Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1890-10-24
THE NATIONAL GAME,

THE East has the honors in both leagues
BENNETT, OF Boston, leads the Leagus
catchers
GOOD batting won both the League and
Players League remnants.
Wu-Mor and Tiernan succeeded In rnakiu.
fourteen home runs each.
WILLIAMSON has been practically relcazsi
by the Chicago Players Club.
NINETEEN consecutive victories Is the tess
record made by a pitcher this year
LONG JOHN REILLY, OF Cincinnati lead
the League with twenty-three triples
MANAGER FRASER, OF the Syracuse Club.
lost between $500 and $40 600 this season.
RICHARDSON. OF the New York Players.
leads the country with sixty sacrifice
hits.
ers loss this season at between $50, 600 and
eco, 600.
SHISDLE, Beckley and Visner, OF thaPiay.
ers, have each made twenty-five triples this
season.
FoGARrY, Hardie, Richardson and Grit.
nm are the best outfelders In the Players
League.
FARRELL and Sanders according To tho
figures form the best battery In the Play
ers League.
THE Players League magnates seem to DO
playing talent.
HAMILTON is entitled TO the credit OF being
the Leagues great base stealer. he pilfered
ninety-two bases.
ROBINSON, of the Pittsburg Players Club.
went TO first on balls ninety-six times in
nlnety-four games.
THE Players League means business next
season. There will be releases of all men
who have bad regulations.
-
York, lead the National League in home
run hits, each running thirteen.
Boston has stolen about 175 more bases
than any of the other Players teams and
made more than that over some of the clubs
RADBoURN, Kilroy and Madden are the
only members Of the Boston Players team
who havc failed to make home run this
season
DAVE ORR, of Brooklyn, leads the Players
League in batting and Jack GIaSScock, OF
the New Yorks holds q similar position in
the National League.
MANAGER MUrRIE offered Arson $1,000 for
thu release Of Tommy Burns. "Jeems' says
he wants Burns to captain the New York
League team next season.
PETE BROWNING, of the Cleveland Players,
and Sam Thompson, of the Philadelphia
League, lead their respective organizations
in doubles with forty-one and forty each.
ClOIIC ISuSic HAS SlEne1 Ills IaLlle I'd
a New York National League contract, and
will appear for another year with Days
Giants. Only Burkett now remains 10 be
signed.
EsTERBROoK has the best average at first
base for the League, BasSett at second Nc
Carr at third, COoney at short, Duryea in
the box and Halliday, Camel and Dono-
van the Outtielders.
PAUL ALEXANDER TOMBSTONE, the mind
reader gave private exhibition of his power
in Chicago recently and seemed to fully de-
monstrate that he could, without seeing, play
the points of a game Of baseball aswilled by
another person.
ROGER Common leads the Players.at first
base; Quinn, of the Bostons, at second; Dea-
con White ON third and Richardson at short.
Hardie Richardson made sixteen home Iu1s
for the Boston Players and leads that organ
ization in four baggers.
THE old players of the Louisville nine who
were with the club when the famous record
of Ill games lost was made have wired J.
Palmer ONeill that they win treat his team
to an oyster supper now that they havebeat-
en- the Kentuckians' feat.
ACCORDING to average the best League
fielding team would be made up OF these
players: Bennett, catcher; Rhines, pitchert
Whistler, first base; Myers, second base; Nc
Carr, third base; Foster, centre field: Car
roll, right field and CoOney, short stop.
ACCORDING to the averages the best fielding
team in the Players Leaugue would be made
up as DEMONSTRATING, catcher; Daley
pitcher; Faatz, first base; Quinn, second
base; White, third base; Radford, short
stops McGeachy, left field; Griffin, centre
field; Fogarty, right field.
THE largest cheese ever made in the United
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