Morning journal and courier., 1889-03-30
SPORTING MATTERS.

! Is Yale Afraid Co Meet the New Ha'
 ven Ease Ball Teams-What is Said
 About it-The Last Polo Game WoH
 by the New Havens-Other News.
 Is the Yale base ball team afraid to meel
 the New Haven professional clubs
 This is the question that is being dis cussed just now. From all appearances it
 would appear that Yale had rather not un-
 less she can catch Manager Spence at dis. I advantage. report reached a COURIER
 reporter last night that on the campus it was
 said that Manager Spence did not care to
 meet the Yale team. How they ever got that impression is beyond comprehension. The facts do not warrant 1t.
 | Last Monday night Mir. Rogers, president of the Yale team, told Mr. Spence that he ] April l. This MT. Spence would not do be. | cause he did not know as he would have nine | men here by that time, and he wouldn't play | Yale any way until his team had had some practice. MT. Spence gave Mir. Rogers four | open dates after April 8, and said he would cancel any other two dates in order to play Yale series of games. At MT. Rogers own solicitation he agreed to meet Manager Spence the next afternoon and arrange the dates. MT. Rogers has been minus qusntity ever since.
 The question still remains, will Yale meet New Haven!
 The Wilkesbarre Leader thus speaks of one of New Haven's players: "The attendants at the games here will be pleased to once more have the pleasure of seeing Ernest Smith behind the bat with the New Ravens. He is grand back stop and has improved in his batting since he was with Wilkesbarre in 1885,"
 It is claimed that the differences that exist between Jo Gerhardt and Jersey City is the desire to reduce his salary from last years figures.
 There will be two Fitzgeralds in the Att lantic association, also two Corcorans, two Handiboes, two Brsdys, two Williams, two Smiths, two Galligans and two Sullivans. Wagenhurst will open the season as the shortstop of the New York club. Manager Mutrie is well satisfied with his work in practice. He says that the work of this young man so far has been phenomenal. The members of the New York team who have been little sore on Ward are now among the warmest advocates of his reten- ton on the team. This is not, perhaps that they love Ward any more than formerly, but because they realize that to weaken the New York club at this time would let go their hold on the championship pennant.
 Ali. Crafty says: "Fred Mann has signed with Hartford. If Mann could only throw, and didn't trip over his own feet when start ing to run, he would be fast enough for any
 
 The Worcester uniforms will consist of white flannel trousers, shirts and blouses, white caps with red trimmings, red stock ings and belts.
 President Howe thinks the Atlantic league has secured very fine umpires-gentlemanl and courteous. This will do very well for now. Wait eight weeks, MT. President. When the Lowell papers come out some morning with bitter invective against "that rotten umpire who gave the game to Wilkesbarre;" the situation will be some what affected. In case WilkesDarre should find it necessary to retort in like manner the situation will be altered. Then, if other clubs have like grievances, the situation will be altogether changed. O yes. We've seen the most affable, courteous and fair-minded umpires receive treatment that would break the heart of Samoan. Judgment should be passed on an umpire at the end of the season.-Wilkesbarre Record.
 Ed. Williams has signed to play in Wilkes barre and so has Ed. Flanagan again, the first baseman.
 Roach will again play for the Wilkes barres.
 BOSTON, March 29.-The management of the Harvard nine has made out 8 complete list of the games to be played, 2S in all. The list is as follows:
 April 8, New Works at New York; April 4, Philadelphia at Philadelphia; April 5, Ath- letlcs a1 FnlIaoelpnla; Aprll 6, bostons at Boston; April IS, Staten Islands at Cambridge; April 19, Dartmouths at Cambridge; April 20, Dartmouths at Cambridge; April 24, Worcesters at Wor- cester; April 27, Williams at Williams; April 29 or 30, Phillips, Adover at Ando- yer; May l, Amhersts at Cambridge; May 4, Princetons at Princeton; May 8, Wor- cesters at Cambridge; May Ii. Princetons at Princeton; May 13, Hartfords at Cam bridge; May IT, Newarks at Cambridge; May IS, Williams at Cambridge; May 20, Browns at Cambridge; May 90, Yales at May 30, Princetons at Cambridge; June 1, Prineetons at Cambridge; June 4, Cornells at Cambridge; June 8, Ysles at Cambridge; June II, University of Pennsylvania at Cam bridge; June 17, Lowells at Cambridge; June p, Yales at Cambridge; June 25, Yales at New Haven. The nine will leave Cambridge on Tuesday for their trip during the April recess.