The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1894-07-12
THE NATIONAL GAME.

BRourHERs Is acting captain OF the Baltl-
mores.
THEtwo ex-Clevelanders. Doyle and Davis,
lead the Now York batting.
The Philadelphia Club has signed Catcher
Buckley, late oi ~. Louis.
Lowe, OF the Bostons. has mai thirteen
home runs so far this season.
BASEBALL interest and attendance at the
games are now nj high water mark.
LoSo, OF Boston, leads the League In the
number OF runs scored individually.
rAsr baseball pitcher Is said to deliver
the bali nt speed rate OF a mile a minute.
CoLcoLouoH is Justly entitled to the credit
Of being Pi,tsburg's winning pitcher at pres
ent.
THE Chicagos have traded outfelder Dun.
gan for Pitcher Scott Stratton OF the Louis.
villes.
THE DaltImores have nlne men In the 300
class. Such batting, II maintained, will keep
them In front.
TREADwAr, OF Brooklyn, has secured first
base ON halls more times, than. ail,; ather
League player.
BosSoS's crack pitcher. Nichols. has lost
but two games this season, and Baltimore
has had tho honor OF lowering his colors
both times.
MULLASE, OF Baltimore. has been pitching
for thirteen years. and has yet to experience
lnmeness or soreness. He Is said to be en-.
Wed by all other pitchers.
THE Blltlmores have finally encountered
hard luck in the shape of an injury to
Catcher Robinson, which will keep MIN out
OF the game for some time TO come
SINCE Tom Brown succeeded Pfeffer as
captain OF the Louisviles, the tailenders
luya hapn \ lnNlntg moi haII
exclusveness made him unpopular with his
men.
EwINd's arm IA anything but goo I, and
seems 10 he getting worse. Players OF other
teams take advantage OF his inability 10
throw, and Il handicaps Cleveland in a close
game.
KENNEDY Is the tavorlte BROOKLYN pitcher.
ana has captured tho bleachers 10 such AN
extent that they howl for him Whenever a
visiting batsnan makes a hit of any other
pitcher
The pitchers who give few bases on balls
ara the ones who are winning this year.
Nothing lessons the assurance OF batsman
more than the kno Wedge that the pitcher he
faces will shoot them over every time re-
gardless OF circumstances.
Few people, comparatively. unders.ant 4
that the rule in rei-rencs 70 called games
when one team has played more innings
than another has been changed. and that
the score does not now. as for merry, alwiys
revert back TO the last even inning when the
game Is called.
THREE remarkable games were played at
Marietta, Ohio, between thu Marietta team
and the Shnmrocks. OF Wheeling. Each
game was twelve inning contest. Marietta
won the first and second games by 7 to 4 and
to 4, and the Shamrocks won the third
game by 8 10 7.
The Boston baseball managers have been
refused permission 10 erect a WOO len payl-
lion on the site OF the one recently DESTROYED
by fire. The reason for the refusal Is that
the site OF the proposed structure Is within
thnt area In which the erection and construc-
lion OF wooden buildings is prohibited.
YALE now claims the college baseball cham
pionship, though she refuses TO play decid.
ing game with Pennsylvania. Thessrles be-
tween these two teams is u tie, aud rs Penn
sylvania also claims the champ mpionship. since
Yale has refused her offer TO play deciding
game. the claims OF the former will be con.
sidered by every sportsman AS being much
better than those OF the latter.