Show THE DIAMOND FIELD Whats the Matter with Kelly the 10000 Beauty HIS SPLENDID WORK THE PAST JlleJ V Miller President of the International Associ > UonM J Slittcrj Outfielder of the New York ClubGeneral Whats tho matter with Kelly They say ho isnt tho same man ho used to be Mr Spalding was interviewed recently as to his I I feelings toward tho 10000 beauty Kelly it will lie remembered broke his contract with Mr Spalding In speaking of the trip abroad Mr Spalding said that Kelly made application with others Ho continued Before Be-fore ho signed I told him that I could not pay him very much money and ho said that was all ri hthe wanted to go lie signed his contract ho failed to keep it as is well known Every effort was made to havo him go on tho trip I had a talk with him in Chicago Iwforo wo left for tho coast and urged him to go as far na the < oast for we had billed him Ho finally said that ho would go eat fix up things and join us I gave him 100 for ox o uses Wo looked for him nt Denver and expected him daily Ho stayed away and so did my 100 I never invited him to join the party abroad in London or Paris and I most positively deny that I ever abrogated tho tont act ho made with mo to go on tho trip I am heartily glad that he did not go Oceans of wine ware Jet Wore us and to a man of Kellys appetite such an attraction would have 1 been too inviting and I am sure ho would not have been able to resist I am sorry that tho Boston club has such i man as its captain Ho does not rank with those tho dub ha had in tho past I feel almost ashamed that 1 sold such bad goods to tho Boston club lie isnt the Kel that ho used to be when in tho Chicago club In 1879 Kelly ranked fourth among League batsmen with an average of 543 In 1SS2 ho ranked eighth among batsmen with Sk and sixth as a fielder with 6S7 In ISbo ho stood fifteenth as a batter with 2b7 and twenty first as a fielder with BUS as a catcher ho was sixteenth on tho list with 7U In IbSO Nick Young in his official figures gives him something over 570 and tho first place as batter bat-ter Hostood tenth among the catchers with S20 and seventeenth among right fielders with 717 As an all round player he ranked No 24 with EDO Thaw figures seem inconsistent incon-sistent with tho title bestowed upon him as the prince of players yet nevertheless it is well merited In the tucks of ball playing he is a wonder and doserv tho name of being the cleverest man in profession Ono 01 i the many tricks introduced by k Kelly is that of ss standing outside K Q ix the coachers lines wheu there is a man 1Ii on third base and having the ball b by thrown to him on Y tho pretext that it = is ripped allowing it to pass him and the man on third to score his run r Kelly was tho first 1 ice to introduce the C Ily aerosathodiamond f1I act on which he would securo a run without going ih p l i yi nearer than twenty Ali test < of a base tt < lp 111 will seven out of IL i ton times cut t CTOSS from second 3 IL nbsso TxLa to the homo plate on a long hit MICHAFL KELLY I fo tho outfield without going anywhere near third base He will also call players in off the baso on a close decision and then bluff the umpire into giving him out As a kicker he is tho dread of all umpires He was bom in Troy N Y Dec fl I 1S57 From thero ho moved to Washington when quite young and commenced his first ball playing with tho Keystone Junior club In 187570 his parents took up their residence at Paterson being still quite young hero he joined and played with the Olympics as right fielder and catcher In 1877 he went with the Buckeyes of Columbus and played us catcher and in 1878 and 1S70 played right field and catcher for tho Cincmnatis In tho fall of 1879 ho went to San Francisco with the Cincinnati club and when ho returned re-turned joined the Chicagoes playing at various vari-ous tunes positions of catcher short third base and outfield Ho signed with the Bo tons in 16S7 CHARACTERISTIC OP ANSON O C Caylor has given to The Sporting Lifo an interesting letter from Anson dated from New York on his arrival from his trip around the world Here it is ON THE BATTEBT New York City l I America April 7 r Mi DEAR Bo Thoblanbted trip is ovals and we onco more stand upon our native heather dontchcr Know What a relief it is for n fellah to tied IIIt at latest he Is quite sure his stomach will hang right side up for a few days at a time at least leastaas Yeas as I before remarked we are back from aer fowcl n shoah In fact wo are erback from sotnwal foweign shoalis It Is beastly business dontcher know this gadding awound thoa world Id rawther settle down in Shecawgo or Lunuon where a fell1r caws appreciate living You cawnt do that sort of thing in the Sandwich Islands you know What ft howl place th03t > Sandwich Islands I are to he l Muihl I It makes roe face flush to think ofit Time ladies l1dlesgoouttosoobawl aorw11 they are