Connecticut western news., 1888-06-20
THE BALL-PLAYERS,

The new grounds at Geauga Lake, on the New York, Pennsylvania and Ohio Railroad line, twenty-two miles from Cleveland, bears on Canton, Akron, Youngstown, and several near the depot, and the railroad can land 1000 people from Cleveland in thirty-five min utes. The lake is a famous picnic resort for this section, is operated on temperance lines, and the games at it will attract huge crowds. The Cleveland Club will handle the games as in Association Park. The grounds will be fenced and we'll furnished, about $50 feet square.
 Anson gets much credit that rightly belongs to his players.
 Third Baseman Burns of the Chicago Club is said to be one of the quickest meN in the League to see point.
 O. H. Hampstead, while engaged in game of base ball at Oakland Neb., was struck in running base, and fatally injured. He was an employee of the Chicago, St. Paul. Minne- apolis and Omaha road.
 Tyng is not likely to be called upon to pitch SO long as Burlington, Casey, Gleason and
 It is said that Barnie is dickering with the Louisvilles with view to trading Joe Som- mers for Hecker.
 Harry Wheeler is going to California with Joe Quest next fall to play in Joe's proposed
 Mulvey is laid up with severe injury, and will not be able to play for week. Irwin is playing short stop with broken finger, and to top all Buffinton cannot be used for the next week or ten days. Buffinton has trouble with his eyes. Out of one of them he can see a great way, but the sight of the other is so imperfect that he cannot see from the pitchers box to first base.
 home, having sustained an injury in one of the recent games at Washington.
 Will New York get the best of the deal in exchanging Cleveland for Whitney?
 A Gotham paper says:-The Giants ought to win nine of the next twelve games. They should at least break even in Boston, and take three out of four from Philadelphia. Then they should come home and wipe up the sod with the Senators for four straight.
 Harry Wright undertook to umpire the news boys game at Philadelphia the other day and did it so badly that all the Philadelphis papers jumped on him with both feet.
 There are no flies on either Welch or Keefe. They continue to play winning ball with great regularity. New York team they would win the pennant in 8 gallop. Pat has more enthusiasm and go in him than all the rest of the team put to- gether. He and Slattery Danny Richardson and Tiernan play ball all the time.
 Baseball, which has virtually been unknown to Germany hitherto, will be introduced next week by picked teams from the Anglo-Ameri- can Club and the Kings University, who will compete for the championship on the big pa
 
 Anson is financially interested in the trip of the Chicago club to Australia this winter. Twenty-two men will be taken along, about fourteen of them members of the Chicago club; the rest will be picked from the different League clubs. The men will sign contracts and be under Anson's control from the time they leave Chicago until they return.
 Toledo will try Larry Corcoran.
 Cleveland has released Oberlander to To- ronto.
 Arthur Irwin's injury did not prove 80 ser ious as was feared.
 If Jim Mutrie could pump little of his own enthusiasm into the New York team all would be we'll.
 The veteran umpire, Wm. Mclean, tried his hand at umpiring from behind the pitcher in the Harvard-Yale game at Cambridge, and was astonished by the success that attended his efforts. He said: "Why, it's the only way to umpire. You can see there as we'll to judge balls and strikes as behind the catcher. You won't need any two umpires with one behind ;he pitcher"
 Denny Lyons has resumed his place on the Athletic team. When Lyons fell ill tho Ath- letics were in the lead, being one game ahead of the Cincinnatis, but during his absence the club dropped to fourth place in less than 8 months time.
 1t is rumored that there is to be change in the management of the Hoosiers.
 Orr and Foutz have both been hitting we'll.
 Among the Brooklyns Smith and Carruthers and Foutz sprains, and Ter a spiked wrist. Bushong, too, is not in tho best of health.
 President Brush, of Indianapolis, denies the stories about dissipation among his players.
 Washington has at last obtained real live manager for it's club, one who drills the play CTS in the morning and sits on the bench with them in the afternoon. Ted Sullivan is his name. The same afternoon he took control the Senators won their only game of the series from Indianapolis. The following day they shut out the Pittsburgh team. It is not just to the team to credit these two victories to the new manager, but he deserves especial mention for his encouragement of the batting order and the improved manner ill which the team was handled on tho field.
 The Chicago teams infeld is very strong.
 They don't think much of Van Haltren in Chicago.
 Pictures of the Brooklyn team are plentiful in all the American Association cities.
 Walter Bogart of the Indianapolis Club has signed with Toledo.
 John Kelly has been appointed a League umpire. vice Mir. Decker, resigned. President Young had every confidence ill MT. Decker's honesty and integrity ill spite of some of the ucly accusations made against him; but wher so many of tho clubs, who support the un,. of his inefficicpcv ba hod fr