Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1890-05-23
THE NATIONAL GAME.

ZrAMER is doing all of Cleveland's catch
ing.
The double umpire system is a great sue
cess.
The LouisvilIes are playing fine ball this
year.
DAVIS, of the Clevelands, is a great centre
fielder.
AvsOSs batting has been very light 50 far
A POLICE LEAGUE is the latest Massachu-
sets wrinkle.
The best exercise to get pitchers into con-
dItiOn Is bowling.
THE New York League Club has eighteen
men on its pay roll
The monthly salary list Of the Pittsburg
League Club IS about $1,000.
ROCHESTER, y. y, is the highest saLaried
club in the American Association.
Z. FORREST GOODWIN, ex-ball player, il
private secretary to Speaker Reed.
The girls Of Fort Edward Institute, n. z,
have organized two baseball teams.
DUNLAP, of the Pittsburg National League
Club is playing big ball this season.
YOUNG RUsIE is doing nearly all of the
team.
SILVER bat is to be given to the Cincin,
natl player having the best average as a
runner.
KELLY, Richardson, Irwin and Brouthers
are the playing directors Of the Boston Play
or, Club.
THE Columbia directors have passed resOlu-
tons asking umpires to suppress rowdy
coaching.
THE Buffalo Brotherhood Club has more
Ietl-handed hatters than any organization in
the country.
LOUISVILLE is credited with the first shut
out III the American Association, Toledo
beng the victim.
SNEED of the Toledo Ohio Association
Clue, has been fined fifty dollars and suspend
ed for record playing.
BOSTONIANS now consider Kilroy, of the
Brotherhood team, the finest south paw
twIrler in the country.
IN match game Of baseball between the
boys and girls of the Hutchinson (Kan)
High School the girls won.
HARRY STOvEY, of Boston, has the honor
Of making the first home run in a Players
League championship game.
SHoRTsTOP WARD, Captain of the Brook
lyn Players League team has been playing
arenarkably brilliant game.
PRESIDENT YOUNG, of the National
League, believes that the League viii have
to adopt the double umpire system.
50 far the aggregate attendance at the
Players League games has greatly exceeded
thatat the National League grounds.
The noisy coaching of Tucker, Long,
O'Brlen, Burns and Donovan of the League
club does not appear to please the Boston,
ians
MORE than II, 900 people attended the open,
ing Players League game in Philadelphia
the opponents Of the local nine being the
Bostons.
THIRTY-THREE of the thirty-four chances
offered to Long, of the Boston National
League team, IN the first four games, were
accepted
BURDOCK, the famous old second baseman,
seems to have reformed in earnest this
time. He is doing great work for the Jersey
City On. j. team.
OUT of the lwenty-one catchers who took
part III htteen or more of the Association
games last season, fifteen of them are still
with the national agreement clubs.
JIMMY FoGARTY, of Philadelphia, an
nOunces that there are four cities ready to
take Butfalos place should the Players
League abandon that city as being unprofit-
able
THE Players League Club of Pittsburg.
has reduced the price of admission to the
games from fifty cents to twenty-five cents,
with twenty-five cents extra for grand stand
seats.
The umpires of the Players League have
received instructions regarding a scoop fly.
hereafter. If the player receives the ball in
that way, fields it properly and quickly to
base, double play can ensue.
ROGER CoNNOR, of the New York Broth
9rhoOd team, never hit the ball so savagely
as this season, and very difficult catches are
necessary to prevent the giant baseman
from making doubles and triples with fire.
quency.