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May 5. THE SPORTIlSra LIFE. 8 BASE BALL ENTER~THE 0. W. C.! CABALISTIC WORDS CALCULATED TO CREATE A GREAT SENSATION. They Mean That the Great Overman Wheel Company Have Entered the Sporting Goods Manufacturing Busi- ness on a Large Scale. When it was stated in "The Sporting I4fo" a few weeks ago that it was among the probabilities -that that great cycle concern, the Overman Wheel Com- pany, of Chicopee Falls, Mass., in which Spalding Brothers formerly held a large Interest, intended to enter the sporting goods business on a big scale, the report found little credence among those In the trade, or, indeed, even among those prominently identified with various sporta. ' : *3!iddfcJMI THE CHARMED CIRCLE. " This incredulity was probably largely 1 due to the fact that not only experience but great capital and extraordinary re- sources were necessary to even gain a foothold iu a field which has been for many years practically filled by less than half a dozen houses; there being, in- deed, to-day but three firms of national reputation engaged in dealing out the various sporting goods and implements requisite to the pursuit of sport on land find water, viz.: Spalding Bros., the A. J. Reach Company and the Kiffe Company, all the rest being but feeders to the firms mentioned. Several attempts hare been made in recent years to break into this charmed circle or break it up, but all have come to grief for lack of capital, or else have been absorbed iu time into the master corporations. AN AUTHORITATIVE ANNOUNCEMENT. But there is no longer reason to doubt that the Overman Wheel Com- pany under the guidance of its «uter- prising president, Mr. A. H. Overman, will enter this big and presumably profit- able field, since there is no record of any conspicuous failure in the business. In fact wo are in position to announce to the sporting public through "The Sport- ing Life," tho accepted leading sporting paper of the country, that all the plans have been perfected for the entrance of tho Overman Wheel Company into the sporting goods business on a scale con- mensurate with the standing and re- sources of that great cycling corpora- tion, and with unlimited capital. The assurance of this "The Sporting Life" has from President Overman in per- son, who in a lengthy interview the other day explained fully, and at length, his reasons for the Important step he has taken, the plans Le has matured, and the wcrk he has so far ac- complished Iji the new enterprise Into which he has entered with that energy, boldness and zeal, which stood him so well when he entered the cycling busi- ness in an infantile way and developed it into its present gigantic proportions. MISSTATEMUNTS CORRECTED. Before entering into details of his new scheme President Overman said he would like to have it understood that there is no truth in the rumor that he was about to enter the sporting goods business for the purpose of warring upon or "getting even with Spalding Broth- ers, with which firm he had severed all relations, so far as the cycle business was concerned, or upon any other sport- goods firm. Mr. Overman said he hoped his friends and the world at large would credit him with the business sense not to invest a vast sum of money and enter a big business merely for the sake of waging war upon a rival firm or avenging an alleged grievance. President Overman said he had been contemplating entrance- into the sporting goods business for many years; indeed, he had been preparing for it for five years. Ills connection with Spalding Brothers had not Influenced or deterred him, neither had the breach with that firm hastened action. He simflly entered the business because ho considered it a profitable one, which would dovetail legitimately and advantageously with his bicycle business; nnd lie entered it now because he regarded the present tlmo as most propitious. His prices would be fixed lower than those of other sporting goods houses, President Over- man said, uot for revengeful purposes, but simply because he could make a market for his goods at his prices, give satisfaction aud yet afford a fair profit. REASONS TOR TUB STEP. Then President Overman entered into details of his rew enterprise. He first dwelt emphatically upon the reasons which actuated him in adding the manu- facture of athletic goods to his vast cy- cling manufactures. He said: "We propose to deal with the sporting goods question on a high plane, and I am quite sincere when 1 say tnat the Over- man Company Is endeavoring to promote the spirit of innnly exercise afield by fur- nishing better goods at more reasonable prices than can be found anywhere else In the trade. This we are quite abla to do owing to our unequaled facilities and the fact that n'e will In every case save all outside profits by making every piece and every part of every piece in our own fac- tories/ "We also propose to give athletes other than cyclers (who know all about the Victor bicycle), a sample of the character of the work we put Into Victor bicycles, In order to establish confidence. In us for the best, and I assure you that our trade- mark will never be placed on any article of our manufacture unless It is as good as It Is possible to make It." THE TRADE MAtlK. A special trade mark has been adopted by the Overman Wheel Company for its sporting goods. A cut of the trade mark will bo found in another column. This IB the first public presentation of a trade nark which will, in all human- probabil- ity, soon become famous among anil familiar to lovers of sport tho country over. In commenting upon this trade mark President Overman said that no goods made by him would be placed upon the market without this stamp of the Overman Wheel Company upon them, thus affording an absolute guarantee as to tha superior quality of the goods. He also said that he would make it a point to insist upon the return of all goods not exactly as represented or uot up to the Victor standard, no matter by what KCeut sold. TKK ITXn OP GOOD!3 . In reference to Jim line of goods ho proposed mauufactuTrrf^NPrebident Over- man said: ^~%__ "It is our Intention to l/ujiTW* every Item of sporting goods now In the market. V»e will take np first on« line ai'.' 1 tucn another until we have completed th.° line . and our promise to athletes is that « e wi " never put our trade-mark on any goods except those which are as good ar ll is possible to rnaku thorn; and to m»' u tiiin perpetually the highest standard. "The Hue at present complete Is 1 J oase balls, foot bulls, bats, tennis racquet9, rol- ler balls, solid rubber balls and racket damns. Our base balls will be list"1 at $1. rhese are all haud-mado and hotter In every way than any base ball ball. Regarding his new foot ball, Presi- dent Overman said: "As an Illustration of our methods In the sporting goods lines, note that this foot ball, as compared with the best In the market to-day, has: 1. Better rubber. 2. The only molded rubber ever used in foot- balls (they have heretofore been chalk cured and often defenctlve.) 3. The only foot ball every arranged to intlate with a pump (this can be- Inflated with either the lungs or pump). 4. The only foot ball with a choke valve Instead of the common string. 5. The only foot ball having a leather welt between the seams. 6. Laced with porpoise string. 7. A better quality of leather. All these Improvements, In- cluding a pump, for $4, or 20 per cent, less than the present list price. It Is safe to say that this foot ball costs double as much to produce as the best foot ball now on the market. "Our base ball bats, of best old-seasoned ash, iu round and oval handles, are listed at $3. Our tennis rackets, better than any ever produced In this country, are listed at $5. Our solid rubber balls are listed to retail at 10 cents and 23 cents each. Our tennis balls, roller balls, racket clamps, racket canvas and leather cases, are not listed yet. A little later we will take on gymnasium apparatus, boxing gloves, catchers' mitts and masks and uniforms." THE ESTABLISHMENT. The sporting goods department of the Overman Wheel Company will be under direction of Mr. E. J. Manley, a post- graduate of Harvard University, an all-round athlete, and well versed in all sports. There will be no lack of money o push the new enterprise with the enor- mously wealthy A. H. Overman and his great wheel company behind it. Neither will there be any lack of facilities, me- chanical or otherwise, as everything that nonoy can supply will be provided, Pres- dent Overman never doing things by lalves. A new building in the school district at Chicopee Falls has just been purchased and turned into a sporting goods factory. When that becomes too small President Overman will build a special factory. As to the output of :he goods manufactured the Overman Wheel Company is fortunate in having exceptional facilities, as its 1500 agen- cies afford an outlet and make a mar- iet at once all over the country, thus obviating the usually slow establishment of agencies, and leaping at one- bound over obstacles which have hitherto iroved insurmountable to former less favored would-be competitors of the old concerns. Considering the natural ad- vantages and immense resources of the Overman Wheel Company, and the sa- gacity, energy and ability of the head of that company, Mr. A. H. Overman, there does uot appear to be any reason why tho enterprise should not prove a huge success. The further develop- ment of this new business scheme will told in the advertising columns of :ho "Sporting Life," in which the Over- man Wheel Company will very soon make its official announcement. _______ _______ COKBETTS OONQUERER. Tho Only Man Who Ever Whipped the Champion a Base IJallist. According to the San Francisco Call thora is one man alone, and only one, who ever whipped Jim Corbett, except, perhaps, his father, and that one is a base ball man. The "Call's" story is as follows: "A. young Oaklander, who went to school with Corbett, in spewklng of the man who liad lowered the colors or the onee famous John L. Sullivan, Charley Mllchell and others of Ipsser note, tlio schoolmate of Pompadour Jim said: "Corbett was one of the most disagreeable felfows while jit school that I ever met with. He was a big, tall fellow then, but did not have muoh more than enough flesh to cover his big bones. He pretended to be something of a 'scrapper, but didn't have the strength that ho has since developed, Jim MuDouald, tho base ball umpire, want to the same school with us and was very popular arroug the boys. He was not very tall, but ho was very stout for his size, and could handle himself In due style. "On dny Corbett and McDonald had a tJIxputc over some trivial mutter