Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1888-07-12
BASEBALL.
A Hot Fight for the Champion Flag
Between the Two Giants Of
the League.
What the Other Teams Are Doing
Gossip About Clubs and
Players.
Icn1cAoo coRREsPoNpENcE.l


The first week OF July finds Anson's team OF
ball players still I'm the lead in the league pen
nant race. Detroit Is good second, and pla
ing great game OF ball. but icago is putting
up Just as stiff a game and the prospects fof
grand race between these two crack teams
seems in every way probable. New York and
Boston, however, are by no means out OF the
race Boston is having little trouble with her
men just at pre- sent which has resulted in the
elease OF Burdock aud sutton, but that their
plaeeswi bs filled with capable men goes
Down in detroit thoy have got their hearts
set upon winning tn, pennant, aud n tur9lly
they will feel sorely disappointed IL their club
should fail TO capture the trophy One Detroit
writer says:
have no show with tho strong oIabs, but wis by
beating the weak ones. Let's see. Up To date,
Detroit has won three from Chicago and lost
three; won four from New York and lost four;
won four from Philadelphia and Lost two; won
three from Boston and los four he latter CLUB
being the only one TO win majority OF the games
TO date. 1t can be depoaded on that Boston won't
have q majority when the series is finished.
Well, TO sum up. we have won just as many
from the strong clubs as we Lave lost NOW,
then, II we can hold the strong clubs even ana
beat the life out OF the weak clubs, what ON
earth is TO prevent us winning the pennantr As
a matter OF fact, De'r,it not only boats the
weak clubs but the strong clubs also, as VIII
ness the result of last seasons play chicago
was the only club TO win the series from us,
and that by 10 to 3. The s9ries with the otner
clubs resulted as fol 'ows Detroit 10, Philade
phia g Detroit 10, New York 8; Detroit III, bos-
ton z; Detroit Is, Pittsburg A; Detroit Is,
Washington 4 ; Detroit H. indianapolis =. We
shall come close, to those hgures the present
season..
Another Detroit writer says: when We got
Charley CAMEL from Philadelphia wo thousht
we were getting catcher, and were not disaP-
pointed. But we were totally unaware that In
| the tall back stop also had one pf the best
allround players In the country, SUCH IS the
| fact and once more are called upon 20 ex-
press our sincere thanks to the City OF brotherly
Love. CAMEL has been playing third base 10 Tor
some days now and the game he puts up Is SIM nm
greatest inhelder that stands, but Cancers work
| at third is not a whit behind that OF the great
| Hoosier. He scoops the hardest hits as thougn
| the ball was made OF cotton. and throws to first
/ with unerring accuracy. Verify, we have a leWel
| i'm CAMEL Deacon White who was injured by a
/ pitched ball ut Buffalo, will not be able TO play
| Tor some dnys. He was severely bruised about
the ribs, and 1t hurts him to make SUDDEN
move" -,
success.
Ihe Philadelphias arc gradually getting into
| shape and IL Mulvey was back the team Wouie
now be in condition to present its full strength
| against all comers.
Washington has released Irwin.
Burns and Williamson are playing q grea'
| game for Chicago. =,
Farrell, of the Chicagos, is proving himself q
great catcher and outfielder.
| Pitcher Baldwin OF the Chicagos, ID sun INC"
| pacitated to work with his team.
Clarkson and Kelly are not winning tho pen
| n mt for Boston. a.,
Commencing with this week the Eastern
| League teams will play the Western teams uPoi
| Western soil. =,
Anson says Chicago will have hard race pu
| will surely win the y nnant.
has expressed wish to go TO Austrane Win tn
Spalding combination this fall. 1t Will be Grea
| trip. - -. No.,
Dalrymple was deprived OF a home run mon
day last ut indianapolis by the peculiar cncuIn
| stance Of the ball hitting q telegraph whe Jus
| outside OF the center-held fence and Dounoln
back into the lot. 1t must have been a tremeno
| GUS drive. -, - =,
Manager Mutt.s says that Capt. Ewing mas =, =,
solute control of the New York team on the mel
and is not hampered in any way, he lMutrlel pr
ferring not even TO sit on the players Dehch,
order to let Ewing do the work according ID ~
own best Judgment.