The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1890-11-06
THE NATIONAL GAME

THE reserve rule is thing OF the pas,
THE Buffalos have heea paid ~ Tor III,
season.
THE Brooklyn Payers gave Ward dia,
mond ring.
KING; of Chicago, leads the Players
League pitchers.
The New York ''consolidatein will have
capital stock of sa00,00O,
THERE will be about one hundred stars
ON the market next year.
THR Pittsburg Players outfeld next sea-
son Will be Wolf, Hanlon and Hoy.
THE McAlpin-J Johnson syndicate is said to
control five Players League Clubs,
DAHLoN, of Utica, n, Y, has been en-
gagged by tine Chicago League Club.
CAPTAIN WOLF wants TO be buried on the
Louisville ball grounds when he dies,
BEoKLEy, OF Pittsburg, stands third as
sacrifice hitter in the Players League.
THE total shortage of both Cleveland clubs
is not less than $50, 900, and probably more,
Buck EWING will have full control of the
consolidated New York team next season.
LOUISVILLE ranks first in fielding and nat.
ting according to the association averages,
PITCHER CLARKspN, of the Boston League
team, will coach q tollege team this winter.
ITisnow givenIout that Ward will play
short and captain the Cincinnati Club next
season.
PRESIDENT SPALpING. of the Chicago
League Club, says Englishmen have the base
ball craze.
HARpIE RICHARDSON, Of the Boston Play
ers' team. went through the season without
mutiing fly ball.
MUCH as the National Agreement was
tb.au ,aA has etr NI ra1 h
out the entire season.
To be shut out twice in succession by Mil.
waukee was rather tough dose for Anson's
Chicago League whrlwinds.
THERE are ten men in the National League
with averages of over 300, aud five of then
were in the American Association last year.
In victories, Radbourn, of Boston, leads
all the Players League pitchers, while Tener,
Of the same organization, brings up the rear.
J. EARLE WAGNER says each Of the 40
games scheduled for the Philadelphia Play.
ers' League Club this year meant an expense
Of about 1875.
LOUISVILLE ranks first in batting aud
fielding. st. Louis is second. St. Louis has
more hitters near the top than any other
team, though.
THE batting department of the game has
shown slight Improvement under changes
in the rules made at the expense of the
pitchers effectiveness.
POSSIBLY there are ball players in the pro-
fession who have sons old enough to play
baseball but as yet no progeny of a profess
sional tosser has doDed the uniform to make
a living.
THE New York papers announce that
Crane, Gore, Hatfield and Shannon, of the
New York Players League. are booked for
release. Gore wants to be transferred to the
Cleveland team.
JERRY DENNY, of the New York League
team, is probably, the greatest disappoint-
ment of the season, with only batting ay-
erage of .212, twenty-five sacrifice hits and
twelve stolen bases and fielding average of
.SSS.
THERE is curious fact that has developed
in this seasons baseball business. The play
ers that were enticed from the American
Association into the Players League, in
nearly all cases, show up stronger than the
old League stars"
CAPTAIN CoMIsKEY, of the Chicago Play
ers' League, has nearly perfected all ar
rangements for his baseball visit to the
Pacific slope this winter. He has engaged
two special Pullman palace cars for his two
teams, and will go out in flrst-class STYLE
A CAREFUL investigation has revealed the
fact that Buffalo, under the most favorable
conditions, cannot be counted upon to aver
age more than 1900 paying people per game
during the season. The city may do well as
minor League city good backing, but as a
member of $40 900 salary class it can never
make money.