the life. base ball. st. louis si...

Sept. 25. THE LIFE.

BASE BALL.AMEKICANASSpCIATION.

Games to be Played.Ccit. 22 2:i Loiiiavjlle at Kauaaa l-iir, Cincinoati at

St. I>juis.Fe] (. 22, 2». G.lnmbus «t T!r.>oklyn. f/, t. iil, 21 Athletic >t Rultimore. tfi't. 26, 2it, 20 LuuibTille at St. L ,u\i, CiocIaDati at

Knltilti City.Pe|. . 'SI, iS, v;9 Bnllimore r.t Brooklyn. ti:|.t. 28, M>, 30 Columbus ut 1'hiladclphla.

The Kecord.Tho Brooklyn team held its own in the lend

during the week, nnd hns reasonable assuranca of Btml success. Tbe St. L.)uia Browns, how ever, seem to have recovered their nerve, and ivre making a strong fight in the West to recover lost ground, although the battle seems hopelcsF. The Baltimore team met with reverses and ilropped to fourth place, the Athletics moving into thnt pince. At this writing, both clubs are tied for the position. Cincinnati is still fifth, and seems likely to finish there. Kansas City has at Ust dropped a peg, being driven out of sixth place by Colutrbus. The record below is up to Friday, Sept 20 inclusive:

At!.lei ic................Itaitimore.............DruoUyn .............( iuc;unati............Columbus. ............Kansiia Citv..........LouNvitle.............Si. Louis...............

31

Ct... 16:'7il6 19| 9] 82 !f,83

i 8j C5 | 7 8'lti'll ll'.j 7! 65

4|11 ... 8 21 71 4 .-

b'i

,?! 9743;478

.423

.4(18

.205

Won. Lost. Pct| Won. lost.PctBrooklm......82 38 .«!« C incinnatl..... 64 f,» .525St. Ixiuw....... 7B 43 .639 Columlms...... Si 71 .4'iiAlhloiic........05 50 .Df,5 K»iaH» Citjr...4.l 71 .408lialiiinore......G5 50 .J&5,Loni*vi!le......25 97 .21)5

Games Played Saturday, September 14.BBDOKLVN vs. LOVISTU.LS ATBKOOKLTN SITT. H (p.

V. A?i0 t. M.) Tli« vielUTS played good ba'I in both gttines and tho Brojklvi:S hud to I'lsy tlieir Lest to via. lii tlie first game Tomni-y's errora wt*re very costly lor the visitora. Ttio Broukly us played without error. Score:BEOOKLVS. AB.R. B. P. A. KlLOrMVILI.I. AB.R B. P.O'llrieu, !f....t 1 1 3 0 0 Sh»nuon,2b..5 0 t 3Collins, 2b... 5 2 4 3 1 0 S-rattun, rf_4 0 0 0Foutz, lb.....4 1 2 10 0 0;Flanacan,U2 0 0 11Bntus, rf...... 3 0 U 0 6 0 V»ug hn,cf...4 1 1 3rinckiiey.3b3 0 0 0 3 0 G»IH)i»u, 1I..3 0 0 3 G.rkliHI.cr...* 0 0 5 1 0 Kaymond,3b4 1 4 2 Vi-ner, e...... 4 0 1 5 0 OiEhret, p...... 4 0 1 "Caiutters, p.4 0105 OlCook, c....... 4 0 Ieniitli.M.... ..421130" ' " '

Tola!...... 8G 611 « 130Br.-okl.TD..................... 1 0Lcmi-iliUe.-.................. 0 0

l earned Itro >kljn 3,

Tomnty, ss.,.4 0 1 243 Tola!...... 3i ~i » 27 Hi101030 0 C 000011 0 2

2. Two-bane-h'ts tolling. Vaugbn, C.'ok. Sacrifice hit* Burna 2, Sirjitt-.n, Gal!igi«u. 8-oIco la*«s Pinckney, Smith, Toniney. DouM« plays C'orktiill, Vianer; Smith, Cvlllns, Fcmtz; Shannan, Kajmoud. First on balls OT Car nit-era 2, cff l!hr« 2. Struck cut By Ca- rctbors 4, by Eliret 1. Wild pitch EUret. Umpire Gold-mitb. Time 1:39.

In the eecor-d game Hughes held the Ijonisvilles A'\vn to four bits. Ewinz also (Jiil well for the Colontls and kept the hits so well pcattered that but for bad fielding ia tlie last tbreo tunings the home tenm would have beeu beaten. Scort:BROoKLVN. AB.R.B. P. A. K'LOflSVIL&E. AB.R.B. P. A. VO'Brien, If... 4 1 3 2 0 0 Shannou,2b..4 0 1 340 Collius, 2b...4 0 0 0 2 0,S;rntton, rf...3 1 1 010 Fo«tz.lb.......4 111! 0 OiFlanagan.lb.S 0011 31Burns, rf..... 4 0010 O^Vauijun. cf,c4 00512I>iuckney,3b2 1032 OIGalligan, If..4 01101 Corktiill, cf.iO 1 2 0 0 Raymond,3b4 0 0 1 21 ClarK, C........4 2 2 8 1 2 Cook, c,cf.....3 1 0 212Smith, ss..... 2 1 1 0 3 0 Tornoey, M... 3 1 1 230Hughes, p... 4 0 1 0 9 O.Ewing.p...... 2 0 0 241

Total...... 32 6 9 27 17 2l Total...... 30 3 4 27 19 8Brooklyn.....................8 0100022 1 6loiiTsi ille..................... 0 2000001 0 3

Karned runs Brooklyn 1, LouisYille 2. Three-base bits O'Brien , Fouta, Corkhill, Sbannon. Home ruu Tomney. Sacrifice hits Collios, Burns. Flauagau, "Vauithn 2. Stolen bases O'Brien 2, I'inckney, Clark. Doub'e plays Flanagwu, E*in^, Sniitli, 2; Tomney, Ewing; Raymond, Kwinir, Shannon; Tomney, Flana- Jjau. Struck out By llughea 7, by Ewiug 3. Passed balls Haiti, Cook 1. Wild pitch Ewjug. Umpire Goldsmith. Time 1:50.

ATHLETIC vs. ST. I/oi is AT PHILADELPHIA SEPT. 14 (p. M. ASD P. M.} In the first game King WHS stendily effective, while Wheying's bases on balk and wild throw were disastrous. A running catch by Duffee in deep centre that robhed StoVf-y of a L.me run wan the fenturv. t%e Alhletfcs'only rdn was scoretf by Bier- bauer on bis triple and Boyle's wild tbiow to third. B:cre:

ATHLETIC. ABB. B. P. A. ST. LOCI8 in.R.B. P. A.XLarkln, Ib... 4 0 1 12 10 Lat'iam, 3b..4 22340 Lyons, 3b..... 3 0 0 1 3 OjM'Carthy. rf 4 1 1 3 00Slovey, If..... 3 0 1 1 00ltibinson.2b.401 020Bii-rbauer,2b4 11210 O'Neil. If... ..401 2 01Pin-cell, rf... 401 1 00 Million. Ib. 3 0 1 11 00 IVnntlly, ss.3 0 1 2 31 Duffee, cf.....4 01200Cross, c.......4 0 0 4 0 0 Fuller, SS.....4 0 1 140Weyhing, p..4 0 0 0 5 l;Boyle. c....... 3 1 0 501Urenuan, cf..3 0 0 1 0 OjKing, p....... 2 1 0 060

Total...... 32 I 5 24 13 2! Total...... 32 5 8 27 16 2Athletic...................... 0 0000010 0 1Bt. Louis.......................0 0013001 1 5

Two-base hi s McCarthy, Hill'gan. Three-base hit Bierl-auer. Total hate hits Athletic 7, St. Louii 10. Sacrifice hits Cross, Boyle. Stolen base Mc Carthy. Double plays Fenneily, Bierbaner, Larkin; I.ycus, Larkin, Fer:n--lly; Robinson, Fuller, Milligan. Left on bases Alhletic'7, St. Louis 6. Struck out Lrone 2, Brennau, Duffle, King. First on errors Alhletic 1, St. Louis 1. First on balls Storey, Fen- m-lly, Boyle, King, Milligan. Ilit Ly pitcher Lyons. Umpire Holland. Time 1:55.

In the secoud game the Athletics presented tb«ir new ritcher Batiswlne. Re was euVc:ive, but wild through nervousness. Sliretts pitched finely for St. Louis. The Athletics took the lend at the start, aud beld it until tlie eighth inning, when tbe visitors pulled up even. Both teams wt-re blanked in tlie ninth,and the Browns hud scored two runs in the teeth, when the umpire called the game on account of the darkness. Baiiswine male an attempt to stop O'Neii's hot drive iu the tenth aud split his finger. Negation was called in to nijieh Ihe game, but did nothing to warrant putting his name iu the score. Bicu:iau played a brilliant centre n>K). Score:

ATHELTIC. AD.B. B. P. A.E| ST. LOUIS. AB.R.B. P. A. KLarkin. 1D....3 1 1 9 0 2 Lathiim, 3b...4 2 2 021I/you«, 3h.....3 I 1 0 5 2 Mc('«rthy,rf3 1 1 2 006t-vey, If..... 4 0 0 0 0 O'Eobinsou. 2b3 0 1 330Bieilauer,2b4 0 2 7 2 llO'Neill. lf.....3 1 0 200Puicell, If....4 Oil Fenuelly,ss..3 100

0 O'Millienn.lK. 4 00901 5 l|DufIee,cf..._4 Oil

liobitson, c.. 3 1 0 8 4 OiFulk-r, SS.....3 0 0 20 0

1 B:iu-wiue, p. 3 0 0 0 4 OJBoyle, c..... . 4 0 0 740Brennan.cf.. 2 0 0 2 2 0;St.Tett«, P-....4 0 0 170

Tc-tal...... 29 4 5 27 22 Gi Total....... 32 4 o 27 22 3AtMetic....................... 22000000 0 46t. Louis........................ 1 0000102 0 4

Earned runs Athletic 1. Three-base bit L-irkin. T^tul base hi!6 Athletic 7, St. Louis 5. Sacrifice hits Ilierl-auer, MilligaD. Stolen bases Robinpon (Athletic), L:ilUm, Fuller. Duuble plays Robinson, Bierhauer; Fuller, Robinson, Millivan. Left on baees AtMrtic 3. SI. Louis 4. Struck out S:ovoy, 1'uicell, Riiliiuson, Bauswiue 2, Larkin, Robinson, Duffee, Sii'e'.ts. First on balls Larkin, Lyons, F^nnelly, Br«nnan2, Robinson (Aiblotic). Bauswine, ONt.il, Fuller, Robinson 2, Lilhiun. Ilit by pitcher Mc Carthy 2. Wild pitches Bauswine 2. Passed balls Unrlo 2. Umpire Holluurl. Time 2-l.S.

