Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1886-07-24
BASE BALL

JONES, of Cincinnati, has the best home
run record. He male three in four days.
MEIsTER, the able second baseman Of the
dartfords Is looming up as great batter.
ORoURKE, of the New Yorks, leads all the
League players in run scoring this season.
The American Association is now the only
prominent baseball organization to play Sun
day games
IT is understood that break may be ex-
Pected in the American Association before
the end of the season.
BURDoCK, Sutton and Captain Morrill, have
played with the Bostons longer than any
three players on any other nine in America.
The st. Louis Browns are said to regard
the Brooklyns as more dangerous rivals for
the American Association pennant than
Pittsburg.
ROCHESTER beat Toronto twice in one
day, and every player of the RocheSters was
presented with a five-dollar note BY the
management
The Detrots have made 20 home runs this
season, as follows: Thompson, 5; Rowe and
Bennett 2 ca h; Richardson, 5: Brouthers,4
Crane and Hanlon, each.
JOHNNY WARD, a short stop of the New
Works, graduated from Columbia College
shortly before starting on the present West
ern trip, and is now an "a. B."
j. F. Cross, third baseman of the Yale
nine, and a member of the senior class of the
Divinity School, will supply q pulpit at
oxford, Conn.,, during the summer.
UP to recent date st. Louis had failed to
win game from New York, Boston from
Philadelphia, Kansas City from Detroit and
Washington from both New York aud Kan
sas City.
THE New England League will put In
force rules in regard to coaching and coach
lines similar to those in the American Asso-
cation, and will require clubs to place
marble slab in front of the pitchers box.
FERGUSON, has been Philadelphia's win
ming pitcher, Mccormick for Chi .ag,, Rad
burn for Boston, Baldwin for Detroit Keefe
for New York, Shaw for Washington, w ell
man for Kansas City AMI Boylefor st. Louis.
TAYLOR, of the Nashyilles, a few days
since was accused of making balk, and i'm
mediately after the batsman knocked two
Dagger. This led Taylor to remark to the
umpire that's robbery. Each of these words
cost MIN SO, as fine of $50 was inflicted
upon him.
In order to make the number of clubs even
in the Southern League and as the disband-
ment of the Augusta Club left only seven,
Chattanooga, the tail-end team. withdraws
for the present season. A new schedule has
been arranged and the League has been
thoroughly reorganized.
In the Association the clubs, according to
their batting averages, rank in the following
order: st. Louis, Brooklyn, Pittsburg, Gin
cinnati, Louisville, Athletics, Metropoiitans
and Baltimore. As fielders: Cincinnati and
Baltimore lead, followed by ST. Louis, Metro
politans Pittsburg, Louisville, Brooklyn and
the Athletics.
Ina recent game, Cline and Stricken, of
the Atlantas, were both fined Cline 500 and
Stricken $50. Cline was running to third
base, and fearing that he would be thrown
out struck the third baseman in the mouth
with his fist and reached the base in safety
Stricken undertook to wipe the grass with the
umpire who called him out on strikes, but
was pulled off by the bystanders.
The Washingtons have protested the re-
cent eleven,inning game played at Detroit
Two balls had been used. One ball was
knocked foul over the fence when the De-
troits We're at the bat The other old ball
Pitcher Getzein had in the folds of his shirt
and would not produce it, and new one was
brought in This was also knocked over the
fence The umpire would not allow the old
ball in till the new one came back