THE SPORTING LIFE. June 11.

ASE BALL.iODTHERNIAGUE.

Games to be Played.pne 0, kAlla

10, II, N» w Orleans at Macon, Montgomery at ita, Hernphfa at Binuiagham, Mobile at Cbat-

"'* >3{1.: l:t. !4, 15, Jloolgomery at Macon, Memphis at

fUlanta, Mobile at Birmingham, New Or leans at L'titltaoooga.

i 1C 17, 18, Memphis at Hacon.Mobile at Atlanta, 'W Orleans at Birmingham, Montgomery at Cbat-

anooga. _______

The Record.,' winning two out of three from both Mo-

jle'and Montgomery C'hattancoga is strongly II renehed in first place, with no immediate ospect of being headed off. Mobile still re- tins in the second notch, although closely essed by Montgomery. New Orleans has ken a brace, nnel is now tied with Birming-

fnm for fifth. Me.uphis and Macon have JUrhtly improved their respective percent- gea. Below is the record to June 4,inclusive:

>ltch Herr. Elruck out By Herv 7, by Scbmldt 9.

-Ea'n postponed th* Mempbis-BlrmlogbsmJoiplre Key.

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Ifriuo, lib..... 3113Flock, lb.....3 1 1 10Ortmann, rf.4 0 0 0 Bmniueri,3b I 0 U 3 \Vebor, p......* I 1 X

r n»zen,3b..... 6 1 I Couley, Hi... 5 2 1 D't-'oniiell,S>.5 2 3 Muiphy, cf..5 1 0 Ecliaub, c.... 5 2 3 Fuller, ss..... 422 Behan. r!..... 411 Daniels, p..... 4 1 1 Hnyes, II... ..501

Games Played May 2O.NEW Oair.\xs vs ATLANTA IT NEW OILUXI MAT . New 0 lean- lirldtrd f.nely snd bunched th« hits

;htre they cjuuted, thereby tecnrln* an ensy victory )ver Atlanta, who could not bunch bita on Weber.itlanta's enortj were alao few, but they were made athe WTOIIJC time. The score:liWOBlT'8.AR.H. B. P. A. E; ATLANTA. AB.R.B. F. A.B

0 u Friend, If..... 4 (11 2 011 1 Hill.cf..... ...4 0 1 1 0 00 0| Porter, In... 4 11911 9 o;i'rwcott.rt... 401 0 00 2 1 Mcln'yre.ib * 0 0 240 0 1 Ardner, 2b... 4 02340 0 0 \Vo»tIake, ss. 4 0 1 1 00 5 0 Schibel.c.... 4 009100 0 Lawsou, p... 300 0 91

ToUl...... 3T T » 27 17 3"! Total...... So 1 7 27193Now Otleaus................. 2 0000101 3 7Atlanta.........................! 0000000 0 1

Twobase hils IKiwle, McKie. Sacrifice hits Mc- Klf, Smith, Crnto, Hill, IVrler, Mclntjre, WeatlaKe. Stolen bases Laconrage 2, Smith, Cruso. Plork. First on balls Off Law-son 6. Hit by pitcher Flock. Struck out By We: er 2, by Lawsou 8. Umpire Itc- Uu.lilin. Time 1.25.

MOHILB vs. CHATTAHOOOA AT MOBILI MAT 2?. Deavy hitting by Mobile, bad fielding bv Chaltano)ga kud Inability to hit Danleli w-i\s ihe order ot things in the opening tame belwfeo Mobile and Chattanooga.

MOBILE. AB.n.B. P. A.EI ClliTTAN'A. AB B.B. P. A. E1 2!lturke, 3t>... 4 00211 0 oilllll, is........ 4 11 1 11 fllUuker, p...... 4 0000 0 Gei.s, 2b...... 4 0131 0 Keenan.cf... 4 001 3 Oi \Viillams, c.. 3 0 0 7 0 Olflyan, lb......3 0 1 102 0 Crawley, rf..3 0 I) 1 00 McCanu, H...S n n 2

Total......43 1212 27 8 2 Total....... M U 3 27 9 11Holille ... .............5 0001000 C 12Chattanooga.................0 00000000 0

Earned runs Alobile 3. Two-base hits Belmn, Ba)e». H\au. Sacrifice bits Mobile 2. Sioltn bases Mobile 3. Double plays Oeiss, Byan; Ulll, Gelss, Byan. First on balls By Daniels 1, Baker 3. Struck »nt By Daniels 3, Baker 5. Wild pitches Balrtr 2. Umpire Hofford. Time 1 45.

Games Played May 30.KEW OBLEANS vs. AILA.VTA AT NEW OBI.EASS MAT

W. New Orleans failed to s^lve Friend's delivery to a rery great extent, while Ihe visitors did good batting intl won the game easily. The score:H. oatEAKS. AB-B. B. P. A.Kl ATLAKTA. AB. B.B. Usckie, C.....S 0033 2!llill,cf.........4 1 2Smith,)!...... 4 1101 o'Polter, lb.... 4 2 3Vwwi*, so....3 0026 I'Prescott, rf...2 0 1Cruso, 2b _ '1 0 0 7 2 2 Schabel, c... 2 1 1 Plock, ID .. 4 0 2 9 1 (l'McIntyre,3b3 0 1 L»coura'e,rf3 1 1 1 0 0;Ardner, 2b.-4 2 0 A.dams. cf....4 0 1 1 1 OiWesllake, ss 4 0 2bamniert.JbS 0 0 0 2 Ol.Maskrey, If.. 4 0 0 Uartin. p._. 4 0 1 1 4 o'Frieod,p......3 1 1 2 90

Total....... 3328 24 19ol Total...... 30710 27182Hew Orleans................. 0 0 1 0 0 0 U 0 1-2Atlanta.........................! 0 0 2 2 0 1 1 x-7

Etrned rum-New Orleans 2, Atlanta 3. Two-base bit A'lanis. tfecriflce hits Mackle 3, Dowle, Adams, Martin, Srlinbel. Westlake, Maskrey. Stolen bases- Down, Plock, 1'rescott. Double plays Dowle, Crnsn. Plock: Anlner, Portor. First on balU Off Martin 3, aff Friend 3. Hit by pitcher Prtscolt. Struck out By Mait-n 1. by Friend 7. Passed ball Schabel. Wild pitch Mattin. Umpire McLaugblin. Time l.SS.

MOBILE vs. CHATTAWOOOA AT MOBILE, MAT 30. Chattanooga came very nearly letumlng Daniels bis banket of goose eg^s, aud as it was Mobile scored only Doe run, and tnul on a wild throw by Hill, which re­ sulted In a blocked ball and brought Ilayes over the plate. The score:

MOBILE. AB.R B. p. A. E CHATTAN'A. AB.R. a. Bazoli, 3t>_..4 0 0 1 U 5 Bnrkf, ss..... 5 1 1Couley. lb.... 4 0 2 14 0 I) Keensn, cf... 8 2 2

HO*T0011ja,t T«- CHATTiXOOOA A' MoatTCOHHTJust L The hom« team defeated Chattanooga handily by a «?or' at 5 to I. Montgomery WOD the g:ime in Ihe flrst iqn.'nir I y scoring two e»rned mas on two singles and a fVo-LaKKtr. Tbe score:

lanser, cf!... 8 2 1 1 0 o'Burke, sa.. .. 4 0 0 2 21Keith, rf...... 421 1 0 O.Keeoan.cf... 302 1 01Clurk, lf......5 0000 o|McC«no,lf... 3 1 0 4 0 0Pelti, lb...... 6 0 3 10 0 OjB«ker, p.....-4 0 1 181Dunn, 3b.....4 0123 O^'llllams, c..4 00601Stickney.M.. 4 0 1 2 3 0 0 1*. 2b...... 4 0 0 a 20Wolkart, 2b. 2 0 0 6 I 11HI1I, 3b_...... S 0 I 2 00Land, c........4 0 2 4 t olRvao, lb .... 4 0 0 800Gilleti, p...... 4 1_1_ 1 8 OJCiawley, rf...20 1 3 20

Total...... 37 6 11 27 14 l| Te>tal...... 31 1 8 27 IU 4Montgomery................. 20000030 0 5Chattanooga........ ........ 00000100 0 1

Earned runs Montgomery 2. Chattanooga 1. Two- biac hits Pelti 2. Three-base hit Baker. First on balU-Glllen 4. Baker 3. Paued hulls Williams 3. Wild pitcbei Gllien 1, Baker 1. Stiuck out By Oil- leo 2. by linker 2. L'mulrr Koy.

