New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-10-22
AHEAD AT ALL POINTS.
GIANTS TOWER ABOVE THEIR RIVALS
THE CT. LOUIS CHAMPIONS oUT-PITcHED, OUT

THE CT IONS CHAMPIONS oUT-PITCHED, OUT
RATED. oUr-FIELDED AND oUr-RUN
Just half of the series of games between the
NewYork and ST. Louis clubs has been played, and
the two teams start for the West today 10 nnlsh
the SERIES The local club has had decidediy inc
best of the battle far, winning iour OUT VI inc
five games played. The team mas 10 VIII only
two of the remaining games to capture the hlghcst
honor a baseball club can aspire to. The Giants
ought 10 accomplish this feat In spite OF inc TACT
that all the remaining games VIII be played away
from home grounds.
In the games so far played the Ncw-Yorkers have
shown their superiority They lead In every depart
ment of the game NcwYorks pitchers have done
better work than their Western rivals Inc local
players also lead in batting and heldng' anu nave
stolen over five times the number OF bases that
tho,r onnonents have. Baserunning has been an
astonishing feature Of the games. Heretofore the
local nine, as a whole, has not been CONSIDERED
great baserunning team and tho many lrlehuS vi
the club expects ted that TO win the series inc local
PLAYERS would have to bat II out inc o. LOUIS
PLAYERS have almost world wide regulations as Meet
baserunners but they have rescmbled topheaVy We
b,cles when on the bases so far In the series.
Latham Is the only st. Louis player TO snow up
prominently on the bases SO far, yet one New-YorK
plaver has tied his record, while three, Ward, Tier
nan and Ewing, excel II.
In club batting the local club leads having maze
,bf,tv.onc base hits 10 twenty-siX by Its opponents
and having an average of POI to 10 for st. Louis
In fielding the Giants have also done remarkable
work. accepting 900 out Of go chances, and having
a cub average of 955. In individual batting, Mill
gan. the big ST. Louis catcher, leads with an average
Of 6o5 Ward is second, with 1854; Welch thu
and Herman fourth. Kcefc, White and chamberlain
have not made u hit in the series, whne ois''ery
has made but one safe hit In eighteen "hes a'
the bat Only one st. Louis player has batting
,x1,fIo fbrea
above those figures Richardson, Ewing Connor
Whitney and sattery have not done the WORK al
the bat expected
In fielding, players have the cxceiicht recoru
Of ] OOO which means that each accepted all his
chances without making error. Lathams WORK
at third tase has been phenomenal, as has thar OIL
Ricbg.rlsc: at second. Ward has also done excel
lent work at short-stop, and stands far ahead OF
White his st. Louis rival. Ewing also has bettcr
record than either OF tho St. Louis catchcrs. Con
nors frst.basc play has also been good, he Leading
Ccmiskey ty a few points. O'Rourke leads the out
fcllcrs, havrt accepted all the chances offered him
whitney has done excellent work at thiru oase 9c'
Latham leads in this position -.
Kcefc shows up TO better advantage IMAM any VI
his rivals in the work of the pitchers. lie has won
all three games he has pitched, his opponents IN the
three games making but fifteen base-hits THIS Is
a great record against champions. But one tWo-oase
bt and not a three or four-basc hit has been mahe
off his pitching. singuarly enough, not a hoIne-iuh
has becn made In the series, and not Ddttcr mas
been struck by pitched ball. The appendcu laDlcs
Nil show The averages of all the players In the games
plaV ed date