The Tennessean from Nashville, Tennessee • 6

If THE DAILY AMERICAN NASHVILLE SUNDAY MORNING MAUCH 14 1 8 PAWS AM LISEM ENTS OPERA HOUSE 4 BASE BALL ta nyh ro that is enprociatoti in "brim play by an audience It ft finderi k-olt 0' firien is 11119n a good pinher I estv ran iv uty be torNi in se fine style firs wi hod tIr Ito is well built Ind every rc1 of hat ia 11111100 1111 is iii iel leil alid weights 1n5 pounds lie rank' i etnth pi bstter in the Southrn League w111 overtire of 261 Origin and Growth of the Na Vona Game know that ha came to Nashville lest at aeon at a time when the services of a gond nlah were reeled and never his one sit gle pane that pitched in this city He la iiaI I hUrotighly god natured under all ciroutnataces and porn! tr with tha peaple who have the ma? imphrit confidence in but pitchittg hty Ho Nang in the "Nlikat-in" tinril 'he tot carom aoqinting the title ro'n it Ford' Opera Cuttpanv Ho is laid to ve appeared to hest alvautage when it ging "My trleet all stah'ime I obeli eehleve in time m'ke the punt tituor tlt the crime The punishment tit tho crime" Baker was boru In Otdober of IS 3 Ha 'meld trt Evansville where after receiving I Ana tducation be connected bitriwit al the Evansville Terre 11 tttst Railroad acting to the copileite I I A wootaut Freight A gent While with this onnanany he to treater stilt others of the employes spent their leloure momenta io the bpith UI ex erciee of base ball Goldeby like rn other young men hr ramp infatuated with the game and In 18S3 tern 'fled to make It his prolesaion Hie drat Wetting was done with the Evansville 13 Wit be was Plowed mansger of the Ft ni- Irvu which mention hot held ui tti tb orgthizt don wetit to pit ces The latter le rt d't t'te Demon be plotted with the Fit 1r nit Browns American As ciatior and with the Waahington Club Lett mon he was Now it Ras rstabliolled Its Popular Ity in Decent 1 ears Ulla PITTMAN grli horn Own Inly 22 1882 ILI dm profesetonll ball plalfg wit done Three ittatissets0stm IN3toneing Monday March IL The alanagement bits the honor of onnoune II Atii I AbilliaMO flnIniiu DramatiO A Sal tharyPageolt Mliii I pitKoteor he grandest and most realistic or gmetlimettltir plata A t'ast of Unpreotteete1 xxoeiirnos embracing sit the member of the area New York prtallicti fl Iwo (trend Gatite sad Three Er niters le Britons'' the iroungeist atd handsonorat (Immor on abg eta" kitirenee Cannel ni the only Ir mI In boinli owl nme and Fits 4utilu eocond 'reinter Gorgeous and characteriatic costume Dewitt MI and plittertsitie scenery Tim great battle 104410 lite foto st alosisow The Emir' comp Tensity The Amcor River by m000lighti The Eii iwror's and Grand Ditto's oalscee Kerred peva al RfiMiluitoll 7 et baleony toe gallery 43 hale of seats begins primm h4 ant 12 tiokhlitit March IL it end it Mil hl It IL of no Dramatic 'meteor imeciaeulat IKseellenos itroal New 'toilets sad Briansa the ea the stag5 riles in bet 11 it trenikr net IleautD Imat battle rnit'a camp luligb tit baleony gnu Pricey March la II mbil Id Some of the Men Identified With Its Development The Southern League and Its Prospects for 1888 Who Will Play Wth the Nashville' This Season GRAND OPERA HOGISE Throe Nighto Beginning rheroday IS liaturdity It Special engagement of the beautifui stri talonteol artiste Miss 11 CP Ei 1E1 C1 CP CBI- LT 11 Ja Who will appear in the new domestin drama writ tte by Herman Merivale author of "Forget Me Not" entitled Cb ET EL a-c) MT U4E day Itnirch raiAW le etio ti d' yr 4Yr ao at el nt ns slid 1 i' i4411tolk 404 vt i 4 AV 1' o'1: 21 1': )''''1'' was lorg since dubbed the "Dummy" which name he bears good raturedly ELMER ELLIMORTH wsa horn in Allegitaney Pe March 21 latif Ile as never played with a pr Lee siotial team but although very young is ore of the awittest pitchers to be found anywhere If is curves are nothir I then great end if he gels better emit rol of the ball Welt no dentit he soon will an am not to be pa wild in his deivery he will preve A much greater puzzle to the al prone than Email ever thought of being Ha le very ticiive and iv a the hate runner and batter Ilia