MoBil.ii ve. B|AC»X AT MDBILI JCNB 1. The UII- enders defeated Mobile in an interesting game. Light batting, wharp fielding aud good basa-ruuniog were tbe. f.-i.ture». Tbe score:

MACON. AB R. B. P. A. l| Me>BILK. AB.E B. P. A. t 1 U 0'Coiiu«IUb4 014001 2Jt'onl«y. lb... 4 0 0 11 102 OiHalfD, 3b.... 4 01321

.Butler, ct..._3 1 2 Kirhv, 3b..... 4 0 0Weddi«e, ss_4 01Yeach, lb..... 4 0 0 7 0 0 Daniels. cf...4 0 0 0 00Paiks, 2b..... 0 0 0 2 1 I Fuller. >s..... 3 1 1 0 31llei', If........ 3 0 0 2 0 0 Schaub, C.....3 0 1 560Jahn«, if, 3b3 0 0 3 0 0 Murphy, rf..3 0 C 000 Waltun. C....3 1 0 9 2 1 Hayes, If..... 3 0 0 I 01Bnilev, p.... 100 1 00 Ford, p........3 000500 hmltt. rf... 000""" - -" " ' " '

Toial...... 25 2 3 270 07 4

Total...... 31 1 4 24 17 3

Mobile......................... 0 0001000 0 IMacon..........................0 1000001 0 2

Two-base hit Schaub. Three-base hit Butler. Sacrifice hits Klrby.Conley. Stolen bases Mobile!i. Macon 3. Fir« on balls Bv Ford 4. Hit by pitcher Ford 2. Double plays Schsiib, O'Counell; F-jrd, Couley, Schaiib, Struck out By Ford 4, by Bailey 8. Umpire Hufford. Time lib.

NOTP. Rain postponed the Memphis-Atlanta and Ifew Orleans-Birmingham games.

Games Played June 2.MEUPIIK vs. ATLANTA AT MEMPHIS JLSE 2. Mem­

phis give Atlanta a drubbing. Cost I v errors aud a superabundance <<f hiti enabled the hom? team to do this. Lawson nitched a poor game, Friend relieving him in ihe eixhth. Tbe score:

MEHfUIS. AB.R.B. P. A.F.I ATLANTA. AB.B.B. P. A. B3 10 1

IIIII, Cf........4 1 0Prescolt, rf.. 201

1 0 Friend, If, p. 4 1 0 2 0 0:Port<T, lb....4 2 0 11 3 2!3ch»l*l, C....4 027 1 o!Anliier,2b...4 0126 1

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0 0 Mclutyre,3b4 001 « 0 Law-son, p.... 3 00 0

Total...... 431 4*2~6 105

Pli-lsn, 2b.. C 2 1 5 Clipgman.cr.e 342 O'Couuor, If. 6 2 2 11 Meaney. rt_ 3300 Kearns. 3b... 4 1 1 1 Legg, lb...... 5 2 S 1Moss, ss....... 3 110liolan, e...... 5017Morris. p. _ 5 0 0 0

Total .....431412272251 Bolau out for running out of line.

Mrmphls................... 20020153 1 14Atlanta...................... 202000000 4

Earned rim Mrmi>hU 5. Two^baae hits Pbelon, CliuKoian, O'Connor, Leg?, Schabel 2. Three-base hit O'L'onuor, Home run Mearev. Stolen bases Memphis 3. Allanla 1. Fir.t ou balls Memphis 7, AtlaoU 3. Hit bv pitcher Kearns, Lawsou. Struck out By Morris 7, by Lawaon 3. umpire Graves. Time 2:15.

MOBILE vs. MACIN AT Momu JOXE 2. This earns was slow and devoid of any particular interest, though at one time the chances for Macon winning looked good. Tbe fielding was very amateurish and at times bordered on rottenness. The score:

MACoN. AB.R. B. P. A. Ki MOBILE. AB.B.V. P. A. B 0 20'Cooneil,2lr6 04101 1 ijl'.mley, lb... C 0 0 11 6 1 Hazeu, :J,h... 4 104 0 1 'finnan, cf.... 3 201 0 0|Fuller, SB..... 5 102 0 1 tjchauh, c... 5 1 2 3 3 1 Frank, rf..... 5 1 0 2 0 0 Haves. If..... 5 i 1 3

But| t r cf..... 5 0 0Klrby, 20.... 5 0 0Weddi|CB,ss..5 2 1 V.ach, lb.... 5 1 1Parks, If.... 3 I 1Hess, c....... 4 1 2King, 3b.....4 1 0Jahos, rf......3 0 1Hart. p........ 3 0 ' 0 0

Total...... 37 5 7 87 107Daniels, p...2 111

1 14 10 01 21 01 11 12 0

Total...... 4~1 9 » 28 117Mobile ........................ 0 1 114100 1 9Macon.... ...................... 11202000 0-6

Knincd runs Mobile 2. Two-base hits Jahns. Daniels. Three-base hit O'Connell. First on bills By Hart 5, by Daniels I. Hit by pitcher By Daniels 1. by Hart 1. Pa-Bed ball Hess. Struck out By Hart 4, by Daniels 1. Stolen bases Mobile C. ilacon 1. Sacrifice hits Mobile 2, Macon 1. Double plays Hares, Conley. Schaub. Umpire Hofford. Time 2h.

NOTB. Rain poetponed the Montgomery-Chatta­ nooga and New Orleans-Birmingham games.

Games Played June 3.NEW ORLEANS vs. BIB-HIMOHAX AT NEW OILEAKS

JDNE3. New Orleans braced up and played ball, which kept it just a iitlle lu front of Birmingham all the time. The score!K ORLEANS. AB.n.B. P. A.E'BIIlMINo'M. AB.B.B. P. A. E Adams cf.... 5 0 1 2 1 0 Mlilf. 2U......5 1 3 2 81McKie C.....5 1190 tl'Gaus, cf........ 4 22001Stnllh 1C......2 0 0 1 0 0 Burns, rf..... 4 0 0 100Dowle 99...... 4 1 1 4 2 2 Brodsrlck. If 6 0 0 000Cruso 2b... 4 0 1 3 .2 2 Tanner, lb.../> 0 0 14 10 Lacourage.rf4 2 2 0 1 0 Nl'es.3b...... 3 0 1 2 00Plock lb..... 4 2 3 8 3 1 McMahon.ssS 0 1 332Weber, p...- 4 0 8 0 10 0 S»eeney, e.. 3 I) 0 4 61 Bammert,3b4 0 0 0 3 0 Polly, p........ 4 1 0 080

Total...... % 8 112722 5 Total...... 3tl 4 7 27 255

4 0 Baker, rf... -631 0 0 li Williams, c.. 5 3 3 0 0 1 Geiss, 2h......5 2206 3.Byan. lb.....5 0 4 160 Oillll.Sb........ 4 2 1 43 0 McCaun, If...4 112 '

P. A.* 142 400 000 010

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Phillips, 000,., Total...... 41141827 103

O'UonuelUbt 00 Murphy, cf.. 400 Echaub, c... 300 Tnller, rs_.._3 00 Brhan. rf..... 3 00Daniels, p... 301 Hayes, If...... 3 11Vrank.p...... 0 00J>lke, c......... 000

Total...... 3ll4 211510Mobile........ ............... 0 00001000 1CtiattanoOK*................ 2 1200064 x 11

Earned nins Chattanooga 6. Three-base bits Burke, Gelss. Sacrifice bits Chattanooga 4. First on balls By Frank 1. Hit by pilcher--By Daniels 1, Ftank 1. Stolen t-ascs Mobile 2. Double plays fuller, Coulejr. Struck out By Phillips 7. Umpire Hofford. Tim»-1.45.

