It has long been believed by certain patrons of the game that a change in the management and captaincy of the team was advisable, and that a younger man might make the nine more successful.

But whether they are of this opinion or not, the patrons of the game this year will miss the presence of the big first baseman who has come to be typical of the Chicago team.
Captain Anson retires with a record of which he may well be proud.

He has been a prominent figure in hundreds of games in all of which he has done excellent work.

As the head of the Chicago club he has piloted the team through good and bad fortune.

During the last few seasons he has not done as well as had been expected at the outset of the season.
Internal dissension crept into the ranks of the Colts and the men did not work together.