weight la 173 pounds his height 5 feet IOS JOHN WARR WI' born in Jeffersonville Ind Set 17 1664 He hag never played with a profweional club but did good work with the Jellersonviiir 11 A were among the best smateura of the country Gamma wiLLtsm tem was born in Port Jervis Orange County I act 22 1661 He received a good education In his native city Ile Weep(' his firt game prferetiotod 'hall with the 4 hillicutno 8a'e League Club in Be hex plaeed with the Porttinoutti Clnla firs of last beRFOII anti went from there to Atlanta Ilia work ith the lit club le (maim: to tue tut lie His rat as batter in oLi1 with an leverage of 291 He is five he Line anti out-half thcLem in height vrty and active edol weigba prsurttis WILLIAM MOEFAT EARLE was barn In Philstletivile Nov 1881 He ecived a limited esuertil-n in the r1phia public sabutle a ti wse et an early 01114401A circuntstance to work for a supott for him-elf He spent his iq110 moments in playing ball and soon ante so rood a catcher trust he was en-Owed by the tilmersets and was at once pot to catchirig Brynan their swiftest pitcher 'Plisse two Waved together the vhole season Hie height is ilvti bet nine turd ba4 incnte and hit weight 160 eonnds Out el the fifty eix games in which Earl pleyed It season be caught tifty-one games and had 456 put out 203 trades and 55 errors an average of 937 he (flayed the rentainittg five gamete io rig' field with an average of 950 His bitting average was 3N ALBERT HERMAN SCHELLHASE sees born in Evansville Ind March 22 186t He made hts first eppearence es a professional ball player before a Nashville audience last seasoo in the Meem Club gas heen filed by these organizstiors but here la no doubt shout it berg ignored and contemned en 1111 biers OVItEll 'AMITE The litleE4811 the two great pionetters in-deiced other Mttes Milwaukee Omaha St Paul seri Evetaville to attempt the I mistime of a Northwestern league This was allowed the protection of the nallobal agreement tied yen every opportut ity by tie older west isitions The attempt was made however before the pobi were pre-oared to appreciate the (Alum and Ovi wee a failure The Bettie with the West ern Ltogue though both had the effect of evettoptog not (July a greatnumber of killed PleYers but the general love on the pert of the people for the sport Betty in 1885 'he Etaterti League inelnd log Itocheeter Nt walk Mishit gton Rich mond and other fine cities of the Atlantic was formed There wee gn interesting contest for tbe pennant anti the first seam writ it smatter many ployers beteg developed who have Niece been signed by the Leogne and Amocietion The Eastern Lenny is vow entetivit upon another year of promise Bud good results are atiticiosted In the same 3 ear a few good men from Southern cities noted for entei prim an4 pluck revived themseives into a body md organized uoder rather diecouregine circumstances Till tkOTTIIERN LEAGUE One cf the pioneers In this movement wee Mr adericit a wellknown Nashville citiz who hat the nerve to supply much of the runt's as well se the judgment at pm-h that wive to the cats Another men wee he firstmansgerof the Nashvillee Bryan to whom ranch credit is duo These two after some correrpontlence uecteeded in tumult the co-operation cf leaning spirits in other cities and the organ-ztVon wee dilly eff cted th Henry Grady of Aleuts a prominent jnrpresteent and Mr Deaderick etecretary E'ght cities were Selected Nashville Atlanta Birmingham Chattanooga Columbus Macon Augusta and Memphis At or the cities set to work to secure good pleyere At the tap of the drum on tbe 15th of April a tine race was bgtos and though some of the clubs fell back in the race the fight for the pennant was bald in some instances bittet but interesting at all vints As the season advanced sit of the club' began to atrergtheo This was noticeable first In tbe case of Augusta then of Nash ville and remtukably so of Memphis There was not one club tbat could ever s0c44 'WN P4) 1 te i 71 tsext44 ::4 tf: :::::::7 --1 4' V't: :::4 kis A -uct 4--N it 03'i'- 4 ----i---5- -----1-1( t-4 57--- -1-- IA- otot '1i! 