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NKW YORK OFFICE. Room 5, 81 Park Row, WILLIS IS, TKOV. Where complete tiles can ba toum), extra copies ob- tained and ititacriptioQ* »n(J adverttHements rereived. PHILADELPHIA, JULY 8, 18«3. HART RESIGNS. THE SOUTHERN LEAGUE PRESIDENT STEPS DOWN AND OUT. His Successor Not Yet Chosen-A New Schedule For the Second Season Adopted-No Move Made For Club Reduction, Etc. AUGUSTA, Ga., July 2. Vice President Altmayer changed his mind durine: tlie week and called the special meetingof theSouthern League for this city, July 1. The meeting was accordingly held here yesterday iu the Arlington Annex. THE DELEGATES. All of the clubs in the League were repre- sented with the exception of New Orleans as follows: From Macon, Manager Dan Shan- non and L. M. Jones; from Aucusta, Asbury IIu'l, Manager Stalling and S. H. Cohcn; from Chattanooga, Manager Gus Schmelz; from Savannah Manager Manning; from Mobile, Manager Kellj; from Montgomery, Manager McCloskey; from Charleston, Man- ager J. H. Long; from Atlanta, R. C. liosche; from Memphis, President R. B. Armour; from Birmingham, F. W. Dunliaui; from Kashville, Manager Ted Sullivan. COMPLIMENTS FOU HART. President Hart, ot Atlanta, nnd Vice Presi- dent Altmayer,of Macou, were on hand, and the meeting at once proceeded to business. On account of President Hart being indis- posed the vice president presi led over the meeting. It had lieen previously intimated that President Hart expected to resign, and tlie first business that was done was to unani- inoiwly pass a resolution tendering him the hearty thanks of the League for the able and efficient manner in which he has managed the League, and owing to his ill health tiiey authorized him to employ an assistant to help perform his duties. BUSINKSS TRANSACTED. President Hull then addressed the meeting in regard to the f'J.TO franchise money which wss exacted of the four new clubs that were admitted this year, stating tlmt two of the cluhs had uot been asked lo pay this money, nnd he saw no reason wliv Augusta and Charleston should be made to do so. The meeting unanimously decided that Augusta Bird Charleston should be returned, the $250 which they had already paid in. The president made a report to the meet- ing which stated that there was $551)0 in the treasury, and it was decided that this should be held in reserve to perpetuate the League. The question of a new schedule came up, and the following two committees were ap- pointed to arrange it: Memphis, Charleston nnd Montgomery on the first, and Chatta- li;>oga and Maeon on the other. Ail disputed games were left to the arbi- tration committee. After selecting Memphis, Atlanta and Mobile as a committee to arrange the league landing the meeting adjourned to'meet at B o'clock in the evening. HART DESIGNS IN THE EVENING. At 8 o'clock in the evening the meeting figitin convened aud proceeded to business. Notwithstanding the resolution which passed during the morning session President Hart sent in his resignation, to take efl'ect on Ihe 5th of July, giving as his reason for re- tiring his bad health, and stating that he would not be able to do the League tlmt jus- tice that he would like to do should he con- tinue as president. The meeting reluctantly accepted Presi- dent Hart's resignation, after trying to pre- vail upon him to withdraw it They then decided that a League meeting should be held in Atlnnla on July 6 to award the pennant tor the tint, series, aud appointed Augusta,Chattanooga and Birmingham as a committee to propose a suitable person to succeed Hart at this meeting. THE SECOND SEASON SCHEDULE. The remainder of the evening was taken up with examining the new schedule, which the two committees had arranged. After a long discussion, the following schedule was adopted: JH.J G, 7, 8, Atlanta At Cluttanooea. Charleston at Aii.'iMn. Mobile at Birrnin>;linin, SaTannitli at Ma- con, MfUlphts at Nsshvllle, Nuw Orleaus at Mout- Julv 111. 11, 12, Macou at Atlanta, Charleston at Chat- ttuio an, SavAimith at Angnsta, New Oilpana fit Nnslm'!*, M»ulle at M<-,ni|.hu, Blruiiugliaui at M ntnornerj. JuU 1:1, H. 15, Charleston at AUftntrt, Sitvaanah at Chattanooga, Augusta at Mttciui. N<>w Orleiins at Mt-niplii^, Mobile at Nashville, Mi>ut>;omiTy at July 17, 18 19, Savannah at Atkn>u, Annnt'nat Cliat- tam>ng;tt, ''htrleituu at Alueou, New Orleans at Mo- lii)*, Monticoiye!^ ftt filutuphis, Birmingham at Nu-llTlll,.. July 20, ^1. 22, Anuusta at Atlanta, Macon at Chatta- II<><>KH, Charleston »t Suvunuau, Mobile al N»w Oileiios, MuutKouitir} at Nuttbvtlle, Birmingham at Menu.kis. July '24,25, '2fi. Atlanta at Macon, Clnttannoga at Au^nstn, Suvnnnati at Charleston. BirniinKhKm at ftrw OrlfHus, Muiupbig at Mobile, Nashville at M<-n!gONierv. July 27. 28, '21t, Atlanta at HatHiinah, Cliattammga at Miuvn, Augusta at Charleston, Memphis at Mout- July 28. '20,an, Birmingham «t UoWIe, Nashvillo at N.-w Orleans. July :il. Aim. 1, 2, A'lanta at Charleston, Chattanooga * at Hnviuiiiah. Mucun at Angunta, Nnshville at Birmingham, Mobile at Uoutgoulery, Memphis at Mi-wUi'li-aus. Ann. a, 4. 5, Atlanta at Ailgnsb, Chattanooga at Clui lur-tori, Mucou at Savaouab, Memphis at Bir- mingham. Ann. 4, D, f], Nashville vt Mobile, Montgomery at New Orleans. Ann. 7, 8, 9. Chattanooga at Atlanta, Augusta at Sa- vannah, Maruu Ht Charleston. Aim. 8, 9. 10, N.ishvlll« at Memphis, New Orleans at Uirniinghain, M nt((oiiiery at Mobile. Ant:. 12. 14, U>, Birmingham at Atlanta. Nashville at Macon, Memphis at Ctmttai,oi>ga, Montgomery at CtmrU'stou, Mobile at Augusta, New Orleans at Su- vani'Hh. AIIK. 10, 17, 18, Memphis at Atlanta, Nashville at ChatlautxigH, IJirmiUKhaiu at Macun, M«utK imery nt Ati^nstK, Mdbile at Savannah, New Ollnans at Ch«rl »>n. Aim. 19, 21, 22. Na-bvlllc at Atlanta, Memphis at &lttcon, HirtinnehNDi at (.'iiattanon^a, Montgomery at Savannah, Mobile at Charleston. New Orleans at Aug. 23. 24, 25, Mobile at Atlanta, Nashville at Charleston, Hemphli at Savannah, Birmingham at Augusta, Moutgonieiy at Cuattauooga, New Orleaus at Macon. Aug. 2C, 27, 28, New Orleans «t Atlanta, Nashvllln at Augusta. Memphis at Cb*rieat.»n, Birmingh'Am at Savannah, Montgomery at Macuu, Mobile at Chat- tauooga. Aug. 30,31, Sept. 1, Montgomery at Atlanta, N»"t- ville at Saraouah, Memjiiiis at Augusta, Birming- ham at CharlestoD, Mobile at Macou, New Orleans at Chattanooga. Sept. 4,5. ti, Atlanta «t Birmingham, Chattanooga at Na.Hhville, Savannah at Memphis, CLaileaton at Montgomery. Beut a, -I, 5, Auensta at Ken Orleani, Macon at Mobile. Sept. 7,8, 9, Atlanta at Nailivllle, Chattanooga at Memptiia. Savannah at Birmingham, Augusta at Mobile, Charleston at New Oilvan.a, Mucon at Montgomery. Sept. 11,12,13, Atlanta at Memphis, Chattanooga at Birmingham, Anguntrv at Montgomery. Macon at New Orleans, Charleston at Mobile, Savaunah at Na-hvill«. Srpt. 15, 16, 17, Savannah at' Mobile, Atlanta at New Orlrans. Sept. 14, 15,16, Chattanooga at Macon, Angnita at B rmiugbam, Maoon at Nashville, Charleston at Memphis. Sept. 18.19, 20, Atlanta at Mobile, Chattanooga at New Orleans, Savannah at Montgomery, Augusta at Memphis, Macon at Birmingham, Charleston at Nashville Sept. 21, 22, 23, Atlanta at Montgomery, Angusla at Nashville, Macon ut Memphis, Charleston at Birm- ingham. Sept. 21. 23, 24, Chattanooga at Mobile. Savannah at Neu Orleans. Under this schedule, the east will first play east and the west play west. Then the east will visit the west-and the west come east, and the season will finish with the east playing east and the west playing west. The arbitration committee failed to report in regard to the disputed games, and at a late hour the meeting adjourned until July 6. GORGEOUS WOBD PAINTIXG. How a Base Ball Game is Described in the World's Fair City. " 'Poor Tom's a-cold." King Lear. "Tom who? Tom Parrott. He was a-cold. He was a-cold yesterday when he pitched bull for the Chicagns like a man driving nails with a wet towel. "In the first inning James Ryan, with his gorgeous self-esteem in lull view, leaped for- ward and strangled the ball to the eiteut of three bases. "Calcium Light Pahlen waddled to the front with the stern look of a sick man trying to think of something bright to use as his dying words, and gloated as the ball came hurtling toward him. But he gloated only one gloat. For hi then ironed tbe ball out till it looked as fiat u the purso of an outspoken country parson. "He went to first. Ryan laid the back of his head on hi: shoulder-blades and tunneled home through the sunlight. "Dungan, his brave, honest face shining like ginger bread in a molten state, snapped the ball into the pitcher's haml, but he, kind man, couldn't have caught his breath with an eight- inch gaff. At least he didn't catch the ball. "Your Uncle Anson sacrificed. Horrible Ex- ample Lango had by this time picked out a piece of sky where the atmosphere was clotted and resolved to bury the ball there. Sticklers lor details mar know that this point was located just north of the front stoop of the Pleiades, a little to the left of the largest of Man' moons. Anyhow ho stabbed the ball. It may have flop- ped anywhere from the belfry of the seventh heaven to the four hundred and fifty-thousandth star in the tail of Biel.i's comet for all anybody knows. It were best for humble man to curb bii curiosity and not trespass on the star span- gled meads of celestial eternity. This is what a man in the grand stand said. Ho said this and then death came to his relief. "Of course Lange reached first base. "But why go on? Why relate how the Colts continued to put the sours in themselves, flash around the diamond and drip with an incessant monotony on tbe homo plate? "They dripped eight times in that first inning. It would be equally cruel to tell how, after can- celing Mr. Stein, the Brooklyns put Mr. Lovett in the box, and how ho plugged up the steam valve of their energy. "Electrocution would bflh paradise for tbe man who would relate how in the fourth inning the Brooklyns began to pounce upon Tom Parrott's in.shoota and chop tbe freckles oil them. They did it. That is all that can be said. The score, 14 to 13, with the aid of six phonographs and a boiler factory, ought to tell the tale." Chicago Inter- Ocean. THIS EXCITKI) FANATIC. An Incident of a Street Car Ride in Missouri. "A party of boys were plaving ball on a vacant lot at Seventh and Olive streets, St. Joseph, Mo., after snppertheotherevennig," says the St. Louis News. "It was a practice game of knocking flies, and a tall, lithe fel- low, with a swing like iMtzsimmong, had just pickea up the bat as a \Vyatt Park ear tilled with passengers bowled along. A preliminary toss into the airand bang the sphere was sent sailing skyward. Thg centre of gravitation was reached when the crowd, eager to make the catch, itarted pell-mell, jostling, struggling like a foot ball team near a goal, t> get beneath tbe ball. Every passenger aboard the car bad become interested. In a moment the oar would have turned tbe corner and the players would be shut out ot view. Would tbe catch be made? One eager florid-faced base ball enthusiast thrust himself oat of the window in his earnestness. Tbe ball was falling. 