The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1886-06-10
BASE BALL.

l.
ING LIFE
No Flies on 0'Ronrke as a catcher.
Corroll still bats well for Pittsburg.
No more exhibition games for De-
troit.
Radbourne says he misses little Gill
gan.
Twitchell is not with the Detroits this
trip.
The Detroits still continue their win
ming ways.
Fennelly has let down considerably in
his fielding.
Only two wild pitches for Baldwin this
season.
Jim O'Rourke is certainly earning his
salary this season.
Bid McPhee is pretty regular with his
two-baggers.
Dan Brouthers Is still at the top of the
league bat-men.
The St. Louis Maroons have had little
luck in their new uniforms.
The ST. Louis Leaguers have discarded
the maroon color for black.
The weather has been very much against
pitchers with sore arms.
Cincinnatis contract with Leech Mack
rey has been approved.
Detroit has so far been lucky in not
having any players disabled
"Umbrellas" are what they call big Nc
Queery's lily-white hands.
Cores sprained ankle has nearly recov-
cred and he is playing again.
Malaria has n grip on Big Thompson of
Detroit, still he bats we'll
Well, what mistake it would have been
had Pittsburg let Kuehne go.
Lady Baldwin made his first costly wild
pitch of the season last Monday.
Hey, Gaffney! How about Bob Barr's
down shots? Tell that to Arson again.
Milt Scott is batting stronger for Balti-
more than he ever did for Pittsburg.
1t is reported that Strauss has succeed
ed Hecker as captain of the Louisvilles.
Morris went to Pittsburg, Thursday, for
rest prior to Saturdays games.
The New England League would like
to have Jimmy Clinton for umpire.
The Pittsburgs last Tuesday played
their first errorless game of the sea-
son.
Although often defeated, the Louis
villes have played few really bad
games.
The batting averages are unusually
high SO far, both in the League and Asso-
citation.
McCauley, one of Brooklyn's catchers,
had finger badly injured on Thursday
last.
Phil Reccius will soon be able to play.
He is now able to get along without
crutches.
; Maskrey and McPhee both started in
the Akron, o., team. Now they are in the
same team again.
Gaffney says when umpires write letters
to each other they begin with "Fellow
Target"
One-armed Baily's bases on balls proved
too costly, and he has been released by
Washington.
Esterbrook considers third the most diff
fcult position of the infeld. Gerhardt
doesn't agree with him.
8 The Detroit uniform is striking one,
f consisting of black knickerbockers, white
{ 6nlrtS ana caps anu req DelJ,
Z It appears to be race between O,Neil
and John Manning for the batting pre-
miership of the Association.
O'Rourke still leads the New York bats
men. Deasley, Ward, Dorgan and Easter
. brook are all ahead of O'Connor.
o The New Yorks have been ordered to
g report for duty every morning, when they
e are to pSactice batting.
q New Workers are wondering why Larry
k Corcoran is kept on the salary list They
d would like to see him pitch.
. Kilroy has averaged eight strike-outs
per game so far this season. Ramsey has
9 made an average of over seven.
!. Big Thompson or Harry Stovy ought
y to be in the Southern League. Home runs
= down there fetch from $25 to $50 every
:, time.
V Maskrey, late of the Louisvilles, has
j. Joined the Cincinnatis and is playing
h right field, Corkhill going to third unit
e carpenter RECEIVERS, when Corkhill will bt
a put first base.
# Latham's good nature is fair Offset Il
: Comiskey's constant growing. This wai
/ shown in the last Brooklyn Sunday game
n and he makes friends by it.
e have thoroughly repaired the Barton
It springs mill and will grind for reason
fl able toll. Also have first-class homin,
g and gritz mill, and will furnish the trad
y with fresh goods daily at reduced prices
a Jacob Stern, Alb E. Pecan.
d John A. DUBOIS, the young nelr of hi
If wealthy uncle, whose estate ex-Assistan