MoNTuoMcur vs. MACON AT MOXTQOIURT MAT 30. This was the first ten-inning game In Montgomery and was n spirited contest. Honors were about even.

New'Orleans . ........'.... 10010202 0-6Birmingham................ 2 00000-00 2 4

Two-bs«> hits Wiber. Sacrifice hils Burns, Brolerick,Tanner, Petty. Stolen bases Dowie, Plock, Nlles. Double plays New Orleans2, Birmingham 1. First on balls Off Weber 5, off Petty 1. Hit bv pitcher Smith. Struck out By Weber 6. by Petty 8. Passed balls McKie 1, Sweeney 1. Wild pitches Pelty 1. Umiiire Mcl^ughlln. Time 155.

MONTGOMERY ve. CHATTANOOGA AT MONTGOMERY JI-N* 3. Montgomery l.,st this game by very costly errors at critlcnl points, one ot which. In tbe tilth in­ ning, let iu three runs when tho ecore was tied. Score:HONTOOM'Y. AB.R. B. P. A. E CHATTAS'A. AB.R. ». P. A. ELanser.cf.... 4 0 1 3 0 OjHuikr. W.....6 1 2 100

0 0 Keemn.cf... 4 2 t 600 0 (I'McCann, If-5 1 2 3 00 0 1 Baker, rl...... 4 1 1 1 002 2 (iriw,2li...... 4 214104 1 Ulil.Sb........ 3 102103 ORyn... lb_....3 00 7 01 0 1 Philli|JS, p... 3 11 1 704 0 Crawley, c... 400 2 10

Keith, rf.....5 1 1 0Clark, If...... B 012Peltz, lb..... 4 1 1 10Dunn,3b..... 3 210Stickney, »e. 3 1 1 S Weikart,2b_4 (I 1 0 La»d,c ......4 1 1 6Uebne, p..... 4 001

BJOKTeiOU'V AB.B. B. P. A. S1 anser, cf.... 300-K'lih, if..... 5 0 0Clark, It...... 600Pleti, c........ 6 0 1Dunn, Sb..... 6 3 2fitickney, ss. ^ 2 3 Weiknrt, 2b.5 0 1

MACON. AB.K.B. P. A. RPotter, rf..... 4 1 1 1 0 IKitby, 3b.....5 1 3 3

0 O'iWeddigo, se..5 010 1 l]Vcacb,lb.... 4 0 1 17

L»nd, lb...... 4 I 1 15 0 0 Jahns, cf......6 022B«hn», p......5 0 0 0 5 0

Parks, 2b.....4 0 0 lies', c........ 5 1 0

5 OSchmldt. If... 6 0 0

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4 0 0 1 0 0 8 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 01

Total.'... .. fi E 8 3U f» 5 Total...... 41 4 8 30 19 5Montgomery ............ 020100100 2 6Macon .................... 0 00031000 0 4

Karned rune Montgomery 2, Macon 1. Two-base bits Cticfcney, Weikart, Land. Hess 2. Three-base Lit Stickney. Fiiston balls Behno 3, Hart 2. lilt by pitcher Hart. Passed balls Peiti 1, Hess 1. Ftrnck out By Brhne 3, by Ilarl 4. Double play Weikart, Land. Umpire Key.

Son. The Memphis-Birmingham game was post­ poned by ruin. _______

Games Played May 31.MOBILE vs. CHATTANOOGA AT MOBILE MAT 31.

Chattanooga plucked this game from Mobile by A streak of heavy hittine In the revenlh Inning. Up to that perlol Mobile bad tbe gaiae well iu hand, bill sinE'es by Uurkc and IIIII and doubles by Kcenan and McCanu gave the visitors three earned runs and the inme. The sroro:

M*.BII E ASH. B. P. A. E ICIf ATTAN'A. AB R. B. P. Murphy cf... 400 0 (1 0 Burke, ss..... 4220 - - - - ... Keenan, U....4 010

3 d'llaker, rf.....4 0 1 04 0,Williams, c..3 014 0 o'lieiss, 20......4 00"

Total..... 3S 6 8 24 13 5 Elsie, C........O 00 1 0 _lTolal...... 35 U 9 27 102

Montgomery................ 0 2020020 0-6Chattanooga................. 0 0 4 0 3 0 0 2 0-tt

Earneil inns Montgomery 2. Chattanooga 3. Two- bi.o lilts Weikart, Lonser, Burke, Baker, Fhillipa. Tlireo-baee bin lieltb. Clark, Dnnu, McCann 2. First on balls By Behoe 3, Phillips 2. Hit by pitcher Bv llehne 2, Phlllliis 1. Passed balls Elsie 4, Crawley 7. Wild pilches Behne 1. PUllips I. Struck out Bjr Behue 3, rbillips 2. Umpire Key.

JlEMr-nts vs. ATLANTA AT MEMPHIS Jus» 3. At­ lanta turned the tab!es on Memphis, defeating her by 13 lo 5, in the presence cf the largest crowd leathered yet on Ihe local grounds this season. The score:MEMTIIIS. AB.R

Plielan.il'... 5 1 2 Cllntiuan.cfS 1 1 O'Connur, Ib4 1 1 Meaner, rf. ..4 1 1 Kearns, 3b._2 1 1 LeeK, If....... 401Moss, ss...... 301Bohin, c...... 401

ATLANTA. AB.R. ILong, If...... 422

Cinloy, lb...5 2 1 11 Hazen, 3h.... 4 1 1 40'('«nDcll,2Li4 012 Urban, if.....4 0 0Fuller, M.....4 0 2Pike, c......... 4 0 0Haves, If... ..3 0 1

0I 1 IJKyan'. lb...... 4 0 0 15300 Ulll,3u....... 4 124

.. J.p........ 200 1 30Total...... 3l 3 524 11 1

A. E2 03 00 11 11 10 19 00 00 0

McCann, lf...3 1 2 0 El«!e, cf.......J 0 0 2

Total...... 53 4 U 27 1C 4Mobile. ...... ................ 20100000 0 8Chattanooga................. I 0000030 x 4

Eortol r.ins Cliattanooda 3. Twc-ba-ehits Kec- nau SlcCunn. Double play Bill, Eyau. Flrit on bails by Neal 1, bv Keonnu 4. lilt by pitcher Uy Keeuun 1 Pasted balls Williams 2. Wild pitches Keenan 1, Nenl 1. Struck out By Neal 1, by Kee- nau2. Stolen bales Mobile 7. Sacrifice hits Mobile 8, ChatUiumga 3. Umpire lloflord. Time 1.35.

MoNTejoMK.BY vs. MACON AT Mo.NTaoMEttY MAY 31. ll'intgonjery w<-n its third successive g.iratt fre-m Mucon by g1 od fielding and hoivy lalting, while cosily < nors l>y the visiting club nided ia piling up the eeveu rutis to the borne club's ere lit. Tbe score:IIONTOOM'V. AH.B. n. P. A. I[ MACON. AB.R B. P. A. ELatiser, ct.....5 0 1 0 0 I1 : Butler, cf.....3 2 2 101

- - 0 0 K.lhv,31...... 4 01 1 1.00 OJWcddlgi-, s:. 4 01301 1 o|Viacli, 1D....4 0 1 11 024 n-Pnrki, 2b.... 4 00 2 502 ]'II-SJ, (K.....4 11620

Keith, rf......4 213Clurke, If..... 5 021I'ltlz, C......4 1 0 8Dnuu. 3b.....4 020Sllckney, S1-..5 I 2 1 Wolkarf, 2b..5 1 2 3 Laud. lb..... 5 1 1 ItIlerr. p.........4 1 0 (I

2 O.IIart, rf.......4 00200

Total...... 41 7 U 27 182Moi'igoinery... ... .... 2

If...... 3 0 0jchmldt. P...S 0 0

Total...... K 3 li 27 1370011 0 7

MUC..U ...............1 1000100 0-3Karni'd'riiii Memtitome-ry 2. Macon 2. Twi, h»f o

lilts Dunn, Weikart, Vracll. HUBS, Klrby, TAVldiif. Tlirre-b..»e hilr W. ikarl, Dj U«ir 1. by ichuiidt 3.

Keith First Ml b.,:i Pained Ull-ilm. VVilU

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HllCcf......... 4 2 1! 1 0 0Prescott, rf.. 6 1 S 1 00 Frltnd, p......6 02000Ptrtcr, lb..... 5 13 0 10 0- chabel, C....4 12 9 10Ardner, 2b... 4 22 6 30

10 Westlake, ss.. 5 21030 dbson, P.....4 0 0 0 1 OMcIutyre.tlbS 2 2 601

Total...... 336 9*231251 Total...... 40 13"19 '11 18 2 Long out t'orinlerfi-rini? wilh ball. Earned runs Memphis 1, Atlanta 8. Two-base hits

Kearns, Long 2. Three-ba'e hits Phelap, Mcln- tyre. Houin rnn *Menney. Double play Phelan, O'Connor. First on balls Memphis 4, Atlanta 8. Stolen bases O'Counor, Moss 2, Prescolt 2, Porter. Struck out Schabel, Mianey, Legg, Uibsou 2. Um- plie Graves. Time 203.

MOBILE vs. MACON AT MOBILB JUNE 3. Mobile couldn't bit Sclitnldt, and only in one inning did the locals sncce<d iu bunching two hits, while Macon hit Neal at will. Lunching her Ill's lu the first, tevenlh and eighth innings, and thereby winning tho game despite her nvt errors. The score:

MOBILE. ABR. B. P. A.EI UACON. AB.B. B. P. A. E 0'Counell,2b4 1 2 3 0 0 Rutler, cf, rf.5 1 1 0 01 Conley, lb... 1 0 0 10 2 0!Klrby,3b.2b.3 1 1 2 Uazen 3K...411 4 'i 1 Weddi'e,cf,« 4 1 2 0 ISeban, cl... 4 0 0 't 0 0 Veach, lb.... 4 0 2 11Fuller, SB..... 4 0 1 1 6 1 Parks, If, 2b.4 2 1 6Schaub rf... 3 1 1 0 0 0 Hess, rf, if... 4 0 2 2 Pike, C........4 0 1 2 1 0 King, u, Sb. 3 1 0 1llayes.lf...... 2 1021 OiPcbmidt, p...4 012Ne*l, P........4 0 0 0 1 0 SValtoo, c.... 4 0 0 4

Total...... & I iT 24 M 2! Total...... 35 li 10 27 17 5Mobile........................2 1010000 0 4MBCOO.......................... 3 0000012 x-G

Earufd runs Mscou 2. Two-base hit Weddige. First on balls Schnilrtl 2, N'»l 2. Hit by pitcher By Scbmidl 1 1'a-sed balls Walton 3. Wild pitch Neal. S'.ruckout Uv Neat 2, by Schmldt2. Stolen bases Mob,le 4. Macon 2. Double plays SchmWt, Vesch, Klrby; King, Veach, Wa'lon. Sacrifice hits Mobile 2, Macon 2. Umpire Hofford.

TEXAS LEAGUE.

HUB HAPPENINGS.INCIDENTS OF THE REMARKABLE

ST. LOUIS SERIES. j

Player-Umpires in a Bad Light St.Louis' Brace-up Strictures Upon

New Riilc-s McGunnigle's FineVtOrk—Cronin's Unequalled

Batting Record Bits ofNews and Gossip.

BOSTON, June 6. Editor SPORTIXO LIFE: The St. Louis gave us a realshock. Tothink that the .tflil-enders of the Western clubs should be the first club to win two gnmes out of three in this city, the first to lead the I?os- tons in a series, nnd that they should have won more games from the Bostons than from any other club! Such is base bull. Then, too, the St. Louis were the first to win a f:ame from Boston with Harry Staley in Ihe box. Then again, the visitors were Ihe first to bat A Boston pitcher, Clarkson, out of the box. The attendance at the St. Louis games was very small, and on Friday the figures1 fell be­ low 1000 something unusual in this city.

SHOULD BE LOOKED I.VTO.The game of Friday was nothing more

than 11 first-clans farce. The reason for this fnrce should be investigated by someone. Umpire Gaft'ney not only failed to appear, but did not send word, so that there was no regular umpire when the contest began. Keliher, who is now umpiring for the col­ leges, was present aud could have officiated. It seems that no substitute umpire was present, and the spectators were treated to a disgusting nnd partisan exhibition by two player-umpires. It showed how much harm can be done to a game in a city when such a mode of procedure is adopted. Gleason was excellent on balls and strikes much more so thnu Clarkson giving his own pitcher. Gct- zein, a rough deal on balls aud strikes at times.

Clarkson was very hard Indeed on Getfein, calling balls when there were palpable strikes and giving men bases on balls when they should have been out on strikes. He cut oft'rnns for St. Louis by giving \Verden out on strikes in the first inning when he should have had a base on balls. Gleason's only partisan eftort was when he allowed a home run to Getzein on a ball that was fully six feet foul. Gleason did not take the trouble to run to the foul line to watch the hall. An­ other close play was when Dufty made a des­ perate run from third to life plate after Glasscok had caught a fly in short left field. Gleason, luckily for his side, umpired at the plate and gave Dnfl'y out, ns he undoubtedly was, but had the Boston man been umpiring Dully would have been given safe, beyond the shadow of a doubt.

Getzein pitched finely with excellent com­ mand of the ball. He had not the least diffi­ culty in putting the ball just where he wanted to, and Harry Staley and the other Boston boys admitted that he pitched win­ ning ball. He promises to be a first-class man for St. Louis. Charley wrote to me be­ fore the season began that he was getting into first-class form in Chicago, and would get a chance before the season advanced very far. It has so turned out, and I hope that Charley will be able to hold his end uj>.

ST. LOl'IS BBACES UP.Bobby Caruthers contributed not a little to

the winning of the gnmes from Boston. His hits on Thursday enabled St. Louis to tie at one stage ot the game ana to win at another, and on Friday he made the hit that sent in the winning rnn. He also fielded brilliantly. Brodie got a warm welcome from his friends, including a nice bouquet from his statinchest friend in this city. Jimmy Connelly, and he justified the boasts of that enthusiastic individual. He fielded grandly, making a great circus catch in deep centre in the first game, and taking in everything that came his way during the contest. Piukney played grandly at ihird base, making some wonder­ ful stops. Glasjcock was very much in the game, and Captain Crooks gave a good ac- eouut of himself.

A PECULIAR RULE.The absurdity of some of the League rules !

becomes more and more manifest daily. Noticeably so is the rule that will allow a man to take his base after he has struck the ball and Ihe ball hits his person. There can bo no greater tribute to the skill of a pitcher than to get a man to offer at a bait that hits the person of tho batsman. If ho had not offered at the ball the chances are that it would not have touched him. What a factor such a rule can play in a game can be seen from the fact that it contributed very largely to give the second St. Louis game in this city to that club, Carroll being struck on the foot while offering at the ball. Such a play should gn as a strike.

HERE'S ANOTHER.Again half of the tiuie tho umpire standing

behind the batsman is unable to tell what por­ tion of the batsman is bit by a pitched ball. The rule as now framed was designed to ob­ viate trouble, but there is just as much trouble »s ever. If a, player is hit on the bands or forearm ho is foxy enough to grab anywhere between tbe shoulder and elbow, and he can get away with his scheme quite often. This whole matter ought to be left to the judgment of the umpire. A man can get hit on Ihe uniform and he gets bis base, but a man may be disabled by a blow on tbe hand or forearm and ho does n >t get his base. Could there be anything more ab­ surd?

AND STILL THEY COME. Then there is the rule about a bull hitting a

bat and going into fair ground. Umpires of the Lynch nnd Gaffncy build eould tell pretty well when a man hit at a ball intentionally or not. A man dodges to get out of the way of a widely pitched ball. It hits bis but and goes into fair ground. Before he has time to recover from the shock the ball is fielded to fir.>t and he is de­ clared ont. By a similar analogy if the ball went foul nnd was caught the man would be out.

