The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1888-09-12
THE NATIONAL GAME.
sssEY CITY has released Pyle.


N1coI, Of Cincinnati, leads all the base
stealers.
BuRD1cK has proved himself a great
pitcher.
MURPHY is the best catcher in the Central
League.
CHICAGO has now shut out every club but
Indianapolis
TWELVE games have been tied by League
teams this season.
AMONG the Washingtons Myers is consid'
cred the most timely hitter.
THE Detroit players concede the League
championship to New York.
NASH, of Boston. is just now playing the
best third base in the League.
ERRoRLEss games are quite frequent In
the International Association.
BROOKLYN paid $500 for Tom Burns's re-
lease from the Baltimore Club.
SUBSTITUTE umpires in the League get
$3.50 per game for umpiring.
DETROIT is still trying to buy Titcomb and
Murphy from the New York Club.
P1NcKNEY, of Brooklyn, is the first player
In the Association to score 100 runs.
EVERY member Of the New York Club,
except Brown, has made home run.
CATCHER ROBINSON, Of the Athletics, has
made seventeen errors in $40 chances.
JIMMY DoNoHUE,o of Kansas City, can catch
the fleetest runner with his rifle shot throws
to second.
HARrNErT is said to be the quickest and
most accurate thrower in the international
Association.
POWELL Is the only man OF the present
New Orleans team who started the season
with the club.
-CoSNoR, Of New York. has passed Denny,
in home runs
BENNETT, Of the Detroits says that in Nc
Carly the St Louis has one OF the best play
crs he ever saw.
ROBINSON, the second baseman Of the St
Lcuis Browns, is one Of the trickiest players
in the Association.
A FEEL1NG is growing in International
circles in favor of bringing Jersey City into
the circuit next season.
VAN HALTREN, Of Chicago, is the only
League pitcher who has retired League
team this season without hit.
In Beckley, Pittsburg, for the first time,
has man more than capable Of filling the
lamented Al Mckinnon's place
JOHN BARNES, the manager Of the St
Paul Baseball Club, fell heir to S1OO, 600 by
the death Of an uLcle in Ireland.
THE Indianapolis Club have their new uni.
foSms of gray with dark blue caps, belts and
stockings. They were sadly needed.
OLD EZRA SUTTON is looked upon as a
most remarkable player for his age. His
work since be has joined the Rochester team
has been first class.
THE Detroit Free P'ess thinks it would be
a good plan to try the twenty.fve.cent ad-
mission rate at Detroit. The tfty-cent rate
is failure this year.
FRED DUNLAP, the popular and highest
salaried second baseman in the baseoall
profession, is very bitter in his remarks ABOUT
the Philadelphia grounds.
ABOUT half the teams in the League are
inst now negotiating for John Wards release
from the New York's. 1t is presumed he is
wanted as player-manager
ASSOCIATIONS p ayers are puzzled as to now :'
SNYDER, of Cleveland. got his throwing aoll-
ity back. He Lines them down to the bases
as we'll as he did ten years ago.
WILLIAMSON, of Chicago, is playing better
than any shortstop in the land. In The last
twenty. eight games he has made five errors
and accepted l32 chances-an average OF
.s65.
KEEFE, of the New Yolks, has pitched two
of the most remarkable games this season.
Against the Detroits he allowed but two
singles and in Washington Deasely got but
one hit.
UMPIRE FERGUSON classes Fogarty, Johns
ton and Welch together as the best out
felders in the country. or the three, ne
considers the Boston man entitled to the
front rank.
BURDocK is the best sacrifice hitter on the
Brooklyn team. He cares but little whether
he gets base hit or not SO :ong as he ad-
yances q base runner or makes q run count.
This accounts for his low batting average.
NATIONAL LEAGUE RECORD.