Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1886-07-03
BASE BALL

PITTsBURG is the first Association club to
be whitewa she'd twice in succession this
season.
RADBoURN is pitching strong game for
Boston, but he has been given poor field
support
The pit,hers who were batted the hardest
early in the season are now becoming very
effective.
No pitcher has as yet this season disposed
of a team without base hit in a champion
ship game.
CALIFORNIA has the base ball fever so bad
that there is not a town or village, however
small, but has a club.
JOE GERHARDT, second basemun of the New
Yorks, made but one hit in eight games, and
but one error in twelve games
The ret:oits to re ent date had made four
teen home runs, twenty-one three-base hits
and tifty-eisht two-base hits.
LESS home runs have been ma lie on the
Charleston grounds than in any other city in
the Southern League-only three.
KELLY, of the Chicagos, has made more
runs than any other player in the League.
He earned the re ord by fine base running.
BUFFINToN, of Boston, is certainly one of
the steadiest batting pit hers in the League,
as he hits the ball in nearly every game he
plays.
UNTIL Detroit ran into Chicago and
stopped short the nine had not been defeated
on the home grounds this year-eighteen
games in al
Pre- 'IDENT WYcKoFF, of the Ameri an
Association, has is iued an order that MISE
third strikes should not be placed in the error
column, but must be S .orel as "a 'sel balls
O'RnURNE and Connor of the New Works:
Brcutievs, Thomps IN, and r chard,on, Of
bet Oft: IL ms, of Wa hin ton, and Arson,
of Chicago, have each made over fifty base
hts til s season
CaIr AGO has male II home runs this sea-
son, Phi q ielph a II st. Louis s, Washington
Il, Detroit IA, Boston i, New York ., and
Kansas City ). Ofthis number Thompson, OF
Detroit, has ma lie 5, and Hines OF Wash ng
ton, g.
LATHAM is the first player in The Ameri an
Asso ,iaton VIII ha scored fifty runs ths sea-
son He di [ this by celent base rum ng,
ard 10; S mu:h by hard hi tag, as he Goes
not rank among the first twenty La ling
Eatters.
DUNLAP, second ba enan of the st. Louis
Maroons, made in On, game the fotow.n !,
hits, one a three base drive and anothe'
home run; eig,.t put outs, seven assists and
one error.
NGVE. was there such an even race a the
present one of the american AS ociat on. in
ina kcd contrast the Lea rue fight has al
ready set.l'a down to four clubs, and the
tn I'd club has higher per eAtage than tine
leader in the Asso .iaticn
LUTHER NJ. +. AK. the thirtean-year cd
son OF judge j. l.. Frank of Dayton, o.,
was instantly killed one dav re ent V by
being hit with ba eJall. He was engaged
in game an was at the bat. II srman Sci
ble, tn, pitcher, threw the ball, watch struck
him in the region of the Leart.
NOTWITHSTANDING that there are more
Professional ball clubs and association, this
year than eve' before KIN ,wn since the Ma
tional ga re jun 7el in. o popular favor, there
has 50 far been only two dis bandmenti-the
Ian 'asters, Of the Pennsylvania Stlte
League, and the Long Islands Of the Eastern
League,
TIE Little Nicol,, of st Louis; ar, going
on tour to Indiana, plying at Mar ont,
Peru, Argus, Prince ton. South Bend and
o her places. They are the y u1gest team
that ever took the road, the oil ,ost member
being barely ST. teen years Old. They are
said to he fine Tllyers, despite their " nth,
and capable of ca lily beating teams Of much
more mature II aterial.