The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1888-05-30
THE NATIONAL GAME.

DETROIT WoulQ Ike bufQock, VI 6ue DoS
tons -. -
PH1LADELPH1ANs are wincing under the
ffry-cent tariff.
CINCINNATI draws better than any Of the
Association clubs. --.s 81
ST. LOUIS has a wonderful fielder and
base runner in Mccarthy. So
DUNLAP, Of the Pittsburg nine, Is said to
receive $1,000 for the season.
MORRILL,, first baseman Of Boston, has
made but one error this season. ,...aa-
In the first twenty games played by the
Southern League there were seven blank
scores. ~ -
YOUNG MYERS, of the indianapolis team, ia
doing the heaviest batting Of any man in che
league. s.. ~.
O'DAY, of Washington, has already twice
accomplished. the feat Of striking out three
men in succession. .. g-
SECRETARY Villas is passionately fond OF
the national game, and he attends all tne
matches at Washington. =:
PITCHER CHAMBERLAIN has been signed by
Louisville and is to receive $500 and $lQ
extra for every game he wins r,s
For being caught mapping at second In one
Of the recent games at Louisville, feta
Browning was fined five dollars
AT least eight base runners have stolen
home from third base while the catcher stood
at the home plate with the ball in his hand
ANsoN, captain of the Chicagos, has one
big element Of success. He infuses his team
with confidence, and they all play ball to
win. --....... ..--s- 49,. r..
MANAGER WRIGHT and tho players Of the
Philadelphia club propose to play testl-
monial game for the benefit Of Pitcher Fer
guson's widow. r.. .
In the second Mansfield Lima game, Allen
had seventeen chances offered him at short
field and accepted fifteen Of them, which is
wonderful record
THERE never were so many injuries and ae-
cidents on the field as there have been thls
season. New York is about the only CLUB
that has not been crippled in this way.
"THE double umpire system" is only ques-
tion Of time. Before long Judge OF hails
and strikes will be behind the plate and
ruler on base decisions will be on the lnnelo.
. In the first ten games Mike Kelly played in
this season he made this record: Batting 74
average, AT; total batting average, .To5:
He made twelve runs, seventeen hits, and
stole eleven bases.
THE Detroit Club had to buy or John
Deppert, the individual who erected wild
cat' stand opposite Recreation Park and gave
citizens view Of the game for ten cents. IL
cost the club $500 to settle Deppert
GEORGE MILLER, of the Pittsburgs, will
not be able to play for six weeks or two
months One Of his ribs is broken and
another fractured. Fred Pfeffer, Of Chicago.
who unintentionally did the damage, regrets
the accident keenly.
A PECULIAR thing happened in Brooklyn's
first championship games. Pinckney struck
at the first ball pitched, banged it for the
first base hit, stole the first base OF the sea-
SON and scored the first run on the first
passed ball and fielding error.
PRESIDENT DAY, Of the New Yorks, has
been receiving an average of thirty letters a
day from cranks who make suggestions as to
how to place the men on the team and what
ought to be done generally. One man par
ticularly, who leases two grand stand seats
by the year, sends in q criticism OF each
game
In the last game Of the first series between
New York and Indianapolis, at the latter
city, eight home runs were made-seVen oy
the New Yorks and one by their opponents
Connor alone made three OF them; inree
home runs were made by the New Iorks In
nne inning. The score was eighteen to four
in favor Of New York.
GAFFNEY, the umpire and Bushong, the
catcher, are probably the only men IN the
country who wear chest protectors under
their shirts They are small affairs, but an
effective and great Improvement over the
cumbersome big windbag that most catcnes
use, aud weary the spectators by putting
them on and off during the game.