'k ''ett l't-114 l' rkiti en1rk (-30e '-r: i -7'2 z----'-'' i --h te 'i- 7 -4 --t- ::17: r- i- 1- is S7f2' This play with it Nutordtious Seenary and ptetunwris fifteen' of which a lit be transferred front New York was the chic( PtiCell sea too of Wal lac I's Theatr P1 tlog I au'a appearance as the lighthouse airt Is a model of splendid physical calth and free mental visor natural honest soil sturdy bho makes the character ottp if bloats rctiochn-I and deep roosion made poeve by tho enee of hP lonely ocr lzaie of peIts beg l'uovi iv Vouch le Ins -fd'ile falai-March awl 24 111 be trans( Puce last os Cochlea's a inthiel of aental vigor 3 makes the end deep rious brill It a and 24 MASuW 111EATER-EXTRA 1XTILke TIMER NW IR lel 'march 22 OM EMI NO MOIN DAY The Eminent Actrete 22 uoldsby Lett Field and blauagar with the A tiantae anti it wrs 'here that he athied greatly to his reputation as an honest hardworkil ard at biliout ball player He was captain of the Atlanta team and to his efforts were largely dun the games which Atlanta honorably won He is a heavy batter fine base runner and al ways plave to win He is ranked fifth batter in the Southern League with an average of 405 He is one of the fineat built mon in tbP profession His weight is 168 pounds height 5 feet 104 inches With such a man 88 Goltleby to manage the team it Jo O'Brien First Baseman first played ball with tbe Haetwell elnh who were the roe tu pion atnatento of Phil dellhia in 1881 He urst played with the Alleghan a in '82 the Johnstown and Oil City' in '83 and won the champlotiehip of the Otii ate Luague for the Sprirgtirtels in '84 Last spaPOU he played with Louisville where be bcord wine phenomenal pumper'' and later with the Nashville He lea tine base watcher a 00d batter and an neatest base runner ClIARLER MAY DRYNAN was born In Philadelphia July 30 tfi A 9 1A- Supported by A Superb Comedy Company tinder the Management of rtri Moirissey A 191 II apany tot 1 (4 1 sey Beard nhort-Stop and Captain with the Evi1 adlisa lir 1884 La Reason he held down th-cond bag tor the Atlanta! end mesa hoalidit be was wrh ine club wh el was fvught more than any other by the 1c1to he Will a great favorite here and it to safe to say that he will no fir In14) ip) thia in thou He naked third as second hitetnaa in the mthern ague and ia a strong batter He in know' among the profeision as the Lucky Lad" JAMI18 JoHN HILLIERY ws bnirn in 11rchcater New York April Id 1832 He began his prolestonal career with the Grand Rapid Northwestern Li ague Cinh in 3881 and througnout that year and the Brinson of 1882 pltyed with the mime club se abort atop third biseman and catcher Dmitri the season of 1883 ne plated third base for the Frrt Wayne (Anti In 1884 be todongsd to the Chicago Re serves until July 15 when that tirganisslion dishy tied when he aligned as camber with the Eva) The public era familiar with Ida playing during last season with the looll club He Timken fourteen in bat-title will) an evrrele of 278 Ile headed the it hi right ilablera with an average of 100) smil held eightPenth Oleo third bate man wt igbt is 170 ihs a' bio height 5 8 He la a great favorite With t4 Nashville andieneee and many a time during 184 rotson when be would intik it billirant plev more than one fair maiden sal 'lewd tn aing nut "Hurrah for Jimmie klillery" He is more known amcng his friends se "Irish" Milieu CHARM MAIM was horn in einti-o al Sept 19 1862 He did hio first profeareinnal 1)411 Waving with the Evaneville cub in 1884 leading Ws team in battirg sod was a great favorit- svith the pubic He prayed a few g-Rineii with the A merleMe this city in the fall of 1884 after the Evahavilles die -IN A Brilliant Repertoire Loire -OF--- Standard Plays and Sparkling Corned leti Comediep A e' 4114-- er 'f' -ii-'-k 'A ::1 i :1:::::::::::: 4 VS4 1 110 Monday Feening and Wedneday Matinee Tom Tayor's eterling Comedy ay Matinee (ty -'t--- I :4 ka'i' :1:::4 itoN -5 it (4 i4r tly- 4'1 'lIti i) 44 fl: fr-ti: 1 fei WI frIr x-: 14 Yf r-'''-1770Li 'e --7 if' 24''f-'17i'l14'0- ct--'r-'' II 0 -r- i I 4: ))4: 1 4xt: --1k '4-''' --4: 6fitP'IT atx :44 41Li 1: 1 '1(-SrN-i-' "An Unequal Matth" II