In the Harvard-Princeton game, with men on second and third, Hovey offered at n ball and it bit his hands while clasping the bat nnd went into fairground. Umpire Mullen declared ihe batsman out, but Umpire Gaffney tells me that the decision was erroneous, and that President Young's instructions are that tho ball is a dead ball. But does it count as a ball or a strike? llovey broke his finger by the accident.

M'GUNNIGLE'8 GREAT DOINGS. Manager McGunnigle is decidedly on earth

once more. He jumped in at a moment's notice in the liroekton Club, of the New England League, just to oblige the proprietors, being only a friend and besides that a Brockton boy. Those people who talk about time in building up a nine want to look ut the record of the B.-ock- tom from tbe time he took hold of the nine up to the time this letter is written. Ho won eight

bom* run on the ISrit bftl! pitched on each of tbe nrat three tim«i at bat. On the fourth At­ tempt thefe ffere two balls on him and no itr;~ c g, then a bad ball wai pitched, and he lent it flying for ft home run. The fifth time he was not allowed to hit th* ball, tut «ru sent to bate on bull;. The hits were all clean ones, and the 'enco might have been 50 feet further away, yet they would have gone over just the lame. The applause for his wonderful stick work wai un­ stinted, and the-record waa 'beaten all out of sight.

SPOKES FROM THE HUB.The New Knglani boys have been making

records. They made another on Friday at Fawtucket. The Brocktons did not bave a put- oat in their outfield in twelve inning".

McGunnigle has been suffering from Charley- horse. Mao hai been ehowing hia practical knowledge by the way he haa jumped in and played ball while second baseman Kudderham was laid off. Mao never looked better in hla life than at present. He met the Pittsburg players here Saturday morning and got the warmest of welcomes. Indeed, it waa difficult for him to get away 10 as to take the train for Lcwell.

Tho Auburn Gazettes wanted to get Jack Remsen as maniger, but he had been secured elsewhere.

Friday coming is Bunker Hill Day, snd there ill be big crowds to see the Philadelphias play

morning and afternoon. The Phillies seem to hare struck their gait, and the "champs" will have to look out. The Washingtona will follow on Saturday and Monday; then the Brooklyn?, June 21 and 22, and we will have no more base ball here nntil July 15, when the second series will open here.

George Wright is playing cricket with the Boston Athletic Association, and bitting Ilka a trooper.

Toin McCarthy and Stovey are not batting a little bit. It did not seetn to help matters to change the batting order so as to place Herman Long at the top of the list. Herman Long should have been left where ha was. The nine was doing well enough as matters were, and when the change waa made the club dropped two out of three, two being in succession.

The Boston Athletic Association will take on their Western trip the Highlands brothers, of Harvard, as pitchers; Cobb and Upton, of Har­ vard, as catcher?; Soule shortjstop, Dickinson first bisetnan and Cook third baseman, of Har­ vard. Harry Farren and Bowen will be two of tho fielders. This will make a very strong nine.

Harvard is to meet Brown on Monday. Each club has won one game, and the rubber is sura to be exciting. Brown has been doing great work of late.

Duffy has been doing most of tha bitting tha Bostons have done of late. Herman Long has not shown up badly, and Quinn and Tucker have not done badly with the stick, but the hitting has bean desultory.

Fred Lake received word from the West that he had been transferred to Kansaa City.

The New England League showed up well in attendance on Memorial Day. Salem and Brockton and Woonsockct and Pawtucket each played to 4100 people in two games on that diy. Lowoll drew 3000 people that day. The weather was rainy in Maine and tbia kept down the crowds in that region.

New York docs not seem to hava reason for regret that Ed Crane was signed. Ed seems to be all right.

Perhaps Keefe would not be handy in New York just now. He haj been doing pretty work. A man who can blank the Chicagos ia not much of a back number.

Mrs. Von der Aha surely proved* mascot in this city.

In the Portland-Manchester game at Port­ land, June 2, Collins, third base, was the only pluyer who did not change position during the game, and Fitzrnaurice. the centre fielder, also tried his hand at pitching, catching and play­ ing short stop.

At Hanover, N. H., on Friday, pitcher O'Con­ nor struck out tbe first ten men who oame to the bat. When Ed Niehols was at Harvard he struck out the first eleven of the Brown Univer­ sity nine in succession, seventeen in the entire tame, and even then Harvard had bard work :o win 3 to 2.

Talking about college work, no college nine ever has wade such a record as Harvard this year. Five clubs have been shut out without B ran Wesleyan, Burkes, of Lowell, Manhattan Athletics, Tufts College nnd Trinity College. Twice nines have been held down to one hit, six :ime* to two hits, three timos to three hits, four limes to four hit?, three times to five hits and once to six hits. The University of Pennsyl­ vania alone has scored double figures in hits off of Harvard.

Not a bad record. JACOB C. MORSI).

THE OTHER SOUTHERN.NEWS OF THE CLUBS OF THE

SOUTBt ATLANTIC.

Standing of the Clubs and Record of the Games Played.

The record of the games played in the Texas League- and the position of the oluba in tho raoe will be found below up to June 4, inclusive:

Won. Lout. Perc't. [Tension................................... . 18 8 MlOalveston ....................................... 11 » «»Dallas............................................. » 15 .875Fort Worth....................... ............. » 18 .360

GAMKS PLAYKU.May 29 At Hallo., I)a'l:u 3, GalTMton 8. At Hous­

ton, llomtnn 9, Fort Worlli 0. May 30 At Dallas. Dallas C. lion-ton 8. At Fort

\\Vrt, Fort Worth «. Onlvestr.ii .!. May 31 At Furl Wort 1 ', Furl Worth 14, lialseilon 5. June 1 At Foil Worth, Fort WoitlilU. Gulveston I'. June 2 At Palla-", UnlIiM n. II iimton 8. At Fort

Worth, Fort Worth f,, Uiilvriton 7. Juno 3-At Ua-liw, Dalluu 7, Uuuitoa 0. Dallas 6,

llou-t"n 3. June < -At Fort Worth, Fott Wotth 7, DalluS.

Letter From Charlotte and OtherPoints A Player's Desperate Deed

News of Players and CommentUpon Recent Games.

CHARLOTTE, N. C., June 6. Editor SPORTIKO LIFE: We are beginning to plaj better ball, and, consequently, are in better spirit). During the last week we bent Winston twice In Winston and once at home. Tiro garnet here were not played, owing to rain.

We got in a game between (bowers Saturday, with Charleston, and they beat as 2 to 1.

Since my last letter we have signed Sands, late of Winiton, and he ia playing first in good ibape.

The men are In good trim once more and should ploy good ball. Individually they ore as strong ixs any team in the League, but collect­ ively they are, or have been, very bum.

Warmsley and Luck did nearly nil the battery work on the last trip. Frank and Clark, our other pltchtn. wcm to bi batted at will by opp"ilQK clubf. Therefore It wa» deAined necewary to get a new battrrr, aod Jonet and King, of Baltimore, have been 0l|Detl.

King hai been plarlng with the rentiiylTaoln Leueue aod ifl enld to be an A 1 catcher. He reeeivt-d for Wxrnnley all of last season. Jonea baa been lu the ranio league.

Thursday we played Winiton herr, and at our half of the uinlli Inuliu tlio tcure atood 5 to 4 In Wlntlou'a favor. Luck managed to get to first and the next I'fttter tt»j Warmslcy (uf cour e, we expected an out). Judge of the emprise nmnife*.ted when he knocked the ball over tight field f. nee for a homer, bringing in Lack ahead of him. The grand aland literally went wild; tintl and iiftiitHterchiefs were wared by men and ladiei and Ike cheering wai kept up tor fully ten miuutet.

Warineley, of course, owns the town. He WAS en­ shrined in our hears before, but now he is "lord of all he aurvef*." As our morning paper eipreaaes It: "Warmsiey lithe hero of t'.e day; anything in the vtcr!d that he wanla that Charlotte can give him id hip, with the BUD, moon and alar* thrown in. It wa«a hit that will be told of in song and utory, when the tcUloa of the diamond shall have been record*! for future gou- eratioua to ponder over."

