Connecticut western news., 1888-09-19
THE BALL PLAYERS.
What the Ball Tosscrs and Willow Twirler~
 Doing Nowadays.

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 The double umpire system with two men such as those who worked in Chicago is farce.
 It is remarkable how Pitcher Terry went to pieces this season, after the fine start he made
 Buck Ewing is considered the best all- around ball player.
 The Louisvilles tried Weaver, an outfielder from the Texas League, and he did satisfac- tory work.
 McGlone, late of the Cleveland Club, will play with the New York reserves the remain der of the season.
 Mcclellan of the Brooklyns has been signed by Cleveland, and will play in right field, with Hogan in left, and Gilks in centre.
 Old Joe Gerhardt claims the responsibility for his club getting first place. He recently had his hair cut in pompadour style as mas- cot.
 about the largest shoes of any man on the ball field. They must always be made to order for him, and are rated as number IA in sizs.
 Even if the Jersey City Club is going to win the Central League championship, there has yet been no talk of challenging the New York oA A1ouAS SAAS ava series.
 Lima has sold Andy sommers, it's best catch CT and member of last seasons Metropolitan Club, to Boston for $500. Al Reach of the Philadelphia Club is at Lima trying to buy McMillan, Lima's left fielder, and Botternus, Toledo's second baseman.
 John Corkhill will not be reserved by the Cincinnati Club for next season, and he will be at liberty to sign with any club.
 After the game at Washington Park on Sat urday, Pitcher George of the New York Club said 'sI don't know why, but think that if we had the Association ball in the League I could put it over the plate in such shape that no one could hit it. may not be right, but there seems to be a vast difference in the ball"
 The Cleveland Club has released Pete Hotal- ing, the veteran outtielder, and Goodfellow, who was engaged as 8 catcher, but has lately of in his batting of late and is uncertain in his fielding, while Goodfellow did not cover enough territory to make him valuable in the field, and the club is we'll supplied with catch CTS.
 Pitcher Hutchinson of the Des Moines team has been signed by Chicago. Anson, as we'll as all the great other managers of the country, has been after the Western League and Yale pitcher for months, and the Chicago man has at length secured the prize; It is said that he The new man will join tho club in time to go on the last great trip.
 There is an awful howl in the west about the nmpiring of Powers, the ex-Western League Buck Ewing and the Boston and New York cor respondents travelling with tbe teams join in denouncing Powers as robber. It seems queer that President Young should have sent Powers and Daniels to Chicago to umpire some of the most important games of the season.
 Arthur Irwin says that almost anyone can learn to curve ball at seventy feet. The short CT the distance the harder 1t IS to curve. Said he: ''That is one reason why object to the idea of putting the pitcher back to ffty-five feet. If they do that, mark my word, it will strengthen curve pitches, and you will get enough of that kind of delivery. had rather see the pitchers moved up to within forty feet of the home plate" Mike, favor putting the pitchers back five feet. The umpire says: ''I think it would make more batting, and when you get batting you are bound to see fielding and base running" Mike looks at it in this way: GA good move. Some thing must be done to head off those young fellows who get in the box and try to knock ones head off," The trouble is that five feet won't stop the "head knocking" process. The high and low ball will reduce speed and stop the slaughter now due to wild, swift balls.
 Umpire Ferguson, as we'll as Gaffney, advo- cate radical changes in the rules. They agree that more hitting is what is wanted, but disa- gree in the manner in which it is to be ob- tained. The former is in favor of placing the uU. thereby giving the pitcher thirteen feet farther to throw to the plate. He says that the adop- tion of such plan would not only give the pitcher a better opportunity to watch bases and field infield hits, but would give the batter and the umpire better chance to sight the ball. The King of Empires, Gaffney, favors placing the pitcher five feet back, and the adoption of a live ball.
 Arrangements are almost complete for the Chicago Clubs Australian trip. The combina- inclnda fV-tw noe of correspondents. They will leave Chicago October 22 in special coach, stopping at Den yer, where exhibition games will be played When San Francisco is reached three games will be played with teams from the California League November II the aggregation will travel in the Almeda. After weeks sailing they will arrive at Honolulu, where the natives will have an opportunity to hiss the umpire during ono or two games. They will then go to Auckland, New Zealand, where game will be played for the amusement of the people. In the latter part of December the company will arrive at their destination. The first game will be played at Sydney on Boxing day, the great est sporting day on the island. The only addi- tional date is arranged for Melbourne. The team will return some time during the latter part of February or the beginning of March.
 While Spalding and Anson are in Australia Walter Spalding will look after the interests of the Chicago club.
 Mccarthy says that when he goes on tho ball field he forgets everything but the desire to win the game. That is what makes great ball players.
 ''You can say for me- said member of the Athletic Club the other day, 'that in another year or two there will be few stolen bases. Every run will have to be earned by straight forward battng."
 At the average attendance so far the total in Boston for the season will reach the enor- nous figures of 325 %, which will mean re- ceipts of over $16O, 900, of which S4O,COO goes to the visiting clubs, leaving S12O,OOO to Bos- ton. Every one must admit that the public has returned most generously the outlay on the part of the club for players.
 The latest is on Tug Arundel. The other night ill Boston Tug ran into the office of the hotel and exclaimed in an excited and indig- nant manner to the clerk, ''where shape: There's no bed in mo rhum." The clerk ex- plained that there was folding bed in tho room. As Tug had never seen a bed made that way of course ho was excusabl..
 A Boston H,rald reader, in discussing the best way to increase batting, makes the follow ing suggestion: "Why not discontinue the present method of calling balls and strikes Allow the batter three actual strikes and the pitcher, knowing that to induce the batter to make an attempt to hit the ball he must put it over the plate, the result will be plenty of hit ing"