Connecticut western news., 1888-08-15
THE BALL-PLAYERS.

The reduction of the admission from fifty cents to the old rate of twenty-five cents has been hailed with delight in all of the Associa- tion cities except Cleveland. The latter city IS making sharp fight for ffty-cent charge, and, as far as the other clubs are concerned, they can charge just what they like. If they can draw at fifty cents, let them charge it.. Baltimore and Louisville have been the great est losers under the fifty-cent charge. Several of the Baltimore games had to be changed to the West for this reason, and had not change in the admission fec being made there would surely be no club in Baltimore next season.
 Tom Loftus actually prophesis that Cleve- land will win the pennant. He says: "None of them have any license to defeat us. Nearly all my men are good base runners and Snyder IS throwing to bases as good as he was in the days when he was king of them all He stopped all the Browns, including Latham, Comiskey and Mccarthy, and when he does that you may know he Is throwing"
 The Boston Reraid says "Will Harris is off when he says that Frank Selee is likely to manage the Bostons next season. He knows more about the matter than the directors do.' It may interest the Herald tn know that the conversation held with Boston director. The said director, by the way, is dead set on hay ing Selee for manager. Whether he can talk over his partners is a question.
 ''No Australia for me, says Tim Keefe. s'1 had enough of California last winter to do me for some time.
 Tom Ramsey has been reisstated in the Louisvilles, with full pay for time lost.
 While game of base ball was in progress in Dallas, Tex, few days ago.. player. in at tempting to steal second base, disappeared from sight as suddenly and completely as if the earth had swallowed him up. He had broken through the ground into an old we'll; the existence of which had been forgotten, and was rescued standing up to his neck in ice water,
 The Cleveland Club directors have not reached conclusion ill the matter of resign ing the clubs franchise and disposing of the players. Local lovers of the game continue to petition the club to go on and secure, if poss- ble, a place in the League at the end of the sea- son. Baltimore to-day declined to waive claim to the Cleveland; players, and both Cincinnati and Baltimore have been asked to name prices on the men they want. Bakely, O'Brien, Zim- mer, Faatz McKean, Stricker, and Gilks are all in demand.
 Jim White is probably the oldest man in the League. He is 40 years old, Anson is 36, and O'Rourke 35.
 Catcher Bligh, of New Orleans, is to join the Cincinnati Club at once, as his services are badly needed. Keenans hands have given out and Baldwin and O'Connor are not doing good work.
 The clubs at the lower end of the League race have been putting up such fine games lately that they are attracting as much notice as the leading clubs. Not considering the New
  best ball in the League. They began rather | too late, however, to do mora than make trouble for the leaders.
 An old man, with hayseed hanging to every lock, an umbrella in his right hand and car pet bag in the other, was running after an Eighth street car last Friday. His legs, how | ever, were not speedy enough to overtake the vehicle, and he was losing ground: With their usual instinct newsboy shouted, ''Slde | papa, slide" Whether it was intentional or all 0hcfoo oloi ic 1orJ fn 1,,1t1 nyr all in heap. When he gathered himself up somewhat bruised, he looked around for the boy, but the waif was missing. Col durn that coacher," said he, as he brushed off the dust. "He made me think I was Curt Welch. A Detroit paper gives this specimen of the coaching of Kid Miller of the Pittsburghs s'What are you doin' there now? Whoa! An old '78 hit, Jimmy? Git down there! Whoa! Smack her on the ksser, Pop! Git away, git away! That's tho stuff! He'll smack her in the eye this time! Whoa! Git off your perch there! Whoa!"
 The Boston Club has signed Mike Hines of the Salems and Higgins of the Syracuse Stars and has notified Tom O'Rourke and Klusmar that they will be released within ten days Hines and Higgins were both formerly mem bers of the Boston Club Hines was released as being done for, and Higgins was released without having fair chance 10 show what ht was good for Higgins is now class cd among the best second base players in the business. Iris pretty hard to beat the Giants now-a days. They are never done until the last mar is out.
 The Detroits have released McGuire and Ls Rocque.
 The Kansas Citys and Clevelands both waive claim on McGarr.
 New York, Chicago aud Detroit, it would seem now, would settle the doubt as to the dis position of the League flag, with the odds strongly in favor of New York, whose playing of late has been remarkably fine. So says { New York paper
 A peculiar play was made in recent Athlet ic-St. Louis game. In the second inning La tham struck out, the ball on the third strike bounding out O. Robinson's hands and rolling toward the pitchers box. Latham started te run for first base, but before he got there Seward picked up the ball and threw 1t to Lar kin in time to retire the runner.