The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1886-06-14
AMERICAN ASSOCIATION


O'Rourke leads the League In ba tting,
with an average OF 3OS, Brouthers follows
with S95, and Deasley is third with $40,
Foutz virtually leads the Association with
$40, although HoHord has large record
for q much smaller number OF games
Browning and O'Neil follow with 3BS and
1858.
In fielding Fulmer, OF Baltimore, leads
the Catchers with 053, Pechiney, OF Oiucin-
natl, heads the pitchers with 1000, Orr, OF
the Nets, leads the first basemeu with 9Si,
Barkley tops the second basemen with
O54, Hankinson, Of the Nets, ranks the
third basemen with 9l0, Smith, OF Pitts.
burgh, bears of the palm at short with
g32 and Sommer, Lewisand. .NeCol have the
best averages In the field.
The best fielding in the League was
done by Hackett, OF Kansas City, behind
the bat with record Of 077; Oonnor, Of
New York, with 087 leads the first base
Basteau, Of Philadelphia, with 0O9, the
second basemen BaSteau, OF Philadelphia,
with 0O9, the third basemen; Force, OF
Washington, leads the short stops with
044; Manning, OF Detroit, has done the
Dest work Ut left with 089; Richardson, OF
New York, leads the centre tielders with
1000 and Fogerty, OF Philadelphia, leads
the right felders with 1000
The club batting averages are: Detroit,
277; New York, 272; 81 Louis, 269; Chi.
Cago, 250i Boston, 23S; Philadelphia,
1876; Kansas City, 224, and Washington,
22l. In fielding theclubs rank as follows:
Detroit, $780, New York, 0l7; Kansas CITY,
902; Philadelphia, sos Boston, 8O5; ST.
Louis, $50; Chicago, sss and Wash.
ington $40.
The Association batting averages are
st. Louis, 202 Cincinnati, 265; Brooklyn,
1885, Louisville, 24S; Pittsburgh, 23e; Bal.
timore, 234; Athletics, 2S2 and Metropoli.
tanS, 22S. Tie fielding averages are
Baltimore, 9l0; Brooklyn, 9l2 Pittsburgh,
Oil; Cincinnati, 900; metropolitan, 900 ;
st. Louis, 9O5i Louisville, 800 and Ath.
letics, 8S7.
NOTES.
Jim Manning will not be able to play
again this season.
Bennett has caught 25 out OF the 27
games played by Detroit.
Mccormick, Of the Chicago club, is said
to be in splendid condition physically.
Won der Abe had to come up 10 time
and pay Comiskey's and Latham's fines.
CAMEL has at last succeeded in getting
his release from Philadelphia. He goes to
Detroit.
Mallory, Of last years Martins Ferry,
O., club, Is pitching for the Hamilton, ! Can.
ada, club.
ClarkSon has not been very fortunate
this year. He has been In the box every
time Chicago was defeated.
viii White, whose career was supposed
TO be ended, has left his retirement and
joined his old love-Cincinnati.
Robinson, Of the Browns, was lately sus.
pended for insubordination, Comiskey
taking his base and Foutz playing first.
This year, for the first time In the his.
tory oi the club, the Cincinnatis have lost
more games than they have won at this
date.
It Is singular that OF the first dozen bats.
men OF the Association no less than six
are pitchers. OF the remaining elk four
are out6elders, one an inHeldef and one q
catcher.
Mccormick iB doing the best work in
the box for Chicago, and Clarkson's star
has somewhat pRled. Lucas probably
wishes he had secured Mac instead Of
Sweeney when be had a chance.
The GAINESVILLE, o., club will play two
games at the New Fair Grounds with the
Wheeling team on Friday and Saturday,
Juue % and 90 The visiting club is q
good professional one, and will warm up
the boys In good style.