Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1888-07-20
THE NATIONAL GAME.
Spalling's Australian Trip-Pfans De~
ciled Upon and Preparations,
Being Effected.
Twenty Thousand People Witness the
Fourth of July Games in Chicago.
Diamond Gossip.
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lCH1CAGO. COnRESPONDESCE.j
Captain Anson's team still leads the National
League teams in tns pennant race. and despite
the predictions of its rivals that it could not
long continue the pace it had set, is playing
better ball just ut present than. it has played
since the season opened. This work pitts infield
rs whole is unequalled by that OF any other
team i'll the country, while no possible combine
ton of adverse circumstances seems to render
Ineffective the work of tho youn, outfeld which
Arson has so thoroughly drilled and developed
into one Of the most formidable in the league.
the @a Of Ssw sa Jim Mnr
set of the season, but it il lamentably, if not
fatally, weak in pitchers and yet Mutrie would
to-day for Krock, Baldwin, Van Haltren, Bor-
hers. or Brynan.. The latter, in particular, is
i.a' man to Chicago Considering the linn
against league bntsmen, he has shown upre-
markedly strong, while Knock, if he continues
to Improve roy, as he hns done during the past six
weeks. will be ranked among the eminent pitch
ers OF the leagus by the close Of the present
season.
Borchers has not Shown r1s quite as strong "a
the general public expected. A seemingly un-
conquereble nervousness however, is his chief
shortco,nng, and if he can overcome this he will
probably show himself possessed of all the re-
! quirements OF competent man in the box.
As to Baldwin aud Van Haltren, they are
which they might cast their fortunes with. It
ls unfortunate thnt Baldwin should have been
disabled Just as he was beginning to show such
marked improvement m his work, but he has re-
be IN shape to resume practice before another
week has passed.
\ Van Haltrsn ID the same quiet unobtrusive
player that he Inns always been since the time
he Joined the Chicago tenn. He is q hard worker
and conscientious player. and q great loft-handed
pitcher.
Detroit is playing strong game, but has been
in hard luck of late She is but few points be-
hind Chicago, and the struggle between the two
1Nrona RI 1Nka0 tn%nN not
one.
The return to Chicago of Mr.. Leigh Lynch, the
efficient agent engaged to visit Australs in the
try which Mr.. A. G. Spaldng will undertake this
next winter has enabled that gentleman to make
1 his arrangements at once, and to- luy out his
programme as far as naming the: date for start
ing, ETC.. is concerned. The details, as fixed up.
include. the departure OF the tourist party
for San Francisco, the visiting teams playing
I exhibition games at the principal cities en-
route to San Francisco up 80 November 15 on
| which date they take their departure on the
steamship Al1neda They will stop for couple of
days at Honolulu, where they will play an exhibi-
ton game before the King OF the Sandwich Islands
and his court Officials Froln Honolulu the tourists
will proceed to Tutuila, IN the Samoan Islands,
/ where ,hev propose to- show tho natives and
ton lgame. They then go to Auckland New
| Zealand, whore on exhibition will be given, and
| from there they proceed to Sidney, New South
! W. les, where the Australian campaign of the
! American ll-players will really begin. The
schedule Of gaines calls for series of exhibition
contests to take place at Melbourne Adelaide.
Ballarat, sandhurst, Hobart Town. Launceston,
Orange, Wasawsga. Gelong, Bathurst, Bris-
| bane, Newcastle, and other towns. The party
| propose returning home on Feb. 49, when they
| will leaTe Melbourne on tho steamer Mariposa,
landing ut Dunedin, New Zealand. They are ex-
pected to reach Chicago on April l, 1889, COM
,leting journey of 30 900 miles, the longest ever
known In the history Of baseball.
\ Team Records.
The batting and fielding records to date Of the
eight League clubs ore shown in the annexed
table: