Waterbury evening Democrat., 1889-05-04
WORLD OF SPORTS.


 The Rose Hills will play in Ansonia this afternoon.
 Connor is batting with his old time vigor.
 Atlantic league games yesterday !: Newark Ii, New Haven 3; Hartford 5 ; Easton 4.
 Baldwin, the ex-Chicago pitcher, has signed with Columbus. Daily goes to Cleveland.
 Umpire Daniels was fined S25 for be- ing late at game and it is said will re- sign from the association staff. The Waterburys have booked two ! games for May 30, decoration day. In the forenoon they will play with the | Portlands in this city and in the after noon will play in Portland. Hanlon, 1t is said, will get s3,oO0 this season from Pittsburg.
 Snyder and Sutcliff will do the most catching for Cleveland.
 Stricker was spiked by Hanlon at Pitts- burg and had to retire in favor of Gilks.
 Capt. Stovey thinks that the eastern clubs of the association will outrank those of the west.
 Bob Ferguson is again winning the praise of multitudes by his impartial de- cisionS.
 Umpire Gaffney Is rapidly recovering | from his injuries, and will soon be able to go behind the plate again.
 There are too many star players in the Brooklyn club is the opinion of Capt. Sto- vey, of the Athletics,
 Esterbrook has resigned the captaincy of the Louisvilles, and Wolf has been a al hN-f n,,1o fn lie, ,vN1on
 MauIs battery and fielding are the fea- lures that have prevented his release by the Pittsburgs along with Allen and Cole man.
 Lohbeck, of whom Cleveland expected so much, is thought to be too slow for league company. He is good backstop and thrower. but not active enough.
 Baseball cranks must be pIenJlIul ID Cuba. Over 9O0 people travelled 15O miles to see the last game of the season between Havana and Mantanzas. They occupied three special trains.
 Hamilton of the Kansas Cityssdid not make q hit for Kansas City in one of the Louisville games, but he stole five bases, made four runs, and at one time stole home from third. That Is base running.
 Charles Sweeney. who, it will be re- mcmbered, played ball with the 'Black | Diamonus' and the Providence team years ago has been made captain of the StocktonS, of the California league, among whose players he is very popular.
 Anson thinks Fred Pfeffcr the hand- somest and most graceful man on the diamond. Certainly he is one of the most gentiemanly and best dressed. In covering ground at second base he docs not take a back seat for either Dunlap or McPhee.
 "Cnce more and most emphatically I assert my intention of quitting the base ball business forever at the end of this season." said Fred Dunlap to reporter the other day. Il can easily get d good political job in Philadelphia, and If l do not conclude to work, why 1 don't need to, as the income from my investments will keep me in good style. Still, I may go to work or engage in some business. '
 The Boston Herald correspondent says of the Giants: No club in the coun. try has such outielders as O'Rourke, Slattery, Herman, Gore and Foster to de- pend upon. All are good hitters, and Foster, Tiernan and Slattery would make the best base running outfield in the country. As we'll known baseball ex. pert, ill speaking of the matter, has put it: The Boston club Is just strong enough to lose many games this year by one run. If certain players were worth $1O, ,000 John Ward was worth every cent of that, if not more; but it must be borne in mind that Ward is not the only player in the market who can be SecUred.''