SPORTI^TO

FROM CINCINNATI.The Opriti

J>. fi-,,1,of tli« SeuhoD — Three Straight

tiirtrti by I>»tr»it— Goud Prac-" • ' '

18 considered by. ,.,,,,.hl., :,( win-

n As- -.raneo

, April 10. The club.cd weather, but a few

•• ' - • '''• - -'" ,re in,i[ op-

1ihe uig smgm-rs, therefore,

w,i»i. >. The C'liKiunntis used their i taking their turns.

• rve<l the first three in- . «... ..^ ..... . .. . -ler the next three, and

a anil Keenan the seventh ind eighth.a!t was entirely *ati-t'<u-tory. Peoliinoy

ie^t. Ol' tbe hits one was a single,. one a triple and one a home run.

> result was five runs, only one earned..n tlid some :>^k-n'li>l bui'k *K \> work, an.li off the ]>d!m at catching. Mu!!ane

euuned his power to pitch, and proved that hei? still king [>in in his position. Only t»o hiU'* • i. but be was very wild, s'aow-

.-. 'i'liis wildness made very,„ ,.,. .-..jjer, whose work in conse-

looked poorer than it really was. The"TV »• rk r-f ;h? d-.T wa» 'lint f MrKe-in and

ti. :

t. IN J..II.

F, U I. u

Sii) -vet

i nn lly, !i t..

L - S iU i'jX b> tt I' f N iTI. AB.R. B. P., lr'...... 3105oily ,18. 500 0

,-.c"f......4 1 2i.ier,3b5 0 0

lb.... 5 0 1*V2b...4 3 2

1, if.. 4 0 51) 100Vp.,.2 00

. .. j 110wia) 100-ler >c._2 0 0nan j 111

did |«or work <u>'l th-ir errorsthrir i-luii's d- IVat 'orkliiH,

1 wisdil tin work ami thi»d t»y h 3 tiu.' letting. lh<*

0-, but tlit* Cinc.unatid railt_. 4t3,

A.E DETROIT. AB.R. B. P. A.B0 0 H n i.n,ir..... 311 3 013 2 I r i. to r-,lr. 5 0 -i 10 00 1 0 l< o'anta'ii,* 520 4 20 0 OTh..-u|i.> ., lrr.4 22 1 01 Q 2 K«e,c.. ...... 4 10 430 Wbit.,31...... 5 11000 Bom,, «, c .. 2 00200 Tw,t-!ifll,|,.. 4 11020"0 0 M»uniug,2b. 3 00300'

40

Total...... 36 8 7 27 1C 2

Total...... 38 7 8 24 75CiuM:;«*»«.................._ 2 0010103 0-7Loir ;t......................... 30211010 x—8

>..i;ii':d run*—Cincinnati 2, Detroit 1. Two-base hit — Lew i- 1 !I.n:l.-n 1. Thte^-ba^e bits—frilly 1, II; -i.j.*'!! 1, V i M .'._-e 1. Hum*; ruus—Thompson 1. L .'' u ' i, •- ^nitt ", Drtr.jt 9. struck uut— I Keon 1, T*itchell 5. i ,vue 4, Me K eon 2, ; i * !.Df 2, Twitei.ell 1. IV-.^t-U Lal^ -Miyd^r J, Keeiittn 2, Kowe 3. Time— S:li>. I'in ui re—Joho l)>ler.

The *.- P,1 M.,). MI

fra h [i;;, '. T, OEU' Ot th -m t*J ng a tAO-l-'.._ : I!. ^.ainputin their thrw t-at-t - • x -option that lleilonan

.n. Four h.ts, with; McK*-on; thre*-, «ith

i i.j r <.>a ji U;I;UH-. UH i t*O, With a tOfcU offr Pt-chiney in two innings. Th i catch- ra all i, neither being credit d with a [ass d ball. however, made a ba 1 fumble of l.e*is* asa st,

: therunu-r to score The visitors put Get- r he pitcht-r'sbox for the first six inn ims. ami U I* in occupied the point-* the remainder of

a e. Six hits were made off the former and two i win.

<.;•< *'ATI. AB.R. B. r. A. ft DETROIT, AB.R.B. p. A.K Jen-*, If...... 4 0110 0'f!.»i.l..u. cf ...4 21110Beiio, lb....4 0 0 8 2 0 B.outher^,l!> * _ 2 10 10Le-M*,"f......4 0 1 1 1 inK.cuMoV2b.4 1 4 * 3*Fein-lly,ss.4 1 0 1 2 IjTn .mpson,rt4 0 1 111 Ca:j. rjier,3b4 0 I 1 1 I Rove,*....... 4 0 0 2 10M.' .'i.ee, 2".. 4 1 1 3 2 Oi 'hue, Jb..... 4 0 I 1 10Co k. i.|,rt'.. 4 1 0 1 0 0 Benuett, c... 4 0 0 611 31 K. ,D, p... 101 0 1 Oi M iz^in, p.... 300 2 21K :i <n,c.... 100 a-»0 ».' Baldwin, p... 100 0 00Mi. Uae,pw 2 0 1 ^T 1 Oi Manning, If-4 1 0 0 00 SDJ Jer, c..... 20130 ll ______P*c.iney,p.. 1 0 1 1 0 e! Total...... 36 6 9 27 11 4Hellmaii, c.. 1 0 0 1 10

T.-UI......36 3 8 24 11 3D<tr ir......................... 1 0 0 0 2 B 3 0 0—6C - • -'' ......0 2000100 0—3

,>it 2. Tw<-batH» bits—McKeon 1 , dam 1. Total base hit§—I'etn.it

'iiu«y.- Ti

.ve.-y. Uf vv.ia r-, lieveJ »fu-r ibe•ID, who, out-.ii!o of being a \iitle

v . <ame. S«>'r»-:Cl.\> I* Alt. AB K. B. P. A.E DETRUIT3. AB.R.B. P. A.EJ.-D.B If....... 5 0 0 2 0 0 H,.u.wtt,cf... 5 2 0 1 00II-!:h.li......5 2 2 7 1 1 *->r'a:hfr-,1t»5 2 1 13 00

f...... 512 6 0 1 Ri 'Ms'i»2b. 5 1 1 4 30v,88.520 1 3 1 Hei Dell,rf... 4 1 1 I 10 ,ib,rf5 22110 R.-we, en...... 4 10220-, fttt 11342 \Vliit*-, 3b.... 412 0 41;:,ii,3b400 0 0 1 H»!l, c........ 4 1 I 1 02

M ; ,p... 300 2 1 I T*kchK!l,p. 3 0 2 0 20 c. \ '> T, c...» 20101 l!t,vtz~in, p... 100 1 10 M-V..U, p.. 1 0 0 0 2<»!Maiiuiug ( lf. 4 1 1 4 00 Keyuaii, c... 200200 ______

_ _ _ _ . .1 Total...... 39109 27 133Totft!...... 41 8 8 24 13 8j

Cincim»li.«.............» 3 01 400000—8De?r. it....................... 63100000 0—10

K.irn.«1 ruiB—Cibciuuuti B.Detroit 3. Tw»-base hi)* — Ht-i'U, Ricbaidron and »ny>ler. Three-base Mr-—M I'.-lee and L*-wi» T..ial bn*e bits—Uetruit ID, ••;«••: i,?tti 14. Double pla>»— McPbee aiid R^illy. St: .: h • :.t - Hi-.- «t-l-)"n an I White. J?iist ->n balU— < n ••'<! ., ir. ,', Irf-tr-.ir, 5. Hit bj pitctier—Detroit 2, ti- iijM.u £.. Ki.-s«l l*lla—H-lll, K«eoan 1. Wild pitch^—Twitchell 1, Wullauel. Time—2h. Umpire —Al Jeuuinga.

