Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1886-08-29

III hI any SlOft Sthp IN tnt country, a.
taking desperate chances which account
for his regular visits in the error column.
just about this time last year the Nry
York pitchers and with them the cntir
team, began to weaken.
Dunlap is keeping his end up with th'
stick in the company of the sluggcrS he i,
now with. His work has been equal 10 the
best of them.
The cultured BoStoneSe forget all thril
civilization when arguing with an umpire.
The nature of tue beast then reveals itself
despite veneer.
Clarkson, last Wednesday. struck Dave
Rowe out four consecutive times, This is a
remarkable thing to happen to hatsman of
Rowe's ability.
Kid Baldwin and John Reilly last Tues
day were acquitted in the Cincinnati police
court The charge was the old one of play
ing ball on Sunday.
1t looks as if Cincinnati will win the
series from Louisville This would tickle
Cincinnatians about as much as winning
the championship.
Cincinnati was the first professional club
this season 10 play one hundred champion
ship games. The century was reached
| Thursday, August 10.
Ed HanlOn is said to have some miSgiv-
| ing about that pennant which seemed 50
sure while ago, now that the Detroit bat
teries are weakening.
Md Baldwin acknowledges that ROSeman
can 0ut-yell him, but Latham claims he can
give both odds at the rattle" game and
beat them hands down
Poorman Is the swiftest runner in the
Boston team. but Johnston and Hornung
are only shade behind The trio make a
wonderfully fleet outfed
Getzein had his nose smashed by a batted
ball practicing last Wednesday morning.
Hands, not nose, are the proper things with
which to stop liners, Getz.
MARK Twain does not play ball, but he
will joke all night for his fayorite nine
Hartford COurunt. Mark has his own quiet
way of destroying the game in this country
McPhee. of the Cincinmatis. has been
doing some wonderful work at second base
the past two weeks. He and Smith. of
PittSburg, are having a hustle for Suprem-
ary.
Ii is said that before buying Dunlap De
troit tried to get McPhee, of Cincinnati.
Three thousand dollars is said To have been
yainly offered for the great second baseman 1
Of Porkopolis.
The st. Louis Browns have won more
games than the Baltimores and Mrtrupo!i-
tans combined, while the DetruitS have won
more than the ST. Louis. Kansas Citys and
W WashlngtOns combined. !
Brouthers has made more runs. hits and
otalS than any League player except Rich 1
lrdson. Up to August 10 he had made %
-uns, l25 hits and ls9 totals His fielding ,
tverage is .964. On the above date Rich
lrdsOn made his l25th hit. y
The largest number Of runs made by the !
3oS:Ons in game this season has been Is !
WashngtonS): ChicagoS 20, (St Louist; :
)etrOits, Il (St. Louis; Kansas Citys. Is !
Philadelphiasl; New Yorks, Is Washing =
ons); St Louis, ID Washington; Wash 1.
ngtonS, II tBostons). r
All the league clubs now 90 into games I,
With Detroit with much greater confidence
ohfeSsed weakness in tfe o1 tse III. ea4sr I,
( this confidence, which is born of the p
ope that the Wolverine pitchers may be II
aught at any time with an 'off day" =
A Norwich correspondent says of the @
oung ladies' base ball club recently formed a
( the crOquet club at Norwich: In b
lnning bases the young ladies are at
ONE. They make wild. farewell poke n
he club gracefully in the catchers face. b
tier little scream, and fly away to first -
ase. They tlutter down on the bag with the
emile. timid confidence of a wood pigeon, :,
nd sit there until the next base runner 4
wants it. Then they stroll on to serond Ii
ase. 1t is poor game in which there are b
eSs than four or six women on bases all the
ime." !,
t the continued attacks of cranks who Il
NOW all about il, how il could have been d
lone, or what should have been done. or
Why It wasn't done, thus relates his scheme q
or relief I've got an idea. | am going Il
o have some cards printed. On one will y
AVE the reasons why our club didn't win q
he last game; on another. the condition of I
III our pitchers, and on another. the reason L
Why Brouthers doesn't knock the cover off c
he ball every time he comes TO the bat. !, =
Then will provide myself with one of the II
lewly-inveuted chestnut gOngs, and every e
ime a crank approaches me | will spring Il
he gong and hand him card. 1t will give l
ne rest, and perhaps can recuperate be :.
ore the scheme wears out"