Morning journal and courier., 1891-07-20
Notes From the Diamond.


Ryan of Chicago leads the League in run
getting.
Clarkson is doing excellent work for the
New Ravens.
Gerhardt is one of the best natured men
on the diamond.
Latham of Cincinnati leads the League
in stolen bases.
Jimmy Donnelly, late of the Omaha
club, is in the city.
Three times this season Hugh Duffy has
stolen three bases in game.
Manager Burnham is said to be after
several players of the Syracuse team.
President Furlong of the Milwaukee
club has resigned on account of i'll health.
Buhinton pitched out twenty five men
in succession in the St. Louis and Louis
vile games in Boston.
Word has been received from Powers
that the Rochester club is now all right
and sure to finish the season.
Case, the Yale Varsity pitcher, is keep
ing his hand in by twirling for the Kansas
City Y. M. G. A. during the summer.
Saturdays games resulted: Philadelphia
IN. L. 5, Boston IN. L. 4; Boston "a. A.
9, Louisville O; Cincinnati 7, Cleveland 6.
The Providence team will play on the
Howard avenue grounds this afternoon.
The New Haven team is scheduled to go
| west after this game.
The position of the clubs in the Eastern
| association is as follows: Buffalo, New
Haven, Syracuse, Albany, Providence, Troy,
Rochester and Lebanon.
The poor position occupied by Rochester
is the only reason for the small attendance
at the games in that city. Rochester is a
hoI RI ,iy,rp
team.
ting and fourth in fielding. Buffalo leads
the league in fielding, with a percentage
of 1874, andAlbany in batting, with per-
centage of 1851.
Nick Young, president of the National
league, has resigned his position as second
auditor under the federal government and
will devote his time exclusively to base
ball interests.
The local cranks say the only way to &C
| count for the wretched playing of the New
Haven team in the last Albany game is
that too many of them visited Savin Rock
| the previous night.
The work of Doran in the Albany game
was watched and as it is claimed he has
| not conformed to the club rules, he may
be released. Unless he does better in the
| future he will probably be released.
Kelly denies the reports which have been
in circulation to the effect that he was
| about to leave the Cincinnati club of the
| American association. He states emphatical-
| ly that he will remain with the club until
the end Of the season.
Latham is remarkable in that he seldom
is incapacitated for play. He is never
troubled with glass arms, bruised hands or
Charley horse, the Affections which most
base ball flesh is heir to. One reason for
this is that he is an athlete from tip to toe,
and always keeps in condition.-New York
Recorder.
William NJ. Crowley, formerly one of the
best known catchers in the country, died
at Gloucester, N. j., last week, after a
lingering illness. Crowley began his ca
reer with the Philadelphia club in 1876,
| and afterward made national reputation
| with the Buffalo, Providence and Boston
| IN. L. clubs. He played with the Ath-
letics in 1888, when they won the Associa-
ton pennant, and retired from the dia-
mond in 1885. For years he and Hardie
Richardson were inseparable, and he was q
favorite with all ball players and man
| ayers. Crowley, in his time, was one of
the best throwing catchers in the League,
and was also one of the heaviest and
hardest hitters.