Not«s by Caylor.CINCINNATI, April 16.—Eiii:or SPOBTIJKI LIFE:—I

hav* n't luucn tiaie thi* week to slab »ii>body. We aie Jlr»•t^i^^^ ready to sc»r$ our chaiupiun-* «o the road to glur> Saturday, nod it rt-quir^a oiucb thought aud s^c>tt umt truubtc to do tbt-1, ;n yon uny koow,

1 huve inst hud n letter from Brother steams, of th<- Duir'-ils, atjd lie KHbta tu kuow whether the Ci,,-.:, ,..,M i,,, ....> -r..,,,., .| OJj g,;iiie bf*D»tn>i hnaks

vve«k He is getting back ;. -' %\\\m iu Suvaunah.

<j«i «...i >u uif ihiee time*, aiid yet I a '» (all (tt-wu and protect thai tht-y are I r^ I don't bt-lieve they are. They

_• <'/d ^ani«, as our boys pla\e<1 a••ati C nb hiwii't got warrn*-d up t-id f rhifik HI|I ( iu time, be able

_ 'tins. If they are trn-f*M.

.wliUilf rnr:cew. He ; : tv r nt <'<\cf, biid bis enemies

. I'd ritohirsr trim vet, bat it has1 n i will catch 'I Tiiii. Tbe j! fr'Qi him.

A - -»f a q tl - tartiuM fi —-^nit-th n«

Wfil, n..w Jiu» wtut oil Uiore Ibe uiiifd home. Mill be please file au niMMt aoout. the Luca* Club doing the mpii'im, I don't »ant to "tub him .e old wound haa heakd, but I do want

I ttifl fowls are incubated b«fure h« -in.

; itia and Athletics are not oiach on ex- 1 •-* • • • i* c»mit s to clt*iDpfoijtthip

•. 'ire, aren't they, L^w?

-'•ted Carpen*

t ue is now at i i .... In tbl« the 1 tliink Mr. By me

ad -.f -IN* the club 10 in ')Ut I'UH read

-n.>r llie

i .11 Mill I.. (V I.- Mi i;., Mi.-^i , i( ^ ifl.lu-r all ;it for the ncbir.rati -o, fur had it n<>t been f»r

,.,, r. .,,it would h*»»« breu renched. Tb» itoct-r*- thinks. 'ui!ic<; rft"*-« h%d Iu

with th« t

""V""'B 3*>paper, 1 am

Kot«0 and Comment*,i* uff jn hi* l^ttinir

Youre, *«., Jxo. TKOT.

FROV THE tfMOKY CITY.

Th* Pittaburga Los« Two Games Straight With Detroit.

PITTSBCRG, April 16.—Editor SPOKTIKG LIFB:—T u - "-•«-- • '- '- --•••- < <• ••»-• >•- -- - l-,MrS->i. !1.

As .i ,., ,t t nn it ha* nut been a bninant 8uut-ei*d. It h^, huw- ever, served to deuionstiate the mettle of the new material. Financially the club has eome out *& well as expected. No money has been made, it is true; neither baa anything been lost worth mentioning, and ad the object of the trip WAS not to make inouey, but to develop the team, tiiti club has no reason financially to regret tho trip. The weather in the Suutt, however, has been '' >- - -' - nerally wretched that tho .-t as well ofl' if the men . , and, along with in­ door training, had taken chances on the weather for outdoor practice. .

The tir;t game was played on Wednesday, and on this occasion the clubs were welcomed by an immense audience, which filled every incti of seating space, and even encroached upon the play era* ground. The Oetroits—"bijtour" anJ ail—were tue opposing ica:«. The g»nje was excetsd-

ly well pUytd, bu-.'! e Detr.it*! were vasily*up*rii>r at liie bjt, Morris'delivery srrmiugly having to terror l"v-r tbt-m. Baldwin, atiutti*r left-hinder, on, the con­ trary, had the h< me baittrs completely at his mercy. Kurhiie gut a hit in the fust iuaiu)f, but was lett, aud Gletjti aud Brown <-ac5i p^ut-d the halt in the Sreoud inamt—wnhout sculing in any ruin?, 1 owe^er. Afttr ttifo, |im,»i.n r/i^ h^.uiy leaoi couldn't hit tbe 1*11 out tide >tiid the res tile was a total blank. Th d tw > runs iu the luurth inning oa aStgU- . j .......vrti and liichariison, Brouthers1 double_mi W hitncy a error. Tbe tliird iu pi was made in the eighth iiiniug on a two-base bit by liruuthera, a passed ball and a siugle by Kichardsoo. A re mark- KM* t'eiture of the ^amt* waj VViiitt'a striking out eve y time he came to the bat. Score:riTTSIilKG, AB.B. B. P. A.K, DETLO.T. AB.R.B. F. A.KWhitney.38..4 0021 1 ! Hanlon,cf... 411 1 00 Smith, 2o.... 4 0034 0-Brouth*r# flb 4 1 2 10 00 Ku. hte, 3b.. 301 0 20 Hich d ou,2b 413 4 10 CUrroJI, c..... 3 U 0 10 20 Tuun,p^n,rf 4 00100Glriin, If....- 401 1 ric-jtt, lb...... 3 u 0 8AUai>,ef......3 0 0 0 1 0Urov»D,rt...»3 01000 UuciU, p..... 3 00 0 10,

Uowe,Jt....... 4020While, 3b.... 4001Banned, c... 401 8 r&ldwin, p... 4 001 Manning, If.. 3 001

Total...... 30 0 3 24 11 1 Total...... 35 3 9 27 12 1Pittebtirg..................... 0 0000000 0—0Detroit........................ 0 0020001 x—J

Earned runs—l>etruitl. Two-1-ase hits—Brouthers 2. B i=es siuleu—Bro« n 1. Li-ft wn bu^es—i'Utsbui ^ 6, D- troit 3. Double plays—Carro;!, Smith au<! St-ott, ^'arrrili and Smith. pMruck out—Whiruey 2, Ku--bne %, Gl-nn, Hrown.M^DU, Morrie,HiinKu 3, K^jwe,White a. iirst on tail:—I'it:st>nrg3. Hit ty pitcher—Car- roll. Patewl balls— Uarr.. ill H-., .. j t 1. W.ld pitch—M.o;ris. Time—1:35 ' -i •.

