Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1889-06-07
THE NATIONAL GAME.

PrrTsBURG 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 'sbaby"
records.
GARRISON, OF Boston, is pitching slow
ball this season.
In the 80 lexicon of the game base hits are
called ''safeties."
THE Detroit Club has signed pitcher Shreve,
late of Indianapolis.
ITHE indianapolis Club sports the ugliest
uniform in the League
THE 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 adj
mirer of the popular American game.
THE Southern League has increased the
salaries of its umpires to $3.50 q month.
FROST, the Fort Worth Texas) catcher,
had his collar bone broken by a 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 40, 900 balls in
stock
finest lot of men on the bases ever gotten to-
gether.
TORONTO (Canada) clergymen of all do
nominations patronize the games in that City
in large numbers.
WARD and Keefe have been reelected
President and Secretary, respectively, of the
Ball Players Brotherhood.
THE daily ''take' of the New Yorks in
gross, 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 ball
with as sober, quiet, orderly 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 HENNINGER, aged ninety and
Henry Geist aged eighty-nine, are among
the warmest baseball Zealots in Bethlehem,
Penn.
A FEATURE of the New York game this
year is the magnificent fielding of O'Rourke
He covers great deal of ground and throws
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 SIS, 900.
FORTY-FIvE actual players will appear on
season. Their uniforms will cost So apiece,
or a total cost of $500.
THE Louisville Clubs franchise is still on
the market. Milwaukee and Des Moines are
both anxious to take Louisville's place in the
American Association.
JOE PURCELL, who, after Van Haltren,
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 Cd the classification rule. It Indicates
that q fight against it will be made in short
time.
No pitcher filled the sebox' for a shorter
time than Cad" Gumbert, of the Chicagos, at
Philadelphia. He delivered Just one ball 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 $54, OOO The directors own four-fifths of
the 400 shares Of stock. The par value of
each share is $50, and the holders will receive
$135 per share.
In a recent game between the Brooklyns
and Kansas City Clubs the latter scored in
every inning, winning the game by IS to 10
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
OLher Teams Inc 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 viii 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. 1t practises daily upon the top of
the Tribune building. There is a space there
a hundred feet long and surrounded by high
wall, where everything but heavy batting is
perfectly feasible.
LEAGUE RECORD.
Lost. Percentage
Boston . 10 6 1877
Philadelphia ......... Il .609
New York. ............ IA II $50