BAI.TIHOBI vs. KANSAS CITY AT BALTIMORE SEPT.14 (p. u. AND v. M.I. In tbe first Baltimore won through Itnperior battinc, bitting Swartzel's curves freely. Ciinningbam was effective when he got the hall over the (.-lit-, but be was \viM. hitting ihrre men. The lulling of Tuckor and Griffin was the feature. Score:BALTIMORE. AB.R.B. P. A.E RAN. CITY. AB R_ B. P. A. KGriltln cf..... 5 23 2 00 Long, is....... 5 12341Sliiudle. 3b...4 (I 0 'J 3 1 Hamilton, rf.4 0 1 2 00 Tuckor Ib... 5 0 3 10 0 0 Burns, cf......5 0 I 000«»y, ss........ 5 0 1 3 1 ljM»ttiuiore,lf4 0 1 3 00M.ck,2l....... 4 2 2 2 1 0 Stearns, lb....3 1 0 14 01Ilnrnuni;, If. 4 0 1 2 0 o] Manning,2b. 4 0 0 230 t-oinincr, rf...3 1 1 0 0 0 ! Douahue, 3b 3 0 1 0 20 Kerins, c..... 4 1271 l|Swarlzel, p..3 1 1 0 C 0Ciuiniu'm.p. 4^ 0 1 1 8 0 Guns in, c.... 320 3 20

Total...... iB B f4 27 14 3| Total...... 34 5 7 27 17 2"Baltimore..................... 10130001 0 «Kansas City................ 00211000 1 5

Kilned runs--Baltimore 4. Two-base bin Mack, Culitiincbam. Three-base hits Griffin, Donahue. Stolen bas's Lon*r, BIUUH, Stearns 2. Sacrifice hits Griffin, Tucker, R-y. Mack, Hornnng, Manning. Double play Donahuo. Gunsi-n, Stearns. First on l.alla By Cunninghaiu 3, by Swarlzel 2. Hit by Jii:cher Hamilton, Swar'zel, Guns-in. Struck out Bv Ciinniiigtiani 5t bv Swartzel 2. Pasti-d balls K*r.Ls2. Umpire Fergusou. Time 1:50.

In the recond game the visitors tiok kindly to F.-rt-man's delivery. The home team tied tlie tc-^ra In HD first half of the ninth Inning, but Umpire Fer- giiftoi) called the game bick to the eighth inning, owirii'o darkness. Score:BALTIMORE. AB.R. B. P. A. EJIASSASCITT AB K. S. T. A.I GrllBn, cf.....3 0 1 1 0 OiLong.fS........ 5 1 1 4 " '

' 4 1 Hamilton, rf. 5 1 1 0 2 Burns, cf.....4 0 10 0 M«ttim'e.lf,p4 1 2 0 I Stearns, Hi... 4 1 1 2 l;Manning.2b4 013

3 1 o!Dou«bue, 3b3 0 1

Sblmlle, 3b..4 1 2 Tinker, Ib... 3 I 0 Ke'ins, Ib... 1 0 0 Bay, *........ 401Mack,2b......3 1 0Hornunz. If.4 0 1

1

0

0

2 10 00 00 10 02 03 0

b,>iiiiner,T rf..3 0 1 3 0 0 : Couw»y, P....4 0 0 040Qu nn, C......3 0 0 T 2 2|Gunson, c..... 4 1 2 6 001'. reman, p. 2 0 0 0 6 o| Tc |»l...... 37 5 1024 11 2

Total...... 30 3 C 24 15 flBa timore.......................... 0 010100 1 3Kansas City..... ................ 0 101003 0 5

Darned runs Kansas City 3. Two-bale hits Steurns, Long. Tliree-base 'iwit Horuung. Sacrifice |,it. Slifmll", Tuckor, Hurbung, Manning. Stolen tn..M_(;r ,frln, Hamilton, Mattlmore, Stearns, Dona- bu*-. Double play HornniKT, Quinn, Sbindle. First tin ball.' Ofl Foreman 1, offConway 5. Struck out Bv Foreman 6, by Conway 3. Passed ball Guusou. H; iU pitch Foreman. Umpirs 1'ergmon. Time 2b..

COLUXBGS vs. CINCINNATI AT COLUMBUS SEPT. 14. Go^tii<ht pitched a floe gtime and was able to hold tUe C.nciuuatid down wht- n a hit would have ronntfd for two t<r more ruoa. Colunibns wan the game Iu the first inning, when Viau was hit for four earned ruua. The score:

COM'MBrs. AB B. B. P. A. B'CIXCINSATI. AB.R.B. P. A. « McTama'r.cfS 0110 0-Tubi-nu, If... 400 4 0 1 Marr, 3'j...... 5 1 1 0 3 0 McPhee, 2b..4 0 3 2 30Pail}-, If......5 2 2 2 0 0 Hallluay, cf..4 0 0 2 00Johnson, rf.. 5 1 1 0 0 0 Nicol, rf....... 4 0 2 0 01Orr, Hi........ s 0 0 7 0 0 Heilly,lb.....4 0 0 10 00O'C'onuor, r.. 5 2 2 6 1 0 Carpenter.3b4 0 1 4 II Greoniv'd,2b. 3 2 2 9 6 0 Beard, «s..... 4 1 1 0 30Esterday, J8.5 01 2 80 Baldwin, c... 4 02 6 10 Gutriglit, |>.4 1 2 0 5 0 Vi»u, p........ 3 02 0 61

Total...... 42 9 la 27 230^ Total...... 351)127 144Columbus...................... 4 0010102 1—9Cincinnati.................... 00000010 0—1

K«HIU-| runa Columbus 6. CiiKinnall I. Two-baae hits Nicol, Carpenter. Thiee-base hits Greeawood, Gaslri^ht. Sarritice hiti Orr, Gastrlght. Slolen basrs Slarr, Daily, O'Counor, Greenwood. Double play Ks erdiv, Gr, enwood, Orr. Firtton balls Viau 2, Gaalri-ht, Greenwood, Orr. Struck out By Vmu 0. Ly Gasiri«ht4. Tajaed ball Baldwin. Umpire Gattney. Time l:4i.

Games Played Sunday, September 15.BROOKLYN vs. LOUISVILLE AT BROOKLYN SEPT. 15 (A.

M. AND p. M.) Tho first Kiiine was ml her poorly played up to about the seventh inn us, anil from there to the fou.tt-ent i tuning it was a butt eroval. Brooklyn w*u ID llm fourteenth ou a base ou tails and Fontz's two- ba?gnr. Sbaunoii became abusive iu the first inning and was fined 520 by Goldsmith ami ordered from the fiel 1. fcco:e:BRO>>KL1N. Ah.R.B. P. A. E LOUISVILLE. AB.R.B. P. A.EU'Brien. If... 5 2 1 3 0 0 Ehr^t, 2b..... 6 0 I 533Collius, 2b....O 1 0 I 1 0 Klun.ii;«n,lb6 0 1 16 10Font*, Hi..... 0 I 2 15 0 0 Vaughu,cf....5 22 7 02Burns, rf.....5 0 1 3 1 0 Galligiu, If.. 6 1 2 0 10)'iuckney,3bo 0213 2' Raymond, Sb .i 11331 Coikhlll,cf... C 0 2 3 1 0 Kjau,c..........5 0 0 634Clarii, c....._6 1 1 12 1 3 C,>ok, rf....... 4 0 0310Smith, 1.S......5 11290 Totuury, ts..6 00 2111Lovelt, p......6 0 1 2 1 0 31'Dermott,p4 1 0 130

Total...... SO 611 42 US' Total...... 4>.5 7 422611Brooklvnl 011200000000 1 6 Louisville 1 000040000000 0 5

Earned runs Brooklyn 1, LonisvilU 2. Three-laie hit itiiymond. Home run O'Brien. Sacrifice bits Cothns 2, Hanagau. Stolen ba.-e.H O'Brien 5, Collins, Iturn^, 1'inckuev. Vauahu. Double plays C>oS, llyan; Toinnoy. Khret; Burns, Ciark. First on balls Off McDermott 9, oft Lov tt 3. Strack out By Mc- Dermott 2, by L^vi-lt*. Paised balls Kyan 2. Wild pitches Mci)ermou2. Unllire-^Goldomitn. Time 2:57.

