Waterbury evening Democrat., 1889-07-29
BALL FIELD GOSSIP
The B0st0ns Still Lead in the
 League Struggle.
SETBACK FOR THE NEW YoRKs
The St, Louis Club Retains First Place ip
 the Association Race.

The Contest for the Pennanf Get. Kxcit.
 ing-Thn Philadelphia Club Af,er the
 Banner of vfc.ory-The Eoosiers Play
 ing Good Ball Under Glasscock's Man.
 aRemsnt-Tho Broohlyns Hustlina the
 Rrowns for First Place.
 met with a serious setback in the race for the pen nant last week. Their threo defeats iu Philadelphia and Boston's victories over Washington and Harry Wright's men have enabled the Bostons to get away from the New Yorks again. This is very,unf fortunate; after the fine work done on their own grounds as we'll as in the Vest But as they were defeated on their merits there is no excuse for them, and the inevitable must be accepted.
 Philadelphia is not far behind the Giants especially when the remarkably fine work of that team since it's return home from the West is taken into consideration. Harry Wright has renewed hopes of capturing the emblem of victory, and his team is certainly playing as though every nun in it were fully determined to realize these bright hopes. At present. although defeated twice by the Bean Eaters, they are putting, up the best game in tho League, and their pitchers are getting ip to perfect form. Pittsburg and Indianapolis are also aspiring for better positions in the race. Since GlasscocA took charge of the Hooslers he has in fused different spirit into the team, and every mans work is good. To add to this the club Is trying to strengthen It's weak points and so prove that tho Wlseacres who predict the Hoosiers' withdrawal from the League In 1890 are wrong. But while this club Is dolng good work tnd Pittsburg Is overcoming It's streak of ill-luck Cleveland Is still on the tobpg- gan slide and tho Chicagos arc in the dumps.
 Brooklyn and Baltimore have boon trying to reduce the lead of their Western rivals Tn the struggle for the pennant in tho As sociation last week. By defeating Kansas City and Louisville three games straigh, they havo improved their chances consider. ably. Cincinnati, in the meantime, has no1 been asleep. They faced the Athletics and Columbus and succeeded in defeating the Browns once. The improvement In the playing of the Grooms has given all the | players uew lease of life and they are al confident that they will get the penuant | The Browns will, in all probability, lose 1 first place this Eastern trip, and the in l fiuence of tho rumOrs of the crooked worl | and Von der Ahe's nonsensical talk Is having a remarkable tendancy in tha l direction. The Athletics have no notstreneth I ened their weakness ln the box, and have l in consequence fallen another peg in the | race.
 l DIAMOND PRoBLEMs>
 Problems arc already being propoundet | and schemes concocted for the greater popularization of the national game nsx season. Tho baseball legislators believ, that the future of the popular sport lie largely in tho solution of the problem O how to equalize the playing strength of thu teams of tho respective organizations ant the grading and reduction of the players salaries. This is the real key to the situa ton, but who holds itl Every magnate O the diamond has his own Idea and hobby O how these difficulties can be overcome, ye | when they are promulgated they are foun, sadly wanting. For years the men of tn, League and the Association on as we'll as other closely associated with the game hav studied the diamond checker board 10 some rule that may solve tue intricat 1 questions but the more they have beel | tinkered with the moro their propounC1er resem ble the fly that entered the spider, | web.
 The "tail enders' are to be reenforced President Hewitt, of the Washingto Base
 ball club, who Is in this city says that b
 has secured the release of Beecher and lr
 win from 1vilkesbarre and expects to pla
 them to mo orrow.
 The New York Club have purchased tn roiease of Pitcher Hank o'Day of tn