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

NEW YORK Is now playing the best ball in
the League.
HoLYoKE, Massachusetts,, talks of a pro-
fessional team for next season.
BosToN's new short stop, Ray, is showing
up we'll, particularly at the bait
ONLY one error has been made by Brown,
OF the Bostons, in nineteen games
HARVARD will have almost all her old nine
next year and Yale will have new men.
UMPIRE DoEscRER is accused Of wreaking
his personal spite upon ball players on the
field
OUT Of 219 League games played this sea-
son double figures have been scored forty
five times.
BUsHoNG, of Brooklyn, Is also believer
in hand ball practice instead OF spring
Southern trips.
In sixty-two games at left field this season
Hornung, of Boston, made one error bis
average is .9S9.
PRESIDENT SPALD1SG, of the Chicagos, has
offered Johnny Ward the Captaincy OF his
Australian team.
EWING, Bennett and Clements are running
q race to see who will catch the greatest
number of games.
AFTER three years in the minor leagues
Monk Cline of Louisville, Is once more an
Association player.
ALL of Pitcher Stages expenses at Yale
College are paid for him. The college gets
good pitcher out Of it.
DETROIT scribes accuse Brouthers of wait.
ing too much for bases on balls, instead OF
trying to hit the leather.
THE Chicagos are about all sacrifice hit
ters, and that accounts for their large num-
ber of runs on so few hits.
The New England League teams are all
playing good ball, and deserve the hearty
support Of their respective cities.
THERE is ball club in the City OF Mexico
which has instead of haSsocks on the bases
plates of beautiful native onyx.
RICHARD BELcHER, $50, who has played
right field for three years, will Captain tne
Amherst College nine next season.
TIM KEEFE, of New York, struck out
Pfeffer, Williamson and Burns, OF chicago,
in succession during recent game.
IT is stated that Brooklyn has released
Sich to the Buffalo IN. " Club on the loan
and-return- at-the-end- of -the-season plan.
UMPIRE GAFFNEY considers Hamilton, OF
the Worcesters, equal to either slattery, or
the New Yorks, or Ryan, of the Chicagos
In signing Campau the Detroit Club broke
its record. He is the first Detroit boy con-
sidered good enough to play on the Wolverine
team.
The Louisville team seem to have got their
''second wind" Their general playing dur
ing the past two weeks has been OF very
high order.
WITH Burdock's engagement by Brooklyn
his membership in the Ball Players Brother
hood terminated. Only League players can
be members.
AN electric light game was attempted at
Jackson, Mich, but was not successful. The
shadows were too deep, and after five innings
play was abandoned
The most promising amateur pitcher in
Chicago is said to be G. P. Pedros. He strikes
out from twelve to eighteen men in every
game. Buffalo is after him.
DETROIT is afraid that Hardie Richardson
son. His sprained ankle is very lame. he
will be great loss to the champions
THE Clevelands are famous for their div
ing slides in stealing base There are few
men in the team who will not risk breaking
his neck, in case Of emergency, to win
game.
ADVANCE Of years appears to have little or
no effect upon Charlie Snyder, Of Cleveland,
and "Sllyer" Flint, of Chicago, as they play
their usual game behind the bat when given
o trial.
CAPTAIN EWING has absolute control Of
the New York team on the field. He is not
hampered in any way by either Manager
Mutrie or President Day. Ex-Captain Ward
is also working hard for tn, success of tho
team.
AFTER game at Pittsburgh, as the car
riage containing the Philadelphia players
was going from the grounds, a shower OF
stones were thrown at Pitcher Casey for his
al daoiciopc Ono of thu niSSileS Strllck
Casey on the knee, tut fortunately did not
liz ilra him