Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1888-06-15
THE NATIONAL GAME.


MACK, Washington's catcher, is six feet
two inches tall
CHIxAMEN are commencing to patronize
the national game
MEMPHIS has signed pitch Rudolph, OF the
Eclipse Club. Louisville
BALTIMORE has a tailless kitten for mas
cot, and kalamazoo little fox
THE Pbiladelphias were the first TO WIN
game of Chicago's young pitcher hrock-
THERE are more postponed games so far
this season than there were all OF IaSV year.
THE Louisville Club is badly off for catch
ers, and is on the lookout for suitable men
JACK FIRTH. OF the Houston Texas Club,
died last week from rheumatism OF the
heart.
Tony MULLANE, the Cincinnati pitcher, has
entered the list for the long throwing cham
pionship.
Com1sKEY, of St. Louis, had a finger
smashed against his bat by pitched bail, at
Baltimore
THE INDIANAPOLIS Club is the only one in
the League which. insists on having mar
be home plate.
IT seems to be the regulation daily thing
now TO find Ned Williamson, OF chicago,
credited with a home run
T1rcOMB's record would suffer greatly but
for Murphy's magnificent catching of the
New York pitchers erratIc delivery.
No team in the American Association, not
even the famous St Louis Browns, has any
thing like the great base-stealIng record or
the Cincinnatis.
The secret of the weak batting on the part
of Foster, of New York, is said to be that he
can't hit a drop ball and that the League
pitchers all onto this.
THE st. Paul players have rented a well
furnished house, engaged n cook and washer
woman, and will run their own hotel. The
wives of two players will supervise.
TERRY, the Brooklyn American Associa-
FIr1t, ~ nlY-
the LouisvilleS, performed the remarkable
feat of shutting out the rival nine without
a single run or hit.
THE rivalry between Easton and Allen
town, the two Pennsylvania ball clubs IS so
great that the papers Of the two towns can
not find words in the English language to
express their feelings
BILLY SowDERs, of Boston, is pitcher in
action, and looks a pitcher in every regard
but in size. He stands about oft. Gin. high,
and does not weigh much over 100 pounds.
He is Slight dark and very modest
RECKONING the season at six months, John
ClarksOn, BOstOn'S $4,000 pitcher, who viii
probably not pitch more than an average of
two games a week during the season, will be
paid the handsome wages of S33 33 l-3 en-
hour or 500 a minute for his services.
AN important event in Milwaukee
Wis) sporting annals occurred in the open
ing of the base ball season in that city, and
the dedication of Athletic Park, the new
$40, 900 ball grounds the Milwaukees will
hereafter entertain their visitors upon.
The number of people who witnessed the
morning and afternoon games of the League
and American Association Clubs in New
York, Brooklyn, Boston. Philadelphia, Wash
ingtOn, Cleveland and Baltimore or Decora-
ton Day aggregated ~, 454. New York led
with a total attendance of 18 2S2.
''WHo is the best pitcher in the professon?'
was asked of Charley Bennett, the Detroit
catcher, recently. ''Well, the best pitching
talent in the country lies between Caruthers,
of Brooklyn, ClarksOn, of Boston, and Tim
Keefe of New York. Caruthers and Clark
son are great str ttegists, but when it comes
to putting the ball right over the plate no.
body can touch Tim Keefe.n
ONE reason for Chicago's high standing is
its great strength behind the bat. In DAILY
and Darling they have a couple equal to any
pair of catchers in the League. DAILY caught
eight games without fielding error, accept
ing seventy five chances. He had four passed
balls. His colleague played the same num-
Der OF games. accepted as many chances,
with five errors and six passed balls