The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1888-08-15
THE NATIONAL GAME,

The Indiana Leo rue is thing of the past
In Texas the games are not called until five
o'clock.
ANsoN and Comiskey are both sacrifice
hitters.
DETROIT has fortunate faculty for bunch
ing hits
PITCHER STALEY is proving jewel TOR
Pittsburg. -.
W1HoNA, Mich, has a team composed OF
school teachers.
BuRpocK is a great acquisition 10 the
Brooklyn team.
PITCHER GILMORE has at last been released
by Washington.
INDIANAPOLIS has been doing the heaviest
batting in the League.
PITCHER CLARKsoS is said to be dis
appointment to Boston.
THERE have been thirty-eight shut-outs in
the League and none Of them was Tor the
| Giants
SrAGa, the Yale praying pitcher, has re-
| fused several tempting offers from proIes'
sional clubs.
SECRETARY ScANDRETT, OF the Pittsoure
| Club estimates the loss to the club by rain
this season at SIC, 900.
FIRST BAsEMAN FAATz has made only
seven errors out Of 564 chances offered 10 MIN
on the Cleveland team.
TEE Newark IN. J.) is the only club In the
country that has not lost championship
game on its own grounds
PlrrsBURG is assured that Buckly Is q
great player. He has made only one neld-
ing error in twenty games.
The attendance at the Detroit games IS
very small On some fine days scarcely ooo
people go out to the grounds
In the Detroit Club the Captain has nothing
tn say as to the practice of the men and
nothing whatever about the batting order.
LITTLE N1cHoL, of the Cincinnati team,
leads the association in base stealing He
has stolen ffty-three bases so far this
season.
LoU1sv1LLEs ex manager, Kelly, says:
"In Collins, Louisville hos the best fielder IN
the Associarion-or League, too, Tor tnaS
matter"
UMPIRE McQUADR says that Blair, OF the !,
Athletics, has a more mysterious drop pan
than any pitcher in the Association no5 oaF'
ring Ramsey, of Louisville.
WITH the "only" Kelly demoralized,
Clarkson in a huff and lam, and Nasn anu
Day injured, the present outlook Tor the bos-
ton Club is not very encouraging.
BUCK EWlSGS eyes aTe UIlPuo, NO HAA
are in splendid condition, and, barring an ac-
rident the New York captain is good for
twenty-five moro games behind the bat
GENERAL HARRISON, the Republican can.
didate for President, is very fond of the ma
tional game and attends nearly every series
of League games played in Indianapolis.
WHEN the deaf-mute Hoy, of Washington,
wants to question an umpires declslon on
balls and strikes, he makes his complaint
known by holding out his bat where he thinks
the ball went.
GENTLEMAN ito boy outside the Chicago
grounds)-"Ga going on today, JohnnyF"
Johnny-'Yessir Gentleman-''Who are
the contestants, Johnny~ Johnny-"Baby
Anson and de empire"
WHENEVER juvenile spectator catches
foul knocked into the stands at Buffalo, N.
Y, the audience at once shouts: "Sign him.
Chapman. sign him." much to the, genial
managers chagrin, who is trying hard 10
strengthen the club, but without avail, it
seems.
TOXIC, Japan, has a regularly organlzed
baseball club, gathered and instructed by n.
Hiraata, young Jap who studied engineer
ing in this country five years. Spaldlng
makes the club small and special ball. The
regulation ball is too hard and large Tor
japanese hands.
WHEN Doescher made decision that failed
to meet the views of the crowd at Cincinnati
few days since, he walked over to third
base and shouted Carpenter, did you
touch McKeon with the ball?" When the
baseman acknowledged that he had not the
hisses Of the mob were drowned with ap-
plause.
WHILE game Of baseball was in progress
in Dallas, Texas, few days ago. player,
in attempting to steal second base, disap-
peared from sight ss suddenly and as COM
pletely as if the earth had swallowed him up.
He had broken through the ground into on
old well. the existence of which had been
forgotten, and was rescued standing up to his
neck in icy water.