, 1876-11-12
year,s scores the figures which proved some
,g lung about the records. The result is as fol-

| r r.ancs ~ paI paI.--..-....--..-..- $40 80:
Percentage Of base hits to to times mes A'' %
| - o. ua4~ Observation-Disclosures. 400 24s
! hvcrase runs per game. ......l90 90;
| .sous--.. -. ...-.--..... l57 FL
! AscsAse put out to game. ....2.53 so;
Average assisted to a game ..s 90 2.s:
Average errors to u game 80. ..o.5 . 9:
1ota[ number of chances. ...... 4u: 4J1
percentage OF chances accepted, $40 SD{
ms settles the matter OF superiority bcyout
doubt or question. Barnes Lends his opponent
.!n y etcry potnt OF play except in the item o1
BATTING VS.. FIELDING.
1he Clipper assumes new and extraordinary
position in the following paragraph in putting
iielding ahead Of batting as a requisite for q
nine:
While in the selecting Of club:teams integrity Of
Character should be regarded the first essential
requisite. fielding skill should be the second and
b7tting the third. II is important to prepare
to sure runs being. scored. than It Is TO afrangc
your team to score them. Get q good batting nine
i you can but be sure you get together good
fielding team.
1t is safe to say that nearly every club man.
aeement IN the country has dropped men be-
cause they could not bat oftener than for any
other reason. For example, Whitney, OF The
Bostons,s was surpassed BY only few fieldcrs in
tue business. but because he could not bat Har-
~ Wright dropped him. Somerville might also
be itstanccd; his fielding record in his position
vas e1celled only BY Barnes and Rurdock, but
he couldn't bat and had tn po In thn samn
category may be named Mills, D. Allison. Mack.
Pearcc, Cl1ck, E. Suyder, and dozen others.
They all stood well in their fielding. hut
couldn't bat, aud had to make room for players
who could. 1t wouldn't be difficult to name
nine that would field very close to perfection.
and vet not win one parn o,1t nf n doro,, c,n
pose this list, for instance: Mathews, C. Sny-
DER, Dehiman, Fouser, Force Nichols, and Yuu
~. "uuu -, se% eone very starp lleioing games !
uao, ossS you' you Houidnt get three hits to
6""'e -. anu !ess tlaa oae run.
VIII tASsE s Sor At"Afs IMPROVEMENT.
ment into the ga1ne. some of the Eastern man
ayers aud PLAYERS have been agitarinr The i9lca
The suggestion is offered that lie n1rsfion of
adopting tie chang. b. submitted m The cnt,h. j..
ers of tie country, and it is hazart1cd W that they
Will one anu all protest against it. The fact Is,
tne eatchcr who faces swift pitching is over
worked now, ana, since the effect Of the new
S:!leHe i: "ouu oe 20 put additional labor on
nun, u seems an un"lse change. Il the catcher
nau no oound~eatch to depend on, he would be
obliged to be under the bat nearly all the game,
and no living player could stand that for
any length OF time Harry Wright appears as
t. tr;n 1ha3 - ;l III h he@ ~, ,ea, w. ne W. s5op
err at short r,nne 10 r,,e1 asttnt s,afen T.,
rotes ~ a1ont - r. :; an,'1tf1 ,,. ~
Hrrff Hrt3f 1a.rj-u Erx. T.
crs enomgh If thor w.rr aHnoe.I 49, ~ ~ pnnI9s
nacars " i.rtr - dtn 1l r.. "els eAposco ~ oonos
" nSnsas,, ~ w .z.>,,
Tho ,n,nanor II ~ n,,sas..'a a. f1
n whn hne o1,rore Ha, nssa ~ ~, ~ Soiu'.lous,
tnc frnnt r,,,t 3oea e rui,saac'eu 10 pGS IN
1n,, $500, aa a.a -. .aosc ueau oaia, nus
Que will interest and cuthusv the audiences
more.
rr,o Nail, rs w..
vlin' ottn;ne 1Ian sn,re e1qp, y; mue, eanaaa'
viii hcr.sftnr w III. !'se season
an1som a,nu,1n1 har;n,. = ao,, s'och
me haa, snn,,r '1no Ill o'e n''Ac na'
4ns peel secuieo~
According to the Boston Sunday Herald,
~ tto ~ n1a Oe.s.i', tne pl.eier ata catclicr
t, o se, se .ne oest I N Tue
4hon pr,,, .'tI ~ aJler - salo" M 10 oe neltef
- j" Ate anu .iapP.
A gentleman III Auburn, n. r., writes to ask
that wager be decided where the matter at
issue is the number Of games played without
published records show three such games, viz:
vile, Q. at Chicago, July 90; svorc, Chicago,
9: Cincinnati, g At St. Louis, Aug. il; score,
ethcaSo' u o1' Aouls'5'
White stated for Boston several weeks ago.
but no official notification has been received
It is surmised that he insists OIL having SO many
and family privileges inserted in tie
contract that the managers hesitate about afix-
ing their signatures It was understood herc
before he-left that he expected an agreement
that he would be require 10 catch for no one but
his brother, his aim being to keep away from in
front Of Bond.
thin pos+.,, ,,;,>o ~
=; i;i<1 ~ ~ "t,s ~. 'sAt et, s:,s Ivy 17eIau,
Xrhite o, ~ " aaa,EeG a SVelhas hke tnls:
afan,;,,,1 ,,;t,j<ax :m c.,. ~
ORourke first; Morrill, Sutton-W right -Schafcr-
Leonard, second, Suttot-Scha1er-B0utf. third:
Wright ANONYMOUS, short: Leonard o. Rourke.
centre; Observation-Disclosures O. 'Rourke-AIan,
ming, right. II any one has more definite
[;noWledge, he can llsyc the floor,
rha .,,ro,n,,,t g.. o..o,,;...:o
10 ne oretmeo ,1e n qranzaton aons
ti,e ,"ein+ +i,,t - h goeLG' uE 70
~ pu.; st'1 ~ las W gu ltsel! Inc
=. = Wi u W eonselG itheIl
~ +ha t;,+or - an1 w., ~ & Wy Steaty uur
ss H. 'ae ,, a, a. nous W ~ :ae talHi
.na' Pla5 cot'n1cLces, ~ Lhen IL VIII
g tho VIZ Pnafos;a, oa 1aa;o.,t III Inc footsteps
- tue 1o.e xAs3oc'aeloi "Alcn opcnco
11 -ne season u l3'o So 'isoTousiy,Lon papct,-
1 ~ neteI RaayGu ssle. Entel p1ses u 1uaI
-, 1at @ aetit nou. ~ sea1 vel y! H43aeI, Hoen AZ
'oc W. N c''' pe oo'e py "1''ns Aeltefs'
great execution. N 1acI, the Wholc boston ]