and It was agreed I hat they should go out Into the yard and have it out. A ring was formed hy the boys and tho two young fel- lows wont at earh other. MePomild at once showed himself far ahead of Corbett, although fully a head shorter than the lat- ter. He wns thumping the present cham- pion in tho most approved style and would soon havo knocked him out had uot tho teachers come out of the school and separated them. McDonald after that wa« tha hero of the hour and became more pop- ular than ever. McDonald Is said to bo the only person who ever succeeded In whipping "Pompa- dour Jim, except probably the futher of his mother." ONE ON "COKEI.Y." How Captain Coniiskey Once Kidded the Wrong Man. Captain Comiskey tells a story about Pitcher Colcolotigh, who bears the proud distinction of being tho very first pitch- er to shut out an opposing team with- out a hit under the ne\v distance, which escaped print until published in thj "Times-Star" of Cincinnati the other day. Here is the tale: It will be remembered that dnrlng the early autumn, last year, "Commie" slipped awny to the South with his little pick and shovel ready to dig up a few phcnoms. While he was watching the »a gulls at Charleston one day, ho found himself beside a queer mortal who seemed In a sorrowful though conversational mood. rhe sea gulls were getting their wings artistically clipped and the old fellow at "Commie's" elbow growled. "It's no wonder they're gettin' licked. Thsy'vo lost their best man I" "They have, eh?" queried "Commie." "Who was ho?" \ "Cokely!" the answer was given. "They let him go to Plttsburg." "Cokely? Cokely'" was the Inquiring ob- ssrvatlon of the Ked's jester. "What did U» do?" The old man turned a face full of mln- g'ed scorn and pity upon Couilskey. "Never heard of Cokely?" said he at last. "You must be a stranger here." "I am." admitted the phenom hunter. The old man's race took on a look of proud satisfaction as he explained: "Coke- ly was ono of the best pitchers In the Southern League, but they let him go- lie's my son! Sure enough, "Captain Commie" had bcon having a kidding matinee with Col- slough's paternal relative. HIS OWN COACHEB. THE TRADE MARK, To be Used For the Sporting Goods Manufactured by the Overman Wheel Company. _________ the market, and trial." I invite comparison an(1 At this point President Overma^ s ? nt out for a National League ball,J wnioh he had cut in half, and selectf»S a Victor ball at random from a t'eap °f such balls also had this cut f n half, thus showing that he was not /Afraid to invite comparisons of the ?»ictor ball with the League or any oUi^er first-class One Manager Who Plays Ball For AH There's in It. Ted Sullivan is a queer genius. There is no magnate who gets more sport out of his promenades in the journey of life than this samo Tod. Ted gats right out on the line in uniform down in the Southland, and there is no man on earth who can imitate his coaching song. Deception is his long suit, anu it is his delight to get tho players oa the other sida to interpret his orders to thoir own satisfaction only to find that they have been on the wrong scent. He is a great man to use numbers In signing his men, and then he will switch off into a mad jabber that sounds aa if he was in ths Daffy Glee Stakes. "What «ro you taking this time?" will be his opening query. "Do you want the stars this time? All right, I'll take the moon." A crack like that ia calculated to make an- opposing pitcher for a nice easy exit if Ted should happen to grow violent. There was ono same last sea- son at Mobile when the Nashvilles start- ed in the ninth inning four runs be- hiud. It was a. forlorn hope, but Ted was full of fight. "WT hat did we do at New Orleans?" he shouted, as the first Tennessean went to the bat. In some way the bases were filled, and big Mike Ryan, who is as raw-boned as Long John Reilly ever was. picked up his stick. "He^re comes the hero of a hnndreO battles." announced the Irrepressible Ted. A home run was batted out, anc there was distress in the camp of the Mobiles. They were beaten, out. EDITORIAL VIEWS, NEWS. COMMENT. Buck Ewlng Is very popular in Cincin- nati. Nashville has a new pitcher, named Pei alto. Jimmy Galvln has not yet signed with any club. MacMahon is doing the star pitching for Baltimore. Mike Slattery will probably captain the Worcestars. Altoona has released George Ross and P. J. Haggerty. Tierney and Musser have been released by Wllkesbarre. The Eastern League championship open- ed Tuesday last. Pitcher Stein has opened a retail shoe business In Brooklyn. Pitcher Kennedy, of Brooklyn, Is laid np with a split finger. Memphis has released shortstop Bane- inert and William Smith. Gore, the Fall Elver catcher, Is be- lieved to bo a coming star. Stenzel, of Plttsburg, has been shifted from right to centre field. Second basenmu Pettee Is now clerking in a railroad office In Buffalo. First baseman Slater, of Portland, Is something of a violin virtuoso. Captain Miller is certainly getting some excellent work out of the Browns. Bonner Is not so graceful a fielder as Reltz, but gets there just the same. Jake Virtue doesn't think a left-handed pitcher has even a slight excuse for livirg. "Calliope" Miller and Joe Quinn are on the top wavs of popularity In the Mound City. Until Brooklyn's pitchers round to, the team will not cut the figure iu the race it should. A game for the benefit of the veteran Jack Manning is soon to be played iu Boston. The national game bids defiance to hard times and has come to spend a merry summer. The Harrisburg Club has signed Joseph Wrlght, Eddie Sales and Pitcher O. U. Sprogel. Owing to his remarkable agility nnd dash little "Yale" Murphy has been dubbed "the mouse." . | Pitcher Gastrlpht wanted $350 a month to play in Providence. Of course, he I didn't get It. Billy Wittroek was called home last i week from Louisville by the death of his grandmother. Third baseman Rafferty and ouli'c-lder John F. Houseman have signed witu the Albany Club. Jacob Funkhauser. a mirte outfiolder, of Elkhart, Ind., would like to play with some good club. John Burdock, the veteran second bafe- nan, will this season play with the Al- phas, of Brooklyn. Captain Ward, of the New York tenm. oat nine hats on his club's three straight lefeats at Baltimore. Tebeau slurs Brooklyn by remarking hat Foutz's men make a poor team aud are a lot of quitters. The Cincinnati pitchers are giving so many bases on balls that the local papers are howling about it. Ex-Pitcher "Jersey" Bakely, Is living n retirement In Baltimore, as stout as a dime museum fat boy. While Duffy and McCarthy are always kidding" each other yet they are really devoted to one another. Glasscock was tho first player to be Mssed this season for dirty ball playing .n a championship game. Pitcher Hawke has come to terms with the Baltimore Club, and pitcher Kirtley Baker has been released. Catcher Weckbecker, late of New Or- leans, has accepted the management of the Shreveport, La., Club. Umpire Swartwood has written Presi- dent Young for a clearer Interpretation of the rules on ball-trapping. The Eastern League on the whole were pla for the Pennsylvania League teams during the exhibition season. The dispute between Blnghamton and Bansor over ontfielder Deudy has been settled in favor of Binghamton. Outlielder Lawler has been released by Springfield at 1 Is request, aud returned to bis homo In Mlddletowii, N. Y. John M. Ward and his erstwhile bosom friend, Tim Murnane, are on the outs, and the breach Is probably permanent. Send to John B. Sage, Buffalo, N. Y., for Window Hangers nnd Three-Sheet Posters to advertise ball games. * The Louisvilles at present are doing the lightest hitting in the League and only good pitching has held them up. ArUe Latham's protege, young Niland. Is doing splendidly in Toledo. He's all right, and so Is Latham's Judgement. Elmer Smith Is much worried about his batting, as he has only hit one ball hard since the championship season opened. Jerry Denny appears to be right in line again. His work on Louisville's third bag so far has been above the standard. It Is some years since there has been such good all-round playing In the League at the opening as there has been this sea- sou. Charley Van Haltren, & six-foot brother of George Van Haltreu, has been signed as tlrst basemaa of tha Amsterdam, N. Y., Club. Mike Kelly owns Allentown Just now, and unless he becomes too genial be will continue to grow in the admiration of his friends. Wlllle Mains has obtained his release from the Minneapolis team, and returned to his home. Rheumatism Is what bother ed him. More milk is spilt on the diamond than In a dairy yet there is nothing to be gained by sitting down and lamenting over the leakage. The coctracts of Hazen and Lawson with Haz'etou, and Armstrong aud Mo- Caughey with Pottsvllle, havo been pro- mulgated. That remarkable thrower, George Treadway, Is going to make an attempt this season to beat the long-distance throw- Ing record. Donnelly, one of Anson's pitchers, Is practicing for second base. Anson will give him a trial In that position when he returns home. First baseman "Big Bill" Brown com- plains of vjsitlng players making a regular practice of stepping on his corns while running bases. "Calliope" Miller has now been ap- pointed manager as well as captain of the St. Louis Browns. George bears his honors meeekly. Treadway, the Brooklyn'9 new outflelder, has caught on at Eastern Park, aud is a prime favorite. His work has beeu of the gilt-edged order. By failing to beat Boston two out of three the Biiltimores each were out a box of perfectos which Mr. Vou der Ahe had promised them. -The team .work ol ball player* when It comes to drawing salary on pay day Is remarkable, though probably not very de- lightful to magnates. Patsy Tebeau Isn't pounding the ball as much as he Is wont and nearly nearly as much as he Is wanted to. But the season Is still very Infantile. Umpire Lynch announces that here- after be will converse only with team Cap- tains during games. That's what the rules contemplated all along. When Dan Brouthers' splendid work In Baltimore was pointed out to President Bryne he smiled aud said, somewhat enigmatically, "Walt." Jake Morse considers Breltenstein a phenomenal pitcher who, with a strong team like Boston behind him, wouldn't lose a game a month. Lewlston and Portland are scrapping over Pitcher Wlllle Mains. Lewlston has signed, but Portland insists that she put in first claim for him. Harry Wrlght says the umpires have more power this year than ever before, and that they can quickly prevent kicking by enforcing the rules. The Reading Club has released Pitcher Clare, and accepted by telegraph the terms of Patrick Lyon, second basemau of last