The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1888-09-26
THE NATIONAL GAME.
he Brooklyns lack dash and vim.

GoLDsBY now captains the Baltimores
ST. LOUIS owes the lead to Pitcher King
The Pittsburg players wear caps Of differ.
ent colors.
GENTLEMAN has been released by the Troy
On. ~ Club
SAN ANTONIO has the best batters in the
Texas League.
CHICAGO Cinnamon play bal! and are said
TO play it well.
DENNY, of Indianapolis. leads the Leagus
In home-run hits.
Felt lined gloves are used by the majority
Of League players.
KEEFE, Of New York, recently won nine
teen consecutive games.
The Chicagos were the first to win series
that with Indianapolis.
RYAN, Johnston and Connor have each
made over hundred runs.
DAVE FoUTz has the best fielding record Of
any of the Brooklyn players.
EVERY time the Indianapolis Club plays in
New York Esterbrook gets hurt.
Hanlon has signed a contract to 60 to Aus
tralia with Spaulding next winter.
The Cincinnatis have played in twelve,
sfourteen, and fifteen-innng game.
UMPIRE GAFFNEY says Philadelphia is the
best city in the country to umpire in
PETE WOOD is one of the most successful
pitchers in the International Association.
SHREvE has supplanted Boyle as the win
ming and star pitcher Of the Indianapolis.
Boston is having hard time finding a
man to take Burdock's place at second base.
The Hamilton (Canada) city council has
voted $500 to the Hamilton Baseball Asso-
citation.
FERsoN, of Manchester, N. a., Is consid-
sred the best pitcher in the New England
League.
DUFFY, the new right-felder whom Chicago
recently signed, is making a very favorable
Impression.
NOTWITHSTANDING the amount OF catch
ing he is doing, Bushong has not yet been
hurt this season.
WITH Hardie Richardson and Jack Rowe
of the team. and Thompson unable to throw,
Detroit is in sad plight
THE Louisvilles have one Of the best stafs
Of pitchers and more star performers than
any other club in the Association,
AT Lima, Ohio, the other day, Ellsworth
Pillars, q catcher, had his left eye Knocked
out by bat slipping from the hands OF
catcher.
JOHN BURNS, Of the Baltimores, has been
released, and has signed with the Brooklyns
as centre fielder. A good bonus was paid Tor
him by the Brooklyns.
The Hamiltons, of Canada, are considered
the heaviest batting team in the Inter
national Association. 1t has seven lett-
handed sluggers in its ranks.
The Detroit team lost ten straight games
recently. This is the first time in Manager
Watkins's experience that any team be ever
handled was beaten more than three
straight
BASEBALL critics who have seen young
How. Washington's deaf and dumb centre
fielder. pronounce him one Of the most
natural players now in the field. He catches
ball very gracefully, and bats with con-
siderable science.
The California papers unite in declaring
that Purcell, Of the Pioneers, is the dandy
pitcher of the Pacific Slope, and that
Borchers, Knell and Van Haltren, who are
now doing duty in the East, are mere side
shows alongside of this greatest phenomenon
of them all.
MANAGER WATKINS has ssnt Sam Thomp-
son, the famous Detroit center fielder, homs.
His arm has been getting worse with every
game-in fact, SO lame that without I'M
mediate and total rest he would be perma-
nently lamed. Baseball will know him no
more this season.
LARooUE, who has just made his appear
ance with the Detroit team, was secured from
the Lynns of the New England League. DE
is hard hitter and q swift runner, though
Iomewhat clumsy. He resembles hardie
Richardson in physique and handles q ball
somewhat similar to Shortstop Rowe.
THE best monthly record Of victories in
1885 in the league championship arena was
that of the Chicago team in June OF that
year, when they won twenty.on Wet RES
out Of twenty three games The best in 1855
was that of the Detroit team in May or that
wear, when tbey won twenty victories out Of
twpnty.four games. The lest in 1887 was
that Of the Philadelphia team in September
of that year, when they won sixteen victories
ou- OF twenty -one games