On Thursday therecl n with the«ame result, except that the I*... ,„,..»,.-, - .*• wurs6 be&tfn. Ttiey pLiyed a sp'rnle^g game, vlule thu Detroitu bttted hard and rnii the bas«a w-'ll. Tbe onl> rnu made by the home team WAJ by ku-^hne, who hit f^r a tfin^le, btv/le second anj came home on Gleun's ba^e hit. The ecortr:PITT8BCSO. AB.R.B. P. A.E DETROIT. AB.R.B. P. A. BWi itney,».. 4 0 2 1 12 Hanlon, cf... 411 3 00 Bi.uu, cf..._4 0 1 2 0 0 Rr.;iith 'r»,lb 3 2 1 960 >mth. 2bM ... 4 UO 1 4 2 Hich ds'ti,2b 3 2 1 340 C*.ioll, rf.... 4 0 0 1 0 U Fbomusu,if 4 1 2 2 00Kuehne, 3b» 4 1113 i|Rowe, B-...... 4 00130Glrno,lf......40 1 2 0 01 White. 3b.... 3 1 1' 1 008c-u«,lb...... 3 0 0 10 1 0;B^uuett, c... 401 6 00Ringo, c...... 301 5 111 rwitcb* ll,p.. 400 1 20H.ffurd, p.... 3 00130 U«niaug,lf. 411 2 00

Tol.tl.......331 6 24136 TotaJ...... 33 8 8 27 90Piiubnrg..................... 0 0 0 0 0 U 1 0 0—1Deiioit........................ 1 0102301 x—8

Earned run^—Dt-troit 1. Two-baa* hi s—WUitney, Riu^o, WhiEt, Beunett. B^-a stolen—Kuehrjp, Ht Ion2, Ricbardsoii 2, Fei.nett, .lUnning. L-^ft b^aee—Pitts'iurg 6, Detroit 7 Duu r*la pl-tys—Scaitti, Scott HI d Kiiigo. Sfriii k out—M^uu, H> ft-rd. White, Ttftiichtil. Boots oiibalU— Uetr it 4. Hit uy pitcher—Cart, 11, MaLEting. Pa-te 1 fall—Btm.-6tk. Wild pitth—Twitchell. Time 1:50. Umpire—Galrin.

THE OSWEGOA^fS.

No Practice Trip—The VTork to be Done at Home, Etc.

Osvptco, April 15.—Editor SPORTING LIFE:—There is nothing startling to record in base ball

- eiger and im-of the new

L-ut say they have--tion an-i as we have

ji! i^t-rs t^' • ; the ob-_. The men r anl field

r ...v.,..v. .^.^^.jiatelj after i..vj <v,j. ,.. und afevygames wiU be played with lucdi amateur ninesan-i one or two with Oaei la. They think th^will suffice to put the'n in condition for tu djwnthe Stars without the necessity oi kiUing theumpire.

We are waiting patiently for your coming, Syracuse; ita nu use, you can't win that game. Try ad you will, you may arm that excursion luad of jieitple with Winchesters or pea-shootera, but it wttl avail yon nothing, for our new m^ecut baa been in a truuce auJ fte^n the bati,iwnunr; on \\t$ wall.

I>jfj y.,n f-v^r hpar *,f "Bed Mt-jk," fiyiacude? Welt, be:- " t'v.r the c- f QiiDg i-fas'-a. It baa b**t-n an x to meet yo- r players wheu they ar- riv - i iu a new suit <>f clothesaud a siiiive, ?, Li'l (,e iij roduced to each and every one of them, lie will *lso be driver of tbe ht-urae that will c nvey jou t> Kich^rdae'U Park. If you survive/this we will give up ail hopes of wimiing the "rag1 in your fat of

I see ii is tbe proper "caper" jn*t now to atalyze the home te.^m; bettt-r wutju^t s little, &ay a mojub, aud tlien analyze; ii would be far mote ioter^stiLg. I tbiuk the clubs very evenly matched, with tLe odds any « here, and if ibeconjing race for tbe pen­ nant is n"ta clooe and exciting one I will be very much mintakeu.

The Lake shore Honge will be the base ball head- quarteis; m>.*tof the home players, and all'lie visit­ ing club* will stop there. Tiie gtuial clcik, George Kuiipp, is an enthusiastic admirer of the game, and will et.-e th*t the boy^ are uell taken care of. A large score board will be place-! iu front of the hotel on which alt Lea^n* games will be scored.

MaLager Wtot and Billbwee&ey are expected every day.

^wt-erjey and Walker will be the opening batter).The Deiroitfl play here .fane H>. .The many friend.t or E d.e Fua^l*wck are much

pleantd t<» see the excelletit worh be i^ d 'iog iu Hern phis. Stick to it, E'Jdio, we're alwayt wiiti yon,

Youin; Clark, Un^-id-i s [ittcher, hav*-* for his clnb ou thf 19ih iust. lie iw in fine condition and tdiuka ho will develop into a gu >d man for OneitJa. tie u very speedy, and hag a £o><d head. I'caa.

SYRACUSE 2TOTES.

i w». Ooo'i I>lA«ugrfigod Players.••• W. 3liTH "TKKMr, NKW VOB», April 14.—

JORTINO Lirf—KeuinKJy at.4 T twre not

The Team to Report This Week— Miscel­laneous News.

SYRACUSE, N. Y., April 16. — Editor SPORTING LIFB: — ritar Park is still unlit for practice work, and ail each doings out of doors must be done elrtewbere. The team report at Lawrence, Mass., April 19, and proceed to business immediately. The report f-unt throughout the country that the Syracuse Stars were defeated by the Princeton College team last week ie rather premature. Tae team will not be together until the 19th. 'r, ... ...i. ...:,,:... ;. .. *i, . i, a3 bten started for

v uniforms for the • ole gi^i'ip about town

and a i<r«.'-it many pe<»pie wonder where the as­ sociation's money h;is gone to. The "croakers" have cause an-1 subject tor talk over the manner in which our pitcher, Saappert, has been thumped of late by dubi dnvfu Eaflf. "rihap'' ia probably not trikiug many chances iu April g*m*ato kui>ck him self ou' fur the st-a.MjD. WM louk f-.-rward with cou- iidetaule anxiety for the result of the games on the cooiibg trip thruo^b the Ea«t«ra country.

KOtES.The pennant will float from a 60-foot pole.Ob erlau tier's throwing U gruaily improved this

yearT! will endeavor to

iist.'d to be a snccew

for the pnrj »*v> uf

probably be one of tbu ^uU;^aU<( to ife^rt<*«*t but Ait- »4>ciiinori.

All the adjointn)? towns are organizing club* and tbe Kalf of huge bull snppHes U on the incrvatte.

S^'erml lucal players ar« to sign with the Norwich Olub.

D*vii», Hnm[>hrie0 »nd Foutz, of the Toronto*, are here tbtH »Hfh pitpHririi< to Irave for Cana<1».

Dt-vibe abd OberUnder leavu here April 16 for l*w- reure. Maim. Simons will join them at Utioa

St. !

A ST' HA*K

THIRD Bisixis M JOHNXV WAR-

PlTtUER Di; <:>00gft.

iuut Uiid

Tin Nashville team h*a been photographed in a group.

THE Meriden Club will pay $12 a day rent for their ground.

THE Newarks are almost invinciblt on their own ground. I

JOHN MANNING'S contract with Baltimore baa been approved.

ANDY SOMXERS, a Cleveland catcher, has digued with Ham i .ton.

JOHN MANNING'S figure with Baltimore is understood to be $1,800.

JOE FABKELL is demonstrating that he is by no means played out yet.

THE new Kansas City grouuda will have a> seating capacity oi'S.UOO.

N A TICK, MJ.-W, b to have a base ball club to be run by a stock company.

