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PHILADELPHIA, NOVEMBER 18, 1887.

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BASE BALL.OFFICIAL LIST.

Record of Engagements and Releases of Players Under the National Agreement.

Appended will be found a list of players signed and released by the various clubs under the National Agreement. This list is official, as no name is entered thereon except by sanction of the secretaries of the various bcase ball leagues:

NATIONAL LEAGUE.Detroit—Henry Gruber, E. E. Stltcliffe. Ed Beatin.Chicago— Hugh Duffy, C. E. Hoover, C. B. Brynan,

Gnstav II. Krock, W'm. II. Clark, Cijas. W. Sprasue, Oliver Tebeau, R. II. Peltit, Thos. E. Burns, Hark Baldwin, M. 0. Sullivan, Dell Darling, Ge.>. E. Van Haltren, Ja3. Ryau, Frank S. Flint, E. N. Williamson, A. C. Anson, Gilbert Hatfleld.

Indianapolis R. I). Buckley.AVic York— M. J. Slaiterr, E. N. Crane, E. E. Foster,

E. E. Cleveland.Washington—W. E. Hoy, W. Wilmot, M. J. Murray,

H. Wrirfht, John Irwin.Philadelphia—W. J. Hoover, Win. Hallman, diaries

Kelly, Win. tichriver.AMERICAN ASSOCIATION.

Athletic—W. J. Sullivan, L. Bierbauer, T. J. Poor- man, H. D. Stovey, G. A. Townsend, F. S. Mann.

Brooklyn— W. D. O'Brien, W. H. Holbert, Al Mays, E. Cnnnmghdm, Ed. ailcb, Wm. H. McGoanigle, Paul Badford.

Baltimore—C. Fulmer, S. E. Shaw, Wm. Shindle, JOB. J. Somuierd, Wm. F. Greenwood.

Ciiickni'iti—1. J. Mullane, Elmer Smith, Wm. Hart, L«on Viau, W. W. Carpenter. J. A. NcPhee, W. T. Serad, Hugh Nicol, J. W. Keenan, H. Kappel, C. G. Baldwin.

Louisville—John A. Kerins, Gny Hecker, Thomas Kamsey, Sam Smith, H. Esterday, Henry Smith.

S. 7,ouis-J. W. HolIMay, Ed. Knonff.Cleveland H. L. Oberlwnder, C. L. Snyder, John

Btiicker. A. P. Albert, J. S. Faatz, W. T. Crowell, B.*. Gilka, P. J. Hotaling.

INTERNATIOXAL I.EABTJE.H'Xniltnn— M. Jones, W. Andras, Marr Phillips.Syracuse— Wm. McQaeery, J. V. Battin, Albert Shell-

hasse, C. M. Hackett.Toronto—Chas. H. Cuehman, E. H. Decker, Dennis

Connors, P.J. Harnett, Thos. J. Kearus, A. W. Wat- kinron.

Buffalo—M. Ljhane, M. F. Walsh, J. J. Fanning, J. J. Beuly, J. J. Reinsen, Chas. Gibbs, Jr.

WESTERN ASSOCIATION.St. Paul—Wm. Sowd^rs, JOH. Duryea, R. Kemmler,

P. L. Murphy, John Picketr, Win. Eirl, Juo. Corbett, Fred Jevne, T. Shafer, Chai. Riley, Juo. Sowders, Joe L. Quest, Thos. J. Morrisev.

Milwaukee— B. L. Mills, Wm. Shinkle, Wm. Fuller, A. Fcrson, P. E. Pettee, Jos. Strauss, R. L. Lowe, D. J. Davin.

Hmncapola—G. E. Winkleman, M. Lynch, W. F. KniRht, ti. Klopf, Wm. ilawes, Thos. McCullum.

Da Maine*—F. 0. Smith, J. F. Hxcullar, Harry Sage. Jos. Qninn, D. Stearns, W. J. Van Dyke, W. 0. Alvurd, Wm. SI. Traffloy.

Oticago— Fred Lange, D. E. Dugdale, E. J. HenRle, H. C. Long, Jno. C'rogau, J. E. Dunu, Geo. Rooks, J. E. Daliis, Eugene Moriarity, L. N. Schoeneck, J.W. Kich- olson.

/fa»s<!» City J. B. Johnson, J. H. Manning, J. B. Gnuson, P. B. Swartzel, C. L. Reynolds, Jaa. Conway, Jake Wells, Ed. Cartwriglit, Joa. A. Ardner, JQO. A. HcCarty, Wm. Hassftmer, 0. C. Campan.

St. Lonii—Thos. Dolan, Hurry Staley, Chas. Alcott, Jake Keuyon, Jas. Devlin, Harry P. Lyons, Joe Herr, Kicholson.

NOItTHWBSTERN LEAGUE.OsWiort P. O'Connell, W. B. Burdiok, Joe Miller.

OHIO LEAGUE.Namftili—F. H O'Brien.Wheeling—A. C. Buckenberzer, B. Van Snnt, E. J.

gtaplcton, J. Stenzel, E. J. Deli-hanty, Thos. Flanni- gan, S. H. Morrison, S. A. Nichol.

Sanilofts Geo. Rhue, H. B. Chrisman, M. Schell, V. J. Routcliffe, JQO. Ryn, Juo. Eaeton, Jaa.II. Hewer. Jas. Billon.

Kalamazoo D. Shannon.NEW ENGLAND LEAODB. '

Worcester—Harry Wheeler, P. J. Sheenan, Grant Brigtrs, Eugene Dnrby.

Manchester—E. W. Ellis, D. F. Conghlin, John J. Carney.

Lm'rell—3. A. Cadwortk, H. M. Burns, Timothy Shin nick,

Salem—P. W. OTlourke.

Umpires Appointed.BJI Western Automation 8. P. Hagan, C. B. Powers,

Jno, Brennan.

Released From Reservation.Hy Philadelphia—Thos. F. Gunning. By Cleveland—.Tux. M. Toy. Jas. S^y. Jiy Metropolitan—Va»l B. Radford, W. D. O'Brien,

W. H. Holbert, A. C. Jiays.

QUESTIONS ANSWERED.A. B. C., Washington, D. C. (1 and 2) We have

not thr> pn-ciee dates, bnt the cnmpauy will visit both cities toward the end of December. (3) Don't know. (4) A legitimate theatre is devoted to standard and regular dramatic productions. (5) It 18 shrouded in obscurity. (G) No.

JOHN BALDWIN, Phila. (1) New Orleans A.Powell; Charleston J. Powell, Richmond, Vu.; Birmingham \P. GoMsl'V, EvansvilK Ind.; Memphis Capt. Carnes. (2) Salaries ran from $100 to $300 per month.

J. W.. Lynn, Ma>s. Y' u fail to et;it« tbe game played but we suppose it is Casino. C. cannot build on th» 8 and call it 10 and Uke the trick at the same time. The trick evidently belongs to A.

GEO. L., Kenroba, Wis. We know of no one who wnuM take up the challenge. Let the "responsible person" publish the challenge, backtd by a forfeit, and I daresay be will bo accommodated.

