The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1891-07-15
THE NATIONAL GAME.

CARUrHERs is Brooklyns winning pitcher.
STovEY leads the Boston League team in
long hits.
WARD, of the Brooklyns, is still favorite
in Gotham.
THE New Yorks have played seven error
less games.
The Brooklyns are better base ruaners
than the New Yorks.
PITCHER KEEFE, of New York. is stouter
this year than ever before.
HEREAFTER Sunday ball playing will not
be interfered with in Cincinnati.
The average daily enlauce at the first
New York-Chicago series was over 5000.
DESPITE his great size, Connor is one Of tho
the best base-runners on the New York team.
BEcKLEY, of the Pittsburgs, up to arecent
date leads the first basenen OF thu country.
McALEER, of Cleveland. has the distinc-
ton of being the best left fielder in the bus
ness.
SUNDAY has again refused to join the Gin
cinnati League team at any prlce. lie mas
retired.
IT is now said that "ouck" Ewing, Cap
tain OF the New Yorks, may not play the
rest Of the season.
PITCHER NICHOLS, of the Boston League.
has never yet pitched winning gam.
against Clevelani.
WHITNEY, of the Cincinnati Association
Club, leads the third basemen Of the entire
country IN fielding.
SLATTEsY has been released By Cincinnati
at his own request. He has not been we'll
since leaving New York.
HOLIDAY, of Cincinnati; Tiernan, of New
York, and Wilmot, Of Cleveland, lead the
League batters in home runs.
The Chiclgos have two weak points. They
do not sug the ball steadily, and. aside from
Hutchinson, are weak In the box.
ED WILLIAMSON, of last years Chicago
Players team, weighs 25S pounds AMI plays
short stop in q fat mems nina OF Chicago.
The Brooklyns present tae neatest APPEAR
ancs of any team in the League In ad-
dition, they are fine-looklng lot OF fellows.
BAssETr plays remarkable third base for
New York. He was not new to the position,
as he played it for Providence part OF 1850
JENNINGS, whom Louisville picked up
without record or reputation, has tu1ned out
to be good man in all departments OF the
game.
TO strike out twenty-four men In two
games is record to be proud Of. That is ths
record Of Nichols, oi the Boston League, in
the two games he has pitched against the
Pittsburgs this season.
The Board of Aldermen now insists that
the New York Club shall erect roof or COW
ering Of some sort over the bleaching boarIs
at the Polo Ground, and has given the man.
asemenr thirty days to do it in.
BaoUTHERs OF the Boston Association
Club, has taken to sliding OF late, ami does
it we'll His slides are features OF the Boston
games. He never fielded as well as this sea-
son, and his hitting is immense.
AGLANcE over the history Of past sea-
sons will demonstrate that while the clubs
with the best batteries have not always won
the League pennant, yet no team that was
weak in that department ever finished III hrst
place in championship race.
LovErT, the Brooklyn pitcher, did not give
the hard-hitting New York team single hat
in a recent game. The score was I 10 U IN
favor of the Brooklyns. This is the most
remarkable pitching feat i'll years.
ANsoN, of the Chicago League, takes more
advantage of the substitute rule than any
other manager, which is perfectly natural,
considering that he was the originator OF the
idea permitting an unlimited number OF SUBJ
stitutions by manager during game.