Wichita eagle., 1888-05-20
sPLiNTERs FROM THE BATS.

BAKER ana Gladman nave peen reie4SeO Dy
the Albany club
Miller. of the Pittsburgs, is said to be re-
covering rapidly.
Joe Hornung has not get made an error,
Johnston but one.
Minneapolis has bought Walsh, Omaha's
short-step, for $780,
Cliff Carroll only wanted s4OO month
from New Orleans.
Getzein's former catcher, Gastfeld, has
signed with Omaha.
Mark Baldwin's old catcher, Legg, has
signed with Decatur
The left-handed pitchers haven't done
much yet this season.
The colored Gorham Club is to be trans
ferred to New Haven.
Latham is batting and fielding even more
brilliantly than last year.
Tip O'Neil is as usual up near the top of
the association batsmen.
Kienzle, just released by New Orleans,
has signed with Galveston.
Robinson, of the Browns, continues to
play dirty ball right along.
Hoy leads the Washingtons in batting so
far, excelling even O'Brlen.
The Louisville team is being numerically
roasted by the home papers.
The Brooklyns have never yet been able
to whitewash the Athletics.
Allen, late of the Cleveland team, has
been engaged by Kansas City.
Toledo has a new first baseman from
Columbus, O., named Lew Hill.
The Minneapolis club has released short
stop Shaw and catcher Jordan.
The Pittsburghs are not looming up large
ly in the extra base hit column.
Mike Kelly and Seery at present lead the
entire league in base-running.
Not one Of the Chicago players suffers
from lameness or other injuries.
The Chicago Maroon's big drst baseman,
Lew Schoenick, is to be released.
Conway and Camel seem to be Detroit's
most effective battery at present
Pittsburgh and Washington are doing
the poorest fielding in the league.
The rule placing bases on balls in the
error column is catching it all around.
Stricken, Albert Mexican and Hogan are
doing great base-running for Cleveland.
Ed Daily is doing the best base-running
for Washington. He is also batting well
Conway, pitcher of the Kansas City West
ern League Club, is laid up with q lame arm.
Catcher Jordan, just released from Min
neapolis, has been signed by the London
club.
The Mansfield (O.) club is trying to buy
second baseman Nicholson from Won der
Abe
Charley Radbourn is nursing a sore eye.
One of the Boston boys accidently hit him
with ginger snap on the train.
St. Louis people have the greatest conf
dence in Comisky and never doubt but that
the Browns will again float the rag.
Sunday expects to go on the Australian
trip next fall. If so he will get married and
utilize the excursion as wedding tour.
Whalen one Of the new catchers of the
Kalamazoo club, or KaZoos as they arc
called, is phenomenal thrower to bases.
1t was Keefe who stopped Boston in It's
triumphant march. In the language of
Captain Cutie: "If any man kin, he kim"
Chamberlain did not make Louisville come
to his figure, 81, SOC, after all. He gets $1,000,
and SO for every game he wins.
Spalding won't permit the Chicago West
ern Club to play Sunday games on his
ground, so it must play elsewhere on that
day.
1t is rule of the New England League
that when two balls have been used in
championship game practice balls may be
used.
The brother of young Sowders, of the
Boston club, is pitching for the Lima club,
and is doing the best work in the Tri-State
League.
President Young thinks the Phillies will
pull up on the leaders later in the race but
does not believe they will be able to repeat
their great squirt of last fall.
Sutciffe rivals Anson as a billiard player.
He practices continuously and plays strong
game The first thing he asks the clerk on
arriving at hotel is where the billiard hall
is located.
The attendance in the three New York
games was about 22,00o, and Boston took
over 50, 500 as it's share. With fair weather
the attendance would have been 10000. The
Philadelphia cheap Johnnies should ponder
over this.
Superstitious people looked upon the
Syracuse Stars as unlucky. They have thir-
teen players in the team, thirteen directors
to govern its affairs, and the club started on
its preliminary trip on Friday, the 18th day
of the month
Harry Wright's schedule is working all
right for the Phillies. Nearly 10000 people
witnessed the opening game in New York.
In former years Boston shared in this
snap; this year the Phillies carried of
the Doodle.
Cunningham, the Baltimore pitcher, has
earned the title of the hearing mute" He
talks a little or none at all, but, says the
po1t N>,ro ha &c ssOrnnar -
He grins at every thing, be it a compliment
or complaint, but says nothing.
A peculiar thing happened in Brooklyn's
first championship games. Pinckney struck
at the first ball pitched banged it for the
first base hit, stole the first base of the sea-
son and scored the first run on the first
passed ball and fielding error.
Pitcher Kirby, who once played with St'
Louis and indianapolis, has been suspended
by the Memphis club. He will probably be
released. His arm gave way recently and
he was granted vacation. Then he de-
manded full pay, which was refused.
The Chicago club is the only one in the
country that bas chaplain. His name IS
Rev Thomas E. Green, and he is the rector
of st. Andrews Church Perhaps Rev. Mr..
Green could, if he tried, persuade the lads
to go TO bed early when away on trips
Clarkson is devoting an hour or two every
evening in instructing Bill Sowders, and he
asserts that be viii make one OF the finest
pitchers of the young Hoosier that ever
pitched ball All the Boston players look
upon Sowders as one of the coming pitchers
In the American Association Brooklyn
and st. Louis are credited with the first
errorless games, and Louisville with the
first shut-out. In the League New YORK
played the first errorless game, Washing
ton was the first club shut out, and New