W F. LAWI.BB, of l&at year's Uticaa, will manage th " '.«b.

negotiating with abort stop Callaban, .-r.

HK ^«^,aa• ah Club gallantly provides cushioned seats for the ladies.

MVTKIB sa,>t* the Nowarka can beat the Heta and Brook hn* with eaM.

T J. F.YSPH is the latest addition to the Eastern I.. '- ' - r\

appointed by the International

THE well-know u uttcher, Phil Powers, haa been en­ gaged by VOD der Abe.

MANAGER Sp£NcE,of Portland, has signed pitcher Me- Kiu)ey,Ute of Toronto.

B i a M E is accused uf having bought the famous peach b'ow vase— just for luck.

\\~ASiiiNGToNiA5is are rather discouraged over Mike Hi: ee' poor support of Uarr.

THE Harvard Cullfge team on Thursday beat the Cambridge team by 10 to 2.

Asur> ' up in Syracuse last week to buy tL, Rurx.r the longest hit at the Polo grounds t:,U3 fui' iliia scvL:uu.

BAKNIR has an excelk-nt and economical pitcher in Kilroy, whose salary is §1,500.

A ST. Loi'is yuuug wuman persists ia claiming pitiht-r Kubv ftr ahiiT-btud.

WEIL '• "-" ^toGuireand Casey— how Detroit must v ,-m now.

TiiE .l>.m Long Is And last Sunday, beatii^ - -0 to 0.

THF. i weakened through the absence ofWait,. „„.„.... -iiowili.

THE YVanhm^-ns will give a promising amateur catcher, named Roche, a trial.

Hi MPiiKiES, if last eea3on'6 Somtrseta, ia requested to scD'i bi-. a.di^ss to this iffice,

IIET2 and A very, of la^t year's Oswegos, have signed with the King>um (N. Y. ) Club.

y.sANK JU.vtji.OFT writes the Detroit papers denying that he ever ridicu:ed tueir team.

A HIGH luceU A oe is the best for ball players, mode on the Knjfii-h wftlfeing ?h->e la>t.

Ws i . - i oseman, will here after \<\

MAKU . _ : .. _ , proclaimed the finest short stop iu tliw Soutlmru League.

HEN MEYEOS is already distinguishing himself by fine second base play for Rochester.

JOHNNY WARD hasn't forgotten how to run the bases, according to it-ports Iroin Sew York.

THE Ciucinitatis are said to have adopted one of Charlie Scyder's old shoes for a mascot.

THE Savanuah Cmb h u finely concluded to stick to the twi my-h\v ceii t ttdmisason n*ie.

THE Baltiiuore papers are gushing editorially over the brilliant start made by Bainie's i.ine.

PRESIDENT PKOUDFIT, of the Southern League, will probably be the ; ext Mayor of Macon, Ga.

THE WasLiugtoiis haven't a really good base-runner in the team. Sliding is a tost ait to them.

RICHMOND dubs her contribute to the Boston team — Nash, Johnson aud Tale — the "big trio."

THE Na*hvilte Plub o»ntains fonr ]>lnyera from the Atlanta ' ' ' •' -!.ip.

T\v- ... disengaged, viz.: — <. . . - /cr.

NICK UK ibLfci, who lia-> bc-jti tci(.- tist-<.l by Atlanta, will pruljably play in Mobile or New Oib-ans.

MAN« •" • " ••• f - "•- ' - > • - ••-•• •••-" -.-reeded

THE 1 :;ce to

1'tK' uiooga, are th., ie.

ALL -t. IA.U.- nai avi an* « oi «-• u .1-11 miuthebe-

livf that th« Maroon.i can and will «in the pennant.TKRay. " a n. of Yule, it is *a-d, was ptfen-ri the positioa

c" . .:ued.. in tbe

S . North.AT th« Long lataiiii Baet) Bull grounds kt»l Sunday

the Long Island Club beat the Jersey City Club by 10 to 9.

A STREET railway strike in Baltimore hurt the attend­ ance at the Baltniure Club's gamed considerably last week.

THE Southern papers say that Twitchell, of the Detroits, is the most graceful pitcher ever seen down there.

HAERT SPESCE'S Portland team visited Eaaton, Pa., on April 10, aud defeated the Lafayette College nine by 23 to 4.

THE Meriden Club, to be in fashion, has secured a left-handed t wirier, one Qutnn, of the Northwestern League.

THE St. LouU papen insist that Xicol to the beet ri-htrieUer in th*> country. ^ ell, wait till they see Fuji arty.

BILLY TAYLOR has so far done we'l for Baltimore. Bill--ays he's now got a chance to redeem himself and will do it.

BIG THOMPSON proposes to make it warm for Brouthers and Connor in the s.ruggle for first place among League batsmen.

THE Boston and Newark clubs, having each won a game, will play the deciding game at Richmond, Ya., on April -21.

THE Miuneapo'is Club is to be managed by Ed "Whit comb. He has secured a good ground for the ciub for five years.

IT is <juite evident, from the games with Baltimore, that Frank Bancroft has gotten a fine team together for Hoc Ii enter.

THE "only Nolan" is reported to have met with a painful accident to his foot, a street car wheel having cru.-hi;d it.

ROBINSON has fully replaced Barkley in the Brown-* in ft- Mmg and base running, but ia yeta little unlucky in lattiug.

HARTFORD must be a "Jonah" town for the Mets. They were beaten twice there but summer aud last week a^ain.

CATCHER COLGAK, of Memphis, recently shot while huntin_', will not be able to play for six weeks. Bad for Memphis.

AV.THETT exploded phenomenon! Macon has released I -. of whoai so much—perhaps too much—

! :>> Club arrived in Columbus, Ga., on Thr>iftd»> Udi. 1 hoy will remain there U-n day« for field practice.

Co\, or rather "hoopskirt," Murphy is amply sus­ taining his reputation as a "cbinuer" aud ia setting Hav*-, hil. cra/y.

" •- • • (_,iub never received the silk pennant it v i the chauipiouehip of the Southern New K -'••;.

C'.LLI.NS ic<l the batting in Savannah's exhibition paui'- uiih .3-07. The club averages were:—Batting, 22J; fivl-ii ug. 918.

BALTIMORE is carrying fifteen players, but is likely to nnload two and i>erhaptf three of them beioie the sea- eon la murh older.

JAI-K IfiiiKE'aold manager, O.C. Flotta, ingoing into t n ,. h.,^..»,;,!! hn-inp**, bAviitg signed to manage the ' " ' ' '

Princeton College team last yearD'. > baiance in the treasury at the end ul :. '-•

MR. Y f the Brooklyn Gub, and hia family !»,.. „ ... ., California, and will not return until *jiue time in May.

THK pit''*i<*n) w?em to be getting the betterof the bats- u ' and big strike-out records are of;> '.'0.

i i tho Philadelphia North American ling bases Btolen is a delu-maii;—- lliu ii

•ion and a danr, McCiung, is a brother of Manager LevU thiuka the

! i mental pitchers plenty of,i> twirier^, Had aud liuff,

-v.. kett are the "Pooh Bahe"_• uiauagers, captaiws p ay-

» race are puzzled about • haa been placed every-

PITCHES PARSONS, of the Bostonn, pitched one game for >>wr\rh two Vfnnt njr'j aud waa then roteaaed, a»

uond was laid qu| wrong, itcher'ti eyea, aTul the work

Tecutht'i

Athept'n.