COXSTAXT READER, Lima. 0. (1) Address James "Watson, care of THE SPORTING LIFE or Philadelphia Pre*9. (2) Cincinnati woa three of the five games played.

R. .1. D., Washington, D. C. THE SPORTING LIFE laat f;iil coutaioed sketches of all save Koyle and King. These latter will be published next issue.

PITCHER, Mobile. Ala. (1) With an amateur club of Oihkcwh. (2) 21. (3) A'ldress Reach & Co. or Bpaldins Bros. (4) With some amateur club.

INQUIRER, Jfew York. (1) See averas-es In this fcsue. (2) Hlattery .909, Crane .958. (3) Yankee. (4) Partly Irish and partly American.

OAUSMAN, Cincinnati, 0. Teenier and Gandanr have Diet but once this year. It was at lake Haranacook, Me., Oct. 28, and Teenier won.

A. McKiNLXY, Clenuout, la. (1) The Rimes have ell been played and recorded in THE SPOUTING LIFE. (2) Kobody knows as yet.

STEADY READER, Hartford Carey was on the Balti­ more Club in 187-2-73; the Mutual Club in 1874, and with Hartford in 1875.

COSSTAXT REAPER. Washington, D. C. The jctnp hot is uot only legal in pool, but equally ao in bil­ liards.

SAM, Newark, N. J. The relative strength it wonld be impossible to determine except by contest nnoL the field.

LBVKROOOD, Wrightsvllle, Pa. Address Secretary Kendrick, Shamokln, Pa., for the desired information.

I.. BANTKLL, Imlay City, Slich. Keach & Co., of Philadelphia, can supply you witb what you desire.

BEARD, Columbia, S. C. Detroit beat St. Louis at fTt. Louis in the second game of the world's series.

C. M. 0., Burlington, N. J. Kilroy won 40, lost 20 and '2 were draws. Bamsey won 39 and lost '20,

SunsciaBF.K, Trenton. We have not the score, and therefore do not know what the flgnres were.

FHITZ, Albany, N. Y. No; Ihe big four Bro Druniliun, Richardson, White and Rone.

SUUXCBIHER, Port Huron, Mich. No dramatic papers are published in Uoston or PhiUideliihia.

SI-BSPRIBER, Chicago, III. No; full five Innings mtiit bo completed el^e there is no game.

C. W. GREEN, Baltimore. [f the limit la for $1 no one ran raise the anto above that figure.

SMITH. N. Y. Fowler is working for seme barter In Biu^hamton, N. Y.f wo beiievo.

RBADSB, Savannah. (1) Tr&un*. (2) Tea. (3) San Francisco Gill or Chronicle. (4) None.

SUBSCRIBES, Van Horn, Ia. Of the 60 gamea Barker woo 4, Heed 1; tlie reet were drawn.

K. G. AI.LEN, Marion, 0. Tliey will be published aa soon aa rtceived from theeecretary.

SNTDEB, Detroit. B. wins; as Boston and Pittsburg led alternately from May 2 to 4.

A. C. BUCKBNREKOKR, B. Van Saotj B. J. Stapleton, have signed with Wheeling.

H. B., Baltimore, Md. (1) Six years old land over. (2) The length of a horse.

LATBRICH, Washington. He played with the Wash­ ington Club during lt&7.

W. C. S., Sharon. Pa. A. wins, the Pittiiburga being whitewashed four times.

ZeiDLBft, Cleveland, 0. No manager haa yet been selected we believe.

STORES, Walkerton, Ont. Shindle haa signed with Baltimore for 1888.

Si'BscBiBEB, Louisville. Both games were sched­ uled for Louisville.

A READES, San Francisco, CaL, Anaon'a rank Aug. 1 was not first.

F. BAKER, Chicago, 111. We have no knowledge of such a fact.

BALTIMOBI, Md. (1) All the year 'round. (2) No. (3) No.

C. E. M., Savannah, Ga. The umpire decided cor­ rectly.

HERMAN, Washington, D. 0. The shot you refer to la fair.

DuuGiiEBrr, Watertown, Conn. (1) Ferguson. (2) Casey.

THISTLE. John L. Prince now livea'in Omaha, Neb.F. H. O'15F.I EN has signed to manage Mansfield.N. R. R , Philadelphia. Care of this office.

- C. H. G., Marietta, Ga. (1) Yes. (2) No.COLUNS, New York. The Newark Club.A SUBSCRIBER, Leetouia, 0. SOTpounds.SHOUPE, Rochester, N. Y. A. wins.U. V. W., Wilmington, Del. 2:08%.FBIMBI.E, Wilmington, Del. No.PETE DAVIES, Columbus. Yea,F. C., Hartford, C.-nu. No.W. H. K., Baltimore. No.T. F. F., Brooklyn No.

PHILADELPHIA POINTERS.Further Improvement atthePhiladelphlas'

Ball Park A New Catcher Signed by the Athletics Local Club News ami Gossip. Extensive improvements are to be made at

the beautiful Philadelphia grounds. The con­ tractor has boon at work for three weeks filling up the hollows in the outfield and resodding the worn-out parts of the infield, especially back of first base and of short stop, and covering the en­ tire infield and outfield with from three to five inches of fine garden soil. Some idea of the ex­ tent of this seemingly unimportant matter may be judged from the fact that three teams and eight men have been employed for three weeks, and about 900 loads of soil have been spread and raked over the ground, into which blue grass seed is now being sown. After this is accom­ plished the whole surface will be covered with stable manure, which will keep the earth warm all winter. The melting snows and rfcins will percolate through the manure, carrying the am­ monia into the soil. In March all the straw will be removed nnd iho heavy two-horse roller put to work. As a result the mauaxement hope to have the best turl au'l the smoothest field in the United States. The contract fur covering in the grand pavilion and boxes has been given to Pahl A Kidil, well-known carjientere and builders, 132 Bainbridire street. Few people have an idea of tbe magnitn te of the job. To clopo in the entire field front and the two gable ends will require 480 feet in length by 30 feet high for the lower portion and the same length by 12 feet for tha boxes. The plan is quite ingenious. Timbers 15 feet long are morticed on the ends and thus doubled to 30 feet in length. These are placed 8 feet apart and fit into iron sockets cast especially for the purpose, BO that they can be taken down each year without injury to the handsome pavilion. Between each two of these uprights, panels of weatherboardinc 8 feet by 4 fe^t are slid in and fastened by honks. These are all to be numbered so that they can easily be taken d >wn and put up again. The exterior will be painted. The entire job will be completed by Nov. 30, and cost up­ wards of $2.500, but is deemed necessary for the preservation of the structure. The fences have ail been braced, the numerous wnter attachments cut off and emptied and tbe most magnificent ball park in the world will soon be in readiness to withstand the severest blasts of winter.

Club News.The Philadelphia ln!» has mudo one more addlHon

toils team in the person of pitcher Gleason, of Scrautcn. Tbe club ia still on the look-out for * second baseman. There was some ttiought of giving Cnoks, of St. Paul, a trial, but the idea was abandoned, as upon investigation it was fOQii<1 tbat he would hardly bo strong and li* avy enough for a League team. Th« club has been urged to take a chance on Lon Dlckeraon, the old Leaguer, who bfti been doing such splendid work at Portland's second bag. Lou is well-known to the fraternity as a hard hitter, splendid fielder and excellent baae-runner. Dtink has always been his failing, but he is said not to have touched a drop for a year and a half and his reforma­ tion appears to be permanent. In view of the great scarcity of competent second base men, the PUillies misht go further and fair worse.

