Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1891-07-24
THE NATIONAL GAME.

PIrrsBURG is searching the earth fora
short stop.
DAILY. of Brooklyn, is the highestsalaried
catcher in the profession.
CARUrHRas, of Brooklyn. is the heaviest
batter of any Of the League pitchers.
WEAVER, of the L)uisvilles, has mora
assists than any Association outhelder
DALRYMPLE. the old-time Chicago fielder.
leads the Western Association in batting.
THE League leader, New York, is also at
the top in batting. Brooklyn is second.
SrovEY's batting is winning the small
score games for ths Boston League team.
THERE are few msn who reach first bass
"a often in season Of Hoy, Of the ST.
Louis
PITCHER SrAGG. late of Yale. is to bs
nhysical director at Mortified University.
Chicago.
THE Washington Club has released Paul
Hines. He was charged with making trouble
in the team.
MILLER. of Pittsburg, has lost more games
for his team than any other one player IN
the League.
TrERSAS. of the New Yorks. has more
total base hits to his credit than any other
player in the League.
JOIN BURDocK, the well known seconi
hasemen. is playing finely for Salem, OF the
New England League.
LATHAM. Of Cincinnati, leads the League
in the number of bases stolen. Hamilton,
Of Philadelphia, ranks next.
THRSE-FoURrHs Of the players OF the West
em Association are ex-players OF the League
and American Association.
THERE are said to be seventy-eight base
ball clubs In Elglani and seventeen IN
Scotland. In Australia there are over one
hundred.
VIAU, OF Cleveland, recently performed
the feat of striking Anson, OF Chicago, out
on three pitched balls. All OF the strikes
were callet 4.
HUTCHINSON. OF Chicago, still leads the
Leagues list OF winning pitchers, with
GARRISON. OF Boston, and Rusie, OF New York,
close behind
ANumpire who recently came sailing out
of the West is authority for the statement
that baseball players in small Kansas towns
wear revolyers In their belts.
WHAT hole New York would be in now
had the club released any one OF Its many
playersl 1t would seem as II even eighteen
men were none too many TO win pennant
CINCINNATI has three best ADVERTISED base
hall PLAYERS in America More has been
written about mike Kelly, "Ariie' Latham
and "Pietro Gladiator' Browning than
any other thres players in the business.
DONOVAN. Of the Louisviles who has been
batting 50 finely this year. was the first man
in the country TO make 100 hits Donovan
batted safely in eighteen straight games this
year, and this record was made OIL hrst-class
pitchers.
ALTHOUGH mute, Hoy, OF st. Louis
makes great efforts TO speak and has many
peculiar cries and mutterings by which he
makes himself understood. His attemptsat
kicking at the umpire's decisions are unique
and amusing. He can now say rotten %
the umpire when a bad strike Is called
LATHAM. of the Cincinnati League, IS re.
marsable In that he seldom Is incapacitatsf
for play. He Is never troubled with glass
arms. bruised hands or Charley horse the
Affections which most baseball flesh Is helr
to. One reason for this Is that he Is an atm
lete from tip to toe, and always keeps IN con-
dition
THr Boston Association team have maze
more long hits than any other clue IN tne
country. los OF them, including ninety-nine
doubles. sixty-nins triplets and Twenty-Five
home ruus. St. Louis has made 105 doubles
and thirty-two home runs, but only twenty
five three-bazgers. The Athletics rank ssc-
ond in home runs with twenty-six, and Sc
oai in three baggers with fifty-seven.
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