Tlie efcond game was won rather easily by the home t.-am. In s;jite ot a shower 54;1G spectators vrere (ireneut. There were no brilliant features oulitide of Tc rv's pitching, ûre:BROOKLYN. AB.K.B. P. A. «JIOUISVILLE. AB.R. B. P. A EO Bri.n, if....5 3440 0.Shannon, 2h4 02022Collius. 2b... 50112 (l'Fl»nai:an, 11,4 1 1 10 Foulz, lb.....5 1 1 13 0 liVaunhn, C....4 0 1 7VitiR.r, rf..... o 1110 OiGalllitau lf...4 012rincku!-T,3b?, 0 0 0 S Oli;aymon<1,3b3 0 0 1 Corkhill, cf.,3 1 1 4 0 0 R.an, cf...... 4 0 1 0Clark, c........ 4 0 0 3 1 llKhret, p. ..... 4 0 0 1Terry, p....... 4 0 1Smith, ss...... 4 1 1

3 o;Cook, rf...... 4 0 I 53 12 0;Tomney,ss... 3 1 0 1

Total...... 38710 27 il 2! Total...... 34 2 7 27 11 :iBrooklyn...................... 2 0101012 0-7LoUMille............._...... 10000010 0 2

Earned rune Brooklyn 2, Loniaville 1. Two-base hits O'Biieu 2, Ryan. Three-base hits Collins. Visucr, Galliân. Suciiflce hits Collins, Foutz, Vis ner. Stolea basts Corkhill, Clark, Vaughn, Tomney 2. First on I alls Off Terrj 1, off Khret 1. Hit by pitcher Pinckney. Struck out By Ti-rry 2, l>y Ehio! 2. J'aswl balls Vailj-hn 3. Wild pitches- Terry 2, Ehret 3. Umpire Goldsmith. Time 1:58.

ATHLETIC vs. ST. Louts AT PHILADELPHIA SEPT. 15. The St. Louis boys were outplayed at every point and figuratively speaking "wire never in it." They did uot dUtinguit-h themselves iu tit-ldingr, as their chances were nearly all easy ones; they ran bases poorly aud at tho bat they were Tory weak. Mc- Mah<in pitched great ball, and he was finely sup ported, the Athletics playing a rattling good game. Score:

ST. IOUIS. AB.R.B. P. A. El ATnLETIC. AB.R B. P. A.I Latl.am 3b..l 0015 0 larkin, lb....3 2 2 12 00 McCarthy, If 3 0 0 4 0 OiLyons, 3b.....4 2 2 2 41 Ilubiuson, 2h4 0 0 3 1 0 Stovey, If..... 4 1 1 200 C>mlskey,Ib t 0 0 6 0 0 Bierbauer,2bo 1 3 630 Millisuu, c..4 0 2 6 0 0 Purcell. rf... 5 0 3 0 Duffte, cf..... 4 1 2 1 0 0 Fehnelly. ss.. 5 0 2 0 Fuller, M..... 4 0 0 1 0 0 Robinson, c.. 5 0 0 3

' - - ' 0 0 McMabon,p.4 121 1 OIBrennan, cf.. 3 101

0 0 7 0 2 1

Boyle, rf...... 4 0 0 1 0 o;.McMabon,p.4 1 2 140.Ch;iniber'n,p3 0 0 1 1 OJBrennan^cf.. 3 1 0 110

Total...... 3l 1 4 21 701 Total...... 33 "8f5 27 21 2St. Louis...................... 00000010 0 1Athletic......................... 30000014 i 8

Earned runs Athletic 6. Two-base bits MilH- gau, Lyons, Stovey, Bierbauer, Purct-il. Total base hits St. Louis 5, Athletic 19. SacnBce hits 51c- Cartby, Eobiusoa (St. Louis), Duffee, Fuller, Bier- buuer 2, Purcell, Fenuelly, RobiLson. Stolen base Purcell. Double plays McMahon, Bierbauer,.Larkin 2; Lyons, Robinson, Feniieliv; Brennan, Stovey; La- thani, Kobinson, Comiskey. Lt-ft ou baaes St. Loui-f 7, Athletic 11. Struck out Robinson (St. Louis), ComUkey. Dnffee. Bi.yle, Lyons, Fenuelly, Brennan. First on errors St. Louis 2. First on I alls Lathain 3, JUcCartfij, Fuller 2, i-arhin 2, Lyons, Stovey, Bren nan. Ilit by pitcher Bovle. Paaawl ball Milligan Missed third strike llobin-on. Vmplre Holland. Time 1:45.

COLIMBVS vs. CINCINNATI AT COLUMBUS SEPT. 15. The game was called at the close of the lUt!i iuu'ng on account of rain. Byerroison the part of Columbus in the third inning Cincinnati made four runs and won the game. Score:

COLUMHCS. AB.R.B. P. A. 1'CINCINNATI.AB.B,B. P, A.IMcTama'y.cfS 1101 0 Tebeau, lf.....3 020Marr :;b......2 0 1 1 1 1 McPhee, 2b..3 1 1 3Dally, If...... 2 0 1 0 1 0:ilalliday, cf..3 0 0 1Johnson rf...2 01001 Nicol, rf...... 1 100Orr, lb.........2 0 1 7 0 0 Heilly, Ib..... 2 0 1

' , ...O'Connor. c..2 0 0 3 2 0 Carpenter,3l)2 0 1 Gi-eenw'd,2b2 0010 1 Beard, ss.... 200,Ksterday, BS.. 2 0 0 3 6 OJteenan, c... 0 1 0 3

0

0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 4 0 1 0

Baldwin,'p...2 0 1 0 0 0 Dnryea.p..... 2 1 1 0 10Totnl...... la 1 6 16 11 3! Total...... 18 4 6 15 90

Columbus ...................................... 1000 0 1Cincinnati....................................... 0 040 0 4

Earned run Columbus. Two-base hits Johnson, Cirr.»n:cr. Tbree-basa hit McTamany. Sacrifice hit Mcl'hee. Stolen base Cincinnati 2. Double piny Duryea, Mcl'hee. Itailly. Fust ou bails By Baldwiu 3. Struck out By Baldwin 3. by Duryea 3. Umpire GaOney. Time 1:15.

Games Played Tuesday, September 17.COLVJIBUS vs. BAI.TISIOBE AT COLUMBUS SEPT. 17.

Both pitchers were very effective. Foreman especially so nntil tlie ninth inning, only two bits having beon made off bis delivery np to tbat time. Gastricht pitched a fine game, keeping the hits scattered. The fielding of tbe visitors was very poor aud their errors were at critical stages, not a ruu being earned. Butler, a substitute umpire, was put iu, and his umpiring was extremely ragged. Score:

CoLCHBUS.AB.R. B. P. A.ElBALTIMORE. AB.R.B. P. A. EMcTama'y,cf4 1 2 1 0 0 Griffin, ct.... 4 1 2 2 00Blarr, 3b......4 0 1 3 2 0 Swindle, 3b..4 0 1 302Daily If......4 1 0 0 0 OlTucker, lb....2 0 1 6 00Johnson, rf..4 0000 0 Ray, ss........ 4 02 231Orr,lb.......... 4 U 1 11 1 0 Maik, 2b......4 01010O'Connor, c.. 3 1 0 9 0 OÎornung, If. 4 0 0 300 Greenw'd,2b4 1 0 1 3 U Sommer, rf... 4 0 0 301 Esteidav, M. 3 0 0 1 1 O.Quiun, c....... 4 00900Gaslrlght, p. 4 1 1 1 4 2|l'oreman, p.. 4 0 0 0 01

Total...... 34 5 5 27 11 2! Total...... 34 I 7 27 4 5Columbus......................! 0010000 3 5Baltimore...................... 0 001 0" 0 0 0 0 1

Threc-buse hit-Marr. Sacrifice hits O'Connor, Ray, Mack, Horuung, Sommer. Stolen bases Col umbus 4, Baltimore 5. Double piay Greenwood, Orr. First on balls Off Gastright 2, off Foreman 5. Strack out By Gantiight 8, by Foreman 6. Umpire Butler. Time 2:08.

LOUISVILLE vs. CINCINNATI AT LOUISVILLE SEPT. 17. Tbe game was closely played up lo Ibe sixih inn ing, Cincinnati having only two run*, due to an error by Tomney and a wild throw by Vaughn. In the sixth two easy flies were lost by two men running for them. Ewiug pitched well, but hud had support. Mullane's pitching was effective and at crit.cal times he had good supjort. Score:CINCINNATI ABB. ». P. A. 11 LOUISVILLE. AB.R B. P.A.I Tebean If... 3 1 1 3 0 0 Shanuon.2b..3 0 1 6 01 McPbee, 2b..3 0015 0! Wolf, rf....... 4 00000Ualllday. cf.4 0 0 1 0 l!Klanaian.lb4 01400 Nicol, rf...... 3 1 0 1 0 11 Weaver, cf.... 4 0 1 3 00Roillv Ib.... 3 2 1 14 0 (I i Raymond, 3b 4 0 0 2 20C»rpen'r,3b.3 1023 0! Galilean, If.. 4 0 1 0 10 Beard, S8......3 0 2 1 3 0 Vaughn, c... 4 0 0 6 41Karle. c........ 2 0 0 4 0 1 Tomney,BS....2 0 0 311Mullane, p... 2 0 0 0 3 0 Ewing, p.....3 1 2 020

Total...... 26 5 4 27 14 3 Total...... 32 T 8 24 10 3Cincinnati................... 0 1100300 x 5Louisville..................... 0 0000001 0 1

Two-base hit Beiily. Sacrifice hits McPhce, Car penter, Yaughn. Stolen bases Tebean, BlcPhee 2, Halliday, Nicol, Reilly, Mullane, Kwing, Toinuey 2. Double play Mcl'hee, Beard, Ruilly. First on balls Off Ewiurf 5, off Mullune 2. Struck out By Ewiug 3, by Mullane 3. Passed ball Vaughu. Umpire Goldsmith. Time 1:35.

NOTK. Tbe Athletic-Brooklyn and St. Loula-KansflB City games wore prevented by ruin.

Games Played Wednesday, September 18.ATHLETIC vs. BROOKLYN AT PHILADELPHIA SEPT. 18.