itths Rhea as Rester Grazebrook ok Tuesday Evening Gilbert's Mythological Comedy "Pygmalion and Galtea I gyihological 0 1011MMENIMINI 1 4 4 I I 1 4 111 1 A LI mE i- i 1' MENNEMINNENNOMMIO Rhea as the Beautiful Galaiea: Veil Wednesday Evening Auguetin Daly's latest Comedy Success )aly's latest "The Country Girl' irl Sowders Right Fielder Hi is fiv4 fuet eight and one half inches high wPighs 145 notrids and is a backstop Hi caught Miller of the Macon nob who was the swiftest pitcher in the League and has never face" a pitcher whom he could not hold He is a five thrower hard hitter and good sae runner He bids fair to take the place of Stonewall" Hellmal in the estimation of the public Rhea as Peggy Thrift 111IF Itltlnian Eiecond Etteman claim a "walk over" from any other Birmingham was the weakest in the lot but sometimes did crest work Chattanooga was never without hope as long as she had Ramsey now Louisville's main strength in the hex In the latter half of the season the Nashvilles had without doubt the strongest team in the contest al would unquestionably have won the pennant had the season been prolonged as contemplated is the schedule Among the galaxy of distinguished players who were developed bare in the fLuth and who now occupy high places in the base ball world are our Billy Taylor A The sale of seats begins at the Box Miles Friday March 19 at 9 o'clock a in Parties at a distance can secure seats by telephone mail or telegram Office Fri-Parties at a one mail or Milleryo I hird Baseman hard to eity shirt Nashville will not win the pennant for 1886 OLLIE BIBBY BEARD wee born in Lxti gton Ky May 2 1859 He rscsived a fire 'duration at Transylvania Univers ily and wee brutight up in the midst of wealth and intury Duris college career hosiever he became somewhat dssiifid with quiet village lite and decided to Isa bin native thigh In 1884 he went to EVIIDEVIIIE and Ogled to play ball lie bed phyed great deal at college and a little prsctice made him one of the finest players in the teem clo well in fact did he cover the ground at short Mari Center Fielder and was educated in the public schouls of that city winning an enviab repu-a ion among bi3 schoolmates as being the boot pitcher among their numerous nines So great we his local reontation that in 184 he was signed by the Hume Club of Philadelphia which club at that time held the ams'eur championehip of Penneylvania Here he 'worked hard an proved himself eo effectual in the box that in 1885 the famous Somerset Cub signed him es their leading boxman Ho is compactly built end is vert active and mnecular He stinds 5 feet 10 inches in his IN tockirg feet and weighs 156 pounds The fdlowing is his record for 1885 and It -7 ''''''''fi' ''N A -gt-t-: I 4 0:1) i i 'i 11 t'''- e4 kL'' 'A 31 0 I 4 'At '4f -11 PARK THEATER a(lrnenoderherorlf Btreedeett CRAB REDMOND Manager I ft I NT GO int OM One week commencing Monday March Id Matinee Tuesday and ifriclay AlsJ extra Matinee Wednesday Bt Patrick's Day Frank Lewes New York rpeelnity' Vo headed by the great sensation vocalist Frank Lewes who will Nina Ni latest topics of the day Including the Gold Brick Case as usual of Cedu erry Streets -JOH March Id extra Mail-elm ty' (1o allot Prank a of the day aS 1311141 NV A 1 'r FOiL It Shields' Eli 10-Ccht Soden Show CFR Sh011 No public 'port ever gained such a otrong and lasting bold upon the mann cf a great people as bees bail has secured in the United inane Cdrket hes attained much popularity in England but has not the same grup upon tb public Polo foot ball and other athletic sports cannot oom petit with base bell with any sorted owe The latter present' all of the berm leo attrectiveness of manly von and is es free as can well its from tbe vino that in usually coonect them selves with ouch In the amphitheaters of hos ball park ei all clews of this great country meet alike and one man erjoys the sport as much as any other The capitalist the merchant laborer ladies of ell grades of society sit under the shade of the same grand "tend and with like interest vetch every move tont of the rulers of the diamond Tbe origin of the