The Athlf tic Club has been doing quiet hustling, and the result is that a pitcher and catcher have been signed. Tlie pitcher is an experiment, W. H. King, of Priuceton College, being the uian. The catcher, bow- over, U a man of recognized reputation and ability, boiug n» iess A person than Tom Gunning, late of the Philadelphia Club. This is a wisa selection, as Tom will make an excellent coach for the Athletics' young pit;hers. He had become a favorite in thia city, and base ball patrons will be glad to know that he ia to remain here. A brilliant young shoi't stop, lately connected with a League club, is also on the string and is ad good as secured.

Jottings.Charlie Householder is in town waiting for a chance

to sign with some good club as catcher, first baseman, or center fielder.

Billy Greenwood Is an enthusiastic gunner, and spends all his spare time in duck shooting.

Sam Hoveter, alias Edwards, who cauaed all the tur­ moil in the Amateur League, ha-i signed to play with thoSandusUy, U., team for next season. He will play in the field.

The Philadelphia Club, as a means of protection from the winter storms, has contracted to have the grand stand entirely enclosed.

Popular ground keeper Johnny Ryan has been pre­ sented by the Athletic players with an elegant gold watch.

Catcher Earle last Wednesday received his advance money from St. Paul and accepted it, so there is no doufit where he will play next season. Duluth has a contract with him, but will release him, as there will be either no club at all ID Duluth or else but a low salaried one.

Matt Mountain, of this city, is going to California with Manager Manning, of theKansd* City Club.

Charley Mason is going into the sporting goods business extensively. He proposes to put large capi­ tal into it, give it his close personal attention and make a conspicuous success of it. There is no reason why, under such conditions, he should not be emi­nently SUCOeBejflU.

David M. Riffert, a once well-known amateur player of this city, died last Sunday. The was 39 yenrs old.

lien Movers wonld like to play second base for the Pbilties. lie is confident that he can hold his own in the League in all departments of the game fielding, batting and base-running.

The contracts of W. J. Hoover, W. Hallman, Chas. Kelly and Wm. Shriver with the Philadtlphia Club have been promulgated.

Judge Bid<4.le on Saturday rendered » decision !n the case of tho State National Bank of Hew Jerrey, vs. Abram Weil, tbat when a check is given in settlement of a debt and is not cashed upon the day it in drawn or the next day, the- drawer Is not liable should the bank upon which the check ia drawn fail. This will be good news for the Philadelphia Club, which ha« a suit against it for 85,000 under precisely similar circum­ stances. Judge Thayer, who baa the Philadelphia Club's caie under consideration, will doubtless be governed by Judge Bitldle's decision.

Barney McLaugltlin has gone to his home In Wor­ cester, MHSS.

At Atkisson, late of the Athletic Club, will pitch for Toronto nr-xt season.

Manager C'usbmati left for Toronto last night to at- tond the International League meeting. Ou tb.9 way there he expects to eign a couple more playera for the Toronto Club.

Brockton, Mass., proposes to enter the New Eng­ land League and wants Taunton to enter also. The latter is a largo, live town. Fergy Malone is being urged to take the matter iu haud and place a club there. __ __

A NOVEMY.

A Home Plato to be Laid With Cere­ monies.

SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 12. Usually, when a ball field is being mapped out, the home plate, the goal of the base-runner, is planted uncere­ moniously. The laying of a corner-stone ia at­ tended with an imposing ceremony, and why the foundation of the diamond, the laying of the home plate, is not attended with a display in a base ball way is a conundrum which D. R. Mo- NeiU never could solve. He has, however, de­ termined that the plate of hia new diamond be laid amid the. firo of base ball enthusiasm. He has decided to have the ceremony take place on the- 19th inst., the day the Chicago*, Phillios and Browua arrive, the three teams to be escorted to the grounds, which will bo throwu o|'tn to the publte. McXeill has, perhaps, the bast and most costly plate in the country, certaialy the liiicst in tliia State. It is made of white rubber of regulation size, with a two-inch rim, which will mngly surround a post, buried so that when capped with the platb itssnrfacw will be ievel with the dia­ mond. The material of McNeill'g plate is the very hardest white rubber, the only one of its kind in the State, and one of the yory few iu tbe ouuutrjr.

FROM DETROIT.A Plea for Percentage I-atest Phase of

the Dunlap Deal Newt Items.

DSTROIT, Nov. 10. Editor Sposmo LIFE: The League has a very important question to decide next Wednesday. I do not refer to the Brotherhood matter, for I know that will not oau86 more than a, ripple of excitement. There is a question of more vital interest than that of the Brotherhood confronting the foremost base ball organization of the world. It is a question in which the future welfare of the League is intricately interwoven. It ia the question whether the percentage system of dividing receipts is to again prevail in the League a system to which is in the main due the present prosperous condition of the League. Will the League, which, through the selfish efforts of a few, abolished this just system and substituted the pernicious guarantee plan, return to its senses and again resume the just and fair basis of business partnership which has placed the organization in its present proud position, or will the League, blind to its own interests, continue the vicious system, persistence in which has brought the American Association to a position where disruption was not an improbability. Without doubt the clearest, moat forcible analy­ sis of the iniquitous guarantee system ever writ­ ten was penned by the editor of THE SPORTING LIFE and appeared in the issue of Aug. 10, from which I will make a brief extract, as follows:

"Unless the Association wishes to see itself reduced to the lovel of a minor league, shorn of its strongest members, piecemenl, or probably wiped out alto­ gether, and absorbed iu a one-league monopoly, it must awake from Us lethargy, inaugurate a new policy and revise Its entire methods of management, and the best way to accomplish this it seeim to us is by adopting the perceritqg system (unwisely discarded by the League, but to which it must ultimately return). The guarantee system has been for years extolled as the greatest (actor in the success of the American As­ sociation. Upon its face tins was seemingly trne, bat beneath the turiace the analytical student will see in tbat pernicious system the seeds of all the ills which to-day afflict tho Association. The guarantee system fostered and strengthened the selfish spirit which now encompasses the Association like a chain of steel, and which renders nugatory all efforts at reform, at broader legislation and at united effort for the common good, and which keepa it in swaddling clothed. The eu^rantee plan has weakened the Association financially and haa reduced it finally to but three strong financial cities Brooklyn, Philadelphia and Cincinnati to which the other cities arw but as bobs to a kite. The guarantee system indirectly drove the Mi'ts out of New Yoik, and will directly drive them out of exist­ ence. The guarantee system will laud St. Louis in the League, because it can't support itself, and working like a two-edged sword, will drive some other clubs iuto that same body, because they can support them* selves too well, atd make more money for th<*ir owners in the older organization under that system. This vastly extolled system haa enriched the few at the expense of the many; it has fostered monopoly; been the potent c<iuse of club cliques and machination?; engendered uncharitablenes«i, selfish- n^ss, arrogance, hatred, mistrust, disconteut and other evils too numerous to meniion, and all for wh*t? Sim­ ply that two or three clubs in each organization favored by fortune with exceptional advantages in the way of large, populnua and wealthy cities, may divert to their own exclusive use aud profit all the great harvest which others lu-lpto sow, or, in pl«in words, to ninke these favored few the aristocrats of the dia­ mond, and the unlucky majority simply hewers of wood and drawers of water, the one inevitably growing richer year by year and the other poorer. It is nn-American, nn-democratio, and as repellant to the sense of right, justice and equity of the base ball public tis are the great, odious monopolies in other walks of life, now levying tribute upon the people in general, to the great American public. If the Asso- cmtiou shall adopt percentage it will undoubtedly take a now lease of life; should it ignore the teach­ ings of experience and the signs of the times it will surely sien its own d»-ath-war rant."

