Morning journal and courier., 1888-07-27
THE NATIONAL GAME

ssDaaher" Troy Talks Back to the Um.
pfre and IL Fined e1OO-OGher Notes.
j. @. Morse of the Boston Herald, who is
travelling with the Bostons, thinks that If
Keefe and welch hold out that New York
will surely take the flag.
Radbourn says its Boston's same old luck,
good pitching and weak hitting. A scrutiny
of the scores from day to day indicates that
Rad is correct.
It is very evident that Kike Kelly Is to
follow in the footsteps of Clements, Bennett,
Mack and Ewing. Mike can do it If he wants
to and do it well. He caught three superb
games here.
Ewina's record in % consecutive games
behind the bat, including Tuesdays game,
| is 1872 put outs, Sc assists and 83 errors, an
average of 1907. In this ID included all his
passed balls, counting which, 1857 is q fine
showing. Bucks batting average for the
same time is 2s7, he making SO hits in 115
| times at the bat. He scored 90 runs, which
speaks volumes for his base running.
The Boston Herald averages show the list
of men who have an average of 300 and
over at the present time to be: Conner 1882,
Beckley 1888, Ryan 800, Miller .316, Kelly
.313, Buckley .311, Duffy 1908, Rowe .30e,
Johnston BOT, Sanders 800. The list of
batsmen In the New England league who
have an average of 800 or over Is oonsidera-
bly, larger than in the National league. It is
as follows: Knowlton (of the Harvards, now
of Salem) .487, Shelter .397, Mitchell 1867,
Larocque 1851, Hamilton .346, Kennedy 1877,
Hines 1892, Flanagan 1921, Campanna .315,
Murphy .314, Tofhing .313, Kelly 81, Poll
hemus sos, Goodwin, Wheelock, Trask and
Clark 800 each.
Keefe has won thirteen consecutive games
Jersey City does not want Weidman; nor
does New York. He will be released ont
right.
Purcell has resigned the captaincy of the
Baltimores and Burns has been chosen to his
place.
The Lynn team il disbAnding.
Detroit's offer of $500 for LaFocque, second
baseman of the Lynn Base Ball club, has
been accepted, and he win probably join the
Detroits within few days. A dispatch was
received from jackson, Mich, asking the
terms for the whole Lynn team. The trans-
fer was voted to be made by the men for
81, 900 and the same salaries they ara now re-
ceiving.
The Detroits have released McC1uire, the
catcher recently of the Philadelphias, for his
atrocious playing.
Sam Thompson has been released by De-
troit. He viii bring suit against the club.
A contract has been entered into between
tho Rome, Watertown and Ogdensburg rail-
road and the Rochester and Syracuse base ball
associations by the terms of which the Roch-
ester and Syracuse clubs are to play a. series
of six Sunday games for q purBe-of 81, 600
and the championship of western New York,
beginning Sunday, July 20.
A scene not on the programme took place
after the Troy-Albany game in Albany last
week. Johnny Troy, the fat and jolly SEQ
ond baseman of the Troys, formerly of the
New Ravens, made strenuous objections to
several decisions Of Umpire Jerry Sullivan,
and Jerry got "riled." Troy, however,
kept up his abusive language and Sullivan
/ fined him 500. When Jsray called q strike
on the s'Dashern he turned ~ II to strike
him with the club. On cnother occasion he
I threatened to throw the ball at him. For
this he was also fined. Bat the climax was
reached after the game. They were in
the dressing room, and, Is Sullivan
passed By he was grabbed by
the coat collar, pulled !. into the
room and knocked down by the aDasher. .
Some one would have got left had not Rose
man and several others of the team inter-
fered. That evening Troy Expressed himself
as being sorry for what he did, and in the
game next day, when he stepped to the
plate, he shook hands with Sullivan and
they are friends once more.
Boston people are clamoring for new
manager for their team.
Whitney is playing great ball for New
York. In every game of late his fielding Is
one of the features.