The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1888-08-02
THE NATIONAL GAME.

NEW YoRx 10 now playing the best ball I'm
tho League.
H0LyoKE, Massachusetts, talks Of pro-
fesslonal team for next season.
BosToN's new short stop, Ray, Is showing
up well, particularly atthe bat
ONLY one error has been made by Brown,
Of the Bostons, in nineteen games.
HARVARD will have almost all her old nine
next year and Yale will have now mon.
UMPIRE DoEscnER is accused of wreaking
his personal spite upon ball players on the
field.
OUT Of $40 League games played this sea.
son double figures have been scored forty
five times.
BusHoNa, Of Brooklyn, Is also believer
in hand ball practice instead Of spring
Southern trips.
In sixty-two games at left field this season
Hornung, of Boston, made one error. His
average Is .9S9.
PRESIDENT SPALpING, Of the Chicagos, has
offered Johnny Ward the Captaincy Of his
Australian team
EWING, Bennett and Clements are running
race to see who will catch the greatest
number Of games
AFTER three years in the minor leagues
Monk Cline, of Louisville, is once more an
Association player
ALL Of Pitcher Stages expenses at Yale
College are paid for him. The college gets
good pitcher out OF it.
DETROIT scribes accuse Brouthers Of wait.
ing too much for bases on balls, instead OF
trying to hit the leather.
The Chicagos are about all sacrifice hit.
ters, and that accounts for their large num-
Der OF runs on so few hits.
TIE New England League teams are all
playing good ball, and deserve the hearty
support Of their respective cities.
THERE is n ball club in the City of Mexico
which has instead of hassocks on the bases
plates Of beautiful native onyx.
RICHARD BELcHER, $50, who has played
right field for three years, will Captain the
Amherst College nine next season.
TIM KEErE, of New York, struck out
Pfeffer, Williamson and Burns, of Chicago,
in succession during recent game.
IT is stated that Brooklyn has released
slch to the Buffalo IN. W Club on the loan
| and-return- t-the-end Of the-season plan.
UMPIRE GAFFNEY considers Hamilton Of
| the Worcesters, equal to either slattery, OF
the New Yorks, or Ryan, of tho Chicagos.
In signing Campau the Detroit Club broke
| its record. He is the first Detroit boy con-
sidered good enough to play on the Wolverine
team.
| THE Louisville team seem to have got their
Second wind" Their general playing dur
ing the past two weeks has been of very
high order.
WITH Burdock's engagement by Brooklyn
his membership in the Ball Players Brother
hood terminated. Only League players eau
| be members
AN electric light game was attempted at
jackson, Mich, but was not successful. The
| ShQdOwa ware tO0 deem and after five innings
play was abandoned
THE most promising amateur pitcher in
Chicago is said to be C. P. Pedros. Hestrkes
| out from twelve to eighteen men in every
game. Buffalo is after him.
DETROIT is afraid that Hardie Richardson
will not be able to play ball again this sea-
son. His sprained ankle is very lame. He
will be great loss to the champions.
THE CIevelands are famous for their div
ing slides in stealing base. There are few
men in the team who will not risk breaking
his neck, in case of emergency, to win a
game.
ADVANCE Of years appears to have little or
| no effect upon Charlie Snyder, OF Cleveland,
and "Sllvern Flint, of Chicago, as they play
their usual game behind the bat when given
a trial.
CAPTAIN EWING has absolute control Of
the New York team on the field. He is not
hampered in any way by either Manager
Mutrie or President Day. Ex-Captain Ward
is also working hard for tho success Of the
team.
AFTER game at Pittsburgh, as the car
rage containing the Philadelphia players
stones were thrown at Pitcher Casey for his
partial decisions One of tho missiles struck
Casey on the knee, but fortunately did not
iniure him.