year's Johnstown team. At Baltimore last week Umpire Hurst Inflicted a $10 fine upon catcher Ganzell the first tine ever imposed upon that quiet and gentlemanly player. The Providence team of the Eastein League comprises six old leaguers Cub Stricker, Bassett, Cooncy, Pettit, Mc- Cauley and Harry Lyons. Notwithstanding defeats, Brooklyn has the satisfaction of having turned out the largest and most fashionable attendance ever seen at a ball game. The Worcesters have signed a player named Lush, who, strangely enough, is a total abstainer, and first earned his repu- tation In a temperance team. Erie and Buffalo are engaged In a scrap over the merits of their respective ball parks. Each claims to have the finest ball park In the Eastern League. The umpires In 'the New England League will appear at every league game in a neat uniform, pleasing to th* eye and official iu style and makeup. The Chicago' "Herald" has Issued a very handsome cloth-covered vest pocket League schedule for 1S'J4, compiled by base ball editor, Charley Plclger. Of the captains In the League, four are third baseinen, three are first basemen, two are second basemeii, one a shortstop, one a catcher aud one a right fielder. It Isiiottrue, as reported, that Pltts- rR has released Pitcher Lnkens. He Is In spkndld conditlou and waltng for the chance to receive his League baptism. President Van Derbeck personally dons a uniii>na and practices with the Detroit team. He Is a crank on tha^ irnma ami would rather take port SB a^ltMMMU> eat. Captain Anson Is entitled to credit for one thing. Throughout his managerial ca- reer he hus always insisted upon quarter- ing his ineu, when abroad, at the best ho- tels. Manager Hanlon was the first to enter a protest this season. Of course, the pro- test was based on an interpretation of that trouble-breeding new rule on trapped balls. Captain Tebeau Is In line with Anson and Comiskey on the proposition that tho championship season should not begin until the first week In May or last week iu April. A "Constant Reader" Is herewith In- formed that Nashville. Term., was uot named after Captain Nash, of the Bostons. Still, both town and captain do the name proud. Jimmy Bann.in, of the Bostons, presents the singular spectacle, of a youth of 2-' with a thick sprinkling of gray hair. He says all of his family become gray early In life. Base ball enthusiasm, as a rule, knows no ouo locality. It Is in tho air and spreads with greater rapidity and more far- reaching scope than aa epidemic of cholera. Ex-President Temple still sticks to his belief that either Boston. Plttsburg or Cleveland will win the championship this season. Why should he change his opinion? E. J. Webster has been released by the Nashville Club, and is therefore open for engagement as catcher and outllelder. He can be addressed care of the Boston "Globe." The first pitcher this season to shut cut nn opposing team without hit or run, was Pitcher Chard, of Atlanta, who thus meanly treated tha New Orleans team on April 26. The Mncon Club has signed out-fielder Jimmy AVolf, short stop Fitz, and pitcher Korwan, and Is negotiating with flrst- biuiemau Sam Smith, who once played with Louisville. And now they have it that Ward Is Jealous of "Yale Murphy's steadily In- creasing fame and popularity. In fact, the Now York "Commercial-Advertiser" says so plainly. The total attendance of the six League games played on Saturday last, was 50,- 000. The three Eastern games attracted 88,000 people, and the three In the West only 12,000. Ed, Crane's engagement with the Hav- erhllls has a string to it. He agreed to play there only on condition that he be allowed to accept any offer from a Natlona' League club. Alex. Whltel'ill, the big pitching phe- nom of the Sioux Cltys, who let Pittsburg down and out, has been released. He must have run out of his stock of curves In the Smoky City. Apparently the only consolation the Cincinnati newspapers can get out of the defeats by Cleveland Is that Ewlng Is playing finely aud Is a boua fide resident of Cincinnati. Catcher Maderson Phillips, the leading batsmau of the Sag linrbor team, woulc like to sign with some minor League team He can be addressed 144 Walnut avenue Trenton, N. J. Hush Nicol, the old right fielder o: the Cincinnati Club, has lost the nanr.gc ment of the Des Molnes Club nnd Is an applicant for a position as umpire In th Western League. The New York "World" thinks Daub will be Brooklyn's winning pitcher this year. Maybe; but Kennedy will be bean from, especially when lie goes up agains' the New Yorks. " Doc" Kennedy, the old-time first base man, now with Worcester, plays tha position without a glove of any descrlp tion. He has been famous for this fac for many years. The Brooklyn Club has signed pltche Gastright, lato of Boston, and released the youngster Korwsn. The latter, wh< needs some minor league training, goe to the Macon Club. Pitcher Willle Mains, relased by Mlnne apolis, Is backe;\pplng the Western League. He says the financial backing o that League Is weak, and that it will no last beyond July 4. The Excise Commissioners In Brookly but week decided favorably on tha appll cation of Charlea Byrne for a license for the Eastern Park, the grounds of the .'Brooklyn baseball team. It was not outnelder Mike Colllns, but another Colllns, who was stabbed at New Orleans during a brawl between some ball players and negroes.' Colllns was not with the riotous party at all. The first umpires to be censured were .ynch and O'Rourke. The latter was too low and the former was too fsst. Lynch will not have the easy time this summer hat he had in the past. George Wrlght, the old base ball layer aud cricketer, has written a cricket [ulde. It is published in Spaldiug's Ath- etlc Library for April. The book is com- >lete Iu every particular. Robert Lincoln Lowe Is not only a great all player, but one of the most gentle- manly men In the. profession. In fact n tho matter of deportment he has hard- y an equal In base ball. "Big Dan" Brouthers Is fast winning ils way to the hearts of the Baltimore en- hnslasts. His batting has been most imely and his fielding much better than many thought It would be. The Proteges of the Cincinnati ball layers do not seem to pan out well, ^either Mullaue's find. Jud Smith, nor Latham's find, Niland, proved strong enough for League company. Harrisburg boasts of having the best mttiug team In the State League. Pray, where does Allentown come in, with such 'sluggers" as Kelly, Milllgan, Wise, Lar- kln, Wood, Mulvey and Browning? "Bob" Lowe Is playing a far faster gamo than he did last season. He has ;ot used to his position, and It can be iredlcted that he need take odds from no player in the position this year. The prospects of a large, new and Inex- pensive wardrobo for Uncle Anson's closet next winter are not exactly refulgent or promising at this time. Still It Is early In he spring, and autumn is afar off. Count Caropau Is not superstitious. He las just been presented with an opal soarf iln and the Pelicans keep on winning .'Inclunntl "Times-Star." That was written jcforo Atlanta trampled on New Orleans. The latest terms to Indicate the pitcher and catcher are "deceiver" and "re- rlover." The fieljcrs should be "re- rievers" and the umpire the "percelyer" o carry out the matter to a proper ending. Charley Campau Is batting so well In he Southern League that Manager Schrt-elz s seriously thinking of giving that at- aehed string a sharp jerk which will and tho gculal "count" Into the Stnatoiial 'old. President Young does not take much stock In the criticism of the umpires from, the scorer's box. He says In nearly all of the League parks the reporters are too high up from which to see plays correctly. The Cleveland men are breaking records. Not a 1 to 0 game was ever played so early In the National League eason, and no pitcher in the fourth cham- pionship game held the opposing side down .o two hits. Cleveland is playing a very strong jome. Every man on tho team seems to 'eel that on his shoulders aloue rests the esponslbillty of winning that pennant. They are just the boys to keep up this kill- ng pace, too. Some Cincinnati players having charac- :erizod Umpire Emslie as a "hoodoo," the Cincinnati "Times-Star" pertinently re- uarks that "there Is too much superstition ind uot enough ball playing about the lluclunati crowd." The undersigned would like an engage- neut at short stop with some club In a uinor league; can furnish best reference. Address Short Stop, care J. J. Bowersox, Grceiiniount avenue and Twenty-third street, Baltimore, Md. Umpires Lynch, Swartwood, O'Rourke, Hurst, Emslie and McQuald have already jeen complained of, and tho season is only two weeks' old, who can satisfy club >eople all of whom are looking for just a shan't) the best of it? Up to date "Yale" Murphy leads the Vew Yorks in batting and base running. If he keeps it up Fuller and Stafford will continue to warm the bench, unless tho ust named should relieve Burke, who is not up to concert pitch. Commenting on tha presentation of a rabbit's foot to Fred. Plotter, "Mat.," the New York cynic, remarks: "It Is doubt- ful if tho left hind foot of a behemoth would help the case of the Colonels." Would It help tho New Yorks? - me >tew York Club has been present- ed by a phy*Jcj«n friend with a complete nedlelne chtst, eJninfuing liniments and, >andagcs of all sorts, to b*. <i sed In case of njurlos to the players. It will v,e kept In ho club house for emergencies.**- Baltimore clersrymen have been wrui.