Connecticut western news., 1888-08-01
THE ISALL-PLAYERS.

| The Hall championship cup is one of the l handsomest trophies ever offered for proficlen- | cy in base ball. It is offered by Thomas n H. l Hall, of New York, and was made by Tiffany X Co.,, the famous jewellers. The cup weighs | 1O64 ounces, and is of solid silver, lined with | gold. The winning teams of the American | Association and National League are to play 8 series of games for it at the close of the regu- | lar season, and it will become the absolute property of the club that wins the majority of | games.
 Kelly may go to Australia next winter: | A favorite Boston ditty now is: "Robbed by | the Umpire"
 Anson is now figuring up how many suits of
 clothes he will have to pay for this winter, King of the St. Louis pitched three straight games against the Baltimores, and won all | three of them.
 People will begin to believe after while that New York has four pitchers instead of
 two Both Crane and Titcomb can pitch good | ball.
 Ewing is feet e1a inches tall, and weighs Weidman has been released by the New York
 Club. He says that he has number of offers,
 but has not as yet decided where to go. slight strain which Hub Collins received
 in one of the first games at Cincinnati has
 since given him great deal of pain and pre-
 vented him from playing. He was left behind by the club, but is slowly recovering from the
 hurt, and expects to join the team at Balti- more.
 The Giants are playing like clockwork.
 Von der Ahe has signed new pitcher named Stirling.
 It is thought Detroit may not secure Dono-
 van owing to the exorbitant price the Linden Club puts on his release.
 In thirteen consecutive games Ryan, of Chicago, made twenty-six hits. He is doing
 the best batting of the club. There never was time in the history of the New York team when Ewing Ward and O'Rourke were on such good terms with each other AS they are now
 The St. Louis Republic accepts it fact that the American Association is going down
 hill, and attributes its decay to mismanage-
 ment, high tariff, jealousy and selfishness. Harry Vaughn's throw in Cincinnati for the
 Enquirer medal still remains to be beaten.
 Davis, Brennan and McTamany of the Kansas
 City Club were the last to try their throwing arm against 1t.
 Catcher Bennett has caught without an error
 of any kind ill seven consecutive games; has
 made one error in fifteen games; two err"rs in eighteen games; three errors in twenty-six games. Out of the forty-eight games in which
 he has caught, thirty-six have been absolutely fawless.
 A fairy story has been sent out from Pitts
 burg to the effect that Nimick and Phillips
 have refused an offer of 5000 from the Boston Club for the release of Midget" Miller. No doubt the Bostons would like Miller, and may : perhaps have made an offer for him, but that it was 5000 is absurd. Three thousand dol lars, even would be high figure. A funny thing happened in one of the New
 fredericksburg games. Staley struck out and
 walked over toward the players bench and
 Umpire Lynch refused to declare him out, because Ewing did not touch him. Ewing stood at the plate with the ball, and Staley sat on the bench for at least five minutes. Then Lynch decided that if Buck would take five steps toward Staley, and made motion to
 touch him out, he would declare the man out. This Buck did and the game went on.
 Samuel La Rogue signed by Detroit is of
 Hope Miller of the Pittsburgs, but taller and
 heavier. Last season he played ninety-eight
 games with the Des Moines Club of the Western
 Association, and had batting average ot
 $40. He played seventeen games in right
 field, thirty-two games at thi' d base and forty
 one at short. He also stole fifty nine bases
 He is general player of great ability. This
 year he has played second and third bases for
 the Lynn Club and leads the New England
 League in batting with average close to
 400. Home runs are his favorte hits.