Morning journal and courier., 1889-02-20
BASE BALL TALK.

News of the Game and Men VI hO Play.
 Tha best news of late has been the success full formation of the Atlantic association, and Messrs. Powers and Burnham are deser- ing of great praise for their missionary work in the various cities visited. Wilkesbarre will be a member of the association, and it Scranton (Wilkesbarre's greatest rivaD should join the league, there will be more or less rivalry between all the clubs. But how about the consumnation of salary limit, whereby all the clubs can livei Jersey City and New ark have high priced men, and last season the salary list of these teams approximatsd ST, ,0eO. There are several "old timers" in the Jersey City team, and these men draw good salaries. Young Daly, the pitcher of last years Jersey City team, male phenom- enal record, and nothing short of $500 a month will corral him. There is not much fear of Lynn or Portland being members of the Atlantic association, and for the next twelve months these old time ball towns will lie in a state of innocuous desuetude.-Char- I ley Foley in the Herald.
 Managers White and Rowe have about completed their Buffalo nine, and it will be 1 8 strong one, manned about follows: Catch CTS, Thayer, Dealy and Reidy; pitchers, Gil- more, Tanning and Gibbs; basemen, Lehane, Andrews and Rainey; short stop, L1fbsrry; felders, Hamburg, Stuart and one other man, yet to be placed. Cliff Carroll and Grant are yet to be got, but the salary limit of SIS, 500 will be reached if either man is secured. The Italian authorities positively refuse to allow any game of base ball to be played in | the amphitheater at Naples, or in the celise- ! un at Rome, though for the latter privilege | MT. Spaulding offered to pay $s, 900 and to give half of the gate receipts to charity. The powers that be object to eur playing in the historic ruin, partly because the galleries ! are unsafe, but more because they affect to I think that such playing would bo desecra- ! tion of the building.
 Manager Burnham of Worcester is trying | to get Conway of the Bostons. One thousand | dollars is asked for his release.
 Frank c. Bancroft has signed to manage ! the Indianapolis team.
 Omaha is after Hunt, Yale's center fislde, \ of last season.
 ! Dave Cain, who played center field for the \ Wilkesbarres last season, desires to come to | Nav Haven.
 The Columbus club figures on an expense I account this year of $47,000. This, at % cents each, represents the attendance ot of Columbus. Can the club pay at that ratei
 Ward says he would like to play in Boston This may mean the breaking of of the dea \ with Washington.
 The Australians evidently were not able te | fsthom Captain Anson and his mysterious ' ways of kicking, for one of the papers sayf ' editorially: "But there is one thing our peo' pie do not understand, and that is, why doei Anson of Chicago walk in from the goal an6 | shake his finger at one of the catchers SC \ earnestly, and then walk back with his head down and his face very red3"
 The old men who will probably play or ' %Ia rI o;n shcr akoho lard first base, Quacksnboss third base and Rowland in the out6eld. This leaves va \ canoy at pitcher, second base, shortstop and ! two places in the outfeld. The candidates now trying for these vacancies are Hawley, Luce '91, Mcleod 20, McPherson '89, and base, shortstop or outfeld, Mumford go, Nc | Coy go, Corning 's1, Babbitt 's1, Dean '91 Wood L. S., Talbot 's9, J. Goldman '69, ! Crosby '91, J. s. Curtis '92, Bates ! go, Barney go, Goldman go, Brew '92, Bell '02, Duncan 's2, Linn go, Cummings '91, Nichols '91. Hale, L. s. s., and AcKean go. As whole the material is by no means first class, and is hardly up to that of former years. The loss of the old men will be severely felt, and only by hard work will the nine manage to make good showing against Yale.
 Tate, the old Boston catcher. was before the United States commissioner at Rich-
  timidating voters at the November election. He was sent to the grand jury.
 A Harvard nan relates some surprising facts about Bates. It seems that he was orig finally engaged to play at Harvard with the understanding that his expenses should be paid during his stay At Cambridge. Pursu- ant to this promise the manager of the team authorized the different tradesmen in the Square to give Bates whatever he wanted and charge the same to the management of the nine. Bates lived very luxuriously all last year and associated entirely with the
 'bloeds" and ''lords" for whom Harvard is noted. This surprising career caused no lit tie talk among the undergraduates, but never x word of his "speedy gait" transpired, and thus it was that Bates' actions were closely screened by the few men who were onto him. Enormous bills for furnishing goods and goods furnished over the bar were promptly paid and without murmur. Whenever Bates presented bill it was immediately ap- proved and a check given for its payment Although the managers felt that Bates was working the thing for all 1t was worth, they did not dispute single bill.
 The opening of the present college year, it is currently reported, found the Varsity pitcher heavily in debt and without the wherewithal to meet his demands. After considerable dunning in quiet way his creditors urged matters @ little moro stren- uously and finally applied the screws. A few of them sent for the present base ball manager, who was surprised to find that Bates had spent the money given him last year, and that all or nearly all the bills contracted in the association's name were still outstanding. The amount footed up something like $500, and when Bates was asked for an explanation of his conduct he said he had none to give, except that he would pay the bill when he got the money. It was only too well klnkh ha ha within any reasonable time HOT did he have any avenue of relief open to him. The cred- itors urged their claims and the managers re- fused to pay the bills. Just what the out- come will be 1t is hard to tell. Bates cannot settle and the managers will not. In case the matter should be pushed the managers will probably pay the bills rather than bring the college into disrepute. Here you have the real secret of Bates getting out of college. If he had been the best scholar in his class he would not have pitched on the team this year. Captain Willard says that if he had to pitch himself this year Bates would not have been on the team.
 why They Want the Date Changed. To the Editor the JOURNAL AND COURIER:
 It is earnestly desired that the Gounod society will alter the date of its next concert, as large number of those greatly interested wish to attend the inaugural ceremonies at Washington and regret losing the concert.
 ONE or THE INTERESTED.
 For Society Ladies.
 A society lady writes as follows for the benefit of her friends and others interested:
 "Be 1t understood that, according to The Ladies' Journal, we are not expected to make party call' after attending an after noon tea Furthermore, it is not necessary to say 'good-bye' to the hostess on leaving the house. SoCIETY" The Rr0hibitionIsts SS MeeG fin County
 Convention To-Day.
 The Prohibitionists from the various towns in New Haven county will hold Q