A

^ have already been re- it they may expect in

-d on the home td having been

'nil to oTerflow- 1 >etroit will un- r.which indicates

i HOD axAin th_}

ing a . .. doubtedljr gitrat >

Ruiiia CosNua that if iu»t at the t year, he won t be

COMISKY ;in1 r ^taching for the:. I- re to hustle the

boys utt.JIM >.: t-k to commune

with Jtiiok^y \Vel~i, bu; u<s wout Utck to New York without tbe great pitcher or hu* sixnalure,

Two or New York's sous wi 1 arbitrate on New Eng­ land's soil this soa&m, viz.:—Quiun aud Daily. Both have seen service iu the American AaHcciiition.

dovti ' lieu they size y.

for A Southern

THJS lir>t proi'essional gnuie ever play^l in Columbia, j S. C., took place on April 8, wiieo the Chinigo Blues i be-t the newly-organized Columbia team by 15 to J. I

JOE START last week accepted Washkigton';* ternw to play first base and captain the tram, tind was signed. Hkscoutr.vct has I- ...... young.

EYEBV club in t ^ already | set fuith its t ,iii,, u one hau j proved.con .1 will vviutut; ciiaiupiuitship. |

Oca Syr. ndent, Geo. II. Geer, ha.-* been | made a H............ i~ - ,r League umpire. He is iudoubt about accepting, as he may manage the Norwich Club. j

TmWasli 1 - - rs generally sympathise with Burns, ami thrashing he gave Foster, of tho Mets, \\ d Ufi a good player but quarrel­ some.

THE New York Herald thinks the Newarks will win the championship of the Eastern League without put­ ting themselves to tnuch inconvenience. Hartford de­ murs.

IT cost the Metropolitan Exhibition Company $1,800 last season to withh raw a resolution offered in the Board of Aldermen to cut a street through the Polo Grounds.

SECRBTART CLARK has approved the contracts of W. F. Colt-man, T. MeCoy, 8. Hteiner, G. Staliz, U. Brooks, J hn 0 Huurke, Frank O'Rourke ani A. Knox with WilktdUurre.

THE Louisville ptpershave been amusing themselves by puking tun at Fred Mauu's feet, which appear ex traonliuarily large to the Falls City funny reporters. Suiail busiuessa.

THE Chicago and Philadelphia clubs did not lose a game South. Tho Cuicag'* performance is the more creditable b,-cause they pUyed many mjre games with different clubs.

EKASTCS WIMAN refused to allow the Mets to play batk* bull in the bast on Sunday, and the game with the Brooklyn:* April 23 is off. The Baltimore^ take the place oi the Mets.

HE.U-Y, just signed by Kansas City, is not the pitcher of that name who played with Lucas last year, hut a lieu-comer. The St. Loui* Healy is again with the Haruoiid this season.

CAMPA.XA, of the Waterburys, wants to wrestle any ball player in the Eastern League for $25. Tom O'Hrieu, of the Bridgeport^, has expressed a willingness to accept the "defi."

THE Buffalo papers are spoiling the local public by already cailiu^ AlAU-tger Chipm*n'g new ouiried team the "coming champions" of the International League. Sit down.,

IN order to please everybody the suits of the Wash­ ington Club wil< be made by both Reach, of Philadel­ phia, and Spaldhig, of Chicago, each firm having re­ ceived an order for a set.

PUBCELL made a batting average of .406 in the ex­ hibition gamed played by Atlanta. In these games Atlmfa made a club batting average of .314 and a fieMin^ average of .$73.

THE New York Ti«w» says:—"Finley, of the Columbia College team, is considered by nmny to be the best KUiateur catcher in the country. He is certainly far ahead of many professionals."

JOHN CoBR.HILL didn't reach Cincinnati until last Friday, and then went right in on Saturday and played right held up to tho h.unlle and slugged the ball twice safely, anJ off Baldwin at thut.

Mi'fiPHY is kicking against the decision of the Eastern League dire-^tor^, aud says he will not play in Meriden. Bridgeport is trying to devise a plan by which they can hold ou to this heavy ta&man.

THE skilful management of the Mets is te'ling, and New York is beginning to take considerable interest iu the affairs of thi1 ciub, whose bright light baa been hid­ den under a bt^h'-l all t*>o long.

Now that •: • ' - Boston fri' p ay at . lik

T ' n Association has com-ri -•> for the season, but the

r he urapirea being sub-

,; : so far.*nade, the team w.. season, composed of you , would have proved as sir n.

Ii ij-hia club, has signed with He didn't want to pay in the Ltugu? an\h.jw, ^uJ always regretted signing with the Phillies in a rabh moment.

WHAT'S the matter with the Wall Street League? Come, Messrs. Bea s, Sadlee, Fisher, Lee, Marsh e aud Conimisky, start it up again and give it another year's trial. It is time to be up and doing.

COM PETENT critics declare that Handiboe, of the Pitts­ burgh, wih not prove a great success in the Association, as, though possessing great speed, he lacks the iu-curves that go to make up a successful pitcher.

JUDGING from their display against tho Maroons the St. Louis Browns are just as strong ad they were last season, and will cut out some tough work for the other America • chiba who are after tbe pennant.

DEALERS in base ball supplies report the largest bu-^int'ss ever known, which wou d indicate that the game is steadily gaining favor, and that this will be one of the be=t—if not tiie best—season on record.

A COLORED base ball league has been formed at Jack­ sonville, Fla., including Memp is, Chattanooga, At­ lanta, Macon, Angusta, Charleston, Savannah, St. Au­ gustine, Montgomery and other Southern cities.

THE ba-- :d seems to have stirred even the most .era up, and men DOW ruu to second wh ;y nothing could coax further away than tuo 1'fct fr-<m first base but a safe hit,

MR. VASI>EUHORST, Mr. Booth, the oyster packer,and his buyer, Mr. Jones, Mr. Farren and Mr. Rowe are all giiid to be stockholders in the Baltimore Club. Mr. Vanderhlorst and 3lr. Booth are both wealthy men.

A LIGHTED match carelessly thrown in the grand stand nt Macon set it »fire during tbe Macon-Chicago game on April 13. The excitement was great, but the fiaines were qnlckly quenched and the game went on.

IT is pr 'babli that Lock Haven will be exptllfd this week by the Pennsylvania State fceasme for failure to comply with tbe constitution. Scran ton ia working np a. team, and will be admitted to bock Haven's place.

THE Buffalo Clnb has decided to offer National League clubs and American teams only half the g»te money and i)O guarantee. Indeed, tho management leans strong y to the belief that it would be better not to play them at all.

HARINETT, who was to have taken tbe Boston Unions on a Southern trip, concluded not to do so, hut neglected to (jive proper notice and disappointed audi­ ences at Newark and Washington. This is nut the way to do business.

THE member? of the Argyle Club, of New York, last wt'f-U :• Mutrie, of the New Yorks,

Lwt^uu It-am. Hi; him impiu^J wcinlt-rdiliy wit hit) a I limit h'.- «iuil'-'s a "&iia*year. Uis Southern MMMOC was of great t^uufit to bilk I will bo a food year for bwe bait

whether he signed for the 1 * aud r«mark« that this

wifl,It ia a gold lion's head,

Thirty-tight bottles of wine

l! \ - the management of the Grand Opera Hon.-. - - ... -ty Hall at New Bedford for tho fall and winter sett-^ii oi 1&SG-87, which, with the management of the Adelphi Rink and New Bedford polo team, will keep him quite busy.