'Hi, yi! stop! Stop her; stop the car,' he yelled, forgetting everybody except the beautiful fly he was about to loie sight of. In his haste, thinking the man was bent on suicide or bad a fit, the conductor rang up two fares by getting hold of the wrong rope. The ear stopped. The fly was muffed. The florid-faced man drew himself back into the car, and, with a disgusted expression, looked around to see what the passengers were laugh- ing at, while the conductor oounted the ninkels in hit left outside coat pocket, tuutterinz mean- while fouiething about blankety blank blank foola that ride on street cars." THE GLASSCOCK-9HUGABT DEAL. No Mourning in St. Louis, Where Glasscook is Regarded as a Jonah. The trade of Glasscock for Shugart was well received in St. Louis, where Giasscock has never been popular. The <.Hobe-De,mocral, in commenting upon the matter, said: "While many think Mr. Von der Aha has made a great mistake in trading oft Clasacock, others are of the opinion that it is tlie beet thing for Ihe Browns. Home ar« inclined to believe that Qtasscock was a Jonah. It is true that in all liia career be has uover played on a winning team. Tot* tbere is not a better short stop lu the couutry. The deal U r«ry batisfactory to both panlfB." Outside opinion ie, in the main, to the ef- fect that Pittsburg didn't better herself by the deal. It may be summed up in Ihe fol- lowing from the Boston Herald: "Congratu- lations to the St. Louis Club. It hail got rid of Glasscock. In the meanwhile there is sympathy for the Pittsburg Club." * Among the St. Louis players Glasscock was regarded as a hoodoo. One of the players the other day voiced the sentiments of the team when he said: "Glasscoct is a Jonah, and we all believe it- Whenever he makes an error in a critical stage we all go to S ieces pitcher, catcher and the whole gang, ack is not a jollyer, but he sneers at the rest of us when anything goes wrong; aud, say, we will do better without hiiu." RECOKD-BREAKING GAMES. Singular Coincidence Between Them and Manager Bancroft. CINCINNATI, July 3. Of the three longest League games on record the Cincinnati team has taken part in two and Manager Bancroft has been connected with one of the teams that played in all of them. The Reds and Chicagos on June 7, last year, played the longest League game on record. It lasted twenty innings and the score was 7 to 7. The second longest game was between the Providence and Detroit teams, and was played in Provi- dence in 1881. It lasted eighteen innings and was won by the Providence team by a score ol 1 to 0. The Cinoinnati-New York game of June 20 was the third longest in the history of the League and the longest of tho season. It was not, strictly speaking, a pitchers' contest. True, both pitchers diJ magnigeent work, but it was not a case of light hitting and easy plays. Kuns ffere scored right along, and in nearly every nning both sides kept tapping at the door of runs, and were only prevented from making the winning run by fine plays. Twice the Cincin- nati: had what would have been tho winning run cut off at the plate. NAY, NAY. PAULINE. There Will Be No Change in the Rules or Schedule. Somebody must have been stringing the Baltimore World when it gave publicity to the appended article: "The extra five feet from th" home plate in at last getting in its work on the national game. Complaints are coming from every quarter ihat tbe pitchetsare pUyitig out. Pitlsburg WHS forced to use three twirl- ers iu the sixth inninit with Brooklyn, Friday, aud it wassaidatthA Baltimore Club headquarters, Satur- day, that a special meeting of the League presidents will be called Tery shortly to put the pitching dis- tance back at its former mark. "Another question to te considered wil 1. be tbe changing of the schedule. President N irk Young has received several iet'ers, complaining that the Eastern clubs have drawn more than d .ubla the amount of people at home the Uexteru clubs are now doing. Baltimore was drawinit on an average of 3500 people lo a game, while in the West the crowds will not aver- age 1800. There is not tlie sligh'rst doubt tut that after the present seiies there will he many changee uade, and Baltimoie will have more games at botne." It is just as certain as anything can be that there will be no return at all to the old sys- tem of pitcher dominance, and certainly no change whatever in mid-season. As for the schedule, that always stands after it has been adopted, except for changes made hero and there by mutual consent between clubs. POINTS ON BASE-RUNNING. Base-Runners Should Think and Coach Themselves. Catcher Robinson, of the Baltimore?, takes as much and perhaps more interest in a game than any other player on the diamond. He fet'ls defeat keenly, and after a game never fails to point otit the mistakes made by the Orioles. He criticises himself more severely than any other player. After a recent game he said: "The only point in which we are weak is base-running, and we will have to pay especial attention to that hereafter. Base-run- ning does not depend altogether on the coacher. A runner ought to coach himself. All tbe coacher can do is to either stop a man at third base when be is running from second or stwd him on home, because a player running from second to third base cannot woil see what is hap- pening behind his back, where the ball is apt to be. The blaming of bad base running on the coacher is overdone. The base-runner is sup- posed to have a head of his own, and should blame himself for his stupid plays and pot others." ABEI-Li ON BATTING. The Brooklyn Director Has Views and Expresses Them. F. A. Abell, treasurer ol the Brooklyn Base Ball Club, has arrived home from Hot Springs. Immediately upon his arrival he had a talk with a reporter and said: "I am very much pleased with tho showing of tbe Brookiyns. Any team that oan win out after their opponents have made eight runs in tbe first inning must be playing good ball. This heavy batting is not due so much to tbe putting back of the pitcher five feet as it is to the new plate upon which the pitcher is com- pelled to stand. Under the old rules a pitcher oould step from one side of the box to the other to face either a right or lefc-hand hitter, but now he has to stand at a fixed point and deliver the ball the same to all batsmen. This is the secret of the heavy batting, I tnink, and it will be demonstrated later." AN INDIAN BALL GAME. How the Red Sons of the Forests Do the Trick. A special telegram from Kufala, Indian Territory, to the St. Louis Globe l~>rn says: "The Chelokahakers and the \i kits, two clans of Creek Indians, placed In- dian ball to-day about eighteen miles west ot Kufala, and a number ot spectators from uere went out. The game waa quite exciting and hundreds of persons were on the grounJ to wit- ness it. A good deal of betting, cursing and scrapping was indulged in, though no one was aerioufly hurt. The players were all stripped of their clothing and painted blood red. The game lasted nearly two hours and the players never stopped running during the entire time of the game. The score stood 20 to 16 in favor of the Chelokabakera. Tho opposing players danced all night laat night on the ball ground." THE OLD TALE. EDITORIAL YIEIS.JEWS, COMMENT. Baltimors'a fielding In bard to beat. Baltimore ii<*s had 20 men on its pay-roll. Boston's pitchcra seem to hnve struck their gait. Rhodi'B is now pitching good ball for Lotilirillo. Douovao still leads the FiiUburgs in basa ruo- The Brooklyns are now playinsr with their team Intact. The Baltimore pitchers arc being hammered rigbt and left. L Qisrille ia now playing; as good ball aa the best >f them. Dowd, Krodie aud Bannon make a fast outfield for St. Louis. The Nashville Club has signed pitcher Lucid, late «if SI aeon. The St. Louis Club has "loaned" pitcber Dolan to Nashville. Wiird ia experimenting with the New Torts' bat- ting order. Baltimore's new man, Long, is tbe fastest runner In the team. Louis Whistler haa been appointed captain of the Albany team. Shorty Fuller's father died in Cincinnati during the past week. Danny Richardson is now playing regularly with the Brooklyns. B Second baiemaa Lange, of Chicago, it laid up with a strained back. There Is only ou« way to play winning ball and that is to play it. Farrell ia making a record for himself as Waali- ington'a star catcher. Singu larly, tlie Bostons have not yet played a game inder Umpire Lynch. The Albany Club has released third baseman and captain Jim Kuowlea. Send two ctnt? in stamps for THRSPORTING LIFE'S new adverliving cards. Chicago ban become a haven of rest for clubs with percentages \o fatten. M ke Sullivan ia the winning pitcher for the Cincinnati at present. Southern Leaguers still think Jerry Penny the king of third basetncn. Kennedy Is fast pushing out Stein aa the premier pitcher of the Brooklyn*. Eddie Talcott arm claims that the Giants will be near the top at the ftni.tr.. The Cleveland* are hitting the ball haidor than any of tha Western clubs. The Orioles' outfield ia about the youngest, if not the fastest, in the Lsnfrue. Jack Doyle rejoined tlie New York a iu. St. Loain. Hia arm is all right again. AH the Western critics write aboat the Orioles la the highest term* of praise. S?. Loafs' lucky find, B*nnon, haa wonderfully few \vwUneaifts for a youngster. The Cincinnati papers are jumpfag hard on Latham for recent poor playing. Dick Buckley in at Mount Clcmena trying to boll the kinks ><ut of uU throwing arm. Sam Wise, of the Washin^tons. was a volunteer fireman for ten years In Akroc, U. The Washington^ are still winning games from clubs that regard them us a picnic. --Breiteiiatein is doing most of the pitching for St, Louis, Nnd appears to be overworked. j iiinon, tho Uoly Cross College player, recently " t.iby St. Louie, is a terrific baiter. . , . Chicago has released pitcher Sammy Shaw, ncinnati, of course, has aignt-d him. and , , Auson's colts play l«iter ball away than at home. note! life agrees with the youngsters. Van Haltrtm won an umbrella for leading the PiUsburg tettiii in biittiux during JUDO. Bmtenntem lias Wen doing: nearly all of the suc- cessful pitching for St. Luiua thin year. Montgomery has signed ruitfteM^r Jack Pellz; and Birmlnehdui has dropped infleUier Nilea. Captain Teb*an, ot Cleveland, bat hud an Increase in Iiis family; it's a future third buseman. Ward lea tin the secimd base in eu iu batting. Be also leada the New Turks iu base running. ''Rtxl" Ebret is doing about as good work as all the nenly married pitchers have ever done. Ward appear* to be doing the best all-around work for the New Yorfcs on the Western trip. Three "DV comprise Cleveland's contribution to tbe New York Club Davis, Davit* and Doyle. When Hawley masters change of pace St. Loafs eipects his pitching to bother the beat hatairen. Frank Ward has l>eeu playing a brilliant game for Cin ciunatl since be was txchan^eJ for MulUne. McKean is bat' in ft even herter now than he did East cean s a' n ft even eer no early in tbe senaon. when be headed the . Curt Welch is again working In a pottery at Liverpool, Ohio, and fighting hard to keep sober. In Pittshurfir, when they get 300 people In the quarter pen in far centre tie Id, the gates are closed. In spite of tha , streak of the Pittatmrgs Another Bostonese Assertion About a Problematical Reorganization. "So Buffalo and Detroit are hankering after major League base ball. Both cities will probably get a chance to support big League teams next year, as it is almost a certainty that there will be two big Leagues. Boston, New York, Philadelphia, Brooklyn, Chicago and Cleveland will be the nucleus of the National League, ami at. Louis, Washington, Baltimore and Louisville are regarded as sure for the American Association circuit. Interest- ing in connection with these possibilities is the fact that Robison, of the Cleveland Club, was in Boston just about three weeks ago. It is not a secret that the old League magnates, Soden, Rogers and Spalding, are about tired of Chris Von der Ahe. Tins man's* methods are distaste- ful and vvjll be a chief reason for the dtsso.irhn of the big twelve-club League. Boston Post. DOX'T WHINE. Some Advice to Disappointed and I'M lucky Ball Clubs. The New Yorks have not been meeting with much success of late, and the same may be said of tbe Pittsburgh. As a consequence the local papers in tbose two cities have been very severe in their criticisms. It is nothing new for a team to catch it hot and heavy in ad- versity, and H is one of the privilege of the oritica. The club owners, manager? and players, in see ad of crying over these attacks, would do much better to go quietly along and try to earn praise and commendation by better work. Nothing succeeds like success, and the only thing for D ball player to do is to work hard, and be will receive all the support and en- couragement deserved. Nothing can be gained by a player losing his heart and nerve. ONE EFFECT OF RULE CHANGES The Batting Makes Much Harder Work For Umpires. Gaffney considers it harder to umpire this year than ever before in the history of the game. He has been doing as good work as any umpire on the staff. "I wish I had six eyes," said he, "aud then I might be quick enough to see everything and even look around corners. What makes our work harder this year is because, on account of the heavier bat- ting, tbere are so many more men on bases thim there weie formerly, and a man has to be very quick to watch the men on ba^es and call balls and strikes. Maybe this would be the time for the double umpire system, but that has been done awaj." A RISING PLAYER. Washington's Only Young Blood Keeping up With the Procession. Short stop Sullivan is covering himself witn glory in the West, and is meriting all the commendation received out that way. His fielding has been of the highest order of excellence, and bis work is on a par with, that of any and all of the crack short stops of tbe League. He is rapidly getting over his ner- vousne«3, ani by next season will rank with the best of them. One of the great advantages possessed by Sullivan is bis natural hitting qualities, and this ability makes him doublv valuable. He ia the only young blood on the team, ani will have every opportunity to l**ru from the experience of the oldtir me*. 