game was comparative ly a few years ago but to steady and rap has been ire suntequent growth that it has esiebliabed itself as the great national "port of the oountry IASI BALE TIM CAME INTO NOTICE about the year 1860 but between that year and 1871 there wee no recognized code of rules governing any ch onpionship contest in the bye ball arena In 18 1 the Professional National Annan- tion was organized and included many of the beet cities in the country A code nt rules was adoptei and the champlonehie was fought for es eagerly as now The rains were very different and there wars so much lees science that the game of 1871 would hardly be recognized by an attend ant of the games of the present day At this petiod we hod the names of such players as Al Spalding React) Gemge and Harry Wright James O'Rourke Man Alit Latham and other diatinguithed pioneers whose names will always occupy a leading and honored poaition in the tory of the success of the sport In 1876 was organized the great National League which bee gradually dew loped 1 base ball into 011 its moo es and popniarity Such cities as Chicago New York Dermit Philadelphia Boston Providence Washington Cleveland and St Little were mitted and big battles were fought on many diamonds Gradually the public be- came educated up to tne sport and to petronege the most EXPERT PLATERS MUST El SECURED The result was enormous salaries This kid amateur" to enter the professional lists and gradually the number of players in--creased The championship from 1876 to 1886 ten yeani has been 'held by three cities the Chingos in '76 '80 '81 82 and '83 the ft aitons tn '77 '78 and 183 Providence in 19 and '84 The coming season will witness probably the atrorgeet fight between the great masters of the art of the Chicago New Yorks and that has aver been Been in America The club in this League with the exception of the recent initiates Washington and Kansas City are all nearly equal AU this time the number of professional player' kept growing and other cities of importance began to demand theil share of the rich "port was the organize tion of another lesgue called the kmerican Association which took in such cities as Brooklyn Pitteburg Indian-' Fhiiathlphla St Louis Baltimore and Louisville After "tome delay in making "the start this league also grew in strength and popularity As in the older organization as fast as it Could be ascer tamed that any town was not paying or was a handicap to the organization that town was dropped and another and bet er one was substituted It was found necessary tO adopt soma RULES FOS THE PROTECTION of each of these leagues against the other and so representative' were selected and articles known as the rational agreement were drawn up and signed by the various clubs This prevented players from leaving one league to go to another and established what is known as the black-list During the a growth of these the game Itself was adding new features and discard' hog old It wee gradually disrobing itself of the rustic attire with which it was first dressed and was donning new and attractive garments to suit itself to the demands of the publio THE AST OF PITCHING Underwent a great revolution' The old vinderhand pitch gave way to the overhand throw and to Inns were gradually affixed by aspiring base hellion the curves that for several years dazzled and overthrew the favorite theories of modern The Wiled boxman of this dayla able to ii change and control the direction of a ball after it leaves the hand and to alter its force at different points of progress He can place a person two feet behind a tree and put such a curve on a ball that it will go around either side of the tree and bit the human Object These masters of the ball are able to give four curves more technically called down in and out The scientists referred to asserted most em- phatically that these curves were impoestblea but the pate of the diamond convinced them that though they might be theoretically they were not practically and in one city this was the verdict rendered by a slumber appointed to test the ability of So likewise THE ART or CATCHING