Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1890-05-02
TIE N, TI0NAL GAME

YALE has a great catcher in Poole.
A BOYS LEAGUE has been organized in
Chicago.
BASEBALL is getting firm hold in England
and Scotland
THE young players in the big clubs are
showing up strongly.
RosENAs, of the old NETS, is now play.
ing ball for St Louis.
THE veteran Crowley is with the Phiiadel
phia Players C!ub as captain.
LOUISVILLE has two college graduates in
its team-Taylor and Sninnick.
THE balk rule will be rigidly enforced in
all Of the Players League games.
THE length of the Cleveland Brotherhood
grounds is 535 feet They are 33j feet wide.
THE first serious accident of the season due
70 base-stealing was reported from the Texas
League.
JOHN Hunt, the American Association
umpire, has resigned on account OF throat
trouble.
SECOND BAsEMAS BIERBAUER made the
nrst home run on the Brooklyn PlayerS
ground.
The New York League team will be uni
formed in white and black "NadjyS" agal,
this season.
NOVEL baseball league has been formed
at Brantford Canada, the deaf nutes of the
province organizing.
JACK GLAsscoCK has been formally in
stalled as Captain of the New York National
League baseball team.
GEORGE WASHINGTON BRADLEY, the
veteran pitcher, is sewing baseballs at Reach's
factory in Philadelphia.
THE Brooklyn National League Club has
practised at least twenty-five young pitch
without satisfactory results.
A CLEVELAND League Club player was the
nrst this season to fall victim to the ancient
hide the ball under -the-arm trick
EVERY League and Association PLAYER
now with the Players League is on the black
list. The order went IN force on April /
ORR, Van Haltren AMI Bierbauer are t;ay-
ing phenomenal ball for the BROOKLYN PLAY
ers League team. Joyce is also showing UP
well.
DIRECTOR LEMON is given as the authority
for the report that Beckley is TO get 1880
salary from the Pittsburg Players League
Club.
CHAMBERLAIN, the crack pitcher of the st,
Louis Club recently suspended by Won der
Abe for alleged iueficiency, has been rein
stated.
WHEN George Wood made his debut in the
League in 1881 he received a salary of 1915.
Last year he was paid $500 by the Philadel-
HARDIE RICHARDSON and Dan Brouthers
are now playing together in the same club
(the Boston Play rs Leaguej for the tenth
consecutive season.
ONEoHrA, N Y, has a baseball club, COM
posed of Joung ladies, that intends to aston
ish the world this coming season by making
base hits and scoring one" for fun.
WHILE practising before game in Lowell
Joe Quinn, of the Boston Players League
Club, had his nose broken by thrown ball.
Dick Johnston is laid up with sprained
ankle.
The New York team of last year, exclu.
sive OF Murphy, Welch and Tiernan cost
John b. Day $35, 100 and the team he will
put in the field this year will be a much more
expensive one.
JACK NELSON, who is now the Oldest plav.
or in active service, still plays fne game at
short field for the Metropolitans OF New
YORK city. He still does the scratching
tor-gravel" act at bat
ARTHUR IRWIN has been elected director
Of the Boston Players League Club The
other players on the Board are Kelly,
brouthers and Richardson. The club sold It's
score-card privilege for S270O.
HATFIELD seems to be a worthy successor
OF John Ward as the New York Brother
hood Clubs short stop. Hs has been PLAYING
avery clean fielding game and his battinS
has been timely, though not heavy.
ONE of the most important corners at
Brotherhood Park, in New York city will be
the cranks' box" It's location will be in
the northeast corner of the grand stand
balcony and fifteen seats only will be in
closed
PETE BROWNING, of the Cleveland PLAYERS,
League, says he is going TO slide this season
II it breaks his neck. During Brownings
long experience as baseball player ne would
never slide to a base, and not a few games
have been lost by Louisville which were di-
rsctly attributable to that.
JIM HART leaves for Europe in few days
20 better organize the National Baseball
League Of Great Britain The teams are
composed of cricketers and have adopted a
schedule for the season. Hart will take with
him players Maskrey and Prior, who will
Britishers.