>j{ of their Interest In base ball and compli- nentlug the Baltimore management, as one of them expresses It, "for the highly respectable manner In which base ball ias been managed In this city." Kid NIehols' opinion of "Yale" Mur- phy Is that he is as fast a ball player as hero is in the country. Nlchols also thinks that tho fight for tho pennant lies between Boston, New York, Philadelphia and Cleveland, in the order named. The large crowds which have been turning out to the games shows the great hold which base ball has again taken. There Is now no reason why the people, having once more taken an interest In the game, should uot continue to do so. It Is claimed for Kelley, the Coxey fol- lower, that he ia an ex-ball player, having played In tho Western League years ago. lie is reported to be organizing a ball team in his "army" to play in towns he will pass through, for gate receipts, of course. Infiekler Callony, of Nashville, was seriously hurt in Macon, Ga., last week by being struck on the head by one of Pitcher Kling's speedy Inshoots. Callopy was knocked senseless, and for.several days small hopes were entertained of his re- covery. Why doesn't McCarthy, of the Clncln- natls. follow tho example of Burkett, of the Clevelunds. and Thompson, of the Phll- adelphias, ana wear sun glasses when playing right field on the home grounds? He will have to come to that or get out of the Held. Bad throws are very costly on the new Cincinnati grounds. If a ball gets by the first baseman there is nothing to stop It Insldo of 100 fact, and even then chances must be taken of its caroming off on an angle. Base-runners can take two or three bases in such cases. Tho Boston'3 new right fielder. Jimmy Bannon, is not the fielder Cliff Carrol was, but Is superior in batting, base running and throwing. In the latter respect Ban- non is one of tho strongest men la the League. Ha throws hard and true and loses no time In getting the ball away. After a lapse of some years the col- ored man and brother reappears In pro- fessional company. The Pawtucket Club, of the New England League, has a col- ored pitcher named Robinson. He Is a strong pitcher, fields well, hits the ball hard, and knows how to run the bases. Charley Farerll, of last year's Boston Reds, has signed to play second base for Worcester, and Mike Mansell, a vetern Eastern League tcsser, Is being negotiated with for the same team. One of the pitch- ers of the Worcesters will be Howe, who at one time was a members of the Har- vaids. Ex-Umpire Gaffney is said to be In fine condition. He has regained his voice and Is taking excellent care of himself. When Gaff is himself there Is no better umpire In the country. In the opinion of Hu?h Duffy Gaffney was and still is the finest umpire that ever stood In shoe leather. A statement has been going the rounds to the effect that President Young has In- structed his umpires "to send to first base any man who has his bat tilted by Catcher Mack, of Plttsburg." There Is not one word of truth In the statement, and President Young never thought "of such a thing. Manager Foutz could go further and far worse than he could in signing the vetern and experienced pitcher, Tim Keefe. Mark Baldwin Is also too good a pitcher to drop Into a minor league. He would proved a better man for Washington than any pitcher now on the pay roll of that club. _The hissing of Glasscock for balking Buckley while running for a foul fly In St. Louis last week, had about as inucli effect on him as water on the back of a duck. Jack Is accustomed to doing all the dirly tricks of the profession, and besides, he has no great love lor Ton der Abe's "" gregatlon. Capt. P. Bolivar Tebeau's rating of Brooklyn as a crowd of quitters, has aroused tho cranks of tho City of Churches, and one of them remarks: "Patsy Is apt to be dropped off the middle of the Brook- lyu bridge gome night about th« 15th of June, and there won't be any mourners to speak of.' Murphy, Burke, Doyle and Clark, of the New York team, are all under five feet seven Inches Iu height, while Ward, Westervelt, Wilson and Davls each stand five feet nine. Farrell, Rusl« and Connor are the only six-footers on the team. Con- sidering the facts, the name "Giants" seems misplaced. The constitution of tie Western Leagu* provides for a five months' playing coo- tract, but, through Ignorance, the Indlaq- spolls players were signed for six mcr.ths. President Johnson would not permit the payment of April salaries, and th« play«ry were furious and threatened to disband, but finally yielded. The following will play with th» Poughkeepsie State League team: Talman, of union College, and Arras, of Tough- keepsie, pitchers; Schlude and Rodgers, of Poughkeepsie, catchers; White, formerly with the Yale nine, short stop, and Wolf and Marrow, of Poughkeepsle, second and third bases respectively. If Jack O'Connor were to do one-half the things upon a ball field that McGraw, of the Baltimores, has doue since ho has been connected with the game there are two or three base ball writers who would have fits and fall into them. McGraw, without any doubt, Is the must pugnacious youngster In the business. After those defeats at Baltimore and Washington the New Xbrk "World" edi- torially declared that the Giants need a dose of sulphur and molasses. Tha "World" shouldn't b« In such a hurry to shed its linen. Three or four games uway from home don't make a season, by a Texas Democratic majority. Although the campaign is only two weeks old there Is a feeling of unrest among some of ths players 'who arc hang- ing on to their berths by their eyebrows. Tho »xe has already swung In several clubs and these heads havo dropped Into the bas- - ket: Nllaud. Werden, Korwaii, J. Sharrott, Hartman, Mulvey and Black. The New York and Pennsylvania leagua of 181)0 Is now represented In the Nations? League by three of the best pitchers lit the business. De Wakl, of Cleveland, once played with Jamestown, Cuppy or the same club used to twirl for the Meadvllles and Menafeo of the Louisville* was cf.ught by Frank Boyd at Erie. Manager Hanlon says he believes la the umpires enforcing the rules. "In some cases, however," he declared to a New York reporter, "players should be excused for gathering around the umpire. In a close game an adverse decision Is llablo to make certain players lose their heads) and say things that they don't mean." The New York "Recorder" quotes Harry Wrlght as saying that Treadway is the hardest lino hitter in the League, and an Al thrower. That doesn't sound like Harry Wrlght, who never makes odious comparisons even by implication. Are you sure, Curtis, that you didn't say It while Harry Wright merely nodded and looked wise? Shortstop Billy Ely Is playing a great game both at the bat and In the field for the St. Louis Browns. Suveral years ago. It the days of the old International League, Billy was with the Blnghamtons nnd at- tained some fame as an ambidextrous twlrlcr. Sitice then he has played with the Brooklyn and Syracuse clubs. He la still a very youug man, being a mere youth when Bliiguamton picked him up. Apropos of McCarthy's trick of tiap- ping a fly ball in the outfield.to which the new rule does uot apply, the Cleveland "Leader" says "It Is not an uncommon thing for Baltimore people to call a dis- play of brains Jlrty base ball. Cleveland was patiently waiting an opportunity o? trying McCarthy's Trick. McAleor was tr> have been the man to attempt It and all that he wanted was men on bases and a short fly. Pitcher Ed Stein, of Brooklyn, has fully recovered his health, which VHS bad most of last season. If the report is true, the Brooklyn Club Is to be congratulated. For a part of the season of 1892 Stein probably did the best pitching of all the pitchers In the League. His work was so good that his team won nearly every- Kamo when he was In the nine. Stein U young and has a "good head" and a mag- nificent pitching arm. Therefore, if Stein has physically recovered, the other L:"Eue -pitchers must look to their laurels. The operation of the now rule relative to sacrifice bunt hits is being watched with a great deal of interest. The new regulations, which wore suggested and ad- vocated by "The Sporting Life," nrc ex- pected to lessen the use of unpopular and wearisome bunting and to increase the battinpr. If they work as well as the rule put Into practice last year of removing the pitcher's box further back which "Sport- ing Life" also proposed and carried they will undoubtedly glvo additional interest to a sport which Is llkoly to prove again t» Popularity with the American public. The fcw-pst surprise of the current season Is tno numo*- Of ladies that are now present at the games i« n |i the cities. A few years ago It was somewhat *t a novelty to sec more than a few ladies at the ball parks, while now It is seldom that several scores of them cannot be seen In :he grand stands, and on ladies' days, or on special occasions, they ure out In large numbers. Then, those who wore present at tho games knew little or nothing of low they were played; now, they not only know the fine points of the pastime, but also tho names of the players, and a great deal of the history of the games. Tho cut of the new Cincinnati ernnd stand published in our first page originally appeared In the Cincinnati "Tribirie," to which paper wo are Indebted for It. Tha "Tribune, by tho way, Is cutting a wide swath In spo'rtina matters under Its new sporting editor, F. E. Goodwill, formerly of the Albany "Telegram." Mr. Goodwin Is working hard to make his sporting col- umn of the best, and, although he has onlv been in charge a few weeks, the "Tribune" is already being talked about and freely quoted, especially In base ball circles, which Is saying a good deal when we consider that ail of the Cincinnati papers are strong on base ball. VETERAN OF^VETERANS. The Man Who Played Longer Than Any Other Player. Joseph Start, the veteran ex-profes- sional first baseman, probably played ball longer than any cthor man connect- ed with the national game. He played ball for twenty-eight consecutive sea- sons. He was a member of the Enter- prise Club, a leading junior organization of Brooklyn, in 1859, with which club ho remained after it became a member of the National Association until 1>:G2, when he, Chapman and Crane joined tho then famous old Atlantic Club, also of Brooklyn. Start remained with the lat- ter club until 1871, when he, Smith, Pearcc and Forgnson became members of the Mutual Club, of this city, whose games were then played on the olrl Union Grounds, Brooklyn, E. D. Start played with the Wutuals until the olose of the season of 187G. In 1877 he joined the Hnrtfords, and played one spa son with them at Brooklyn, under Robert Pcrguson's management. In 1878 Stsrt went to Chicago and played with tha professional toam that represented that city in the National Leagua. In 1879 Start signed with the Providence Club, and remained with it until the cloao of the season of 1885. His last profession- al engagement was with the Washing- ton Club, in 1886. _ WONDERS NEVER CEASE. Not a Success as an Umpire and Killed Himself. Sioux City. .May 1. The Huskers wore a small piece of black ribbon pinned to their breasts yesterday out of respect for Ben Armstrong, the dead editor of the St. Louis "Sporting News," who was stricken by heart disease Friday after- noon. The club also sent a floral tribute. Deceased was a noted writer on sporting topics, and wns a friend of the base ball boys from the Atlantic to the Pacific coast. ________ Pennsylvania County lieagues. Harrisburg, May 2. As it looks now ,a Dauphin County Base Ball League will probably be formed to embrace clubs In Lykens, Tower City. Wllllamstown, Mll- lersburg, Halifax, Stcelton, Mdidletown and Harlrsburg. Pottstown, May 1. The Sehnylkill Valley Base Ball League, composed of the Potts- town, Phoeuixvllle, Royersford and Nor- rtstowu clubs, will open the aeagou o» Saturday, May 19.

