The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1886-09-10
COUNTY,
BASEBALL GOSSIP.

But two men--Anson and Brouthers-have
led the League batsmen for more than one
season, and the former In 1879 made an aver
age which has never been equalled, viz. 407.
Ross Barnes, however, had previously made
40S
Brown, Of the Pittsburgs, did thing rarely
seen In baseball the other day. He was caught
mapping at third by Catcher Peoples, of the
Brooklyns, but the umpire, Kelly, failed TO
see the play. Brown said that he was fairly
caught, and walked In.
II Washington makes deal for the Lucas
franchise, It will keep Shaw, Madigan,
Keefe, Baker, Gilligan, Houck, Knowles,
Carroll and Hines Of its present team and
Denny, Glascock, McKinnon, Boyle, Myers
and Healy, Of the st. Louis club
Long John Reilly, of the Cincinnatis, says
that "if civil service authorities want to find
out whether a man has the heart disease or
not just have him appointed base ball man
ager, and IL he doesn't drop dead inside of
week he is a sound man"
There is considerable talk Of the renstate.
ment of Umpire Connolly, who was recently
removed by President Young. Connolly was
considered by many people in this city, Chi
cago, Boston and Washington to be one Of
the best umpres in the country.-St. Louis
Globe Democrat
The new grounds Of the Philadelphia club
will he the finest in the country. The man.
agement has just entered into contract for
the erection Of grand stand, having walls Of
solid brick on stone foundations with iron
columns and an iron truss roof surmounted
by private boxes and gothic turrets. The
contemplated cost Of all improvements will
aggregate about $4,000. The management
has leased the grounds for ten years, with the
privilege of purchasing the same at cost Of
100000 at the expiration Of that time, the
ground rent being 5000 q year.
A Pittsburg man who has been timing the
pitchers says that Terry is the swiftest in the
association He held the watch Oh Calvin
and Hecker and found the ball Travelled from
pitcher to catcher in seven-eighths Of a second.
The Philles have not yet been beaten three
consecutive games by any club.-Sporting
Life. All, indeed. Well, do you know there
is an impression in this district that on May
IL, at Recreation park, the Dotroits beat the
Phillies 1 to 0, on May 10 they drubbed them
again to 2 and added insult to injury on
May 20 by downing them to O.-Detroit
Free Press.
Jim White was asked while in Boston
about his salary in Detroit, and he replied
that he would be ashamed to state how much
he got The amount is believed to be not far
from $780,
Ramsey has twice this season struck out
seventeen men-once recently In a twelve
inning game with the Baltimores, and again
on Monday last with the Nets. Ramsey and
Heckor are tied for the strike-out record Of
tho association. In 1884 Hecker struck out
seventeen of the Pittsburg players, and then
lost the game. In the National leapls
Sweeney and Shaw have each struck out
nineteen men in nine-innng contest
Sweeney also struck out twenty -one men
once in an extra-inning contest. t.-Philadel-
phia Times.
Dan Leary, the well known ball player,
said two years ago that the day would come
when 2O,OOO spectators would soc game at
one time. Dan thinks that baseball Is still in
its infancy, and that II it grows in the next
ten years as it has in the past ten, nothing
will be thought Of crowd Of $4,000 specta.
tors watching game.