The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1886-06-07
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Brouthevs leads the League in batting.
Big Thompson is troubled with malaria,
Maskrey and McPhee both started in
the Akron, o., team. Now they are again
together.
Kilroy has averaged eight strike-outa
per game so far this season. Ramsey has
made an average Of over seven.
0'Rourke still leads the New York bats.
men. Deasley, Ward, Dorgan and Ester.
brook are also all ahead Of Conner.
Pittsburgh has two men on the hospital
list, Barley and Brown, yet the team sue
Ceeds in holding It's own end right we'll.
The Savannah club leads the Southern
league in the greatest number OF runs
scored, with Atlanta just a shade behind.
Manager sChelz is trying to strengthen
the Maroons' outield. The team certain.
" needs something or everything but In
field.
Cincinnati is having phenomenal bad
luck. Corkhill, Carpenter and Reilly are
disabled and Mullane suspended. This
Is the worst run OF luck on record.
Manager Mutrie thinks that the twenty.
four games the New Yorks will play at
home towards the close OF the season will
have a good deal to do with the final re-
suit Of the League race.
Morrill, leads the batting for Boston, An,
son for Chicago, Btouthers for Detroit,
0'Rourke for New York, Denny for st.
Leuis, Hines for Washington, Rowe for
Kansas City, and Andrews for Philadel-
phia.
Won der Abe is having trouble with the
Association about Comiskey's fines, which
now aggregate 1916. Chris claims the
ininR iS mainly the result Of spite work
and fatty refuses 10 liQuidate. II they
persist In demanding the fines Won der
Abe says he will 90 into the League with
his club, Consolidation with the Maroons
would be a great scheme.
Joe Miller writes from Savannah, Ga,
that the climate agrees perfectly with him
and that he never felt better In his life.
Joe has a batting average Of .225 and ID
playing a fine game at short. His oCCas.
ional errors arise more from taking deB-
perate chances than from poor playing.
The Boston Daily Globe, In reporting the
late 81, Louis games, says: 1.-THE fame Of
Glasacock and Dunlap as prize helders no
doubt added largely 10 the attendance,
and the morning game gave them numer.
ous opportunities 10 justify the reputation
generally accorded them. The way they
danced about the bases and handled the
ball was worth four times what II cost to
see them do II. The work OF the st. Louis
twins was remarkably fine, and II was
largely owing 10 their brilliant play that
the Maroons were enabled 10 stem the
tide Of defeat that has rolled over them
during their last six games"
The latest base ball rumor is TO the et.
feet that negotiations are pending between
81. Louis aud Boston for an exchange oil
players. The report says that Lucas be.
lieves his team Is injured by Cllques and,
10 restore harmony, he has offered to
trade GlassCoCk, Dunlap and Gesrey for
Hofning, Poofinan and Parsons. The
only hitch, II is said, Ia that Cincinnati has
offered 500 for Parsons and Soden will
probably let him 20 there. The fumor IL
improbable In that II would leave the Lu.
cas- team In worse shape than Y is now.
The club Ia now noted for It's intield; this