Morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven [Conn.]) 1848-1894, 1888-08-29
I'm THE BALL FIELD.
IN THE BALL FAELDa
what the Players Find TO Talk
About.

what the Players Find TO Talk
About.
Arson is thinking of following Harry
Wright's way of perfecting his pitchers.
Every day the Philadelphia manager taks a
on the grand stand fence and compsls the
pitchers to hit the spot three times in sue
cession before they are allowed to stop.
Mike Kelly says of the Chicsgos: They
play ball with their hands as well as with
their hands and feet. Did You ever see such
an infeld? There never was such WELL
drilled quartette Of men on the diamond.
They work right into each others hand, and
their general handling and fielding of the
ball and their bacing-up cannot be ap-
preached. These men have made the game
study and they work every point. They
always play the game for all it is worth and
put degree of life and snap and go into it
that you don't see anywhere else. That's
why Chicago game is never dull. The
players are never dull, they never flag in
their efforts, they are all ball players.
Mike Kelly, Boston's SIC, 900 catcher, was
fined 500 for characterization at Washing
ton Saturday. He was ordered by Manager
Morrill, to appear on the grounds Saturday,
but refused to go.
Wilkesbarre seems to be about the only
team in the Central league that can down the
Jersey clubs. They defeated the Jersey Citys
on Monday again.
Arson was fined $40 by Umpire Kelley
during the Boston series for kicking.
Lovett is sensible. He will not be sold to
Chicago, preferring to be king bee in
Omaha.
The New Yorks are now sure of winning
4 the pennant. They can lose half the games
Il oir tony and
league.
"Hardy" Richardson of the Detroits will
\ not be able to play again this season.
If the Detroits happen to win few games
now everyone will say that it is due to good
management now that Watkins has resigned.
The Detroits can't help but win now for
awhile, as they have been steadily losing.
Take three of the best players oEt of any
team cannot be expected to do good work.
And that is just what Detroit people and es-
pecially the Detroit press have. expected from
the champions.
Radboarn does not favor the idea of put
/ ting the pitcher back an additional five feet.
He argues that the reason why the league
contests are SO uneven is because the New
York, Chicago and Detroit clubs have got
\ the heavy batters of the league. To put the
pitcher back five feet would tend to increase
/ the batting; then some clubs would continue
to have the heavy hitters, and the result
| would be easy victories over the clubs hav-
| ing the weak batters, large scores, uneven
4 and undressing contests, and consequently
| less attraction for the people at large. He
4 claims that it would be better to restore the
1 pitchers position TO the old forty five foot
| distance, as this would make the battere
| more on an equality, result in close scores
/ and exciting games, and, therefore, would
| make the championship race a more even
one. and consequently attract more public
patronage.
King, the st. Louis pitcher, seems to i'm
prove instead of breaking down. In the las
four games he has pitched his opponents have
/ scored but six runs, made but fourteen. hits
| and earned but one run. Hudson has done
nearly as we'll. His opponents in the las
four games made seven runs, twenty
1 hits, and earned but one run. If Charlie
1 Byrne wants to win the pennant he will have
1 to buy King and Hudson and stipulate that
| Won der Abe will finish the season with Dew.
| lin, and, in all probability the young left
handler would do up the Bridgegrooms.
Philadelphia Press.
The Boston club has paid 50, 500 to the
| Des Moines club for the release of Joe Quinn
| the star second baseman of the Northwestern
league. Quinn received 81 900 for himself
This was in addition to the release money, &c
that the new man cost Boston So, 500. Quinn
1 is five feet eight inches high and weighs 16(
pounds. In 1884 he played with the St
Louis Unions. In 1886 he plared for the St
Louis league club and was transferred to In
| dianapolis, and was sold by the latter clut
| to Duluth and from there he went to Dei
Moines. In 1885 Quinn;s batting average
4 in the league was .232. He stood No. 60 in
1 in field of 112. He stood 10 fielder
among 2e, with an average of 1874.