The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1888-06-27
THE NATIONAL GAME. !.

IT Is reported that veteran Tommy bonn
to try pitching again.
GoRE, of New York, has stolen but ono
base In twenty three games S.
In three Princeton games Pitcher Bats, o..
Harvard College, struck out forty-nye lnstas
CLEVELAND has cast vote against having
u base on balls recorded in the error co!uns
Of q score n 5s.s. !, {. -
THE New Orleans management has yolgns,
arily raised Captain McVeys salary IofS; n,ES
good work. 4 = &c 81 s.ssstl
yoy DER AHE's losses on his Western Asso55
citation speculation are reported TO De oyes.
5000 already. -
FRED PFEFFER, Of the Chicagos,. Is covs.5
ing second with more dash and vim tnl4
season than ever before. "
A BOX of cigars Is offered to the player g
the Chicago Western club making the nrsH
double play unnssisted :. ~ y < <
WHTEWAsHEs are plentiful this easpy
under the three-strike rule. Last year tneY
were comparatively rare. "a
"SsuLING Mickey WALSH has kept hi3
opponents down to less than ten hits u every
game he has pitched for the New orKs sss.
McKEAN, OF Cleveland, now disputes wlt9.
KiIroy, Of Baltimore, the honor OF peing IT,
fastest runner to first base In the Assocsr 3
tion. 2. 3, ~ "a
In three innings, as the men came 70 snS'
bat in the recent Princeton, faie gan
Stagg, of the New Haven College strpcG
them out z +. ..e
THE largest baseball glove manufactory 8
said t. to be located at Rockford, Ill, eighty
persons being employed all the year round - ~
the manufacture. - - .l.i .is
CLlMENTs, of the Philadelphias hascangnSs
In twenty-six championship games tnis seay
son out Of thirty played, twenty-one q tnenh
being in succession. ). ~, ,,sis
THE numerous accidents on the heid gniSE;
season seem to show conclusively tnat tns
PLAYERS are taking more desperate :chAnces;
than they ever did before
AT SCRANTON, Penn. Umpire Caihnans
had to be escorted from the field 6y ponce
men and the players Of the visitihg JsEse
City Club, else he would have BEEN moDDedt
"a BALL-TossER is either q hero or q
tramp" says the Louisville Post he p
either worshiped or he Is cursed. TnereM
no middle ground around the oases eess lol;s
him y . .-4..- - So -. 80. 4
BUT for Mike Kelly's remarkable batting
and hase erunninq. Boston would not rank a.
hiph as now. he, single-handed, has won y
number of games by timely hit, stolen bass.
or run. ~
CATCHER FLINT has his hands done up int
knots as an indication Of the punishment ne1
has received in handling the swift delivery or.
Krock, the big Oshkosh pitcher OF tnsr
Chicagos. 4
G1LKs Is the most valuable allrorn4
player in the Cleveland Club. BE handles
fIies in the field equal to the best OF them,
plays at third with skill, can pitch Hne
game, and in a pinch is right good man 70
have behind the bat. =
WHEN any Of the Chicago pitchers ara BEL
ing hit heavily Anson takes the slightesv
chance offered to delay the game. His idea
IS to break the spell Of the batters and to give
the twirler an opportunity OF resting hlmse1i
and getting full command OF the ball.
LITTLE is said about Farrell, the young
PLAYER Captain Anson, Of Chicago got from
Massachusetts, and yet be is, by all accounts,
developing into one Of the greatest players
in the country, and an especially heavy
batsman. It is almost certain that ne WIZ,
before long, become another Kelly.
UMPIRE GAFFNEY says he IS as much IN
fluenced by the character Of game as either
the spectators or the players. a close ana.
well.played game, he says, puts the umpire
on his mettle, and gives him chance to show
the stuff Of which his made. A one-siied ana
draegy contest, on the other hand, has
correspondingly depressing effect and olunts
the umpire's quickness OF perception,