Cut while npilaing Warmsloy we should not over­ look Foster, Thonii'Bon, Chapman and Iloey; If we only Imd ft learn of such the pennant would be ourt. Foster in left field la a terror of I alters. lie gets everything that comes his way and a good deal that doean'l; he is, without doubt, the flnoit fielder in the League.

GiffiTiI, the Charlotte umpire, was terribly rotten Thuriday, so much so that, lor the first time this year, the grand stand resented it. After the gumo Ilttey. our third baseman, remarked on the rottenno-s of 4T decision by Gifford while he (Hoer) was at bat. Dur­ ing the night Giff.ini attacked Ho?y, sn«pping a pistol at h|j breas!. and when the pistol fnileil to go off Gif- furd clubbed It nod struck lloey on the head. Sjlue of the other playen separated them and no crrat damage was done.

Before the mavor next morning Gifford was bound ovor to Criminal Court in a bonJ of J10X All this was wirod to President Pasaailaigue, and he Immedi­ ately ordered Gifford's release.

Strait.],i (In of the broken arm) was signed In tils stead, and umpired hi. first game Saturday. He gave general satisfaction. 1 thiuk your Charleston corres­ pondent ii right In wantiug professional umpires. Homo umpires, as a rule, aro not Impartial, and the South Atlantic League is no exceptlou. Bpctur.

straight games, two of them on Memorial Day. The ninth game at Pawtucket lasted 12 innings ond was a tie. McGunniglo found most of his men entirely new when he took hold, but his able management told. Not a few people were in­ clined to look upon McGunnigle as a back num her, but tho fact is established that he has fen peers in the business to day, and there were but few clubs in tho League that could not use his services with profit. I cannot understand how he has been overlooked. I take issue with my deir friend, Mott. The right mr.n in the right place can do wonders in a short time. Tho Bos­ ton Reds made a great record for management in two seasons that they lived and won two championship?. Arson ha; always had a strong nine. Everybody knows tho record of his club season aftor season. Everybody knows the record Charley Comiskey has made season after season, Are Anson and Comiskoy winners? Is McGun­ nlgle a. winner? What is his record? Only 9 championships in 15 seasons. lie comes pretty near being entitled to a place beside- the two great generals already mentioned. I could mention several clubs that could have saved his salary over at least ten fold by securing Hilly McQun- nlgle.

CRONIJJ'8 BATTING BKCORD, That was a great record of Mr. Jick Crooks,

Mr. Editor, but it does not touch that of Air. Dan Cronin. of Manchester, the flrst baseman of the Pawtucket nine, in tho Salcm-Patvtuckot game at Salem, Tuesday May 31. Crooks made four homo runs and a single, 17 totals out of a possible 20. Croniu made 16 out of a possible 16. There were two men on bases each time that Cronin camo to b.it, except tho first time when there were three. Consequently ho sent in thirteen runs in the conical out of IT scored.

i Another peculiar feature was that U« made

NEW HAVEN NOTES.

Shannon's Men In Hard Luck News of Clubs and Players.

NBW HAVBX, June 8. Editor SPORTIKO LIFK: A little disfigured, but still in the ring, is our predicament at present. I certainly anticipated that when Providence met us there would be great rivalry and intense interest, but the unex­ pected sometimes happens, and happen it did, much to our sorrow. Still, mistakes are liable to happen in the best of families, but I guaran­ tee they will not again happen in ours, and we will repay our Providence friends with interest; mark the prediction.

Really, it is funny how base ball sometime! runs. Here in the first two games we made six­ teen hits to Providence's nine, itill we were de­ feated. It seemed as if fate was really against us, all our errors costing runs, whjle theirs coat noth­ ing, but there cnunot last and It can be dependtd on that luck will again favor u«.

We, aro really thankful aad sincerely obliged to the League '"r kindly and eeneromly assigning us fielder Knott without e\en offering an objection, but 04 he did "Knotl" report here we graciously return him with thanks. He can be a'ldreised at Syracuse, N. Y.

What splendid b:ill oil the clubs In the League are playing. Such tniHll scores aro not seen In any other le-agne, and I doubt if there ever was a minor league as strong as the Kt-tern League is thii season.

It id really a pleasure to attend garuts when Doe- scher umpires. Nt> objections ar« ever raised agaia?t his decisions. Ho give-a them quick, and, alihougb he Is no I infallible, illll bin errors of Judgment are. tew and for between. Would that Secret .ry White had a few more Doescheri on his staff of umpire*.

Henry Gruber Is pitching niasterlv ball. It must tnnke Hie Cleveland maiteiales elgli for eier Iritlng him go when tiiey 6eo the Bpleoilid work lie ia doing.

Fournter celebiated lila return home by making * homer over the right garden wall.

Cassian has only pitched two games at home, and hut work lu both waa pood.

Reliable Jake Wells has caught every ctiampl nshlp gime, yeiteruay Mug hi seventy-seventh. Uu work here hai never been excelled, and he U certaiuly the peer of any catcher iu the League.

Mcute Cross has at once become a general favorite by In-* splendid playlug, clever baec-runuiug and good coaching.

Capluiu Shannon ! > lining ont Ihe ball reeolitrly, Is floldloq his poaitlou graadlj aud U one of tha team's best base runners.

Jimmy Donnellly Is the crack third baseman of the Eastern League. He U betid and ehotilders above all the others and uisp'.ayiug tblsieuon has certainly boen marvellous.

Sandy Gi idle has not jet heard any tiding! In refer­ ence to bis valuables nod monev which were stolen from him while in Elmira. He baa the ilncereiyui- paty of all. I trust Ma loss will only be t«mi.or»ry.

So Jack Koran bus been suspended by Albany. Well I am sorry for Jack; ho Is etich a clever pitcher and always did so well while he played with us that U aetuia a pity he canu ,t take proper care of hiuiielf.

Albany sets K°od pitcher In Sullivan, formerly of tbe Giant*, and juet leleased bjr Troy. lie ought to bold his end up.

Hocliestcr h»» made a number of changes, bnt I can­ not understand for what r<a*on Sciioeufclc should be juspecded. I do not believe tbat he la a player who merits suspension.

If Rilpii Johnson's lamps are In good condition he will bj quite an addition.

So Jno Summers tins been released. Well, Joe la a flno fielder and gentlemanly playur, and shduld have uo trouble lo catchlnzon at once.

I hardly expected Deuny Fitzgerald to B1I the bill for Rochester. IJenny It a clever fielder, but uis great fault hai alwaji been his inability to bat.

Elmfra gets a clever sonth-paw Iwlrler In Polan. I rcallr think they made a mlitak* In releasing Dally, who Is a much superior man In all departments of the game than Lyuch.

Swartwood will prove a spendld addition to the Salt Lake City team. Quite an outfield that, with Kuight, Swartwooil and Wolf.

I hovo been living to find out what was accom­ plished at the League" meeting last week, but really It must have been to little that they really are attained to have it kuown. ____ ____ Lovu V. Will,

Third Imseman Rnymond, recently released by the 1'ittsburg Club, is still in the Smoky City waiting to settle up a mining stock deal. Kuytr.oiul's share of the deal will be nearly jao,n<A>, all from ft small investment mudo while iu California several years ago.

