Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1891-05-16
NO. 35.
THE NATIONAL GAME.

The Cievelands have six left-handed bat
game. UP un'
ever had i''V'N'yn
GLAsseocE is doing great al-round work
Tor the New York Club.
KID MADDEN, released by Boston has
been signed by Baltimore.
GLASS arms are very fashionable among
the ball players at present
IHE Columbus pitchers are tohe played in
turn this season. win or lose.
MINIATURES star pitcher. Davies Is
known as the shadow twirler"
TIE team work of the Boston Association,
aggregation Is well nigh perfect.
The once noted catcher, John Clam. n,
now policeman in Ithaca, N. Y.
CLEVELAND claims the fastest outfeld in
the Leaguein McIseer, Davis aud johnson
The trouble with Mike Kelly's team. tho
Cincinnati Association club, Is poor pitchers.
CLEVELAND objects 10 the hideous old
title Spiders for her present tight little
team
CAPTAIN ANsoN. of the Chicagos. is do
ing well for his tventy-firs year on the Cila-
mond
THE famous Silver King. OF Sc. Louis. wal
receive salary of 5000 for playing with
Rttsburg.
THE experiment OF baseball by electric
light, which has failed 50 often, Is 10 bsoncs
more tried in Dover, n H.
JERRY DENNY has heen laid of nv Nav
York for inferior work BaSsett is PLAYING
third base for the present
JIM o'RouRKE, OF the New Works, has
never been released by any club, and he haa
played for nineteen seasons.
CATCHER RoBrSSoS, OF baltimore was
the hrst player IN the country this year 10
make two home runs in one game.
a CoNSELLsvILLE penny fifteen-year.
OLD hoy nained Frank Murphy is reported
as able to throw ball 1857 yards easily.
THRRE are three outfeld captains in tho
Associatlcn-Dntfy Of Boston; Wood OF
the Athletics and Visner, OF Washington
CLARKsoS. of the Boston League and
I.adbourne, OF the Cincinnati League have
received the worst drubbing so far this
season
TBE Association clubs seem 70 DO divided
into two groups. and the battle for tho lead
Is between Baltimore, Boston, Louisville and
ST. Louis
The baseball season, which commences in
England about the middle OF June promises
70 be far more interesting than any of it's
EVERY player on the New York team Is a
star, and for that reason nobody wants 10
offer any advice TO anybody else as 10 what
he should do.
Hoy, the deaf.muto center fielder OF tho
St Louis Browns, can talk little now, hav-
ing gradually learned it by tho new method
of lip imitation.
OuTFELpER DAVIS is doing great work
for Cleveland ia the field and at The bat He
is one OF the few great players developed by
the League in Hateful 1890
Nike KELLY Captain OF tho Cincinnati
Association team, was presented with
horse and buggy at recent game In Bos.
ton. The present is tho gift Of his Boston
friends.
1T doesn't seem to mako any difference
what company Dan Hrouthers, now Of tho
Boston Association, is in, he is always found
at or near the top Of the batting list To-day
he leads the Association.
PITCHER Stage, formerly Of the Vale Col
lege team, who has been secured rs instruc-
tor Of the Chicago University, win train a
team 10 represeht the university in pro-
posed college league in tbs West.
The games thus far this season in the Ma
tional League have shown that the clubs,
with, possibly. the exception Of Cincinnati.
are evenly matched, and the race Tor tina
pennAnt bids fair 70 he the closest ever aeun.
HARRY WRIoHT says Calvin win outlast
some Of the young pitchers now coming b
the front. His pitching motion, BIO SAYS
does not wrench the arm, He has an easy
delivery, something on tho straight arm
style