Morning journal and courier., 1888-04-13
BASE BALL.

The Chances for Winning the College
 Championship-New i'm General.
 It will not be long before the college cham pionship games will begin, and the interest in them has already begun. The nearer the time comes when the teams will meet the more talk there is of which will be likely to take the pennant.
 Yale's chancesG Well, they have been rather dubious for several weeks past. Re- ports have been current that the boys in blue will have to work hard to win, even if they get there at all. The team did poorly on it's trip. Stagg was but a plaything in the hands of the Athletics, who touched him up for total of thirty-six bases. In New York he was batted out of the box in the third inning, but in Brooklyn he seemed to have regained his old form, and but for field errors they would have won. The Bos- tons also had no trouble in hitting him. Since the game with Boston Yale's chances have gone up several pegs. A team that can play such an even game with the strongest team that Boston can present is certainly not going to get left in the college championship. Stagg may have been hit hard by the profes sionals, but the college players will not do | likewise. There may be 8 reason for this, as | the weather has been cold and Stagg may not have wanted to take the chances in getting | his arm out of condition. Then again, by | letting the professionals hit him the men in the field could have more practice. Stagg \ has not overstepped that modesty where he | wants to play the whole game himself. | With a professional team back of him many of the hits now credited as base hits | would not be counted as such. The Yale team is weak in the field and that weakness should be renedied before long. Still, with II r. @~,k rrzTv1 h \ college penant. The poor playing Of Yale or her spring trip will give Harvard more conf- dence, but the latter will lack the practice with professionals which gives to 8 team cool
 ness and good judgment at critical points. l Nobody much fears for Yales chances this
 season. On the whole they are really as good l as they ever have been.
 ! The Wilkesbarres, under the management l of Jimmy Donnelly of this city, will organize
 in Meriaen and will play the Yale team here on the 21st. The team will play the Merider Resolutes tomorrow, with the following l players: First battery, Dowse catcher anc Doran pitcher; second battery, ShumWay l catcher and Fitzgerald of Waterbury Pitch' CT: Smith, first base; Chadwick, second base | Meister, third base; Corcoran, short stop Mckee, left field; Cain, center field; Beech. CT, late of the Pittsburgs, captain and right field.
 Richard Conway, one of Boston's pitch CTS, was married on IuesOay to Mlss haG1e ! A. Moelic, sister of George Mobile, whc caught for the Meriden team in 1884.
 One of the features of the frat few games
 the New Works played was the batting oi
 "Dasher" Trey. He made several heavy hits of Stagg.
 The feature of the Chicago-St. Louis game
 on Wednesday was the batting of "Bob' 1 Petit, formerly of the Waterburys.
 Ward wants $5,000, Keefe $4,000 and
 Brown $3, 900 to play in New York this sea-
 son. President Day refuses to accede to thei1
 demands Ward is out in a letter in the New
 York Press and says that MT. Day has mis- represented him. He has made no demand
 He has only asked certain sum for his ser
 vices and thinks he should have it, as for tho
 past three years he has kept himself in con
 dition and missed playing in but three games
 He has played with the New Yorks eve
 since the team was organized, and in 18S(
 the directors made $50, ,000 and last yea
 $11O, 900, yet they say it will bankrupt thu
 team to pay these three men what they ask
 He has helped the management to grow rich
 He has tried to buy his release himself, ant I has even told them that some club would
 probably give $10 ,000 for his release and be
 sides he would give $1 ,000 additional if Mr
 Day will release him, but he will not. In
 stead MT. Day is trying to force him out o
 the profession unless he accepts his terms.