Tho Athletics hit both Caruthsrs and Terry very hard, but l<.>8t all Ibis advantage tbrouiih errors which enabled the Brooklyus to twice tio Ihe score, until at the end of the seventh inniug Umpire Fergusou called Ilia game on account of darkness. Score:

ATHLETIC. AB.R.B. P. A. F.j BROOKLYN. AB.B.B. P. A.IWelch, cf....4 0030 O'O'Brien, If....5 11100Lnrkin, lb.,.3 2 2 10 0 Oifollins, 2b....3 10282Lyons 3b.... 3 3203 2| Foutz, Ib..... 3 1 1 11 00Stovey If.....3 3 2 0 0 Oi Vitner. rf.... 4 Z 1 201Bielbau'r,2b4 2213 0 Pinckney,3t>3 32120 Fenneliy, ss.4 0 2 0 3 1 Corkhill. cf..4 01000 Robinson, C..4 1 0 6 1 OiClark, c........ 4 1 2 1 10McMaboD pi 00 0 3 0 Caruthers, p. 3 0 0 000 Brenuan, rf..3 0 I 1^ 00 Tetry, p...... 1 10030

ToUl...... 32111121 13 is Smith, M......4 1 1 2 10I Total...... 34ll9*iO 10 3

Welch out; being hit by batted ball. Athletic..................... ......... 4 02060 0 11Brooklyn............................. 0 00614 0 11

Earned runs Athletic 6, Brooklyn 4. Two-base hits Bierbaner 2, Fenneliy 2, Brennan, Visner, Smith. Tliree-taso hiti Lyonf, Stovey. Home runs Lyons, Pincknev. Tolal base hits Athletic 23, Brooklyn 14. Sacrifice hits Lyons, Stovey, Robinion, Sic- Mahon, Fonlz, Visner, Corkhill. S olen base Clark. Loft on buses Aihlotic 3, Brooklyn 5. Struck out

' r, McMnliQu, O'Briea 2, CoUius, CorthUl,C«-

ruthers, Smith. Double play Smith. Culllnf. First on errors Athletic 1, Brooklyn 1. Bases on balls Larkin, Lyons, Stovey, C-'llios 2, Foutz, Pincfcnry. Wild pilch McUahou. Umpire Ferguson. Time. 1:50.

KANSAS CITY it. ST. Louis AT KANSAS CITT SEPT. 18. Tho Browna won by superior all-round playing and daring base-running. Tbe game WHS full of in terest op to the eighth inning, wl.en two hits, a base on balls and Picketfs error netted the Browns three runs. Score:1AXSA8UTV.AB.R.B. P. A.E] 8T. IOUI8. AB.E. B. T. A.I Lonir.ss........ 4 0224 0 I.atham, 3b..4 21310Hamil:on,rf. 3 0 2 2 0 0 McCarthy, rf 4 2 2 100 Burns.cf...... 400 3 00 R,,binson,2b. 402 5 40Mattim'e, If. 4 0 0 1 0 0 Comiakey,lb4 0 1 8 00 Stea-ns, Ib. .301 9 00 Di:ffe?, cf.....4 12200M»nninj-,2b. 3 0 0 3 2 0 Davis, If...... 3 1 0 100Picked, 3h...2 1 0 3 0 1 Fuller, ss..... 4 1 2 220Huover, c..... 3 0 0 S 0 2 Ho} le, c....... 4 0 1 430Conway, p...3 1_1^ Ov 2 TKiug, p.......4 0 0 1 61

Total...... 29 2 8 27 lii Total...... 35 7 U 27 15 1Kansas City................. 00100100 0 2St. Loui»....................... 20001013 i^-7

Earned runs Kansas City t. Two-base hit 9tearus. Three-tra-e hit Conway. Stolen bases Hamilton 2. McCarthy 2. Djuble plays Boyle, Lalham; Kobiu- son, Fullei; l,atham, Robinson, Omisliey. First on balls Off Conway 2. off King 2. Struck out By Cou- way o, by Kinu 4. Wild pitch King. Umpire Gaflney. Time 1:40.

LOUISVILLE vs. CINCINNATI AT LOUISVILLI SEPT. 18. The new battery, McDermott aud Kyan. ma«le their first appearance on the home ground* and di>1 fine work. In the first six inniuga Louisville made two hits and Cincinnati three. The only score WHS on a wild throw uf Raymond's *jv<-r Khinaffan's head, which lose the lull und let Nicol make the circuit on a single. In the eighth Louisville took a batting turn, scored twice, and but for a rank decision on a foul would hive won. Nicol then tie! the score, and fn the tt-utli Teteau aud McPbee, bjr a base on balls, a double and Ilaliiday s sacrifice, nnished the agony. Score:LOUISVILI.P.. ABRB. P. A.I CINCINNATI.AB.R.B. P. A.« Shnnnon,2b. 5 0 1 2 3 0 1'ebeau, If.... 4 1 0 3 0 »Wolf, rf.......5 1 3 1 0 0 Mcl'hee, 2b..5 1 1 2 50Fluuoican, Ib4 0 1 15 02 Halliday, cf. 5 fl 3 1 0 0 Weaver,cf... 6 0 0 3 0 0 Nicol, rf.......4 2 3 110Raymond,3b4 0 0 1 2 1 R-illy, lb....4 0 2 13 11Galligan, If.. 4 0 1 3 0 OiC»rrieuter,IlU* <r 0 0 40 Tomuey, 6S...4 0 0 0 7 0 Beard, it...... 4 0 0 260Kyau.c....... 4 1 2 2 3 ojKeenau. C....3 0 0 820Sll)enno'l,p3 \ 1 0 2 OjDuryea, p..... 3 0 1 020

Total...... 39 3 9*27 17 31 Total...... 30 41030 21 1*\V inning run made with no outs.

Louisville ............... 000000020 1 3Cincinnati................ 0 00100010 2 4

Earned runs Cincinnati 2, Louisville 3. Two-base, hits McPiiee, Nicol, Reilly, Wolf, McDermott. Three-base hit Reilly. Sacrifice hits Shannon. Weever, Tebeau, Nicol, Keenan, Duryea. Stolen base Wo'.f. First on bulls Off Slclleimolt 3, off Durjea 3. Struck out Bv Mcllerroott 2, by Dnryea 5. Passed lall Ryan. Wild pitch IJuryea. Umpire Gold- a:uith. Time 2b.

COLUMBUS vs. BALTIMORE AT COLUMBUS SEPT. 18. Ctinningham XVHS batted Imrd by Columbus iu the second ana third innings, which resulted in a lead continuing to the close. Tho visitors were outplayed at all pulnts. Tncker was hurt by a thrown ball Iu tho third iunia^, and Kerins finished the game if first. Score:COLU51BUS. AB.R.B. P. A.I BALTIMORE. AB.R.B. P. A.I McTama'y.cf 4 13000 Grifflu, cf....4 00010M*rr,3b......4 02120 ShiuJle, 3b..4 13-2 31Dally. 11...... 5 1 0 1 0 0 Tucker, Ib... 1 0 0 2 00Johnson. rf..4 1 1 3 0 0 Kerint, Ib..... 3 0 1 810Orr.lb... .....4 1 1 11 2 liltay, SS........4 0 0 2-20O'Connor. c.,3 1 1 7 0 OiMack, 2b......3 0 I 642Greemv'd,2b4 0 1 2 3 1: Horuuug, If. 4 0 1 000 Esterdav, ss.. 4 0 0 1 2 0 Sommer, rf... 4 0 0 000 Baldwin, p... 4 0 0 1 4 LQni'un, C.....300 621

Total .. .. 30 5 9 27 13 3 Cunning'm.pS 0 Q 1 1 a| ToUl...... 33 1 6 27 16 4

Colambru..................... 03101000 0 5Baltimore..................... 10000000 0 1

Earned ruu Columbus I Two-Daso bits Sbindle, Ilornnnir. Three-basa bit Hack. Sacrifice hits Marr, Daily, Keiius. Hornuoe, S-jmmer. Stolen bases Columbus 2, Baltimore 1. Double plays Marr, Es- terday; Shindle, Muck. II.t by pitcher Johruon, O'Conuor. P»s«d ball Quino. \Vi;d pitches Cno- niugham2, Baldwin 2. Umpire Hengle. Time 2b.

Games Played Thursday, September 19.ATHLETIC vs. BROOKLYN AT PHILADELPHIA SEPT.

19. The Brooklyns did not get the bang of Reward's delivery until the last two innings, aud then it was too late for them to cat-'h up. Huehes was tilt hwrd by the Athletics, aiid bis unsteadiness materially helped their run-get'injf. The weather was chill aud damp, rendering brilliant fielding out of the question. Score:

ATHLETIC. AB.H.B. P. A. E BROOKLYN. AB.R.B. Welch, cf......3 2250 OO'Brien, If...5 425Larkin, Ib... 5 1 1 8 0 0 C.illiu-, 2b....O 0 1 2Lyons, 3b.... 4 1 3 0 0 1 Foutz, lb.....6 1 2 5Stovey, If.....5 0 1 2 0 llVuner, rf.... 4 1 2 0Bierbauer,2b 5 0041 0[ Pinckney,3b 5 012 Fenneliy, ss.. 4 2225 S.Corkhill, cf.. 4 135 Robinson, c..6 2 2 6 1 0 Clark, c...... 5 1 1 5Sewar.l, p..... 2 31001 Smith, sj...... 6 122

Hughes, p... 5 1

P. A.I0 02 00 00 00 00 05 02 20 00

Total...... 4510 1~5*26 9 2Brenunn, rf.. 4 12000

Total...... 3712 14 27 7 6'Stovey declared out for intereriog with the ball.

Athlitlc...................... 0 0280601 0 12Brooklyn.................... 2 0002003 3 Iu

Earued runs Athletic 5, Brooklyn 4. Two-baso bits Welch Fenneliy, Robinson, Seward, Visner. Three-base hit O'Prien. Home ruu Lyons. Total base hits Athl. tic 21, Brookljn 18. Sacrifice bits Kobinson, Brennun, Collius 3. Stolen base.; Foutz, Corkhill. Left on bases Athletic 5, Brooklyn 11. Struck out Larkin 2, Stovey, Bierbaner. Fenneliy, Kobinson, Visner. Fireton errors Athletic 1, Brooklyn 4. First on balls Welch 2. Fennellv. Seward 2, Vis ner. Hit by pitcher Lyons, Soward, O'Brien, Cork- hill . Passed bulls Hobinson 2, Clark 1. Umpire Ferguson. Time 2:05.

