Morning journal and courier., 1890-04-04
NEWS FB6 THE DIAMOND.

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The Lan Team Hard as work and
l~(san Business-Premise Of . Good
Game with Amherst this Afternoon
Petit Chosen Captain of the Team
Polo News and Gossip General
Sporting News.
All the players appeared yesterday after
noon at the grounds and during the two
hours they were there they did some good
hard work. All of the men were in fine
form and worked with snap and vim. They
picked up grounders, stoppeo line hits,
gobbled up high flies and threw the ball in
q truly '.get there" style. All three pitchers
took hand in tossing the sphere. Doran
especially putting in good work.
Doyle appeared for the first time and made
q good impression. He IL . we'll built man
man and moves as though he had some life
in him. Quite different il the work of Jack
Corcoran, who seemed a. though he was half
asleep whenever he made move for the ball.
DOYLE is very quick and Is not afraid
to get in front of Q hard hit ball. In stop
ping ball he uses both legs and hands, and
it is alnacst impossible for grounder to get
by him. He made several clever stops of
hot grounders and sent the ball across the
diamond to Schoeneck like rifle shot.
"Connie' is undoubtedly q good man and is
fielder and batter, for he hits hard and clean.
Fully three hundred people occupied the
"bleaehers" and watched the team practice.
They made their presence known at one time
by applauding "Snap" Lang when he made
q circus catch and lined the ball to first.
All of the men show by their work that they
mean business and that they are out for
blood. The game this afternoon will be SO
dandy" and Amherst will have to play pretty
''smooth" ball in order to be in the game.
Chips From ssOur,' Association.
The opening of the season to-day.
| Go and see Burnham's "bouncers" play
ball.
The Worcester team is getting in consid-
| cradle practice.
The chairs at the grounds are q vast i'm
provement on last seasons seats.
The game this afternoon will commence
at O'Clock sharp. Go early and.seeure
seat.
business to-day. Keep your eye on the
Sagwas.
The game booked for Saturday between
been cancelled.
Hofford will be the small boys prey this
summer, but "Chic" can stand large
amount of guying.
! The Capital City team will think they
have run against cyclone when they run up
against the New Haven boys on May 3.
The season tickets are selling quite stead
| lily. It would be well for the hardened base
ball crank to invest here, as it is quite saw
ing.
James E. Prior of Plainville, Conn.,, who
at one time was captain OF the Holy Cross
college nine, on which he played short stop,
is one of the men selected by A. g: Spald-
| ing & Brothers to instruct the English peo-
pie in the mysteries of base ball and will sail
for England within q few weeks.
The idea of forming New England league
is not yet dead and movement is now on
foot to organize one. At meeting in Bos-
ton Monday evening Cambridge, Lynn, Wal
than, Lawrence, Salem and Brockton were
represented and committee was appointed
| te visit Portland, Dover, Manchester and
| Nashua to see what the prospects were for
clubs in those cities.
The following is list Of the positions and
the batting order of the New Haven and
Amherst clubs. These teams will contest to.
day and a good game may be expected:
NEW HAVEN. AMHERST.
Brady, IF. Burns Cd
Mckee. If. Gould, ri.
Petit, I'd b. Hunt, G.
Laliy. c. t. Sullivan, Sd b.
Schoeneck, list b. Lacy, LIST b.
Doyle, Sd b. Taylor.
Hofford, C. McFadden, l. f.
Doran, p. Leach, c. t.
Lang, S. Houghton,p
Gilliland or Terrien, extra.
Petit was given the captaincy of the team
yesterday afternoon by Manager Burnham.
he will have charge of the men during the
exhibition series, and, in fact, will be the
teams permanent captain, providing the
board of arbitration decides his case in favor
of New Haven. A great many of the local
enthusiasts would like to have seen big"
Lou Schoeneck as captain, but Petit will
undoubtedly fill the bill. A captain should
really hold down the second bag, as he can
see there all parts of the field and the players
also. "Bobbie" has one thing in his favor,
a good level head, and is besides
good man to step up to the plate when a
| hit is needed. The men will get along nice
| ly under him, and Petit is sure to get all
| the ball out of them that there Is in them.
what the Stars Are Doing.
Kerins will cover fire. base for Baltimore.
Hardie Henderson will umpire in the West.
ern association.
Fee. the Indianapolis pitcher. has signed