The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1894-08-29
THE NATIONAL GAME.

NEw YonK split even on the Baltimore
teries.
KEErE Is doing good work rs n National
| League umpire.
Jusr lOs Of tho frs, SAC games played were
| won by one run.
LOUISVILLE seldom hits left-hendel pitt
| cher with any success.
LYONS has signed with the ST. Louis Club.
He wlll.play third base.
GnirrrS. OF Brooklyn. has just made his
third error OF the season.
THH Providence Club appears IN hnvs
| pretty plain sailing at the top In the Eastern
League.
age to get over as much ground as Lange, OF
the Chicagos.
PrrcuER FISCHER. late OF Cleveland and
| Outflelder Hogan. OF the Pennsylvania State
League. have been signed by Cincinnatti.
HOGAN, the loudly praised centerflelder OF
the Pennsylvania League. made very
creditable debut with the Cincinnati Club.
NEW YonK Is ninth in club batting and
tied for seventh place In fielding with Louis
vile and Brooklyn. and yet is in third place.
DAHLES, OF the Chicago team, after max
Ing hit in his last forty-two games. failed
In his forty-third, even though his club made
eighteen hits
WHEN Brodie. OF the Baltimores, had
played In eghty.three games he had struck
out but four times and got his base but nine
times on balls.
EHREr, of Pittsburg, has been wonderfully
successful against the Clevelands this year.
having won all the games ho has pitched
against them-seven.
BUFFALO Is ambitious TO become member
OF the National League and is casting its
eyes toward Cleveland. II would be much
better city for tho League than Washington.
The pitchers OF the st. Louis team are not
noted for base stealing. BreitensteIn and
Hawley have only one each to their credit,
while Arthur Clarkson has yet to steal his
first base.
wIMor, OF Chicago, has made the record
OF the season. with eight stolen bases in two
successive games. He is only one stolen
base behind Hamilton, OF Philadelphia, who
leads the League.
ASsoy. OF Chicago, is playing the great
game OF his life. In seventy-three games he
made but six errors and had forty-three as
slsts. His fielding average at this time was
.99l and his batting 1892. He did not make
an error in twenty-eight games.
SENATOR HnL's sole recreation Is attend
Ing ball game. He used to play ball years
ago, and his former partner, John Stanch-
Held, was pitcher on the Amherst nine while
In college, and later OF the best amateur
team Emira, N. Y, ever had.
ALBERT SWAN, the pitcher OF the Hamilton
A. c., of Brooklyn, met with n peculiar mis-
hap at Newark, N. J. While practiclng for
game with the Harrison A. @. his right
arm fell limp at his side and he felt sharp
twinge OF pain. An examination showed
that his arm had been broken. The game
was not played.
ACCORDING to President Young about forty
protests have been received from League
clubs this season, only two OF which have
been upheld. Protests based on errors OF
Judgment on the part OF an umpire get but
little attention. 1t Is only those based on n
misconstruction OF the playing rules that re-
ceive consideration.
ALL OF the League teams except the Louis
vllles and the Washingtons have won the
majority OF games played on their respective
home grounds. The st. Louis have won and
lost an equal number Of games played at
home. Only the Bostons, New Yorks and
Cleveands have won the majority OF games
played away from home.