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Page 1: ENTER~THE 0. W. C.! - LA84 Foundationlibrary.la84.org/SportsLibrary/SportingLife/1894/VOL_23_NO_06/SL... · goods business on a big scale, the report found little credence among those

May 5. THE SPORTIlSra LIFE. 8

BASE BALL

ENTER~THE 0. W. C.!CABALISTIC WORDS CALCULATED TO

CREATE A GREAT SENSATION.

They Mean That the Great Overman Wheel Company Have Entered the Sporting Goods Manufacturing Busi­ ness on a Large Scale.

When it was stated in "The Sporting I4fo" a few weeks ago that it was among the probabilities -that that great cycle concern, the Overman Wheel Com­ pany, of Chicopee Falls, Mass., in which Spalding Brothers formerly held a large Interest, intended to enter the sporting goods business on a big scale, the report found little credence among those In the trade, or, indeed, even among those prominently identified with various sporta. ' : *3!iddfcJMI

THE CHARMED CIRCLE. "This incredulity was probably largely 1

due to the fact that not only experience but great capital and extraordinary re­ sources were necessary to even gain a foothold iu a field which has been for many years practically filled by less than half a dozen houses; there being, in­ deed, to-day but three firms of national reputation engaged in dealing out the various sporting goods and implements requisite to the pursuit of sport on land find water, viz.: Spalding Bros., the A. J. Reach Company and the Kiffe Company, all the rest being but feeders to the firms mentioned. Several attempts hare been made in recent years to break into this charmed circle or break it up, but all have come to grief for lack of capital, or else have been absorbed iu time into the master corporations.

AN AUTHORITATIVE ANNOUNCEMENT.But there is no longer reason to

doubt that the Overman Wheel Com­ pany under the guidance of its «uter- prising president, Mr. A. H. Overman, will enter this big and presumably profit­ able field, since there is no record of any conspicuous failure in the business. In fact wo are in position to announce to the sporting public through "The Sport­ ing Life," tho accepted leading sporting paper of the country, that all the plans have been perfected for the entrance of tho Overman Wheel Company into the sporting goods business on a scale con- mensurate with the standing and re­ sources of that great cycling corpora­ tion, and with unlimited capital. The assurance of this "The Sporting Life" has from President Overman in per­ son, who in a lengthy interview the other day explained fully, and at length, his reasons for the Important step he has taken, the plans Le has matured, and the wcrk he has so far ac­ complished Iji the new enterprise Into which he has entered with that energy, boldness and zeal, which stood him so well when he entered the cycling busi­ ness in an infantile way and developed it into its present gigantic proportions.

MISSTATEMUNTS CORRECTED.Before entering into details of his new

scheme President Overman said he would like to have it understood that there is no truth in the rumor that he was about to enter the sporting goods business for the purpose of warring upon or "getting even with Spalding Broth­ ers, with which firm he had severed all relations, so far as the cycle business was concerned, or upon any other sport- goods firm. Mr. Overman said he hoped his friends and the world at large would credit him with the business sense not to invest a vast sum of money and enter a big business merely for the sake of waging war upon a rival firm or avenging an alleged grievance.

President Overman said he had been contemplating entrance- into the sporting goods business for many years; indeed, he had been preparing for it for five years. Ills connection with Spalding Brothers had not Influenced or deterred him, neither had the breach with that firm hastened action. He simflly entered the business because ho considered it a profitable one, which would dovetail legitimately and advantageously with his bicycle business; nnd lie entered it now because he regarded the present tlmo as most propitious. His prices would be fixed lower than those of other sporting goods houses, President Over­ man said, uot for revengeful purposes, but simply because he could make a market for his goods at his prices, give satisfaction aud yet afford a fair profit.

REASONS TOR TUB STEP.Then President Overman entered into

details of his rew enterprise. He first dwelt emphatically upon the reasons which actuated him in adding the manu­ facture of athletic goods to his vast cy­ cling manufactures. He said:

"We propose to deal with the sporting goods question on a high plane, and I am quite sincere when 1 say tnat the Over­ man Company Is endeavoring to promote the spirit of innnly exercise afield by fur­ nishing better goods at more reasonable prices than can be found anywhere else In the trade. This we are quite abla to do owing to our unequaled facilities and the fact that n'e will In every case save all outside profits by making every piece and every part of every piece in our own fac­ tories/

"We also propose to give athletes other than cyclers (who know all about the Victor bicycle), a sample of the character of the work we put Into Victor bicycles, In order to establish confidence. In us for the best, and I assure you that our trade­ mark will never be placed on any article of our manufacture unless It is as good as It Is possible to make It."

THE TRADE MAtlK.A special trade mark has been adopted

by the Overman Wheel Company for its sporting goods. A cut of the trade mark will bo found in another column. This IB the first public presentation of a trade nark which will, in all human- probabil­ ity, soon become famous among anil familiar to lovers of sport tho country over. In commenting upon this trade mark President Overman said that no goods made by him would be placed upon the market without this stamp of the Overman Wheel Company upon them, thus affording an absolute guarantee as to tha superior quality of the goods. He also said that he would make it a point to insist upon the return of all goods not exactly as represented or uot up to the Victor standard, no matter by what KCeut sold.

TKK ITXn OP GOOD!3 .In reference to Jim line of goods ho

proposed mauufactuTrrf^NPrebident Over­ man said: ^~%__

"It is our Intention to l/ujiTW* every Item of sporting goods now In the market. V»e will take np first on« line ai'.'1 tucn another until we have completed th.° line . and our promise to athletes is that « e wi " never put our trade-mark on any goods except those which are as good ar ll is possible to rnaku thorn; and to m»'u tiiin perpetually the highest standard.

"The Hue at present complete Is 1 J oase balls, foot bulls, bats, tennis racquet9, rol­ ler balls, solid rubber balls and racket damns. Our base balls will be list"1 at $1. rhese are all haud-mado and hotter In every way than any base ball

ball. Regarding his new foot ball, Presi­ dent Overman said:

"As an Illustration of our methods In the sporting goods lines, note that this foot ball, as compared with the best In the market to-day, has: 1. Better rubber. 2. The only molded rubber ever used in foot­ balls (they have heretofore been chalk cured and often defenctlve.) 3. The only foot ball every arranged to intlate with a pump (this can be- Inflated with either the lungs or pump). 4. The only foot ball with a choke valve Instead of the common string. 5. The only foot ball having a leather welt between the seams. 6. Laced with porpoise string. 7. A better quality of leather. All these Improvements, In­ cluding a pump, for $4, or 20 per cent, less than the present list price. It Is safe to say that this foot ball costs double as much to produce as the best foot ball now on the market.

"Our base ball bats, of best old-seasoned ash, iu round and oval handles, are listed at $3. Our tennis rackets, better than any ever produced In this country, are listed at $5. Our solid rubber balls are listed to retail at 10 cents and 23 cents each. Our tennis balls, roller balls, racket clamps, racket canvas and leather cases, are not listed yet. A little later we will take on gymnasium apparatus, boxing gloves, catchers' mitts and masks and uniforms."

THE ESTABLISHMENT.The sporting goods department of the

Overman Wheel Company will be under direction of Mr. E. J. Manley, a post­ graduate of Harvard University, an all-round athlete, and well versed in all sports. There will be no lack of money o push the new enterprise with the enor­

mously wealthy A. H. Overman and his great wheel company behind it. Neither will there be any lack of facilities, me­ chanical or otherwise, as everything that nonoy can supply will be provided, Pres- dent Overman never doing things by lalves. A new building in the school district at Chicopee Falls has just been purchased and turned into a sporting goods factory. When that becomes too small President Overman will build a special factory. As to the output of :he goods manufactured the Overman Wheel Company is fortunate in having exceptional facilities, as its 1500 agen­ cies afford an outlet and make a mar- iet at once all over the country, thus obviating the usually slow establishment of agencies, and leaping at one- bound over obstacles which have hitherto iroved insurmountable to former less favored would-be competitors of the old concerns. Considering the natural ad­ vantages and immense resources of the Overman Wheel Company, and the sa­ gacity, energy and ability of the head of that company, Mr. A. H. Overman, there does uot appear to be any reason why tho enterprise should not prove a huge success. The further develop­ ment of this new business scheme will

told in the advertising columns of :ho "Sporting Life," in which the Over­ man Wheel Company will very soonmake its official announcement._______ _______

COKBETTS OONQUERER.

Tho Only Man Who Ever Whipped the Champion a Base IJallist.

According to the San Francisco Call thora is one man alone, and only one, who ever whipped Jim Corbett, except, perhaps, his father, and that one is a base ball man. The "Call's" story is as follows:

"A. young Oaklander, who went to school with Corbett, in spewklng of the man who liad lowered the colors or the onee famous John L. Sullivan, Charley Mllchell and others of Ipsser note, tlio schoolmate of Pompadour Jim said: "Corbett was one of the most disagreeable felfows while jit school that I ever met with. He was a big, tall fellow then, but did not have muoh more than enough flesh to cover his big bones. He pretended to be something of a 'scrapper, but didn't have the strength that ho has since developed, Jim MuDouald, tho base ball umpire, want to the same school with us and was very popular arroug the boys. He was not very tall, but ho was very stout for his size, and could handle himself In due style.

"On dny Corbett and McDonald had a tJIxputc over some trivial mutter and It was agreed I hat they should go out Into the yard and have it out. A ring was formed hy the boys and tho two young fel­ lows wont at earh other. MePomild at once showed himself far ahead of Corbett, although fully a head shorter than the lat­ ter. He wns thumping the present cham­ pion in tho most approved style and would soon havo knocked him out had uot tho teachers come out of the school and separated them. McDonald after that wa« tha hero of the hour and became more pop­ ular than ever.

McDonald Is said to bo the only person who ever succeeded In whipping "Pompa- dour Jim, except probably the futher of his mother."

ONE ON "COKEI.Y."

How Captain Coniiskey Once Kidded the Wrong Man.