THE majority of base hits made this season thus far by tbe Yale nine have been made with tho bat with wlii-* ' ! " " ''ike led the League in 1884. O'Kourku ]>r»- t'f captain Stewart, and it is also used

KNev, by 1 1 ,

iu tbe iis to iiunaUiu a uuiiur k-a^uo lup company of a big League.\ T FV-iv*.i^<i ./•.•.,<- UM a n<»v«d on April 10 in Bos­

ton. , of ti at city, and the DHI' (Eter winning by 3 to 2. Rkh.tiM-'.Ni ..tiMft.n .' ...,,. n-ii,i> well for the Boacoos, accepting ail ot fourteen chances.

MANAGER CHAPMAN, of Buffalo, ia after the Wood brothers — Pete and Fred — with every prospect of get­ ting them. Fred U a catcher of littto refutation, but Pete's signing, we understand, is conditional upon Fred's simultaneous emgagemeufc.

A NEW YORK i^-ntl man anxious to see the two greU nitttrouoliUu club* come together has offered a tropb v to be valued at $200, to be competed for by the New Y<>rkft and Metropolitan*, uud to he presented to the team winning two out of three games.

FRANK BANCROFT had a strange streak of hard luck on F;i-t iJiiy, April S, ut N*. u ti..!';ml. Tho Haverhill Po!" iing,causing him alo-- put 4 oV-lut'k the next - -ilvur.

THE Detroitn are the biggest net of men ever gathered Into one team. Manning being the only m^tinm-sized man In the team. In Brouthers, White, Tlinui|»soii and Twitchell the t<-um has giants, while Hi.w«, Richardson, Hanl'-n and R*-nTi«tt art vi*ry !tir^«, lif-avy mtMi.

.h a hi tit its, Uanvilltt, 2U,'J*W; iiiclituuud, hO,i >*)«>; Nor­ folk, ^6,<XM>; Stun ton, 12,000, aud Ruanoko, U,tXX>.

W-. ' - - - '-..fortheir fit)' an in the team i' develop­ ment. < ':<; t.uh Hiinli 'Ti hfw* ih.-iij w<-[\ in hand and what ki- ki:, fcr th'fv iudulg* in they do in a quiet way.

Hb U to be congratulated, upon *>:irf. Xnt only will t!n-r :il,

THE Washington reportersknow the valneof judicious

Lvom, of Atlanta, is showinir up remarkably

e pnwpects of a fair rt«*-f last \,-:tr'snti:«\ with

iug astonwbiugly well.THE have fnll^wrd Washington N ex -

j.- it ri-ht aud k-l't. 'ilia h'.jrae-ahot! ^•em to IIMQ out at all in practice. .in i tuh WHS beaten in the opening

it by 8 to 7. Brother Cay- ••ver, from tho fact that the

_ ... .. ...,. _,,une in 1882 by the score of&tturiUy ia»t—6 to 7—wiiil theo won the championship. Cay lor thinks history may repeat itself iu this instance.

, , .-,> »i \,.w York-Newark game last Wednesday ;tysome of the friends of Foster, of Lit Club, who was assaulted iu Newark

.*-. h, i-> Bunts, of the Newarks, tried to as­ sault Burns. He asked Manager Mutrie tor po ice protection, and was escorted in a coach to a place of safety.

A NUMBER of the Atlanta players have already been heavily fine<4 for drunkenness and late hour*. Man- aiin* Director Rjau admits this ami says:—"I will do i it again whenever they break the rules. They know the rult-a, and they know the eon^qu^ncea of break- | ing them. Our team can play ball and it haa got to I play ball." j

TIIE St. Louis Republican says: -'Baner, of the Ma- ' root)a, is perhaps the most muscular ball-player in th-t professtDB. During oue of the recent games at Sport?man'« Park, sone»Qe in the crowd why re B_ner was standing m*de an insulting remark about the Maroons, and Bauur almost made a hole in the fence with him."

THE University of Pennsylvania nine was not con­ sidered olt^iblp for the Iiiterrnlir^mtp A'sa^kitinn, and the An : near yfeat by • • . v must bav'j j icidod a liii-^j amount ui satisi^tiuu l-j uur college lads.

UP to Wednesday iaat tbe New Yorks had won six rtrai^ht sanies, in which their opponents were shut out. On Weimewhiy last, however, they tackled the Newarks and found the whitewashing job too much of a task against that strong team. In the ei^ht games played to Friday, however, the New Yorks made 101 runs to their opponents' 11.

SPRINGFIELD, Mass., is to organize an independent team which includes Dan O'Neill, of last year's Water btirys, Madden and Deihl, of Westfield; Irwiu and Downing, of Holyoke, and Morrissey, Mahoney and M'tlTic, of Springfield. George B. Rath bun is i i he desires to arrange games with the 1 ie clubs.

1 t" -r^anize a North Georgia baseball ! ..• Madison, WasMHten, Lexing- : Cuiversity and Atnela clubs, to- e : - aa wish to join the league. A i.u-t -,,\,^ -.viil 'i.r< !u-!.l in a few days for the purpose of l"'jki!j^ into the situation, and to discuss the feasibility of eueii a:i orgauization.

REGARDING the proposed new Cleveland Club the Plain Deafer says:—"Any clnb that lives this year in this town must be a co-operative and semi-professional one only. There are no suitable grounds to be had out­ side those at Brooklyn, and they are too far away to attract week day crowds. The old League grounds are go fie as far as base ball is concerned."

READING, Pa., is to have some base ball this season aft rail. The veteran-am Fields is organizing a club, and ha* already secured thre^ of the best players in the city. Mr. Fields ia negotiating for Fritz's island, in the Srhuylkill near the Green tree tavern, fur a ball ground, an<l has already en^a^eJ John A. Hieater's fleet of river steamers to take the crowds down.

THERE %aa considerable dissatisfaction with John Kelly's umpiring in the St. Louis local championship series, and Manager Schnielz, of the Maroons, is quoted as saying:—**We have been outbatting and outplaying the Browns, but have lost the majority of games for the reason that they have been given nearly all the close decisions and had all the best of the umpiring."

THE Walnut Street Theatre Base Ball nine,composedofthe following players:—John Keeuan, left field; JamesGeorge, right field; Chas, Hoffner, centre fie'd; W. J.Kiriin. f.r."t base; James Orr, second base; Gus Walls,

- T "P; Thcs. Price, third base; J. Machoui, catcher,II. Winner, pitcher, has been organi/ed, and

like to hear from the McCaull'a Opera Iluuse[line.

W. 3. ARVOF.D, the well-known Albany base ball niAn. lit'; inunaiie tlu? SarHunr* Club of tho HaJs >n

t-r-. Hw can be addressed at Arnold s Billiard Parlor, No. ?, 10 and 12 south Pearl street, Albany, N. Y.,until May 5.

