Morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven [Conn.]) 1848-1894, 1890-01-29


The New Jersey league will be reorganised.
Joe Gerhardt will manage the Trenton
team.
Jim Knowles has signed with the Jersey
City club.
Boston's Brotherhood club is confident of
securing Bennett.
Work has not yet begun on the Brooklyn
Brotherhood grounds.
1t is reported that Paul Hines is ready to
Sign with Indianapolis.
The Cleveland league team will 60 to Hot
Springs about March 10 to train.
1t has been settled that Guy Hecker will
manage the Pittsburg league team.
Baldwin and Latham, who have been snow.
ed in out West, say they will be in Chicago
February i.
Cleveland has signed Len Stookwell CAL
ifornia player, to cover left field and substi-
tute catcher.
Weighing is said to have written to Man
ager Sharsig that he is willing to sign an
Athletic contract. l
The Pittsburg Brotherhood club would
like to get O'Neill transferred from the Chi
cago Brotherhood club to theirs.
Mobile will try base ball again. A club
has been organized and application for ad-
mission to the Texas league will be made.
Arson says that Comiskey was foolish to
60 with the Brotherhood, for he could have
got SIC, 600 from more than one league club.
Kelly says the league will have dead ball,
80 that the score will be kept down and lead
people to think their men are doing great
fielding.
Ed Hanlon asserts that an adverse decision
In the Ward case will not stop the Brother.
hood league. This is the claim made by all
the brotherhood leaders.
President Brush signed Inks and Ivory, the
battery of Last seasons Goshen Und.) club,
for Indianapolis. Inks is left-handed, and
has great speed and control.
It looks % if there would be a new college
league formed with the University Of PENN
sylvania, Lafayette, Princeton, Cornell and
Columbia nines as members.
The Pittsburg management deny that they
ever offered Fred Carroll a contract for
| a, $50 If he would Jump Brotherhood con-
tract. Carroll insists they did.
It IL said that the Philadelphia National
league club would not take book Sanders,
Buf6nton and Mailman under any circum-
stances. 1t will not be given chance.
| The colors Of the New York Players
league have been forwarded to Secretary
Brunell. The team will have two uniforms
| -one Of white aud the other of light gray.
Gleason, the ex-Brown Stocking who played
| for time last season with the Louisville
team, has accepted the terms of the Wash.
| ington league team to captain the organiza-
ton and play short.
Jimmie Calvin says Jim Autrie promised
him 500 if he would win one of the last games
between tho Boston and Pittsburg clubs
Calvin did his part In fine style and Is wait.
Ing for Mutrie to send him q check.
PROVIDENCE, Jan. 2S.-The Eagle street
ball grounds have been leased by representa-.
tives of the Providence baseball club for II
months from March 1. The stockholderl
will organize at once, elect q manager anG
engage players.
Mike Kelly went to Boston Saturday nigh
and yesterday visited the new grounds, will
which he is much pleased. He says Nash Il
sure Players league man and that Short
Stop Long was failure when the SpaldinI
party gave him trial before going arouni
the world.
Keenan, of this city has received a lette
from New York in which he was offered
in Boston. The salary offered him IL said Il
be 81, 900 In excess of what he agreed to pla!
for with the Cincinnati club. Keenan, vii
probably accept the offer.
@. e. Swartwood, out-felder of the Hamil
ton club, has appealed to the arbitration
committee Of the American association. 81
claims that the club agreed to release hin
Internationally at the end Of the season
For this he gave up part of bis salary las
season. Now they refuse him the release.
4 Secretary Ksefs, speaking Of the reported
disposition of John Ewing to sign will
Louisville, says: ''It is true that Pitcher JOIN
Ewing and Catcher Vaughn have not IS ye
signed with the New York Players league
but ID is almost sure that they will do 30
You can say that the Cleveland Players
League club know that John B. Day il tam
pering with Robinson, but that player vii
sign with Cleveland.