Morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven [Conn.]) 1848-1894, 1890-04-09
BASE BALL NOTES.

BASE BALL NOTESs
News OF Interest TO Local Cranks-
what IL Going ON In she Atlantic
Assoclation.
The Nets tomorrow.
Lovely weather we are having.
Game called at O'Clock, weather permit
ling.
The FIushings will play to-day. 90 and
zee them get crushed.
The local team put in two good hours Of
practice at the grounds yesterday morning.
Burdock's poor playing at second for the
Jersey Citys last week was due to split
finger.
Matthias, Murray and Say of the Hartford
team reported yesterday. The team is now
complete.
The Jersey Citys have . good left fielder
and hard hitter In HcGucken Of last SEA-
sons Elmira team.
The Londons will play in Springfield April
10 and 10. Manager Bancroft will provide
plenty Of base ball for Springfield people this
season.
Manager Cudworth of Worcester wants the
to play an exhibition game at
Worcester this season. If date can be ar
ranged Manager NcGunigle will accommo. |
date him.
Townsend was to have caught for the Bal. |
timores against Yale Monday, but black |
spider bit him on the left hand and the |
poison caused such q malignant swelling that
he had to remain at home under q doctors
care.
Fitzgerald, who last season pitched for the
Crescent Athletics, has proved himself quail
lied to oppose the Atlantic leagues hitters.
His pitching for the Jersey Citys against the
Brooklyn American association club on Sun
day was first class.
Base ball Is at present booming in Wor-
cester. The season tickets were issued yes
terdsy, and for the first day there was big
sale. Manager Cudworth disposed of ten,
and finds that the new plan of making the
tickets admit the bearer ia q first rate ono.
The pennant, which is the sign of the At
lantic association championship, won by the
Worcesters last year, will be thrown to the
breeze when the Worcesters play their first
championship game on the home grounds,
May 10 and not before. John Stafford, the
young pitcher whom the Woressters are try
ing, is looked upon with favor by Manager
Cudworth. The latter says he ts . ball
player clear through, is lively on his feet and
stands up to the bat as If he meant business.
what the sthrs Arc Doing.
April 10, one week from next Saturday, the
music will begin.
Billy Sunday has reported to the Pittsburg
NhtlUuhA 1oaHuo t0Am.
Charlie Rodbourn has reported to the
Boston Players league team.
The Players and National league teams
will not meet in game this spring. All talk
to the contrary is rot.
With Miller, Hines, Dunlap, Hecker, Sum
day, Sowders, La Rogue and Hemp the Pitts.
burg League club is not go weak as at first
reported.
Pitcher Fricken apparently isn't anxious to
play with the National league. He ought to
command q good price, for he has demon
strated his remarkable ability.
Denny Fitzgerald is playing well for the
Athletics at second base. "Doc" Shafer is to
be secured, and Halpin has been released.
Kappell will be tried at short.
Mickey Weloh is said to have told his
Brotherhood agreement. Well, Mickey, there
are only nine men who saw you.
Jack dlasscock Is having some little Diff
Guilty In finding place to board in Harlem.
The residents of New York's northern part
are red hot for the Players league.
Hatfield seems to be a worthy successor of
John Wards as the New York Brotherhood
clubs shortstop. He has been playing very
clean fielding game and his batting has been
timely though not heavy.
Manager Mutrie's renewed challenge to
Ewing's brotherhood Giants is treated "a an
April joke. 1t is entirely out of the question
to play such series of games, and Truthful
James Is aware of the fact.
There will lot of sulky ball playing in
the American association. Elton Chamber
lin does not want to play with the st. Louis
Browns. He was batted out Of the box in
one inning in Sundays game with the
Omahas.
The ball players are discussing an inter-
estiDg question just now. How will the
straightforward men In the National league
harmonic with the Brotherhood deaertersa
Arthur Irwin thinks the young fellows will
be careful not to be too confding.
The Columbus teams captain. Jack
Crooks, is very i'll and his life almost de-
SPARED Of His trouble is Inflammation of
the stomach. brought on by exposure in an
early exhibition game. His illness II
severe blow to the Columbia team.
Charlie CAMEL admits that he was with
Dick Johnston in Boston for two days, but
denies that he tried to induce the center
fielder TO break his contract. CAMEL may
be all right in the matter, but somebody was
tsmpering with Johnston and Conant was
red hot to sign him.
Manager Frazer of the Syracuse American
association club ia alarmed by the opposi-
ton to Sunday games that il being worked
up by ehurchmen. He says that If hi. club
cannot play on Sunday his franchise is for
sale. The Toledo players were arrested for
playing ball last Sunday.
Says the Cleveland Plaindsalsr: "Perhsps
Harry Stovey didn't hit the ball on the Bos-
ton clubs southern trip. In the eight games
played he made thirteen runs, twelve hits,
with a total of twenty three bases, and made
three sacrifices. His average was 1874 and
his total 696. This Is the more astonishing
because, heretofore he never did any hitting
In the spring."
The admirers of the national game in New
York are wondering at the policy Of the New
York club in not putting In It's regular men
during the exhibition season. Glasscock,
Denny, Burkett, Ruaie, Buckley, Sommers
and others of the new men are all here, and
no doubt need the practice afforded by actual
games. Patrons of the.Polo ground are anx-
ions to see the new corners.
Pete Sweeney, the third baseman whom
Won der Abe was expected to give to Jim
Kennedy for his new Brooklyn team, 10 play
ing FIRST base for the st. Louis Browns regu-
larly, and the st. Louis papers say he Is
fixture. Manager Kennedy is giving O'Con-
nell, late of Des Moines, trial as third, pend
ing the arrival of Sweeney. 1t looks as
though there will be trouble over this man.
Indianapolis scribes seem to get q good
deal of comfort out of their continued asser-
lions that John T. Brush has pecuniary in
terest in the New York club and q string to
players he released. This belief does not do
Mr.. Day any harm and pleases many Indian
apolis players. As a matter of fact, Brush
hasn't one cents worth of interest in the New
York club and his star players are lost to In
dianapolis for good.
The base ball nine of Columbia college this
season will consist of the following players:
Pitchers, @. s. Schluer and @. Mahar; CATCH
ers, E. McBurney and CT. Smith; first base.
| Q. Crosby; second base, J. Walthers; third
base, j. Ross or ]. Herkenrsth; short STOP ].
| Vincent; field, J. Snedecker, j. McCrahar
and R. B. MARITIME, jr. Games have been ar-
ranged with Jersey City, Lafayette college,
Trinity, Staten Island A. c., Plain6eld Cres-
cents, University Of Pennsylvania, Yale,
Wesleyan, Berkeley A. g., Princeton, Cor
nell, New Jersey A. @. and New York A. c..
All the games will be played at Brotherhood
park.
Charley Collins, the well-known second
baseman, now umpire, gave out novel and
feasible idea at the recent international
league meeting. It is to redeem tailender.
| Club would divide the season into two parts,
one ending July 81 and the other September
81. A schedule would be made out for the
| first portion, when the champions would be
declared. Then all clubs start out on even
terms for the second schedule, which gives
tail enders chance to brace up and every
cluh FRY for the seeond remnant. FINALLY.