Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1888-08-17
THE NATIONAL GAME.

IdE NAI1UNAL GAME.
PrTTsBURG has the weakest hitting outfeld
IN the League.
BUSHONG, of Brooklyn is the star catcher
OF the Association.
REILLY, of Cincinnati, now laads the AS
ISOLATION in batting.
ANsoN and Ward are the most interviewed
men on the diamond.
THE Chicago Club has sold Pitcher Brynan
to St Paul for $1,000
WARD, of New York, is bunting the ball
very successfully this season.
MCKEAN has been made Captain of the
Cleveands, instead of Snyder
EWING, of New York, caught in twenty
eight and a half consecutive games.
THEY don't wear masks or chest protectors
in the Central New York League.
N batting the International League is led
by Grant Buffalo's second baseman.
Indianapolis won three straight games
from Detroit on the latter's grounds.
CoNNoR, of New York, leads all the League
batsmen. Ryan, of Chicago, is second.
SHAW, of Baltimore, is said to be the
quickest little pitcher in the Association.
CALVIN, of the Pittsburgsis getting TO the
front as one of the best pitchers in the
League.
CLEMENTS, of Philadelphia. has caugh
more games than any League catcher this
season.
KEEFE. of the New Yorks, now has the
League strkeout record for the season.
fourteen.
For the first time since its organization
the New York combination is playing a
teamwork game.
RAGGED" errors has superseded saffron
hued' and 'old gold" favorte expression
Of baseball reporters.
IN Pittsburg- Chicago game Beckley, the
first baseman of the former club, put out
twenty four men and assisted once.
THE Clevelands practice bunting and team
work every morning. This accounts perhaps
for their recent brilliant successes.
CHICAGo's big left fielder and heavy hitter,
Martin Sullivan, played twenty-seve games
before he made an error this season.
MANCHESTER has the best run getter in
the New England League. His name is
Shelter, and he has scored ninety times this
season.
HANK O'DAY of Washington. has knocked
out three catchers so far this season. The
last to succomb to his rife shots was Tug
Arundel
President YOUNG SAYS that since his con-
nection with the League there has never
been fine inflicted and properly reported to
him that failed to be paid.
UMPIRE GAFFNEY thinks the way to stop
kicking is TO give the fines to the umpire.
He says rather than put money In the UNI
pres pocket the players will keep still.
SHORTsToP WARD has again taken up the
pen. This time it is to answer Professor
Proctor, who claims that baseball is the out
growth Of the game OF FOUNDERS, which he
denies.
In recent Baltimore a thletiC game Colds
by was hit behind the 50 hard that he did
not remember anything about the game I'M
til the next day, although he was able TO
walk around.
A DECISION has been rendered at Middle
town, N Y, in a case of litigation which,
makes every individual member of baseball
club responsible for the debts contracted in
the clubs name
A CHICAGO paper taunts Anson's nine in
this manner: The Chicago ball players are
not hitting the ball but they pounding the
air and producing a series OF atmospheric
waves that viii undoubtedly have marked
effect upon the weather"
THE feat of three consecutive shut-outs has
only been accomplished once since base
ball has been played prOfe ,sonally, and that
was in 1873, when ST. Louis, with Gsorga
Washington Bradley in the box, 'Chicagoed''
Hartford three times in succession.
ALL the deaf mute professional players are
distinguishing themselves this season Hoy,
of the Washingtons, is the greatest favorits
with his team: Paul Hines has completely
captured the Indianians; Rye, of Sandusky.
is very popular. and Dundon, Of Syracuse, Il
doing excellentlV.