Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1892-05-07
TIE NATIONAL GAME.

BROWSING is to pay left field for Louis
villo.
CLEVELAND was the first team to play an
sTrOriPss game.
KFLLY's catching for tho Bostons show:
10 deterioration
WOLF, VINO has playei with Louisville FOL
ten seasons has been released.
kEEFE, of the Phila.laip9iiqs, is pitching a
strongly rs ever IA did in his life:
FrrLDs of the New Yor4s. clutches Rus
sizes fast delivery without trouble
CRoss, o. Philadelphia seems to be tn,
most popular n.eyar in the country.
THERE are already mora postponed games
than vacant days on which to play them
Off
CHICAGO and Cleveland hal the honor of
playing the first twelve inning game OF th
season.
The BrooSlyn boys are in the pink o, con-
ditlon and hitting the bail as no other team
is 50 far.
Lone, of Boston, has been plaYin; a phe-
Homenal game. Long is now the star shJrt-
stop OF the profession.
BRooKLYN's team Is like the old Detr9its.
1t can bat out a victory even though its
fielding be poor at times.
HERE are sixex-clp5ains among the Bos-
ton p ayers. There ars NasG Kelly. Gan
za', Stovey and Mccarthy.
THE Bostons are an aggregation of trained
athletes. Every man knows his position,
and has the ability to fill it,
AS all arounl players tho Boston outield-
ers cannot be beaten They are fast runners.
good tielders and heavy batters.
THE squirt Of the LoIisvillas, placef near
the lotion Of the list before the race con-
menced, is the event Of the season.
SHoRTsToP CoovEY, of Chicago, is con.
silersd tue smallest ntiel1er on the profess
sional diamond He is four feet tall.
A BASE on balls at critical tina is al
ways worse than base hit aud onco a team
loses ntdence in its pitcher it is at sea in a
moment.
THE new rule compelling clubs to play a
postponed game during the series in which
the Posponement occurs has made it interest
ing all round
kILLEN, of Washington, has 50 far car
RED Oil the palm for fine pitching. lie held
the PhiladelPhias down To- single hit in
nlne innings the other day
Ewing is playing first blss as well as it is
played by Arson, OF the Chicagos and as a
captain he is more at home in that position
than anywhere else on the New York nine
McPHEE, of Cincinnati, is playing the best
second base in the country, just as he is tho
best saconI bassman alive. He accepted
fifteen fielding chances without an error in
recent game.
The baseball champion season is divided
into two series. The first ends Julyl3 The
second begins July Is and ends October Is.
The winners of the two series then play for
ths League pennant.
TuE rule prohibiting player from taking
first base when hit on the arm by a pitched
hall iscreatng great dissatisfaction among
players. BAH players make their living with
their arins, aud no. ono Of them woul1 risk
INJURY by putting their money makers in
front of no. ball.
GARRISON aud Kelly, tho famous Boston
battery, teach h7tSmen 70 attend to business
by their promptn2s5 to take advantage of
every point It isn't necessary that the
hatsmen shell be ready and waiting for the
bail before the pitchsr delivers it, If a bats
man walks away from the plate to express
disgust at the umpires ruling, the pitcher
can deliver tie ball, enj if il IS a good one
the umpire viii call il a strike.