LOUISVILLE ve. CINCINNATI AT LOCISVILLI SIPT. 19. Louisville won handily to-day, shutting out the Reds. Flanajrau made their only error. They out played the visitors at all points. Ehret pitched strong, effective ball, while Viau was fairly knocked out in the first inning. Score:LOUISVILLE. AB.R.B. P. A K'CICINSXATI.AB.R.B. P. A.E Shauuoii,2b_.1 1 0 0 5 0 Tehenn, If....3 0 0 0Wolf, rf........ 5 2 2 3 0 0 ; McPhee, 2b.. 4 0 0 2Flanaean,lb6 2 2 16 0 1 HalliJay, cf.4 0 1 2 Weaver, cf....5 1 1 1 0 o:Sici.|. rf...._ 4 0 0 6Kaynioud.Sb 6 2301 Oi Reilly. Ib.... 3 0 0 11Galilean, If... 5 0220 0 Carpe.nter,3!i3 022 Eiirct.p........ 5 0 2 0 3 Oi Board,si...... 3 0 0 0Cook, c........ 4 0 0 3 4 0 Baldwin.c... 3 0 0 4

0Tomney.ss... 3 II 0 2 4 0| Vian, p....... 0 0 0Total...... 408"1227 17T|Smllh, P......3 0 1 020

I Total ..... 300 4 27 104Louisville..................... 4 0003010 0 8Cincinnati.................... 00000000 0 0

Earned runs Louisville 2. Two-base hits Haiti- day, Flanasnu, Raymond. Sacrifice hits Weaver, Raymond, Galligaa, Ehret 2, Cook. Stolen bases Shannon, Tomney. Double play Cook, Tomney. Ba;es on balls Off Ehret 1, Smlih 3. Stm-kont By Ehret 5, Smith t. Wild pitch Ehret. Umpire Goldimiih. Time 1:40.

KANSAS CITY vs. ST. Louis AT KANSAS CITY SEPT. 19. The home team gave tbe most miserable exhibition of rank muffing and fumbling ever eeen in Kansas City, and, besides, could not find Chamberlain at all. The Browns played an almost perfect game and their hits were hard. Score:

RAN.CITY. AB.B.B. P. A.l] ST. LOUIS. AB. R.B. P. A.E Long, S3.... 401 6 4 1 Latham, 3b ..5 1 3 100Hamllti.n.rf.l 0000 0 McCarthy, rfo 00100 Burns. cf......4 2 2 3 0 1 ! Robinson, 2b 4 2 1 040Stearni. lb....4 1 2 10 12 Comi«key,lb5 3 1 12 01Mannlng,2b3 0 1 2 2 Ojnuflee, cf..... 5 3 3 500Matilm'e, 1I..4 0 0 1 0 1 Milligan, c.. 4 2 3 500 Pickelt, 3b...4 00042 Fuller, S8.....5 02261Hoover, c..... 4 0022 O 1 Boyle, U........4 21110Swarlzel, p.. 2 0 0 1 2 2 Cbambei'n.po 0 1 040

Total..... 3336241591 Total...... 43 fsT5 27 162Kansas City................. 0000001 02 3St. Louis ................... 5 0301130 1 13

Earned runs Kansas City 3, St. Louis 1. Two-base hits Comtskey, Milllgan, Fuller. Home runs Siearns, Dnffeo. Bases stolen Burn?, M*nnin?, Picketl, Comiskey. DoilUe plays Long, Steams Boyle, Robinson, Comiskey. Bases on . balls Off Swartzel 2, off Chamberlain 2. Hit br pitcher Boyle. Struck out By Swarlzel 2, by Chamberlain 3. Passed ball Milligau. Wild pitches Swartzel 2, Chamber lain 1. Umpire Gaffney. Time 2h.

Games Played Friday, September 20.ATHLETIC VS.BROOKLYN AT PHILADELPHIA SEPT. 20.

The Athletics could do little with Lovett. They made six scattering hit-i off him, and but for Stovey's home-run drive over left field fence they would have been shut out. Buuswiue held the visitors down to seven hits, but one was u home run and the otlier six were bunched at the right time t) produce run-i three each in tho seconJ and ninth innings. Both pitchers were given fine bupport by ihe fielders. Score:

ATHLETIC. AB.R.B. P. A. E BROOKLYN. AB.R.B. P. A.EWelch, cf..... 400 1 00 O'Biien, If.... 4 00000Larkin, Ib.. 3 0 0 14 0 0;Collins,2b.... 4 0 1 430Lyons,3b..... 4 0 0 1 2 0 Foulz, Ib..... 4 1 1 12 01Stovey, If.....4 1 2 2 0 O'Burns, rf..... 4 2 2 0 00Bltrbauer.2b4 0 1 4 2 0 Pincknoy.3b.3 1 0 1 40 Fenneliy, S3.4 0 1 1 7 1,Corkhill, cf..3 0 1 3 00 Cross, c........4 0 1 3 1 0 Clark, c........ 3 0 1 600Brenuan, rf.4 0 0 1 0 0 Smitb.ss......* 0 1 140Bauswiue, p. 3 0 1^ 0 20 Lovett,p...... 400 0 30

Total...... 34 I « 27 14 1 Total"..... 33 4 7 27 14 1Athletic........................ 00010000 U 1Brooklyn .....................0 1000100 2-4

Earned runs Athletic I.Brooklyn 2. Home runs Stovey, Fcntz. Totil base bits Alhletic 9, Brooklyn 10. Doibleplay Kenncl'y, Bierbaner, Larkin. Left on bases Athletic 6, Brooklyn3. Struck out Stovey, Bierbauer, Fenneliy, Bauswine, O'Brieu, Smith. First on errors Athletic 1. First on balbj Larkin, Cork- hill, Ciark, Pincknev. Umpire feriiu-on. Time 1:35.

KAVSAI CITY vs. ST. Louis AT-KANSAS CITY SEPT. 20. Tlie Kansas Cily Club put up the best game of the series, but were (hut out notwithstanding they had the bases lull with one out in the fifth luuinc. Long's playing was of the phenomenal order. Score:

KAN. CITY AB.R.B. P. A.El 6T. LOUIS. ABR.B. P. A.ILonz ss........ 4 01460 Latham, 3^... 4 12 2 42Hamllton,rf.4 00000 McCarlhy.rf 4 1 I 0 1 0Burns, cf..... 4 0021 0 Robinson, 2b3 1 « a 3 1Stearns, Ib... 4 0 0 10 10 Comiskey. Ib4 0 0 13 11Manning, 2b 4 0 1 0 31 Duffee, cf.... 310 3 00Mattimore,lf3 00301 .Milliiran, C..4 1 2 6 01Pick.tt.3b... 3 0 1 1 0 0 Fuller, SS.....4 0 0 040Hooter! c .'.3 6 1 4 1 0 Boyle,'if....... 3 0 0 0Conway, p.... 3000'

............ 10_ _ 1 o'stivet'ts,u..... 210 0 10

Total'..'... 32 0 4 24 13 2l Total...... 31 6 7 27 15 5Kanfa.City.................. 0 0000000 0 0St Louis....................... 0 0300021 x-tt

Earned runs St. Louis 8, Xwo-baw Ute Picket!,

Kobinson. Three-base bit, Latham, Milli/an. Sac rifice bit Hatiiuiore. Double plays Hoover, Long; Fuller, Robinson, Couiiskey. F.rst on balls Off Con- way 3. Struck out By Conway 3, by Slivetts 5. Passed ball Hoover. Wild uitcii Conway. Umpire Gaffney. Time 1:55.

BALTIMORE MOTT-OES.Baltimore Club News Advice to flie Asso

ciation - Miinajjerial Responsibility For the Umpire Troubles Aii t'u full ing Remedy Suggested.BALTIMORE, Sept.20. Editor SPORTISO Lirs: Well,

Columbus if guilty of a great many terrible catas trophes, first kucckin* the Browns out of tbe pen nant an! tben jumping on ihe Orioles and punching them down lo fourth pUce. It ia supposed they are not auppliaute for forgiveness, however. Cucken- l«rg^r hai bttl glcry enough (or several seasons with lii* Iriilnl trips and bis nursing infant*, and all that sort <>f thin<, and it is now time for tbe Asôchition to amend the conaiitutiou so tliii thing cannot tmpp«ii a<;ti n. L^gi^lnto it dyv?n, luda; the Association can not stiiud it. *

Tucker has badTWO HATS

on the same finger, one iu Baltimore and the other In C tlnnibus, and is laid up. Bad for Haltimore batting:, tho' Kertns, who CAU take hi-* place, is Homeihiug of a Klugger bimself. Cautz and Ilollatd have been re- l«ssed and Miller, of the Cunton, 0., Club, signed. Krerbody isKueasintf where Miller » to go in the out field. Mutineer liariiie sayj lie does not go to left; certainly lie wilt nut ylay iu Grifflu'a place, aud

THE LOGICAL SEQUENCEIs that he will take Summer's, Of course, the release of Ciiiitz was to be expected when a better catcher cuiiId be secured, but perhaps It might have boen just a* well to retain Holland until a better short than he or Riy could be secured. It is no sure thing thnt Ray will develop into a firttt-class short st'>p, although he is quite promising and a few inure months' pnic<ke mi^ht work him into landing th<-m to first b^se a lutte sooner. It is tnpaini tt:ck between the btttl and the runner now, tmd If Ray stops to wiak the runner gets there first.

So JMr. By roeWARTS THE ASSOCIATION

through the n-iwapmiers that i^ «ili not leave the As sociation g-> long aa his ri^ht* are protect* tl. To lead between thi linea, that is a mena«.e that it logislatiû^ does uot go to suit bin), the a'ternative wtll te a jump. Coining t rents cast their shadow a before. Perhaps Mr. Byrne sees the inevitable, and isdealtug fn a little game of bluff. I>L>es tbe popular growth of the Millen nium I'luo frighten Mr. Byrne, aud doea he frar its ad >;>iion by the Association this winter? Well, there is no fear of Brooklyn's jumping. Where would it jump to the Internationa ? Il is a well known fact among the initiated thai ho cannot get into the League. Your correspondent had tbat proven *.o him conclusively at Tin SPJBTINU LIFE banquet. The Association euould

GO RIGHT AHKADWithout fear or favor and do what is heat for base ball In general, and not be deterred from doing right by the fancied evil effect on some particular club. The eviN are fancied, for every club iu the Association would receive financial bonent from the adoption of the Millennium I'liri. There «re insurmountable ob stacles to Brooklyn's getting into tho League. It can not purchase a frntichiae in that organization even if it fouud a club willing to sell.

