Morning journal and courier., 1889-03-28
SPORTING MATTERS.
The Grading is Completed and tkO
 Grand Stand Nearly so-A Club House

SPORTING MATTERS. The Grading is Completed and ths Grand Stand Nearly so-A Club House To be Erected for the Players. The grading of the ball ground was com pleted yesterday by Thomas Colwel1. For the first month there will be many errors
 made on account of little jots in the turf This will be the case until the sod knits where it has been placed together in squares.
 The field is in every way Q frst-class one.
 Contractor Colwell has done an exceptionally fine job and deserves much credit for the
 pains that he has taken with it. He has
 the honor of having made one of the best
 base ball fields in the country. Hubbell &
 Merwin are hustling on the grand stand and
 it will be done by Saturday. The fence was
 begun first and is going up slowly. A force
 of three men is engaged in doing the work.
 Extra additions to the height of the fence
 will be made at the Howard avenue side, and at the Arthur street side also, 50 that
 people cannot stand on the bridges and look in.
 A dressing room for the players will be
 erected just back of the grand stand The
 dimensions will be 10x20 feet. It will con- Howard avenue side and bathroom. At the Howard avenue entrance ticket office will be put up. There will be two windows for the sale of tickets, and one inside for the sale of grand stand seats. There will be two gates at the Howard ave- nue side, to be used in case of 8 large crowd. From each side of the grand stand fence two feet high will be built westward to keep the crowd from encroaching on the diamond and hindering the players. Back of this fence on the railroad side will be erected bleachers.
 Of "Kid" Carsey, New Haven's phenom- ional pitcher, the New York Sun of yester- day said The first noteworthy game that Carsey, who signed with the New Ravens. centrics, on July 23, 1886 at Atlantic Park, against the Crickets of the Seventeeth ward. Karph of the late Atlas club caught him. Carsey struck out eighteen players, and but tive hits were charged against him. The battery put out twenty three men. The score stood: Eccentrics IT; Crickets, 9. The Yale team yesterday afternoon de. feated the Oyster Points at the Yale field 21 to 9. It was farce, just as bad as the ore on Saturday. Lautenbach pitched two innings and Greuber three. BOSTON, March 27.-It has been quietly settled that Bates will come back to Harvard in May and pitch for the college team. This seems to mean that Harvard will win the championship.
 John Galligan, of Easton, who last season played in the Scranton team, has resigned his position with Sage 6 Co.,, and will in few days join the New Haven (Conn.) team, with whom he has signed to play this season. GalliRan is a fine fielder and good man with the "stick. .''-Wi1kesbarre Leader. Gruber is likely to be shelved by Cleveland. He has not yet signed a contract, as he is hanging on for 100 more for the season. Loftus says he tinks he can do without him.
 The Nets will settle in Danbury for one game week throughout the season. The Boston ball players reported for duty yesterday, and Clarkson was appointed cap- tain temporarily or until permanent choice is made.
 The first bet of the base ball season was made in New York yesterday. A sporting man wagered $200 to $l00 with an admirer of the Giants that the worlds champions would not end the season better than second place.
 Manager Putnam has signed Coughlan third baseman, and Foulkrod as second base man. This completes the Easton team. Captain Ewing has the New York players out on the Polo grounds every day working them on the cinder track. Polo. The benefit to the New Haven team last night was not 80 large as it should have been, simply because of the playing of one player in last Monday nights game. It seemed un- just that all should suffer for what one did. The score stood: New Ravens 8, Bridge ports 5.
 At Hartford the home team defeated the Meridens to 5.
 In speaking of Tuesdays game in Meriden \ the Meriden Journal says: 'sThe New Haven | betting men, led by Toole, were on hand I betting even money on New Haven" COMMITTEES ON CLAIMS. | City Engineer HlII Is Allowed To Testify Against the Gity. The committee on claims had a session ! until midnight last night. Considerable ! time was taken up in hearing the claim of Bernard Lynch, who wants $250 for damage done to his property at 127 Kimberly ave- | nue, by an overflow of sewerage. Attorney ! Ely appeared for MT. Lynch, and he and | Corporation Counsel Townsend had quite 8 till as to whether City Engineer Hill should testify. The latter said his testimony | would be unfavorab1e to the city and that,
 as he was city official, he had no right to I testify. He was allowed the priviler- A," ,r-
 ever. The committee decided
 | Lynch's premises next "ioaE 1 Several mipc- F' ! taken.
 L1se of Patents. List of patents issued from the U s. Patent or-
 ice for the week ending s6 1889 for the State