not dressed at all dontcher bee Its a beastly t habit they have out them And how cawn no fellah see whether the pitcher is i delivering a curve or a drop with a lot of aaw iwdjlecco of ladies looUn on In an undw ess state It was howiblo deoh boy and I nevoh shall get ovals it I essuah you I was iievah so mortified in my whoocr life We couldnt play bawl be faro such an awjienco and realize at the same tune that Albert deals boy was owced to remain back among those howid Sandwich sasslety belles C and explain the fomo coints of the came Yes deals boy I saw the Pyramids and the Sphinks Deuced stupid things > e know I Cheeps Is nanthin but erapile of stones which any fellah could pile up If be had tho time and the inclawnatlon And the sphinks Why my dealt fellah it dont begin to compaih with the Goddess of LIbertaw enlightening enlighten-ing the world The sculptah who did the job must have dono It dontcher know with oer crow bah and a pick Then the country Is so bloody full of sand a fellah cawn t make any progress pro-gress awound tho bases V eolly I dont believe baseball will ever become populah in Egypt But HI like hold Hengland me boy nits ha great land The people are so appy and earty hit strikes me right where Hi live Hi met Is Royal Jghncss the Prince of Whales hand lordy Va ha ale fellow wcllmet Shook me and hand hlnqulrcd hall habout you Said he oped has ow Ho 1 was Ho 1C E balways reads your letters bin Tho Sporting Life wanted to know you know what tort of ha blawsted place Carthago was and If tho Ilindlans were troublesome He thinks some hot running bout there this summer and spending ha few weeks with you bin the block ouso His Itoyal Tgonea tits h ram ua hand dontcher forget hie along t HADIUAV C RANSOM RYAN AND AASOV Tho Chicago Herald prints two stories j I I about Ryan and Anson in which tho blame is made to rest on the former Thorn has not been a season since Ryan en toned tho League says The Herald that he has not attempted to belittle and abuse An I son This sort of impudence grow out of the center fielders belief that ho was about the only real baseball player alive and that ho was above criticism and teaching Two yeas ago Ryan threatened to leave the Chicago Chi-cago team because Anson had reprimanded liiiu for a careless play in a game in Wash lagtgu Thojjoysjtvere ridirs ip tnoy h cjgj a on omnibus Ryan renowoa the trouble by speaking disparagingly of Anson to one of the players That will cost you 5 said Anson coolly Is that BO r replied Ryan sarcastically Ten more came the answer That isnt a button on my pants retorted Ryan red with rage Well then replied Anson we will make it 35 Ryan now stopped his chattering but tho men were very sore toward one another for several weeks afterward Last year the old quarrel broke out afresh in a game at Pittsburg Ryan abused Anson on tho field before all the players and nearly two thousand spectators The old man nursed his temper admirably That night at tho hotel Anson suspended Ryan indefinitely and without pay for insubordination The center fielder walked out upon tho streets and threatened all manner of things When morning came and the boys began dressing for the game Ryan seemed to realize that bo had made a fool of himself Ho went to An son and made an abject apology for his conduct con-duct of the previous day and promised that in futuro ho would endeavor to treat his cap tan with respect Anson thereupon relented and told tha enter en-ter fielder to dross for tho game and to act like a gentleman at all times and in all places Tho youngster was on his good behavior for several weeks but his vicious temper again got the better of him and his sale is tho natural nat-ural outcome IllSa V MULCH Mr Jlllei eras born in Otsego county N Y Sept 27 1K53 He attended tho academy at fiauqucit Oneida county and when barely 15 I years of ago went to Utica and sss i ved as a clerK lor eleven years lie went to Syracuse in 1851 and entered tho employ of Swarth out Kent Co clothiers as a traveling Dalesman A year later ho was admitted to partnership in tho firm The firm of ryy Kent Miller cite of the largest ai most loputahlo clothing establishments establish-ments in Central Now York was f I formed in 1873 + it Mr Miller has i i amassed a small li fortune entirety by SI his own efforts Ho is looked upon as r v MILum ono of tho solid business men of Syracuse and u > always ready to assist in any public movement Ho is a member of the Commercial Travelers association asso-ciation and tho Ancient Oder of United Workmen Mr Miller first became interested in baseball base-ball as a stockholder in tho Star Baseball association as-sociation in 1SS7 The succeeding year ho was a member of the executive committee and this year he has been elected to the presidency presi-dency of tho club Ho was elected president of the International association at the annual meeting