHILADELPHIA PARK.The local League team received an awful

black eye and had their pennant chances ef­ fectually settled in the series with Anson's black-hosed gang. They made a good stand against Cincinnati, howcver,and were thereby enabled to hold on to third place for the time bvinjj, and if they could finish there they would !>e very lucky. The probabilities are ag-iinst that, however, as they have too many jennies to piny away from home, and the friends of the te.iin should therefore not base their hopes higher than fourth plaee. The team i.; once more in pretty good shape physi-

.nents a lively brush. Motz. the Akro'n first baseman, left town last Friday for some unac­

land for an Oliver and hit the "dude" hard after his Chicago experience.

Anderson and Day are doing excellent work. Anderson particularly is pitching so well that the Philadelphia Club must regret having released him.

Sunday has already becomealocal favorite.Fogarty had his hands badly burned on

Thursday night while extinguishing a fire in his bed-room, at the hotel where he board*. The lace curtains at one of the windows took fire from the gas jet, which is in close prox­ imity, and, before Fogarty was aware of it, the curtains were all aflame, and the carpet had also caught fire. He succeeded in extin­ guishing the fire, but, in so doing, burned his hands badly they being covered with blisters. Fogarty will, however, not stop playing on that account.

A nent the all-night chase of the local re­ porters after news of the Players' League- Association conference the New York Wurld gets off this very apropos squib: "In Phila­ delphia the lot of the base ball reporter is a sleepless, if not a thankless, one. Further in­ formation on the subject may be obtaiued from Messrs. Diddlebock, Hough and Gil- lam." In this instance B'rer Uickinson's task was equally sleepless, though less thank­ less.

Esper was given a trial by the League team \Vednesday and did well. He is hardly strong enough for the League, taking all the qualifications of a successful pitcher into con­ sideration.

Pitcher Hughes, who was released several days ago, claims that the Athletic Club has not yet paid him the balance of salary due him $21)8. He complains that he is kept here waiting for his money at great personal expense, with small chance of getting it with­ out recourse to law.

When Denny Lyons left to join the St. Louis Club he found there was no salary coming to him. He had been fined the entire balance over $300 for his recent escapade.

Picket! always plays hard to win, and doesn't miss many points, either.

Hallman once more shows his all-round qualities by playing third base fairly well during Mulvey's sickness.

George Wood has picked np greatly in his batting during the past week. His fielding and throwing are as great as ever and leave nothing to be desired.

If ever there was a contented lot of players the Philadelphia Brothers are the men since their highly satisfactory interview with President Wagner last Tuesday. The boys are certainly ou Easy street now. F. C. R.

NEW YORK NEWS.Tlie Topic of the Hour— Specnlation About

the Conference Meeting in Philadelphia — Ward's Alleged Objects— Brush Again Bobs Up — Local Newa Notes.NEW YORK Sept. 4. Editor SPORTING

LIFE: Nothing else has been talked of here during the past three davs hut the deals to be made or that have already been made by the Brotherhood. It doesn't look tome as if any deals had either been made or will be made. The proper kind of a deal might have been a good thing for the Brotherhood in some re­ spects and a bad one in others. As I have held along, if there is any advantage in a deal between the Brotherhood ami the Amer­ ican Association it is on the Brotherhood side of the fence unless it should agree to Sunday games, unlimited beer and a twenty-five cent tariff m Louisville and St. Louis. An agree­ ment of this kind might be sufficient induce­ ment for St. Louis and Louisville to enter the scheme, but without it they would be sillv to quit the National Agreement. That the Players' League will ever make any such concession seems to me very improbable, and hence my reiterated belief that the two par­ ties would not come together. But beyond this concession Von der Ahe wants more, he wants to have certain of his players restored to him, a wish not likely to be granted,

GUESSING AT RESULTS.The actual result of that conference at

Philadelphia can only be guessed at now, as, barring Von der Ahe, no one present seems inclined to talk.

enough

intentions and plan*, tbat his conclusion! were simply irresistible. "That settled it," said Mr. Byrne. "W« are undone."

I mention this little incident merely to show the T.'g what terrible havoc he has wrought among the National League magnates, and «sk him to have a little mercy on the poor "League blunderers," as he styles them. If he keeps on he is likely to drive some of them into doing something desperate. Banter aside, however, I would advise the T.'s to come out of the clouds and judge base ball magnates and players by the general run of the men who are chasing the mighty dollar rather than by his own high standard and his ideal of what they ought to be. When he does he will keep in the swim.

WORK OF THE LOCAL CLPB.Of local news there is little to recount.

Ewing's men are going along winning games with great regularity. The Buflklos made no very strong stand and dropped five straight this week. The games with Ward's team be­ gan to-day and the first one was won off the reel, and, while they will have to fight hard, I expect to see the Giants win another one of the remaining games of this series. The Giants play in Philadelphia Monday. Tues­ day and Wednesday, where they are likely to get a set-back, and then finish the week with three games at Boston, which will probably settle the pennant question in Boston's favor. Buck says "no" to this, of course.

