Morning journal and courier., 1889-10-22

1t ID the intention at present. to nave Con.
nors and Newcomb rush and Hill at center.
The management is looking after new man,
but as yet have no one in view. "Dickey"
Pierce of the Bridgeports was talked of for q
while, but it was thought that if he came to
New Haven the drawing power of the cham
pions would be greatly diminished. There is
no question at all but what New Haven could
secure Pierce, and Bridgeport couldn't help
herself.
There will be many an interesting polo
game here this season.
THE NATIONAL GAME.
Something About the Records of the
Players In the Atlantic Association.
There is question whether much reliance
can be placed on the records published of
the players in the Atlantic association or not.
By this it is not meant to cast any reflection
on Secretary Braden, who made out the
averages, as he has worked most faithfully in
everything pertaining to the league. The
cities of the league. Probably in no base
ball cities in the country has there been such
execrable scoring as in the Atlantic assooia-
ton cities. Yes, and 1t may be termed in
the language of the street gamin, as thorough
ly rotten. Some players had suffered great
injustice by their records, while others who
should not be rated SO high are away up
amongst the leaders. In many instances the
records are clearly right.
Take the case of Trott, for instance. He
ranks fourth in fielding amongst the CATCH
ers. He played in Is games, and is credited
with but 6 errors and z passed balls. What
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in one game knows that he had errors, and
no living person will ever believe that he
played the other IA games with only one
error.
Sworback ranks third of the pitchers in
fielding, and is away aheads of Horner and
Doran. Here, again, Is another case whore
records go for naught. Horner ranks 10Th.
But will anyone say that Sworback did bet
ter work than he when Sworback.
20 wild pitches, and Horner pitched in 80
games and had but IA wild pitchesi swor-
back had an average of one wild pitch in
each game, which exceeded the record made
by any other pitcher. If Sworbaok had had
his record made out SO IA to show people
what he really did, he would have stood at
the foot of the list. As the way Of making
records for pitchers now goes, nothing def
mite as to the ability of pitcher can be
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One must dig deep to find out anything. At
present pitcher can pitch the ball all
over the field, making as many wild
pitchers as he wants to, and sending any
number of men to bases on balls, and this
Doesn't count against him. It is only errors
hat he makes on batted balls. Sworback
to make less errors, yet he had
more wild pitches and sent more men to base
IN balls on an average per game than any
,ther pitcher in the league.
Take the case of Cahill. No one will ever
believe that Trott, or Frank Murphy, or VIII
Jams, or ]. Sullivan, or Moore, or Moolic
should stand 80 far ahead of our little catcher
Is the record puts them. Il
There was one department In which the
New Ravens were woefully weak; it was in
base running. Many games have been lost
" the team because they couldn't steal bases |
The Worcesters led the league In base rum
ling, and they stole 100 more bases than did |
he New Ravens.
More will be said by the COURIER about
hese records.