Charleston's flub.llHLlftTON. S. C., June 6. Eillor SpORTISO Lira

Our team has returned home, having w.^n thre* •\wef, tied one and Kst five. We oi^n-d here w ilh Winston on May 21, and with Colcolongh In the bo*

won the game; score, Charleston 7, Winfton 6. Tho econd game we lost on account of Ihe Inability <-f our earn In hit Leach; sci-re, Charleston 3, Wins'ou G. Put n the third game, with Colcolou^h and Nichola In tba xiintf, we won easily; sc'Te. Charleston 13, Winston 2, !otco'ough holding the Wlnstou team down to threo iitn and striking out eleven men. Charlotte carna leit, and In order to prepare ourueiveg for the great 'olumblat we beat them three «tr«i« lit game*. Next ajne the great Columbia*. The first game was a bat' le between the pitchers, t'otcolotiifh and Wynne, tht> ormer, the "Shuttered Idol," ga ting the beet of It; ecore, Charleston 5, Columbia 2.In the secoud game- Charleston had In her new

r ltclur, Setley, and won by ihe same score aa ID ihe irevious gauie. Charleston 5, Colnnibii 2. Ia thU ame Daily succeeded In kn< eking the ball over thu eulre field lence twice, oncfl in the fir.t and nice- fa be ninth Inning, Qimrles, Columbia's brag pitcher, lelng iu the box. In Ihe third game Clmtlestou imi'ly played with the Columbian. Score, Charleston 5, Columbia that same old 2. Tha run) and hlti fcf he thrte games were: Charleston, runs,25; hit*, 30; Jolumbla, rum". C; hits, IT. Now, thli In the team hat Columbia papers Nay will win the penant. Well, hey will if Charleston drops oat, but not ia "a thou­

sand years" otherwise1 .Tour correH[H>rj«lent at Columbia Rays In bis letter

u this week'd SroariNO LIFE: "Saturday our boyi went lo Charleston, where they played a hard but retty gaoie. Kverytblog passed on* very qiiit-tly, nucli to tlie suri riee of a great many, and the Charlefl- ou umpire treated cur boys fairly."

Now, Mr. Editor, this about the Charleston umpire s unjust and uncalled fur. Mr. Slaionin, who is Ilia niplre, has had publUheel in the (.'ctiimb.a paper

etters from two Columbians, aud they both exmosged beniselves u being perfectly smUfled with bU urn-*ring.In another placa ha lays "Everything paw-id off

quietly, much to the surprise ol a great many." Did he nod Hie front many think that tbe Chariest >n» were abe>ut to retaliate for the way they wrrc treated u Columbia? It looka that way. We are away ahead or the penaant, and if no accl'lout happens to our e*m I thiok tbe flag will fly from our pole next fear.

DIAMOND »UTS.Setley, our new pitcher, ha* shown up well lo tha

wo games he pitched. Daily it tbe heavy hitter of tha .league.

ID Sudeen we lost a treasure. Nichols will have to !o the HiRJority of the catching now.

Presldt-nt Pnssailaigue, get vuur umpire!, it will cer-luly help tho League. Via.

Chips From Columbia.Oor.rxBtA. S. C., Juoe 6. Editor SPORTISO LIFE:

Heretofore I bave borae dowu pretty heavy on the kickers of this League. Tho local prei», the audi­ ences, the Columbia players and myself all frel th they have deserved all they have got, nnd yet there scum to be leaden of THE SPORTISO LIFE who think that my letter! have hurt Home of tbe Individual play­ er*. I am sorry if as Individuals they are hart. I only write about ball players; outside of the ball field there cannot be. o, word truthfully said agalost tbe coonuct, habita or actions of aoy of the players ot thla League that I bave Diet, and tbat list includes nearly all of them. I have known many clut-n and players In tho National League, Western Lragiw, New England League and Interstate League*, and as far aa good nature, Rood behavior,jolly good-fellowship anel gentlemanly conduct are coucerued oar South Atlan­ tic League equals, if it do<» not lurpara, any I bave ever known.

Sly letters, the severe comments of the local press snd tho denunciations from the graud stand bave all been directed towards the kickiug on tbe ball field, and not against the character or manhood of any player when not on duty. Everybody who alteoela the games lu this city alnctrely hopes that our severt criticitoi has beeo appreciated, and, to jud^e from the small amount of kicking done during the past week we all feel hopeful that this dlognatingaad unpleaganl feature of the game will be entirely atollshetl. Almoa! Do kicking hai been done during the pait week, aoc part of what was done on Thursday and Friday was done orderly aad witb aom» apparently alight grounds for so doing.

EECENT GAMES.Monday's game at Cuarleston was a beanty. Pally,

of the Charlestons, must have itodled Qn«rle»' curves closely, for he knocked cut two beautiful home ruoa la the one game, aod It cao rafely be said that Daily wou the game. Setley. for Charleston, pitched a beau­ tiful game, keeping down the number of hits aud striking our bois out at just the time when a good hit might have meaot victory for us; score, Charleston 6, Coluaibla 2. Tuesday's game was very disappointing to all the Senators' Irieads. With our star pitcher in the box to 1/e beat fairly acd iquarely 15 lo 2 woscer- raioly a hard pill to swallow; yet such was our eloee, making Ihree straight games lost ID Charleston.

Coluuibia is certainly playing in hard luck ai re­ gards pestponed gurnet. In my last letter I told you cf one «uch game where ouly half an inning more meaut victory for us, and here comea another: Wed- uesday'a gauie opened beautifully; Columbia appeared la her new uniforms. There was a good grand stand, end our boys were playiog "great ball," when at the end of the third Inning the rain stopped the game. Quarles wafl in tbe box fnrColuuibia and was pitching far better ball than he did at any t!m» in Charleston Setley waa doing equally aB flue work in the same po­ sition for Charleston, hut Columbia ailde from the blu-her WH "playing all around" the visitors. Col­ umbia, at the end of the third innin?. had shut Charleston out aud made three runs for herself, when rain killed tbo game. After a tbree-quartera of an honr watt the grand Mand clamored for a game, am so the clubs played six innings) of an exhibitloo game, Columbia winning with a score of 12 to 2.

A NOTABLE CONTEST.Thnnday'a game was "the lilly," though! Charles­

ton put her "great mogul," "Mr." Colcolough, In the tox, while Columbia again used Qnarleg. Charleston made but two sinzlc hits off Qimrles, and one of those was a soatch, which wns called a hit rather than give aa error to a hard-working player, while Columbia got tight good tafe hits, with a total of nine, off "Mr." Co'.colough. Qnarles beiog the only mau In the g«mi tu knock out a safe two-bagg-r. As for errors Col­ umbia made three, while Clarleslon only made two Colcolough struck out hut thr«e, while Quarles strucT out eight, and he did It when it was tbe most Decrs sary, too, tout's the beauty of it. It was a heautlfu gume, but look at this score: ColumMa 6, Charleito 0, aad "Mr." Colcolough ia the box! Poor Tern. Frl day'd game WM another victory for Columbia. Ou ho}s were to bave played two games this atlernooo but rain again in'erfertd and we were lucky lob able to piny one. The game was played Iu the mui \VMsloWanduulntereBllng, Columbia making uin errors lo Charleiton's four. By good work at the ba Columbia won the game with the score Columbia T Charleston 5.

In the two last games Charletton's men begai the "kickiug racket" again, and Friday'0 game the had some excuse, as the game hud to be played wit old balls, DO uew ones (regulation) to be had In th city that day. But let us ho[« that Saturday our boy were to bave played tbe Wln&tou team iu Italeigh, > C., but tbe game- was postponed on acoount of rain Wlnstoa Ii building a new ball ground, so these thre Kam»a with Columbia, by niutuul agreement, were to be played lu a city outside of the League.

DIAMOND DOTS.Paveral ratroni of tbe game, not liking Columbia's

home-made uniforms, got up a ftubacriplfon aud [-re­ sented tbe club with new uniforms throughout. They are first quality; gray, with maroon trimmiugs and were made) to order by Spaldin*. Our boys wore them for the first time last Wednesday, and presented a very attractive appearance.

Ln«t Monday nluht a telegram was sent to Dedrlck McClung. tbe big left-handed pitcher, at Chattanooga, asking him to sign with Columbia.

It Is reported that the cities of Unleigh, Greensboro and Durham, la North Carolina, and Savannah, Ga., want to join onr League, and that if the proper details can be satisfactorily arranged that they would do so. It is to ba hoped tliajr will, a< such cities as these would be a very di'sirnble acquisition to the (oo imall South Atlantic League.

Our manager recently sent for Keely, a well-known Philadelphia pitcher, tut at the last moment before Stirling he hurt himself in a game hu was playing, and will uot be able to play for oue or two months yet.

