Waterbury evening Democrat., 1888-09-12
WORLD OF SPORTS.
Syracuse has released Pitchers Gilmore

Syracuse has released Pitchers Gilmore and Serad.
 Tommy Esterbrook, just before he left Indianapolis, acted as referee at prize fight. After the mill was over Tommy dis covered that somebody had stolen his over coat.
 It is said that Jersey City, NewaSk and Providence are looked upon with favor as members of the New England league next season.-Sun Whats the matter with Waterbury and Hartford
 From the time that the New York team left for the west until the end of the season thev had only twenty-seven games which they could play Of these they had only to win nine to give them the championship provided Chicago does not win more tha, eighteen out of their twentyseven.
 Wilkesbarre has won thirteen out of the last eighteen games played, and inside of week she has gained third place, and established good lead over Scranton and Allentown. Wilkesbarre leads the Central 1 league in base stealing.
 That offer of $500 to each of the Brook l lyn players if they win the pennant has stirred the boys up. but their chance of reaching the top is very slim.
 At the close of the season ten of the Philadelphia players are going to Augusta, Ga. to play two weeks during the centen- nial celebration at that place.
 It is announced that President Davidson of the Louisville Club unsecured another pitcher. He is Poscher of the Galveston Club, and was signed at the same time Raymond was secured. He is a left-handel and he cannot properly be called an expert ment, since he has been pitching two sea sons. He did remarkably good work with his club, which was the strongest in the Texas League, and the base ball papers speak in the highest terms of him.
 According to the Sporting Times, Pres ident John B. Day will submit at the nex meeting of the joint rules committee scheme that is probably the most prom ising that has been suggested to increase the batting or rather decrease the chance: of the fielders. The idea is to increase tht outfeld territory by the introduction o1 deeper foul lines, beginning at the diagona corners of the home plate. The field are, will be enlarged in proportion to the dis tance reached in the field. Thus, at tht base line, or thirty five yards from the home plate on either side, the increase will be three feet, a total of six feet At sixty yards from the plate the increase will be twelve feet and at ninety yards thu players will have eighteen feet more ground to work over. The idea is to give botl the ill and outfelders more territory to cover and render the hitting when there i any more effective by decreasing til, chances of beating ball batted to any DOT tion of the field. To players who have re duced place batting to a science this inno vation will be boon inasmuch as it vii enable them to gauge the ball to degree of exactness and land it in any desirabl spot. To heavy batsmen like Roger Con nor, Ryan and Brouthers the increase o field territory will enable them to send III high fly balls and hot liners into the felt with greater degree of certainty so tha the guardians of that territory cannot cove the extension of ground rapidly enough t. make the capturing of the ball certainty