1 n BJIIIO ui HIM i"riMix an can ui iim intauury tlm tiHiditnce In that city had been unusually Itive. President N. K. Young Is a veteran of the war. lie fought for the old flu* in a New York regiment. Let us s»e. Was it out Burk Ewin? who predict^ that Pir.tsburg would win tha cbttoipiuu-hlp this senmm? Tim O'Kourke, whom Bnruio got from Baltimore, doos uot like to play short field, preferring thinl base. We believe it waa Frank Bancroft who said tho Western teams wore much stroujer than those of tlie The attendance In the Western cities of the Le»^ue haa exceeded the expectations of tha maaa- The St. Louis Browns wouM prefer Philadelphia to Boa to a if the pennant is lo be won by an Euateru club. Mark Baldwin ought to change hia front name. It Is too Infernally suggestive those heavy-hittiug days. By securing; King Corniakey has added another member ot tha old tft. Louta Brown* to his Cincinnati team. Managsr Hanlon U fortunate (n his selection ot youngsters. He has evidoutly another Tread way ia Long. Hemminjr Is pitching rrrent bnll for Louisville, which has thrown a ray of sunlight into Baruie's heart. Those wonderful fl«Id generals, Anaon, Cotniskey and Ward are making a sorry showing with their teams. ManaePrs Ward, Hucrienberger, Comiskoy, Anaon and Waiki-iia are catching It from their reepect.ru local papern. Manager Hanloti, beside* belnfc one-fourth owner of the Baltimore Club, is still a PitUburg Club stock- holder. Rhodes in proving ft valuable man for Louisville. He d<>es not look uultke Hemming sither in build or feature. -Cincinnati's released pitcher coil the Cincinnati Clnb $500 plus his salary; and New York gats hitu for nothing. Cincinnati has rightfully earned the reputation of being the city where auuAutional base ball games are played. Chamberlain's pitching gives no Indication of dtsaatinaction with, or dealt ? to get away from, Ciucinuatl. . ITolyoke ha« turned oitt *ome great hall players. Tucker, Doyle, Dowd, and Sullivan, of Harvard, come from there. Pitcher Da vie*, DOW of N»w York, fs still study- Ing medicine aud by another year will have received his diploma. Rublnson, of Baltimore, Is throwing to base* now with greater strength aud accuracy than ever before in bit CHrL-wr. Clarkson is uniformly hit hard, but It Is ths mag- nifloeijf support he receives that keeps hifl opponents' scores down. If Uncle Anson doesn't shake himself op a bit the Colon e I a will soon resign to him the tills of "The Rear Guard." The Cincinnati Clnb daring the week declined UD offer from J. Karle Wagner to swap Joyce for pitcher Mike Sullivan. Louisville has two Browns aud a Browning; Cin- cinnati, two Sni.thp; Baltimore, a Hobinsou, aud New York, a Joces. On* would almost think that this was Storey's first year on ths diaraoad. Be plays with as much ginger sa » colt. Plttsburg *eems to be ths Baltimore*' Jonah team. The Orioles have yet to win a game fioin the Smoked Italians. President You der Ahe dneflo*t pay salaries to sick or disabled players, no matter how valuable they may liars been to him. -A s«t of THE SPORTING Lint new illustrated advertising cards can be obtained for a two-cent stump to defray poaUge. Some Cincinnati ball cranks *ay that Tony Hoi- lane was a j<>nah, as the club haa been wlooiug iogu- larly since hia release. Pitcher Duran ia now playinsr with Jake Wells' independent team at Pensacola, Fla. Tuut's what rum did for a clever pitcher. Our old friend "Hard Luck" ha* been called int service many times of late by officials, managers, aud players of losing teams. One of the mysteries of the baseball business Is the change < f form shown by a great uiauy players when they change clubs. The tans in New York have turned Mark Bald- wiu*B picture to the wall. Six straight defeats were mure than they could stand. All ths men released ia recent years by Pittsburg are doing flrat-cl»s« work for otber clubs, vide Kelltsy, Sbugsrt. Stuley, Farrell, etc. Last year tha St. Louis team wa» Boston's 'Jonah;" this year it has not proven so and haa yet to win its first game from them. In twenty-seven games Con Mack, of Pittshiirg, had but three passed baits. That ia one reason he is so missed uow ihat be is laid up. Catcher Grim, of Louisville, has developed Into s terrific slugger, and Captain Pteffer ie trying to play him iu every game for his batting. It is tbe right of every patron of the sport to kick when he is not getting his money's worth, aud a ball luauager or player canaot justly object. Ihe Chicago* wou two out of three from Brooklyn while In th* East, but failed to get a single game from the Bridegrooms on their own ground*. The season Is young no longer; in fact, it is grow- ing too old, and therein Una the trouble for tbe teaaia in the second divisions of the various leagues. President Von dor Ahe ia ont with a denial of the rumor that Manager \Yntkinf! was to be shelved be- cause oi the poor showing St. Louis is making. Not one ot the New Yorks ie first in plnving his position among his fellows of the other clubs, but nearly all of them a,re near the top of the heap. The cranks have an idea in New York that Jack Milligau id the best man who ever handled Amos finale's delivery. Buckley was soon forgotten. ''Sign anything that cad pitrh," waa what Anson recently tnld President Hart. Wi.ich goes to show that the ''Old Man" knows where lie la wwiiVest. Manager Barnfe cays he conld have traded Pfeff-r with Nsw York for three men and a bonus, but that i'feffer was playing too good ball to bo given up. Shugart is a uixacot aud Glasscock is n Jonah. Theee are the realms eiv&i by President Von d<tr Ahe and Manager Watkins for tbe recont exchange. MoNabb ia atill a aick man and, ins ead of getting stronger, seems to be getting weaker nt least, to "udge from th* last two games la which he pitched. The Exsteru League ii in bet er shape than it >ver was at this time of the year. President Powers hopes to c*rry tbt> League through without a break. KellYy and Treadway are developing into a Balti- more edition of McCarthy and Duffy, of Boston. They are continually coaching,and with good results, too. The Brook 13ns bave "both eyes skinned" for _i tclier*. They are very anxiouA to get another good one and regret that they did not get a c ha ace at Mul- laue. "Five teams have been In the lead at various times this season." Hew York Itenrder. Will y.>u ever get aoything right? Six teems bave been in tha ead. Wadsworth, of Memphis, ii declared lo be the lowest pitcher ia the Southern League. He la aiH to Imve a somnolent effect upon the spectators whenever They call Rennmly "Perk." He is a BalUIre, O.. b"y, and was once c*llel "Wheeling** brickyard pho- DOIIJ." Hw haa an arm of iron, lu ISUl hia arm waa worthless. Pfcffer Is playing magniflceutlv and th* Louis- ville fools who two weeks aaro were clam- ring for his lease are now profuse in tbe bestowal of applause upon him. i O'Bonrbs It batting as well as ever for Louisville | and is fielaiog f<iii ly well. He d<<ea not like the poai- i lion if short stop, however, ami would rather pluy i third base. They say that Bannon. the St, Louis Brown's new outfietder, look* like Hugh Duffy. It wni not ir^ner- lly known that anybody ou this earth reaouibted the angel child. There Isn't a man on the Washington team, tchers and catchers included, who doesn't know how to bat the ball. It ia the best all-around uittiug team ID tlie League. All the h»fr that Manager Writ'* i in ha- that didn't tu-ti grav when Gut Sliallii hit ban in the head a few yanrsago is likely to be whitsued during bis so- journ In St. Louts. Manager Wat kins submlta the prediction that Balti- more vvil] finish nt-ar the top of the Hat. The predic- tion WHS made when the Oriolts had beautifully pol- ished fifl St. Louis, Manager Burnbam, of Providence, has secured K<1w»r<l I'endv, th* cntck fielder, hi'ter and bHae-run- of the Portland Club; also o tat fielder Iv/ieg, late of the ^oultit-rn League. Treadway ii Bstoni-hiiiK the Western *p?ctator4, who see tiiin for the first time, by his hnnl und BC- cnrHte throwing. He ia batting much bot'er tbua he did early in tho season. The Cincinnati!* made such a hit In Pateraon, N. J., on their Ixat trip Et8t tbat they nave beau offered another .Suudav d«te there on their next Kneteru trip, wbich will be accepted. The Cleveland* arn said to have loat much of thoir ginger and tn b« getting out of their old syatem of play. The Lender cnlls teveral of the in en down for trying fur bibs instead of runs. The. finest enclosed hu*e ball grounds ever in this country were those nf the Detroit Club. They were [HWi r^et in length, 440 feet wide, and the grand eland was 200 feet from th* front feuce. J"hn Ryan, Win was a i-t>iiin<:h suppporter of the Atlanta tuam in 1880, and Jam en 'iatiu->, Knr>ther At- lrtiHi«n. are tryintr to purchase that cit>'a (ranchidb aud club in the Sontheru L»ugue. Frank Shngait nays that there will be more chances in the Piftihurg team before long. He nsrrihes the losing atr<-Hk of '.rut club to the failure of the effectiveness of the pitchers. Nut a Lfa^ue nmiiire haft escaned censure so far. The closeu.e*8 of ihe race IIIM had the efTert of making mnnagers, captnins, pi avers and speciators unusually aiiiious sud unrena-.nably exacting. If big Miktt Sullivan, the Cincinnati pitcher, cmild bit in the pKinp like ha doe* in practice, ]>an Bn>ulh- ers, Itoeer Connor aud all tlifso h"avy king bee tflug- gers would hitve to take oO their hata to him. It'«i quepr how b*8e Imll ptayors drift around. Henry, tht* man who plavad ritfht tifl<) for Bnllimore in 18*10, has been signed by Chailectori lo take Ihe place of Ijone, who l;a» jmt become nn Oriole. Since Louisville ha* won H good share of her games, Pfrtfcr |>tays \\ith three tiiDfi as much life. He is very sensitive to criticism aua the harsh wordd of the home papers matte him very low-apirltvd. ^There is cotmid-Tablfl dissa'tKTiiction in Astern League cTclps over the failure of the official umpires to carry out th»ir asBl^uiuetits. There ia never any certainty about an u.mp ro turuiiig up lor iluty. Li-veil ami IIai1d-->rk, prcgumablv the highest salaried pitchers in the Brooklyn Club, haven't held acauille to the youngsters, St^in arid Kennedy, uor even to the veteran Fontz, for effective pitching. Ward ban purchased tlie rt-l-nse of Jauie- Stafford, centre fielder of UIH Augusta Club, ol the Southern LeaiMi?. VV'urd H»\S he n the beit ball plaver in that League. He joined the New Yorks at Louisville. Billv Bar D 10 ia still astockhohler Jo ihe Btltimore Clnb. He has received oftrri for I.JA litile holding but aays no money will bn » that Ht«ck, as he w sties to retain it as a souvenir of the happy days of long ago. "Tlie Pittsbure paper* condemn the new pitching rules.'' Bt'Btoti Glol>e. That's nauiral, CvtnBideritig thut Pitt.-bur.£'B pitchers, upon whom the ctub'd wh >le hope of clmmpiouBhiu honors rested, have fallen down. It <i<>e,a not apnear that Ewing bus added either to Cleveland's link or increased her pennant chances. Frank Kobiflon isn't the flrnt man iu bmn ball who couldn't let well enough alone aud kuQ'ered accord- ingly. Dan <"Vev, the once famous couth-paw pitcher, ]s uow a mot-Tii'iin OD a Bitmhantton eircet cur Hue. He pitclx-tl a \it\mo for Bio^hamton la«t week, but re- fasM to play regularly, not hnving auy coufldence In his arm. Gnorpe Wood Is fielding end batting in his old form iVr Wilkf-sbarre and would l>e a valuable man for eovera! big League clnba junt uow. liei>'a auuthtr player who bus beeu greatly helped by tbe rule changes. Mark Baldwin went all to pieces when h« was moat needed by New York. Our opinion of Mark is that he can pitch about three frood fames of ball every two weeks aud muat do no more work than abuut ihat auto tint. Through over-foodnes-j for a dish of mnccaronl flluHftue nma^d (be train which curried thn B*lti- mores from Louisville to Cincinnati last Saturday night and had to go on a following traiu, paying the fore himself. "As 'Cy1 Young's pitching deteriorates his but- ting improves, so It'a about a Rtand-ofl." Cleveland Plain Dealer. Oh, no. No pitcher can cninpeusitc by hia own batting fur the bat tin. g of thtt opposing teams of hia delivery. July 2. 1893, was a memorable day tn the career of "Orator* O'Konrke. Although h<- has been ou the diamond tw-nty-noo years, l;iar Suuday's ?Ame at <'in- cinnati was the firat Suuday game in which he has ever taken part. Tho Boston Iltrnld makes thtsst%tement: "Manager Btiri.baiu'n reinstateineitt bv the Providence Club has a striug to it. He has agreed t<> have the teuin in wtu uing form by the 15th of July or he will take his walking ticket.' 