, 1881-10-30

THE SEASON Or 1851 AND lis LESSONS.
Tho League hatting and heldiug Averages tor
the playing season OF 1851, printed in The TuIll-
rSE Of Friday, Oct =. contain many Instructive
and suggestive facts not apparent ut first glance.
They show, aDlouE other things, that the bali
r!ayiu1s OF this season was far suptrior In point
| Of skill and interest to. that OF any: preceding
| season, and that tue gA1nc Is progressing and
| developing under the auspices OF the Lcag1le,
The Improvement has obtalned III each of thu
| three scorabtc clements Of tho Ga1nc-:'uttinr.
| fielding. aud rt1u-gctting-and no less TT that
t un-coraDie element, basc-runnfng. The figures
! for tho seH5ons OF l5.:t. 1885, and ISL, is given
/ in Spa alig's Guidt. show Il steady progress in
! the inAs1or Of ticldiug In lS19 the leagues
| fielding average as a whole was Sj3: III 1Ss3,
| ST: in 1881, S., the latter being tho
| highest degree Of perfection III fielding ever
| reached. In ls'a the League bntting average
MRS I'll: IN 1$u ::ii: iu lSsf, 250: and the
age runs scored per game for the three years
was respectively, l0.Gs, 9.:s., an1 l0.l6 hut it
should bc remembered th:ar lit 1S9 the science Of
i'll and out cnrviny developed through the per
mission ot nndcrhlnd throwing WAS III its iufan-4
cy. and that lase-hits xcre'obtained much easier
then tfan now. This style OF pitching had he
tEine SO eQet,irc jn the following year cut
down tho batting and run-Kctting, aud in order
TO con!,ensa'e ,e fnt tho Pitchers !atitu.le the
1T ISL and the Number Ut balls reduced TO
seven The result WIS II decided Improvement
iu the activity and interest OF the game, as it
Increased both tho batting and rum grt:.nS. The
average cl runs to the game for leSl WIS i0:1G.
which Is regarded US about The rI:h. thing ana
II is safe to predict that ut the annual meet
ing OF tue Lesguc This winter the pitching !!
ra,ge OF tity ieet will be retaiuc,. About the !
likely TO oe 1nndc will be the abolition of the !
penalty for running OIL Il fanl-hit ball. This
penalty was restored after acserul scasoDs vi /
dlsu:c- but ii las not worked satisfactorily. 1t !
opened the dCur to aEgrA<Atng complications
growing out OF the umpires failure 10 promptly |.
T11c I bali ho foul, and 1t nlso ta.p,,cred re-
ha1fln4, 10 noticeable cxtCnl+ as the h1sS1au.
though desiring to helpa runner who has started
70 slenl base, had constantly before him he
IT, the line. The runner should bt: entitled 10
return 10 his base On fou as WAS the CASE ,
previous TO last season.
SoTIF1cAr1oS OF CONTRACTS stQkED.
The list of players NAMED in Secretary Io.nc's
ctfcial notifications Of contracts signed Is far
from complete. and il is 10 be presumed TINT
many many ptayers haSc been signed without. the
giving of notice. Nothing has been heard fr,nAs
cather Hostpn or Troy, Though il is well Ent1w1l
that e"th ~ clubs nave made numerous eng:ls..
np 10 yesterday received the following notices
Of cnRag genen1s:
clevel;nd-'ohn Kc.icy;M- Mr.aoon. T. j. Es:cr-
y ',H Fsa's; sa; c;v E,5;!:'rs Frsd anar IL
'st;e'!'1nzo Knight, Georsc A. Wood. and
Sh1ssi sd'Ss5ss' f. %sfs J. Denny John
syss cfean:f :;9xey - aad rssd @sf vog Ean''ef
iuna,orp n'1;- " FofeS: r rtont''fss i: + Furcen
: Galrin. ""o -
y GAME AT S:r. Louis.
Special pupatch to The Chieoce Tribune.
ST. Louis. Oct 3.9.-.A clnl, calling itself tho .
hicagus. and harint: in its ranks George Eclfy. !
% oreo,sn. = Mefosuck, Flint, and Quc=t. puyed
Ee St Louis Browns game here tu-duy. and
efeated them by this score:
h;sssgs ':.:Rs*= -. .....: =,
t Louis s->--->.--..:.0 0 +: l 80 "
ouh!c. Mccormick pitched and Flint caught !
'r the visturs. The Browns did not ger 10 n s.
!se hit during tho first live innings. an,l got T
yelyc, q
GOSSIP Or THE GAME. ! :,
The picked niue OF league plnrers ORGANIZED b.
be ag,.rcga1ioa calls .1scIf tne Chicago Chn,n- RI
s'1:s bur is operating wholly outside the con- pt
u INF gf ne che"E9 f,3f Gup TIE chenss con
~. Gore. ana Dalrymplc, and Cleveland is rep- 81 y,
sen'ed by Mccormick and Dunlap. III
The Cil1xr gives the following aavice to play u. u.
:: "prefe=sional;players and those engaging ! al
ag1o before they sign d5cumentz ei:ter for OF
rvlce 10 i club or for the engagement Of \ I 81
n Of He5e fbe fas9 in point: Nut r.
act to, play. with the Metropolitan r.
ao; .!t,;s j. and received advance money. for sf,
c'nent failed TO nntiny Secretary Young, as &C.
iui ~ ~ 'ue 1a"- aua consequently WHEN tho nt
sSse14o A4us't'Ee. 1VA1'u LUIS olt nc secured dc
!tuV'.:' ailu lolns'0 Inc Secretary III tint }ll
e law, a. applicable 10 League Alliance Clubs, cd
we'll as thu regular Gibbs OF tho carue IL as er,
ao"s: fAen e1un tnal Is party hei eto shall, tts
W lnAhn tonttntt WITH player. ihHHit-- Cir
Y not1iy me Secrctarynf the National League VI
lo':*ssuna4 f.ast- nal! tut>s, such uotice to JET
b and the player: and in the ai=ct,ce Of such ter
ice 10 such officer the player shnll br es- ! OF
pcu ~ pe Tree 1:o1n such contract oblig,a- Of
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