Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1886-10-03
SPORTING.
BASE BALL.

The Nets are doing nObly.
ClarksOn will spend his winter in Bos-
ton.
Calvin was in poor form on Wednesday.
The New York club is playing to empty
seats.
ClarksOn is a good pitcher, but a stupid
kicker.
Fred Carroll continues to drop off in
his batting.
Morris was feeling comfortably well on
Thursday.
Shaw gave the Chicagos hut three hits
on Thursday.
1t does begin to look rs if band concerts
were not mascOtS.
The Senators of Washington continue TO
play good ball.
Swart had to get along without any hits
on Thursday.
Decker is doing fine work back Of the
bat for Washington.
Hudson, of the st. Louis Browns, keeps
up HI S batting streak.
Mclaughlin, of the Nets, plays a very
fair game at short range.
Fennelly, of the Cincinnatis, is picking
up in his batting of late.
Miller may not be able to play in another
game this season.
Cross leads the batting order for the
Louisvilles when he plays.
New York is very sore about Detroit Sc
curing Allentown Smith.
DIR. Richmond is by far the hardest hitter
in the Cincinnati club.
Elmer Smith won a fine game Oh Thurs
day for Caylor's team.
The Washington papers are crazy over
the recent success Of their club.
The League schedule next year will be
quite different from that of this.
Mays is declared to be the lowest Sala-
ried pitcher in the Ass Ociation.
Barnie tried hard to get ViSner Of the
RochesterS, but as usual, he failed.
Manager Barnie, of the Baltimorcs, is
securing New York State for players.
Rudolph Kcmmler is catching u beau
tiful game for the st. Louis Browns.
The Philadeiphias made the Chicagos
very weary this week to say the least.
Robinson of the st. Louis Browns, is
not Il bewildering success Us a pitcher.
The DetroitS are too much Tor the New
YOrks even on on the latters wi grounds.
Eddie Glenn is now at his home in
Richmond, Va, without an engagement.
Detroit realizes that her only chance to
win the pennlnt is to kill Chicaso'S play
erS.
Kansas City will have to hustle or the
Statesmen will move up into seventh
place,
The Philadelphia-N New York series
broke Il tie, each club winning eight
games.
Louisville was the first Association club
to fail to achieve 4 single victory on a
trip.
The Athletics are again playing their
catchers on first base. This is false econ
omy.
The C~incinnatis did very extensive
business with Hart, of the Athletics, on
Thursday.
1t is rumored that Detroit has not given
up all hopes of winning the pennant.
HawthOrnes!
Oshkosh is negotiating with Charley
Morton to take the management of that
club next year.
Hardie Richardson's average is .343. He
has made the same number OF hits, l66, as
BrOuthers.
Here is another one: The League prom
Use a great surprise for the Association in
December.
But one game in the League on Thursday
was the full nine innings On account Of
darkness.
Lewis Rodgers Browning is doing extern
sive business with the willow. II is also
alleged that he again gazeS frequently up
on the beer when it is amber colored.
Table of CIublAverages.
The table of club averages this week
shows no material changes over last week.
st. Louis is still holding the lead in both
batting and fielding. The Nets and Bal
timoreS have increased their betting some
what, while the balance os the clubs have
fallen off. In batting the clubs follow the
order: st. Louis, Louisville, Brooklyn,
Cincinnati, Allegheny, Athletics, Nets
and Baltimoee in the order named. In
fielding they rank: ST. Louis, Allegheny;
Baltimore, Nets, tie, Cincinnati, Louis
vile, BROOKLYN and Athletic.