Let him that is without fault fire the first brick. Don't you think they are rather

RUBBING IT ISou Messrs. Von der Ahe aud Comiskey In this con- d^muatiun uf umpire busings-? Who is to blame for this wholesale case of causing the word umpire to bo a synon>m of robber, pirate aud thiel? That conun drum can be easily guess-Mi, ana the boiled down an swer U the managers. Tue club people have, from the time of the infau y ot" the gums, perpetually ac counted to home patrous tor the loss of contests by stig matizing the umpire as a robber. MinJ you, they do nut make any allowances for the fallibility of human nature they are nut sufferers from the mistakes of umpires oh, no; they have been roU>e 1. Not even the fact that it is partial financial suicide to tarnish lha fair name of the sport deters them from con stantly making and reiterating this ciitrge. The best among the m-inaêrs; the wisest, most clear-ueAde 1 and far-swing of them, cannot re^tit the temptation of ascribing tha cause of defeat to the umpire staff. Why, if you listen to the accounts of trip) by any of them, you will, alter aialyzlng, follow the

NATURAL SEQUfiNCEand ft ad that net one of the clubd would loso a game during the whole season, if the contests were decided on their merits. True, you uiiuhtgo farther in the analysis and discover that ar.ch was au impossibility where eight cluts are contending with each other; that some clubs wtw/losa some t.nies, aud you might nut be able to adjust the symmetry of iinmutnblo fact «Uh the assertion* of the manager J, but that is a small matter iu base ball, yju knjw. Thyto opinions are ranted in the preasnce of reporters, sometimes In tho heat of excitement, but usually in cool moment*, with a pre-determiued pur pose of having them published for the informatijn of home r>atrou3, and Ihe enterprising uuwspaper nun. naturally believes that the experienced manager must be rk'ht, as the manager ia taking great risk in fout- iu^ bis own nest at the expense of h!a pockot, and so tho story g*,ei to ihe world in convincing, cold print that umpires arc dishonest and deliberate robbers, and that the boasted clean game has oue dishonest blemish that even managers wiio as a body employ the um- plrt.g ttre powerKs* t> handle. In lins direction M-ssrs. You der Ahe and Cooikkey have but

FOLLOWED THE PRECEDENTact them by tbe other club people, and are only more unfortunate in navinjc the greater prestige of their club for a larger (actor in calling it to a more ex tended public notice. These two men are LO more guilty of indiscretion than the others in fact, lees so, f<jr they were Boaaiting under the lashlug of an un precedented situation and are universally charged with ''losing tht-ir heads." Miud you, they are at fault, great fault; but they have been educated to a chrouic condition of kicking against umpires by competent teachers, and it would now be unjust (or these sume touchers and participants in the crime if crime it be to attempt to discipline them. It is eaid attempt, and attempt it will only be, for the Association can not discriminate against oue club, but it will furnish a lessou for study and perhaps result iu some irun- clad regulations which will b» of bentfit to the game. What the Association should do is to formulate a sectlxu iu tlie constitution to bear ou thin feature. It should be made

A PROGRESSIVE FINKof respectable demen*iocs against a club, for the offi cials of a club to charge tlie umîie with being re sponsible for the l-jss ot a game, txcepl it be In a writ ten official communicati >ii addressed under cover to the piesident of the Association, the charge to lo acted upon by the proper authority, aud the penalty should follow the proot of divulging the fact of a charge beiug made until (ho case has cume to trial before the proper tribunal. It might then prove an expen sive luxury to vublicly charge the umpire with being a rubber, and to cause people to believe that tha great national sport had a vulnerable sj;ot which w mid con stantly invi;e the assault* of gamblers. Gamblers would uot then be constantly given points by uuthiuk- iug managers to attempt tht*

CORRUPTION OF AN VMPIRRto make his decisions in the interest* of a po-d-room. Oh, you may be shocked, but that is what it w ill event ually lead to if the managers do not have a padlock put ou their mouths. They have, for years been tell ing a popnlatiou mado up of all classes, that the greatest factor in deciding ihe result of a game I* dis honest, aud if dishonest the natural sequence is, open to bribery. The charge may not be believed at once, but if the club people hammer away at it long enough, it will be incredible that they cannot at Uut convince someone who will atteuipt to take advantage of tlie situation and try to buy games ia the interest of pool rooms. Temptat on even is a bad thlun. nnd cal culated to vastly injure Ihe game. Oue siLgle case of success in such an attempt would

SAP THE FOUNDATIONSof the beantiful fabric that has been FO carefully erected. How stop it. Stop it, or the holy horror in which your bauds are raised at present will be nothing to the eventual Kss of your bu-inesa. Stop charging that you are robbed of games by the umpire, or you will dig your own financial grave. Stop it, or your grounds will become reddened wiih riots. Stop it, or you will ruin the reputation of umpire service past recovery. St*>p it, or you will have to ra'S1) the umpire on a golden pcdastal far beyond the reach of (ramblers. Stop it, or yru will be unable to get a respectable man to serve as au um pire. Stop it, or you will have to search among tie unprincipled, with no self-respect, for recruit* for your umpire staff. Stop it, or yon will have to carry a double-umpire eystem yes, a triple, a quadruple to hedge off the gambling element. Now, fctop, and the only way to stop au nn- biidled ton/ue is to lock it up with a golden chain, each link of which should be forged in the presence of cupidity. . ____ T. T. T.

A CLAIM DISPUTED.

Terre Haute Contests Danville's Claim to a Championship.

TERU* HAUTE, Ind., Sept. 1C. Editor SPOHTINO LIFE; [ notice in your paper of Aug. '28 tint Dan ville claims the championship of the Illinois-Indiana League. This is a mistake. When the League dis- bandtd Terre Haute had played 24 games, of which she won 20 aud loet 4. Danville had pUyed 27 game*, winning 14 aud losing 13. The clubs rankea In this order at the end of the season: Terre Haute, La fayette, Danville, Champaign. Since then we played Danville a series of fh o gamea for the championship of the Illinois-Indiana League and T«rre Haute won four of them, ihe other ending in a lie. Thus it will be seen that Danville had no earthly claim to tbat pennant.

On Sept. 6 we played Eransville a game and knocked them out to tbe tune of 12 to A. Terro Haute batted La Touche all ov^r the field, making thirteeu hits, with a fetal of nineteen baf os. E»anaville only cot three hits ofl Doogan. Arrangements have been iimde with Evansviile to play them a s< ries of five games for Hie chump oushipot ludUua ( jii'side of the In dianapolis League t.'ana), commencing dept. 28. Two games will bo played in thfe city, two in Evausrille, and th« fifth on neutral gtound.

Thus far this Ma«on Terre ll&nte HM played 59 gamea, of which number phe wou 44 and lunt 15.

Terre Haato will be in the Central lUer-ttto League next year. We are already at work {tKiin*; together a wiun*r. Our latest acquls-tiuu is NYtlJi, of this Beasou's Texas League.

Ihe Daurllk Club UM uiaOuuJcO, H, £

ST. LOUIS_SI_FTINGS.Retnrn of the Browns President Von der

A he's Statements About the Troubles With Brooklyn What He Propose* to do What the Players Swy General News.ST. Loi'iff, Sept. 18. Editor SPORTINU LIFE: Presi

dent You der Ahu and hid Ilrown Stocking* arrived here last Tuesday morning from Philiideiphta on their way to Kuiifltis City, and they renmined in towu all day aud left iu the evening for Spwaeturg. I called ut tha 8porteuian'« Park office about lialf past nine In the morning afld found Mr. Yen der Ahe in a very plena- ; ant (?) frame of mind. I felt poaittfe that if 1 ea'.d i anything about Brooklyn the air would become sky- colored. He opeued tho coriTera«tJon by remaruing thnt I had given him a quiet roa*t»Iti my last letter to | THE SPORTING Lira, by saying tlmt be ought to have Uk«n the Browns to Itidgevroodon the mnch-talk?d-i>f Sunday. He further xeinarKed that the Eastern scribes Invariably stood up fi.r tlu>ir ball ciulw, but that the Western writers were a little t<;o mfaly-moothod. I Yeiiturad: "Yef, I did say that you oualit to have ! taken your twam to Riilgewootl, and if you were not given the proper police protuctiuo then you could have i withdrawn with your men." '

"Yes, and such a count* would have caused some of us to become cripple*) for life, 1 ' twid ihe Browns' [>resi- dent. "You have not the lea^t idea of the leeliug that tliere was againat the Browns in Brooklyn, Thu Sat urday afternoon that I left there

PEOPLE THREW STOSESthrongh the car windows at me, and one man went so f«r as to break t!ie window in his wild attempt to get at me. Ou ihe Saturday that wo played in Brooklyn some of Ihe mob that eurronuded our players said: 'Wait till wo get you at Ilidgewood to-morrow, then we'll kill you!1 Aud still the people ol St. Louis blame me for not sending my men into the very j iws of death. I was afraid to po over there myself, and I am sure that I woull not usk my team to go where I did not feel safe ID going."

"Why is it that ihe tirooklrn crowds vrcre so s^ro on the Browns? I was under tlie impression th.it the champions were pr.me favorites in the City of Churches."

