Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1889-05-31
THE NATIONAL GAME.

THE NATIONAL GAME.
COLUMBUS pays Pitcher Baldwin $500.
KANSAS CITY is putting up strong game.
AUSTRALIA is adopting our national game
BOSTON shows constantly improving work.
THE Clevelands are playing fine game Of
ball.
EXTRA inning games are very scarce this
season.
KANSAS CITY at last has a ball team to be
proud of.
KELLY, of Boston, is catching better than
last year.
RAMSEY and Kerins have been suspended
by Louisville
HARRY WRIGHT says no players release is
worth $12, 900.
heavy support.
WOLF is the best all-around player in the
Louisville team.
THE Washington Baseball Club has re-
leased Donnelly, third baseman.
GLAsSCOCK is suffering with split thumb,
and Denny with a sprained ankle.
OLD JOE QUEST is playing strong game
for Toledo and captaining the team well.
THIS is Captain Comiskey's ninth season in
st. Louis He has an interest in the club.
CHICAGO has made the most three baggers
to date and Pittsburg the most home runs.
EVERY League club shows an improvement
over last season; Pittsburg the most, how
ever.
PITCHER GUMPEE.,, of Cleveland has a new
raising speed ball which he uses to good
effect.
EVERY home run made by Boston player
on the home grounds entities him to box Of
cigars.
OMAHA is endeavoring to have the Western
Association raise its salary limit to $3.50 a
month.
IT is harder co make home runs on the
Pittsburg grounds than any other in the
League
THE four-ball rule has undoubtedly had the
effect of greatly increasing the batting in
the League.
THE Londons, of Canada, are disigured by
the ugliest uniforms out-a sort of striped
barber pole suit.
PRESIDENT DAY, of New York, says Ward
will not be sold to any club at present for
any consideration.
RICHARDSON, of New York, and Pfeffer
of Chicago, are playing the greatest second
base in the League.
BROWNING and Weaver of the Louisvilles,
enjoy the reputation of being the homeliest
men in the profession.
Hoy is batting and fielding splendidly for
Washington. The little deaf mute would be
treasure in any club.
THE st. Louis baseball strike was the only
one of its kind ever started, and it was the
talk of the whole country.
THE League clubs are all unloading their
surplus players, and some fine material is
being placed upon the market
New YORK has on its roll Keefe, WEIGH,
George, Crane, and 1itcomb as pitchers. The
four frSt-named have lame arms.
GEORGE GORE, rejuvenated and revived,
is playing the game of his life in New Y Ork.
He said he would brace up and he did.
WHEN Radbourne of Boston, smiled be-
cause Umpire McQuade failed to call strike
on a good ball, the latter fined him $40.
IT is doubtful if Cleveland has superior
in the League in base running. Nothing short
Of Ewing or Clements can stop them.
AS the result of going into the box with
out proper training Keefe is suffering from
lame arm and the New Yorks from lack of
pitchers.
BASEBALL is moving onward toward the
polar regions. A thousand dollars has been
subscribed for a club at Fredericktown, New
Brunswick.
THE Cleveland club, the new addition to
the League, won the first two games from the
New Yorks, played too on the champions
own ground.
TIE Chicagos, with tattered outfeld,
broken infield and uncertain pitchers, but
lots of bluff and more good than bad hitters
are struggling desperately to get into shape
OLD JOE SHETzLINE, who has played pro-
fessionally in all positions for fifteen years,
is doing great work at third base this season
for the Philadelphia Giants, in the Middle
States League.
GARRISON of Boston has done remarkable
work this season in his fielding or hit balls
from his position. He has most decidedly
done better work than was ever known in his
career as pitcher.
THE Southern League has fairly large
population to draw from. New Orleans has
about 265, 900 people, Atlanta about 80, OO0
Charleston Is, 600, Memphis S., 900, Birming
ham 20, 600 and Chattanooga about 49, 900, a
total of 615. 900.
LEAGUE RECORD.
Ven. Lost. Percentage
Boston. .............. IA 5 1877
Philadelphia ....... 10. 6 GS4
New Y rk ....., 10 ST.
Chicago. .............. II II 500
Cleveland