Connecticut western news., 1888-09-12
THE BALL PLAYERS,

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 slattery has turned out to be the best of New Yorks' young blood.
 Over 200, 900 pc pie have attended ball games at Boston this year.
 The Athletics only need little sand to cap ture the Association pennant.
 Manager Phillips charges the loss of two of the recent games to the Hoosiers to hard luck and the cratic umpiring of Daniels.
 hr lck Is said to have mastered Jimmy Gal wins trick of catching man at first by a half balk that Is not balk enough to give runner his base.
 The League season hears its end, and the indications all point to the New York team as the pennant winners of 1888. Indeed. there are few people connected with the game by in terest in the various clubs, either owners or boomers, who do not acknowledge that the Giants are due to win it. President Spalding is the latest recruit. He says that the Giants will take the flag to 8 certainty. There is one man, however, who does not admit it. He is | we'll known ln every part of this great country, ! and millions swear by his opinion. That man | is Adrian c. Anson, captain and manager of | the Chicago Ball Club.
 The annual fall discussion of the rules by | base ball managers, writers, players and um | l,ires has begun, and the general plaint is: "Give us more batting." Everybody is agreed on this point, but as to the way to bring it about there is not such unanimity of opinion. Various schemes are proposed. One Is to put the pitcher back five feet; another is to put him in the center of the diamond; another Is to re- turn to four strikes; another to restore the high and low ball rule, and another is 10 change the foul lines. This last scheme was originally suggested I think, by Harry Wright. It is announced that John B. Day will present an elaboration of this idea to the Joint Rules Committee. Under this scheme the foul lines will be made deeper, beginning at the diagonal corners of the plate. By this the field area will be enlarged. It is intended at ninety yards to increase the field give the fielders more territory to cover, and thus largely increase the chances for safe hits.
 Harry Vaughn, of the Louisvilles, still heads the list in the race for the Enquirer champions ship locket for long distance throwing. There have been dozen attempts to overlap his throw of 122 yards foot and inches but as yet no one has been successful. The nearest approach was made by Tommy Burns, of the Brooklyns, who threw 12l yards There ara yet five or six fine throwers entered who have not taken their turn. Stovey, of the Athlet- ics; Griffin, Tucker and Goldsby, of the Balti- mores; King and Robinson, of the St. Louis Browns; Williamson, of the Chicagos, and Te- beau and Corkhill, of the Cincinnatis, are all to throw yet. There is a chance that Hat fields great record of 133 yards l foot and inches will be broken. Williamson, Stovey, King, Robinson, Corkhill and Tebeau are all magnificent throwers, and Vaughn's throw will likely be beaten and possibly the record split.
 It would be laLghable if the St. Louis club would have to withdraw those invitations to accompany the Browns on the worlds cham pionship tour.
 The Chicago Herald asks: s'Where is the team going to land at the end of the season?" At present the indications are that they will land about third, maybe not so well. Von der Abe asserts that the Browns will win the Association streamer hands down. At the same time he is hustling for dear life to get a couple of good pitchers.
 Caylor says that when Noah went into the ark he took with him two bats, and so base ball had it's origin. Professor Proctor and John Ward can now take rest
 Raymond, the new third baseman of the Louisville Club, is outclassed. There is nothing the matter with the game the Cleveland Club is putting up.
 Pitcher Staley, of the Pittsburg Club, seems to have lost his speed to certain extent.
 The experiment of playing ball by the light of natural gas in Indianapolis has proved a failure.
 Philadelphia base ball cranks are sure that the Athletics will beat the St. Louis Club out in the race yet.
 Robinson lost two of the games for St. Louis III his arm he does not throw as he should.
 It is said that the release of Catcher Holbert, of the Brooklyn team has been offered the Boston Club for S1 1000.
 Umpire Ferguson is an ardent advocate of a rule that will place the pither's box squarely in the centre of the diamond. And another of his suggestions, the placing of first and third base outside the foul lines, stands an excellent chance of being made rule at the Associa- tion's next meeting.
 liar nl in ball game in Portland, Me. Both mines were tied, and 1t was in last half of the ninth inning. A player made b SC hit, and reached first safely. The pitcher threw the ball to first to catch the runner mapping, but did not suc- ceed The first baseman deftly put the ball in his pocket, and the pitcher made a bluff to de- liver the ball. The base runner danced off first, and the first baseman tried to get the ball out of his pocket to touch the runner, but it would not come. The base runner seeing the predcament that the first baseman was in, started around the bases with the first base man in close pursuit, the latter all the time trying to extract the ball from his pocket. He | didn't, and the runner scored the winning run | amid great applause.
 | It has come to light that Joe Gerhardt | eamewithin an ace of placing his name to De- | troit contract. Joe was willing to go and | Prsident Day had consented to the sale, but | only the recommendation of Manager Watkins | prevented the deal. The directors of the De- | troit Club did not care to secure any man that Watkins had picked out, and therefore when | he telegraphed ex-President Stearn that Ger hardt could be secured, the answer came back: "We do not want any more old players. What we want is young blood" That ended the | deal.
 | The Texas League is thing of the | past. The New Orleans tea m has been called home and disbanded by President Hart. All the players returned to New Orleans with the exception of Joyce, who remained to join the | Dallas Fair team. The New Orleans players will be retained for the Southern League of 1889, which is in process of reorganization. | There will be effort made also to reorgan- ize the Texas League next season, notwith- standing the failure of this year. The plan | being talked in Dallas now is to raise by sub scripton the amount of S75O per month. This, added to the gate receipts, will support good team handsomely. The chef object in having | be made by the Dallas Association to get the plan adopted by the progressive towns of the State, so that league for 1889 may be formed