1 Klmer Smith IM a shining fTnmple of what in- dustry and patient endeavor will do. When be was a pitcher ho WHS very rocky <>n fly ba'N; nmv h* is a star outfte'der, for whom remarkable catches are every- day occurrences. After Ail Gumbert has mattered tho Dew distance he should prove, one of tlm beat pitch*- iu the League. Beside*, he is a goml batter and fielder, aii'l a man whose * very-day virtues make him doubly valuable to a team. Ward is bunting all over creation lor nvire pitch- er* and yet he hag already nioioi'itfh'rs ou h in pay icll than any club, except PhiUdetph A aud Cleve- land, they being Baldwin, Uusie, Davies, JODCB, Schmfdt aud Sl^eby. Pitcher Arthur 01 ark son has a hi? "kick" against Von der Ahe. lie received but 827 last Saturdnv, which was pay day, and hit claim was 8400. Ii<* lias prepared a sworn statement which will be forwarded to President Young. St. Louisana complain of the free and forcible wuy the Bean-eaters <alk to the umpire. Note tbia in the St. Louis Rfpubiic: "Umpire Oattney submitted to some very pointed critici-ms from Hugh Duffy and other Bo-ioniaus yesterday." The Cleveland mistake of exchinelng a brilliant young general player like Duvis f^r a one-poMtmu man like Ewintf ia emphasized by the accident to Tebenu. With T>avi-t m substitute the loss of Tebeau's services would hardly be felt. John Ward says that he eecnred his new pitcher, Sigflby, from Union College, through third baseman Day's, who had observe 1 him while traiuing tho club. Ward furthersav« tlmt Slushy is perhaps a little too young, but he wilt keep him. Joe Qninn Is being criticized by the St. Louis press as well as Manager Watkiu*. One paper say*: "Joe Quinn is an excellent second basumMu, tmt he is no nioie tit to be captain of a base ball team than he ia to lecture on jurisprudence." Keeler, who injured himself in one of the Brook- lyn-New Yoik games at Easier u Park, ia re-t qtueily at his home in Brooklyn. His log has almost meode<i, and be expects to resume his posiiiuu wheu tbe GianiB return from the West. Of tbe men who have made an average of .300 or more before Julv 1 Boston Imp wix. New York, Cleveland, Philadelphia and Baltimore five, Chicago four, Wa^hiugtuii. Pitietbur^. Brookl.u aud tit. LouU three, Cittciuuatt and Luuisiiils two eack. There will he ao Sunday bsse ball in LouNvllte for some time, and 'he same scheduled for Lnntivil \v tti tu* Orioles for hist Sunday, July 2, was played Satur- day. Tho authorities had threatened the- cluba with arrest if they attempted to ulay on Sunday. The Wtuhiiiiituns have niide a fine imprsisfon wherever tli^y h^ve been this season Where lh« flu* potnia of ba-e ball are apureciutect a'ld whore earnem work is rec'>ifinzt)'1 ami applauds 1, even if unsuccess- ful, the &eiKitorn bave been j-ret-ted with cheers. Ward and O'llourke nre now the only lawv^ri play in* bull. Taylor, of Baltinii.re, expecls tn bec.-nirt an attorney. There U one ronnn/ niflical Uoct T pl»y. Ing Imll. in tbe jer on of p^cder Davfrs. and tli«re are a!-o aeveial embryo d -ntists u tim diam»ud. The C'tachmy: aud base-runniiiK of tfie Boston team are not H hat thpy should t*. The rminerH ot't*-n disregfir<l the ndmonilions of (he cone hers, hut more :1 often they seem to b* cnnfiisod by the co^rh'Ti, and tbe Utter are not quick enough iu thtir instmclions. Pitcher Lone J-.hn llt-aly is In St. Louis, bavin.,: obtained leave ( f alienee (mm th« Ka-tTu Oa us. He fays In- bus entirely recovered from tlie injury fo Im knef a-d would like tn j ,jn the bftr Le gue axMin. He will fiibt have to get bis relent from I'M' 1, though; Tho New York Worl-l savs: "Ii n witliiti ih« pro' abilities that ch«st protectors will be gotiomlly abandoned by backstop-i. The new pitching rules nuke it easier for catchers t<* handle their men" Score one more big ui.irk iu favor of tbe uew pitcb- iu£ rules. S'Die a-lmirft.g Pitt«bur/ers pave Stein a hand- some bouquet of fl -weM wh'-ti he < anif to bat lor the first tim« in last Saturilnv 1 " Pitt-hii'g-l)r<.i)k]yn KMnie and Brooklyn^ lucky pitcher w; s Htmckt-d with a hud, Crtce of tbe rattles. At any rate he wa* knocked out in short order. Little stock ah»n'd be takon In "umpire-robhed-ns" excuses. When teams are in a winning huni- r they arc going to win in spite of the umpire and ihe devil. \i>d when they are in a losing slump ever? littlo ad- verne dcciainn of <hu umuiie seuma us big aud import* ant as n mountain. Iu Ciuctonuti thev hive acquired wholes nn f re- gard (or th« butting Mbility of the W --hin.jt..i.'M. Savs th« Times-Star: "Tlie SMiat.-rs ^r« tho sfrei'«st I >t of sluifgets ui the Letgue. They can koop >r pitrh^r cuf-flnlnjf nil along thn lino of uurch better than any learn in tho Leslie." Ward bad U" reason to complain of bad luck lust Saturday. In the^-e titu-a xvlu-n the pit'her i* no longer the uniwter of the tame fiftt hi- lius I'e-n in Ve;»r-( pant, two huge hits an<) H singii* run will not wlu many la'l gnnien. But tliat is all tho Giatitu got against (Jhicag , und won. Robinson JB atill Ihe field cap'nln of the Orioles, as Taylor r^fnne« to accept the pmilio'i, Ttitor aays Dm club is pUv n* well under lt<>!> ri-<m utri that it is best to let wi U .Mjo>uh al >ne. K b n-i -M w r ..| I l',;a to be relieved of the po itinu, but iu willu.; to do auy- thiug for the flnccens of the team. -Thin is a bad tune for the Hrnoklvn team to h» disabled bv acclilfmu, but «ucli sri-nt* to bf th" cife. Burna h*8 a h»d c;ite of ' C mrltw ILirse," GrilH i h iS n bad auk.*1 . Stein han a had leg, and la-t Si ur.tay I^ovett wits hit in the th milt by a pitch d hall aud will be prevented from pitching t<>r n^vi-ntl d»y*. It tea rather rfina- kal'le (net thut In **|'itf nf the pri-canous btiainet-s conditions of th» c«i>ntiy l-ant 1'iill ;!iilw ar« fxperieticini; tbe hctiv.ost iintrona.:e kn<>^n to majrnittes i-iure 18^0. It n.a< t<r that lli>- inor-' nx'D have to worry them iu n t>u«ui<*«s WHY the stronger l>e- comes their desire to turn away to some kind of rrcre* ution. "ffcffer, it is said, is trviiiR to down B:irnie by creating trouble in the rauk^ of the Louisville Cluh, Hiid there Is a fcrt-at cry among the pnt'ooi of I h* giiint-, railing lor PteBer'a rel«*nse.'' ' 'iuciiinnii Tt»i«s- Slur. Nut a word of truth in it. Btrnie and P.'eiler ate not only in entiie accord, but are warm personal friends. It was a lucky day for M*»rrltl wh*«n he received his notice of reltMs.t from thn Lmnsville Club. It en- abled him tn Hecuru ait <-n^a^^ni«nt in ono of the leiitiinn cluhp of ttm couotr. md e-ta>>lii<h n reputa- tion as one of its surest and h <r<J'-at <>i twrs. It w:is not oniv a lucky day for Murritt, but also for tht* Hoei* too Club. Pitcher Davivs was Cleveland's late«t elft to New York. President K'>bi»ou , of the Cleveland Club, has done mor- for thn N«w York Club than all the ot' er ma£iiN.ttf< put t"|ffthor. And rot he owns no N«vr York stock, while futir "tlirr ni ^tmtctt who huvvn't lifed a finder for NKW York hold ,arxe blocks uf tho club's at. ck. It boa commenced! 3:ifd the Cleve'ind Leader the other day: "If Ruin; in yoiiik- to limn nri.un-1 tho field all th*< summer it wouU 1m a Rood idei to iret another man to n-lievn him until h» r-COUTH. Me doeuB'C play ball n» ho oiuht to." And t tlrnk how many columns the Lender uaecl to bolster Ewing up KS a king-pin ball pUyer! Intense interent in (ho national gam* continues to pervmlc ihe country. H (he uinplrn gua<;c h<i iiKt-d, the ineHsiir.-nient shows H st. h ly inrrease of enihua- 1 <sm. Tlit* more umpire-, lli'-ro are ni'^'bfd the iiiorn intense te tlie ba-e ball euthilMiasui. If tbore. were na Interest iu lliH f£Hinf> the crantvs wonldn't care a c«| per how the umpire decidi-d point in ttie name. The wii.nini; ptch'-raof fie 1^:1. u>* are RUS|K ( (l f New York, Stt-in and K'-nne-Iy, of Brooklyn, Ni«-hn| s , of Bcaiun. Keel** and \Veyhii.g, of t'li'Udi h.hi«, Mr.- Mahon. <>f Baltinvre, M«<»kin t of \V tliiugttm. Ctmui- b'Tiain.of CinriTiir.ti, ftlsnrk, of rbicitk'o. Yimny, of C pvland, Hemming, o f L ni-ville, Brcitenstein, of St Loti's, and Killen and Ku ti.uf ritttthurtr. Pitcher Ge»fee I>nvii-8 w'a- the unluckiest man whf> evi-r wuro u Clttvelnrni iinirorm nu<l c^avt*" tt> pitch. There is n«t a play r n-the Cleveland leant wht> is not ot the opiui.m iliRt D.i\l»- is an good a pitcher a* ever pUye<l \n th**« Itih, hut fo- MHI.O rea-ou he wan never lucky and no tcntt'-r huw well or how hard he wmked in Ih- l>ox C!- .^lund could not win. *ava Tony MnlUm-: "I fidl liko a m«n who has ju*t boen lurned ou< ot'jnll. I meui ttmt Cincmnatl- B.-tltimore dnal. Hnne-f, I \\n~ never as ttlail to l' j av« any place m my lifen< I w,>s Cp>''innAtl. There I got cus-ifl every dav, whether I pltjliel itood h,»ll or not. In Baltimore thev »p(ir«-ciiitw uic lor what I HOI worth, «ud treat me like u bull player should be treated." The blame for most of thn friqu^nt dit«jir»ri>fal bcenoa ou JIB ball field unfortunately He* with the club officials, players ami c>|'t«"<H of the clu'>s. 8en-o- le«H kick me und ilifl^nrttinp "rhin-i-liin" bv ]>lnyers MHil cai tniiiB H'T\« t" stir up tlie width "f the crowds. The club officials, ou the i.t h !*r lutjit. Kiicouraffe die kicking of their players by paying sucti fines an may be imposej by the umpire.- It will not do to undrrintimato the Brnoktyns* work and ^iti-ei at It as n tn 'tier , f -'inck." They a r* piayiiiK (treat ball and (!» «" rv-- ih-'ir laurels. Thuir inenuieail fair bat'era. 'heir i itch-Ts aie iu tr-Kid tnrm, and they puiptonetht-r lik<- a ! am of I or-es. The ilrooklyn* tn;ty not »iu t»e pfiiu»nt. but llu<v will il*>*ervb the unrmest kin.I ot >iiliu>ntt!.>n fruut their friends aud patrons R>fl of tho nitc l>ri'lg«. drive sh'Ti «t<i|i Sc'ieihwrk out of the E«t«ru 1^'ntMie. For this Scheihei-k's cliih, hxie, hue uroicntetl Dot-sc'ief and reluB<-8 to play any ui'-rri K..KK a nml-r hiiu. Krie i- fond of proteaiing uui|>ir-H, find T. tty soon will be unat l<t lo play a gaum with H re ii..ir nni| ire un'ena President Power* shall -tjee.lilv appoint «ome new ones. At present BrioJy is thb ouljr man in v«od btundinu with the Eiies. It haa be«n s ni« years since th« season adr>tn>-ed I it" the latter ptntof June with o>.|y one club fait ire among tin- proiuinrn lf><fcnes and a^fmciatidii- in the Un.twJ ftKt«s. Tlie I i niiiiii'mm n b. o( th- S -ntli-rn Jj*ak'ne, w>t- tht* His I* quit hud n « «. But ih« ex- aiuplc Met by ilia 1 club w.i* n>it tol| ( .we1,a9 if uiually the c <ae, lit i-avt'ral limtt* within a tt->i- dayi*. It He-ruti to ti.vt, been ;. C..SH of poor n.aiiH.remeoi on th*- B r- DJio^hHin C ub's part rattier t'<nii H financial failure. Manager Ward cniiudaiuH trre*'l> <-i the nmciring fti th- Uo-t. P-thapi hd haa li-en tea in £ «ome of tlie hnrv*wt fn>m ihest-ed n.uu a' tie P'>loGrcunda t >!M HpMt.sr. lie, Mt-on, R-rn-* and (\>n.l-k-y «»» their home ur»nn la work to perf ctint tt e tri'-k of kick n« nti<l Kettnig the pa'Man p«*ctn'«>rs d.iwn on the nm- pins, to ttte worrittUMit ot t'i* lat'-T. Now umpires nre Mmian, «n«l ( they don't trv ! » K>-t even when the nppi'iluruty is offered ihey would tn,t be denceuiinDts of A'(art). The New Yorks.ro b* frank about the situation, ap ><'*r to have vi*rv littl" chnure 1 ft Tor the p-nnant, earlv as it is. The fart that three strong flut-o Mr* t-evi-n or eight ^ft'iiet ahea<l of thctii is u tli<Cuurn><'ng ttu'h ro face. If it was "lie rlui> in-t<-&d of thrw the eitiiHt'"H would not he s dark, f»r that one niifc 1 '' by ftom-' noforefj^eu glreiik "f ill luck hot" UN vantage Hii<l la 1 buck as the GianM by fill t-qnal amitnnt of ^(.od f>-r tune ma'l e a wt*-»ftv pull to the front. But the chances tor the three H,,hn to fxll u'owo tugeiber is. uf cuii tie. jiint three times aa remote. "Dahlmi is yettinif to t.e a ''luty' Imll player. Only a we>k ii^o wheti tti« ^t. Louis team WHS her- Im threw tt bat »t Pi-t«, the Ifr-w.-t c»tc'n-r. Ounnot Ai^on -top his work? 1' hut* tilw..vn h.-en an id of tlie cap'Mii ih *t he ia an h"iiefl\ i-qimr- player; but if he itlb>W8such work as ihat lo -" or> he "ill he held rn. ftp usiblt* for It." ('h --a -o Ois/M/cA. Oh. rntn. Dali- l n ix I ut following the t-aclnu^; htid exmnpie o( Ins siiiprtoi. Amon hini-elf is a'Vi'ly" bull player of the first 'ie«rrp, an i tins nev<-r in h;s h ng career «n ttie diamond been nl»ove r--HMr(in>; to any sort of tac- tics to win. The hi en of n-.i<iiirf such a uiau to stop ditty ba;l play iu if in hi« t^am! THE OHIO I.KAGUB. Standing of the Club-i and Record of the Games PI ay oil. The record of the games played in the Ohio League and the position of the clubs in the race will lue found below up to July 3, inclusive: Wou. Lout. Pet I W-ii. Lo*t. Pet. Akron......... 21 9 7<Kl' Mansfield ... 17 HI Alt baudu-ky....l5 13 .fi36:r*i.t..n ....... 10 H .417 GAMKS PLAY 1C D. June, 27 At Mattstie d, Mai.Bfi. Id 8. Akron :). Jiiut.28 At >lanefieid, Man-Iieid 7, Akr-n 1UL June^Vf At Akr..u, Aknn Ifi. MttiMh'oM 9. June 'M At Auron, Akrou 9. 3lan-n>-M 3. July I At Akron.Akr.ii, in, M»n fi id 3. July 3 At Mansfield, MaN«li Id 0, Sandusky 7, Tebean Rises to Remark. M 'I don't care how w«*il a team ia playing,' said tht captain of the Oltjvela'id^ y^«terjay nit^rti >»u. 'nuL-ss it is battitu ha<d tht) g^nr- louka d» ul. It makes tno Crowd feel blu<' aud the plater* feel blue, i don't winder that scini" "f ttif cranna «t t'if L'anie« nrp din- po-ied to growl, be'-nnse I feel like It niynelf, but! hare plenty of coi-fi ,ence iu my chi l ». Th«v may gt-t un- der the, uealht-r now and then, bin they will nut stay tu*rs Mi'uiaueutlv.' " Clcvtslau 1