TM^ was written just previous to the last meeting of the Association, and it seems the magnates of that body heeded the advice.

President Stearns was asked to-day what he thought would be tho outcome of the percentage question.

*'I have no idea," was the reply."What will you do if the League resolves to

stick to the guarantee plan?""I am not saying anything at all," was his

quiet reply.NOTES.

A sensational yarn has been set afloat to the effect that Bennett was disabled and would not catch any more. The fact that President Stearns was laying in a stock of young catchers caused this. There is nothing rn it. Beirut *iil catch for Detroit in 1888 tbe same as of yore. Stearns, speaking on the question, says: "The reaeou I am getting new catchers is because I desire to tane the strain of the spring work off the hands of Bennett and Ganzel, and use them when they will do the most good."

There is nothing new in the Dnnlap deal. If Nim- Ick can come to terms with Dunny it will be settled. I suppose that a certain alleged sporting publication with a nmiseating propensity to blowing ita horn on the slightest provocation, will discover in the course of a few weeks that the Duulap deal was arranged. This ia the same publication that during the hall sea­ son managed through the connivance of an igno­ rant Associated Frees reporter to send, out ex­ tracts from newspaper averages lalir-led "official, 1 " when even the email boys know that official averages are not printed till the close of the season. When this commonplace publication makes a commonplace com­ ment on a sporting event this same deluded Associated Press agent telegraphs it abroad as a sensational ut­ terance. Such journalistic methods may deceive for a time, bnt eventually they prove a boomerang.

President Stearns bai signed Frank Scbeibeck aa a general substitute for the Detroit Club. Frank is an all-round player of fine ability, aud will undoubtedly make his mark. ___ MAT.

A MEMORABLE BATTLE.

How Two Noted Ball Players Slugged One Another Teii Years Ago Jim Keenan's SUakespearean Oration Upon the Occa­ sion.BOSTON, Nov. 10. Editor SPORTING LIFE: In

the summer of 1877 Jimmy Roseman, who ia now a well-known member of the Metropolitan Club, joined Billy Arnold's Auburn (N. Y.) team. Roseman had not played for two years previous to coming to Auburn, on account of having broken his arm while pitching for the T. B. F. U. S. Club, of Bridgeport, which had such playera aa John O'Rourke, "Terry" Larkin, Snigg afterwards with the Manchester Club Goldsmith and other equally well-known play­ ers. When Roseman reached Auburn ho found the following players sequestered there: Keenan. catcher; Critchley, pitcher; Tobin, first base; Fred Dunlap, second base; Tom Burns, third base (Chicago liurns); Macullar, short stop; Thomas, left field; Phil Baker, centre field, and Dorsey, substitute. Pretty strong club, eh? Shortly after Roseraan's arrival there was a ball given by a prominent social club, to which all the Auburn players were invited, and nearly all of them accepted the kind invitation to par­ ticipate in the festivities. Tobin was the cap­ tain of the club at tbe time, and in order to set the other players a good example (?) he began by "steaming up" shortly after his arrival in the ball room. The other players were not slow in following in the wake of their il­ lustrious captain, and several of them had a good "edge on" before intermission, which occurred at midnight. Just previous to breaking up, at 2 A. M., Tobiu and Roseinau got into an altercation, which resulted In Tobin's givir g Roseman a terrible soaker in the face. Koseman did not retaliate, as he was a "little lairy" of the old R.hj>de Island gaug, with whom Tobin WHS a general favorite, lioaeman felt so chagrined to think that he could not get a square deal with a man he felt confident of whipping that he got into a corner by himself and cried like a child. While the tears were rolling down Kosie's adamantine cheeks a couple of Auburn toughs approached him and one of them said: "What is the mat­ ter, Rosie?" "Matter enough," said Kosetnan, "Cap Tobin gave me a slug in der jaw without provocation." "Ain't you big enough to down Tobiu?" inquired one of the toughs. This question made Roseman's blood boil withiu bis manly bosom, and jumping to his feet he shouted: "Will anybody give me a show?" "Yes! Test" was the response from several of the toughs who had become interested by this time. Rosoraan walked duwu to whnre Tobin waa standing and, shaking his flat in hia (Tobiu's) face, he exclaiuifd, "Come out« side, Cap, and I will give you all the fight you want." "You're pie for me," eaid Tobin; "but I will just go yon to knock a little of the conceit out of you." There was a vacant lot close by and tho now infuriated ball tosaers made for it post haste, ouch oue uf them fondly imagining tbat he was goiug to makeihort work of the other. There waa at least 150 men and young boys who were at the dance, who followed the combatants to the fighting ground. A ring or at least an impromptu oue was pitched, and after a long wrangle "Olive-Skin Jim Keenan" waa af-sigued to the arduous position of referee. Jim knew it would be no circus to perform the du(i<s of referee, so in order to square himself, lie addressed the crowd in the following pathetic mauuer; "Say, tollers, yeese have often seen me catch big 'Critch,' and no doubt many of yeese have seen me bold on to man} a difficult foul tip; but on the 'dead level,1 fellers, I never refereed a scrapping match afore. But aa yee fellers have chewain me, I will do der best I kin under the euckiim- ptanceg. 'Cap* is 'tough paper/but he lias a 'head on1 tbia evening, I knowed Tobin when ho uneter be der bow of der gang wot uaeter bang round Oolt'0 pistol

factory in Hartford. I am not BO well nrqualnted with 'Rosie,' bat Terry' Larkin told me d»t 'Rosie' was der t afferent feller wot useter hang round the Brooklyn fish woffs, 'Ro-«ie' is nr rougii aud tumbl e fight-r, bat on dls oceathion dere will be no biting or gouging or kicking. Now gei]tl**«*nj if yeese- make wot dey call a 'jimmy circle' 1 will cat! time, and 'Jap' »nd 'Rorfe' can slog one nudjer to der 'qoeeu'a must elegant taste/ "

THE FIGHT.Bound 1 No sooner had Keenan called time than

Roseman made a dash far his wiry but befuddled an­ tagonist, Tobin wai prepared for til e onslaught and caught his sturdy Brooklyn antagonist a terrific left- haiided blow on the ''boko," which sent the claret flying in profusion all over "RoeieV ball shirt, which he wore OD the occasion. "First blood for Tobin," rang out from several of his friends. Nothing daunted, the sturdy Brooklynite pursued the earae tactics, and this time was successful in evading Tobin's vicious left. Getting into close quarters, it was evident that Tobin stcod a very poor show, on account of Rosemau'a supe­ rior strength. uR;*te" got "Cap's^nead in chancery and pummelled him to his heart's content; then, as quick aa a 8mh, he back-heeled him, throwing him to the ground aa though he had been fired out of a cata­ pult.

