Morning journal and courier., 1885-08-28
Drift From the Rau Field.

Peak, the second baseman, wanted $S0 Q month, but the Bridgeport directors would offer him only $70, so their club are without his services.
 The directors of the Bridgeport club have decided to fill the several weak places i'll the team with the best players available They have also issued @ set of rules concerning the discipline of the team which will be rigidly enforced under penalty of heavy fines.
 The Detroit club h5s had seven pitchers, five catchers, two first basemen, four second basemen, six third basemen, five short stops and ten outfelders at differ for new material, and despite all is once more at the foot of the league list. The di- rectors certainly deserve better luck than they have had.
 The first triple play ever made on the Polo grounds, New York, was accomplished by Roger Connor and Joe Gerhardt of the New Works Wednesday. It occurred this way: Hines, of the Providence team, made base hit. Carroll, the second batter, was given his base on balls, advancing Hines to second. Start then hit hot liner to Connor, who caught it, touched first bag and put out Car roll who had started for second, and then threw the DELI to dt ScCouu WAo put out Hines who was attempting to get back to the base. The play was rewarded with deafening applause.
 A movement is on foot to arrange series of games for the State amateur championship in which clubs from Waterbury, Hartford Meriden, Torrington, Winsted and New Mil ford will be invited to join- Company As nine of Waterbury will cross bats with the Governors Foot Guard nine of New Haven on the Waterbury grounds to-day at p. m. An interesting game may be expected. Their first game was played in this city and was won by tht Foot Guard.
 The Bostons and Philadslphias have eact won seven games in their series. The reserve rule will remain in force nex1 year, but it is possible that the ten days | limit rule will be abolished. Keefe's arm is in poor condition. He suf fered excruciating pain while delivering ths | ball in Mondays game.
 Lon Knight, recently released by the Ath
 letics, has been engaged to play with Prov l idence for the balance of the season. l Force of the Buffalos is on the retired list as the result of an injury received in gam' last Friday.
 The American association will soon rein
 state all its blacklisted players, if. indeed, i l did not do so at it's recent secret meeting a Atlantic City.
 l The feeling against Will White is so stron 1 in Cincinnati that he is not to be allowed t l pitch in any more home games. The crowd
 have treated him shamefully. l Conway, who started off in@pitching so e fectively for the Buffalos, is beginning to
 batted very hard It is the old veterans l the box that wear the best after all.
 Every new pitcher that 8 prominent clu presents is heralded as the "speediest in tn profession" Kirby, of the St. Louis team
 is the latest candidate for that honor.
 The new championship series in the Soutf
 ern New England league began yesterday. Games yesterday: At New York, Ne
 Yorks 3, Bostons 1; at Philadelphia, Phils
 delphias 8, Providence 0; at Chicago, Detroit
 1, Chicagos 0; at St. Louis, Buffalos 5, S Louis 1; at Brooklyn, Brooklyns 4, Bait
 mores 3; at Cincinnati, Pittsburgs s, Cincir | natis 2: at Louisville, Louisvilles 6, St. Lou
 8: at Norfolk, Norfolks 7, Virginias l.. { l Hartford, Waterburys 9, Hartfords 4; {
 Meriden, Meridens 5, New Britains 2.