The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-09-12
The Record UP to Date.
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THE AMERICAN ASSOCIATION.
Notes About Games and Players.

All of the Boston catchers stand low in tbs averages
Orr the first association player to retire 900
men.
Orr of the Metropolitans, has put out 200 men
on first base this
Manning of the Detroits made his first error in
twenty-five games Monday.
McPhee leads the Association second basemen,
ranking just one point above Barkley.
Latham has made more runs than any player in the
Association. He has 123 to his credit.
Nine out of the first dozen American Association
pitchers have developed in the last two years.
Conways release did not cost Detroit OO0 as re-
ported. Three hundred dollars was the price paid.
Daily has done most CT the catching for Boston this
and has handled all the pitchers of the club.
Cincinnati didn't make much of showing in the
series with ST. Louis winning but five games out of
the twenty.
Sylvester late of Louisville has been signed by Gin
cinnaG. He is well liked in Cincinnati having played
with the old Unions of that city several years since.
Of the twelve leading batsmen of the Association,
Louisville has two, St. Louis three, Athletes two,
Pittsburg two. Cincinnati and Metropotans one each
According to James Parton, none of the ancient
Oympiau games were as graceful healhfnl and limo.
cent as baseball. He says nothing, however, about
the umpire.
The four weakest batsmen in the League and Asso
citation ali pitchers, and yet pitcher stands
high as eighth in the League while twrler actually
leads the Association and another is but three pegs
below him.
hebest League batting team according to averages
would be: Buffinton. Ryan and Stemmyer, pitchers;
Kelly and Ewing. catchers; Arson. Myers and White
the bases: Glasscoek, short-stop; Fl. Richardson
Hines and Thompson in the outfeld.
The averages indicate that the best League fielding
team would be: Pitchers, Boyle and Casey; catchers
ORourke and Bennett basemen, Farrar. Fl. Richard
and Denny; short stop. Force Glasscock; out
feders Hornung Daily and Fogarty.
Detroit has signed Tom Gillen, of Savannah con.
sdered to be the best around catcher il the South
ern League. Hank ODay, the wellknown pitcher of
the same club, also goes to Detroit O'Day is not
phenomenon, but good, every day pitcher.
The leading batsmen in each club are Chicago,
Brouthers, ranking third; New York Conner, ranking
ington Hines, ranking seventh; Boston Bufinton
ranking eighth; Philadelphia Fogarty ranking four
teenth Kansas City, Myers ranking twenty seventh.
The Sporting Lie gives the following interesting
figures concerning the batting of American players up
to Sept l. Calvin. PIT; Matthews .256; Manning
1928; McGarr, 224 OConne 1876; Davis ISL.
In fielding. Davis 800; McGarr, $50; OConnen
1913; Manning, S77 The per cent of hits to times
at bat off Calvin .266: off Matthews $50; off
Handiboe. .197j off Ramsey POP; off Hecker. .220.
Base ball has been in troduced in Japan and is now
rapidly becoming popular out door sport. The Japs
however. have not got the game down to quite such
scientific point the Americans. Some time since
game was played between a Japanese club and team
of American clerks, in which considerable amusement
afforded those who witnessed it by one of the
Yankees running of the line of base and the entire
japanese nine joining in hot pursuit and chasing him
into rice field where they triumphantly put him out