Captain Comiskey tells a story about Pitcher Colcolotigh, who bears the proud distinction of being tho very first pitch­ er to shut out an opposing team with­ out a hit under the ne\v distance, which escaped print until published in thj "Times-Star" of Cincinnati the other day. Here is the tale:

It will be remembered that dnrlng the early autumn, last year, "Commie" slipped awny to the South with his little pick and shovel ready to dig up a few phcnoms. While he was watching the »a gulls at Charleston one day, ho found himself beside a queer mortal who seemed In a sorrowful though conversational mood. rhe sea gulls were getting their wings artistically clipped and the old fellow at "Commie's" elbow growled.

"It's no wonder they're gettin' licked. Thsy'vo lost their best man I"

"They have, eh?" queried "Commie." "Who was ho?" \

"Cokely!" the answer was given. "They let him go to Plttsburg."

"Cokely? Cokely'" was the Inquiring ob- ssrvatlon of the Ked's jester. "What did U» do?"

The old man turned a face full of mln- g'ed scorn and pity upon Couilskey. "Never heard of Cokely?" said he at last. "You must be a stranger here."

"I am." admitted the phenom hunter.The old man's race took on a look of

proud satisfaction as he explained: "Coke­ ly was ono of the best pitchers In the Southern League, but they let him go- lie's my son!

Sure enough, "Captain Commie" had bcon having a kidding matinee with Col- slough's paternal relative.

HIS OWN COACHEB.

THE TRADE MARK,To be Used For the Sporting Goods Manufactured by the

Overman Wheel Company. _________

the market, and trial."

I invite comparison an(1

At this point President Overma^ s?nt out for a National League ball,J wnioh he had cut in half, and selectf»S a Victor ball at random from a t'eap °f such balls also had this cut fn half, thus showing that he was not /Afraid to invite comparisons of the ?»ictor ball with the League or any oUi^er first-class

One Manager Who Plays Ball For AH There's in It.

Ted Sullivan is a queer genius. There is no magnate who gets more sport out of his promenades in the journey of life than this samo Tod. Ted gats right out on the line in uniform down in the Southland, and there is no man on earth who can imitate his coaching song. Deception is his long suit, anu it is his delight to get tho players oa the other sida to interpret his orders to thoir own satisfaction only to find that they have been on the wrong scent. He is a great man to use numbers In signing his men, and then he will switch off into a mad jabber that sounds aa if he was in ths Daffy Glee Stakes.

"What «ro you taking this time?" will be his opening query. "Do you want the stars this time? All right, I'll take the moon."

A crack like that ia calculated to make an- opposing pitcher for a nice easy exit if Ted should happen to grow violent. There was ono same last sea­ son at Mobile when the Nashvilles start­ ed in the ninth inning four runs be- hiud. It was a. forlorn hope, but Ted was full of fight.

"WThat did we do at New Orleans?" he shouted, as the first Tennessean went to the bat. In some way the bases were filled, and big Mike Ryan, who is as raw-boned as Long John Reilly ever was. picked up his stick.

"He^re comes the hero of a hnndreO battles." announced the Irrepressible Ted. A home run was batted out, anc there was distress in the camp of the Mobiles. They were beaten, out.

EDITORIAL VIEWS, NEWS. COMMENT. Buck Ewlng Is very popular in Cincin­

nati. Nashville has a new pitcher, named

Pei alto. Jimmy Galvln has not yet signed with

any club. MacMahon is doing the star pitching for

Baltimore. Mike Slattery will probably captain the

Worcestars. Altoona has released George Ross and

P. J. Haggerty.Tierney and Musser have been released

by Wllkesbarre. The Eastern League championship open­

ed Tuesday last. Pitcher Stein has opened a retail shoe

business In Brooklyn. Pitcher Kennedy, of Brooklyn, Is laid

np with a split finger. Memphis has released shortstop Bane-

inert and William Smith. Gore, the Fall Elver catcher, Is be­

lieved to bo a coming star. Stenzel, of Plttsburg, has been shifted

from right to centre field. Second basenmu Pettee Is now clerking

in a railroad office In Buffalo. First baseman Slater, of Portland, Is

something of a violin virtuoso. Captain Miller is certainly getting some

excellent work out of the Browns. Bonner Is not so graceful a fielder as

Reltz, but gets there just the same. Jake Virtue doesn't think a left-handed

pitcher has even a slight excuse for livirg. "Calliope" Miller and Joe Quinn are on

the top wavs of popularity In the Mound City.

Until Brooklyn's pitchers round to, the team will not cut the figure iu the race it should. A game for the benefit of the veteran

Jack Manning is soon to be played iu Boston.

The national game bids defiance to hard times and has come to spend a merry summer.

The Harrisburg Club has signed Joseph Wrlght, Eddie Sales and Pitcher O. U. Sprogel.

Owing to his remarkable agility nnd dash little "Yale" Murphy has been dubbed "the mouse." . |

Pitcher Gastrlpht wanted $350 a month to play in Providence. Of course, he I didn't get It.

Billy Wittroek was called home last i week from Louisville by the death of his grandmother.

Third baseman Rafferty and ouli'c-lder John F. Houseman have signed witu the Albany Club.

Jacob Funkhauser. a mirte outfiolder, of Elkhart, Ind., would like to play with some good club. John Burdock, the veteran second bafe-

nan, will this season play with the Al­ phas, of Brooklyn.

Captain Ward, of the New York tenm. oat nine hats on his club's three straight lefeats at Baltimore. Tebeau slurs Brooklyn by remarking

hat Foutz's men make a poor team aud are a lot of quitters.

The Cincinnati pitchers are giving so many bases on balls that the local papers are howling about it.

Ex-Pitcher "Jersey" Bakely, Is living n retirement In Baltimore, as stout as a

dime museum fat boy. While Duffy and McCarthy are always

kidding" each other yet they are really devoted to one another.

Glasscock was tho first player to be Mssed this season for dirty ball playing .n a championship game. Pitcher Hawke has come to terms with

the Baltimore Club, and pitcher Kirtley Baker has been released.

Catcher Weckbecker, late of New Or­ leans, has accepted the management of the Shreveport, La., Club.

Umpire Swartwood has written Presi­ dent Young for a clearer Interpretation of the rules on ball-trapping.

The Eastern League on the whole were pla for the Pennsylvania League teams during the exhibition season.

The dispute between Blnghamton and Bansor over ontfielder Deudy has been settled in favor of Binghamton.

Outlielder Lawler has been released by Springfield at 1 Is request, aud returned to bis homo In Mlddletowii, N. Y.

John M. Ward and his erstwhile bosom friend, Tim Murnane, are on the outs, and the breach Is probably permanent.

Send to John B. Sage, Buffalo, N. Y., for Window Hangers nnd Three-Sheet Posters to advertise ball games. *

The Louisvilles at present are doing the lightest hitting in the League and only good pitching has held them up. ArUe Latham's protege, young Niland.

Is doing splendidly in Toledo. He's all right, and so Is Latham's Judgement.

Elmer Smith Is much worried about his batting, as he has only hit one ball hard since the championship season opened.

Jerry Denny appears to be right in line again. His work on Louisville's third bag so far has been above the standard. It Is some years since there has been

such good all-round playing In the League at the opening as there has been this sea- sou.

Charley Van Haltren, & six-foot brother of George Van Haltreu, has been signed as tlrst basemaa of tha Amsterdam, N. Y., Club.

Mike Kelly owns Allentown Just now, and unless he becomes too genial be will continue to grow in the admiration of his friends.

Wlllle Mains has obtained his release from the Minneapolis team, and returned to his home. Rheumatism Is what bother ed him.

More milk is spilt on the diamond than In a dairy yet there is nothing to be gained by sitting down and lamenting over the leakage.

The coctracts of Hazen and Lawson with Haz'etou, and Armstrong aud Mo- Caughey with Pottsvllle, havo been pro­ mulgated.

That remarkable thrower, George Treadway, Is going to make an attempt this season to beat the long-distance throw- Ing record.

Donnelly, one of Anson's pitchers, Is practicing for second base. Anson will give him a trial In that position when he returns home. First baseman "Big Bill" Brown com­

plains of vjsitlng players making a regular practice of stepping on his corns while running bases.

"Calliope" Miller has now been ap­ pointed manager as well as captain of the St. Louis Browns. George bears his honors meeekly. Treadway, the Brooklyn'9 new outflelder,

has caught on at Eastern Park, aud is a prime favorite. His work has beeu of the gilt-edged order.

By failing to beat Boston two out of three the Biiltimores each were out a box of perfectos which Mr. Vou der Ahe had promised them.

-The team .work ol ball player* when It

comes to drawing salary on pay day Is remarkable, though probably not very de­ lightful to magnates.

Patsy Tebeau Isn't pounding the ball as much as he Is wont and nearly nearly as much as he Is wanted to. But the season Is still very Infantile.

Umpire Lynch announces that here­ after be will converse only with team Cap­ tains during games. That's what the rules contemplated all along.

When Dan Brouthers' splendid work In Baltimore was pointed out to President Bryne he smiled aud said, somewhat enigmatically, "Walt."

Jake Morse considers Breltenstein a phenomenal pitcher who, with a strong team like Boston behind him, wouldn't lose a game a month.

Lewlston and Portland are scrapping over Pitcher Wlllle Mains. Lewlston has signed, but Portland insists that she put in first claim for him.

Harry Wrlght says the umpires have more power this year than ever before, and that they can quickly prevent kicking by enforcing the rules.

The Reading Club has released Pitcher Clare, and accepted by telegraph the terms of Patrick Lyon, second basemau of last year's Johnstown team.

At Baltimore last week Umpire Hurst Inflicted a $10 fine upon catcher Ganzell the first tine ever imposed upon that quiet and gentlemanly player.

The Providence team of the Eastein League comprises six old leaguers Cub Stricker, Bassett, Cooncy, Pettit, Mc- Cauley and Harry Lyons.

