, 1888-10-14
BASE HITS.

Sam Trott, late of Baltimore, has-sigreu
with Des Moines.
The story came from Pittsburg that Horace
Phillips wants more money for managing the
Smoky City team in 1889, and that the direc-
tors refuse to give it to him. As a conse-
quence it is said Phillips will leave Pittsburg.
his friends say that he can go to Brooklyn,
Columbus, Baltimore, Indianapolis or Wash
ington.
OtDay has been sodlv missed by Washing
ton. That sore foe; owed costly.
Frank Hough is o. uumorist of the Phila-
delphia baseball press. Here's his latest:
''If Cline hadn't made that muff Kansas CITY
would have won unless Gleason hadn't made
that tumble. That is to say, the Athletics
won because they got one more run than the
other fellows"
Cincinnati leads the Association in scoring
earned runs In ninety-nine games they are
credited with 1874. st. Louis has made 81S in
the same number of games played. Louis
vile has made 300, and the Athletics 296 in
ninety-six games, and Brooklyn 2S3 in 102
games.
The Association might do worse than take
Worcester into the fold. A team would pay
there as well, If not better, than it would in
Baltimore, Cleveland or Kansas City.
The two "Kells," Umpire John and Catcher
Mike, favor putting the pitchers back five
feet. The umpire says: 81 think it would
make more batting, and when you get bat
ting you are bound to see fielding and base
running" And Mike looks at it in this way:
"a good move. Something must be done to
head off these young fellows who get in the
box and try to knock ones head off,
Pittsburg invested $4,000 in new players
this season, including $4,000 for the release
of Dunlap, $4,000 for Maui, $500 for the re-
lease of Beckley and Staley and 81, 900 for
Sunday.
Mike Hughes is Brooklyn's winning
pitcher. He has allowed his opponents to
score 45 earned runs in % games; Terry, 40 in
10 games; Mays, "a in 10, and Caruthers, SO
in 81 games.
Kansas City's team is having a new uni
form made of blue flannel. Each shirt is or
namented with the word "Cow-boysn in red
letters.
The steamer upon which the Spalding COM
bination is to sail from San Francisco to
Australia will be fitted up with e net cage
so that cricket and baseball can be practiced
on deck whenever the weather will permit.
The Detroit management's best purchase
outside of the Big -Four was Conway. Kan
sas City was paid $4,000 for him in 1886, Just
because he was effective against New York.
Capt. Comisky thinks Mattimore is one of
the best pitchers In the Association.
Harry Lyons is playing a magnificent
game in center field for st. Louis.
Detroit, if it plays Sutcliffe a few more
games, will have a worthy substitute for
Rowe. The hayseed player is covering the
position in very good form at present.
The Cleveland club is putting up an excel
lent article in the way Of baseball, and they
are drawing from two to three thousand
people out there at a so cent tariff. Good
for Cleveland.
Martin Sullivan has been developing his
pitching qualities during the time he has
been left at HON by Capt Arson. He re-
Gently pitched two games for Aurora, doing
excellent work.
Barkley is the quickest man in the profess
sion to touch a runner at second on a thrown
ball.
President Won der Horst will stick by the
Baltimore club until he makes it successful
financially and as a ball playing team.
O'Rourkei is playing about the poorest game
Mt present since he has been a member Of the
New York club.
fBurdick has much greater speed than you
think" says George Myers. "His style of
pitching is much like Keefe's, and he has
about as much speed he is a conner"
Hoy is doing great work for the Washing
tons, both at the bat and in the field. He is
the first Senator 10 make 100 hits.
Arson thinks the leading batsmen of the
country should have a percentage Of at least
$50. he thinks Ryan and Beckley are bat
ting beyond their speed, and that the strong
wheelhorse batsmen of the League, like him
self, are not up to the standard.
The Pittsburg club proposes in future to
withhold all Information Of the clubs finan-
cial condition, because, Gin the first place, it
begets a desire for larger salaries on the part
Of the players, and in the second place, their
publication has been instrumental in raising
the rent of Recreation park from n reason
able sum to 5000 a year,