Pitcher Keefe is all right again and will get to work in a few days.

Gore is laid up with a lame hip or some­ thing of that nature.

Jim O'Rourke pronounces the double-um­ pire system a farce. If Jim has any say there will only be one official in the Players' League games of 1891.

The League team has been about holding its own recently and will, I think, manage to break even on the season's games. John B. Day has one pleasant thing to close the home season with and that is a scries of six games with Boston nnd Brooklyn on the Polo Grounds without a conflict. This ought to put money in his purse. Then for three games with Ithe Phillies, and New York will be dead to the world on ball games until springtime unless the Brooklyns should win the National League pennant, a most likely event now, when we may have some games with Louisville. W. I. HARRIS.

TROY TIPS.A Week of Up§ and Downs For the Rome

CHib—News of the New York State League Campaign, Etc.TROY, N. Y., Sept. 4. Editor SPORTING

LIFE: The past week has been one of ups and downs for the home teani, but still they managed to take the lead again in the strug­ gle for the penuant. Although we have but a slight lead over the Johnstowu-Glovers- ville team, yet we are -confident of holding the lead to the end of the season. The boys continue to play good ball, but have fallen off a little in batting. This is the cause for the unusual number of defeats in the past week.

The team went to Cobleskill last Wednes­ day and Thursday and lost two games by scores of 14 to 4 raid 5 to 4. Friday Oneonta was with us again, and oh! how can I tell you about it. For seven innings the "Million­ aires" were not in it, but in ihe eighth they thought they \yould have something to say about it, and hit out ten singles and scored 11 runs, and that was enough to win the game, as the "Terrors" could only score8. Saturday Utica put up a stiff' game, against the home team, but were beaten in the ninth inning 4 to 3.

Sunday at Pleasure Island the Albanys defeated the Trojan's by a score of 2 to 1. By the way, the boys down the river are playing great ball now and they make everybody hustle to beat them. I am glad to see the Albanys win some games, r.s it bears me out in the statement that I made last week that they were good ball players. Manager Prim­ rose showed good judgment by signing "Joa" Coyne, late of the Troys, and playing him at third base. "Joe" has proven a strong addi­ tion to the team and has been

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PITCHKB MICKEY WELCH i» on the sjcklist.

Rrjsis hai been most effective against Cleveland.

THE Illinois-Iowa League season closes on the 27th in St.

FRANK FENNELLY seems to hare dropped into oblivion.

Oi.isscocK temporarily leads the New Yorks in batting.

REILLY and Marr have batted in most of Cincinnati's runs.

HARRISDURG loses an unusual number of games by one run.

ROCHESTER has braced np wonderfully with her new men.

THERE is a string tied to all base ball sen­ sations these days.

LATH AM has certainly proved a drawing card for Cincinnati.

Vox DKH AHE'S new catcher, Trost, sizes up like a good man.

COLUMBUS is booked for an exhibition game at Bradford, Sept. 10.

THE deaf mutes all over the country ad­ mire Hoy, of Buffalo.

WILMOT and Anson continually exchange wagers on their hitting.

CINCINNATI'S team has more "sand" this season than ever before.

MARR has been doing some heavy batting of late for the Ciucinnatis.

KLMBB FOSTER strengthens the Chieagos both in batting and fielding.

THE Wilmington Club has had forty-six players and three managers.

PITCHER DARNBROUGH, late of Denver, has signed with the Aurora Club.

THE Louisville Clnb has released pitcher Mickey Jones and Chief Eoseman.

THE Aurora Club has released Frank Mil- lard, Greer, Prescott, Ford and Pedrose.

WHEN Lefty Marr and Tony Mullane get coaching together the frogs are not in it.

McPHEE thinks there is as much luck as anything else in winning a championship.

GEORGE HOPE has been reappointed as an official umpire of the N. Y. & Pa. League.

THE League may be compelled to take Washington into the circuit again next season.

THE Ottawa Club has signed second base- man Taylor, late of Peoria, and released Mills.

BRADFORD'S ex-captain, Fogarty, has been appointed umpire in the N. Y. & Pa. League.

IN STEIN and Luby Anson appears to have collared the real phenomenons of the season.

TWELVE home runs have been made off Clarkson, six off" Nichols and four off Getzein.

NEXT to winning the championship Colum­ bus' dearest wish is to beat Toledo out in the race.

MANAGER SCHMELZ says that he believes in giving his men all the credit for winning games.

AL TEBEAU of Joliet, is considered the crack second basemau of the Illinois-Iowa League.

"WHY doesn't Ward deny that amalgama­ tion story?" Philadelphia Press. What's the use?

PITCHERS Gamble and Cox have been sus­ pended by the Harrisburg Club for insubor­ dination.