Round 2 Roseman pursued the same tactics as In the first When he got an opening he rushed upon hia adversary like an infuriated bull. This titno Tobin caught him on tbe kiswr which staggered him for tha time being; bnt Tobin was too weak to fallow up the advantage, lloseman again rushed in and, getting his now very tired adversary's head in chancery, he sailed in to d<j him up. After punching Tobin for awhile, he suddenly back-heeled him, and then, with all the force he could command, he fell upon hia game, but used up, captain with a sickening thud. fe'Tolicel policel" cried out some one ia the crowd. This was thought to be a ruse on the part of To­ bin's friends, but it was only too true. There was a general stampede amongst the spectators, who escaped; but poor Tobin aud Ros^man were too tired to run and fell an easy prey to the police. They were brought to police headquarters and bailed out with the understanding that ihay should appear in court next day. The news soon spread around town and the next day the court room was packed to suff-ic^tion. The judge on the bench was a great admirer of the National game; and at the same time he knew that Roseman waa no Shakespearian scholar. In order to have a little merriment created in the court room ho asked Roseman this question: "When your assailant assaulted you, Mr. Roseman, what portion of your anatomy did he try to annihi­ late?" "Nattenny, nuttinl he gave me a smash in der jaw in the ball room; dat's wat he done, judge," continued Roseman. The judge fell back in his chair convulsed with laughter, and after gaining hia equilibrium, he fined the belligerent combatant $10

costs. The large crowd in tbe court room then CHAS. J. FOLBT.

THE THREE GRACES.

A Trio of CInbs Failing to Avail Itself of Brilliant Opportunities.

"When I think, says the veteran Chadwick, in the Brooklyn Eagle, of the professional base ball days of fifteen years ago, when there was such a spirited rivalry between the Atlantics, of Brook­ lyn; tbe Mutuals, of New York, and the Ath­ letics, of Philadelphia, and of the valuable op­ portunity those professional clubs then let slip through their hands, owing to their blindness in allowing pool gambling to control their playera, I am reminded of the big bonanza which now lies at the command of the existing American Association clubs of these three cities, in the form of immense gate returns, which would as­ suredly follow a revival of the old spirit of rivalry between such representative teams aa could now be organized for Brooklyn, New York and Philadelphia by the stock companies among the Brooklyn, Metr^politin aud Athlotic clubs. The New York nnd Philadelphia League cluba have bad something of this kind at their command for the past two or three years, but they have failed to take due advantage of their opportunity.

But this coming year presents an opening to the American Association clubs which they will be blind to loae sight of. All three ot the American clubs of this city, New York and Philadelphia, have this past season been failures, two of them financially, and all three in successful management. For the past two years the Metropolitan Club, of New York, has pre­ sented the case of an organization having a splendid ball ground, the command of excellent playing mate­ rial and no lack of money at c >mmand to make it a success, each season failing lamentably, solely from the results of a divided management, it having been a club without a head from the time it was located on Staten Island. The same may be said of the Athletic Club, of Philadelphia, with this difference that tbe latter organization, up to 1887, monopolized the lion's share of the local patronage of that city. The Brook­ lyn Club, up to the close of 18S6, waa run with a de­ gree of business enterprise and judgment which placed it in a position at the beginning of 1887 which pro­ mised tho> most Battering results, but circumstances not calculated upon have given it a position and s;and- ina at the close of the season of 1887 which render it imperative that something should be done to improve

Jts standing sa a representative professional club of the r-toedt'base ball city iA the on tire country.

There are three clubs, thea, which are Just In the position to form a trio of professional teams which should have no superiors in the association they represent. Policy plainly dictates to the directors of each club the prompt adoption of a course of action which will place the three club teams on an equal footing in regard to the strength of the playing material each should possess, while leaving to the superiority of team management the ability to bear cfl the season's championship honors, Is it not time that the supremacy m the Association arena which has been held by the teams of the Western branch of the orgaiiizption for the past three years should be transferred from the smaller Western cities to the large Atlantic coast cities? and it it be trne, what is there to prevent it being done except to continue on in the blundering path two of our three East­ ern clubs have followed the past two years? Let the gentlemen now owning the stock of these three As­ sociation clubs ponder these facts for a while and then act upon them in preparing for tbe campaign of 1888.

DAVENPORT'S NEW CLUB.

W. H. I-ucas Secured as Manager A Bright Outlook.

DAVENPORT, Ia., Nov. 7. Editor SPORTING LIFE: Since 1878 Davenport haa had no base ball club, but next year wo intend having the champions in the Central Interstate League, of which League our city is a member. Of course the other clubs in our League will have some­ thing to say about who will be champions, but Davenport has a first mortgage on the pennant; at Iftast such is the opinion of the management. The attempt to form a new Northwestern League was a failure, as only one or two cities cared to go through another tuch season as the past. Our association very sensibly drew out and joined the new Central Interstate, which is considered the best minor league ever organ­ ized in this section. The locatioL for the new park will bo selected in a short time, and when grand stands, fences, etc., are finished, we will have the fin­ est park in Iowa.

Mr. W. H. Lucas has been secured as manager. As yet he has signed no players, but is negotiating with several good onea, and may have secured them ere this reaches you.

It is rumored that Charles Radbourn la trying to secure his release from Boston for the purpose of be­ coming a stockholder and manager of the Blooming- ton Club. If this is a fact that city will certainly have the "boss manager" and perhaps the "boss clnV*

THE SPOUTING XIFE will, no doubt, be the official paper of our new League. INTERSTATE.

Notes and Comments.JOG ARDNER has signed with Kansas City.THE California fever seems to be spreading.JIM KNOWLES is wintering In Washington.IT is said Chicago will pay Krock 3500 per month.