Notwithstanding defeats, Brooklyn has the satisfaction of having turned out the largest and most fashionable attendance ever seen at a ball game.

The Worcesters have signed a player named Lush, who, strangely enough, is a total abstainer, and first earned his repu­ tation In a temperance team.

Erie and Buffalo are engaged In a scrap over the merits of their respective ball parks. Each claims to have the finest ball park In the Eastern League.

The umpires In 'the New England League will appear at every league game in a neat uniform, pleasing to th* eye and official iu style and makeup.

The Chicago' "Herald" has Issued a very handsome cloth-covered vest pocket League schedule for 1S'J4, compiled by base ball editor, Charley Plclger.

Of the captains In the League, four are third baseinen, three are first basemen, two are second basemeii, one a shortstop, one a catcher aud one a right fielder. It Isiiottrue, as reported, that Pltts- rR has released Pitcher Lnkens. He Is In

spkndld conditlou and waltng for the chance to receive his League baptism.

President Van Derbeck personally dons a uniii>na and practices with the Detroit team. He Is a crank on tha^ irnma ami would rather take port SB a^ltMMMU> eat.

Captain Anson Is entitled to credit for one thing. Throughout his managerial ca­ reer he hus always insisted upon quarter­ ing his ineu, when abroad, at the best ho­ tels.

Manager Hanlon was the first to enter a protest this season. Of course, the pro­ test was based on an interpretation of that trouble-breeding new rule on trapped balls.

Captain Tebeau Is In line with Anson and Comiskey on the proposition that tho championship season should not begin until the first week In May or last week iu April. A "Constant Reader" Is herewith In­

formed that Nashville. Term., was uot named after Captain Nash, of the Bostons. Still, both town and captain do the name proud.

Jimmy Bann.in, of the Bostons, presents the singular spectacle, of a youth of 2-' with a thick sprinkling of gray hair. He says all of his family become gray early In life.

Base ball enthusiasm, as a rule, knows no ouo locality. It Is in tho air and spreads with greater rapidity and more far- reaching scope than aa epidemic of cholera.

Ex-President Temple still sticks to his belief that either Boston. Plttsburg or Cleveland will win the championship this season. Why should he change his opinion? E. J. Webster has been released by the

Nashville Club, and is therefore open for engagement as catcher and outllelder. He can be addressed care of the Boston "Globe."

The first pitcher this season to shut cut nn opposing team without hit or run, was Pitcher Chard, of Atlanta, who thus meanly treated tha New Orleans team on April 26.

The Mncon Club has signed out-fielder Jimmy AVolf, short stop Fitz, and pitcher Korwan, and Is negotiating with flrst- biuiemau Sam Smith, who once played with Louisville.

And now they have it that Ward Is Jealous of "Yale Murphy's steadily In­ creasing fame and popularity. In fact, the Now York "Commercial-Advertiser" says so plainly.

The total attendance of the six League games played on Saturday last, was 50,- 000. The three Eastern games attracted 88,000 people, and the three In the West only 12,000.

Ed, Crane's engagement with the Hav- erhllls has a string to it. He agreed to play there only on condition that he be allowed to accept any offer from a Natlona' League club.

Alex. Whltel'ill, the big pitching phe­ nom of the Sioux Cltys, who let Pittsburg down and out, has been released. He must have run out of his stock of curves In the Smoky City.

Apparently the only consolation the Cincinnati newspapers can get out of the defeats by Cleveland Is that Ewlng Is playing finely aud Is a boua fide resident of Cincinnati.

Catcher Maderson Phillips, the leading batsmau of the Sag linrbor team, woulc like to sign with some minor League team He can be addressed 144 Walnut avenue Trenton, N. J.

Hush Nicol, the old right fielder o: the Cincinnati Club, has lost the nanr.gc ment of the Des Molnes Club nnd Is an applicant for a position as umpire In th Western League.

The New York "World" thinks Daub will be Brooklyn's winning pitcher this year. Maybe; but Kennedy will be bean from, especially when lie goes up agains' the New Yorks.

" Doc" Kennedy, the old-time first base man, now with Worcester, plays tha position without a glove of any descrlp tion. He has been famous for this fac for many years.

The Brooklyn Club has signed pltche Gastright, lato of Boston, and released the youngster Korwsn. The latter, wh< needs some minor league training, goe to the Macon Club.

Pitcher Willle Mains, relased by Mlnne apolis, Is backe;\pplng the Western League. He says the financial backing o that League Is weak, and that it will no last beyond July 4.

The Excise Commissioners In Brookly but week decided favorably on tha appll

cation of Charlea Byrne for a license for the Eastern Park, the grounds of the .'Brooklyn baseball team. It was not outnelder Mike Colllns, but

another Colllns, who was stabbed at New Orleans during a brawl between some ball players and negroes.' Colllns was not with the riotous party at all.

The first umpires to be censured were .ynch and O'Rourke. The latter was too low and the former was too fsst. Lynch

will not have the easy time this summer hat he had in the past. George Wrlght, the old base ball layer aud cricketer, has written a cricket [ulde. It is published in Spaldiug's Ath- etlc Library for April. The book is com- >lete Iu every particular. Robert Lincoln Lowe Is not only a great all player, but one of the most gentle­

manly men In the. profession. In fact n tho matter of deportment he has hard- y an equal In base ball. "Big Dan" Brouthers Is fast winning

ils way to the hearts of the Baltimore en-hnslasts. His batting has been mostimely and his fielding much better than

many thought It would be. The Proteges of the Cincinnati ball

layers do not seem to pan out well, ^either Mullaue's find. Jud Smith, nor Latham's find, Niland, proved strong

enough for League company. Harrisburg boasts of having the best

mttiug team In the State League. Pray, where does Allentown come in, with such 'sluggers" as Kelly, Milllgan, Wise, Lar-

kln, Wood, Mulvey and Browning?"Bob" Lowe Is playing a far faster

gamo than he did last season. He has ;ot used to his position, and It can be iredlcted that he need take odds from

no player in the position this year. The prospects of a large, new and Inex­

pensive wardrobo for Uncle Anson's closet next winter are not exactly refulgent or promising at this time. Still It Is early In he spring, and autumn is afar off. Count Caropau Is not superstitious. He

las just been presented with an opal soarf iln and the Pelicans keep on winning .'Inclunntl "Times-Star." That was written jcforo Atlanta trampled on New Orleans.

The latest terms to Indicate the pitcher and catcher are "deceiver" and "re- rlover." The fieljcrs should be "re- rievers" and the umpire the "percelyer" o carry out the matter to a proper ending. Charley Campau Is batting so well In

he Southern League that Manager Schrt-elz s seriously thinking of giving that at- aehed string a sharp jerk which will and tho gculal "count" Into the Stnatoiial 'old. President Young does not take much

stock In the criticism of the umpires from, the scorer's box. He says In nearly all of the League parks the reporters are too high up from which to see plays correctly.

The Cleveland men are breaking records. Not a 1 to 0 game was ever played so early In the National Leagueeason, and no pitcher in the fourth cham­

pionship game held the opposing side down.o two hits. Cleveland is playing a very strong

jome. Every man on tho team seems to 'eel that on his shoulders aloue rests the esponslbillty of winning that pennant.

They are just the boys to keep up this kill- ng pace, too. Some Cincinnati players having charac-

:erizod Umpire Emslie as a "hoodoo," the Cincinnati "Times-Star" pertinently re- uarks that "there Is too much superstition ind uot enough ball playing about thelluclunati crowd." The undersigned would like an engage-

neut at short stop with some club In a uinor league; can furnish best reference. Address Short Stop, care J. J. Bowersox, Grceiiniount avenue and Twenty-third street, Baltimore, Md.

Umpires Lynch, Swartwood, O'Rourke, Hurst, Emslie and McQuald have already jeen complained of, and tho season is only two weeks' old, who can satisfy club >eople all of whom are looking for just a shan't) the best of it?

Up to date "Yale" Murphy leads the Vew Yorks in batting and base running. If he keeps it up Fuller and Stafford will continue to warm the bench, unless tho ust named should relieve Burke, who is

not up to concert pitch. Commenting on tha presentation of a

rabbit's foot to Fred. Plotter, "Mat.," the New York cynic, remarks: "It Is doubt­ ful if tho left hind foot of a behemoth would help the case of the Colonels." Would It help tho New Yorks?

- me >tew York Club has been present­ ed by a phy*Jcj«n friend with a complete nedlelne chtst, eJninfuing liniments and, >andagcs of all sorts, to b*. <i sed In case of njurlos to the players. It will v,e kept In ho club house for emergencies.**- Baltimore clersrymen have been wrui.>j{

of their Interest In base ball and compli- nentlug the Baltimore management, as one of them expresses It, "for the highly respectable manner In which base ball ias been managed In this city." Kid NIehols' opinion of "Yale" Mur­

phy Is that he is as fast a ball player as hero is in the country. Nlchols also

thinks that tho fight for tho pennant lies between Boston, New York, Philadelphia and Cleveland, in the order named.

The large crowds which have been turning out to the games shows the great hold which base ball has again taken. There Is now no reason why the people, having once more taken an interest In the game, should uot continue to do so. It Is claimed for Kelley, the Coxey fol­

lower, that he ia an ex-ball player, having played In tho Western League years ago. lie is reported to be organizing a ball team in his "army" to play in towns he will pass through, for gate receipts, of course.

Infiekler Callony, of Nashville, was seriously hurt in Macon, Ga., last week by being struck on the head by one of Pitcher Kling's speedy Inshoots. Callopy was knocked senseless, and for.several days small hopes were entertained of his re­ covery.

Why doesn't McCarthy, of the Clncln- natls. follow tho example of Burkett, of the Clevelunds. and Thompson, of the Phll- adelphias, ana wear sun glasses when playing right field on the home grounds? He will have to come to that or get out of the Held.