"Byrue has no oiie to blame but himself for the way that the crowd acteJ. Wneu he retimed to Brooklyn from his late Western trip, be caused

FALSE RRPORT8to be pnlilishod of hi* terrible and uncalled for treat ment in this city. llis tlub waa treated royally by the crowds, yet he told tha scribes ot the East tliit his men were treated shamefully, and they belirwd him and made quite a spread iu tho papers, aiyl lh« tough element were anxious to see me and my Browns como along so that they would he given A chance to accord lisa red-hot reception. To return to the Brooklyn Club's treatment while they were here: No crowds in the country treat visiting teams «e fairly *ed impar tially as tlie crowds do in St. Louis, and on the occa- si.uof their last visit here,, although bally beaten, they were well t rented by the ptuple, and when we g-> to his towu we are mobbed. Wjr refusal to go to Ridge wood cost tho Brooklyn (Nub a got;d round sum. and they have no oue to blame for it but Mr. Byrua."

"What do you intend to do in regard lofns FIXES

imposed for alleged Infraction of the rules?" Ijisked. ' Will you be obliged to pay thoso tine?' 1

"Those fines wt-re not legally ioiposed and I will nt-t bo obligeJ to pay them. At (he special meeting which will be held in Cindunalt next Monday I will show tbat I have not violated any foiso ball law, but I have acted in good faith and have lia-t th« interests of the Association al heart all the time. Tho 81500 law was hutched by Mr. Byrne, and he was the first one to run up azuin-t it at Kansas City l.itt winter. HM team violated the rules by leaving tlie field at Kansas City, yet he never paid tho fine that he should have paid."

THE O'BIUEN-KKRIHS XATTEUwill also be brought up at the c-pecial meeting fn Cin cinnati next Monday, and it will then bo given the airing thut its putrid body is badly in need of. Presi dent Von der Ahe eay- that l>;;rby O'Brien has at tempted to laugh the matter off, but that he will dis cover that it is no laughing matter before he gets through with it. In speaking of tho matter to y<>ur correspondent he said: "I am real forry that thin thing ever occurred, but fur the g->od of the game it mint be sifte.1 to the very bottom. Ex-Cmpire Kerf ns told the whole story to me, and in the presence of two of my players Comishey and Boyle. Jack was ia earnest when he told us <>f his talk with O'Brien, anil I nm fully prepared to prove it. Darby certainly told Jack that it wouM be worth £800 or £909 to him (Darby) to win the flag, and that ho would make KeHns a present of £100 if he vrould only give the Brooklyn team all the cloie decisions, and besides this, he would see that Jack was given a eh »w to um pire in the world's championship serioi. Conmkey heard the whole story right from Kerins' lips, and he haa made a sworn statement of tin facts In the case."

WHAT THE BflYS SAY ABOUT BROOKLYN.Tho champions arrived home last Tuesday morning

from their Inat Eastern trip at:d stopped over here about twelve hours previous to leaving for Kansas Cily. Some of their expressions in regard to Brooklyn were as follower

McCarthy ''I am glad t> get back to St. Louis alive. BiooKlyn is the worst t..wn in the country."

Robinson "A man should never ba put to death fn Brooklyn. Ju*t pUce him on a base ball team and e?ad him to Brooklyn and ihe chanced are that li e will come away from tin-re in a box. I am really pleased to know that I will not hive to f*co t'uat crowd of hoodlums again this year."

Guniakuy "I am glad I am In Sr. Louis."Chamberlain ''The Brooklyn thug is the tmchest

of the tough. Oystertowu can turn out several tough 'uns but the City of ChuicUes certainly walks off wiib tho cake."

Jack Boyle "We were treated shamefully ID Brooklyn, aud we did not dpserve it.**

Duffee "I would rather hoe cotton down la Ala bama at ten dollars per month than to play ball at a good salary and ho obliged to run tho gauntlet ID Brooklyn next year. 1 have had enough."

Latham "J have got nothing to say nga>ndt Brook lyn, because I have always been treated with the greatest consideration by the Brooklyn crowds. Why, they threw empty beer glasses at the rest of the lx>ys, but I got one in the vicinity of the neck that was loaded with something. No. I did not tee Uncle Joe Doyle nor Mr. Chad wick throwing Bfouee.*'

O'Bieill "I expected that ovfry oue of ns would get lynched before we got outride of the towu. Why, the cro«d was tlid craziest I ever got into."

Jack Milligan "The next time I play in Brooklyn I will buy a miners' lamp fu ciso we are forced lo flaisn the game after dark.1 '

BROWN STOCKING NOTES.Had the boys played bull during tbe whole season,

they would h'»Yo been £500 better <'ff at the end ot the season. The unlucky incident that nccurreit just previous to their Ant trip to Kansas City loet them three games up there. Had they won the fl.«g, a fund amounting to at least $10,000 would have been rafced, .........President Von der Aho is nteu out of pocket bytne change things have taken, ye; i.e "hopes" that the Browns may yet win the flag.........Some peopleclaimed that John L. Sullivan wa-i not ihe champion, and he Jnet showed the world that he was a champion in fast, as well as in name, and tht- Browts* fr.euds hoped that ihey would cut a caper just after Sullivan's fash ton and knock tbe other c;uba out just as fast as they made their appearance......... An enterprising firmhas placed two miniature ba*e ball trams in a largo plam bliow window ht tho Exposition. One team is the Browns aud the other the Chicago Club. Tho game is being played to decidj whether the Wo-ld's Fair shall be held in St. Louis or Chicago. Tne Windy City Clob has played nine full innings and they have scored four runs. The Browns aro at Iha bat ia tho ninth Inning, with three men on banes. Latham can be teen at third, coacbiufg the boys, while Caj.t. Com- iskey is near first. A big man Is at the bat and the large crowd present are calliu? to him (o "line 'er out." Near tho visitor*' bench is a email black- b 'a<d which reads: " No one out, three men on the buses, and 'Tip' O'Neil al the bat." "Tip"' is expected to make at le*flt a two-bagger, the.eby locating the world's fair iu tho Mound City. .........Comiskey will win the pennant for St. Louisnext year, and his work will bo watched closer thnn tver.........Now that the cbamplum have struck aloaing tcait McGnnnigle and one or two other "dubs" claim that Comiskev ia an over-ruled nmn. There's as much difleieut-o betwt-en Comiskcy nod SIcGun- nigle as the o is bet wet-D ice cream and Llniburger cheeae, and in Comiskey's favor, too.

THE "STIPEL" FUND."1 met Otto Stifel, the brewer, the other day and

asked him what his committee was doiiitf in regard to the prize money that they intended raising tor the Browns in case they wiu the pennant. "We are doing nothing just at present," s*id the manufacturer of German tea, "aud will allow the matter to rest just where it is until the Browns head oft the Brooklyn*, then we will BwvH the subscription without any trouble. The way the Browns havebseu playlnglately was enough to dineu-t some of their best friends, but I still have hopes that they will \et pull down (ho flaer. Comiskey is a wonderful general, and If he wants to show his friends that he is a good man in a tight place now is the time for him to buckle on his armor. Tbe fund could be raised to a respectahlfl sum, and that in a few days, if the lwy« would only win a few games. The Browns, In my opinion, acted hastily at Brooklyn, and had ComUkey remained on the field on thai 'AwfuP Saturday after having won (he gauiu he could have come ofl victorious,"

SWEKSEY WAS A KASCOTT.During the time that Pete Swecney was with the

Browns, the champions experienced BO trouble in trouncing bah the Brooklyns and the Alhleticj for three straight, but just before tho team left fcr Col umbus ou ibe present trip, tho California boy was re- l«wtd, aud the receiiiiun that Comiskt-y and his men received at the hands of big Pave Orr and his joungitervis too "fresh" in the memory of all to even need referring to. I Bpt»ke to an old-time "fan" the otlier day in regard to Sw«eney beiutr a matcoU, and ho said: "Do yui know thai Billy Medart an-1 Char ley Turner were discussing this same thing, and boih of them said that the Browns' luck disappeared just aa BOOH as $«e«-ney was released. And Ihese two gentle men also sa d that 'Doc' Ahlbrandt ought to be ke, t away fnnii the rmrk, and that Kd Yon der Ahe ought not ti go on a single trip with the Browns, as they are both Jouabfl of the first water."

PARAGRAPHS OF TROTH.If the Brookljn writers are to be believpd, the

Bridegrooms aro angels without wings, while the Browns are a lot of toughs, thugs, etc.

The latest addition to the Browns U a young man from Frederick. Md., named Gettinjter Uo WM signed upon StiveU'u recommendation. Tlio la'tor says that "Got" b a good hiitT nud » splendid man Besides being an A 1 outrielder, he ii a good pitcher. "Stiv" and 'Get" played on tho York, Pa., team.

Tho Bruwus open here next Saturday with the Cin cinnati Club. A great many people teel &ut« Uiat the

Browns will draw but p iorly the balance of the sea-oa on acconut of their late disastrous Kasturn trip. Some people fn St. Louis imagine that [lie Browns must win tbe pennant every year, or there is a ecrow luoao somewhere. "What foola ye cranks bo."

Jack says tlat conversation really took place, but Darby denies that any such "uluff * was ever talked of. There's a mistake somewhere.

Nine hall tossors from the Chicago post office paid St. Louis a vl-.it la-it Sunday and they were annihilated by nlnu St. Lotil* letter carriers for their trouble. Tho score at the end of the eighth inning stood H6 to 2 in favor of (he t-t. Louis t»am. The boys from tha Wiudr City were royally entertained by thfir 8t. Louis brntU

JOB PniTCHARD.

COLUMBUS' CHATTER.The Baby'8 Chances For Holding Sixth

Place Ex-Umpire ISarnum Kxplnius A Remarkable Minor League President, Ktc.COLUMBIA, 0., Sept. 18. Editor SPORTINU LIFK:

"Say, I'll bet you fifty tbat Ctlumbns will stop ia sixth place," said a local enthusiast a few days aô at the tall park.

"I'" go you," aaiti the party addressed. "I want that <-nap; that s tike finding It.'' And he pulkdouta half ccut'iry and covered the bet.

"Dj you want any more?" eald the first one, a* he unrollo.l a lot of bills. "Yes, I'll just duplic-itu it for lu'-k," and up went a couple more fil'tie^ and botli looked a* if they had a b«ro thing.

tsaid the fell »w to mo who covered the bet; "Do you know why I tcok that bel?"

