Morning journal and courier., 1890-02-22
Talk of the Diamond.

Mer1Qen ana Sprlngnelo at NeW Britain.
 Talk of the Diamond.
 Ward will return from the south in a week.
 For the sake of honest ball, let us have no more corrupting of players.
 Kid Madden is still unsigned, but he will undoubtedly go with Kelly.
 There are only two or three shares left in the Hartford club to be disposed of.
 McKee's place is in right field, and he will probably play that position if Brady is not signed.
 Manager Mutrie requests that the New York League players report in New York Feb ruary 25.
 Manager Kennedy of the Brooklyn Ameri- can association club has signed Ed Daley of Columbus.
 New Haven will be represented by a base ball team this season second to none in the association.
 Schoeneck is working hard every day in the rink and he will be in nne trim when the season opens.
 Manager Trott of Newark Is hustling for players and is getting together quite Q for midable team.
 The Hartford team is nearly completed, but Manager Henry has his eye on one or two more players.
 A number of yonng players have applied to Manager Mutrie to go south with him and pay their own expenses. Mr.Day's western trip did not turn out any more successful than the famous excursion Colonel Appleton made to Elnnira. Petit would be better man at short than on second base and he will be played there if the management can get a good second base man. It is not probable that MT Day will get any aid from Indianapolis to strengthen his team. Brush is out for all there is in the game this season. Coughlin, one of the men whom the man. sRsment will give trial here, played last year on the London International league team.
 Meister has signed with Worcester. They made no mistake in signing him, for "Hon- est John" can guard the second bag with most any of them.
 Manager Bracket of the Providence base ball team Is hustling for players and he will | season opens.
 but Manager Barnie says he has his eye on one or two promising young players. He | gives no names.
 1 Shoeneck will lose the ball this season. His batting will not only tickle the local ball | cranks, but will make the opposing pitchers do some pretty foxy pitching. Brady has not signed with the local man- sgsment yet, but he probably will before long. There is no reason why $25 more a month should stop his coming here. What has become of Sullivan and the New England leaguei Sullivan does not seem to be sending out as many reports over the wires from Lowell as he was few l weeks ago.
 Tim Keefe will probably coach the Prince l ton batteries. The great Now York twirler open the season in better condition than he has in some years.
 | Worcester base ball eranks are crying fol the management to keep Wilson, Stafford and Meister on the team and not sell them. Il those men are sold the management will find it pretty hard to fill their places. Hartford will have practically the same 1 team this season as it had last. Neverthe. less it will not have the ''snap" on the Nov Haven that it had last year. From presen appearances the tables will be turned.
 Pitze, one of last seasons oatchers, haI written letter to Homer, in which he sayl he does not expect the New Haven manage
 ment will sign him this year. Pitze is plucky little catcher and caught Homer las season in good form.
 Warner, who was released last year by Nev
 Haven, says that he does not care whether h.
 plays ball this season or not, but he expect
 to just the same. Horner and Warner played
 ball together for eight years, and last seaso,
 was the first time they have been separated
 Ex.President Bancroft of the New Eng
 land league submitted Q proposition to A
 G. Spalding yesterday to take . club to Eng land the coming season and give English en thusiasts chance to see the national game
 Should the proposition be accepted 1t is pro posed to solicit nine of the most eficien players from the various college teams, to b called the "All American College Olub," an, sail as soon as the base ball season opens. !, With such pitchers in the box for Nev |, Haven as Horner, Doran and Gillalsnd tn opposing batsmen will have to tkeep shArl eys'' in order to line the ball. Gillaland
 young man and he will surprise the bas
 ball cranks before tho coming season Is over
 He has poor control of the ball and the bat
 tors are 8 little afraid of him, but he vii
 overcome all this in time. He Is withou
 doubt one of the speediest left-handed pitch
 CTS in the country and will some day becom t ofOr