' THE Salem Club has signed catcher P. W. O'Bourke.THE Central New York League Is to be re-organized.KID BALDWIN has signed with Cincinnati for 1888.MOBBISEY has signed to play first base for St. Paul.EX-UMPIEE GAFFNEY favora the double umpire sys­

tem.SHOCK is looking fora government position iu Wash­

ington.SHORT STOP HABEY STINE ia wintering in Hahanoy

City, Pa.CATCHKR BUCKLEY In about to open a cigar store In

Pittsburg.SKSD tour cents In stamps for a set of our now base

ball cards.PITCHEH JOHN HAKDIBOE in reported signed with

Columbus.PEOPLE aro wondering who will manage the Mets

next season.JACK GLEASOM proposes to re-enter the diamond

next season.SHERIDAN, the ball player, ia now a California

Leagne umpire.PITCH EH MONROE, of the Danbury Club, has signed

with Kalamazoo.IT is sail that Kilroy got leas pay last season than

Phe-nomoiial Smith.JACK FARRELL i« mentioned aa likely to play with

Syracuse next season.TOM DOLAN and Harry Staley have been added to

the new St. Louis Club.IT is said tbat Jim Gifford haa an offer to manage a

League club in the E:ist.PITCHER TYXO refined to consider a ?3,000 offer

from the Louisville Club.THE Detroit Club offered Dnnlap to all the weaker

League clubs by circular.THOMAS J. MORRISEY, of the Milwaukee Club, haa

been secured by St. Paul.BUCK EnviNo's escapade in New Orleans has coat Mm

some friends in New York.CATCHER DILLON, of Kalamazoo, and Matt Shell

have signed with Sandusky.'Tis hinted that New York would not mind lotting

Gore go as part of some deal.NOTWITHSTANDING all statements, Clarkaon's releaae

has not yet been sold to Boston.MIKB KELLY denies that he will act aa middle man

for a minstrel troupe tbia winter.

Is ADDITION to Ed Crane the Philadelphia combina­ tion has secured Qanael, of Detroit.

THAT brilliant short stop, Marr Phillips, h*fl again cut hia lot with the Uamiltou Club.

VAN HALTREV wij] pitrh <?y«lnwv«>Jy for the Green- bOOtl & afbran Club during the w I liter,

IT COST 824,000 to rim the Toronto Club, champions of the International League, l*»t season.

CATCHER JACK CULLEN has arrived in Marysville, Cal., where he will captain the local club.

THE joint Southern trip of the St.Loan and Ctilcago combination has been a success financially.

MANAGER Lorrrs, of tbe gt. Louis Club, haa signed a young Kockford, 111., catcher named Hi&fB.

BUSHONQ, CoaiHkey and Welch and Geo. Munson, take iheir wrves with them to San Francisco.

S. P. HAGAN, C. B. Powers and John Brennan have been appointed Western Association umpires.

Iris aaid that Davy Force next season will receive 8400 monthly from the Memphis Club's treasury.

MIKE KELLY says he ha* declined the proffered win­ ter engagement with the HcNiah minstrel troupe.

THE Toronto Club has added P. J. Hurtnett, Tommy Kearns and A. W. Atkbson to its list of players.

VON DKBAni is undecided whether to pl«y pitcher' Devlin in his Association or Western League team.

THE Buffalo Club, having signed so many of its last year's t«am, ought to start oat strong next season.

THE New Orleans Olub has settled its troubles with Memphis and Charleston by paying each club S250.

BIRMINGHAM, Ala., haa the base ball fever bad. It to to have a strong team and new grounds next season.

ForTz, of the Browns, apeaka highly of the double umpire system, and is heartily in favor of its adoption.

CHARLESTON is to have a new athletic club, and third ta^eman Corcoran is to be one of the instruc­ tors.

W. H. LUCAS, ex-manager of the Duluth Club, has been engaged to manage the new Davenport, Iowa, Club.

EITHER Fergy Malone, of this city, or Chris Meteel, of Newark, will be appointed manager of the Newark team.

JACK CHAPMAN is already asking for spring dates. Jack evidently pins Jiia faith to the "early bird" theory.

HILT WHITEHEAD and Buck Ebriglit, late of Hast­ ing^, have signed to play in Loa Angeles, Cal., for the winter.

THE champion Torontos are In demand. Pittsburg has already offered Manager Gush man six dates in the spring.

DEALT has received an appointment in the press room of the Government Printing Office at Wash­ ington.

FROM New York comes the news (which is not news after alt) that the Brooklyn Club ia negotiating for Bushong.

IT is feared that Bonnett will not be able to do much catching nuxt season, as his handj are in very bad condition.

DITNLAP would strengthen Pittsburg where it Is lamentably weak, namely, in the lack of a competent field captain.

YOUNG MADIGAN, who pitched for Washington and Binghamtxm last season, ia iu Washington without an engagement as yet.

THE Kalamazoo Lod^e of Elks haa subscribed liberally, through individual members, to the stock of the Kalamazoo Club.

THE rule forbidding the payment of advance money is less regarded and obeyed now than ever. All the clubs are violating It.

THE Chicago and St. Louis combinations are now in New Orleans. Prod Pfeffer captains the Whites and Coraiskoy the Browns,

SAM BITTLE, of Des Moines, and Purvis, late of Buffalo, have paired as a battery. Both are practi­ cing together iu Toronto.

THE veteran Chad wick has been invited to give his opinion to the Joint Committee on Rules aa to advis­ able changes in the rnlea.

IN WINNING series of games, the three leading West­ ern Atueric m A^ociatiim clubs won seventeen series to the other live cluba' ten.

A CANADIAN paper says "Bob Ernslie haa had an offer to nminre in the American Association next year. which he will likely accept."

MEMPHIS Is paying the heaviest salaries in the South and the other clubs dou't like to see that club making an O^hkosh of itself.

THE heavy fines inflicted by Anson on Pfeffor for his misconduct on the Polo Grounds were not reported, consequently "they don't go."

THE Los Angeles, Cal., team, which will contain a number of Eastern professionals during the winter, i* backed by a 55,000 stock company.

BEN Lorz, the pitcher, Is living at Madison. He played last season with tho Danville Club aud had this record: Batting,-.438; fielding, .085.

"SHOULD the Brotherhood of Ball Players conclude to lay off for a year Chicago wonld have the best team in the League." Pittsburg Telegraph,

JOE QUEST will manage, as well aa captain, the St. Paul team, as Proprietor Birnea will attend only to the purely financial business of the club.

THE Baltimore Sun is authority for the statement that the Boston Club haa offered the Baltimore Club a catcher and cash bonus tor Tom Burns.

CABTWRianT, who was arrested at Youngstown, 0., on an old suitjfor ^oduc^ion, settled the case by paying 3175. More good advance mo.ioy gone.

JOHNSTON, the centre fielder of the Boston team, leaves Nov. 15 for San Francisco, Cal., where he will play with a local club until March next.

THE 3t. Louis Republican says that catcher Gibeon Is to be signed by the St. Louis Western Association Club. Gibson is already claimed by Washington.

THE Southern League failed to adopt a salary limit rule. It wonld have been a dead letter anyhow, just aa is the limit rule of the big organizations.

"THERE may possibly bo a change at second base in the Chicago Club. Pft-ffer is dissatisfied and Manager Anson favors Bast tan." New York Herald,

HORNER and Warner want §250 a month each from Hamilton, and one will not sign without the other. At least that's what a Hamilton exchange says.

THE new St. Louis Western Afsoclatlon team will use the grounds of the St. Louis Brown*, the schedule befog so arranged as to avoid any conflict of dates.

CHRIS VON DEH AHE Is said to be negotiating for a lease of the old Maroon grounds in St. Louis, as the title to Sportsman's Park ia still in dispute iu the courts,

THE American Association championship contest of 1887 waq marked by the playing of no less than 550 games, of which 536 were victories and 11 were drawn games.

THE veteran "Deacon" White haa become an Im­ mense favorite in Detroit, especially since the world's championship series, in which he did such yeoman service.