DAVIS, the centre fielder of the Clevelands, is one of the beat throwing outfielders in America.

RlllNES, singular as it may seem, has pitched in but three exua-inniug games in all his career.

LEHANE is playing first base out of sight for Columbus, but his batting is far below ex­ pectations.

-\LLbase ball stories nowadays are to bemental

­countable reason, although the club was pre­ pared to sign him at his own figures for the rest of the season whether he played or not a nil had even ordered a uniform for him' McCauley is, therefore, once more a fixture on hrst base, and is doing better than for- nierly, particularly in batting. The last game with Boston will be played Saturday and on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday next the Brooklyns put in an appearance and with these games will close the cham­ pionship season at Philadelphia Park. The team then goes on its last trip, playin? in Bos­ ton, New York, Cincinnati, Chicago Pitts­ burg and Cleveland in the order named.

THE ATHLETIC CLUB TROUBLES. The affairs of the unfortunate Athletic

Club are going from bad to worse. There h:isbeen a sort of reorganization of the team llenny Lyons, who was suspended without pay for his recent spree, ha* b»en gotten rid ot altogether. He goes to the St. Louis Club. Pitcher liughes has been released and Pitcher Seward quit ofhis own accord. This leaves the team with only McMahonasa stand-by in the box and some young pitchers will be tried. Catcher Riddle, late of Wash- ingt-w, has been secured to alternate with Baldwin. This was rendered necessary by another injury to Robinson just as he had re­ covered the use of his broken thumb. The rest of the team remainsas it was.

The team has not been playing winnin°- ball, and this fact coupled with the shorf-

* sighted management of the clubdirectorv has disgusted even the stauuchest supporters of

If anything

POOR Miss Principle, of whom so much was heard earlier in the season, seems to have been lo«t sight of entirely in the base bail world.

THE knowing ones say tbat Cleveland and Pittsburg will be dropped next season, and that the League will go on with six strong teams.

LATHAM has undoubtedly proved quite a drawing card for Cincinnati, and Stern has more than recouped himself for that purchase money.

CAPTAIN POWER, of Baltimore, will now have a chance to develop still further the ex­ traordinary captaining ability he is said to possess.

EVIDENTLY the coming winter will be ag lively, in a base ball sense, as was last. And the energetic fakir will get in his fine work as usual.

CLEVELAND'S new pitcher, Yonng, has the making of a coining pitcher. His associates have named him. "Si," owing to his country- like ways.

CAPTAIN MCCARTHY says that if St. Louis had last year's team it would hardly have lo^t a game in this year's American Association. Very likely.

LATHAM has become stuck on his cap­ taincy. In his conceited way he says: "There are only three of us left Aiison, Comiskey and myself."

WOMAN is nowhere on earth more out of place than on a base ball diamond. The for­ mation of female base ball clubs should be discountenanced.

"THEY call Reilly the 'catcher's friend' this season, because he stops all the wild pitches for them with his bat," says Loftus, the quiet "kidder.'*

IN HIS confidential chats with one or two players, Capt. Anson is alleged to have said that the National League next season will consist of six clubs.

THE one-legged umpire, Kilpatrick, says he is going to write a novel entitled, "Throe Months Umpiringinthe Illinois-Iowa League; or, Out of the Jaws of Death."

No WONDER Clevelanders are unhappy. With one club it is enough hitting but not enough fielding; with the other it is plenty of fielding but not enough hitting.

WIDNER is said to be the slowest pitcher in the Western Association, and then-fore the most aggravating to spectators. This is not calculated to make him popular.

PITCHER McCOLLOUGH, lale ot Brooklyn and Syracuse, issaid to be nn inveterate cigar­ ette smoker. He sits up nights reading novels and smoking cigarettes, they say.

THE League would have done better to have held on to Washington nnd Indianapolis last winter. It would have saved a lot of use­ less expense and great wurriment.

LATHAM, Hamilton, Sunday, Tiernan and Wilmot, all League players, would make a great party in a 100yds. dasli straightaway. It would be hard to pick the winner.

JUST to think of Pete Browning leading the Players' League in hitting. And still Asso- elation talent was not as good ns that of the League last year's League we mean.

THE poorest score cards in the country are said to be those offered in the New York grounds for a nickle. The finest are those sold at the Brooklyn League grounds.

NOWADAYS the game has got down to the point that, no matter how many good men a club may have in a team, if it is weak in the box it can cut no figure at all in a race.

"SULLIVAN'S TOWER" still overhangs the Boston League ground and yields its owner a comfortable income fr<yn his levy of 15 cents per capita for a high peep nt the games.

PITCHER GRAGG, of the Joliets, has n poisoned arm, the result of wearing a red jacket in the rain, receiving therefrom poison­ ing from the coloring matter in the cloth.

MANAGKR PAT POWERS declares that Col­ umbus, Rochester, Toledo and Syracuse will call a special meeting of the Association and demand the big four to show thi-ir hands.