Bad throws are very costly on the new Cincinnati grounds. If a ball gets by the first baseman there is nothing to stop It Insldo of 100 fact, and even then chances must be taken of its caroming off on an angle. Base-runners can take two or three bases in such cases.

Tho Boston'3 new right fielder. Jimmy Bannon, is not the fielder Cliff Carrol was, but Is superior in batting, base running and throwing. In the latter respect Ban­ non is one of tho strongest men la the League. Ha throws hard and true and loses no time In getting the ball away.

After a lapse of some years the col­ ored man and brother reappears In pro­ fessional company. The Pawtucket Club, of the New England League, has a col­ ored pitcher named Robinson. He Is a strong pitcher, fields well, hits the ball hard, and knows how to run the bases.

Charley Farerll, of last year's Boston Reds, has signed to play second base for Worcester, and Mike Mansell, a vetern Eastern League tcsser, Is being negotiated with for the same team. One of the pitch­ ers of the Worcesters will be Howe, who at one time was a members of the Har- vaids.

Ex-Umpire Gaffney is said to be In fine condition. He has regained his voice and Is taking excellent care of himself. When Gaff is himself there Is no better umpire In the country. In the opinion of Hu?h Duffy Gaffney was and still is the finest umpire that ever stood In shoe leather. A statement has been going the rounds

to the effect that President Young has In­ structed his umpires "to send to first base any man who has his bat tilted by Catcher Mack, of Plttsburg." There Is not one word of truth In the statement, and President Young never thought "of such a thing.

Manager Foutz could go further and far worse than he could in signing the vetern and experienced pitcher, Tim Keefe. Mark Baldwin Is also too good a pitcher to drop Into a minor league. He would proved a better man for Washington than any pitcher now on the pay roll of that club.

_The hissing of Glasscock for balking Buckley while running for a foul fly In St. Louis last week, had about as inucli effect on him as water on the back of a duck. Jack Is accustomed to doing all the dirly tricks of the profession, and besides, he has no great love lor Ton der Abe's "" gregatlon.

Capt. P. Bolivar Tebeau's rating of Brooklyn as a crowd of quitters, has aroused tho cranks of tho City of Churches, and one of them remarks: "Patsy Is apt to be dropped off the middle of the Brook- lyu bridge gome night about th« 15th of

June, and there won't be any mourners to speak of.'

Murphy, Burke, Doyle and Clark, of the New York team, are all under five feet seven Inches Iu height, while Ward, Westervelt, Wilson and Davls each stand five feet nine. Farrell, Rusl« and Connor are the only six-footers on the team. Con­ sidering the facts, the name "Giants" seems misplaced. The constitution of tie Western Leagu*

provides for a five months' playing coo- tract, but, through Ignorance, the Indlaq- spolls players were signed for six mcr.ths. President Johnson would not permit the payment of April salaries, and th« play«ry were furious and threatened to disband, but finally yielded.

The following will play with th» Poughkeepsie State League team: Talman, of union College, and Arras, of Tough- keepsie, pitchers; Schlude and Rodgers, of Poughkeepsie, catchers; White, formerly with the Yale nine, short stop, and Wolf and Marrow, of Poughkeepsle, second and third bases respectively. If Jack O'Connor were to do one-half

the things upon a ball field that McGraw, of the Baltimores, has doue since ho has been connected with the game there are two or three base ball writers who would have fits and fall into them. McGraw, without any doubt, Is the must pugnacious youngster In the business.

After those defeats at Baltimore and Washington the New Xbrk "World" edi­ torially declared that the Giants need a dose of sulphur and molasses. Tha "World" shouldn't b« In such a hurry to shed its linen. Three or four games uway from home don't make a season, by a Texas Democratic majority.

Although the campaign is only two weeks old there Is a feeling of unrest among some of ths players 'who arc hang­ ing on to their berths by their eyebrows. Tho »xe has already swung In several clubs and these heads havo dropped Into the bas- - ket: Nllaud. Werden, Korwaii, J. Sharrott, Hartman, Mulvey and Black.

The New York and Pennsylvania leagua of 181)0 Is now represented In the Nations? League by three of the best pitchers lit the business. De Wakl, of Cleveland, once played with Jamestown, Cuppy or the same club used to twirl for the Meadvllles and Menafeo of the Louisville* was cf.ught by Frank Boyd at Erie.

Manager Hanlon says he believes la the umpires enforcing the rules. "In some cases, however," he declared to a New York reporter, "players should be excused for gathering around the umpire. In a close game an adverse decision Is llablo to make certain players lose their heads) and say things that they don't mean."

The New York "Recorder" quotes Harry Wrlght as saying that Treadway is the hardest lino hitter in the League, and an Al thrower. That doesn't sound like Harry Wrlght, who never makes odious comparisons even by implication. Are you sure, Curtis, that you didn't say It while Harry Wright merely nodded and looked wise?

Shortstop Billy Ely Is playing a great game both at the bat and In the field for the St. Louis Browns. Suveral years ago. It the days of the old International League, Billy was with the Blnghamtons nnd at­ tained some fame as an ambidextrous twlrlcr. Sitice then he has played with the Brooklyn and Syracuse clubs. He la still a very youug man, being a mere youth when Bliiguamton picked him up.

Apropos of McCarthy's trick of tiap- ping a fly ball in the outfield.to which the new rule does uot apply, the Cleveland "Leader" says "It Is not an uncommon thing for Baltimore people to call a dis­ play of brains Jlrty base ball. Cleveland was patiently waiting an opportunity o? trying McCarthy's Trick. McAleor was tr> have been the man to attempt It and all that he wanted was men on bases and a short fly.

Pitcher Ed Stein, of Brooklyn, has fully recovered his health, which VHS bad most of last season. If the report is true, the Brooklyn Club Is to be congratulated. For a part of the season of 1892 Stein probably did the best pitching of all the pitchers In the League. His work was so good that his team won nearly every- Kamo when he was In the nine. Stein U young and has a "good head" and a mag­ nificent pitching arm. Therefore, if Stein has physically recovered, the other L:"Eue

-pitchers must look to their laurels. The operation of the now rule relative

to sacrifice bunt hits is being watched with a great deal of interest. The new regulations, which wore suggested and ad­ vocated by "The Sporting Life," nrc ex­ pected to lessen the use of unpopular and wearisome bunting and to increase the battinpr. If they work as well as the rule put Into practice last year of removing the pitcher's box further back which "Sport­ ing Life" also proposed and carried they will undoubtedly glvo additional interest to a sport which Is llkoly to prove again t» Popularity with the American public. The fcw-pst surprise of the current

season Is tno numo*- Of ladies that are now present at the games i« n |i the cities. A few years ago It was somewhat *t a novelty to sec more than a few ladies at the ball parks, while now It is seldom that several scores of them cannot be seen In :he grand stands, and on ladies' days, or on special occasions, they ure out In large numbers. Then, those who wore present at tho games knew little or nothing of low they were played; now, they not only know the fine points of the pastime, but also tho names of the players, and a great deal of the history of the games.

Tho cut of the new Cincinnati ernnd stand published in our first page originally appeared In the Cincinnati "Tribirie," to which paper wo are Indebted for It. Tha "Tribune, by tho way, Is cutting a wide swath In spo'rtina matters under Its new sporting editor, F. E. Goodwill, formerly of the Albany "Telegram." Mr. Goodwin Is working hard to make his sporting col­ umn of the best, and, although he has onlv been in charge a few weeks, the "Tribune" is already being talked about and freely quoted, especially In base ball circles, which Is saying a good deal when we consider that ail of the Cincinnati papers are strong on base ball.

VETERAN OF^VETERANS.

The Man Who Played Longer Than Any Other Player.

Joseph Start, the veteran ex-profes­ sional first baseman, probably played ball longer than any cthor man connect­ ed with the national game. He played ball for twenty-eight consecutive sea­ sons. He was a member of the Enter­ prise Club, a leading junior organization of Brooklyn, in 1859, with which club ho remained after it became a member of the National Association until 1>:G2, when he, Chapman and Crane joined tho then famous old Atlantic Club, also of Brooklyn. Start remained with the lat­ ter club until 1871, when he, Smith, Pearcc and Forgnson became members of the Mutual Club, of this city, whose games were then played on the olrl Union Grounds, Brooklyn, E. D. Start played with the Wutuals until the olose of the season of 187G. In 1877 he joined the Hnrtfords, and played one spa son with them at Brooklyn, under Robert Pcrguson's management. In 1878 Stsrt went to Chicago and played with tha professional toam that represented that city in the National Leagua. In 1879 Start signed with the Providence Club, and remained with it until the cloao of the season of 1885. His last profession­ al engagement was with the Washing­ ton Club, in 1886. _

WONDERS NEVER CEASE.

Not a Success as an Umpire and Killed Himself.

Sioux City. .May 1. The Huskers wore a small piece of black ribbon pinned to their breasts yesterday out of respect for Ben Armstrong, the dead editor of the St. Louis "Sporting News," who was stricken by heart disease Friday after­ noon. The club also sent a floral tribute. Deceased was a noted writer on sporting topics, and wns a friend of the base ball boys from the Atlantic to the Pacific coast. ________

Pennsylvania County lieagues.Harrisburg, May 2. As it looks now ,a

Dauphin County Base Ball League will probably be formed to embrace clubs In Lykens, Tower City. Wllllamstown, Mll- lersburg, Halifax, Stcelton, Mdidletown and Harlrsburg.

Pottstown, May 1. The Sehnylkill Valley Base Ball League, composed of the Potts- town, Phoeuixvllle, Royersford and Nor- rtstowu clubs, will open the aeagou o» Saturday, May 19.

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