The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1889-06-19
THE NATIONAL GAME.
LONDON, Canada, has five pitchers.

DUNLAP, Of Pittsburg, has fallen off vastly
in batting.
SYRACUSE, NY, leads in the international
League race.
KEEEE is not doing very great wonders In
New York as yet.
In games won Pitcher Clarkson, of Boston,
leads the League.
LADIES are admitted free to all the games
at Hartford, Conn.
BRoUTHERss batting for Boston this season
is simply tremendous.
MORE than one good pitcher has failed un-
der the four balls rule.
MILWAUKEE is after the Louisville fran
chise in the Association.
IT is an everyday occurrence for pitcher
to be batted out Of the box.
THE Baltimore players in their new uni.
forms look like escaped convicts.
NINE Of the Clevelands have Joined the
Brotherhood Of Baseball Players.
UNDER the new rules it is pretty hard to
tell who the good pitchers are now.
THE Detroits are said to be the best base
runners in the International Association.
stage and Poole are Yale's powerful bat
terry, and they are working well together.
HARTFORD, Conn, with its job-lot players,
is the surprise Of the Atlantic Association.
NEW YORK saves S6400 by the releases Of
Ttcomb, Foster and Wagenhurst to Milwau-
kee.
OWING to lack Of patronage the Cuban
Giants will move from Trenton, N. j., to
Hoboken.
CAPTAIN MORRILL,, of Washington, has d.
reeted his men to sacrifice to right field when
runner is on base. ...
SECRETARY EBB1rTs says the new Brook
lyn grand stand will surpass anything OF the
kind in the country.
MILWAUKEE capitalists have offered $15,-
600 for the St. Paul ball team, but they are
held at higher figure.
HEAVY batting in both League and Associa-
ton still continues, and the spectators are
greatly pleased thereat. ...
The New York team did not begin It's great
work for the penant last year until July, and
up to that time didn't appear to be Tin it."
RICHARDSON is Captain Of the New Yorks
in Ewing's absence. Connor acts when both
Ewing and Richardson are out Of the nine.
PITCHER SowDERs and Shortstop Picket,
of St. Paul. have been engaged by the KAN
sas City Club, which paid 5000 for their re-
lease.
OUT in St. Joseph, Mo-, they throw silver
dollars at their players when they do any
thing extraordinary, and at Denver they do
the same.
THE Kansas City team is repaying its
hackers handsomely for the money invested.
From 5000 to 1000 people is the usual at
tendance.
TIE surprises Of the season-Kansas City
and Cleveland. The disappointments or fail
ures Of the season-Pittsburgs Athletics and
Cincinnatis.
ANsoN places the clubs to finish in this or
der: Chicago, Boston, Philadelphia, New
York, Pittsburg, Indianapolis, Cleveland,
Washington.
CRANE, the New York pitcher, says he Will
depend more on speed this summer than on
curves and shoots, with a change Of pace and
height of delivery.
THE undertakers Of Hoboken, n. j., have
organized baseball team. They ought
to put Up pretty 'tstif" game and be able
to sHay out' most any pitcher.
"BABY" ANsoN, the Chicago Captain
manager, is thirty-seven years old. He began
playing ball in 1870, on the famous Rockford
(M.) team when he was eighteen.
INDIANAPOLIS is certainly the enigma Of
baseball. With great infield, good outfeld,
fair batteries, and we'll managed, the team yet
plays losing ball and makes no headway.
In game at Sioux City, Iowa, George W.
Bradley went seven times to bat, and made
six singles and home run. Some Of the
Sioux City players went nine times to the
bat.
PITCHER KEEFE, of the New Yorks, has q
new-fangled stocking for his shoulder. 1t Is
saturated with mustard, and is calculated to
keep the arm and shoulder in state OF
warmth.
The pitching arm Of young Beam, the new
Pittsburg man, is at least twice the size OF
the other. It is birth marked from tie
shoulder down, and the unnatural color will
attract attention.
BUFF1NToN accomplished the feat Of pitch
ing ball into Radfords pocket during one
of the Cleveland games. Radford fouled the
ball so that it struck the ground near his feet
and then bounded back against himself, land
ing in the right hand pocketof his blouse.
LEAGUE RECORD.