DANIEL SHANNON, of Bridgeport, has signed to man­ age the Kalamazoo Club, champions of the Ohio League. Dan. will also play abort field aa well aa manage.

A STRONG effort fa bein^ made to organize a State League in New Jersey. There ar« a number of fine clubs in the State, and stock is now being raised for new clnba.

FBROY MALONE Is looking fora good city to put a firet-class nine in. He has most of tne men under contract now. Address, No. 3045 North Fifth street, Philadelphia, Pa.

THE new Western Association nmplroa will receive $1,000 and expenses each. This is as much aa tho um­ pires of the big leagues have beea receiving, with ono or two exceptions.

WALTER GOLDSBY writes ua that he has been signed to manage the Birmingham Club next season, and that good players wishing engagements should addreaa him at Evauaville, Ind.

"PEOPLES, of the Brooklyn team, will probably he one of the Von dor Ahe men beforo "the ides of March" set in. Comiskey would make a good catcher out of him." New York Clipper.

MANAGER GOLDSBY will make a winner ont of Birm­ ingham if he isn't hampered. This is not Walter's first experience iu the South, aa he waa manager of tlie Nashville Club in 1886.

VADOHAN, catcher of the New Orleans team, drove a courtesan out of a window in New Orleana Nov. 5, and ia on the wing and wanted by the police. The woman was not seriously hurt.

EX-PRESIDENT MORROW, of the Southern League, who had been confined to his bed for the past two mouths with malarial fever. 4s now up but so fueble still that be must remain indoors.

IT ATLANTA re-enters the Southern League flghta lively championship race may be looked for, aa Atlanta has no use for anything but a pennant winner and must have it even if it cornea high.

A FEATURE of the season's record was that the St. Louis Club'a score of victories was but three in advance of Cleveland's record of defeats, the latter club's vic­ tories being within one of St. Louis' defeata.

IT is now asserted that Hoyt, the dramatic author, offered Kelly, of the Bostona, a chance to join the *'Hole in the Ground'* company, convinced that the ball-tosaer could make his mark on tho stage.

THE St. Louis Browns have boen offered the entire receipts, minus the advertising, to Inaugurate the winter boom at the new Loa Angeles grouuds, an inducement, it ia claimed, equivalent to a guarantee of $COO.

IN SIGNING Haasamer the Kansas City Club haa completed its team, for 1888, the first club in the conn- try to do so. BIonager Manning knew just what he wanted and got It in the shortest possible time.

THE New York Combination, though a strong one, did not ustoniih tho natives in Now Orlearns with their wonderful batting. They did but little hitting in the entire aeries of games played in the Crescent City.

HELEN DAUYRAT and her husband, John M. Ward, a*ya a dramatic paper, have been served with papers in a suit commenced by David Bidwoll, of New Orleans. for breach of contract. Damages are placed at §5,000.

GEORGE STAI.TZ, who pitched for Wilkesbarre in 1886 and Waterbnry in 1887, is open for an engage- mei.t for next wasoD. Is a good fielder and lias a bat­ ting average of .374. Addreaa him at Wilkesbarre, Pa/

IT is feared by aome of the club officials that their players will return from California Iu the spring de­ cidedly the worse for wear. And previous experience would indicate that lluir fears are not altogether ground leas.

TUB umpire Powers who la on the way to 'Frisco with the St. Louis and Chi.mgo combination ia not Phil Powers, of the National League, we believe, but C. B. Powers, of the Northwestern League, and juat aa good an umpire at the only Phil.

THR following Chicago contracts have been promul­ gated; G. H. Krock, W. H. Ciark, G. W. Sprugue, 0^

Tebean, R. H. Pflttlt, Thorn-* K. Burn«, Mark Baldwin, M. C. Sullivan, D. Darling, George Van Haltren, J. Ryan, F. Flint, E. N. Willlamton and A. C- Anson.

IT is a continuous mutter of surprise and speculation h'.'W gnd why the 'Players1 B otfjerhood came to be started in tha New York team, which ia, all things consi^T*.^ ahont th« boat "^"d anl Iwst *r?Stpfl i>*»"ft ball team >n the busmen. Fides are very roi'o iu thai team.

LEWIS MORRTSON, the well-kn.iwnactor, who is now In San Francisco, h«s caught on to the racket, and haa put up a fine gold emblem known as the Morr son medal, to be presented to !h* player having the best batting average at the close of the present California League season.

A STOCK company has been organized at Long Branch for the purpose of giving 1 exhibition gamea next season. Tlie company will have a cash capiUl of 525,000. It will have spacious grounds with a fine grand «Mnd. The company will organize and eq.iip a good team.

EX-UMPIRE MIKB WALRH haa a couple of Blua Grass League players who he thinks can hold their own in f.»t company. Oue is a«t-neral player named Lee Paul, and the other a sh jrt stop named' Rogr-r Ed- Wards. B >th men, Mike s.\ys, are good stickers and base-ninrers.

FORTUVATELY there ia no conflict of dates in the in- igmatinn of the winter series at the rival grounds

at San Francisco. Central Park throws its gates open on tbo 20th iust., a-id the California League inau­ gurates its teason with two gamed with tho New York* -hanks^vinsDav.

IT is mid that Mr. WheMer Wikoff will not stand for re-el ectiun to tbe American Association presidency. If so, the race will narrow down to a battle between Jimmv Williams, ot Columbus, 0., and Jos. Pritchard, of ^t. Louis. Williams haa not yet Hold his stock in the Cleveland Club.

BUT one Kustern Association club atood In among the four lovier*, and that was the Baltimore, and thia was largely duo to the fact of their winning nearly forty of thttir seventy odd victories from their three Ensfern opponents, as they only won twenty odd from the Western clubs.

HOY, the new Wa-hin *ton centre fielder, ia said to be a second Jolinsti.n. He is the first deaf mute who ever played in the League, we btlieve. The Associa­ tion once- had, in Dun-Ion, (hut kinl of a player. Hoy is the younjj man who \\MS signed by the Maroons tha winter the club dinbauded.

IT is reported that President Stearna, of the Detroit Club, has opened negotiations for the establishment of a reserve club to the Detroits in Toledo next season, to play in the Ohio and Michigan League, the club to b» managed by Detroit an 1 to cunsiat of young player* President Stearns ha* in mind.

THE Newark Press says: "Larry Corcoran's name is mentioned for manager of the Newark Club for next season. Larry's exp'-rk-nce would be of great service to the club, and the fact that he could jump in and lend a helping hand on the field should make him a desirable man for the position."

WALTER BROWN, th« manager of tha colored Key­ stone Club, war.ts to plant the team in Harrisbnrg, or some other central pirt naxt year, to plav on the in­ dependent basis, like the Cuban Giants. Mr. Brown is sure there is considerable money in it and is looking for a capitalist to take tbe project in hand.

