Morning journal and courier., 1890-03-11
Cossip fthe Diamond,

season.
 The location of the Providence ground will be decided this week.
 The Rochester club will rendezvous at Washington March 26.
 Ex-Umpirs Phil Powers is booked to man. age club in Galesburg, Ill.
 Campion offered $100 to be released from Worcester, but was refused.
 Washington will play in Baltimore April IF, and at home with Baltimore April IS. will manage the Portland (Ore.) nine this sea- son.
 Base ball is steadily growing in favor in Australia Tho papers regularly devote space to it.
 MT. T. H. Murnane has been appointed official scorer of the Boston Brotherhood club.
 The case of Ewing did not come up in New York Friday on account of tho illness of the judge.
 John Morrill, has closed contract for the John Morrill, ball, which will be equal to the best made.
 Lshane is playing first base for the New Yorks in the south and the Columbus people are much enraged.
 Miah Murray is in the pink of condition. He will play in Hartford this year and will be good man for that club.
 President Brush thinks that if all the League presidents had been as Stuart as hs they could have signed their old men.
 President Day had narrow escape from accident last week, for he missed the Lake Shore train that was wreeksd near Buffalo.
 This is certain: Washington will have e professional club in some league this coming season. Will it be the National league or the Atlanticl
 Secretary Hart and Dan Brouthers will represent the Boston Players club at the meeting in Cleveland this week of the Play ors' league.
 tional league clubs will pay an equal amount of mileage, it having been 30 decided at last weeks meeting.
 The returns from the young players who desire League engagements are not all in yet, and President Young's mail Is loaded down with applications from ambitions youngsters who want trial.
 Canavan has asked for his release from the Omaha club. as the New York Brotherhood club would like to have him. He cannot be spared from the west, as he may be wanted to cover second base.
 Clarke, tho new New York League club catcher, made two of the three hits of his side at Charleston Thursday, one double, made both the runs scored, and did not have battery or fielding error.
 The mayor of Savannah postponed an im- portant meeting to see the Philadelphia and Brooklyn Players league hines play in that city on Thursday. They don't get real base ball in that city very often.
 c. B. Bartlett of Cincinnati and H. Barr of Cleveland are two men who have signed as instructors for the Great Britain base ball league. They sailed for Europe yester. day.
 Tho University of Pennsylvania nine pro- poses to parade as a representative amateur college nine this year, with Cahill of the New Ravens of 1889 on third base. The nine is made up almost entirely of graduate players connected with the professional schools.
 There will be no bar for the sale of beer or spirituous liquors at Washington park, Brookly, this season. as the league rules to live up to the rules and not whip the devil around the stump by sub rosa selling of liquors, as was done at the old polo grounds in violation of the league laws on the subject. 1..-
 Anson showed himself in great shape at Jacksonville February 26. O'Brien was ct the bat and struck at bad ball, when the ''great captain" hallooed so everyone in the grand stand could hear him: "What are you hit ting att Wait until you get one somewhere near the plate." And at his turn struck at one about two feet over his head. Maybe the crowd didn't roast him.
 The composition of the Wilmington club will be about as follows: Williams, Black, Rigby and possibly Bennett of St. Augustine, Fla. catchers; Lawson, who is now pitching great ball during the early spring for the St. Augustine (FIa. club. Coz, Jacobs and, Smith, pitchera; Spiedel, first base; Frank NcLsugh- lin, second base; Rafferty, third base; Sulli- van, shortstop; Millman, left field; Hasney, center field; Kenzie, right field.
 Death of Mrs. Bridget Mccormack.
 Mrs. Bridget Mccormack, mother of MT. Philip Riley of Steamer 3, died last evening after an illness of four mouths duration with bronchitis. She was native of county Cavanaugh, Ireland, and came to this coun- try about forty years ago. The arrange msnts for the funeral have not yet been made, but due notice will be given.