Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1888-08-10
BAT AND BALL.
no+ro;t and New York Now Struggling
for First Place in the
League.
Fielding and Batting Records Of the
Teams-News and Notes OF
the Game.
rc,,,c.co CORRESPONDENCE

the Game.
tcu1cAGo CORRESPONDENCE
Since INV last letter was written Aieon wy
| bove tnken IL great tumble. Leaving pe'io4' u.
the DIST still in possession OF the leao 'ney "e1'O
| 70 INDIANAPOLIS where nine out OF ten SA'to"eo
enthusiasts we're certain they woulo 'uhe wv
or possibly three games, and dropped 'hie'
straight victories into the laps OF sna et e.
Then they came back to Chicago ana iiien nc,
troit mon the home grounds in three games.
Two of these they lost to the oi'e!lle. ~
that, at this writlng .ne rnnnsd back into
third place. Chicagos tumble mas pee :l,,. J..
source Of wonder to the team nam1I ha
been apparent to ALL The team has been field
ing and running bases well as it ever uid' p,ie
it hns not been hitting the ball little oit me
Eonsier pitchers PLAYED with our batsmen tt
Indianapolis as Il cat would play with Il mouse
while Getzein and Conway of Detroit proved
entirely too hard for Anson men 10 ci,,ck
the box that the Chicago hltters began 70 ma
the ball and when they commenced to get their
ewes rpon it in the game of Saturday. the 2sth
they pounded the Detroit twirler out OF the box
and won the game by score OF ~ to u IN the
presence of nearly 10000 people The attack OF
batting paralysis that has hung over our boys
for the last month, therefore, has probably been
lifted, and Chicagoans may hope for better
things from them from this time out. Vs..
Spalding has dropped BryEan. He was IN favor
of letting the young pitcher go three weeks or
more ago. when he received IL fur otter ironi 81
Paul but Arson said no, and that settled IT,
Whether or not Brynan's slaughter i'll the Wash
ington game here had amy bearing upon the ac-
tion subsequently taken cannot say ", but ,;,,
think had Brynau pitched q winning ana DRILL
liant game that day, instead OF being knock q
out of the box, that Arson would never have let
him aW 60; # comes to choice between the home
run slugger ana the scientific batter, who cares
more to place The ball to advantage than he does
to hit it hard, I'll take the latter every time,
says a veteran writer in the Sporting Life.
There should be no more credit given to Il man
for home run or three-bnse hit than for u good
sacrifice when sacrifice hit is needed. club
which has two or three home-run hit ers in its
team will never show up very strong in team
work. A player who is always talking about his
base-Eits and errors, rather than about his
clubs standing or the games it has won, is not IL
desirable or u strong man i'll his team. The
conscientious, Woodworking player-the man
whose work will count most-s that one W, o
forgets his own record and thinks only Of those
points that will add game or Il run to his clubs
record Such !. :; man mas s;o been nelly, o. me
great PLAYER which he has justly won the repu-
tntion of being. Arson is another of the kind.
What does Arson care for four base hits to his
credit if his club loses the game? WHAT does he
care for four errors if his club wins?
by the way, how that man is abused and
bnrked at Every time he opens his mouth to
question the decision of an umpire, rs he has a
right under the rules to do, it is telegraphed all
| over the country i'll sensational way. Fearful
exaggerations of the occasion are written up and
Arson is pictured the pcrsonitcation of
abusiveness and obstinncy Newspapers every
where take turns in making mean references to
him in that way and speak of him rs tyrnnt in
his team. Now, the truth plainly told is that
his team tyranny amounts to merely q strict
discipline and total refrain from fnvoritisln
His kicking consists i'll n firm habit Of claiming
every right during u game which he thinks be-
longs to his team. II there were more captains
like Arson there would be less complaint made
NJ bad hall Dnyinp
"Anson never was n newspaper favorite. The
reason probably arises from his perfect nditfer-
ence to newspaper attack. The old man goes
right on playing ball and doesn't think it worth
while to reply TO ANYTHING the reporters may say
about him or the Chicago team. The conse
quonce is Arson is exasp .rat ng, and the more
sphynx-like he remains the worse he is abused.