A NUMREK of well-known players are domiciled >!t Springfield, O. That city will keep ils ball park inti;ci and be again repre­ sented in the Tri-State League next season.

,'iat the As-

Thc con t'st was an exhibition game and re­ sulted in favor of Cleveland by li>t>6. Virtue and LVIanoy, old Altooiia payers, were given an ovation.

J. PAI.MKR O'NK[L,acting-president of the Pittsburg National League Club.saysthe re.i- son why the club has not paid I'rutt's bill is the fact that Pratt owes the club $5(10 for ktovk. "We (tie ready to settle the diilerence at any­ time," says Mr. O'NVil.

THE unexpected decision of the United States Court that party rates are lawful under the Interstate Commerce Act as it stands, wus the most important, as well as the most wel­ come, news the base hull manager ever re­ ceived from a judicial quarter.

ANSON thinks that if he was in the Players' League he would lead the entire tri'oe at the bnt. Says he: "I'm afraid the colts are u

-little too "fast for me. Still, my fielding may keep me on a little while longer." This is what Artemus Ward ussd to call "sarkasm."

NEGADNKE anJ Hancock have dropped out of the Michigan Peninsular League, but the other four clubs will go through. Houghton is in the lead ior the pennant. That team contains Nat Hudson, the old St. Louis Browns' pitcher, and other well-known players.

THE Illinou-Iowa League owes its exist- ence to-day to the indefatigable secretary, i".. C. Morgan, who has done yeoman service in keeping shaky clubs in line. He has more than once pulled it out of its diriiculties and put clubs on their feet in a playing and finan­ cial condition.

AT Mmni.ETOWN, Del., Sept. 1. t'le Elkton and Midiiletown clubs played a twelve inning game which was ended by darkness with the s^ore standing 3 to 3. Campfiold, of Chester, Pa., pitched for Elkton, and Hawk, of Wi!- mington. for Middletowu. Each had twenty- nine strike-outs.

IT IS strange, but nevertheless true, that Managers Chapman p.nd Frazer do not speak ns they pnss by. Cause, the Sunday gf\m<3 that was forfeited to Syracuse. Chapman feels sore over the aforesaid game and claims it should never have been given to Syracuse under the circumstances.

THE Baltimore team is said to be sufferir.r; from "stage fright" in Association company. Mack, Tatc and Long are the only men on the home club who seem to retain control of their heads and nerves. Even Power and Ray ap­ pear to he suffer-in? from temporary aberra­ tion of the mind when running base.-1.

VON DER AHE had some more trouble with his players while in Baltimore. Ramsey was sent home, but afterwards recalled, Ilig- gins suspended, Miller was fined $25, and Captain McCarthy has had to endure a cur­ tain lecture, f he cause of it all was said to have been a little midnight supper at Balti­ more.

EX-PKESIDENT TORY HART, of New Or­ leans, is out of b-ise ball now and is devoting himself to his business that of house and sign painting. But the old man still has a soft spot in bis heart for the game, and he says if he had the lease of the park, free and un- 1ra mine led, he would plunge, right into basa bull again.

FAAT/, considers Clarkson the coolest and best pitcher ever in the profession. The be­ lief is endorsed by Jack Rowe who pays: "It is queer that there are not more Clarksons. He is a wonderful example of steadiness. Some of these modern pitchers go in twice a week and kick if you ask them to make an­ other attempt.

Now that Anson has worthy alternat'e? fur Hutchinson. he is making a great tight, and if Cleveland and Pittsburg were stronger sa :\s to assist him and Cincinnati in mowing down the Eastern leaders on the last trip West, he might win the pennant. But he can hardly do it without assistance, and thai won't be forthcoming.

"WILL A. (r. Mills'services as a mediator be required this winter? Everybody seems to think they will." Philadelphia Times. Everybody is mistaken there. Mr. Mills will not be called upon, nor would he- be likely to act if lie were. His position in the base ball controversy is too positive to make .him available as a me liator.

MANAGER !Ll^_^H^!i-u if the Athletio

it was an- o — -"• •-••>-4.i 11 « u.l fin Ujirtft-

ment for an alliance, and it is not positive even it such an agreement was made it ,«, be carried out.

According tc.the Worhl, which appears to be in the confidence of the Players' League the proposition must have originally been for a ten or twelve-club circuit. The same source of information intimates that the plan is still under consideration and will be adopted or not as the centra] board of direc tors may vote. This is considered here in the nature of a bluff intended as a mattress on which Ward, Johnson and Brunell may drop easy. Admitting for the sake of analysis that an agreement for an alliance was reached

Monday was

the club, nnd consequently the patronage has ll. The club is certainly a

,been woefully smallosing concern now in every way and the outlook is anything but bright, no matter how viewed. A crisis in its affairs is ap­ proaching, and may come to a head any day before the last trip is due. If that be tided over the club may be put upon its feet again but the outlook is, as before remarked, no particularly encouraging, considering the incapable manner in which the club has b?en and is being handled. This is a melancholy situation for a club which was an old Phila delphia institution, and would with any sort of good management be a money-maker year after year.

