Morning journal and courier., 1891-03-16

The Connecticut State Base Ball league ! does not seem to be the least shadow of doubt, Hartford, Bridgeport, Waterbury are already members, and New Britain has also voted to become a member, and Plain vile and Bristol have united and will put club into the league. With these clubs as a nucleus there will be no trouble ln se- curing the other clubs necessary for either six or eight club league. The state league idea, as put forward, is practicable, and there seems little reason to doubt that if proftably to those interested. It is the intention of the league to arrange the bus mess affairs in this way: Each club is to pay it's own expenses from it's own pro- ceeds When playing at home ffty-fve per cent. of the receipts are to be kept, the re- maining 45 per cent. to be paid to the vis- iting club. Five per cent. out of the 55 per cent. kept by the home team in each game played will be turned into the league fund and will be divided between the teams remaining in the league at the close of the season. Four games a week by each team will be played-two at home and two abroad.
 A meeting of the league is to be held at Hartford next Friday, and everyt ling points to a most successful organi7. ion, followed by very prosperous seaso:l-
 Connecticut Central League.
 The projectors of the Connect ut Gen. tral league. organized at New Britain last Wednesday on two days per week basis one at home and one abroad-with teams composed chiefly of local players, and will lei, .nI on the rivaly of the different towns to keep things booming. From present prospects the Central league ought to be success, as they now have Meriden, New Britain, Portland, Southington, Walling- ford and West Haven, which assures six team league, with a possibility that Anso- mia and South Norwalk may also join their ranks.
 Notes of the Diamond.
 The Atlantic association has been re- viewed and will include in it's circuit Har- risburg, Lebanon, Wilmington, Trenton, Lancaster, Reading, Wilkesbarre or Altoo- na, York or Scranton.
 A meeting of the International league will probably be held at Syracuse or Ro- chester tomorrow or Wednesday.
 Manager Powers of Buffalo has signed Rasty Wright and catcher Kinsler of the Staten Island Athletic club.
 Pitcher Serad of Buffalo, Utica, Cincin- nati and Toronto may sign with Troy.
 Pitcher Manafee of Erie, catcher Grant Briggs and Hugh Weir are talked of as possible members of the Buffalo team
 Jim Whitney may play with Albany.
 Joe Hornung is negotiating for the man agement of the proposed Rochester Inter national club.
 The local team will report for duty March 25.
 Worcester has joined the New England league.
 J. H. Kelley of this city will soon receive his appointment on the umpire staff of the International league.
 Billy Hill, the we'll known base ball and polo player, is putting up an excellent game for the New Haven polo club this winter.
 Manager Burnham of the base ball team is negotiating with Person, formerly of the Buffalo Players league team, to come here.
 The State league, with it's proposed cir cult and small expenses, cannot fail to be a success.
 It is said the International league sched- ule will have 112 games. Charley Brady will captain the Albanys and play right field, the position he played last season