The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1886-11-04
THE NATIONAL GAME.

THE Detroits were the first League club TO
disband for the season.
THERE were 2iS homo runs made by League
players during the season.
THE Chicago players have been presented
with new suits OF clothes by their club,
THE Pit,sburg team lost the first champion
ship game of the season aud won the last.
O'RoURKE, of the New Yorks, will coach
the Yale College team this winter. lie has
resumed his law studies at Yale
The Eastern and Southern Leagues were
the only ones Of seven organizations to suffer
loss of clubs in tho past playing season.
Four clubs-New York, Chicago, Pitts
burg and Baltimore--are after the Toronto
catcher Darling lie is said to be what his
name implies.
ARouT o. 900 persons saw, at Chicago, the
three Chicago ST. Louis games for the cham
pionship of the world, OF which the League
team won two.
JOHN KELLY receives s., 500 for managing
the Louisville American A ISOLATION Club
next year, which Is a raise Of Sl,SOO on his
income from umpiring.
THERE is talk of the Chicagos going to
Cut u this winter, but Manager Simmons OF
the Philadelphia Athletics has secured the
only suitable grounds in Havana.
A PICKED nine, composed mostly Of the
Louisville American Association team, has
stai ted on three months trip to Florida,
Mobile, New Orleans and California.
THE st. Louis American Association club
in the three games with the st. Louis League
nine for the local championship, won them
q | by the scores of SO, l0-l and O..
IosToN players reached first base on balls
496 times; Chicago, AS; Detroit, $50; Wash
ington, 2j4; Philadelphia, PSI; New York,
PAS; Kansas City, 23i, and st. Louis, 22S.
OF the first dozen League batsmen Chicago
has two Detroit four, New York two, WASH
ingtor two, Boston and ST. Louis one each,
and Philadelphia and Kansas City not one
ONLY three League players got into the
double figures in the home run column, viz,
Brouthers and Richardson, of Detroit, with
eleven each, and Arson, of Chicago, with ten.
THE schedule committee of the Southern
League will be appointed from Nashville,
Memphis, New Orleans Savannah and
Char lesion, and will be called to meet in
Atlanta.
THE Chicago and Detroit clubs are tied on
home Iuns, each having made So. Phi!adel-
phia made %; Boston, "A; st Louis, %;
New York, %; Washington -, and Kansas
City, Is.
BRoo1LyNs pitcher, Toole, heads the As
ISOLATION batting average, with Caruthers, of
Ot. ScNOIu, ibtONhlh9, VI l-OuiSNll ic,
third; Orr, of the Nets, fourth, and O'Neil,
of st. Louis, fifth.
ALL the League aud Association clubs will
do their best to strengthen this winter. In
consequence all will be more evenly matched
than ever before, and an even more exciting
campaign may be anticipated.
WINNING the leading Association cham
pion,hips during the season Just closed were:
National League, Chi ago; American Assoc
citation, st. Louis; Southern League, At
lanta; international League, Utica; New
England League, Portland; Eastern League,
Newark; Western League, Denver; North
western League, Duluth.
OF the series between the League clubs
Chicago won all Detroit won six and lost
one; New York won four, lost two and tied
one; Philadelphia won fur, lost two and
tied one, the same as the Giants: Boston won
three and lost five; st. Louis won from Kan
sas city and Wash ngton, and lost its other
five series; Kansas City won its series with
Wa hingtoa, and the later lost FL