1t has been sort of unaccountable situation to
me-the manner in which the Chicago press
treats the Chicago team. 1t never gets any
praise or any credit for well doing, but Lord, how
it is abused and blackguarded if it strikes bit
of reverse. While the team was in first place
last week fighting like band of heroes to retain
its position, it was most numerically assaled
because it had lost Il game ut Detroit. One
paper insisted that the club was about to 'tobog-
gan down toward the tail end Now admire
| the pluck of Arson and his men more than
admire the work of any other League team. The
work of that team has been marvellous under
the circumstances. 1t has far made vigor-
GUS bid for first honors, whereas it ought to be
held in high esteem at home if it ended up in
third place. A team that, after getting rid of
high-priced dissatisfied stars, fill their
places with raw material and so right on ut tho
head of the profession, deserves more praise
eran teams are under obligation to their hackers
| to occupy first and second places. l want to be
one of q few at least who are ready to take off
their hats and make Il respectfui obeisunce to
Captain Arson and his band of llucky baseball
| players"
Nh Spnlding's trip to Australia will lust be in
the nick OF time this winter They have begun
ball pl yins in Melbourne already, and the Mel
bourne Cricket Club have taken the Yankee
in 1a1) J1oip pf from, $f,o
| an initiatory game which the cricketers PLAYED
with the newly organized Melbourne Baseball
Club" they like the game exceedingly What
will they say when they see baseball played by
Spaldings American experts? The visiting
purity to Australia next November-wlch with
the players and accompanying tourists will num-
Der over two hundred-will 80 in their own char
tered steamer. For those having money and
leisure to take tine trip no excursion could be
more attractive or enjoyable.
PLAYERS RECORDS.
The latest published statistics are interesting:
Ryan le,ds the league in batting. His average
is 343. Conner is secopd
Ryan has made lob Fits. No other batsman
has nade anywhere near that number.
obrlen and Beckley are u tie-.9s4-at first
.979; Brouthers, 1885, Farrur, .974 Arson 973
At short Kuehne is first, 979 Denny, 800 !;
Wise, 1875; Smith S3i Shock 1857; Irwin S7s
Glasscock, 1853; Williamson, .s67; Rowe, .s64
The center helders' averages are: slattery,
.95S; Hanlol, .933; Sunday, 1913; Johnston 9lS:
Hey .9l4 Hines SOB; Ryan, $780, Andrews,
| .s91; Foster, .so5
Bennett, of Detroit has the best fielding
average among the catchers His average is
.g31 DAILY, of Chicago, nd, 1913; Buckley
third, .s74 Ewing fourth, .S72.
Bastian is the best third baseman having nm
average of $50; Denny, 80? Nash, .917 kuehne,
;9o6; Burns, ss4; White, $50; Mulvey .s66
Donnelly, .s45; Whitney, SOL ~ '''''
The pitchers fielding averages are: Keefe
.s9z Bu1iinton, 1858; Getzein. $40; Sowders
.s45; Krock, .s22 Madden, sic; Van Haltren'
SOS; Calvin, IDS; Clurkson, 1885, NJ Build,
win, 1888
. Campsus average u right-felder is l. 600
Fosarty, 1874 Iernan, .909; Coleman, 900; Nc,
G sea !r,o sss; Daily $50 Petit ss7 Brown
$40; Farrell, 1888; Kelly us.
zoe Hornuns has made only two errors in sew
| enty games His average is $50; O'Rourke gSj .
Farrell, 94l Sullivan, o3s; Wood, 500; Lew
| y!3 Wllmot, .9l2; Twitchell sol; Gore, SIS :
| Fields, .s43; Dalrymple $40.
AT second base Rastian leads in fielding with
;g5l Richardson de. roit 93S Dunlap. a3l :
| Myers, .!29; Camel, 1927; d. Richur,is son y14 :
fteffer, .!'04 Tho latter has accepted IT'S mora
| chances than any other second basemon in The
League. 49, VAC
In club batting Detroit is first, .o75; Indianan.
obs, ~ New York, $50; Chicago 24S Boston.
| - Pittsburgh, .23l; Philadelphia o24 Wash
| 1ngton, 202 In fielding Detroit leads with 40 .
| Boston, ,S9S: New York Sa-. p;++cl,,,.,,