Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1888-05-04
THE NATIONAL GAME.

ST. LOUIS is claiming the worlds cham.
piOnship.
!, EWING will again captain the New Yorks
this season.
NiLKESBARRE'S new grounds will be the
beS6 IN the Central League.
OF The left-handed pitchers the League has
seven and the Association eleven.
Tony MULLANE of the Cincinnatis. can
PI0ch good game with either hand.
Con DAILY, recently released by the Bos-
CoilS, mas signed contract with indianapolis.
PITCHER RADBOURNE is to get 500 for
every game Boston wins with him in the box.
TEMPERANCE WORKER FRANCIS MURPHY
has induced the Louisville Club to sign the
pledge.
THE Cleveland uniform is indigo colored
trousers and shirt, with navy blue stockings,
belts and caps.
PRESIDENT You've, of the National League,
thinks baseball player ought to be in his
prime at forty years of age.
RYAN, of the Chicagos. is developing into
pitcher Arson says that the center fielder
Is equally valuable in the field as in the box.
N the Association games umpred by
Gaftney he takes position behind the pitcher
when men are on bases 1t is said to work
well.
REV DR. TALMAGE witnessed the game
between the Brooklyn and Williams College
nlnes, this being the first he has ever at
tended.
IHE largest number of games ever credited
20 ball player in any one season was Sam
thompson, of the DetrOitS last season, as he
participated in 1874.
PAUL EATON, of Washington, is the author
OF comic opera entitled, angela. or the l m
pres Revenge" The villain is a first base
man and the hero an umpire.
CONNOR has the best batting average in the
New York team for last season. His per
centage was 1872. Ward is next with 81.
Common also made the longest hit.
THE Cincinnati Tinaes-Star has offered a
fine gold medal for the Cincinnati player
making the highest percentage of runs dur
ing the coming championship season.
KRoCK, of the Chicagos, and Ed Crane of
the New Y orkS, are counted the speediest
pitchers in the country. Young George, of
the New y orks. ranks very near them.
A PRINCETON COLLEGE student is believed
TO have discovered curve pitching. Cum
mings, of Brooklyn, was the first twirler,
however, to make study of the science.
THE Cleveland team come pretty near
ranking as giants. There is only one small
man on the nine, and fOur-Faatz, Stem
meyer. thinner and Snyder-reach six feet
or over.
AL SPALDISc4, of Chicago. will take TWEEN
ty-six ball players to Australia next fall and
introduce our National game there. The
players will also have to be adopts at foot ball
and cricket.
THE Cincinnati club have challenged the
Detroits for another series of games in the
fall, the winners of a majority of the games
to take purse of s., 900, Each club is TO
stake 81 900 on the result.
DCRGAN was releas ID by New York for two
reasons. The club believed it had secured
more valuable men, and, moreover Oorgan
wished to remain in Syracuse and probably
manage the club of that city.
WILLIAM SowDERs. Boston's new pitcher
is one of seven brothers. all of whom are
good ball players, five Of them playing pro-
feSsiOnally the present season Their home is
in indianapolis, and they used to go out on
the communicating the old man and one of
the youngsters along to fill out a nine-and
play the amateur clubs of the town