THE Mansfield Club haa appointed Captain Taylor delegate to the Ohio League meeting. Manager O'Brieu haa so far signed James F. Green to pUy c- n- tre field; Juhn Nightingale, of the Richmond, Va., Club to play second b.iso, and William Kelley, an In- fielder, for whom many things are claimed,

IT is said that Louisville wanted Jim Hart back aa manager and made him a liberal offer, which Hart re­ fused to even consider, a* he is doing better with his Milwaukee team than ho could do as manager of some one else's club. Out of this-irose the report that ha waa trying to buy the Lxmiaville franchise.

T. H. MUBNAN intends to organize an independent Boa- ton team in the spring, which will play on the Unioa Grounds against the liostons, and later in the season against the strongest New England and other teama when the Bostons are away. He iutends to receive applications from playera, aud pick out his team in the spring from these.

ROONEY SWEENET intends a?ain playing profession­ ally, having left the New York F«r« Department. He caught cleverly for the noted amateur pitcher, Tyng, during a greater part of last season, and was never in better physical condition. Roouey's record with tha Mets, St. Louis Maroons, Baltimore and other profes­ sional cluba has been first-clans.

PRESIDENT BYRNE will hold Mr. Wiman financially responsible for contract services of T. O'Brien, Knowlea, Cross and Kiaalow. He did not want any of them for his Brooklyn team, but intended to use two for the Metropolitans. Th»> mistake made by the Mets management in not properly signing theea men will cost Mr. Wiman over §5,000.

THE Danbury Base Ball Association has appointed a committee to raise sufficient money to pay the in* debtedness of the association. The project of another season of ball was discussed at a recent meeting, but no action was takou, it appearing to be tho sentiment of the stockholders that it was better to clear the pre­ sent indebtedness before incurring another.

O'RouHKE, of the New York Club, was on Nov. 6, in the Superior C»urt, at New Haven, Connecticut, for­ mally admitted to Hie bar. O'R/mrke is now unde­ cided whether to play b.tll next seas jn or not. But as it will be a long, long time ere he can earn the im»ma at law that he can at base hall, he will doubtlt-s« bo found, as usual, next season, chasing files and hitting. - for home runs. ^^

WALLT WALLACE, oar correspondent of the Paciflo Coast, haa been actively engaged In base bill in Cali­ fornia for twenty-one years, aud can justly be regarded as the Chad wick of the slope. He was the first one to advocate, and has been a sturdy supporter of, tbe new rules. Concise and reliable reports of the games and doings of our players who have gone to California for the winter will be forwarded by him to THE SPOHTIN« LIFE.

THE Newark Call saya: "A certain National Leagna club ia desirous of effecting a deal with the Newark directors by which the local team will become the re­ serve force of that club for next season. One of tha American Association managers is also making similar overtures. It will be the same arrangement as Jersey City intends to adopt, and will not prevent the two New Jersey cluba from being enrolled in the Interna­ tional League as heretofore."

SAYS a Cincinnati exchange: "Enough cluba have pronounced against the proposition to raise the pricea of admission to fifty cents to defeat the plan. So I suppose it will be the old standard of prices again next year. This will not affect Cincinnati so much, fo* there the prices generally are more than twenty-flva cents, but Baltimore, Clevplaud, Brooklyn and St. Louis could make a great deal more money at a fifty- cent tariff than at their present prices."

THE New Orleans States prints this: "Keefe says ha has become tirod of playing ball in New. York, and Ii anxious for a change. In his opinion there is no more liberal or easy management to play under in thifl country than the New Yorka, bnt he has pitched for the Empire City Club for five seasons, and with most ball players likea variety. Keefe does not expect big release of course, bnt he thinks he will be enabled to get away from the club through some exchange off bargain."

IN TUB Association the past season, in success in matches on h jrae fields, the St. Louia Club bore off tha palm, the Cincinnati^ being second and the Baltimore* third. In victories on opponents' grounds, too, the St. Louia Club led, Cincinnati and Baltimore being tied and Louisville next. In tho loaa of gamea on home fields St. Louis suffered the fewest defeat?, Bal­ timore being second and Louisville third. In defeat* abroad St. Louia and Cincinnati were even, Louisville being third.

THE Brooklyn Club has afgned Hughoa, Mays and Cunningbam, pitchers; Holbort, catcher. Darby O'Brien, Silch and Itadford. outflelders, and McGun- nlgle, manager. Their team of 1P88 will probably Include Bushong, Caruthera and Robinson, of tha St. Louis Browns, aod Hecker of the Louisvilles. Peoples, late oi the Brooklyos, is likely to be ono of tho St. Louis catchers next season. Of the men re~ served, those who will be retained are Hankinson and Orr, of the Meta, aud Pinckney, McClollan, Clark, Mo- Tamany, Terry, Toole and Smith.

THJC new Brooklyn manager, McGunulgle, actod very honorably in his dealings both with Lowell and Brook-* lyn. He bad promised the former club to sign again* When subsequently the Brooklyn Club made him ft better offer, he stated thtf though be had made no contract with the Lowell gentlemen, he had grVen hi* word, and would not leave them if they held him to it. The Lowell Club, when they heard of the good pros- pecta for Mr. McGunnigte, let him lake advantage of it, and released him from his word to them.

"RUDOLPH KEMMLER, the big catcher of the St. Paul team, was at tbe Tremont Hotue, laat night to s^e tha boya. He waa formerly a member of the Browna aud has no love for Von der Ahe. Shortly before train time Chris spied him in the midst of a crowd, and, walking up to him, held out a hand aud said in a very fraternal sort of way, 'Why, how do yon do, Kemmler?* Rudy looked contemptuously at the proffered hand, drew back a couple of steps, and said: 'I don't want to talk to you. I don't like your face.1 The members of 'Der Browna' who were present aneaked behind tha nearest man and laughed until almost exhausted." Chicago Tribune."

SAYS the New York Tn»es:--"Next in age to baa* ball itself is the notion of having two umpired. It was strongly objected to by clubs when first proposed, The Dotroits aud St. Louia Browns, who have just tried it, seem to think that they like it. There ia at luaal this to be said of it: If two are better than ono, nina ought to be better than two. The only reason tbat other sports have always had one umpire or threa, never an eveu number, is that, in case the umpires dis­ agreed the point would still be settled, thus-neither embarrassing the contestants nor voxatiously delaying the great public. However nicely the territory of two or more umpires in base ball may be apportioned, there must cornea tiino when the question of jurisdic­ tion will disturb the serenity for which ball fields ar« noted." a>

LETTEK LIST.We have in our care letters or telegrams fbf

the persons named hslow, which will be promptly forwarded upon receipt of a stamp and address* First baaoman MrGuirk(2). Jon^a, of Bridg'p't, Scran«Thos. Gunuinj; (2). Geo. W. Buriihum. Harry L. Spence. Frank Bamlle. Man'r Jas. Curry (2) Pitcher H angler. Pitcher Connor. Put&r Wood. Fergy Malone (2) Atotizo Knight. Hugh Weir. Catcher Mationey. Firbt baaramn Fry (2)

\V. If. Lucaa. Second baaein A minis, of Portland. K. F. OlenMviu (2). Jack Chapman. J. M. Rair.ey. Catcher Briggs. Tuekermau. Clrilds, of Clmrlosfon. NtcbclttB, of Charleston Jack Nelson. Prank Selee. Short stop Lsag.