Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1891-08-01
CLUB BATTING.

CLUB BATTING
Boston leads the association in club batting,
with an average Of 30 first base hits to times
ut bat st. Louis second, with .266; Baltimore,
.2Ss; Athletic, 257; Louisville, .25O Washington,
245: Cincinnati. .236; Columbus. .232.
Columbus, though last in batting, is first in
club fielding with an average Of .939 on chances
accepted The other clubs stand as follows:
Boston, 1888; st. Louis aud Athletic, $50;
Baltimore, 81; Louisville and Cincinnati, .Sl5
end Washington, .eSs
A STUMBLING BLOCK.
The signing Of Haiiigan BY Cincinnati prom
ises 10 become more Of an issue than the sign
ing Of all the other Omaha men by Washington
and Columbus, for the Omaha management is
now bowling at Nick Young because he de-
tends the business. A telegram has come east
TO Young from MeCord Of Omaha saying:
Where Is the protection guaranteed TO tire
Western Association by the national agree
nent2-' McCord claims that the Cincinnati
league team has wrongfully seized Halligan.
Young, in his defense, says that the Western
ASSOCIATION has no claim on Hailigan, who
ng1ed with the Cincinnati league club, be-
cause he was released by Omaha and the ne
cessary ten DAYS elapsed without any Of the
Western Association clubs putting in a claim
On him
LEAGUE sAMKs YESTERDAY.
Pitcher RusIs astonished the world Of base
bah yesterday By preventing the Brooklyn
bstters from making q single hit OF his
delivery in the game at New York The Giants
non by the score Of 6 TO Q. Both clubs played
uausually well in the field. Rusie's opponent
~ Terry. New York made eight hits and one
srror and Brookly no hits and one error.
Chicago won from Cincinnati through team
york and punched batting. Mnllane and Har-
rington and Gumbert and kittridge were in the
points Ansons men made ten hits and two
errors and Latham's crowd made nine hits and
three errors
Boston batted and Philadelphia did not.
Cisrkson was effective and Esper and Cassian
were not. Hence Boston won The Hubtytes
Dsds l6 hits and the Quakers ., while each
team made errors.
Cleveland pulled up well at the finish. but
could not quite reach Rtrsburg's lead and 90
the fnfknss, as they us4d 70 be called we're m ade
victims by the Pirates by one run. BALDWIN
md Mack and Gruber and Zimmer were the
batteries Pittsburg made ~ hits and errors,
md Cleveland hits and errors.
BASE HrTs.
In Cincinnati today.
Hatfield accomplished the team.
Glasscock reioined the Giants yesterday
Il zas Foreunan's mother-in-law snd not his
hother who was sick, and she Is better.
: Pad Cook has caught ON with the Lincoln
Western Association Tram
EfsSsf SSki 1r<m has signed VIA sAs
brown Of Bstsua ma. a. sssvesaAsun m ~
ting with ass and Bfouynsfsfs next with 345.
Joycs GA Oa1s sre lodrtA and nftA4
The W. l. /. q. and the Y. n. c. A. play
s0eHy u Nstiorsl Prk IN the series fnr ths 4.
4 L. championship
tnfhe GO<srnnent Printing Ofhos League
yesterday at Capitol Park the Specification
Room beat the J3b Room By me score Of toe.
The battsrses uefe; Sterilization Room,
Chr,ssy ana Dnasaagson; Job koom, Hsydlsr,
The MOIleys defeated The Pension Agency
team yesterday IN very interesting gxme, the
Score 6eehg6 los THE feztnre ~ ne came
Vas the battery work ot Fossss snd Hoover
for the Moxfeys
the EsM yrtses BY me score n 2svo 2, As frb-
lfshet but That ehe score wesBSos TIN s3sc
s<sted thss tie efsmpics Il nct q pfehed aias
= the young pen who participated in wednee
farnesphy edahA~ oa tins seseen. buA wefs
members Of the olympics ~ 8aRysss. = IS;