A GAME was played at Princeton, N. J., on Saturday between th e Princeton College team and a nine repre­ sented to be the Syracuse Stars. A dispatch from Syracuse says: — "As the Stars do not report until April 19, the nine is certainly not the Stars, although three or four of the Stars, who live in Philadelphia, may have played on tho nine. Green, the Star's left fielder, pitchexl. The score was 11 to 5 in favor of the Prince- tons."

CAYIOR'S boast that the American Association Guide contained not a single error has set all the sharps to hunting for b unders, and several have been discovered which have already been noticed. Now another curre- eporsrtent points out that in the Guide, Powell, of the Athletics, leads a t the second basemen with an average of .979 in 19 games. Unfortunately for the Guide Powell did not play second base for the Athletics. He is a first base man.

THE Pittsburg press and public does not at all like that part of the bargain which compels Scott's release to Baltimore. Scott is a fine p'ayer and deservedly a favorite in the Smoky City. However, the Pittsburg Club had to make some sacrifice, as they were as much interested as any other club in not having a decision made in the Barkley case. The reserve rule and the power to preserve discipline is just as essential to Pitts­ burg as to the other seven clubs of the Association.

TORONTO notes — Manager Humphries, of the Toronto Base Ball Association, returned from Syracuse last Friday, Oysterhout and Davis accompany ing him Dell Darling and Gus Albert arrived by another route. Thus, with Veach and Stacklin, who were already here, there are seven players in town, leaving five to arrive, who will be in Toronto on or before Saturday. They are, as might have been expected, all shapes and sizes, but boar the impress of ball players from the be­ ginning.

Wont ESTER, Mass., notes — The second nine of Holy Cross College for the season of 1886 has beeu formed aa follows:— W. J. Ncary, '89, catcher, J. B. Conner?, VJ, pitcher; E. J. Mulanef?, '87. first base; F.H. Barnes, '«9, second b*se; J. J. Boland, '69, short stop; J. T. Ca- hill, '89, third base; J. R. Maguire. '89, right ftelOfc E. J. O'Donncll, 89, left field; J. J. O'CalUhan, '89, centre field. The nine is regarded as the best here for some years past, although tho players are younger than in previous years.

A pABAURAFn in the New York World of April 12 calls Mr. SpaMing to account for his failure to insert Connor's picture in the Guide. As it happens it was so ely the fault of Jim Mutrie that the picture did not appear. Hei' *'iitin time, but failed to keep his word t was that Connor's "photo" came too lat<; t -i in time for the Guide's is.-;ue. Tho picture has boon inserted in Mr. Spa'ding's new cdifiou of Mr. Chadwick's revised book on battiug — now in press. •

THE Dai-tmouths have arranged to play games as fol­ lows:— April 24, Haverhilla at Haverhill; Haverhilla at Hanover, Aoril 29 an- 1 '"' *'• " ! in College at Han­ over; May 5, Yales at May 7, University of Pennsylvania at I' May 15, Concords at Concord; May 27, Brown i in\tMiity at Hanover; May- 31, Concords at Concord; June 2, Terns at Hanover; June 10, Brown University at Providence; June 12, University of Pennsylvania at Hanover; June 23. Am- herstaat Hanover.

C'r.i'MBiA, Tenn., not PS — Tho O'himM^ played theirin-! with the \ "v ;..ril 10,tyed a got i*! -. The

; of Taylor, !'• s men­tion, for they proved thiit they -.vm-u axcyduat players.Tneir be^t pitcher, Williams, was not in the box, and itwas !\ pity he hadn't a chance to try his curved againsttho prifln of the Rock City. Tho sroru wits 9 to 1. TheColumbia* have tho reputation of IxSing the finest ama­teurs in tho State, and will soon prove it.

HOBO KEN, N. J., notes — The Jersey Bluos Chicagoed the A HUM tics, of Brooklyn, otherwise known as the Uot»okt*n3, on Sunday, April 11, tho score being 7 to 0. .........Nichols, tho black-listed player of the NationalLecigne, is playing with the Jersey Blues. ...... ..TheBlue* defeated the TCeliimo nine of Brooklyn on Satur­ day, April 10, *curu8 to 3. ........ The Mother Hubbardsplay tht Washington Muffins In May, both cluhn being In costume. ...... ..As an umpire, Stuurt, who umpires forthe Bliius, Is not a snccett.. ...... -The Blue* will soonCirr* tbn Nmv Ynrks.

•- -i, of Detroit, i< -"• nthern I • 'if his own ' ' in the 1 -; will ugiiin i " Hi- i olL'lphias as a very su^ci im club thm

on account of their numerous and ex- .-ji. The New York* will be hardly so

rim-<vn*tii| a» lut'tyear, he thinks, though they have a inaunificfiit team. Mr. Wfttkina al*» lunglin at tho charge that the Dot'-oi tit nin b:ts«s like elephants, and say**thttt Hunloii, Ruwe and Crnm* *r*» tlio aupisriora of Gore, Kelly and Dulrymplo, of tin- '.'himgoft.

e Iwi'-n fnrtber purtlculare .nvoll Iml! p!urt;r

the Bohfoit Tfntf* about l^e ca«w of JHOIM Thy no. tin- to whom cww we rolled ar(*-i:Hnn « »wk or t*\-It appear* that ho hah take SIpetMHn, of (Juelpli, O(in**d», and MChnrl»«*t'>n, S. (*. !!<• *(jrn«*d a f^rtf-n^' "

dlun'-uu<l to gu there Ills wbsreabouts is yet un

fmiagt-r Itryan. <»f

ith Tbc'latter, ft hnd a nwu

II, «r.d all he ;.»it thef.Vna

«nd

bate. Mt- <!"-• ...... ... ... _. ..... ... .... .. - ., ..: in

;i. Our irtwuja«ii «xptt;t W p ay th* - -m, aud with that oui season will ba

MILTOS, Pa., notes— A largely attended and very en- thii!>i**tt'* m»*«»t!nsf was held in th*» Milt'*'t *">pen* Houseou F1 ' " ' . _'. April 9, for " *' • >r«gitn "U Ilase Ixi "f18*". • r'ie offli-ciN i'tt-elect.-.! i . ) . n ' ;- i dpresident; T. J. II - ~e-tary; Geo. Hert/, ! i»,Edwiu B. Curtt, i Aliberal amount ui u-cutions point t.-- > udteam, whii i, i i-cable — pr ! ^o

.......Cluirlit- •n, has had e Lancaster „ *ud

PETEY DONAOUE Is responsible for the following:— Joe Gerhardt's trotter has been the cause uf a ro»>'ness between the second baseuia^ and < tn Deasley. The other day rain broke uj -'h the New Yorks wore engaged. As - (n went to the dressing-room Joe T< he thought of taking a drive. "What : to drive?' 1 asked Deasley. ''Why," \va.> ..'.„. ..,-,-. ^"a* borse of mine. He's a 3-minute tri/ttt-r and don t you. forget it. I bought him at the ru<-e track." *'Thre» minutes—race track,"sai'i'''•"» i) —•> r-n.ii.,i. .iiv -him; that thing trot in three : • .• • » mile in five." The san. • aa said rile*l Gerhardt, anJ .*<- ut Deasley not being able to tell P - a tn-tter and a runner. "I r,> -y. ''Well, you trot out your tr< <i. mm a Bundled yards and give him --.rt. 1 ' Joe made a reply that was unintelh- .-^t of th» boys, but Tom must have undcraiwu u, ior no id taking boxing lessons uow.