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PHILADELPHIA, JULY 8, 18«3.

HART RESIGNS.THE SOUTHERN LEAGUE PRESIDENT

STEPS DOWN AND OUT.

His Successor Not Yet Chosen-A New Schedule For the Second Season Adopted-No Move Made For Club Reduction, Etc.

AUGUSTA, Ga., July 2. Vice President Altmayer changed his mind durine: tlie week and called the special meetingof theSouthern League for this city, July 1. The meeting was accordingly held here yesterday iu the Arlington Annex.

THE DELEGATES.All of the clubs in the League were repre­

sented with the exception of New Orleans as follows: From Macon, Manager Dan Shan­ non and L. M. Jones; from Aucusta, Asbury IIu'l, Manager Stalling and S. H. Cohcn; from Chattanooga, Manager Gus Schmelz; from Savannah Manager Manning; from Mobile, Manager Kellj; from Montgomery, Manager McCloskey; from Charleston, Man­ ager J. H. Long; from Atlanta, R. C. liosche; from Memphis, President R. B. Armour; from Birmingham, F. W. Dunliaui; from Kashville, Manager Ted Sullivan.

COMPLIMENTS FOU HART.President Hart, ot Atlanta, nnd Vice Presi­

dent Altmayer,of Macou, were on hand, and the meeting at once proceeded to business.

On account of President Hart being indis­ posed the vice president presi led over the meeting. It had lieen previously intimated that President Hart expected to resign, and tlie first business that was done was to unani- inoiwly pass a resolution tendering him the hearty thanks of the League for the able and efficient manner in which he has managed the League, and owing to his ill health tiiey authorized him to employ an assistant to help perform his duties.

BUSINKSS TRANSACTED.President Hull then addressed the meeting

in regard to the f'J.TO franchise money which wss exacted of the four new clubs that were admitted this year, stating tlmt two of the cluhs had uot been asked lo pay this money, nnd he saw no reason wliv Augusta and Charleston should be made to do so. The meeting unanimously decided that Augusta Bird Charleston should be returned, the $250 which they had already paid in.

The president made a report to the meet­ ing which stated that there was $551)0 in the treasury, and it was decided that this should be held in reserve to perpetuate the League.

The question of a new schedule came up, and the following two committees were ap­ pointed to arrange it: Memphis, Charleston nnd Montgomery on the first, and Chatta- li;>oga and Maeon on the other.

Ail disputed games were left to the arbi­ tration committee.

After selecting Memphis, Atlanta and Mobile as a committee to arrange the league landing the meeting adjourned to'meet at B o'clock in the evening.

HART DESIGNS IN THE EVENING. At 8 o'clock in the evening the meeting

figitin convened aud proceeded to business.Notwithstanding the resolution which

passed during the morning session President Hart sent in his resignation, to take efl'ect on Ihe 5th of July, giving as his reason for re­ tiring his bad health, and stating that he would not be able to do the League tlmt jus­ tice that he would like to do should he con­ tinue as president.

The meeting reluctantly accepted Presi­ dent Hart's resignation, after trying to pre­ vail upon him to withdraw it

They then decided that a League meeting should be held in Atlnnla on July 6 to award the pennant tor the tint, series, aud appointed Augusta,Chattanooga and Birmingham as a committee to propose a suitable person to succeed Hart at this meeting.

THE SECOND SEASON SCHEDULE. The remainder of the evening was taken

up with examining the new schedule, which the two committees had arranged. After a long discussion, the following schedule was adopted:JH.J G, 7, 8, Atlanta At Cluttanooea. Charleston at

Aii.'iMn. Mobile at Birrnin>;linin, SaTannitli at Ma- con, MfUlphts at Nsshvllle, Nuw Orleaus at Mout-

Julv 111. 11, 12, Macou at Atlanta, Charleston at Chat- ttuio an, SavAimith at Angnsta, New Oilpana fit Nnslm'!*, M»ulle at M<-,ni|.hu, Blruiiugliaui at M ntnornerj.

JuU 1:1, H. 15, Charleston at AUftntrt, Sitvaanah at Chattanooga, Augusta at Mttciui. N<>w Orleiins at Mt-niplii^, Mobile at Nashville, Mi>ut>;omiTy at

July 17, 18 19, Savannah at Atkn>u, Annnt'nat Cliat- tam>ng;tt, ''htrleituu at Alueou, New Orleans at Mo- lii)*, Monticoiye!^ ftt filutuphis, Birmingham atNu-llTlll,..

July 20, ^1. 22, Anuusta at Atlanta, Macon at Chatta- II<><> KH, Charleston »t Suvunuau, Mobile al N»w Oileiios, MuutKouitir} at Nuttbvtlle, Birmingham at Menu.kis.

July '24,25, '2fi. Atlanta at Macon, Clnttannoga at Au^nstn, Suvnnnati at Charleston. BirniinKhKm at ftrw OrlfHus, Muiupbig at Mobile, Nashville at M<-n!gONierv.

July 27. 28, '21t, Atlanta at HatHiinah, Cliattammga at Miuvn, Augusta at Charleston, Memphis at Mout-

July 28. '20,an, Birmingham «t UoWIe, Nashvillo atN.-w Orleans.

July :il. Aim. 1, 2, A'lanta at Charleston, Chattanooga* at Hnviuiiiah. Mucun at Angunta, Nnshville at

Birmingham, Mobile at Uoutgoulery, Memphis at Mi-wUi'li-aus.

Ann. a, 4. 5, Atlanta at Ailgnsb, Chattanooga at Clui lur-tori, Mucou at Savaouab, Memphis at Bir­ mingham.

Ann. 4, D, f], Nashville vt Mobile, Montgomery at New Orleans.

Ann. 7, 8, 9. Chattanooga at Atlanta, Augusta at Sa­ vannah, Maruu Ht Charleston.

Aim. 8, 9. 10, N.ishvlll« at Memphis, New Orleans at Uirniinghain, M nt((oiiiery at Mobile.

Ant:. 12. 14, U>, Birmingham at Atlanta. Nashville at Macon, Memphis at Ctmttai,oi>ga, Montgomery at CtmrU'stou, Mobile at Augusta, New Orleans at Su- vani'Hh.

AIIK. 10, 17, 18, Memphis at Atlanta, Nashville at ChatlautxigH, IJirmiUKhaiu at Macun, M«utK imery nt Ati^nstK, Mdbile at Savannah, New Ollnans at Ch«rl »>n.

Aim. 19, 21, 22. Na-bvlllc at Atlanta, Memphis at &lttcon, HirtinnehNDi at (.'iiattanon^a, Montgomery at Savannah, Mobile at Charleston. New Orleans at

Aug. 23. 24, 25, Mobile at Atlanta, Nashville at

Charleston, Hemphli at Savannah, Birmingham at Augusta, Moutgonieiy at Cuattauooga, New Orleaus at Macon.

Aug. 2C, 27, 28, New Orleans «t Atlanta, Nashvllln at Augusta. Memphis at Cb*rieat.»n, Birmingh'Am at Savannah, Montgomery at Macuu, Mobile at Chat- tauooga.

Aug. 30,31, Sept. 1, Montgomery at Atlanta, N»"t- ville at Saraouah, Memjiiiis at Augusta, Birming­ ham at CharlestoD, Mobile at Macou, New Orleans at Chattanooga.

Sept. 4,5. ti, Atlanta «t Birmingham, Chattanooga at Na.Hhville, Savannah at Memphis, CLaileaton at Montgomery.

Beut a, -I, 5, Auensta at Ken Orleani, Macon at Mobile.

Sept. 7,8, 9, Atlanta at Nailivllle, Chattanooga at Memptiia. Savannah at Birmingham, Augusta at Mobile, Charleston at New Oilvan.a, Mucon at Montgomery.

Sept. 11,12,13, Atlanta at Memphis, Chattanooga at Birmingham, Anguntrv at Montgomery. Macon at New Orleans, Charleston at Mobile, Savaunah at Na-hvill«.

Srpt. 15, 16, 17, Savannah at' Mobile, Atlanta at New Orlrans.

Sept. 14, 15,16, Chattanooga at Macon, Angnita at B rmiugbam, Maoon at Nashville, Charleston at Memphis.

Sept. 18.19, 20, Atlanta at Mobile, Chattanooga at New Orleans, Savannah at Montgomery, Augusta at Memphis, Macon at Birmingham, Charleston at Nashville

Sept. 21, 22, 23, Atlanta at Montgomery, Angusla at Nashville, Macon ut Memphis, Charleston at Birm­ ingham.

Sept. 21. 23, 24, Chattanooga at Mobile. Savannah at Neu Orleans. Under this schedule, the east will first

play east and the west play west. Thenthe east will visit the west-and the westcome east, and the season will finish withthe east playing east and the west playingwest.

The arbitration committee failed to reportin regard to the disputed games, and at a latehour the meeting adjourned until July 6.

GORGEOUS WOBD PAINTIXG.

How a Base Ball Game is Described in the World's Fair City.

" 'Poor Tom's a-cold." King Lear."Tom who? Tom Parrott. He was a-cold.

He was a-cold yesterday when he pitched bull for the Chicagns like a man driving nails with a wet towel.

"In the first inning James Ryan, with his gorgeous self-esteem in lull view, leaped for­ ward and strangled the ball to the eiteut of three bases.

"Calcium Light Pahlen waddled to the front with the stern look of a sick man trying to think of something bright to use as his dying words, and gloated as the ball came hurtling toward him. But he gloated only one gloat. For hi then ironed tbe ball out till it looked as fiat u the purso of an outspoken country parson.

"He went to first. Ryan laid the back of his head on hi: shoulder-blades and tunneled home through the sunlight.

"Dungan, his brave, honest face shining like ginger bread in a molten state, snapped the ball into the pitcher's haml, but he, kind man, couldn't have caught his breath with an eight- inch gaff. At least he didn't catch the ball.

"Your Uncle Anson sacrificed. Horrible Ex­ ample Lango had by this time picked out a piece of sky where the atmosphere was clotted and resolved to bury the ball there. Sticklers lor details mar know that this point was located just north of the front stoop of the Pleiades, a little to the left of the largest of Man' moons. Anyhow ho stabbed the ball. It may have flop­ ped anywhere from the belfry of the seventh heaven to the four hundred and fifty-thousandth star in the tail of Biel.i's comet for all anybody knows. It were best for humble man to curb bii curiosity and not trespass on the star span­ gled meads of celestial eternity. This is what a man in the grand stand said. Ho said this and then death came to his relief.

"Of course Lange reached first base."But why go on? Why relate how the Colts

continued to put the sours in themselves, flash around the diamond and drip with an incessant monotony on tbe homo plate?

"They dripped eight times in that first inning. It would be equally cruel to tell how, after can­ celing Mr. Stein, the Brooklyns put Mr. Lovett in the box, and how ho plugged up the steam valve of their energy.

"Electrocution would bflh paradise for tbe man who would relate how in the fourth inning the Brooklyns began to pounce upon Tom Parrott's in.shoota and chop tbe freckles oil them. They did it. That is all that can be said. The score, 14 to 13, with the aid of six phonographs and a boiler factory, ought to tell the tale." Chicago Inter- Ocean.

THIS EXCITKI) FANATIC.

An Incident of a Street Car Ride in Missouri.

"A party of boys were plaving ball on a vacant lot at Seventh and Olive streets, St. Joseph, Mo., after snppertheotherevennig," says the St. Louis News. "It was a practice game of knocking flies, and a tall, lithe fel­ low, with a swing like iMtzsimmong, had just pickea up the bat as a \Vyatt Park ear tilled with passengers bowled along. A preliminary toss into the airand bang the sphere was sent sailing skyward. Thg centre of gravitation was reached when the crowd, eager to make the catch, itarted pell-mell, jostling, struggling like a foot ball team near a goal, t> get beneath tbe ball. Every passenger aboard the car bad become interested. In a moment the oar would have turned tbe corner and the players would be shut out ot view. Would tbe catch be made? One eager florid-faced base ball enthusiast thrust himself oat of the window in his earnestness. Tbe ball was falling. 'Hi, yi! stop! Stop her; stop the car,' he yelled, forgetting everybody except the beautiful fly he was about to loie sight of. In his haste, thinking the man was bent on suicide or bad a fit, the conductor rang up two fares by getting hold of the wrong rope. The ear stopped. The fly was muffed. The florid-faced man drew himself back into the car, and, with a disgusted expression, looked around to see what the passengers were laugh­ ing at, while the conductor oounted the ninkels in hit left outside coat pocket, tuutterinz mean­ while fouiething about blankety blank blank foola that ride on street cars."

THE GLASSCOCK-9HUGABT DEAL.

No Mourning in St. Louis, Where Glasscook is Regarded as a Jonah.The trade of Glasscock for Shugart was

well received in St. Louis, where Giasscock has never been popular. The <.Hobe-De,mocral, in commenting upon the matter, said:

"While many think Mr. Von der Aha has made a great mistake in trading oft Clasacock, others are of the opinion that it is tlie beet thing for Ihe Browns. Home ar« inclined to believe that Qtasscock was a Jonah. It is true that in all liia career be has uover played on a winning team. Tot* tbere is not a better short stop lu the couutry. The deal U r«ry batisfactory to both panlfB."

Outside opinion ie, in the main, to the ef­ fect that Pittsburg didn't better herself by the deal. It may be summed up in Ihe fol­ lowing from the Boston Herald:—"Congratu­ lations to the St. Louis Club. It hail got rid of Glasscock. In the meanwhile there is sympathy for the Pittsburg Club." *

Among the St. Louis players Glasscock was regarded as a hoodoo. One of the players the other day voiced the sentiments of the team when he said: "Glasscoct is a Jonah, and we all believe it- Whenever he makes an error in a critical stage we all go to

S ieces pitcher, catcher and the whole gang, ack is not a jollyer, but he sneers at the rest

of us when anything goes wrong; aud, say, we will do better without hiiu."

RECOKD-BREAKING GAMES.

Singular Coincidence Between Them and Manager Bancroft.