NO DEAL ON.A story was sprung upon the public to the

.. effect that the club would be purchased bythcPhiladelphia Players' Club and merged intoit. ( >nc paper even went so far as to sav that(lie deal has been practically completedwhile another asserted that a dicker betweenW Inttaker nnd Wagner was going on, andthat-withm a fortnight the club would beowned by the Wagner Brothers. Both storieswere wide of the mark and probably only{riven out for a purpose. As it matter of factthere never lias been a dicker of any kindbetween Whittaker or any Athletic club offi­cial and the Wagner Brothers, and the ques­tion has never been mentioned between themTiiis statement is made upon the authority ofPresident Wagner. Furthermore, there is1' ilc or no probability that such a deal wille i-r be made.

and Whitaker cannot deliver the goods with­ out disrupting the American Association. loledo, Columbus, Rochester and Syracuse who do not appear to have been given much consideration, certainly would not consent and Manager Barnie, who has authority to speak for Baltimore, is a pronounced and bitter opponent of any and all deals with the Bro hernood. Mr. Barnie was here on Wednesday, and was very doubtful even that any conference was being held in Philadel­ phia and did not believe it until he had satis- tied himself by telegrams that Phelps was not in Louisville.

WHAT MR. BARNIE SAYS. Mr. Barnie told me that he had the most

solemn assurances from Messrs. Von der \he and Phelps that no deal had been or would be made. These assurances were given him in black and white before he took his club back into the American Association. Mr Barnie was emphatic in his denunciation of the Players' League and in asserting his fealty to the National Agreement. The indi­ cations are that there will be a the next meetinnates.

ofwarm time at

the Association ma^-

WARD'S ALLEGED OBJECT. The principal object of Ward from the

start has been to break the National Agree­ ment.and, having broken it, so shape things that the National League can be forced into a compromise that will mean a new National Agreement and a perpetuation of the Play­ ers League. Every move he has made shows this to be bis object. He is aided in every way by Johnson. These two men are never happy except when scheming, and have to-?yu ni nghte3t miluis in tllc ninmigemcnt

of the Player.,;' League. Ward h ss done more mistling and less talking this season than any ot his associates. He cares very little for the interests of the American Association and looks upon them as a means to his great end 1 think he will fail, because the American Association men are too shrewd to allow themselves to be used to pull out the chest­ nuts unless they have value received for every grab. And their demands are so exor­ bitant as to even stagger the arch schemer.

;.lui,uajr «» j_nuur i.iay, a legal lioln! Tii? this Sstute, and Troy and Oueonta played "two ffames. Troy won the first game in the morn­ ing easily by a score of 6 to 2, and .Oneonta won the afternoon game by a. score of 10 to D It was an exciting game and abounded iii brilliant plays. The Oneontas played their last game of the season here on Tuesday and Troy won by a score of 10 to 7.

The team was disbanded Wednesday morn­ ing and the players were paid in full Trov secured Goodryder, Mooncy and Fournier The two former are excellent basemen airl good hitters, and will be played »t second and third respectively. Fournier is a "Jim dandy" pitcher, and is without a doubt the hardest- hitting pitcher in the League.

These men will greatly strengthen the team, and we are from this time out the champions of the New York State League Albany went down before our boys on their own grounds yesterday by a score of 7 to 2 I he boys have the Johnstowns for guests tl next two days and I hope they will dele the Jays" and tighten their grip on firs place. Cobleskill will be here Saturday.

NOTES.Harry L. Evarts, treasurer of the Tro

Club, is one of the most popular young me"f »i T-'ft'-, ^ '?** "',e frack first baeema of the libbits Cadets Club, of the AmateiLeague, last season, and also filled the pos tion of League secretary. Harry ispopuh with the players and travels with the club t look after the finances. He is a member o the firm of H. A. Evarts & Son./.i"?'illy" J,5isho?' olle of ">e 'ate Oneonta Club s pitcher?, is one of the most polite an gentlemanly fellows I have ever met He i an A 1 twirler and a pretty sure hitter with the stick. I would like to see him in a Trov uniform.

Mackey, O'Ncil and Crane have been

New Orleans.HOLDING Cincinnati down to one hit eoe

to show most emphatically that f'lHrksim arm is all right.

PROBABLY it will never be known how

THE Harrisburg pitchers. Gamble, Baxte and Cox, have shown up well in the AtlanticAssociation class.

THE Chicago pitcher Hutchinson, has ice as soft as a woman'

would bejii failure.

, as ; voice as soft as a woman's. As a coacher h

THE Rochester papers have begun sade against the peddling of beer in the Ro­ chester grand stand.

