The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1889-08-28
THE NATIONAL GAME.
COLUMBUS Is after q receiver. ...
WnKEsBARRE is selling its players.
CHICAGO Is still ont for the pennant. J!

COLUMBUS Is after receiver. ...
WnKEsBARRE is selling its players.
CHICAGO is still out for the pennant..
THE Wilkesbarre Club has disbanded.
CHICAGO carries fifteen men on the pay
roll. ..s
COLUMBUS has received the most white
washes.
CONWAY is now Kansas Gty's winning
pitcher.
CHICAGO plays her best game against the
New Yorks
WASHINGTON has seven 1eft-handed battera
on the team.
DENNY, of Indianapolis, still leads the
League in home runs. '.-.
LITTLE DUFrY, Of Chicago, is one Of the
best batsmen in the League.
GOVERNOR BEAVER, Of Pennsylvania, Is
an enthusiastic lover Of baseball.
TEE Washingtons have fine trio Of young
pitchers In Keefe, Haddock and Ferson.
TIE London Club has released first base.
| man Tom Esterbrook and pitcher Emil Geiss.
Wr11IAM SUNDAY, center fielder, has been
eRlPGin''d GlpPSs manager OF tho f''''0ors 0'u
TEE Philadelphias have Of recent years
s<<S
League.
THE Middle States League Is proving to be
d much stronger organization than was e1-
pected. .'
TIE Toledo Club has secured the release
from Cleveland, Of .left-hnnded pitcher
Sprague. 80
GORE, O'Rourke and Herman, Of the New
Yorks, are again the heaviest hitting outheld
In the country.
CHICAGO is the only League and Brooklyn
the only Association club to escape the white
wash brush this season.
MCGUIRE is doing all the catching for
Toronto; he of1ciated behind the bat in
thirty mine out Of the forty games played.
THE best baseball player in Congress Is
Representative Ben Butterworth, Of Ohio.
He frequently plays in amateur games at his
home.
MAUI leads the Pittsburgs In batting,
Glasscocl the IndianapoEtans, Clements
the Phlladelphias, Mexican the Clevelands
DAILY the Washinf,tons and Van Haltren the
Chicagos. .,..
INDIANAPOLIS is certainly the enigma OF
baseball. With great inffeld, good out
field fair batteries and well managed, the
team yet plays losing ball and makes no
headway. i.'.'
PITCHER MoRRls's troubles are pronounced
internal injuries, and absolute rest is ordered
by his physicians In fact it is not improb.
able that he may not appear on the diamond
again this season. ....
JAMES HAMILTON, the Weir City's pitcher,
met with peculiar accident In q game at
Weir City, Mo. The force Of the delivery Of
ball broke his arm square in two between
the shoulder and the elbow.
JOHN 8. BARNES, the manager Of the st,
Paul Club, who recently fell heir to an
estate in Ireland worth $500, 900, has promised
his men that he will take them to England II
they win the championship.
A BASEBALL player named William Camp.
bell had his eye knocked out and jawbona
broken while catching behind the bat IN
game played at Somerset, KY. He was car
ried from the grounds unconscious and ap.
parently lifeless. H.-.
.BosToNs only weak spot has been
strengthened by the addition OF Pop"
Smith, Of the Pittsburgs. BE will play short,
and Ray or Quinn win likely be released.
This addition IS strong one to the Bostons
as Smith Is batter and fielder.
TIE many friends Of Morrill, will learn
with regret that his hand had a relapse and
that he had to undergo surgical operation,
suffering. The injured member is now max.
ing good progress toward recovery.
SOME papers talk about there being ques.
ton about the best shortstop. That was set.
tied long ago. John W. Glasscock Of the
Indianapolis Club, is admitted to be clearly
entitled to the first place. His fielding alone
would entitle him to supremacy; but take
his batting, base-running and coaching abili.
ties in consideration, and he is way on top.