Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1888-08-10
THE NATIONAL GAME.

THE Indiana Ler~ ue 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 a jewel for
Pittsburg.
WINoNA, Mich, has a team composed of
school teachers.
BURDoCK is a great acquisition to the
Brooklyn team.
PITCHER GILMORE has at last been released
by Washington.
INDIANAPOLIS has been doing the heaviest
batting in the League.
PITCHER CLARKsON is said to be a dis.
appointment to Boston.
THERE have been thirty-eight shut-outs in
the League and none of them was for the
Giants.
Stage, the Yale praying pitcher, has re-
fused several tempting offers from profes-
SiOnal clubs.
SECRETARY SCANDRETT, of the PittsOurg
Club estimates the loss to the club by rain
this season at $4,000.
FIRST BAsEMAN FAATz has made only
seven errors out of 564 chances offered to him
on the Cleveland team.
TEE Newark IN. j. is the only club in the
IlOO AOoO q
game on its own grounds.
PITTSBURG is assured that Buckly is a
great player. He has made only one held
ing error in twenty games.
The attendance at the Detroit games is
very small. On some fine days scarcely 500
people go out to the grounds
IN the Detroit Club the Captain has nothing
to say as to the practice of the men and
nothing whatever about the batting order
LITTLE NICHOL, of the Cincinnati team,
leads the association in base stealing. He
has stolen fifty three bases so far this
season.
LoUIsvILLE's ex-manager, Kelly, says:
''In Collins, Louisville has the best fielder in
the AssociaUion-or League, too, for that
matter"
UMPIRE MCQUADE says that Blair, of the
Athletics, has more mysterious drop ball
than any pitcher in the Association, not bar
ring Ramsey, of Louisville.
WITH the ''only' Kelly demoralized,
Clarkson in huff and lame, and Nash and
Day injured, the present outlook for the Bos-
ton Club is not very encouraging.
BUCK EwING's eyes are bright, his hands
are in splendid condition, and, barring an &C
cident the New York captain is good for
twenty five more games behind the bat.
GENERAL HARRISON, the Republican cam
didate for President, is very fond OF the ma
tiOnal game and attends nearly every series
of League games played in indianapolis.
w HEN Cne ueaI-H I1Oy, VI w aonthS UOi'
wants to question an umpire's decision on
balls and strikes, he makes his complaint
known by holding out his bat where he thinks
the bail went.
GENTLEMAN Ito boy outside the Chicago
grounds)-IGame going on today, tommy.
JOhnny-''Y essir." Gentleman-"Wh no are
the contestants, JOhnnyW JOhnny-'Baby
Arson and de empire"
WHENEVER Juvenile spectator catches
foul knocked into the stands at Buffalo, n.
Chapman. sign him." much to the genial
managers chagrin, who is trying hard to
strengthen the club, but without avail, it
seems
TOXIC, Japan, has regularly organized
baseball club gathered and instructed by h
Hiraata a young Jap who studied engineer
ing in this country five years. Spalding
makes the club small and special ball. The
regulation ball is too hard and large for
japanese hands
WHEN Doescher made a decision that failed
to meet the views of the crowd at Cincinnati
q few DAYS since, he walked over to third
base and shouted: carpenter, did you
touch GIcKeon with the ball!" When the
baseman acknowledged that he had not the
Kisses 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 as suddenly and COM
pletely as if the earth had swallowed him up
old well. the existence of which had been
forgotten, and was rescued standing up to his
neck in icy water.