Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1885-09-27
BASE BALL NOTES.

Hayes has been released BY the Brooklyns.
Conner has put out 900 men at first base.
The Providence Club is in badly Grip
pied state.
The St. Louis American Association Club
will have new grounds next year.
The new battery, Henry and Derby, have
become quite popular in Baltimore.
Henry, Bsltimore's new pitcher, has prov.
ed first class acquisition to the club.
Nick Young says the baseball patronage
this year exceeds that of last season.
Daily and Farrell, of the Providence,
failed to get run during the month or Au-
gust.
The Louisville Club will finish the season
with Hecker and Ramsey, saving Mays for
next year.
Cusbman is pitching great game for the
Metropohians. He struck out % men in
two genes.
The Philadelphia players have all fallen
of in their batting during the first half OF
September except Mulvey and Farrar.
A Rev. Mr.. Hyde, of Nashville, in re-
cent sermon said that baseball was an hon.
est and manly sport, well adapted as a phys
icsl exercise.
The directors of the Detroit Club deny
the published salaries which are said to be
offered for next year. Manager Watkins
says that no fancy salaries will be paid.
The New York Werld psrsistently declares
that the purchase of the Buffalo Club was
made for Cincinnati, and that the latter city
will have a League Club next year.
The members of the Virginia Club have
withdrawn from the management. They
will play the season out on the cooperative
plan if they receive sufficient support from
the public of Richmond.
The belief is becoming general that the
New York Club is about through with
Tommy Esterbrook, and that they will re-
lease him this season. There are plenty OF
clubs that would be glad to get him.
Dock Kennedy at one time catcher of the
Cleveland League team, is making great
record for himself in the New York State
League. His record for 20 games is %
runs, 80 base hits, with total of Al bases,
ard has battir g average OF 1869.
Healey, the new pitcher of the St. Louis
League team, stands feet q inches, 10 his
stocking feet, weighs l58 pounds and says
he is only 10 years of age. He is taller
than Foutz, of Non der Ahe's team, but
bears little less resemblance to pencil
mark.
The New York papers are predicting that
the New York team foI the next season will
be so far ahead of anything else in the
League that they will win the championship
hands down. This reads very much like
what they said of this year {. club before the
season opened.
The action Of the Providence managers
in holding a meeting and voting to remain
in the League is considered by many to be
blind, the purpose being tr hold the play
ers together and at the right moment dis
pose of them. as Buffalo did, to the best
possible advantage.
Eight clubs started out this season as the
Southern New England League. Until
within the last few days the championship
lay between the Meriden and the Hartford
Cubs, the only two remaining in existence.
The Hartford Club disbanded few days
ago and the championship falls to the Meri.
der.
A movement has been started in Buffalo
Tor the formation of a State League ball
team for next season. Prominent citiz ems
are backing the new enterprise and an eff.
fort will be made 10 procure the old Buffalo
League grounds for the new club.
The Philadelphia aud Athletic Clubs will
play series of five games in October. The
first game will be on Thursday, the 10Th, at
the Athletic grounds. They will play at
Recreation Park on Friday, the 10th; on
the Athletic grounds on Saturday, the 18th;
on Monday, the 18th, at Recreation Park,
and at the Athletic grounds on Tuesday,
October 20.
The Chicagoes took the entire series from
the Buffaloes this season. In the history of
the National League it has occurred four
times that one club won the entire series
from another. The Boston and Chicago
Clubs each won ten games from the Ciucin-
natl in 1876; in 1883 Boston won fourteen
straight from Philadelphia, and this year
took sixteen from Buffalo.
At special meeting to be held in New
York October II, the report of the Saratoga
conference of the League and American
Association will be received and acted upon.
The most important question to be eonsid-
cred is that Of salaries 1t is ssmstter of life
or death say the baseball people whetherssla
ries are to be kept up to the present rates
or materially reduced.