Morning journal and courier., 1889-03-08
Ease Ball.

The WaLerDQry Amer1can 6aY6: hartford seems to be very slow about organizing for the Atlantic league. The best thing the league managers can do is to drop Hartford
 and allow team to be placed where it will stick and be go, that is, in Waterbury, But will Waterbury go in: New Haven will
 be in favor of admitting that city if Hartford does not come to time.
 Arthur Irwin says: ''Boston is not the club it's friends would have you believe. It
 has zigzag fielding nine, and is the weakest base running team in the league. It's pitch ing department is not what it should be-
 and, mind what tell you, the club will be
 looking for pitchers before the season is two
 months old. make these assertions thor
 oughly believing that am right. Boston is
 my home, and if Philadelphia cannot win
 the championship would like to see Boston
 get it, but the pennant will not go to Boston
 this year."
 Rev. Walton Merle Smith, the best and most celebrated base ball pitcher Princeton to the Central Presbyterian church, New York, where he will receive salary of $7, 900 year. He was member of the class of TT in Princeton, and as a pitcher for the college nine helped the college to keep the intercollegiate championship for three pears. He was converted when Moody and SankeY visited Princeton in 1875.
 Cudworth, who will be the best fielder in the Atlantic league if he doesn't go into the American association, wants to come to New Haven, that is, if he cannot go to St. Louis Last year he played with Lowell and was the ! greatest fielder in the New England league Won der Ahe of the St. Louis Browns had his eye on him, and as Cudworth thought the New England league was thing of the past he signed with St. Louis. What was his surprise to hear from President Byrne of the American association that clubs could transfer their players from one league to another, and thus he is transferred to the Atlantic But he says he will not play there. He cer- tainly can't go to St. Louis, and in that case he wants to come to New Haven. There is not team in either the American association or the National league but would give Cud- worth quite a sum.
 De Witt Ray, editor of the Sporting Times, writes to director of the New Ha- ven club: "We believe that you are strong- ly organized and feel certain that you will be in at the death next fall"
 The old Metropolitan base ball club was ] reorgsnized on the co operative plan at No. 2l Park Row Wednesday afternoon. The players present were John Lynch, James 1 Rosemsn, Wm. Holbert, Jack Nelson, Jack Hayes, Charles Jones, Samuel Crane John Troy, W. Collins, Rooney Sweesey and Eddie Kennedy. Hankinson, Reipschlsger and Mel Becannon were not at the meeting, but are interested in the movement. The team will | be a free lance on the diamond and will play on the New York and Brooklyn grounds when the Giants and Bridegrooms are absent. All details as to games and out-of-town dates will be looked after by Manager Crane, to whom all communications should be address ed at One Hundred and Ninth street and Third avenue.
 Worcester Is paying bankrupt salaries. Mahoney has been signed ss an Atlantic league umpire.
 Tommy Esterbrook, late of the New York team and present captain of the Louisyilles, | married Miss Emily O. Johnson Wednesday | night at the residence of her father, No. 1069 Bergen street, Brooklyn. The marriage was ! private one. After the ceremony g supper was served by Maresi and the happy couple departed on their wedding tour. Lynch refuses to sign with the Worces- l ters.
 Getzein is willing to play in Indianapolis. Mike Kelly has already drawn over &, 900, | so it is said, from Boston on account of next seasons salary.
 King of St. Louis claims that his success as | 6 pitcher is greatly due to rowing. Von der Ahe refuses to take his men to Hot Springs for spring practice, but some oi | his players will go st their own expense. HoIbert says that under the new rules there | will not be a club that will have half enough | catchers to do the work.