in Syracuse last November by acclamation accla-mation That ho will fill the important position posi-tion satisfactorily is beyond question II A SLATTERY Tho picture of M J Slattery given herewith here-with is an excellent likeness Ho was born says Tho Clipper Oct 28 1805 in Boston Mass and is nearly six feet tall with a splendid splen-did build for base running in which feature of the game ho lean expert He first played ball with several noted amateur teams of South Boston and commenced his professional career ca-reer in 1SS1 when Tim Murnan now baseball editor of Tho Boston Globe first saw him and signed him for Murnans Boston team of the Union association Ho attracted attention atten-tion at once by his fine fielding and baso running The I next year found him with tho Bidde fords and during tho latter part of that season with Il t tho Haverhills of I the Eastern Now r a England league J Ho continued with y Y7 1 tho Haverhill club tJ II Jf I in 1SSG when it II was a member of U J SLATTERY I the New England league having deco loped into a free hard hitter an excellent fielder and a fino baso runner In ISO ho was engaged en-gaged by tho Toronto team which won tho championship of the International league Slattery played ono hundred championship games that season with a batting average of SoJ and a fielding average of 903 while holed ho-led the International league in base running It was while Slattery was with the Torontcs that Director Doyle of the Brooklyn club who had heard of his great reputation as an outfielder and batter went up to Canada tosco to-sco him play For somo reason or another Director Doyle however did not purchase his release from tho Toronto club In the winter of 18o78 Manager Mutrio went on ono of his quiet hunts and the result was that he engaged Slattery and Crane of the Toronto team for tho Now York club At the same time the Boston Chicago and several other cubs were after these same players Slat tery on his first appearance in 1SS3 with tho Now Yorks did not make a very favorable favor-able impression on either the management ar the public although ho gave promise of becoming a good player Later however he showed such improvement improve-ment that ho readily found a place and was installed as a regular member of the team that won the world championship He soon stepped into popular favor and his work has steadily improved until today he is looked upon as one of the finest outfielders in the profession During the past season Slattery played in the outfield in 103 championship champion-ship games and had tho excellent average of 918 while he had in the same number of game a batting average of 21r TOPPY MAGUIRE IS DEAD lie Raw Ono of the Most Famous Sporting Importers in America Mark Maguire the veteran sporting 10 porter of The Now York Sun who died recently in New York used to say that ho was born rolling for he came into the world while his parents were on tho way from England Eng-land to America As soon as ho was old enough to do anything for himself he began to sell newspapers After a while he becamo the manager of newsboys employing some 500 through whom he sold every newspaper published at the time and acquired the title lof King of the Newsboys During this period he controlled somo who were destined II to eventually find more profitable occupation Among them were BaIley Williams Judge Dowling and Superintendent Kelso While in the newspaper business Mr Ma I guiro opened a road house ill tho outskirts of Now York This was in 1SGO This enturo I was followed by his opening several other road houses ono of which was a favorite resort with Commodore Vanderbilt and Robert Bonner He owned Cayuga Maid and other fast horses and seas generally known as a sportIng sport-Ing man Between his newspaper busi ness and his roadhouses road-houses he made a I groat deal of = money but he did not have the faculty fac-ulty of holding onto on-to it and when an HARK UAGUIRE old man was obliged to resort to newspaper work for living His contributions besides those to Tho Sun were to The Sportsman Tho Clipper and The Mercury Ho married a daughter of Iron Fisted King so called because of his grip which was an essential his occupation of preserving the peace at the Bowery theatre Mrs Magulre died twenty five years ago She was the mother of nine children Toppy as his intimates used to call him was one of the most philosonhical fellows you Over mot Ue knew all about all sorts ot sports from cock fighting to horse trotting and he had a good many good stories that housed ho-used to tell when in the mood A prize fight was his delight he hd seen all the big ones and he was personally acquainted with most of the fighters all tho old time chaps certainly cer-tainly And he never was backward in help Ing a green reporter to learn the rope unless un-less ho happened to be on a paper directly rivaling The Sun |