Morning journal and courier., 1890-06-09
BASE BALL GOSSIP.

New Haven In First Place Again -
News of the Local Team and q Few
Pointers TO CrankS who Have Been
Running Down the Local Team OF
Late-New Haven Wins from Newark
Saturday-Doran Pitches a Wonder
ful Gamo and Retircs tho Visitors
without q Base Hit:
New Haven are again In frat place. They
jumped into first place yesterday as both
Baltimore aud Worcester dropped game
yesterday. Worcester plays the New Ravens
here to-day, and should they lose they 60
back to second place. But suppose New
haven has seen first place for the last time,
this season, and at the end of the season is
found In third place could any one grumble
much with the showing they had msdsi 1t
must be remembered that the present team
holds place which has never befors been
acquired by . ball team representing this
city and 1t Is amazing to hear the condemns
ton of both players and management from
some quarters for simply losing game to
week. When the season opened the msjor-
ity of the cranks said time and time again
that New Haven would have no show with
either Baltimore, Washington, Worces-
ter, Newark or Hartford in the race
for the pennant ard remarked that
II New Haven only won half
the games they played they would be more
than satisfied and would turn out and give
the team grand support. But the New Ha-
ven team wasn't satisfied with winning half
of the games played but went away on the
6rst trip and came home having won three
fourths of the games played. They then
commenced the home games and piled up
victory after victory until they held that
much sought. for position among the leaders
Of the association. In consequence the peo-
pie turned out In large numbers, gave the
team grand.support and everything ran along
smoothly until the first defeat of the home
| team by the Newarks. Then what was the
| RESULT Immediately everything went wrong.
| Notwithstanding the fact that the home
| team had won nine straight games, these
chronic cranks set mp big howl and COM
menoed to talk about throwing games, indif-
| ferent playing, etc. One poor unfortunate
sent q Communication to the COURIER asking
party say he had got ''the straight tip
that Newark was going to win before the
game, and offered to back up his statement
with hundred dollars. But this was not
the last, by no means. Although the New
Havens lost the FIRST Jersey City game by
very poor playing, something that had mol
happened before this season, they were ter
Il AApiy Aoh5huA oooup ~ nuu I1u attohuuhoS
| dwindled away down. But to cap the eli.
| max, New Haven lost the second game &c
Jersey City simply by very hard luck, and
then there was q terrible howl. Manager
Burnham received several letters asking
why he did not watch the players nights ant
accusing them of being drunk. One loca
paper came out and said that tn,
team needed more sharp discipline
Boshl Manager Burnham would toll
crate nothing of this kind. He has ha,
personal experience with the men in his en-
ploy for several years past, and understand
them thoroughly. There Is no truth in tn
reports that the team has grown careless an,
self-indulgent. Il Ia an injustice to the play
ers as well as to the management to writ
such an article as appeared in Saturday even
ings Union. The players are just as anxiou
to hold their position In the race as the pub
lie is to have them, and they are not liable I
do anything detrimental to that result. Their
10 not the least friction among them, ant
what more Is needed to insure good bal
playingi
New Haven defeated Newark In a vel
played and interesting game Saturday. Their
was only one feature to the game and tina
was the wonderful pitching of Doran. 81
retired the visitors without hit and onl
two men reached second base. some of tn
papers gave out that Gilbert made scratcl
hit, but 1t was an error Of Doyle's instead
Doyle sets all arguments at rest by declaring
himself that he touched the ball with hi
hand and is therefore entitled to an error.