CINCINNATI, July 3. Of the three longest League games on record the Cincinnati team has taken part in two and Manager Bancroft has been connected with one of the teams that played in all of them. The Reds and Chicagos on June 7, last year, played the longest League game on record. It lasted twenty innings and the score was 7 to 7. The second longest game was between the Providence and Detroit teams, and was played in Provi­ dence in 1881. It lasted eighteen innings and was won by the Providence team by a score ol 1 to 0. The Cinoinnati-New York game of June 20 was the third longest in the history of the League and the longest of tho season. It was not, strictly speaking, a pitchers' contest. True,

both pitchers diJ magnigeent work, but it was not a case of light hitting and easy plays. Kuns ffere scored right along, and in nearly every nning both sides kept tapping at the door of

runs, and were only prevented from making the winning run by fine plays. Twice the Cincin­ nati: had what would have been tho winning run cut off at the plate.

NAY, NAY. PAULINE.

There Will Be No Change in the Rules or Schedule.

Somebody must have been stringing the Baltimore World when it gave publicity to the appended article:

"The extra five feet from th" home plate in at last getting in its work on the national game. Complaints are coming from every quarter ihat tbe pitchetsare pUyitig out. Pitlsburg WHS forced to use three twirl- ers iu the sixth inninit with Brooklyn, Friday, aud it wassaidatthA Baltimore Club headquarters, Satur­ day, that a special meeting of the League presidents will be called Tery shortly to put the pitching dis­ tance back at its former mark.

"Another question to te considered wil 1. be tbe changing of the schedule. President N irk Young has received several iet'ers, complaining that the Eastern clubs have drawn more than d .ubla the amount of people at home the Uexteru clubs are now doing. Baltimore was drawinit on an average of 3500 people lo a game, while in the West the crowds will not aver­ age 1800. There is not tlie sligh'rst doubt tut that after the present seiies there will he many changee uade, and Baltimoie will have more games at botne."It is just as certain as anything can be that

there will be no return at all to the old sys­ tem of pitcher dominance, and certainly no change whatever in mid-season. As for the schedule, that always stands after it has been adopted, except for changes made hero and there by mutual consent between clubs.

POINTS ON BASE-RUNNING.

Base-Runners Should Think and Coach Themselves.

Catcher Robinson, of the Baltimore?, takes as much and perhaps more interest in a game than any other player on the diamond. He fet'ls defeat keenly, and after a game never fails to point otit the mistakes made by the Orioles. He criticises himself more severely than any other player. After a recent game he said: "The only point in which we are weak is base-running, and we will have to pay especial attention to that hereafter. Base-run­ ning does not depend altogether on the coacher. A runner ought to coach himself. All tbe coacher can do is to either stop a man at third base when be is running from second or stwd him on home, because a player running from second to third base cannot woil see what is hap­ pening behind his back, where the ball is apt to be. The blaming of bad base running on the coacher is overdone. The base-runner is sup­ posed to have a head of his own, and should blame himself for his stupid plays and pot others."

ABEI-Li ON BATTING.

The Brooklyn Director Has Views and Expresses Them.

F. A. Abell, treasurer ol the Brooklyn Base Ball Club, has arrived home from Hot Springs. Immediately upon his arrival he had a talk with a reporter and said:

"I am very much pleased with tho showing of tbe Brookiyns. Any team that oan win out after their opponents have made eight runs in tbe first inning must be playing good ball. This heavy batting is not due so much to tbe putting back of the pitcher five feet as it is to the new plate upon which the pitcher is com­ pelled to stand. Under the old rules a pitcher oould step from one side of the box to the other to face either a right or lefc-hand hitter, but now he has to stand at a fixed point and deliver the ball the same to all batsmen. This is the secret of the heavy batting, I tnink, and it will be demonstrated later."

AN INDIAN BALL GAME.

How the Red Sons of the Forests Do the Trick.

A special telegram from Kufala, Indian Territory, to the St. Louis Globe l~>rn says: "The Chelokahakers and the \i kits, two clans of Creek Indians, placed In­ dian ball to-day about eighteen miles west ot Kufala, and a number ot spectators from uere went out. The game waa quite exciting and hundreds of persons were on the grounJ to wit­ ness it. A good deal of betting, cursing and scrapping was indulged in, though no one was aerioufly hurt. The players were all stripped of their clothing and painted blood red. The game lasted nearly two hours and the players never stopped running during the entire time of the game. The score stood 20 to 16 in favor of the Chelokabakera. Tho opposing players danced all night laat night on the ball ground."

THE OLD TALE.

EDITORIAL YIEIS.JEWS, COMMENT. Baltimors'a fielding In bard to beat. Baltimore ii<*s had 20 men on its pay-roll. Boston's pitchcra seem to hnve struck their gait. Rhodi'B is now pitching good ball for Lotilirillo. Douovao still leads the FiiUburgs in basa ruo-

The Brooklyns are now playinsr with their team Intact.

The Baltimore pitchers arc being hammered rigbt and left. L Qisrille ia now playing; as good ball aa the best

>f them. Dowd, Krodie aud Bannon make a fast outfield for

St. Louis. The Nashville Club has signed pitcher Lucid, late

«if SI aeon. The St. Louis Club has "loaned" pitcber Dolan to

Nashville. Wiird ia experimenting with the New Torts' bat­

ting order. Baltimore's new man, Long, is tbe fastest runner

In the team. Louis Whistler haa been appointed captain of the

Albany team. Shorty Fuller's father died in Cincinnati during

the past week. Danny Richardson is now playing regularly with

the Brooklyns.B Second baiemaa Lange, of Chicago, it laid up with a strained back.

There Is only ou« way to play winning ball and that is to play it.

Farrell ia making a record for himself as Waali- ington'a star catcher.

Singu larly, tlie Bostons have not yet played a game inder Umpire Lynch. The Albany Club has released third baseman and

captain Jim Kuowlea. Send two ctnt? in stamps for THRSPORTING LIFE'S

new adverliving cards. Chicago ban become a haven of rest for clubs with

percentages \o fatten. M ke Sullivan ia the winning pitcher for the

Cincinnati at present. Southern Leaguers still think Jerry Penny the

king of third basetncn. Kennedy Is fast pushing out Stein aa the premier

pitcher of the Brooklyn*. Eddie Talcott arm claims that the Giants will be

near the top at the ftni.tr.. The Cleveland* are hitting the ball haidor than

any of tha Western clubs. The Orioles' outfield ia about the youngest, if not

the fastest, in the Lsnfrue. Jack Doyle rejoined tlie New York a iu. St. Loain.

Hia arm is all right again. AH the Western critics write aboat the Orioles la

the highest term* of praise. S?. Loafs' lucky find, B*nnon, haa wonderfully

few \vwUneaifts for a youngster. The Cincinnati papers are jumpfag hard on

Latham for recent poor playing. Dick Buckley in at Mount Clcmena trying to boll

the kinks ><ut of uU throwing arm. Sam Wise, of the Washin^tons. was a volunteer

fireman for ten years In Akroc, U. The Washington^ are still winning games from

clubs that regard them us a picnic. --Breiteiiatein is doing most of the pitching for St,

Louis, Nnd appears to be overworked. j iiinon, tho Uoly Cross College player, recently

" t.iby St. Louie, is a terrific baiter.. , . Chicago has released pitcher Sammy Shaw,

ncinnati, of course, has aignt-d him.and

, , Auson's colts play l«iter ball away than at home.

note! life agrees with the youngsters. Van Haltrtm won an umbrella for leading the

PiUsburg tettiii in biittiux during JUDO. Bmtenntem lias Wen doing: nearly all of the suc­

cessful pitching for St. Luiua thin year. Montgomery has signed ruitfteM^r Jack Pellz; and

Birmlnehdui has dropped infleUier Nilea. Captain Teb*an, ot Cleveland, bat hud an Increase

in Iiis family; it's a future third buseman. Ward lea tin the secimd base in eu iu batting. Be

also leada the New Turks iu base running. ''Rtxl" Ebret is doing about as good work as all

the nenly married pitchers have ever done. Ward appear* to be doing the best all-around

work for the New Yorfcs on the Western trip. Three "DV comprise Cleveland's contribution to

tbe New York Club Davis, Davit* and Doyle. When Hawley masters change of pace St. Loafs

eipects his pitching to bother the beat hatairen.Frank Ward has l>eeu playing a brilliant game for

Cinciunatl since be was txchan^eJ for MulUne. McKean is bat' in ft even herter now than he did

East

cean s a' n ft even eer no early in tbe senaon. when be headed the . Curt Welch is again working In a pottery at

Liverpool, Ohio, and fighting hard to keep sober. In Pittshurfir, when they get 300 people In the

quarter pen in far centre tie Id, the gates are closed. In spite of tha

, streak of the Pittatmrgs

Another Bostonese Assertion About a Problematical Reorganization.

"So Buffalo and Detroit are hankering after major League base ball. Both cities will probably get a chance to support big League teams next year, as it is almost a certainty that there will be two big Leagues. Boston, New York, Philadelphia, Brooklyn, Chicago and Cleveland will be the nucleus of the National League, ami at. Louis, Washington, Baltimore and Louisville are regarded as sure for the American Association circuit. Interest­ ing in connection with these possibilities is the fact that Robison, of the Cleveland Club, was in Boston just about three weeks ago. It is not a secret that the old League magnates, Soden, Rogers and Spalding, are about tired of Chris Von der Ahe. Tins man's* methods are distaste­ ful and vvjll be a chief reason for the dtsso.irhn of the big twelve-club League. Boston Post.

DOX'T WHINE.

Some Advice to Disappointed and I'M lucky Ball Clubs.

The New Yorks have not been meeting with much success of late, and the same may be said of tbe Pittsburgh. As a consequence the local papers in tbose two cities have been very severe in their criticisms. It is nothing new for a team to catch it hot and heavy in ad­ versity, and H is one of the privilege of the oritica. The club owners, manager? and players, in see ad of crying over these attacks, would do much better to go quietly along and try to earn praise and commendation by better work. Nothing succeeds like success, and the only thing for D ball player to do is to work hard, and be will receive all the support and en­ couragement deserved. Nothing can be gained by a player losing his heart and nerve.

ONE EFFECT OF RULE CHANGES

The Batting Makes Much Harder Work For Umpires.

Gaffney considers it harder to umpire this year than ever before in the history of the game. He has been doing as good work as any umpire on the staff. "I wish I had six eyes," said he, "aud then I might be quick enough to see everything and even look around corners. What makes our work harder this year is because, on account of the heavier bat­ ting, tbere are so many more men on bases thim there weie formerly, and a man has to be very quick to watch the men on ba^es and call balls and strikes. Maybe this would be the time for the double umpire system, but that has been done awaj."

A RISING PLAYER.

Washington's Only Young Blood Keeping up With the Procession.

Short stop Sullivan is covering himself witn glory in the West, and is meriting all the commendation received out that way. His fielding has been of the highest order of excellence, and bis work is on a par with, that of any and all of the crack short stops of tbe League. He is rapidly getting over his ner- vousne«3, ani by next season will rank with the best of them. One of the great advantages possessed by Sullivan is bis natural hitting qualities, and this ability makes him doublv valuable. He ia the only young blood on the team, ani will have every opportunity to l**ru from the experience of the oldtir me*.

1 n BJIIIO ui HIM i"riMix an can ui iim intauurytlm tiHiditnce In that city had been unusually Itive.

President N. K. Young Is a veteran of the war. lie fought for the old flu* in a New York regiment.

Let us s»e. Was it out Burk Ewin? who predict^ that Pir.tsburg would win tha cbttoipiuu-hlp this senmm?

Tim O'Kourke, whom Bnruio got from Baltimore, doos uot like to play short field, preferring thinl base. We believe it waa Frank Bancroft who said tho

Western teams wore much stroujer than those of tlie

The attendance In the Western cities of the Le»^ue haa exceeded the expectations of tha maaa-

The St. Louis Browns wouM prefer Philadelphia to Boa to a if the pennant is lo be won by an Euateru club.

Mark Baldwin ought to change hia front name. It Is too Infernally suggestive those heavy-hittiug days.

By securing; King Corniakey has added another member ot tha old tft. Louta Brown* to his Cincinnati team.

Managsr Hanlon U fortunate (n his selection ot youngsters. He has evidoutly another Tread way ia Long.

Hemminjr Is pitching rrrent bnll for Louisville, which has thrown a ray of sunlight into Baruie's heart.

Those wonderful fl«Id generals, Anaon, Cotniskey and Ward are making a sorry showing with their teams.

ManaePrs Ward, Hucrienberger, Comiskoy, Anaon and Waiki-iia are catching It from their reepect.ru local papern.

Manager Hanloti, beside* belnfc one-fourth owner of the Baltimore Club, is still a PitUburg Club stock­ holder.

Rhodes in proving ft valuable man for Louisville. He d<>es not look uultke Hemming sither in build or feature.

-Cincinnati's released pitcher coil the Cincinnati Clnb $500 plus his salary; and New York gats hitu for nothing.

Cincinnati has rightfully earned the reputation of being the city where auuAutional base ball games are played.

Chamberlain's pitching gives no Indication of dtsaatinaction with, or dealt ? to get away from, Ciucinuatl.

. ITolyoke ha« turned oitt *ome great hall players. Tucker, Doyle, Dowd, and Sullivan, of Harvard, come from there.

Pitcher Da vie*, DOW of N»w York, fs still study- Ing medicine aud by another year will have received his diploma.

Rublnson, of Baltimore, Is throwing to base* now with greater strength aud accuracy than ever before in bit CHrL-wr.

Clarkson is uniformly hit hard, but It Is ths mag- nifloeijf support he receives that keeps hifl opponents' scores down. If Uncle Anson doesn't shake himself op a bit the

Colon e I a will soon resign to him the tills of "The Rear Guard."