WILL WIUXKR is doing nearly all the pitching for femux City, now being the only twirler in condition. y

.:)live games remain to be played with Toledo. This series will be finished on Wed­ nesday. Then the team goes to Baltimore for three games, returning home with the Orioles lor three games, Sept. 15, 16, 17. After that t.ie Jast Western trip will be made.

LOCAL JOTTINGS.

Anson says Howard Enrle, his right fielder, whose place was taken by Cliff Ciirro]], ought to phiy first base and that he will make a J'.irker in that position for some club. This may be just the man lor the Phillies.

J bird baseman Mayer is in rather poor health. He imagines that he is suffering from kidney troubles.

If the Iwal Brothers have a terrific Jonah" in Ward's team, the Athletics have

an equally ferocious hoodoo in Toledo. This team lias bent en tin- Blue Legs more than nnv other Association team and was the first to start them oil the toboggan in July.

"Who is that old mail playing "in left field for the Athletics?"said Luthani at Gloucester Jnst Sunday, as Pureell came in to the bench. "Don'tgetgaythere,diide,"replied Blondy. "I have been here a long time, but they haven't jjot lired of nie yot." This was truly a Ilo-

BRt'SII REAPPEARS.John T. Bru*U was here to-dny and I had

quite a long 3fflt with him. Few people know Brush as he is or know what an inter­ esting talker he becomes when ready to talk and is in the mood for it. Mr. Brush's reminMccnccsoftliccnrly days of the base hall fight will make interesting rending some (lay, when it is all over. One thing* seems certain to me If the other League magnates had followed Brush', I,,a(i an(1 ] mst j e(1 *ng he hustled there would bo no Brotherhood to­ day His success with his players was re­ markable when the man himself is consid­ ered, to look at him one would never sus­ pect the force and determination of his char­ acter OP the persuasiveness of his tongue Mr Brush is not an orator, but he can put more sound common reuse and logic into a ten minutes'uiscourse than most.men of my ac­ quaintance in base ball.

A WORD TO T. T. T.I did want to make a few notes on Brother

Moll's last letter, but my space I find is pretty well used up. However, let me tell the J s, wno appears to be "still flying" in trie clouds, that when Messrs. Day and Byrne read Ins screed, they paled perceptibly. It was like a shower bath of ice water in winter JIis analysis of the inside workings of the 1 layers' League showed such vast compre­ hension or rather absci!tile knowledge of their

leased to make room for Goodryder Moonev and Fournier. ""ucjr

Young Stafford, late of the Worcesters is one of our pitchers now. He has done pretty fair work in the two games he has pitched He lost one and won one. He is a eood hitter. 6

"Pete" Eagan is on the sick list for an in­ jury he received in one of the <r- smCH 1-ist week. Knox is in right field in "his place and is playing it good. '

Van Alstine is back at short again He appeared ralher rusty in the first game but he is limbering up daily. "Van" is hiitin» the ball hard, but he don't cover the second bag when there is a chance for a double play or when that baseman is after a hit Trv an'-l remember this," Van," and you will be "0 H." with the people.

I wonder if the J. & G's. think they ar going to win the pennant? Not if Utica has anything to s:iy about it.

Terrien hss caught a few games, and th people are dead in love with his work. H played second base in Tuesday's game.

A. AND B. LEAGUE NOTES. Peartree, first baseman for the Lansine-

burgs, is a good one.The Trojans made fifteen hits off of Stovey

the Hoosicks'. pitcher, last Tuesday.Iii left fielder Marquette the Trojans have

got« "dandy." "Billy" Minahnn is his part? ner in centre and Zeph Magil! takes care of tne ni.'ht garden. -* - -

the League.During the last week and a half the Lau­

reates have been -------Vermont and New

IT is like greeting an old friend to see Bal tyiiore s name listed among the major league clubs of the country.

'Tis the tallest feather in the ball ,, , cap to say he was a member of the champion team ot some season.

BRADFORD'S club has more of its original players tnan any other New York and Penn­ sylvania League club.

CATCHER GIRSON has been granted a fur­ lough by the Harrisburg Club for the re­ mainder of the season.

GREENWOOD is not in luck this season. lie hardly recovers from one accident before another overtakes him.

PITCHER WILL HART, of Lincoln, i s laid up with a broKen finger, sustained throuch contact with a hot liner.

WHILE in Philadelphia with the Cincin- natis, pitcher Ithines was prostrated with i n . naimnntiou of the stomach.

pen­

enjoying a trip through Hampshire playing sev-

way and meeting witheral clnbs up that good success. ,, kittle "Tommy" Gunnies, who catches for the Irojans, is a Brooklyn boy, and it will be pleasing news to his many friends down there to know that he is putting up a fine <'ame and using the stick wiih telling effect upon tiie curves of opposing pitchers. "Tommy"can run bases like a fiend, too.

