, 1879-06-08


NOTES OF THE GAME.
Joe Simmons is managing the Rochester nine.
Hairless umpirea are necessary in games between
bali mines. 49,.
Mutrie and Cory have been released BY the
! Worcesters- :" =;
Audrus ia pitching for semi professional niue
| in Milwaukee.
Walker leads the batting and fielding aversges OF
| the Buffalo team.
Snyder, OF the Dostons, has only made eight
base-hits in sixteen games.
Hines leads the batting score first base hits Of
all League players mp to date.
Allen has been released by the Syracuse Club. As
bad third basemaa he had no equal.
,York, the 1eft-de]der Of the Providence Club,
has played without an error in eighteen games.
A spring kicking machine should be invented to
pursue Force to the first base. --BuFdlo EIpress.
Tho Chicagoans dread the struggle With the Gin
cinnatis. This is ajoke. .-ctncsnnati Commercial.
The Bostons pretty good nine. All they
Hsraid. -. ''0,'
Lack Of discipline is said to be the trouble with
cleveland's H. nina Discipline must be another
word for ability.
Clapp was the first catcher to have mask de-
stroyea By q foul-t1p this season. His face was
badly cut by the broken bars.
The Dubuque Club is still booming strongly for
the Northwestern League championship, having at
last accounts won ten consecutive games.
The Cleveland players are poor baee-runners.
An unkind subscriber suggests Dogardns kicker
to be used as starting machine.-ErchGn0e.
A cruel ST. 1ouis paper Gays that ''The close or
the season will probably see the Cincinnati and one
Or two other ambitious and oyerestimated clubs
disbanded. ~
An occasional broken finger, with a small boy
attachment, gives eloquent notice that the na-
ttonal game has struck the country anidships--
Glote- Democrat.
There is baseball club called the '3laple
Leaves" It will probably be unsuccessful. be-
Cause maple leaves are among the first to fall
Providence Dispatch.
Cassidy. who made such q good impression with
the Chicago public BY his play here last year, ia
being snarled by the Springfield Mass.) papers, on
account Of his base playing.
The Springfield (a1nss.) papers account for tho
poor success OF that city's nine by the absence OF
good catcher and Capt Fergusons illness"
Bob is always SICK when things don't go his way.
The leading heavy batters Of the League had the
following average on total basc-hits in the first
aftecn games played: Williamson, $50; Hines,
.551; Richardson, So; O'Ttourke Doston), 500;
Eden, Al; noescher, LAO; Dickcrson, .43o;
Dorgan, 1884.
Flint was The first man Of the White Stocking
team to make three base hit in Leagne game,
and to this he has added the honor OF making the
ns1 a1me Pn tae Latter being in
In Boston the occupants Of buildings in the vc1n-
ity Of the ball grounds tnrn all honest penny By
charging 10 cents head to persons who wish to
witness games from the roof. In Chicago you arc
welcome to u front seat and chair for nothing.
Pike s receiving praise on every hand for his fine
playing at centre1eld this year. In the seventeen
championship gnmes which the Sprngfclds have
played he has had but one error in tbirty-two
chances, and that was simply tumble in the Sec
ond albany game. He also made fourteen bage-
t hlts IN the eight Championship games which the
Club played on the trip, and Cassidy the came |
number, but Pixies total number Of bases exceed !
any other member Of the nine. |
The baseball fraternity Of Boston experienced |
sensation r. lass week never before known. It's
favorlte base-ball club has been beaten in seven
consecutive @ Games, six times ny one club. and [
three times on its own ground. When Hawes /
yesterday, the shouts and howls Of deljght ' Wers
heard A. the mammoth tent where the pedestrians |
arc re- t..a%ping, half bal mile away: In fact, il SO
mishap. Boston Herald.
singular point came up during the last Buffalo
Star game. In the fourth inning NcGonigle went
to hat. but before the umpire could tell McCor-
mick what kind of bali to deliver be threw the |
ball in. Mac struck, and fouled to Holbert. The
umpire decided thar the striker was not out On the
ground that the delivery was premature. As It
the syracusans were just bit disappointed, and
walked back to their places amid the laughter or
the spectators. Their ~ -hanor was not tempered
when Mac struck trple-bagger and finally cot
q run |
,.. |
=; ,foor oarnes, "no was go IaT1fhIy pufted by tho
C1ncinnatl papers oe1ore the season began, is now
eeap!ng n1S tewaru. IN recent Issue one OF them
team against Barnes nlayinr sccond hssc W;, Isr
and Jim White-thn fe,m n,a
for change su betitut1nr Rarnns md
putting Foley at thlrd base with Gernardt NJ eac
ppd. Jim White too weakened after rasterd,v'a |
,a1uc. and had this morning madc nm his min1 ~ |
ay Barnes off and put Foley on. McVey alone
wants Barnes given another trial He beiievcs
Barnes eau and will play better ball. once tbat ha
links his services ut second base can be dispensed
with. The impression ia that il Barnes is subst;-
uted he will quit playing bali and return home |
lis playing yesterday was certainly wretchcd |
Ie played without energy and as If afraid Of the
,ali. Ii he braces up, Us McVcY thinks be can
lnder proper understanding Of his case. he Is |
certainly worth more money to the team than Foley
. q playing or drawing care. ~
mr.. raw. H.. o.,,..n.o.
~ oc 61u a1t tuut1Gay neswcsn tue tlnclnnatf
+.S :! ~ ~ |eas. ~ "nten lAS loltaer was qe-
eq.taossh ~ ~ appefs 70 na'c oeen marked by
inth sn n,asc 9n ene patt VI Inc stafs.
anc1v ~, .'a papsa tsa sayS; y farfe
i'm with the bali he would break Wills d-n head |
nth the bat. Then Do1gan took umbtaoe at somn-
hing viii said to the umpire and declared be,n | I
lap Wills mouth. The Stars pIayed one OF their | {
characteristic gouge games. They got {
le Cincinnatis down. and rubbed it in with ali | Q
inds of drtiness Farrell proclaimed it aIoud | /
nat If be met that bIankity blink {mea,inp The | !
he hYen taad | .