The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1889-06-12
THE NATIONAL GAME.

PrrrsBURG Is in bad way for pitchers.
AMHERST COLLEGE recently beat Yale BY
5to4.
BRouTHERs, of Boston, leads the League in
batting
TIE Cleveland Club is breaking all ''baby"
records.
CLARKsoN, Of Boston, is pitching slow
ball this, season.
In the 'ss lexicon Of the game base hits are
called 'tsafeties."
The Detroit Club has signed pitcher Shreve,
late Of indianapolis.
S.THE Indianapolis Club sports the ugHest
uniform In the League.
TIE Pittsburg Club has suspended Pitch
ers Morris and Conway.
THERE have been comparatively few shut
out games so far this season.
GENERAL LEW WALLACE is a great ad-
nnirer Of the popular American game.
THE Southern League has increased the
salaries of its umpires to $50 month.
FROST, the Fort Worth Texas) catcher,
had his collar bone broken by foul tip.
BURDocK, the veteran second baseman, Is
playing with New York semi-professional
team.
ONE American manufacturer Of baseballs
employs 500 hands and keeps 10000 balls In
stock.
The Kansas Citys are reported to be the
finest lot Of men on the bases ever gotten to-
gether.
nominations patronize the games in that city
In large numbers.
WARD and Keefe have been reelected
T0-ae o,,I irnl
Ball Players Brotherhood
The daily ''take" Of the New Yorks In
gToss that is, at their grounds in Staten
Island, averages only $3.50.
On three-bagger Billy Sunday, Of the
Pittsburgs, recently ran from the home plate
to third base in 10 As seconds.
JOHN MORRILL, says he never played hall
with as sober, quiet, orderly or easily man
aged team as the Washingtons.
THE Boston Club has appointed two ply
sicians to the team, and one Of the two will
be In attendance at every game.
GEORGE HENNNGER, aged ninety, and
the warmest baseball zealots in Bethlehem,
Penn.
A FEATURE Of the New York game this
year is the magnificent fielding of O'Rourke.
admirably.
THE grand stand of the Brooklyn Baseball
Club, which was partially destroyed by fire,
will be torn down and new one built. The
loss is $1s, 600.
the Maliki Sandwich Island) diamond this
season. Their uniforms will cost s. apiece,
or total cost Of $3.50.
o6s 80
the market. Milwaukee and Des Moines are
both anxious to take Louisville's place in the
American Association.
ranked first among the pitchers Of the Cali.
fornia league, has permanently retired and
will enter the priesthood.
JOHN WARD, of New York, is exercising
his literary talents again. He is preparing an
article on the classification rule. Itindicates
that fight against it will be made il, a short
time
No pitcher filed the 'sbox" for a shorter
time than "Ad" Gumbert, of the Chicagos, at
Philadelphia He delivered just one bal, and
that was knocked out of the ground, and the
pitcher returned to the field.
The stockholders of the old Detroit Ma
tional League Club have declared dividend
Of S54,0 900. The directors own four-fifths of
the 4UO ShareS or StOck. Ihe par value OF
each share is $50, and the holders will receive
$135 per share.
In recent game between the Brooklyns
and Kansas City Clubs the latter scored in
every inning, winning the game by IS to IL
runs. 1t rarely happens that in game be-
tween frst-class clubs runs are made by one
side in every inning
The rivalry between New York and
Chicago is much greater than between any
other teams. The games are bitterly con-
tested, and no matter how badly the two
clubs may play against other mines, they
play fine game when pitted against each
other.
HARRY WRIGHT, manager Of the Philadel-
phias, says that batting will win more games
than fielding, and he proposes to play the
strongest batting team he can put In the
field. An error was not Of such vital conse-
quence last year, when scores were small. It
takes good hitting to win this year.
THE highest baseball club in New York
city, in the location of its home grounds, If
not on record, is that made up Of Tribune
employees. It practises daily upon the top Of
the Tribune building. There is space there
hundred feet long and surrounded by a high
wall, where everything but heavy batting Is
perfectly feasible.