1 No; uot unless you wanted to win it.""Well, of course, I want t> win it, but not so much

that as I regnrd it as a sure thinir. You know I nm a Col u oil us enthusiast and am just as keen to have Ci-himbus win as you or anyouu else ii, but when I think that, of the games Columl'iia has got to p!ay and the clnbs aho bus to play with, then I cuii't for the life of mo see how she is going to wiu more g-tin<-s tliau Kansas City will, es;.iecialiy when you conniierthd clubs that t*ie Cowboys will go ag.tlnet. There is hut one club thnt can hold its owu wit'i Katiaaj City amoiie the Western clubs and it's a question with too if they are rot playing better l>all than any of th'.'tu. Ton can see for yourself that Columbus had the hardest kind cf a job to break even witit them on thig last ceries, while it was no trick at all to lay St. Louia, Louisville nn 1 Ciucjouati ou tlie cooling bo. rd."

The Coltnntms ttfam haa certainly bseu piaylng re markable ball and if thjy ktep up the same kind and do not let their stock of giiiser run too low, t-iey will fool this fellow that has such a cure thim; ou his bet, as well aa a great many more people u ho alwavs reason iu gambling on base bull by a "sys em" as it is termed.

I do uot uke much slock in "cyi-trm" Iti \<A*Q ball futures. N.) bet U a Hire thing iu the National game, and no nutter how wide apart two certain clillw may he «heu*the game commences, there is nothing aura aa to the ro-m.t until the last hund has bvcn put out.

Columbus is daily demunmnitiu^ the fact tlmt it is a remarkable combination of base b«U pltyers, and it is therefore nothing HO very remarkable for them to put up the ball they are just at present doing. \Vitaa rare exception or two the men are all fkbt-ciaia.

TEAM NB\V3.Take Dare Orr,/or instance (and! might have take a

.Imost any other one fur an example), and it remainsan undisputed fact tbat his supeiua* is m>t ia the Asso-ciatiuu. He is a flue tmgimui, a gr<-at ttick.tr, and fora hertvy man Duvo is a great basu-iunner.

Billy WiJuer is a liue pitcher. lie has thiusnnda of supporters hero who are grieved to kuow tJmt tha Cdod-nutured blonde haa been suspended. Billy's good nature ia eaiity imposed upon, aud f-jr that roaao.ii is often led away against fan better judgment by a crowd r.f bums that cure nothing for him. To prove that It's Billy's stuff they are after, 1 might s.ty tint Billy toM me that of all the money he has drtwu here this sensou he hadn't any of it left. I can't under stand why he doesn't dump Vm and lookout for tiiui- sulf. When he is iu good aiiape, it is a matter of record that nt'iie of them lay over him. lie hus, for in stance, won, oat of tho la t twolvd ga'iioj h-i haa pitched, just too. There id a strong effort boin^ made to have the directors reinove his suspenaiuu, wlrcli I think they will do if Billy can give tliem positivo assurance that he will do tli3 square thiug with them.

There is s-Jiue talk in th« newspapers of strengthen ing second and thlpd baflv* next season. Thu 1 ical petiple have been talking ab ut getting Crooks, ot the Omahap, for second and Reilly, of the St. Pa a Is, fur thiid. There U nothing d-nuiie or certain about either of these nion, but il they aro uot available then tht ro will bt> au tffort n;;ulo to get some others, for there is no disputing tbe fact thut Columbus has beta weak at second, abort and third, all ueoaou.

AS EX-1'MI'IHE'S TREATMENT.I was talking t» George Bar a u en, the ox-Lâgne

nmpfre, who is duiug tlie heivy work for t;.e "A Legal Wreck." ptrty, which starts from hero next week, and he said that it was through no fault of bis that he did uot stay the seu-on out. He had tried to do hid \vhulo duty as uiuj lie and thought he was meeting wiih success. Tha diro_t rea-ion of his with drawing w»s In consequence of a c.ever« injury received while umpiring a Bortni game. He haa been struck twice with foul tip*,an<i each titns right iu his sjde. lie suffered excru iatiug ptiln for peveml ilayp, and did not know how seriously he had been injured. A med- itnl friend of his, commenting on his apparent physical distress, subjected him to nn txauiination, ai:d suon fouud tlrilt George hud thrê rit>» broken aud a fourth one fracture J. Barmim immediately wrote the facts to President Young snd rt-qnest-d a lay-off until ho could recover, but thU Mr. Young positively refused to gr.tnf, aud theu, G.-i.rge siy% there was but one thing for him to do, and that was to tender his res gnatiou, which he did.

U'DERMITH'S CREDITABLE ACT.The TrI-Stato League seasjn closed S.itorday la^t;

and a fairly (>ucce?e!iil teis>n it has been. This la not Intended to be regarded strictly Iu a finan cial sense, although it ia not believed that any of the teaiiM have loft any very large iroasiiry d^ftiits. President McDermuh has closed his second year as tha chief executive, and his \vorK is to be cummetided. Ue his at all tunes used his be t judgment, aud it has invariably been found to be for the best. Lust leuaon he was hardly enabled to hold tho League together to the en-1, although it was no fault of bin. Yet ta that end he went to personal inconvenience to d<> so by having advanced a considerable MI in of money fn:in his own pocket. Thi< he did without any sort of security or knowledge whether or not ho was going to get it Lock. L*t it bo recorded to the credit of that League Mint I.e did set it b.tck, hut let it go to the shame of one cert itn club in the L-agua of 1S88, to record the fact thut th'*t club is indebted to him, in the way of its tlrtro cf his ta'ary, in the sum of £145, which up to this day he has not yet received, nor has he anything more than a simole promise to pay. If he had resorted to tl.at method of keeping the League together, inste.ul of diving down into his own pocket for niouey, the Le:i>:uy would have lasted about two months iuâd of ucr.rly through tho season.

It is some pleasnrp, however, to noto the fnct of this year's League succof-a. The season is ouded, all cluus stayed it out and there Is Dot a dollar of League in debtedness outstanding.

There it but onn cli.b that in opposed to President McDeruilih and that is tlie Mabcfiord. That team ia dowu on him because he cliuse to cievis^ means of assisiintE certain other League clubs to aiicce^sfully tridge over tiuideu financiil irmble*, thereby saviutf ubrokeu-up League and inakiuz it posiiblu fur ihe League to remain intact. This indirectly or, better still, directly iu the end helped Mansfield, KB well aa every other clu'), and instt-ad of ceiistirin^ fresideat McDerruith, the Mansfield t'-am should <io as every other team has done i. e , thank Mr. McD.-rmiih for his farsightedness aud shrewdn> B->.

None of this information U from President McDsr- mith, as his modesty prevents him from Kp<>akiugof anything connected with himself cr the Lea^tie, ex cept to cull attention to Its success. The knowledge is my own, and came to me ihrouph watching quietly the nay affairs were run tbis ye^r in the Lf-agtu-, ani the official connection I nad with it la-t -e»f--n.

F. W. ARNOLD.

CCRKY'S RELEASE.

The Ex-Umpire Complains of His Treat ment by President Young.

Umpire Curry was notified by President Young on Monday that ait*-r Iho Boston-Philadelphia t-eries h(* could take a vacation for the balance of tlie seaeon. No reasons were giên for the lay-off, w hich is equita* leut to disinifii-a?. Curry took his abrupt bounce with. ill grace, aud spoke bitterly of his treu:m»nt aa follow*:

"I have stood a great deal from players this season. There are s*.nie, you know, who think that an umpire

*is only on tho field to be hel.i np to tlio ridicule of Iho crowd, and they lose no opportunity of sh iwing thia: I have stood a «rvat deal th*t no man, with any sense of honor and feeling, wuu'd stand, for I k*iew even if I did my duty there would le a threat ki k and my head would fall into thebasktt. Y.-u were a witness to Ihe way that T was insulted vu the field lot-1 Saturday. You are aware, too, how that iitau K.i+tz has ncted all through this season. When I WHS in I'hilndeli'hia C'>1. ll"gers, of that club, asked me to st»p the dirty ball playing of the Clevelarids, and I promised so to do. What is the result? What li my dnmissal but a sus taining of the (Otiduct nud the language of that mau Kaatz. Thiiis the way the Lvacu* MUPI orts its utn- pircs. I am the only man who has dared topttnd up before such unreasonable men ;is Uwinând Faatz. Other umpiroi on the staff understand that their reten* tiun depends simply upon keeping thuir mouths sinit and lemain dumb while being abuêi. I arasjrry that I ever left the Inteniatioual AssocUtiou. I was a king there. I never exp-ctod snch treatment in the League. 1 want tosiy rlicht here that Mite Kelly shuws more consideration for the umpire and his duties th-iii any captain In tha League. I have not the least trouble with him." Curry will make I'hila- delnhia his home.

President Y"ung WM not very well plensed with Curry'a etrictuu-s, aud says the ex-umpire is given to talking too much, thi^ bein-z one eource of trouble to himself. Mr. Yoting|turth*r paid: "Curry claims that he was dismiss d because he imposed a severe ftna- uoon Faatz, but that ii not the case. If Fatlz, as re presented, called him names and applied other epithets to the umpire on the ball rteld, he cjulj not do uther- wi66 than ffne him, and be could not make the penalty too severe to ple^sj me. But the facts in the jiisa are that for&ome t.'uie past Cuny has been expecting lo s' cure a place at Philadelphia, and during a **ei ie* of games wlieu he was 3titioned here, he was in the habit of jMiiK over lo Philadelphia every day to see about it. On ore occasion h« inii-sed a gam 1 , and there wn« no valid excu.se for his absence, so that I decided to lecture him, and endeavor to prevent a repetition of the offence. But he did not take kindly what I s.iid to hiruf-»r his own good, but was li cllned to think that I wai reading the riot act to him for a very t riffling affair. Numerous complaints were also nie.l airainet him at headquarters, but I was inclined, to deal as Umieutly with uinc

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