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 * No. of Successive Games With but One Error.
 * Holliday
 * Centre Field
 * Cincinatti
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 * McAleer
 * Centre Field
 * Cleveland
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 * Ewing
 * Right Field
 * Cleveland
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 * Bradie
 * Centre Field
 * Baltimore
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 * Baltimore
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EDITORIAL COMMENT.

The receipts from college club athletics in 1892, in the one instance of the returns made to the Faculty of Harvard from the club secretaries of the Base Ball, Foot Ball, Rowing, Athletic, Tennis, Cricket and Cycling associations of the University, shows that in 1892 all previous records of the kind were beaten. Here is the receipt statement for the year:

That the expenses should run up to the large total of $44,680 is surprising, those of the base ball club reaching $18,840, and of foot ball $11,487 alone.

Manager Anson declared his faith in the permanancy of the League's tenure of life very practically in the spring of 1893, by placing his signature to a five years' contract as manager of the League club of Chicago. Anson knows what he is about. Though noted as a "kicker," he hardly ever finds occasion to kick himself for any error of judgment in his business affairs.

The Cincinnati Enquirer says: "The Cincinnati Club is run on a different plan from all the other clubs in the National League and American Association. It is conducted more like a theatrical enterprise, Capt. Comiskey filling the position of stage manager, having entire control of that department, engaging his own people and giving the show, while Bancroft looks after the front of the house, taking charge of tickets and the money,