Morning journal and courier., 1892-04-18
nAsEBALL BREvITIEs.

BASEBALL BREVlI1ESs yew Haven Defeats PrOvtdence-A New Catcher and Snort Stop to be Secured-The Local Team Reviewed Pointed Notes From the Diamond What the other Clubs in the League1 are Doing.
 The Albany club has signed Pitcher Fay Tor, late of the New York club.
 Bob Leadley has resigned the Buffalo management and accepted lucrative posi- tion in the United States internal revenue uffice at Detroit.
 Mike Mansell has secured his release from Binghamton and has signed with Syracuse. The latter has released Right Fielder Egan. The club is also negotiating with Mike Slattery.
 Pitcher Bob Barr, who was captured in last Tuesdays raid on the Buffalo pool rooms while acting as clerk in one of them, has been indicted along with the propri etors of the pool rooms.
 The Syracuse club has signed Pitcher Coughlin.
 Baseball in Providence is just booming; not since the very palmiest day of the old Grays has there been such healthy inter est in the national game. The demand for stock in the club is such that the directors have voted to increase the capital stock to $6,000, and very few shares of the addition al thousand are left.
 , Sid Farrar will play first base and captain the waukees plays third base and "Reddy" Mack second base In Leo Smith the team has very satisfactory short stop, while Hornung and Friel form the nucleus Of @ good OutfioId,
 The Rochester club has decided that one day in each month shall be set aside for all the chil- dren in the public schools, and the games on these particular dates will be as free the air. These days will be known as "children's days" be hanged if he went to Binghamton and swears he never signed with President White. He wants to and will play in this city. Catcher Bob Clarke is to be married soon to a sister of Second Baseman Mack.
 "sid'' Farrar has signed with the Providence da9 ten goee of from the New York club having expired on Sat urday; he, on that day, signed seasons contract
 The New Haven team plays the Gorhams, the crack colored team, at e,ol3 the Howard avenue
 San Wise will captain the Rochester team and play second base.
 | in the immediate vicinity of the initial bag for the Rochester team, is a hard hitter and good fielder Sats n n a his n ths of .97s. He is mighty of frame. and when he with that tired feeling.-Sporting Life | There are several reasons why this will prob sDly be very interesting I season in n, baseball | ing the relations between the public and the game. The new organization is an experiment which it was necessary to attempt if any genera interest in the sport was to be retained and tha was to be revived. It is probable that it vii
 have au inspiriting influence and that the popu
 es T be n | purpose and to make the pecunary hazard t, | those engaged in the business less than 1t ha
 To what extent these hopes may be realized
 will depend a great deal upon the games playee
 during the first few weeks of the season: Tn! | public will be more than critical but it vii | not be offended by the bickerings and quarre
 of rival organizations; it will not be bothered a
 ship which the i'll feeling would not permit to b. played off, and it will expect never again to b,
 those between the Boston aad New York Leagu, | clubs at the close of last season.
 within the clubs of the single organization, am an, | so far as the general playing is concerned VI
 are promised a season of unusual excellence. I
 that cannot be realized now it is difficult to im | agne any conditions under which it could- \ Philadelphia Press.
 All the players of this years local team ar | new faces, not any of them having ever playe
 on local team, although Gruber and Donnell
 were born and have always lived here. II dtuTy OTuDeT OuSnC to DC Uu0 SIdr pltClor C
 the league. His work will certainly be gill | edged, and he may be depended upon to uphol | the reputation he has made for himself durin ! his five years playing in the National league. ' The other two pitchers, Fournier and Cassial | will be sure to please. Fournier is a south paw | His work out west has been very fine, and | some contests nothing short of marvellous. H | will surely hold his end up, and is also goo ! Cassan pitched few games for Phiadelphi | last season and showed that his arm had nc | lost it's cunning. He is pleased at being a. ! signed here and can be depended to do goo | work.
 | In Griffin, Beecher and Murphy New Have \ has the strongest outfield in the league. | Wells behind the bat will play that position c | it has never been played before in this city. H ! is considered one of the best catchers in tt \ business.
 Manager Shannon is now negotiating with | catcher and short stop of national reputatio | with a view of securing them for this city. | Morrissey at first is sure to be great favorit He is 8 target, and it will be hard to get an, \ thing past him. His batting is tremendous, | his average of .2S0 for four seasons in the Wes \ ern league shows.
 Jimmy Donnelly at third can be depended C to play that position as it has never been playe | here. He is one of the hardest working playe | on the diamond and can be reckoned on to pla | winning ball. He is fine base-runne and | splendid batter as his record of .295 with Omah | last year shows.
 | The Providence team is an exceptionally stron | one, and with good batteries will be an impo
 tant mt factor in the championship race.
 | The pitching department of the local team | unexceiled by that in any club in the league. New Haven defeated Providence Saturday | 8 score of to 5. The features of the game wei | Cassian's and Fournier'S hard hitting, each beu ! credited with two singles and double.