Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1893-06-23
THE NATIONAL GAME.

TIE Boston inlcld IS now the strongest in
fhe League.
BALTIMORE has one Of the best throwing
cutfelds in the League.
TIE Bostons have made fewer sacrifice
Its than any other team in the League.
SxxArcz GoRxAx has joined the '.roosers'
c; O'Rearke's hand Of Washington slug
,.CTs.
II would BE- hard TO find An inneld that
works more earnestly than the ~. Louis
quartet.
THE young ST Louis catcher. Peitz, is
''ping as good work o. any catcher in the
League.
THE ex- king pitcher. Guy Hec&er. Is now
operating a little independent club at OH
City, Penn
JrsT bear in mind that the third haseman
end short stop have TO bear the brunt u the
intield work this year
IT is the height of all New England bred
players ambition TO some day be a member
of the Boston League team
WARD. Conner and Davis. Of the New
Yorks. bat right handed ever time they face
q left-handed pitcher and do quite well
JACK NELSON. OF old Atlantic and
Metropolitan fame, is playing very good
game OF ball, though he is fo1y-fcrr years
OF age
LANG. ChicaSo's big second haseman. Ia
proficient as his predecessor in The position
Fred Pfeffer
THE Philadelphia team now contains mora
left handed batSnan than any other in the
LeaGue-1ve. all told, when Clements and
kailly are playing.
LOWE is playing second base better than
any man has played il for the Boston Club
since the days that prince OF second base
men. John BurdOrk.
NEvEE before in the history Of baseball
was the general public more deeply inter
ested in the affairs Of the green diamond
field than il is to-day.
THE demand for pitchers is very great in
the League. and there will he every effort TO
recruit from the college ranks as soon az the
college season is over.
LELT-HANDED pitchers are no longer in
demand in the big League. Never have
there been fewer ''southpaws' employed IN
q ma jOr League than now.
BosToN. New York-in fact every club in
the League, except st. Louis. Cleveland and
Brooklyn-are wildly securing the country
for winning pitchers, and thus far their
chase has been in vain.
STEMS pitching is the sensation of the
season. The Brooklyn pitchers record has
never been eXcelled in the same number of
games. 1t is more remarkable on account OF
the increased pitching distance.
ATTORNEY-GENERAL OLNEY is the only
member OF Cleveland 5 CaDlneI VINO mas
shown himself to be 'baseball crank" He
| is sometimes seen at the Washington baseball
! park taking in the game from an obscure
| corner of the grand stand.
! CAPTAIN QUINN, Of st. Louis, says that as
n res2!t of the increased pitching distance the
! batsmen who have been putting their hits to
| right field now make it lively for the third
| baseman. Tho batSman under the new rules
| offers at the ball moment later, and the
| force of the swing turns him around, thus
| resulting in the ball being driven down to
| third base.
THE dearth Of pitchers is not caused by the
Increased pitching distance, but by I'M
| natural strains. He is compelled by the
| rules of the game to pitch with might and
| main from 1875 to It's balls during period of
| time ranging from one hour and half to two
| hours overstraining the cords and muscles
of his shoulder which soon results in his
| being landed ION the bench"
RECORD OF THE LEAGUE CLUBS.