Connecticut western news., 1889-06-19
BASEBALL JOTTINGS.
The Record.

A dispatch from Boston says: Charles J. Foley thinks the League officials will be open to severe criticism if they do not secure the services of Umpire Gaffney, who has an. nounced his intention of quitting the service of the Association. cit would pay the Association to hire man like Gaffney," said he. He is the best umpire in the country to-day; in fact, it is doubtful if he ever had an equal. 'Foghorn Bradley was a great umpire, but poor Bradley had one great fault-he would drink. And yet I knew Bradley when he neither drank liquor or used tobacco. This was in 1872, when he played with the Grafton, Mass, Club, Herman Doescher is a irst-cass umpire, but he has one great fault; he loses his temper too easily, and sometimes without the slightest provocation. Why not get Joe Quest for umpire? He has been released from the Toledo Club, and is open for an engagement Bond, Knigt, or Joe Manning, would make good umpires for the League. All these men have been players, and, after all, it takes @ ball player to be a successful umpire. The double umpire system is the best; no other system will give the same satisfaction. This has been proved year after year when Gaffney and John Kelly have been unanimously ap- pointed to umpire in the series for the worlds championship"
 The Cincinnati Club have new pitcher whom they will try. His name is Husted, and he played with Toronto last season.
 The New York players will leave tor the West with blood in their eyes, The club is now in just as good a condition as when they were on their great first trip last season, and the men all say that they will try to do even better this time than they did then. They go to Cleveland first.
 Capt. Anson is feet inches tall, weighs 22O pounds, and is in his 34th year. He is not so old as ORourke of the New York team.
 The Boston Herald says: 'It makes the New York base ball scribes very hilarious for fhoir fou ffoS to v1v, ron fror Pncfnn It is not because the New Yorks won, but be- cause our pitchers made such monkeys of the heavy hitters.
 While Ewing was making kick the other day, Radbourne, ,. Tho was taking tickets on on to make @ kick in Boston. If he did we would mob him: That's the way we do with such men there."
 The Boston Club has now made enough money to carry tho team through the whole players. All the money they take in from now on will be clear profit.
 special meeting of the Middle States League was held at Philadelphia. At the follows Philadelphia Giants, by A. P. Fritz and Charles l.. Mason; Cuban Giants, s. K, Govern; Reading, Edward Cuthbert; York, J. w. Hedrick; Lancaster, Terrence Cornell and J. C. Leman; Harrisburg, James Far rington and H. E. Meyers. The meeting was
 
 ference between the clubs they were quickly and amicably settled. All the delegates de nied that there was any intention of drop ping the Cuban Giants from the League. After 0 short discussion, the delegates decided to increase the membership from six to eight clubs. Norristown, Pa, and Norwatk Conn.,, were then admitted. J. Cloudsmith and Lin Hartran were admitted as Norristown's del egates, and Secretary W. H. Voltz held Nor walks proxy. Norwalk agreed to allow the other clubs concessions in the way of travel ing expenses before it was admitted. The delegates worked on 0 schedule and it was adopted. The new schedule begins on June 20, and extends to Sept. 15. Itprovidcs for seventy games for each club-thirty-f at home and thirty-five abroad. It is probable that tho Reading Club will be transferred to Shenandoah.
 Tommey, the ex -shortstop of the Louisville Club is in that city, having been sent home from the East after Bill Gleason was secured Never very communicative. Toinmey now seems more close -mouthed than ever. "I don't know what MT. Davidson is going to do," he said, "or whether he will try and get any more new players or not. The club IS not as strong as some of the others, and, be- sides, is not playing as good ball as 1t can put up. The men all appear to be disheart- ened and nearly all the games arc lost before they step on the field. Everything seems to be going against the nine. The rainy and cold weather has beat the management out Day, and the club is playing in hard luck otherwise. The majority of the games on ! the present trip have been lost by one run, | and the winning score has been made in nearly every instance by some lucky play on the part of the other nine. If the men would get back their nerve they could do much bet ter, and they might round to all right yet"