Sam Downey will be with us but a fewoays longer, as he will have to leave for IPS his home in Brooklyn to teach his school which opens on tin, 2d of September. Sam will be wjtn us again next season

"Billy" Mackey tnkes care of the first l«ig tor the Trojans in professional style. TheiitypI!r,-1n B » ure' h"nl hith' r > to°- A »y day that Billy is not playing ball you will find niniat his case in the Evening Standard otace setting up the news.

IF KANSAS CITY wins the Western _.. nnnt Klmer Smith will be the biggest indi­ vidual factor in the success.

THE public have no idea of the wear and tear a championship season has on a member of «ne of liie leading teams.

IN THE National League the Boston and Cincinnati pitchers lead in effectiveness both having the same record, .2:>6.T> T)'i E i^ellfl1' l.ta,pi(1s Clul) nas suspended Paddy Welch without pay for the balance of the season for insubordination.

CLAHKSOX has been Cincinnati's terror this season. He was more effective against them tnan any other League pitcher.

HALF A DOZEN nets for Harrisburg's great second baseman and captain, F.agan, are still out. W Inch club will get him?

THE Harrisburg Club is one of the very few minor league organizations tbat will come out even or alidad of the season.^ T", E,, I* ra(lfor' 1 Club has signed pitcher fioodall, late of Columbus, anrHirst baseman Tom O'Brien, late of .Rochester.

CINCINNATI has signed pitcher Dolan, late of Evansville. He is said to be a good man whom Schmi'lz was after last year.

in battingbrought otil

exceptIT WAS Waliy Fessen.ien wh

Lathnm. The "dude" was quite a little M low then, and, but for Fesseuden's would probably be still Lvnn.

makino- °coaxing shoes at

considers Elmer Foster one of x- d,prrs ,ln tlle cw">"y, and the only

^l^JLr_or.k_ evV. 1 '* U'» g« w:,» « £ with tne suck in f

flthe best

rih - Reard bats and 'hro right-handed he is stronger in the field on plays to left than he 13 to the right Ollie isw.^°teo'unareb±tOIlailythill« hU «wto-

THE Baltimore and Columbus clubs during the week performed a fea t probably nne- qualed in the history of base ball-play i«l wo gam won successive days, both ties/and

by the same score.

J^J1".^',!' 8 '; eT! nc«.K«?* interest inbecause

OsiiORNF, and Lytle have been dropped bv the Pittsburg League Clnb. Lytle says he had never signed a Pittsburg contract.

UMPIRE JIMMY PEEPLES.of the American As-sorinti'.n, has been released. Dan Camp- bell, of Philadelphia, is his successor.

JIMMY WILLIAMS is now employed ins Columbus bank, while Wheeler Wikoff is reg­ istry clerk at the Columbus post oflice.

SAID Mike Kelly to Arlie Latham the other day: "You've got my secret down fine. 1 ou do as I do win 'era on your gall!"

IT'S a cold year when Cincinnati can't flash >ne or two phenomenons upou the world and yet it gets but little nearer "the pennant. '

MANAGER LOFTUS sa\« Latham has got mck to his old-time form again anil is playing

much better ball than he did for Chicago.W. C. HKRZBKRGER has been elected sec-

etaryof the Rochester, limited, to succeed Edward Bohachek, who recently resigned.

MAYOR DAVIDSON, of Baltimore, fs nn'en-uwast iind would just as soon witness a

ame ot ball as calculate the cost of a sewer.INTEREST in the game is reviving in the

Vest of late and the attendance has been ood at all the games of tiie Western Associa-

1011.

brrr i , ecause .IrreeoJ. Texas League players. Buck Weaver I arry llaymoud and "Ued" Ehret, now w«» the Colonels'uniforms.

ANSON gave it out early last spring that he would be in at the finish with his (jolts and t begins to look as though the old man'will

make good his word. The Windy Cily team s coming along at a lively rate.

ANSON makes his men practice a couple of >urs every morning when they are at home

ml when the team has a losing streak on the ond the o,l ninn" makes them report for practice on the visitors' grounds.

MIKE SCANLAN would he about the ri-ht inn to start an American Association club in Vashiii»lon,as he has the experience and can ommaml the capital. JIe wou ]d then be also nabled to pay oil' some old scores. PITCHER LUBY, of the Chicago League

,lub. writes that he, and not Steiu as reported pitched in the Chicago-Cincinnati game of;hnf'l .f-'.'f' C ' a ',;s and avcroRe builders enoind not fail to make a note of this

ACCOKDINO to the New York'papers Whistler probably bundles throws by Glass- cock and Denny better than anv other first h|seman who ever covered that base for them. The late Alc.x. Mckmnon is forgotten

WHAT hard heads ball tossers must have as w-'.i to,.st!l"d be>'"S hit by pitched balls With ordinary men such blows as bnll plavers <!U,ckly recover from would result in frac­ tured skulls or concussion ot the brain.

