Morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven [Conn.]) 1848-1894, 1888-08-31
BASE nALL FsELDs.

what the Players Find 10 Talk
About.
Thomas, catcher of the Cuban Giants, re-
fused an offer of 81 500 to go to the st. Paul
club early in the season.
Paul Hines wants to get away from Indi-
annapolis.
Burdock is batting left handed.
Manager Mutrie says he is ready to arrange
q series of games between the Giants and the
Brooklyns for s., 900 side. the winner to
take the entire receipts of all the games.
+ 1t Is said that Esterbrook owes his release
to row he had at Detroit with his manager.
It is also stated that Spence offered to adj
journ to a room in the hotel and have it out
then and there.
Now that Watkins has been driven out as
manager of the Detroits, the champions may
be expected to play good ball. There is
large sized suspicion that the men were play
ing to bring about Watkins, retirement:
Brooklyn has laid off Short Stop Smith
for indiferent playing.
The work OF Brown of the Bostons this
season ia respectfully referred to the Pitts
burg and Indianapolis clubs. He was mo
good" to them.
None of the league pitchers can find out
| why Beckley hits the ball so often. he
stands back well in the box and reaches all
sorts of balls.
| Umpire Gaffney will not tell which club
| he thinks will win the Association penant.
Young Ryan has shown himself to be the
| sIueqer of the league thus far. No one has
1 equalled his record of 10 hits, with total OF
l % in Eve consecutive games-Aug. 20,4.
| His average Aug "a was .34S. On this date
he had made So runs and 1873 hits, including
| 10 home rms, eight triples and "a doubles
/ His stolen bases numbered 30.
| On Aug. 81 at Manchester, Ellis gave an
exhibition of sprinting which has rarely, II
| ever, been equalled at any game in that city:
He was on first, and, as he started to steal
to right field, but on this hit Ellis reached
the home plate.
The success of the Sowders family Of
pitchers has been remarkable. William has
been doing finely for Boston, and is the
lsteadiest Of its twirlers, while John and Dave
are winners for st. Paul and Lima, and thu
star twirlefs in their respective leagues
Lew is the hardest batter of the lot. HI
plays left field for the London (Ont.) club
The boys, in fact the whole family, tax
to base ball as naturally as duck II
1 water.
Although Captain Arson still insists tina
l the Chieagos have strong claim on Sunday
Manager Phillips says that under no ciroum
stances can they claim him. Private under
standings between club officials, even if the
exist, have no binding effect on player VIII
is not party to them, and this is the cas-
| with Sunday. He says that he knows of n
| agreement. and that he will play in Pittsbur
| next season or not at all.
Talking about the Chicago s'stone wal" in
field, the st. Louis Browns have made plent
of changes. They have had McGarr, Robir
son, Herr and White in short stop and keI
l. on winning all the time. The nine let Welc
go, the finest outielder in the association, n
leased SUCH pitchers as Carruthers and Fouti
parted with Bushong, the best and steadiei
I catcher IN the ranks of their league. To-da
they are first; the Brooklyns. with the star
: are fourth Think it over.
One day in 1886 when the st. Louis MI
rooms were plaYing in Philadelphia Manage
Wright of the Phillies and Jack Glasscock {
the Maroons were seated side by side on th
Phillies' bench talking about the merits an
.. demerits of "dirty' ball playing. Jack VS.
{ remarking very theoretically to Harry: 'N(
) sir! No, sirl don't believe in it.
wouldn't try to baEk a man in making pla
under any circumstances. think" Jul
| then George Myers of the Maroons poppe
| up high foul which carried over toward til
r | water tank and which Clements ran TO
Glasscock stopped in the middle of his SCI
/ tence and rushing over to the tank, grabbe
: a cup of water, and by STOPPING over just g
boy does when playing lsapfrog manage
| to back into Clements and make him dro
the ball. On returning to the bench Wrigf
said sarcastically: tfYou were in an awfr
. hurry to get that drink, Glasscoek." 'sOh,
, remarked Jack, ''you don't know how thirl
ty was, Harry" tfWell, do you alway
drink stopping down like that" was Harry
next question. "No," answered Jack, ''bI
just as was going to take drink had a
awful cramp in my stomach"