He marshaled his forces with the skill of a great commander.

He lost many a battle royal, but he never threw a game, and, alike in victory and in defeat, the honor of Chicago was maintained unflecked.

May he live long to enjoy the distinction of being "the grand old man" of the diamond field .-- Chicago Inter Ocean.
Our ancient friend Captain Adrian Anson will find ample scope for his disciplinary talents in dealing with the cherubim whom Mr.Freedman has aggregated into his base-ball club.

At various times the Baltimore, the Pittsburgs and the Clevelands have held the championship for all-round blackguardism and "dirty ball," but now New York, like "Eclipse," is first and the rest nowhere.

In this connection it is interesting to recall that early in the season several of Mr.Freedman's young men haughtily refused to sign the Brush hoodlum agreement upon the ground that they were "gentlemen" and incapable of using vile language.