The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1888-04-30

have made seven hits in one game, includ-
ing three home rms and triple. The
feat of making six successive safe hits in
a game was performed once each by Lyons,
of the Athletics; Quinn, OF Duluth; Beck
ley OF Duluth, and Trask, of Manchester,
while safe hits in five successive time at
the bat were scored once each by 0'Neil,
OF the st. Louis Browns; Burns and Pur-
cell, of the Baltimores Bauer, of the Ath-
letics; Clark, of Brooklyn; Cross, of Louis
vile; Thompson, of Detroit; Hines, of
Washington; Denny OF indianapolis;
Duffy, of the Lowells, and Wilmot of st.
Paul. Carroll, of the Pittsburgs, made,
May ., the curious sequence of single,
double, triple aud home run in four times
at the bat. Dave Orr, OF the Nets, per-
formed the same feat August 10 in Balti-
more.
With three men on the bases home runs
were made by several batsmen, including
Connor, Morrill,, Welch, Mann, Earle and
Quinn, the two last named doing il in the
Eau Claire Duluth game, July ~. Thomp-
son made three-baggers in the seventh and
ninth innings of the Detroit-lndianapolis
game, May Z, when each time the bases
were full and two men out. Ward made
seven OF the fifteen hits credited to the
New Yorks in their two games on
July 4 in Chicago. 0'Neil, OF the st.
Louis Browns, batted safely nine
times in succession in two games, twice
or home runs. In the three games
between the Detroits and Washington last
August Brouthers made eleven safe hits,
seven being doubles. The longest hit OF
the season at the Polo grounds was made
August 81 by Conner, Of the New York
team, he batting the ball over the right
field fence and duplicating his feat of
the preceding season. Connor also made
the longest hit ever seen in San Francisco,
Cal, it being drive over the right
field fence, made December 8. Will
hanson, OF the Chicagos, was the sec
ond one to bat ball over the center
field fence on the Boston grounds.
which he did on August 90 off Radboprn's
pitching. Cartwright, of the New Orleans
team, was reported TO have batted u ball
the distance of 5SS feet from the home
plate. Duffy, of the Lowells, hit a ball
August 81, at Manchester, N. H., that
went on the fly over the center field fence,
which was distance Of $50 feet from the
home plate. Very long hits were also made
by Caruthcrs, Burns and Seward, in Phla-
delphia; 0'Neill and Fouiz, in St. Louis;
Werrick and George Smith, in Louisville;
Orr, at Staten Island; Brouthcrs, in De-
troit; Morrill,, in Pttsburg; Lewis, in
Rochester; Crane, in Toronto; Simon, in
Syracuse, and NCach, in Dcs Mones
Home run hits winning games were made
by Sullivan and Pfeier, OF the Chicagos,
July 20 and August &, respectively,
. Brien, OF the Washingtons, August 20,
and Carroll, Of the Piitsburgs, September
II. Sowders two homo runs enabled
Jersey City TO beat Wilkosbarre July 20,
by score Of TO 3; 0'Connor won a game
for the New Yorks August 10 in Philadel-
phia, twice in succession placing the
ball over the right-fcld fence and
bringing in six runs. A home run by
Dalrymple in the ninth inning enabled
Pittsburg to tie Chicago September %, and
another one by the same player in the
tenth inning won the game. The only and
winning run In the DesMoincs Lacrosse
game, September 8. was a home run by
Whitley. Richardson and Conway, OF
Detroit; Hines, OF Washington, Reilly and
Fennclly, OF Cincinnati, and Hccker, Of
Louisville, each one made home run
that saved their respective clubs from
being blanked.