The Cincinnati Clnb daring the week declined UD offer from J. Karle Wagner to swap Joyce for pitcher Mike Sullivan.

Louisville has two Browns aud a Browning; Cin­ cinnati, two Sni.thp; Baltimore, a Hobinsou, aud New York, a Joces.

On* would almost think that this was Storey's first year on ths diaraoad. Be plays with as much ginger sa » colt.

Plttsburg *eems to be ths Baltimore*' Jonah team. The Orioles have yet to win a game fioin the Smoked Italians.

President You der Ahe dneflo*t pay salaries to sick or disabled players, no matter how valuable they may liars been to him.

-A s«t of THE SPORTING Lint new illustrated advertising cards can be obtained for a two-cent stump to defray poaUge.

Some Cincinnati ball cranks *ay that Tony Hoi- lane was a j<>nah, as the club haa been wlooiug iogu- larly since hia release.

Pitcher Duran ia now playinsr with Jake Wells' independent team at Pensacola, Fla. Tuut's what rum did for a clever pitcher.

Our old friend "Hard Luck" ha* been called int service many times of late by officials, managers, aud players of losing teams.

One of the mysteries of the baseball business Is the change < f form shown by a great uiauy players when they change clubs.

The tans in New York have turned Mark Bald- wiu*B picture to the wall. Six straight defeats were mure than they could stand. All ths men released ia recent years by Pittsburg

are doing flrat-cl»s« work for otber clubs, vide Kelltsy, Sbugsrt. Stuley, Farrell, etc.

Last year tha St. Louis team wa» Boston's 'Jonah;" this year it has not proven so and haa yet to win its first game from them. In twenty-seven games Con Mack, of Pittshiirg,

had but three passed baits. That ia one reason he is so missed uow ihat be is laid up.

Catcher Grim, of Louisville, has developed Into s terrific slugger, and Captain Pteffer ie trying to play him iu every game for his batting. It is tbe right of every patron of the sport to kick

when he is not getting his money's worth, aud a ball luauager or player canaot justly object. Ihe Chicago* wou two out of three from Brooklyn

while In th* East, but failed to get a single game from the Bridegrooms on their own ground*.

The season Is young no longer; in fact, it is grow­ ing too old, and therein Una the trouble for tbe teaaia in the second divisions of the various leagues.

President Von dor Ahe ia ont with a denial of the rumor that Manager \Yntkinf! was to be shelved be­ cause oi the poor showing St. Louis is making.

Not one ot the New Yorks ie first in plnving his position among his fellows of the other clubs, but nearly all of them a,re near the top of the heap.

The cranks have an idea in New York that Jack Milligau id the best man who ever handled Amos finale's delivery. Buckley was soon forgotten.

''Sign anything that cad pitrh," waa what Anson recently tnld President Hart. Wi.ich goes to show that the ''Old Man" knows where lie la wwiiVest.

Manager Barnfe cays he conld have traded Pfeff-r with Nsw York for three men and a bonus, but that i'feffer was playing too good ball to bo given up. Shugart is a uixacot aud Glasscock is n Jonah.

Theee are the realms eiv&i by President Von d<tr Ahe and Manager Watkins for tbe recont exchange.

MoNabb ia atill a aick man and, ins ead of getting stronger, seems to be getting weaker nt least, to "udge from th* last two games la which he pitched.

The Exsteru League ii in bet er shape than it >ver was at this time of the year. President Powers

hopes to c*rry tbt> League through without a break. KellYy and Treadway are developing into a Balti­

more edition of McCarthy and Duffy, of Boston. They are continually coaching,and with good results,

too. The Brook 13ns bave "both eyes skinned" for

_i tclier*. They are very anxiouA to get another good one and regret that they did not get a c ha ace at Mul- laue.

"Five teams have been In the lead at various times this season." Hew York Itenrder. Will y.>u ever get aoything right? Six teems bave been in tha ead. Wadsworth, of Memphis, ii declared lo be the

lowest pitcher ia the Southern League. He la aiH to Imve a somnolent effect upon the spectators whenever

They call Rennmly "Perk." He is a BalUIre, O..b"y, and was once c*llel "Wheeling** brickyard pho- DOIIJ." Hw haa an arm of iron, lu ISUl hia arm waa worthless. Pfcffer Is playing magniflceutlv and th* Louis­

ville fools who two weeks aaro were clam- ring for hislease are now profuse in tbe bestowal of applause

upon him. i O'Bonrbs It batting as well as ever for Louisville |

and is fielaiog f<iii ly well. He d<<ea not like the poai- i lion if short stop, however, ami would rather pluy i third base.

They say that Bannon. the St, Louis Brown's new outfietder, look* like Hugh Duffy. It wni not ir^ner-

lly known that anybody ou this earth reaouibted the angel child.

There Isn't a man on the Washington team, tchers and catchers included, who doesn't know how

to bat the ball. It ia the best all-around uittiug teamID tlie League.

All the h»fr that Manager Writ'* i in ha- that didn't tu-ti grav when Gut Sliallii hit ban in the head a few yanrsago is likely to be whitsued during bis so­ journ In St. Louts. Manager Wat kins submlta the prediction that Balti­

more vvil] finish nt-ar the top of the Hat. The predic­ tion WHS made when the Oriolts had beautifully pol­ ished fifl St. Louis,

Manager Burnbam, of Providence, has secured K<1w»r<l I'endv, th* cntck fielder, hi'ter and bHae-run-

of the Portland Club; also o tat fielder Iv/ieg, late of the ^oultit-rn League.

Treadway ii Bstoni-hiiiK the Western *p?ctator4, who see tiiin for the first time, by his hnnl und BC- cnrHte throwing. He ia batting much bot'er tbua he did early in tho season.

The Cincinnati!* made such a hit In Pateraon, N. J., on their Ixat trip Et8t tbat they nave beau offered another .Suudav d«te there on their next Kneteru trip, wbich will be accepted.

The Cleveland* arn said to have loat much of thoir ginger and tn b« getting out of their old syatem of play. The Lender cnlls teveral of the in en down for trying fur bibs instead of runs.

The. finest enclosed hu*e ball grounds ever in this country were those nf the Detroit Club. They were [HWi r^et in length, 440 feet wide, and the grand eland was 200 feet from th* front feuce. J"hn Ryan, Win was a i-t>iiin<:h suppporter of the

Atlanta tuam in 1880, and Jam en 'iatiu->, Knr>ther At- lrtiHi«n. are tryintr to purchase that cit>'a (ranchidb aud club in the Sontheru L»ugue.

Frank Shngait nays that there will be more chances in the Piftihurg team before long. He nsrrihes the losing atr<-Hk of '.rut club to the failure of the effectiveness of the pitchers.

Nut a Lfa^ue nmiiire haft escaned censure so far. The closeu.e*8 of ihe race IIIM had the efTert of making mnnagers, captnins, pi avers and speciators unusually aiiiious sud unrena-.nably exacting. If big Miktt Sullivan, the Cincinnati pitcher, cmild

bit in the pKinp like ha doe* in practice, ]>an Bn>ulh- ers, Itoeer Connor aud all tlifso h"avy king bee tflug- gers would hitve to take oO their hata to him.

It'«i quepr how b*8e Imll ptayors drift around. Henry, tht* man who plavad ritfht tifl<) for Bnllimore in 18*10, has been signed by Chailectori lo take Ihe place of Ijone, who l;a» jmt become nn Oriole.

Since Louisville ha* won H good share of her games, Pfrtfcr |>tays \\ith three tiiDfi as much life. He is very sensitive to criticism aua the harsh wordd of the home papers matte him very low-apirltvd.

^There is cotmid-Tablfl dissa'tKTiiction in Astern League cTclps over the failure of the official umpires to carry out th»ir asBl^uiuetits. There ia never any certainty about an u.mp ro turuiiig up lor iluty. Li-veil ami IIai1d-->rk, prcgumablv the highest

salaried pitchers in the Brooklyn Club, haven't held acauille to the youngsters, St^in arid Kennedy, uor even to the veteran Fontz, for effective pitching. Ward ban purchased tlie rt-l-nse of Jauie- Stafford,

centre fielder of UIH Augusta Club, ol the Southern LeaiMi?. VV'urd H»\S he n the beit ball plaver in that League. He joined the New Yorks at Louisville. Billv Bar D 10 ia still astockhohler Jo ihe Btltimore

Clnb. He has received oftrri for I.JA litile holding but aays no money will bn » that Ht«ck, as he w sties to retain it as a souvenir of the happy days of long ago.

"Tlie Pittsbure paper* condemn the new pitching rules.'' Bt'Btoti Glol>e. That's nauiral, CvtnBideritig thut Pitt.-bur.£'B pitchers, upon whom the ctub'd wh >le hope of clmmpiouBhiu honors rested, have fallen down. It <i<>e,a not apnear that Ewing bus added either to

Cleveland's link or increased her pennant chances. Frank Kobiflon isn't the flrnt man iu bmn ball who couldn't let well enough alone aud kuQ'ered accord­ ingly. Dan <"Vev, the once famous couth-paw pitcher,

]s uow a mot-Tii'iin OD a Bitmhantton eircet cur Hue. He pitclx-tl a \it\mo for Bio^hamton la«t week, but re- fasM to play regularly, not hnving auy coufldence In his arm.

Gnorpe Wood Is fielding end batting in his old form iVr Wilkf-sbarre and would l>e a valuable man for eovera! big League clnba junt uow. liei>'a auuthtr player who bus beeu greatly helped by tbe rule changes.

Mark Baldwin went all to pieces when h« was moat needed by New York. Our opinion of Mark is that he can pitch about three frood fames of ball every two weeks aud muat do no more work than abuut ihat auto tint.

Through over-foodnes-j for a dish of mnccaronl flluHftue nma^d (be train which curried thn B*lti- mores from Louisville to Cincinnati last Saturday night and had to go on a following traiu, paying the fore himself.

"As 'Cy1 Young's pitching deteriorates his but­ ting improves, so It'a about a Rtand-ofl." Cleveland Plain Dealer. Oh, no. No pitcher can cninpeusitc by hia own batting fur the bat tin. g of thtt opposing teams of hia delivery.

July 2. 1893, was a memorable day tn the career of "Orator* O'Konrke. Although h<- has been ou the diamond tw-nty-noo years, l;iar Suuday's ?Ame at <'in- cinnati was the firat Suuday game in which he has ever taken part.

Tho Boston Iltrnld makes thtsst%tement: "Manager Btiri.baiu'n reinstateineitt bv the Providence Club has a striug to it. He has agreed t<> have the teuin in wtu uing form by the 15th of July or he will take his walking ticket.' 1

Klmer Smith IM a shining fTnmple of what in­ dustry and patient endeavor will do. When be was a pitcher ho WHS very rocky <>n fly ba'N; nmv h* is a star outfte'der, for whom remarkable catches are every­ day occurrences.

After Ail Gumbert has mattered tho Dew distance he should prove, one of tlm beat pitch*- iu the League. Beside*, he is a goml batter and fielder, aii'l a man whose * very-day virtues make him doubly valuable to a team. Ward is bunting all over creation lor nvire pitch­

er* and yet he hag already nioioi'itfh'rs ou h in pay icll than any club, except PhiUdetph A aud Cleve­ land, they being Baldwin, Uusie, Davies, JODCB, Schmfdt aud Sl^eby.

Pitcher Arthur 01 ark son has a hi? "kick" against Von der Ahe. lie received but 827 last Saturdnv, which was pay day, and hit claim was 8400. Ii<* lias prepared a sworn statement which will be forwarded to President Young.

St. Louisana complain of the free and forcible wuy the Bean-eaters <alk to the umpire. Note tbia in the St. Louis Rfpubiic:—"Umpire Oattney submitted to some very pointed critici-ms from Hugh Duffy and other Bo-ioniaus yesterday."

The Cleveland mistake of exchinelng a brilliant young general player like Duvis f^r a one-poMtmu man like Ewintf ia emphasized by the accident to Tebenu. With T>avi-t m substitute the loss of Tebeau's services would hardly be felt.

John Ward says that he eecnred his new pitcher, Sigflby, from Union College, through third baseman Day's, who had observe 1 him while traiuing tho club. Ward furthersav« tlmt Slushy is perhaps a little too young, but he wilt keep him.

Joe Qninn Is being criticized by the St. Louis press as well as Manager Watkiu*. One paper say*: "Joe Quinn is an excellent second basumMu, tmt he is no nioie tit to be captain of a base ball team than he ia to lecture on jurisprudence."

Keeler, who injured himself in one of the Brook­ lyn-New Yoik games at Easier u Park, ia re-t qtueily at his home in Brooklyn. His log has almost meode<i, and be expects to resume his posiiiuu wheu tbe GianiB return from the West.

Of tbe men who have made an average of .300 or more before Julv 1 Boston Imp wix. New York, Cleveland, Philadelphia and Baltimore five, Chicago four, Wa^hiugtuii. Pitietbur^. Brookl.u aud tit. LouU three, Cittciuuatt and Luuisiiils two eack.

There will he ao Sunday bsse ball in LouNvllte for some time, and 'he same scheduled for Lnntivil \v tti tu* Orioles for hist Sunday, July 2, was played Satur­ day. Tho authorities had threatened the- cluba with arrest if they attempted to ulay on Sunday.

The Wtuhiiiiituns have niide a fine imprsisfon wherever tli^y h^ve been this season Where lh« flu* potnia of ba-e ball are apureciutect a'ld whore earnem work is rec'>ifinzt)'1 ami applauds 1, even if unsuccess­ ful, the &eiKitorn bave been j-ret-ted with cheers. Ward and O'llourke nre now the only lawv^ri

play in* bull. Taylor, of Baltinii.re, expecls tn bec.-nirt an attorney. There U one ronnn/ niflical Uoct T pl»y. Ing Imll. in tbe jer on of p^cder Davfrs. and tli«re are a!-o aeveial embryo d -ntists u tim diam»ud.

