The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1888-10-03
IHC IthUII OF JIIt WUIh NUIV ~ IHV I4tuBU
pitchers up TO date is as follows:

A few weeks ago Pfeffer the great sec
ond baseman of the Chicago Club, stopped
smoking, thinking it would aid him IN
batting. His mother, who is all wrapped
up in her sons welfare, anXiously watched
his record to see if he did better. She
discovered that he was falling away and
getting farther down the list every day, so
she wrote him 10 again commence smok-
ing and see if he couldn't hit the ball. He
received the letter last Friday night, and,
acting on his mothers advice, smoked
hree or four cigars before retiring. So
far it has had the desired result, for he
won the game Saturday by timely hitting
and made total of six with five times at
bat in Mondays game.
Il see that Arson is claiming as original
the idea of removing the pitcher to the
center of the diamond, SO as TO make bat
ting better" said Umpire Ferguson to an
Eastern reporter. Why, was the first
one TO suggest it, and not only TO suggest
it, but to try it. It was in Chicago, and
Bond was one of the pitchers. Both pitch
ers were hit very hard. / am satisfied that
something like this will be tried next sea-
son."
The Clevelands have been shut out more
times this season than any team in the
Association. They have received ten coats
OF whitewash. Kansas City is next on the
list with nine. Brooklyn has been shut
out seven times, Cincinnati six, Louisville
and Baltimore five each, st. Louis fopr,
and the Athletics are at the tail end of the
list with only three.
DIAMOND DUST.
Dryer will prove valuable addition TO
the Chicagos.
Detroit leads the League in club batting
and New York in club fielding.
Dan Brouthers leads the Detroit team in
batting and fielding.
Arson will have some more l0,000
pitchers to sell next season.
Dalrymple has been released from the
Pittsburgs.
President Young says there will be no
change in the League next season. The
present clubs will all remain in
The Ball-Players Brotherhood will make
q strong fight at the fall League meeting TO
do away with the reserve rule.
Arson does not deserve ill-treatment at
Chicago's hands. The old man is the
salvation of this city as ball town. At
least so thinks Boston exchange.
President Young, of the League, thinks
the only possible method of increasing the
batting without di ,turbing things too much
is to move the pitcher back five feet.
Keefe, of New York, has won the most
games in the National League; King, Of
st. Louis, in the Association; N ovett, of
Omaha, in the Western; and Sowders, of
Lima, in the Tri-Stat
Hoy, of the Washingtons, has been for
tunate in stealing second base this season,
but when he once makes the attempt and
is thrown out it destroys all his ambition
to make a second attempt in the same
game.
Boston can boast of being the only city
TO support professional { am since 1870
without break. Chicago comes next, but
during the year when the fire almost de-
stroyed the city the national game received
q setback.
1t has been stated that this will prob
ably be Fred Dunlaps last season upon
the ball field. The injury the great sec
ond-baseman of the Pittsburg Club sus-
tanned some time since has turned out to
be OF more serious nature than was at
first anticipated.
There have been Sc shut-outs in the
League TINS season and 80 in the Associa-
ton. The Chicagos have been shut out
FIVE times.