has improved The old way of putting a batter out on 'fist bound" has largely been discontinued and the catches has been brought up almost under the bat- ter so es to take the balls "off the bat" and thereby the more perfectly guard the bays He is now protected with mask glovee body protector and so forth The playing of the other positions has also improved moat remarkably Boa running bita come to be so important that during the coming MIMI the attention of the soarer will he by law directed to it Protentorn for the arms and bodies in making the long elides or header' have receitly been invented AS rin 11 the game is full of excitement quickly played and requires not only vigor cf conetitutiom bat manly courage steady nerve plenty of pluck and science and considers blot powers of Judgment Successful batting has become an art and the heavy wielders of the willow are the ones who to-day get the big salaries Lest season James O'Rourke champion batter of the National League of 184 wig paid FaitirT Of $0000 for about alx months of active work 'will speaking of Wades it may be worth while to mention the fact that as a rule member" of the brae ball proteseion fare better finenctally than any other clam of lab item Their work is pleasant exdting and healthful and they get in the two loa nng or enizittone salaries ranging up- we-1 from 21200 and el 600 per eetoon A LAst year there were any vrimber of 1" --ere woo received gantries of 210n0 for 4el 'oaths' work while a mull larger er received such malady as a-2500 and A salary limit of $2000 per soma 7 Al qa'S: ''-g' '''Ir 1-- 117701 4-W4etil: )p-c 1::: rL0 ::1771 ii i Kt(! "4i: i :::4 't 4-': 'A: loiikagoiii' -I' tv1" A FOR ONE WEEK ONLY Commencing Monday Night March 15 Cotner Broad and t4pr ace ilY March 15 ea i 1136 "cii: '41-4 sk4 -C? 414V tw '''''C'" efEs vj- i '''f- -f4 7 0:::: 1 00 4 -V: 4:::: ii: ::30::: ::::1 1ii4: 11tr-- -tl-i-- r--5 i-'1'ii-ci- tlr- it 12': A ks 1 '4 I :7 7 fi: Vt: l'i: 7 X'" tIV I 41! 00 1 0' 44 qt-t''' 4o The biggest and best 10 cents show on earth 50 Star Performers Thoroughbrt Tri At Horses Riding Dogs and Monkeys Fire Hoop Home Satan Tumbling Leaping Tiapere Flying Rings Contortion Wire Walking Four of the Funniest Clowns on earth all this and mere for 10 cents at Shields' Big Show Prof Pierce's Silver Cornet Band of twelve ci ccs rnh12 St ow on earth rrik Hones Hoop Home )eze Plying Four of the tud mere for 'rof Pierce's nth12 St Shel Catcher EI)UtIATIO A 4 THE NASHVILLE SCHOOL -OF- 1)10-it OO HL Music Modern languages gages in A Few Hours In Jail Did the Work FRANKLIN Klt March 13 The time of the court is still occupied with the criminal docket but one or two more days will wind that branch of the business up Henry Hendricks a farmer living near town was brought before the grand jury yesterday and upon his failure to an-ewer certain questions WaS placed in sil until 4 o'clock this afternoon at which time the old man wilted and upon being brought spin before that body unbosonteci hitosel rignt along The bulk of the in dictments found so far have been for violations of the whisky laws either for selling to minors or inebrktes principally Dundee Pitcher banded He alio played 1 a short time with the Citcinnati Shamrocks He Vra 8 bigned by the Chicagor in 1885 but his releftse wee nhtaincd from them by the Nashvilles His record bero is well known He led the list of right Selects with an averege of 1000 He ranked fit eeilth in batting with an averege of 273 He stands 5 feet itches high and weighs 172 poutde He formerly resided in Cinclupati but has permanently located here gird Is doing well In addition his good batting btirr is an exctlient base runner and has a wide reputation for his phenomenal sliding He itt a great favorite here LTONARD SOWDERE was born in Louisville Ky Oct 2 1860 He attended the public schools of LOUD- where he received a fair educaticn He entered the base ball arena in 1882 playing that Beeson with the Fol Wayne Northwestern League Club Be played the stetson of 1883 nod 1884 with the Evansville Club and distinguished himself for his heavy batting The readers of TEE AMERICAN are familiar with his record of 1885 when he covered first-base for the local club Elowders ranked fourth in the Southern League battirg list of 1885 In reality however he led the League in battirg That Is be played ISO games while none of the men who led him played one-half this number He won the gold medel offered by The Streetcar' last season for the best hater in the Nashville team Eiowders is one of the most moral DOM of the profession He never touches a drop of any kind of liquor and to this largely may be the tidy eye with which be tinges so INIC7011 fully the delivery of various pitchers His weight is 170 hounds and his height 5 feet 103 inches He is more familiarly known among the sporting characters as "Len tie Slugger" NORMAN LESLIE BAKKE Here is the face of the most accomplished man in tbe team Norman Leslie Esker He hes many He is a fine pitcher probably the best in the South is an opera OCTAVIA HENSEL Director ector Bryce!) Pitcher stop that this together with his personal popularity clasql him to be appointed manager of the team which at that time hen in its ranks men who now rank among the finest players in the country Among these are Goldaby Hillery Bittman Sowders and Marr of the locals Thompson the "slugger" and stveral other lemon players In the spring of 1886 be was signed by the Hie release teg thotr with thst of Marr was obtained by Nashville when the Chicago were practicing here He has a great reputation as a abort-stop end many wellposted men say that be is Purpassed by none except Ward of the New York Club He ranked sixth as batter in Spring Term Opens Wednesday March 101886 Idnesday' Earle Catcher la safe to ssy that if be bolds up at tbis rate he will be one of the foremost pitchers of the country before nrtny seasons paps P1a ed forty-four games twenty-seven of which he pitched end had 278 strike outs (an average of 10 8 27 meta etruck out to a game) 354 asblbtS 32 put outs and 15 errors atvitig him a twat average se pitcher of 962 the remaining seventeen games he played in center field with 35 put outs 6 esitets and no errore on OVPr ge of 1000 Ilia hating average was 290 IDWA RD JOSEPH DUNDON was born at 0t lumbus 0 July 10 1859 At the age of 8 be had a long spelt of typhoid fever which left him a mute Sty FACULTY OITTAVIA HENSEL Vocal Cu'ltire Al 18-4 DINA WEVIERHA LI PROF A BBOTTOrcbestral lostrumenta MIlei ELIZABETH GRAHAM EoeutIon MI8 3 BiloOMSTEIN German SENOR CRUZ OL1VAREZ b-pauish PROF JACK Freticts 0 TAW HEN4EL Italian PROF I Il 131AcK Chorus Dirt ctor MR EMME rr COI LE Acconspaulat cal Cretan lustrunienta Eoeution German epauisit Italian nue Direior Lecompaniot Picked Mu for tireenwoOd BOWLING GRESS March Col Crump commanding Third Regimet Kentucky State Gattrods received orders today for thirty pica ed men of Company A to report again for service a Greenwood mines They wilt leave hire this evening in company with a detach me of Company from Hopkinaville who artived here this foren000 The land for the completion of the Drake Creek Allen's Spring Pike has at last been raised An organizalion will be effected and work commenced immediately SEND FOR CIRCULARS No 35 North Summer Street mhitmo wpom Street Mary Gilmore who had come from St Paul was fund in the Gland Central depot at New York yesterday raorning helpless and apparently demented She could grits no coherent Information about herself and w-s sent to the hospital 2 Baker Pitcher Ramsey Kilroy' Hofford Parsons Bauer all pitchers in the Natiooal League and American Assotiation Hellman catcher for the Cincinnatist Cahill and Mappie i with St Louis Maroons Steals of the Atti letics Behel of Metropolitans and others Many of the best however are in love with the South and ite people and will remain in the Southern Lesgue despite tempting offers from other organizatiors PIVANCIAIAT the Southern Lague was not a success in It first season The readiness with which capital has been advanced for the comieg season indicates however that it has taken a strong bold upon the mosses and is here to stay Lest year with a stock of $1C00 the Nashville Ban Bait Association lost in