Connecticut western news., 1888-07-25
THE BALL-PLAYERS.

A youngster, about 12 years of age, walked up to the bus as the Bostons were leaving the great and only Kelly: ''Say, Kelly, you fellows from Boston are Q lot of chumps." 'sI guess we are, my son, and I'm the biggest chump of the lot," replied the Sl0,OJO beauty.
 President Young, having received affirmative replies from seven of the eight League clubs in answer to his request that he be authorized to employ fifth umpire on the regular staff, has appointed c. D. Power, of New Castle, Pa., late of the Western League. Power is we'll spoken of in the West, and is highly endorsed by number of prominent base ball people in the League.
 Pete Browning watches the batting averages of the American Association very carefully. He is ambitious to lead in batting and cares very ittlo about anything else.
 pire, very highly.
 John Manning's gray hairs now support 8 New England Leagne umpires cap.
 Sanders leads the Phillies in batting, snd that is why he has succeeded Wood in left field.
 Bligh, the ex-Pelican, has accepted Cincin- nati's terms. That makes seventeen men under contract
 The Cleveland Club is negotiating with Sam Moffett, the pitcher recently released by In. diaDopolis. He has good speed and command of the ball. but has played in bad luck this year.
 Colonel Byrne and Colonel von der Ahe will wrestle for the title of "The Boss President" :" and after they get through Colonel Stern will ask for bout or two with the victor.
 The Cincinnati papers are roasting Umpire Doescher up one side and down the other. And yet they were tickled to death short time ago over having captured his distinguished services from the League.
 The Washington public has had an opportu- nity to witness the work of Fuller, the much talked of short stop, late of the New Orleans Club. A correspondent says: elf his play on that occasion may be accepted as a criterion, too much, certainly, has not been said in his praise. He plays the point like & veteran, never seeming to lose his head. His fielding IS sharp and displays excellent judgment, while his throwing to first is equal to that of any man who covers the position. His backing up of the bases shows him to be an active man who IS not afraid of work. His ba' ting record during the game should be supplemented by 8 couple of sacrifice hits, which, of course, the score does not show"
 ''Anson is hard master" said Fred Pfeffer, ''but I've no fault to find. His discipline is the salvation of the Chicago Club. Look at the Bostons; see what condition they are in. The idea of fning Mike Kelly S25 is absurd. I'm friendly to Kel and he knows it, but if Mike had defied Anson as he did Morrill, he would have been suspended and fined S200. Anson never lets any player think his services are indispensable to the Chicago Club"
 When Mutrie asked Ewing how his hands were, he said: I caught the twenty fifth game yesterday, and my hands are better than when ! NCus l om SOOu tWcuty -uf6 ulOI6.
 Knouff, who was released by St. Louis, has been engaged by Cleveland. He telegraphed his terms and they were accepted. He will take vacation of ten days before he begins pitching for Cleveland.
 Another name has been added to the long list of professionals who have passed over to the majority. Joe Brown, an outfelder and pitcher, who was connected at one time with the Bridgeport and Jersey City clubs, has died of consumption at Warren, Pa.
 Pitchers, like all ball players differ in their ideas about how base ball should be played. Tim Keefe has probably the most correct ideas of what pitcher has to do. He says that man to make successful pitcher must use certain amount of strategy. He himself in pitching the ball always pitches at an imaginary mark. On the other hand, there are pitchers who say that it is all luck, and that all man has to do is to put the ball over the plate. Any one who has watched Keefe pitch knows that it is not luck for he first drives the batter away from the plate and then cuts the plate with the ball.
 Sullivan, the new Kansas City pitcher is a Cincinnati boy. He played first as n profes- sional with the Chillicothe Club of the Ohio League, and Clarke, now with Brooklyn, was his catcher. He was with the Columbus Club the following season, and finally drifted to the Atlanta Club of the Southern League when Schmelz was it's manager. That year Atlanta won the pennant Of the Southern League, and Sullivan was one of it's winning pitchers Manager Schmelz did much toward making him successful pitcher. Mir. Schmelz has a high opinion of his ability, and thinks he will 10 we'll with FarSns Citv