Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1886-10-12
BASEBALL GOSSIP.

But two msn-An>on and Dfoathsr-havs
~ the League bstsIisn for rnor- than ons
,sAson, AMI the former In isTv made an aver
sgv which has never ten equsilei. via coz.
Ross DArnes, however, bad previously mAis
ca
brown, % The Piirburgs. di thing rarely
s-en In hAsstAii the other day. Ils ~as esugh,
nspplng at third by Catcher Peoples, q Tie
Brooklyns, but the umpire. Kelly, failed 10
- tbs play. brown sAit that he was fairly
caught, and walked In
II wsshlngton inAks. DIAL Tor the Lucss
franchl.s. 10 vii keep shaw, Mad.gsn,
Kssfe. Baker. 0llgsn, Houck. Knoviss,
Carroll and iIins- IL ~. pr---nt team and
Denny. GlA~rock, MeKinnon, Boyle. Myuy
AMI iie.ly. VI the ~ Louis club.
Long John Rssly. Of the cineinnAtls. says
that If civil rryioe authorities want 10 fni
out vhsther q man has the hsat dLs>A-s O.
no, jus, have him appolnt~i b.ss ball man.
Ayr. and II he do,<nt drop deal inside u
wcsk be "a -ouni man
There 10 considerable talk VI the r,instAts-
msnt Of Umplr. ccnnslly. who was reosntiy
rsmovci by President Young. Counslly was
conssisr~i by many people In this city, CHI
oago, Boston AMI Washington 90 IL ons q
the hssi umpircs In the country.-st Louh
Olobs Dsmocrat
The nav grounds Of the PhilsdelphiA club
vii D. the hnot In the country. The man
agemsnt has Just entsrci into . contract for
shs erection % q grand stand. having walls Of
soli brick on stone foundatiots. with irun
columns AMI an ir~n trl~ roof surmounted
by private borss and gothic turvnI The
contemplated cost ~ al improvements viii
aggregate about es5.oo The management
has lsa-si the grounds for Tn yes,, with The
privilege Of purchasing the sAms at cot Of
$40, oO 81 the expiration Of that time, thu
ground vnt h-inx 5000 year.
A PttsburE man who has b-,n timing the
pitchers sAys that Terry IL the svifts-s In tbs
ASSOCIATION lie held the watch On Calvin
and Hscksr and founi the ball Travelled from
pitobsr 10 catcher In sven sighths Of second
Ths fhilliss have not yet been beaten thrss
consecutive games by any ciuh-Sporting
Life All. inds~i. Well. DO you know thsrs
10 an imprc~<ion In this district that on May
~, 1t Recreation park, the Dstrats beat the
Phillies 10 o, on May 10 they drabtsd them
again 10 and added insult b Injury on
May - by downing them 2 10 o-Dstroit
rfvs Prc<
Jim White WAS asksi whils In Boston
about bis sAiAry In Detroit, and he rspliei
that he would 10 ashanssi 30 STATE how much
be got The amount y believed ~ 10 not far
from t5,sm
itAm-ey has twics this s.ason struck out
svrnts~n msn-onos recently IN . twelve
inning game with the BAitimorss. and again
on Monday last with the Msts EAmssy and
iiscker arv tied for the striks-out record Of
the association. In 1854 Hecksr struck out
svenissn u the httburg players, and then
lcst the game In tho National lsaxus
Sweeney and SHAW have each struck Out
ninete~n men In q nine-inning contest
bvcsney also struck Out tveuiy-ons men
ooce IN an erfrainning contest. -Phiiadsl-
phiA TimoI
Dan I~ary. the well Known ball player,
AID two year ago that the day vouh CONE
wb<n D.OD SPECTATORS wouh - Q KAms 90
one tins. Dan thinks that BASEBALL = sfiii In
Ia infancy. and that n 20 grows In The nsst
tsn year A. 10 has In The past ten, nothing
WIN bs thought % . crowd " 1000 spscfa-
torn watching q gama