Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1886-09-13
THE SsrEONaL GAME
Result OF the Contests ON ssturIay-Some Note
Concerning the More Prominent Players.

Result OF the Contests on Saturday->Cme Notes
Concerning the More Prominent Players.
The Association games on Saturday were:
At Philadelphia: Athletic Is Pittsburg 10 at
Baltimore: Baltimore 5, Louisville 8; at
staten Island Nets :, Cincinnati at Brook
lyn 81. Louis 6, Brooklyn 5.
The League games Saturday wero At
Washington Washington 4, Philadelphia 3
At New York: New York 10, Boston 3 At
Chicago Chicago "A, Detroit / at Kansas
CITY Kansas City Q, 81. Louis 3.
Jimmy Calvin received terrible thump-
ing in Philadelphia on Saturday when the
Athletics had eighteen hits.
Louisville htt Eilroy but four times on
Saturday, but Ramsay was pounded harder.
The Chicago club could not do anything
with Baldwin on Thursday, while on Sltur
day they had nineteen hits of him.
The Washington club paid g, coo to Hart
ford for the release of Rrelg, Shock, Mack,
Gilmore aud Henry. All but the last named
played against the PhiIsdel phia on Saturday.
Gilmore and Mack were the battery, and the
former struck out ten men.
Henry, Just signed by the Washington,
formerly played on the Wilmington, Clsve-
land, Norfolk and Baltimore clubs.
Derby has been released by Waterbury at
his own request, anu is now playing on the
Hartford.
In q slugglng game on Saturday. Will
Transport defeated scranton by IA To l3
Altoona got away with WIkesbsrre by to 5.
The Inquirer club, Of this city, whoever
they are, went to Mannheim on Saturday, and
played miserable game The score was:
Keystone. ............... I 0 ! s SIS
Base hits-heystones, n: Inquirer-. l. Struck
out-hey stones % lnquirers, =.
Baker, OF Williamsport made three doubles
and home run Saturday.
The sporting Life charges the Western
Union Telegraph company, which controls
the wires leading to the grounds in the
League and Association cities, with allowing
gamblers to get news of how gaines are GO
ing before they are over.
The Brooklyn correspondent Of the Sport.
ing Life says McTamany's reappearance
with ths BroOklyns has had good effect He
IL a good, lard worker.
The Charleston club was in luck once this
season, anyhow. They were not at home
when the earthquake shook the town up
II is said that Ferguson, OF the Philadel-
phias- is afraid to face the heavy Chicago
batters, and on the last Western trip fegned
sickness aud went TO his home in Richmond
in order to get away from pitching,
A few evenings ago Gus Schmelz, manager
Of the St Louis League club, gave the
players a banquet and he was presented with
a watch and chain by them. A general good
ume was had and all sang songs or told
stories. Al Mcktnnon, the big first base
man, recited an original poem entitled, otis
a mile from first 10 second
Jerry Denny, 81. Louis great third base
man, says that he thinks Irish should be
tau2hti in schools as well as German or French.
He says he Is a German himself but he think /,
the Irish should not be trampled upon,
The Detroit and Chicago open in Kansas
City and St Louis respectively to-day.
The Sporting LJe gives this sound advice
"Don't let the idea run away with you that
the Detroits are done for as far as the pen
nant Is concerned"
Hoover, of Wilkesbarre, now regrets his
basty action and he will 20 back to the club
and thus escape a blacklist.
Harry Spence, manager OF the Portland
club, called the umpire thief the other day
aud he was fined SlO.
Chic HOtford, Utica's agile little back stop,
is one OF the best catchers in the International
league. He is a Philadel phlsn. sporting
LIE.
The Cincinnati clubis the only one in the
association that had not been beaten by the
Newark. The two will lock horns on Satur,
day.
Al. Reach's brother BOB, aud not Harry
Wright, is the inventor OF the chestnut
gong.
Guerer Is now with Wllkesbarre.
Ed Green Is the widest pitcher in the In.
teruatinnal league, having allowed an aver
age of 81 men to first base balls.
the Brooklyn club defeated the Nets a
Riigewood yesterday.
Through the Harrisburg TELEGRAM the
manager OF tho Columbia club challenged
the Fishers of Duncannon 10 play a game iu
Harrisburg for purse OF 500 or 500.