Base Ball Spalding Resigns

Base Ball Spalding Resigns.

Chicago, April 15.--A. G. Spalding, who for nine years has been president of the Chicago base ball club, declined a re-election at the annual meeting yesterday. His reasons were that he had earned a rest; that he had been connected with base ball as player, captain, manager, secretary and president for twenty-six years, and had devoted more of his time to base ball than to his personal business. He wanted to retire two years ago, but stayed to see the fight with the Brotherhood through, and now that, in his opinion, it was plain sailing for the League he felt that he must step out. James A. Hart was elected to succeed Mr. Spalding.