The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-03-30
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THE CRACK CLUBS AND THEIR AvEHAGEs.
Cincinnati teams have the best catcher and
seeond-baseman of the league mines; Provi-
dence the best Businessman, short-shop. left
and ceptre-feds; Chicago the best right
fielder, and Boston the best thrd-baseman
and pitcher. The batting averages, In the
aggregate, Of the now league mines, are as
follows: Chicago, 400 Boston, 2zs, Cincin-
natl, 27e; Providence 272; Cleveland, 255; Sy-
racuse, 255; Troy. $50, and Buffalo, 246 IN
fielding averages, the clubs leading are: Buf-
falo. 1877: Providence. 877 Boston, 1865; Ole
veland, $50; Syracuse. S47, Cincinnati, Sl4'
Chicago S34, and Troy, 1923. In playing
strength a. regards familiarity of play with
each other in home positions. and IN harmo-
NOUS working together, the eight clubs stand
as follows Cincinnati, 1; Boston, q: Provi-
denee 3; Buffalo, 4; Chicago, @; Syracuse g.
| Troy, z, and Cleveland, y. In base-running
| skill Boston leads, with Cincinnati second,
| Providence third, Buffalo fourth, Syracuse
| fifth, Chicago sixth, Troy seventh and Glove
land eighth.
NOTES AND GOSSIP.
Tho California league season opened on the
second instant, and closes November 2.
Cores injury, received In the recent pedcs-
TRAN match In New Bedford, proves to be bat
| slight, and he will report In Chicago April l,
sound In limb. -,
The uniform Of the Troys this season will
be light gray pants, cap and shirt.the latter
with monogram, Of L. C.-cardinal req trim
| mings. The flannel is OF hue EnEllBn
The California Base Ball League has re-
resolved. THAT no club IN this league be
allowed TO play any club employing or having
| among its members any expelled member oil
any base ball organization"
| The substitution OF tho "sacrfice hit
| column In place of the error" column will
serve as a good dodge for players who are
| weak batters, and who will say, when put out,
| that In order to make sacrifice hit they did
not place the ball just where they wanted TO-
Bennett and Weaver have reconsidered their
| determination not to 40 to Worcester this
season, and Information from Manager Ban
| croft states that both men have signed to
play there. Benners Of the Philadelphia Ath-
| letics of '78. q rafting batter and n good
fielder, has also been engaged by MIR. Ban
croft.
natl Enquirer, thinks that the struggle for the
league pennant lies principally between Gin
cinnati, Providence and Boston, with the
chances In favor OF the former; In fact, he
says II he was betting man he would invest
In Cincinnati.
Relative TO the Cleveland base ball grounds
Buffalo paper says: IAN effort will be made
to change 1t from partial forest, which II
was last summer, into more acceptable
field. The trees will be removed, the hills
leveled, and the holes filled up. League play
ers will undoubtedly be glad TO hear Of this
as 1t was as much as mans life was worth
to play game on that field In 1878"
The following clubs have entered for the
Championship Of the National Base Ball Asso
citation: The Uticas Of Utica, Albanys of AL
bany, Capital City Of Albany, Springfield o
Springfield, Holyoke OF Holyoke, Worcestel
OF Worcester, New Bedford of New Bedford
Manchester of Manchester, and National Q
Washington. The Defiance Club, of Philadel
phia, has been admitted to membership The
association.