LEAvr.NW'iRTH, Kan., notes.—Th^fii^t game between the V " ,jue club, of i the W, - tub, of this i. la- tic 1 , v The game .: the Kansas i.'it> Club by a score of Ii tu J. UK- --c-'ond game was playrd April 11; the game was called at 3 p. M. In this game the Leaven^ :(!.- *•_ i,.l tf • nt-nd with Kansa^pity's So,0»)0 batt- v^-ry inteerrstin^Hnd a large crov. ty. This gam^Kded in a victory t • score of 5^*4. The present ii. the Leavenv^ih League club can ae of Kansas City up so easily th;ir 'ViU c-rtainly stand a very good show uf vviditttig the pt-n- nant of the Wtstern League. Our nest gam* is with Ted Sullivan's Northw^^rn League club, of Milwau­ kee, atter that our club starts for Denver. We have evt-ry possible rrason to believe that we hava a first- class tram from what we have already seen them do. We hive released Burk'tt and signed Cahill and Barkson. Cahill will play short and Barkson pitch.

PoiGHKEE^iB, N. Y., notes—Well, the base ball goors are all very much* pleased that we are safely landed in a strong League, and with each clubs ai Troy, Newuurg and Kingston to contend with, it will give us plenty of work to win the pennant, but w» will get there and no mistake, either. We will open the League season on May 3 with the Troy Club.........Our manager will play Harry Stiue, our left-handed twirler, at short field. This will k-ave us three regular pitchers and two change pitchers.........The score cardprivilege has been awarded to Mr. Wallace and Mr. Tracy for this season.........The batterir; for the Pough-keepsie Club will be divided as foil iud McJJermott, Shaw and Brosnan, Mear . ....The nuuiHg'-r w.mld like nn.-tln.-r fc All

k*- . til be on han-i . utilMayl, when wo play thu Columbia L<.LtS)o niiiy. Look oui boys.........I have a long hat of playt-rs who commencedplaying ball in our city, but the most prominent if Mickey Welch, of the New Yorks, who pitched for th» old Volunteers a few years ago.

ALTOONA,Pa.t notes—As the time approaches for the opening of the base ball season the interest increases..........A slight change in the ownership of

men of -. i,edeeply interested in the welfare of tl. Th s Utter feeling is almost T; r. the success of a club than money, r /id of a clnb solely for the purpose re­ sort t> tri ks that those who ha j»>rt at hear' would never touch. Mari.i^r 1'iiher will be ruined, aQ'J he will go ri^ht tih-..:d aud >lgn the play-^ra. He expects to have the entire team signed tnis week.........We would like to learu of the where­ abouts of Alex. Donahue, whj played here last season. We think he is in Alleghany.........ManagerFisher will leave Springfield for Altuoua on Monday ........The Lock Haven papt-rs say their club has

fallen through. They should brace up and go ia with what money they have subscribed. If they know their buaioess they can run a good club with what they have subscribed,

WiLLtAMSPORT, Pa., notes—The Williamsport Base Ball Association Las taken advantage of the fine weather of the past week and has commenced putting the grounds in condition for p hiving. The heavy winds of the past winter had badly demoralized tue fence that surrounds the grounds, aud the past week haa been devoted to resetting it *nd putting it in ah .pe. While the work on the grounds haa been gmng for­ ward they have also been working in ;i: ' " : >>Q, i. e., signing players. Five men—l; -1, Fisher, Bittenhou^e and Kickley—ha\ ir contracts signed, and notice of their n l en promulgated by the secretary oi' ti :iia State Association. Twootner men— }'> ir'a Williamsports, and Fitzpatrick, of In- -ur- sets—have accepted the terms oi' the V- md contracts have been sent them. Tli: -\ ill be signed before the team will t -n, so f«r as selected, are not ph <>d players, and will make the oth \s- &f>ciation get np early in t: me championship from remaiuiug ' uy will not only keep their e\-; u): un, as your Altoona corresj 1 • . -ite their time to keeping t : the Association. If the Ait. . ._._ ..., .lake the championship awiy iium the \ViiiiuiiiBpuitd they will have to play b.»ll to do it. We do nut want to nmfce any boasts tor the club, but <k its tVif-mU t<> wait till the soasoii opens, and then ; ... The schedule will be made up "k, and tho ball question will alsu ... <• ill be satisfactorily dealt with. No umj•:. >.[>- pointed as yet, but the places will be r 10 Betson opens. Rumors are const.ntiy i-.-.^nu;^ IK-re reg -rding the make-up of the various Association clubs. If all are true, look out for some good ball playing.

DENVER, Col., notes—The ba.l se;i- ' V-re April 10 with a game between the • u and the Denver K"-'Tves, a fi"mi ie which expects to t ia League, wnic i w; >;r, Black Hawk, Cem .\ n aud Silver Plume. Th hy 7 to 5, the men acquitti i ; a first game. They p a} :i- worths play exhibition ^.iiuca heix ICth and 17th.........Your Detroit conupon Manager Wal •('-.• \v : lli a 1 Com --^ ^^r" letter in defence •• '.;-$ been terribly ill- ne side of the cane. 1 ; -, lie did oiaky terms witlk On inn a con* tract to sign, but never i from it. As he had sent out at lea-_ .. . . .: . >.>ntracts inthe stuue way and heard iiulliing luitiiei1 Iium the men until he saw their names in THEdroaTiNQ LIFE at having signed with other clubs, lie aiu.i.,.,. i xii-i, !;rh- newsy's WAS a eimil.tr case, as the W. at that time was not protected by the-im nt and coiisicqucutly their agrceinc-utsi u -.\%* As to thu telegrams, two did arrive h < u<, after Wallace'?) departure for tho K,. »r- warded to him by mail to CV - had been as careful about mar wa-H about signing it he wuuhl i. this reason, a« W>i< acu i-egiirdt» him ;i and regrets not securing him.........Itthat Flynu, of last year's Pueblos, ha^ JDitIuth.........Lu.Mivillt» haanii*id!Fl.T >nto stint their club oil with. It is nut my have secured (or ^ nine yet, but Jar, lull and Griffin, uf la.-i " of them.........The K 'd-fonns April lit, o> .-.nd p«i>t», witli red bc-U- a- -1 -t< > ki g-* and i',-d aii'l whito stri|>cd capri.........'!'!!'! L'-ague will sport their brandnew SuuMiut; unite in tho Lvavunworth game on the 14th. They ai'f bufl, with ted truumiugd, bults, stock­ ings aud caps.

The Narragartsett Driving AwclAtlan, ProvjdiMica, R. I., ui'--t un tlir imli innt. and eloctM the Ml»wmg ofllcwifi: I'rcsiiient, Hornet- H. liloo*);^'^-i- vi-.. r.,,.H i. dontti, Fr*uk W. Stt*v«n», Itobfit Mr, yc Le>\ it Gow«r. Tu» p»rk haa he*-D I- - <i«

Idtliiiiry tvr thn i»ea.*)n tor J?.OK>. ,' < w^« predicted. In udillTioti to thesi" . i Juni\ tb« July aud tinui-t OirouU m Mil _>!MJ be % second special ueotfug.

.loii^ DAHRAOU aod Johu Pwyorhave bwn •>. (* by Augunta.