The C'tachmy: aud base-runniiiK of tfie Boston team are not H hat thpy should t*. The rminerH ot't*-n disregfir<l the ndmonilions of (he cone hers, hut more :1 often they seem to b* cnnfiisod by the co^rh'Ti, and tbe Utter are not quick enough iu thtir instmclions.

Pitcher Lone J-.hn llt-aly is In St. Louis, bavin.,: obtained leave ( f alienee (mm th« Ka-tTu Oa us. He fays In- bus entirely recovered from tlie injury fo Im knef a-d would like tn j ,jn the bftr Le gue axMin. He will fiibt have to get bis relent from I'M' 1 , though;

Tho New York Worl-l savs: "Ii n witliiti ih« pro' abilities that ch«st protectors will be gotiomlly abandoned by backstop-i. The new pitching rules nuke it easier for catchers t<* handle their men" Score one more big ui.irk iu favor of tbe uew pitcb- iu£ rules. S'Die a-lmirft.g Pitt«bur/ers pave Stein a hand­

some bouquet of fl -weM wh'-ti he < anif to bat lor the first tim« in last Saturilnv 1 " Pitt-hii'g-l)r<.i)k]yn KMnie and Brooklyn^ lucky pitcher w; s Htmckt-d with a hud, Crtce of tbe rattles. At any rate he wa* knocked out in short order. Little stock ah»n'd be takon In "umpire-robhed-ns"

excuses. When teams are in a winning huni- r they arc going to win in spite of the umpire and ihe devil. \i>d when they are in a losing slump ever? littlo ad- verne dcciainn of <hu umuiie seuma us big aud import* ant as n mountain.

Iu Ciuctonuti thev hive acquired wholes nn f re­ gard (or th« butting Mbility of the W --hin.jt..i.'M. Savs th« Times-Star:—"Tlie SMiat.-rs ^r« tho sfrei'«st I >t of sluifgets ui the Letgue. They can koop >r pitrh^r cuf-flnlnjf nil along thn lino of uurch better than any learn in tho Leslie." Ward bad U" reason to complain of bad luck lust

Saturday. In the^-e titu-a xvlu-n the pit'her i* no longer the uniwter of the tame fiftt hi- lius I'e-n in Ve;»r-( pant, two huge hits an<) H singii* run will not wlu many la'l gnnien. But tliat is all tho Giatitu got against (Jhicag , und won. Robinson JB atill Ihe field cap'nln of the Orioles,

as Taylor r^fnne« to accept the pmilio'i, Ttitor aays Dm club is pUv n* well under lt<>!> ri-<m utri that it is best to let wi U .Mjo>uh al >ne. K b n-i -M w r..| I l',;a to be relieved of the po itinu, but iu willu.; to do auy- thiug for the flnccens of the team.

-Thin is a bad tune for the Hrnoklvn team to h» disabled bv acclilfmu, but «ucli sri-nt* to bf th" cife. Burna h*8 a h»d c;ite of ' C mrltw ILirse," GrilH i h iS n bad auk.*1 . Stein han a had leg, and la-t Si ur.tay I^ovett wits hit in the th milt by a pitch d hall aud will be prevented from pitching t<>r n^vi-ntl d»y*. It tea rather rfina- kal'le (net thut In **|'itf nf the

pri-canous btiainet-s conditions of th» c«i>ntiy l-ant 1'iill ;!iilw ar« fxperieticini; tbe hctiv.ost iintrona.:e kn<>^n

to majrnittes i-iure 18^0. It n.a< t<r that lli>- inor-' nx'D have to worry them iu n t>u«ui<*«s WHY the stronger l>e- comes their desire to turn away to some kind of rrcre* ution.

"ffcffer, it is said, is trviiiR to down B:irnie by creating trouble in the rauk^ of the Louisville Cluh, Hiid there Is a fcrt-at cry among the pnt'ooi of I h* giiint-, railing lor PteBer'a rel«*nse.'' ' 'iuciiinnii Tt»i«s- Slur. Nut a word of truth in it. Btrnie and P.'eiler ate not only in entiie accord, but are warm personal friends. It was a lucky day for M*»rrltl wh*«n he received

his notice of reltMs.t from thn Lmnsville Club. It en­ abled him tn Hecuru ait <-n^a^^ni«nt in ono of the leiitiinn cluhp of ttm couotr. md e-ta>>lii<h n reputa­ tion as one of its surest and h <r<J'-at <>i twrs. It w:is not oniv a lucky day for Murritt, but also for tht* Hoei* too Club.

Pitcher Davivs was Cleveland's late«t elft to New York. President K'>bi»ou , of the Cleveland Club, has done mor- for thn N«w York Club than all the ot' er ma£iiN.ttf< put t"|ffthor. And rot he owns no N«vr York stock, while futir "tlirr ni ^tmtctt who huvvn't lifed a finder for NKW York hold ,arxe blocks uf tho club's at. ck. It boa commenced! 3:ifd the Cleve'ind Leader the

other day: "If Ruin; in yoiiik- to limn nri.un-1 tho field all th*< summer it wouU 1m a Rood idei to iret another man to n-lievn him until h» r-COUTH. Me doeuB'C play ball n» ho oiuht to." And t tlrnk how many columns the Lender uaecl to bolster Ewing up KS a king-pin ball pUyer!

Intense interent in (ho national gam* continues to pervmlc ihe country. H (he uinplrn gua<;c h<i iiKt-d, the ineHsiir.-nient shows H st. h ly inrrease of enihua- 1 <sm. Tlit* more umpire-, lli'-ro are ni'^'bfd the iiiorn intense te tlie ba-e ball euthilMiasui. If tbore. were na Interest iu lliH f£Hinf> the crantvs wonldn't care a c«| per how the umpire decidi-d point in ttie name.

The wii.nini; ptch'-raof fie 1^:1. u>* are RUS|K ( (lf New York, Stt-in and K'-nne-Iy, of Brooklyn, Ni«-hn| s, of Bcaiun. Keel** and \Veyhii.g, of t'li'Udi h.hi«, Mr.- Mahon. <>f Baltinvre, M«<»kin t of \V tliiugttm. Ctmui- b'Tiain.of CinriTiir.ti, ftlsnrk, of rbicitk'o. Yimny, of C pvland, Hemming, o f L ni-ville, Brcitenstein, of St Loti's, and Killen and Ku ti.uf ritttthurtr. Pitcher Ge»fee I>nvii-8 w'a- the unluckiest man

whf> evi-r wuro u Clttvelnrni iinirorm nu<l c^avt*" tt> pitch. There is n«t a play r n-the Cleveland leant wht> is not ot the opiui.m iliRt D.i\l»- is an good a pitcher a* ever pUye<l \n th**« Itih, hut fo- MHI.O rea-ou he wan never lucky and no tcntt'-r huw well or how hard he wmked in Ih- l>ox C!- .^lund could not win.

*ava Tony MnlUm-: "I fidl liko a m«n who has ju*t boen lurned ou< ot'jnll. I meui ttmt Cincmnatl- B.-tltimore dnal. Hnne-f, I \\n~ never as ttlail to l'jav« any place m my lifen< I w,>s Cp>''innAtl. There I got cus-ifl every dav, whether I pltjliel itood h,»ll or not. In Baltimore thev »p(ir«-ciiitw uic lor what I HOI worth, «ud treat me like u bull player should be treated."

The blame for most of thn friqu^nt dit«jir»ri>fal bcenoa ou JIB ball field unfortunately He* with the club officials, players ami c>|'t«"<H of the clu'>s. 8en-o- le«H kick me und ilifl^nrttinp "rhin-i-liin" bv ]>lnyers MHil cai tniiiB H'T\« t" stir up tlie width "f the crowds. The club officials, ou the i.t h !*r lutjit. Kiicouraffe die kicking of their players by paying sucti fines an may be imposej by the umpire.- It will not do to undrrintimato the Brnoktyns*

work and ^iti-ei at It as n tn 'tier , f -'inck." They a r* piayiiiK (treat ball and (!» «" rv-- ih-'ir laurels. Thuir inenuieail fair bat'era. 'heir i itch-Ts aie iu tr-Kid tnrm, and they puiptonetht-r lik<- a ! am of I or-es. The ilrooklyn* tn;ty not »iu t»e pfiiu»nt. but llu<v will il*>*ervb the unrmest kin.I ot >iiliu>ntt!.>n fruut their friends aud patrons R>fl of tho nitc l>ri'lg«.

drive sh'Ti «t<i|i Sc'ieihwrk out of the E«t«ru 1^'ntMie. For this Scheihei-k's cliih, hxie, hue uroicntetl Dot-sc'ief and reluB<-8 to play any ui'-rri K..KK a nml-r hiiu. Krie i- fond of proteaiing uui|>ir-H, find T. tty soon will be unat l<t lo play a gaum with H re ii..ir nni| ire un'ena President Power* shall -tjee.lilv appoint «ome new ones. At present BrioJy is thb ouljr man in v«od btundinu with the Eiies. It haa be«n s ni« years since th« season adr>tn>-ed

I it" the latter ptntof June with o>.|y one club fait ire among tin- proiuinrn lf><fcnes and a^fmciatidii- in the Un.twJ ftKt«s. Tlie I i niiiiii'mm n b. o( th- S -ntli-rn Jj*ak'ne, w>t- tht* His I* quit hud n « «. But ih« ex- aiuplc Met by ilia 1 club w.i* n>it tol| ( .we1,a9 if uiually the c <ae, lit i-avt'ral limtt* within a tt->i- dayi*. It He-ruti to ti.vt, been ;. C..SH of poor n.aiiH.remeoi on th*- B r- DJio^hHin C ub's part rattier t'<nii H financial failure. Manager Ward cniiudaiuH trre*'l> <-i the nmciring

fti th- Uo-t. P-thapi hd haa li-en tea in£ «ome of tlie hnrv*wt fn>m ihest-ed n.uu a' tie P'>loGrcunda t >!M HpMt.sr. lie, Mt-on, R-rn-* and (\>n.l-k-y «»» their home ur»nn la work to perf ctint tt e tri'-k of kick n« nti<l Kettnig the pa'Man p«*ctn'«>rs d.iwn on the nm- pins, to ttte worrittUMit ot t'i* lat'-T. Now umpires nre Mmian, «n«l ( they don't trv ! » K>-t even when the nppi'iluruty is offered ihey would tn,t be denceuiinDts of A'(art).

The New Yorks.ro b* frank about the situation, ap ><'*r to have vi*rv littl" chnure 1 ft Tor the p-nnant, earlv as it is. The fart that three strong flut-o Mr* t-evi-n or eight ^ft'iiet ahea<l of thctii is u tli<Cuurn><'ng ttu'h ro face. If it was "lie rlui> in-t<-&d of thrw the eitiiHt'"H would not he s dark, f»r that one niifc 1 '' by ftom-' noforefj^eu glreiik "f ill luck hot" UN vantage Hii<l la 1 buck as the GianM by fill t-qnal amitnnt of ^(.od f>-r tune ma'l e a wt*-»ftv pull to the front. But the chances tor the three H,,hn to fxll u'owo tugeiber is. uf cuii tie. jiint three times aa remote.

"Dahlmi is yettinif to t.e a ''luty' Imll player. Only a we>k ii^o wheti tti« ^t. Louis team WHS her- Im threw tt bat »t Pi-t«, the Ifr-w.-t c»tc'n-r. Ounnot Ai^on -top his work? 1' hut* tilw..vn h.-en an id of tlie cap'Mii ih *t he ia an h"iiefl\ i-qimr- player; but if he itlb>W8such work as ihat lo -" or> he "ill he held rn. ftp usiblt* for It." ('h --a -o Ois/M/cA. Oh. rntn. Dali- l n ix I ut following the t-aclnu^; htid exmnpie o( Ins siiiprtoi. Amon hini-elf is a'Vi'ly" bull player of the first 'ie«rrp, an i tins nev<-r in h;s h ng career «n ttie diamond been nl»ove r--HMr(in>; to any sort of tac­ tics to win. The hi en of n-.i<iiirf such a uiau to stop ditty ba;l play iu if in hi« t^am!

THE OHIO I.KAGUB.

Standing of the Club-i and Record of the Games PI ay oil.

The record of the games played in the OhioLeague and the position of the clubs in therace will lue found below up to July 3, inclusive:

Wou. Lout. Pet I W-ii. Lo*t. Pet.Akron......... 21 9 7<Kl' Mansfield ... 17 HI Altbaudu-ky....l5 13 .fi36:r*i.t..n ....... 10 H .417

GAMKS PLAY 1C D.June, 27 At Mattstie d, Mai.Bfi. Id 8. Akron :).Jiiut.28 At >lanefieid, Man-Iieid 7, Akr-n 1ULJune^Vf At Akr..u, Aknn Ifi. MttiMh'oM 9.June 'M— At Auron, Akrou 9. 3lan-n>-M 3.July I At Akron.Akr.ii, in, M»n fi id 3.July 3 At Mansfield, MaN«li Id 0, Sandusky 7,

Tebean Rises to Remark.M 'I don't care how w«*il a team ia playing,' said tht

captain of the Oltjvela'id^ y^«terjay nit^rti >»u. 'nuL-ss it is battitu ha<d tht) g^nr- louka d» ul. It makes tno Crowd feel blu<' aud the plater* feel blue, i don't winder that scini" "f ttif cranna «t t'if L'anie« nrp din- po-ied to growl, be'-nnse I feel like It niynelf, but! hare plenty of coi-fi ,ence iu my chi l ». Th«v may gt-t un­ der the, uealht-r now and then, bin they will nut stay tu*rs Mi'uiaueutlv.' " Clcvtslau 1

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