The morning journal-courier., 1908-05-25
TO QUIT BASEBALL.
Billy Lush Begins New Duties
at Lighthouse Point on
Thursday.
MANY GAMES THIS WEEK
Three Scheduled at Rock This Week,
While Brown and Princeton APP
pear Mt Yale Field.

wednesday evening Billie Lush will
sever his connection with the New
Haven baseball club in order that he
may devote his entire attention to the
new enterprise at Lighthouse FONT,
ir which he is interested
The owners of the local club could
not afford to pay the baseball star the
salary which his contract calls for and
have him sit on the oench. When the
proposition was put up to Lush OF
either getting In the game or severng
his connection with the club he at
once decided to withdraw and give
his entire time to the duties Of man
aging the new park at Lighthouse
Point. His eyes are continually both
cring him and he felt as though he
ought to give them further rest. In
addition he could not successfully
give his attention TO both the New
Haven team and the Lighthouse prop
ostion and this finally decided the
question for him. Mr. Lush intends
to form q baseball league. composed
Of the Edgewood, Milford. Tiger, Nor
ris Cove and possibly another team.
Games will be played Friday and
Saturday, the gate receipts to be
equally divided among the contesting
clubs and the management The dia-
mond will be entirely remodeled and
there will probably be n fence erected
in the near future.
II Is stated that there will be
quicker trolley service that the crowds
may be more satisfactorily handled.
The scheme will De welcomed by
thousands in this city and Lighthouse
Point long since all but forgotten, will
return to Its former popularity.
This week will be a record breaker
for the sport lovers in this city. To-
day Springfield is booked Mt the rock
and the local club Will move up into
second place in the race.
Stoup will be on the slab and II Is
O safe bet that the eight men in back
of him will play The game of their
lives. Tomorrow Waterbury will be
the victims at Reidvlle and on
Wednesday the ball hirers in the cap
ital city will bite the dust of their own
diamond. On this day Brown will
appear at the Yale field and the local
fans can see good contest before
the big college game of the year here
Saturday, when Princeton appears.
Thursday New Haven Journeys to
Springfield and returns for a game
with Hartford on Friday. The big
best crowd of the year will be on
deck to see New Haven put them
down. Saturday .wo games with
O'Rourkes contingent will end the
busy week.
:. With the college championship
baseball season nov at his height the
standing OF the VARIOUS Eastern teams
take. some definite form. Many Of
the big Eastern university and coll
lege mines have engaged in one or
more so-called championship contests
to have made the best showing on the
college diamond. out of twenty-three
games played the Tigers have twenty
Victories to their credit The re-
naming three games were lost. The
Navy Is good second, having Sc
cured thirteen victories out of sixteen
games played.
Yale and Holy Cross figure in third
place. with twelve games won and
five lost, while Williams has the chain
to fourth place, having won six out
of ten games played Two of the
other three lost and the third was a
tie.
DOL 81, etn tnnr 80
the first five college ball teams to date