The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1886-04-26
AMERlCAN ASSOCIATION CHAMPIONSHIP.
NOTES,

Hornung Is In his old.time form.
Ward is batting lelt-hauded this season.
Tho Newarks are almost invincible at
home.
Report has It that GlasscoCk Is off in
his batting.
BArkley was Slightlyspik Wodnss-
day at Cincinnati,
Washington has been showing up IN
good style lately.
Detroit Is said to b. alter Hugh Daley,
the one-armed pitcher.
Ramsey, Louisvilles phenomenon, is
said to be no good on high balls.
Phil. Powers, the well.known catcher,
has signed with the st. Louis Browns,
Barnie has an excellent and economical
pitcher in young Kilroy, whose salary is
81 800,
Washington has secured Start, and
Baker will now alternate behind tho bat
with Gilllgan.
All st. Louis has actually worked itself
into the belief that tho Maroons can and
will win the pennant.
Boston Is giving her experimental pitch
ers plenty oil work and saving Radbourne
and Butinton for the coming struggle.
Collins led the batting In slyannah's
exhibition games with 357. The club av-
erages were: Batting, 922j fielding, 0ls.
Big Thompson proposes to make IL
warm for Brouthers and Connor In tho
struggle for first place among League bats
men.
The Boston and Newark clubs, having
each won one game, played q liual one at
Richmond. 1t resulted in a tie, 8 TO 8, 10
innings.
Guessers on the League race are puz.
zled about assigning Detroit. So far she
has been placed everywhere between first
and fith.
Now York Is happy. Mickey WeIch
has at last signed bis contract and the
team is complete. 1t Is safe to say that
the limit rule was broken again.
The Bostons have official contracts with
10 players; the Chlcagos, u; DetroiLs, II;
New York, l2; Philadelphia, II; ".
Louis II; Washington, II Kansas City,
Iii total, 90.
Lyons, Atlanta's third baseman, has an
enviabe record 30 far this season. In l3
games, against League and Association
clubs, he had batting average OF $50 aud
made two home runs, live triples and two
doubles. He had but one error in 40
chances.
In Wednesdays game at 81. Louis, Rec
cius, OF the Louisvilles, fractured Tie
small bone Of his right leg IN sliding TO
third base. lie may not bs able to play
again this year. This is the third sue.
cessivs year that the l,oulsvilles have had
bad accidents happen 10 some member Of
the team.
The three mon who have led the Ma
tioAal League III batting since iis organi-
zation are Anson, Brouthers and Cohnor.
Their percentages are as follows: Anson
$40, Bfouthers gi4, Conner 1913. The former
has played ten years and tho latter Two
six years each.
Balkley and Chailey Smith were both
out oil shape last week and had TO lay OF,
which accounts, In part, for the hard luck
the Pittsburgh team has had. This week,
however, the full nine will be on hand,
and marked improvement will, no
doubt, be noticed In their work.
Denny Mcknight, ex.Pfesident Of the
American Association, says that the race
In the National League will be between
Chicago and New York, with Philadelphia
third. Boston he assigns 70 fourth and
Detroit 10 9th place, although lie thinks
the MaFoonB sts liable 10 beat Watkins
nine for d place. Washington and Kansas
City are, Ot Coufse, chosen 10 end up the
procession.