The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1889-07-27
POWERS NEW PROJECT.
He Is Wanted in Rochester
to Manage the Club of
That City.
OTHER FEATURES OF SPORT.
Yesterdays Baseball Games---
Gossip of the Clubs---Flies,
Fair and Foul.

Although nothing definite has as yet
been decided upon, there is a fair prospect
that the coming week will see the end of
the Jersey City Baseball Club, and the
transfer of Manager P. I. Powers and
several of the best men on the team to the
Rochester Club, Of the international
League.
Very seductive offers to Manager
Powers lave been made during the past
fortnight by those who have control of
the Rochester club. Last week, believing
that he would have fair chances of carry
ing out without much opposition his Sun
day ball playing project at Oakland Park
and preferring to stay in this city and re
tain the franchise his club holds in the
Atlantic Association, Manager Powers
entirely ~disregarded the offer.
Following last Sundays game at Oak
land Park came the emphatic assertion
that no more sport of the kind would be
permitted there on the Sabbath. Naturally
Manager Powers was somewhat down
hearted over such a elimination of his
pet project, and when the Rochester peo-
pie persisted in their offers, adding thereto
tlattering inducements, he made a trip to
that city.
The result of his trip was made apparent
last night when three men sat grouped
close together in the office of President
John B.. Day, of the New York Club. The
party consisted of Mr.. Day himself, Man
ager Powers Of the Jersey City Club. and
q MI. Inland, a representative OF the
Rochester Club. The men had come to-
gether for the purpose of concentrating
q deal whereby Manager Powers, and a
certain part of the Jersey City players
were to be transferred to the Rochester
Club.
Several days may elapse before the
matter can be settled to the satisfaction
of all parties concerned. So far as car be
learned the men desired by the Rochester
people, in additi IN to Manager Powers,
are Knowles, O'Brien and Hofford.
Lyons is reported to be among the
selected players, but this is probably not
true, because he would make a good man
for the New York team if they could get
him. Still, President Day would not
stand on n player interfering with the
deal going through.
1t is also understood that Burke,
catcher of Jersey City Club, is to be re-
leased to Kansas City, and that the
deal will be released outright. This is
the second time that a deal has been on
for the consolidation of the Jersey City
Club with some other team.
Once before the Louisville management
wanted to secure Manager Powers and a
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time the Louisville Club didn't have the
money to buy anything, and therefore
they didn't get the Jerseymen. In the
present case it is different; the Rochester
Club has the money, and is making a red
hot bid for a portion of the Jersey City
team.
The Jersey City Club has proven an I'M
profitable venture for President Day.
Last season Mr.. Day took the whole re-
sponsibility of the club upon his own
shoulders, but this spring he put Manager
Powers at the head, and after making
him part owner told him to go ahead, and
if he couldn't make the club pay it would
result, the players will now, no doubt, be
sold to whoever may want them.
Yesterdays Baseball Games.
ATLANTIC ASSOCIATION.
AT LOWELL.
Worcester Worcester. o 3 Q Q Q % : &
Batteries-Burns and Murphy, Conway, Stat
ford and Terrien.
Umpire. Kelly.
AT NEW HAVEN.
New Hayen....s ! ooo9 II Q
Batteries-Doran and ORourke, Smith and
Derby.
Umpire-Lon Knight.
NATIONAL LEAGBE.-At New York, Washing
ton, 9; New York, l.. At PittsDurg-Pittsbuig,
s; Cleveland, A. At Philadelphia-Boston, 81;
Philadelphia, 0; called at end of .seven innings,
owing to rain. AT Chicago-Indianapolis vs..
Chicago, rain.
AMERICAS Assoc1AT1oS.-At Brooklyn Brook
lyn, 20; Cincinnati. 6. At Columbus Columbus,
6; Louisville, 3. At Baltimore-St. Louis VS.. Bal
timore, rain.
INTERNATIONAL LEAGUE.-At Syracuse-Detroit,
s: Syracuse, /. At Buffalo-Buffalo, IL; Lon
don, 4. At sHa~milton-Toronto, 2; Hamilton, 0.
Al Observation-Disclosures, s; Toledo, s.
ExHIBrTIoS.-At Newark-Newark, s; Kansas
City, 4.
Sundays Schedule.
AMERICAN observation-disclosures at Brook
lyn, Louisville at Columbus, Kansas City at