- ,. . . -- -." -.-. «>..ig engineered t l<> no in his opinion, indicate danger of Brotherhood1 . —7--- —— ~.« ».- -... ii(-, L t 1/1 UIIM II CfllOO

amalgamation, but only a desire on the par "J ^ &£!'«>"'" .to P « the nan,

Earnie is talking througathe Athletics, his hat.fr. FMfU>mNn- President sPeas' declaration inat Aansas City would oppose an alliance witn tne I layers' League, the Omaha Bee. says: The Western League will stand squarely by the National Agreement." There is no Western "League" that we know of! Ihe Western "Association" may stand by Ihe-

Agreement, but will there be anNationalAgreement to stand by?

AN '

Arry,' once the pride and napohs League Club, late

. . " ' »» -" "wjtot nun. a«m inis ipo if* his arrest To-day he wa, fined in the City Court lor drunkenness and profanity."

A COLUMBUS correspondent has it all fiV." h °,'J, ,""!' 01°" Ml-'>'ialiy predicts thatwhen the (olnmbus reserve list is sent to

President Phelps it will contain the names ofOrr and Baldwin, who have never Keen re-rntl . ;£' eve"n then ' that fhe brotherhood foes to the wall, Columbus will still holdi^L'tf -" &. hut «UPP * there should

hMi- Lon,isv"l*'s second baseman, hilips Exeter Academy five years

nr? ? rn*"»r "lathera '" i( 's ^ Latiu and pifparnrg for Harvard College. His inclina­ tion ran more to base ball, however, ha, '"t d d to \-irgil and he became one of the be" player, on the Phillips Exeter nine. From

entt!rod "PO" l»s professional career f

BARNIE says the American Association people assured him before he entered the or- panization this year thnt they had no inten- tiion of coiiso,dating with the Brotherhood, now iar^ilp assurances'- go in base ball?

up at different hotels from the other traveling teams next year, 'tis said, because Anson keeps everybody up late o' nights explaining how he is going to win the championship

BOSTON thinks Silver King is the fastest pitcher in the country; but that is said about every speedy pitcher Stivetta, Hutehinson, Baldwin, W-eyhing and others have each been tnneand again pronounced as the most speedy

"SOMEONE liastranslatedGetzein's stomach- patting signals with the aid of a Morse al­ phabet. Long pats are dashes and .«aret do,te,- ,A",y teleKr?Pli operator can toll"the sort or ball he is fmin» *« ^tt,.~

-—-„ minorthe field next season? The present year'sV^ penence has served lo put a damper upon the?'ffiT?" T"y, a wnul(J -be magnate."- i miaaelphia Anrt/i American. Not at all. Jlieiewillbe as many minor leagues in tii« field as ever next season. When one set of magnates , rop out another steps in and thus the ball is kept moving. Mi n ,, r leagues m«v come and go, but minor league managers con-

nue to hob up serenely each sprin? despite the most discouraging experiences. Next year will be no exception to the rule.

NEARLY 57,000 people witnessed the twentv-r"Z, mnJ °r £?Ue base ba" «ames P'aved Labor Day. There were morning and after-loon games all around in the League and

I.rotherhood, and ia two American Associa­ tion cities.

BALTIMORE starts with hard luck ri-ht at the commencement of her Association season as Baker nnd Townscml, the crack baUcrv nre laid up, the first named with a brokjn

bis shoulder and the latter with abonesplit finger.

BASK MALL has been about as prolific in rumors the past week as it has been in runs..Ine talk has been none the less interesting because of its coming mostly from outsider'- but it hns necxiiitated the waste of a good deal of salt.

THE Pittsburg and Cleveland Lcnsne clubs played at Altoona Se^t. 3 before 2000 people.

riov ;h ,,---£ yc1stl' -r ' 1 'ly traded Burke and Day with the Pittsburgs for Sunday. The alter will be a great improvement over

Burke in centre field, and vastly strengthens the home team.'-Philadelpliia Ledger. Then all the puffery that Burke (formerly of the lorontos) lias received from Philadelphia papers thus far during the season was deecp. live was it? And he isn't such a wonderful tieK er, hatter nnd base-runner as the report­ ers have been claiming." Rochester Putt-l-'x- press. Don't you make allowance for ante- season enthusiasm anil club loyalty?

Literary and Journalistic Notes.The Sauteiubrr number of Ontiinj,l\ie duly liist-diw,

mi'iilhly publicat on devotej to It'Ktiiniat, Btn)r'.» is ui.n«.Hlly inler-8li Ulr. "A D.y in tl.,. M,.xic*n Ca'pi.

lift ' i» Ihi- u|ptninu artlclo, which is n»ll,>«od bv loiuri ou "The Enelisl, PartrMce" « u .l "Tl.» 1'raii-it, CMi-keu

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