Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1889-06-14
TIE NATIONAL GAME.

DURYEA is Cincinnatis winning pitcher
BOSTON is turning out the largest crowds
DUNLAP, of Pittsburg, has fallen off vastly
in batting.
SYRACUSE, N, Y, leads in the international
League race.
KEEFE 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.
BRoUTHERs's 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 a pitcher
to be batted out of the box.
The Baltimore players in their new uni
forms look like escaped cOnvictS.
NINE Of the Cleveland's 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 iob-lot PLAYERS,
is the surprise of the Atlantic Association.
New YORK saves $1,000 by the releases of
Titcomb, 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 di-
rected his men to sacrifice to right field when
runner is on base.
EppTrrc o1-- III ,,o-,- prooI-
lyn grand stand will surpass anything of the
kind the country.
MILWAUKEE capitalists have offered S15,-
900 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 its great
work for the penant last year until July, and
up to that time didn't appear to be ''in it."
RICHARDSON is Captain of the New Yorks
in EwlngS absence. Common 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 $1,000 for their re-
lease.
OUT in st. Joseph, Mo, they throw silver
dollars at their players when they do any
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the same.
THE Kansas City team is repaying its
hackers handsomely for the money invested.
From 5000 to II, 900 people is the usual at
tendance.
The surprises Of the season-Kansas City
and Cleveland. The disappointments or fail
ures of the season-PittsUurgs 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 Y ork pitcher, says he will
depend more on speed this summer than on
curves and shoots, with change of pace and
height Of delivery.
THE undertakers Of Hoboken, n J., have
organized a baseball team They ought
to put up pretty ''stif'' game and be able
to LAY 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
(lI.) team when he was eighteen.
INDIANAPOLIS is certainly the enigma of
baseball. With great infield, good outfield,
fair batteries, and well managed the team yet
plays losing ball and makes no Roadway.
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.