Several messages, to different plnces. sent to Dedr ck McClurg have, so far, faileJ to reach jhim. Columbia wants him, but where, oh I where la "Ded)"

Columbia has secured the seivlMB of Crandall from Mouteiums, G«., and if he will pilch Ihe same kind of ball here that he recently did there be will most heartily bo wel:ome. Recent y iu a game ho allowed only two siugles to be mado off him aud struck nut no Ics? thsa twenty-one men. Come along, mj boy, do tbat hero and "the town Is yours."

Pri-si'Htation to Joe Philadelphia's gift t" Colum­ bia. Ne> two men in thin Leiiguu are better liked than Joe Paly and Magee, our e-atch-r and regular second bnsimnn. They ore D< th Philadelphia boys, and mighty good Doys at th»t. JiiBt before last Wednes­ day's game Joe "waa treated lo a genuine surprise; he was called up lo the grand stand, where three or tour regular alleildaotl (appreciative lovers of tho pome) presented him wllb a beautiful suit of clothes. Joe> is

I find It hard to itop praising the players of thl* jeagne; they are a gentlemanly, hard-working, well- ebaved set of men, and If one or two of them would nly step "kicking" we would bave the prettiest pl«y- ng league In the Southern States, tftop it, boysv op IIIThe standing of tbe clubs op to an*l Including Satur-

ay, June 4, ia as follows:Won.Lott. Pct.l Won. I.osf. Pet.

harlrston..... 19 Id .62i;ColnmMa....... 11 U .618ston........ 15 13 .63G,Cbarlott<........ T 20 .29*

T. II. HITCHCOCK.

NEW ORLEANS NEWS.

The Case of Bohan Settled Some Changes In the Local Team.

New Oni.EASS, June 9. Eiitor Si'oRTixfl ",IFE: Some small kicks have disturbed tha tranquility and serenity of the League's course, but the clouds that threatened have blown away, and gentle peace once more reigns supreme.

Even Ted Sullivan's equilibrium was upset by the terrible coat of kalsomine Mobile applied to his pets last Sunday, 12-0. I can imagine the hustler's feelings on tho occasion. Never mind, Ted, you cave them nearly as good ad they sent on the following day. Say Ted, why did you not play your famous "dust the run­ ner's pants off" trick, a la Opelika; that may have changed tbe luck.

THE CASE OF BEHAN. Our president has been very busy lately,

settling the case of Behnn, who was blacklisted oj Memphis for insubordination and Insulting anguage. Mobile signed Behan, and, although or­ dered by the the prt&ioent not to play him, did so, and some hot times reunited. Mobile supposed, or waa la- formed, that Rvhan was blacklisted after being re- eased for striking Manager Creavea, but this was rot Ihe case. Beban by his actions rendered himself In* eligible to play with any other club under the Na­ tional Agreement, and Mobile laid herself open to se­ vere penalties by her headstrong course.

Behan, on making public apologies to the proper parlies and through the leniency of Memphis and President Genslingcr's admirable treatment of th« case, hns been reinstated and is now a member ot the Mobile team. I hope this will prove a good lesson to all such swell-beaded players. Boys, leara your let* sou; the tear u over.

THE PELICANS are playing good ball, and their admirers are corre** pondingly highly elated. There appears no reason on earth why tbe team should not bo up among the lead­ ers, and If the boys can only keep up their present good work they will soon get there.

Oor pitchers, Orllnan and Webber, are stars In their line, and their work In the few games they hava pitched has captured the cranks. Ortman, especially. has flashed upon ua like a brilliant meteor, aud has proven hlmaelt to be "one of the finest'' either in hi* delivery or In his fleldtcg. This boy fields bis posi­ tion second to none In base balldom, watches bases like a hawk, and Is as cool and heady a player as you will meet anywhere. No rsttles about you, "Orty." Here's to you, o!d man, and may yoursoecd aud curvet never grow Isss.

RELIABLE CATCHER M'KIE Is Ftl'.l putting up his usually fine gumo behind Ihe bat, and goes In day after day without a break. This player has proved invaluable to the club. He Is one of the gamest men iu tho business, plays to wiu every time, and puts an amount of snap aud energy into his playing that is refreshing to witness. Mac itf a great favorite wherever he goes, and by his quiet deportment and gentlemanly behailor has captured the cranks.

TEAM CHANGES.A new catcher has been signed bv the local man-

agemeut. lie haiU from New Veruon, 0., and wafl recommended by Manager Blalr, of Cincinnati, who also recommended Weboer. This plaver Is named Stanley and is spoken of very highly by parllen knowing him and who have seen him play. He is said to be a hard hitter, and this is just what we need, for our greatest cause for losing so many games has been traced to weak batting.

Pashby and Finke, catcher and second baseman, Lave been released. Tht*e players were two good men aud, as a rule, put up a splendid game In t>ielr positions, but at critical points they wera liable to got rattled, and In manv CHSCS games were lost on lira ac oiint. Their baiting also was weak and Paahby'4 tbrowiug was very bad at times.

VMFIRK M'LAUGHI.IKcontinues his fine work with tho Indicator, snd haf become a first favorite with the player.1 and magnates of the League. Mac Is In great ddnand; every club desires IIM services on tlieir grounds, and telegrams are continually coming over the lines asking that ha be sent to that or this city to officiate III some ex­ pected close series of games. It is a pleasure to wit­ ness a game ployed under Mac's reign; it is entirely free from kicking, and progresses smoothly and quietly. Sorry to lose you, Mac, but hope to see you again toon.

AL LAWSON,In last Sunday's game between Atlanta and New Or­ leans, made A hoiy show of himself. A close decision on second and another at the plate offtu'led this gen­ tleman aod he merely t; ssod the bull ovtr tho pl^ti. enabling the locals to add throe runs to the score. Tha game was lost to Atlanti before this and It was only a case of swell head that caused Lawnun to act RS he did. It may be added that, to his fellow-players1 credit, they expro*-od ih'lr disgust at such conduct and did not In any way give support to this baby act on Law-son's part.

BCNT HITS.Flock, Crnpo, Dnwle and Baummert, our infield, aro

putting up a fine game, and ere an Infield hard to beat in flelillng their positions. Baimimrrt Is a little off iu hlttinc, but he may rmalii his bait n£ form In the near future, and then we will bave a champion infield on all poin's.

In our outfield Smith, Adams, Lacouraga and Iteltil have taken everything commit their way. They have made seme splendid c-tches, scoops, throws and plays, and are as good as any lo the League. Their batting also has been very c f»od.

Our team leaves Sunday night to play a series ox twelve game*, and will not return until June 19.

Uoly smoke, Johnnv Ward, ho* about tln*o eleven long, juicy errors 3onr club made unalnst St. Louis? Brace up, John, or your team will not beat the Giant* out.

a most untiring ball player, ready, willing and an­ xious ti ca'.ch every game, and always tiyitu hard lo win No catcher iu the League hfM worked so hard and fa'lhtuliy as Joe hai, an-1 this gift, loi-cther with tho universal tileu<i»hlp he has »ou. Is but ajnat tribute tooueot I'hilaOellhla's molt conscientious aud dtMlvlDg ball players.

BOM SOIH

CONUNDRUMS FOB GAFFNEY.

A Specimen of the Questions Fired at Him.

From the Boston Gloho.L'nipira John Gaflney is so well posted on bnM

ball law that tho players often try to give him ft hard point to figure out.

In a gatno at Chicago last season Capt. An'oa wore artificial whiskers that hung dowrr to hia waist. .

"Supposing a pitched ball hit tho.'e whisk­ ers," tiaffney was asked, "wculd you have given tho bolter his b*»e?"

"No, indeed,'' was his answer, "I don t think they were a part of his pereou, us he borrowed thutu for the occasion.'*

"Supposing he showed you a bill of s-.le wl-en he purchased the goods, wouldu'l that hive some louring wiia you?'

"Yes, that misht chance the complexion of th» wlns!;ir<," \vas Gaffney's answer with a smile.

It wouldn't bi lit n!lsilrpr!«lii|!«ow to see McCarthy, IHlfiy anil L ni.', i't the hmne team, wearlOK Ion* oa- trlarctiil wlii-k^r* 'us lit« ' f tho xaino* where tajcjs ou ball* might be of grtut Lelp to wiu a same.