Waterbury evening Democrat., 1890-08-30
STOPS AND THROWS.

President McAlpin thinks the Giants have an excellent chance to win the pennant again.
 . Jimmy Fogarty is again incapacitated from playing. The trouble is not se- rious, however.
 As batter Jerry Denny has gone down where McGinty has been spending the summer.-Philadelphia Press.
 Clements accident about settles the chances of the Philadelphia (N. L.) club for the pennant.-N. r. Star,
 Sixteen of the lowest nineteen men in the Players batting averages are pitchers. King and Tim Keefe are at the bottom.
 Buckinberger is no longer manager of the Columbus club, and announces that he is out of baseball until next season. King and Baldwin have made records to be proud of this season. They prao- tically lead the Brotherhood pitchers in the latest averages.
 Tim Keefe and George Gore, of the New Yorks, found their salary little short the last payday. Manager Ewing had tackled on small fine,
 The Brotherhood clubs will play ex-l
  won't play with the Browns. This is official.-St. Louis Republic, The poor old Atlantic Association is rapidly falling to pieces, the desertion of the Baltimore club completing the: work of rpin.-Chicago News.
 The Philadelphia and Pittsburgh League clubs effected a trade, Harry, Wright giving Center-Fielder Burke and Pitcher Day for Fielder William A, Sunday.
 The Rochester Baseball Club has been nortgaged to General Henry Bon iker for $s,0o0. A mortgage on an American Association club does not ap- pear to be g particularly desirable chat tel,
 Captain Ewing has the boys report daily at 10:So, and his little bulletin in- forms them that "No excuse goes. !" There is an'air of business about Will ian these days that greatly encourages his admirers.-N. Y. World. President McAlpin, of the Players League, says the last three weeks. will | see the greatest race for the champion ship ever played in this country. Last year there were but two teams, New | York and Boston, in the race after the Fourth ot July.
 The Louisville club has had nothing but good luck all the season. Not an incident of bad luck has yet happened to it. It is the only club in the Associa- tion that has not had a player sick or injured, or that has not had to play men out of their regular positions.
 Al Johnson has been holding confer enoes witch President Zach Phelps, of the American Association, and since then Zach has been making faces at the League. Mayhaps there IS good foundation for the report that the Play ers' League will absorb the Association next year.
 Now that the Interstate League has gone under, the Association is getting 9 few new players. Mike Frost, Peoria's catcher, goes to St. Louis, and Won der Ahe also gets Pitcher Neal, of the Quincy club, formerly on the pay roll of the Loulsvilles during Diamond John Kelly's regime.
 President Byrne said that the story of his having an understanding with Ward regarding the placing of com bined Brooklyn club in the Brother. hood next season is all 6osh. "There have been no negotiations, nor will there be-" said he, land as for allowing Ward the privileges of Washington Park next season, have too much love fol him to consent to such a thing. Ward and are happy-apaft, "-N. Y. Herald
 Billy" Sunday, the wen-known ball player. Is said to be about to desert the diamond to accept position as assist ant secretary of the Chicago Young Mems Christian Association. Secretar, Snow of that institution, however denies the story. ''Mr- sunday ha' often assisted us here during the wfnte months, acting as instructor in ou' [ gymnasium, but if he has any intention of joining our forces permanently, an ignorant of 1t. Ithink the fact that h. has sprained his knee, and has been un able to play for some time, has give' rise to the rumor, and am certain tha there is no truth in It."
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