the neighborbotd of It 000 At the end of the first half of the minion the Nashville club was nearly $10000 in debt but with a team that was costing at the rate of $18000 per season that indebtedness It an almrst extinguished This goes to show that the popularity of the game is increasing rapidly and it properly handled there is money in the enterprise to the stockholders Base ball was one year ago a very new thing in the South many of the league cities having never witnessed a professional contest consequently many mistakes were made "This season however will be benefited by those very errors League cities have this season each put up a guarantee of $500 already deposited to play the season out- The Lbssue at present includes the cities ot Nashville Memphie- Atlanta Savannah ChattaDoom August Macon and Charleston end their season begins Anri115 The of ficers of the Learns for 1886 are: A Proud-lit of Macon president waiter Brows of Atlanta secretary and Birch of Macon treasurer It is estimated that there are now in the base ball profession more than 2 ft0 able-bodied men who receive eslorira per 'soon that aggregate at least $1500000 Add to this the cost of balls bats uniform base ball parka railroad fare and the like and one may form some sort of an estimate of the immense amount of capital invested in the base ball of this country Tne AIIIIICAN has always devoted much space and encouregement to the evert and in compliment to this piper the Nashville tears was last warm called the Americans Below are given some admirable wood eels of the Nashville players for 1888 with brief sketches of their performances They make a strong team and enter the contest with the coefidence of the city they represent WALTON' HUGH aots9st was born on his fatter's Louisiana plantation Dec 31 1852 When 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'L tSESt intthini Am 'swam 411111CgrIlallIW i Rit'' so 't i s'i'4 4 tfa' ''I'' 1 It '--Lo a tq LY rt 4 ill Smith Mahar the Southern League last season with an average of 297 He la tall and well built Beard like moot other pleyere bag soubriquet "Peek a-boo" Be is a great favorite here and has permanently located in Nashville WILLIAX O'llattN was born In Albany April 10 1860 and received Ma education in hie native city Hie first professional ball biarog wee done with the 81 Pan' Northwestern League club the season of 1884 Ho began the swoon of 1885 with the famous Kansas city Western League tram TheWeetern League went to piece however and the pick of the team including O'Brien went to Memphis with their formvr Kansas Oity Menage Ted Ein liven O'Brien played Bret base for Memphis and pleyed it so well that he wag a grvat favorite with the Memphis public He captained the Bluff Oity team He bet a reptitatioa a "kicker" and if there Smith Pitehtar era! years after he entered the Deaf end Dumb Institute where he received a fine education He was a member of the base ball club of tills institutions where he learned to pitch so well that he wee signed by the Columbus Club which waa at thet time a member of the American Anociation He played with this club the seasons of 1883 and '84 Manager Smelts brought him to A lauta in 1885 he pitching wax great during the entire seasons the aebyi1leu being the only club that bit him at all hard Out of thirty-am games pitched be lost only six and bad an steerage of only ft bse bite to the game made ell him Be batting average was MI Dundee is an earnest bard work and siwilve Ways ball to win Playre who know him say thit he le in better form for pitching this season than ever before Ile No Yei Catcher MOST PERFECT MADE singer of note and the champion contract signer of all this country He has mealy been the subjrct of probably more newspaper articles than most any player in the profresion and has receiv4d some round criticism but inhume to say his popularity has not diminithrd one jot notwithstand rg the fact that the public believe Implicitly every charge against him They I Prepared with special regard to health 1 Pio Ammonia 'Arno or Atm PRICE BAKING POWDER CO CHICACO Irts LOUIS I ktlinotlrethAntrli I.