The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1886-09-13
AMERICAN ASSOCIATION,
MOTIFS,

MOTIFS,
Miller Is come from Savannah.
Chamberlain has signed with Louisville.
Decker and 0'DAy are with Washing
ton.
The New York pitchers are letting down
badly.
Fred Lewis has at last been released by
Cincinnati.
Orr was the first Association player to
retire 1000 men.
Even money is offered In the Quaker
City that Philadelphia will pass New York.
Each member OF the Browns will be pre-.
sented with new suit oil clothes by Mr..
Won der Abe.
Nine out OF the first dozen Association
pitchers arc youngsters who have devel.
oped In the last two years.
Cincinnati didn't make much OF show.
Ing In the series against st, Louis, win.
ming but FIVE out oitwsnty games.
Pittsburgh contemplstes giving pitcher
Bishop, Of the Steubenyille club, q trial.
Sporting Life. This will be news for steu.
benville.
The stockholders OF the Wheeling Base
Ball Association will meet at the Howell
House September "a, at 8 P. N. to elect o
Board Of Directors.
OF the twelve leading batsmen Of the
Association, Louisville has two, ST. Louis
three, Athletic two, Pittsburgh two, Gin
cinnau and Metropolitan one each, Brook.
lyn and Baltimore have none.
There will be few II any changes in the
81. Louis Browns for 1887. The team
that won the championship In 1885, and
will in all probability win 1t again In 1885,
80 good enough, Won der Abe thinks, to
win II again next year.
The Wheeling club will play the Du.
quenses, Of Pittsburgh, here next Friday
and Saturday, and the week following
will have two games with the Cincinnati
Clippers. Joe Miller will doubtless play
with the home team the balance Of thu
season, as will also Croghan. A new bat
terry has been secured and the team ought
to play stronger ball than ever from
now on.
The home team went out TO Waynes-
burg, Pa, last Thursday evening with q
short nine. Speidel, Wright and Nichols
being unable to go, and on Friday won by
O score Of IL TO s. Saturdays game re-
suited in o victory for Wheeling, q TO 7,
seven innings. The grounds were very
rough and not in condition TO admit Of
good fielding, else Waynesburg would
probably have been whitewaahed.
Up to September the Ave leading bat
ters Of the League were Anson, 1888; KEEL.
Icy, 1903; Bruthers, 1857 Conner, $50 and
Il. Richardson, .342. The leaders In the
Association were HeCker, 1854; Browning,
1884; O'Neil, 1884 ; Caruthers, 1888 and Lar.
kin, 1928. Haniboe, Of Pittsburgh, leads
the Association pitchers and Boyle, Of St.
Louis, the League.
st. Louis leads the Association clubs In
batting with an average Of 1888 aud also
m fielding with an average oil .9lS. New
York and Detroit are tie for League hon
ors in batting, each having 274 and New
York leads in fielding with 0l0. Chicago
Is 9th in fielding and third in batting,
but all the same It holds first place In the
race for the pennant. 0'Routke and Ben.
nett rank highest as League catchers
Farrar leads the hrst basemen; Richard.
son the o. cond and Denny and Estebrook
the third basemsn. Force Is In the van oil
the shortStops, while Hornung Is ahead Of
the left fslders. Daily and Fogarty lead
| In the centre and right. The best fielding
team In the Association 10 TIT hl4y, catch.
er; Milllgan, Orr and Uomiskey are tie
At first, MePhee leads the second basemen,
Y hitney, the third basemen; Smith, Of
Pittsburgh, the shortstops, while O'Neil,
WEIGH aud Nicol, all OF st. Louis, carry
| of the entire out field honors.