Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1886-05-05
THE NATIONAL GAME,

THERE are seven left-handed batters on the
Detroit Leasu, nine.
A HIGH laced shoe is the hest for ball play.
els made on the English walking shoe last.
The railroad fares of the League and Asso
citation will foot up to nearly $50, 900 this sea-
son.
JOHNNY WARD hasn't forgotten how to
run the bases, according to reports from New
York.
The Southern papers say that Twitchell,o of
the Detroits, is the most graceful pitcher ever
seen down there.
PURCELL, of Atlanta, and Dickerson, Of
Chattanooga, are the oldest ball players in
the Southern League.
THE Phila lelphia' National Lcaguel won
the local championship from the Athletics
american Association.
THE Atlanta Georgia. people are of the
opinion that their CLUB has a walk-over for
the Southern League pennant.
TIE eight leading organizations will
employ over sojen hundred players, whose
salaries will aggregate SSCO,OOO
ALL ST Louis has actually worked itself
into the belief that the MarOonS can and will
win the National League pennant.
ALL the Southern League games are draw
ing big crowds, and interest in the contest is
greater even than it was last sea son.
IT is said that the players of the Metropoli-
tan American Association Club have leen
promised 800 each if they win the pennant,
THE pitchers seem to be getting the better
of the batsmcn as much MS ever, md big
strike-out records are of almost daily occur
renee
RO3ER Common is batting in style which
indicates that if not at the top of the league
batSmcn again this year, he won't be very lar
down the lis.
EVERY club in the International League
has already set forth its claim for the pen
nant, AMI each one has proved con 'lusiyely
that it will win the championship.
TIE New York Hernld thinks the New
arks will win the championship Of the Eastern
LEAGUE without putting themselves to much
Inconvenience Hartford demuIs.
THE Chicago and Philadelphia clubs did
not lose game south. The Chicagos' yer-
Torrance is the more creditabe because they
played many more games with different
tlubs.
A New York paper asserts that "Fiuley,
of the Columbia College team, is considered
by many to be the best amateur catcher i'll
the country He is certainly far ahead Of
many professionals"
DEALERS in baseball supplies report the
largest business ever known, which would
indicate that the game is steadily gaining
favor, and that this will be one CT the best-it
not the bejt-season on record.
The base-Stealing record seems to have
stirred even the most sluggish players up,
aud men now run to second whom previously
nothing could coax further away than two
leet from first base but sa'e hit.
IT / proposed to organize North Georgia
1ase ball league, comprising the Madison,
Washington, Lexington, Harmony Grove,
University and Athens cluls, together with
Su'h clubs as wish to join the league.
A CoLoRED lac ball leayUe has he,n
formed at jacksonville, Fla, including Menu
phis, Chattanooga, Atlanta, Ma on, Augusta,
Charleston, Savannah, st. August ine, Mont
gomery and other Southern cites.
KENT HOWARD, who was the leading bat
Ter of the New England League and for that
reason was signel by the st. Louis National
League Club, has discovered how difficult it
to maintain a minor league reputation in
the fast company of n big league.
THE propose Virginia State League ought
t. be Il success, oonsi lering the popu ate on OF
the cities which propose entering, viz
Lynchb rg, with ?S,ODJ inhabitants; Dun.
vile, 5000 Richmond, $1,000; Norfolk,
5000; Stanton, l2,OOJ, and Roanoke, lhOOl.
The Detroits are the biggest set of men
ever gathered into one team, Manning being
the only mcdiem-Siled man in the team. In
Brouthers, White, Thompson AMI Twitch II
the team has giants, while Rowe, Richard
son, Hlnlon and b nnett are very large,
heavy men.
The Bridgeports have followed Washing
toms example, buried horseshoe under tn,
home plato for luck and then went to New
York and allowed the Giants to beat them
IA to 0. Meanwhile the Washingtons are
catching it right to left he horsc-sh o
theory doesn't seem to pan cut at al in
, Practice.
THE st. Louis Republican says: "Bauer,
nf the Maroons, is perhaps the most muscular
uall-player in the profession During ono Of
the recent games at Srortsman's Park, some
one in the crowd where Bauer was standing
made an insulting remark about the Maroons,
and Bauer almost male hclo in til. fen e
with him.
! A NUMBER of Atlanta players have al.
/ ready been heavily fined for drunkenness
and late hours. Managing Director Ryan
admits this and says: II will do it again
whenever they break the rules. They know
the rules and they know the conse luences Of
breaking them. Our team can play ball aud
it has got to play ball, "