Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1889-09-27
THE NATIONAL GAME.

BECKLEY, of the Pittsburgs, leads the first
basemen in fielding.
IT is tight race for the League pennant
between Boston and New ork.
JOHN GARRISON will pitch every second
game for Boston until the season closes.
Boston will have had attendance Of
nearly 300, 900 persons on their grounds before
the season ends.
BENNETT. of Boston, still has the highest
percentage of all the League catchers for
backstop work
THE number Of League batters who have
made over 100 safe hits this season has been
increased to thirty-seven.
NEW YORK has four, Boston and Pittsburg
two each, and Chicago and indianapolis one
each of the best ten League batsmen.
THE Clevelands have won every game
PTayed on the W ashIngtOn grounds, a feat not
accomplished by any other Leauge club.
Ward, of New York; Hanlon, OF Pitts
burg, and Kelly of Boston, tied in base steal
ing honors, each having pilfered forty-eight
bases.
NEW York has five players who rank
among the ten leading hitters in the aver
ages. They are Herman, Ewing Gore, Con
nor and OROurke
UMPIRE MCQUADE was escorted from the
Washington grounds after calling a recent
game with the Indianapolis Club in order to
avoid injury from the enraged mob.
CHARLEY SNYDER the veteran Cleveland
catcher and Captain CoIniskey both think that
the New YOrks will win again this year.
COmiskey says: II don't see bow they can
lose"
PICKNEY, of the Brooklyns, up to recent
date had played 645 consecutive champion
ship games with his club, $50 straight at third
base, the most remarkable case of steady
play on record.
PROBABLY the most ardent devotees of
has IA n al fho h
tiers Of ex-Secretary Bayard. They attend
nearly every game and freely applaud the
good plays on both sides.
AN umpire for ball game at LAnse,
Mich, paralyzed crowd OF people by ap-
pearing on the field armed with a cutlass, a
big musket, an axe, and a spyglass. On his
back was painted a big sign: You will please
side with me-"
The leading batter in each team is Brouth-
rs for Boston; Ewing for New York; Null
7ey, for Philadelphia Van Haltren, for Chi
ago; Mexican, for Cleveland; Glasscock, for
Indianapolis: Carroll, for Pittsburg, and Daily,
Tor Washington.
THE hon1e-fun hitters of the League are as
follows: Thompson, 10; Denny, Is; Ryan,
ID; Conner, II; Farrell and Duffy, 10 each;
Tebeau and Wilmot, 8; Beckley, Brouthers,
and Kelly, Z oach; Mulvey, Z; Gore and Tier
oan, 8; Miller, 6; Glasscock, Hines, and
Seery, each.
The President of the American Associa-
lion has fined the St. Louis Club $4,000 for re-
tusing to finish a game with the Brooklyn
Club on the latter's grounds and for further
refusing to play at all on the following day.
In each case the umpire gave the game to the
Brooklyns by score of nine to nothing. In
the first instance the st. Louis Club alleged
it was too dark to play longer, and in the
second the President of the Club said he
feared his players would not receive adequate
police protection. The President of the
Association has requested all other Associa-
ton Clubs to hold the percentage of receipts
due the st. Louis Club so that the fine may
be collected. The affair has caused great
sensation in baseball circles.
LEAGUE RECORD.