Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1894-05-04
THE NATIONAL GAME.

THE Washington Club has released Wise.
KILRoY is pitching good ball for the Louis
villes.
THE Philadelphia have seven pitchers
under contract.
CLARKE is in better shape than any other
New York player.
BRouTHERs, of Baltimore, is playing as
we'll as he ever did.
THE Baltimores are bound to be the dark
horses of the season.
THE League last season used 5000 baseballs,
or an average of 800 to n club.
BURKETT made the first bona flde home
run OF the season for the Cleveland Club
The Western League teams showed up re-
markahly we'll in their exhibition games.
CLEVELAND and Philadelphia stand alone
as clubs which retained all of last seasons
players.
made by Smith, Latham and McPhee of the
Cincinnatis.
MANAGER WARD, of the New Yorks, is now
sorry ne didn't take the players South, as he
at first intended doing.
PITCHER NICOII's hands perspire freely
and he has small-sized towel attached to
his belt when pitching.
GANzELL, one of the catchers of the Boston
team, has joined the Baptist Church at his
HOilS Ill MlCH.
GOULD. who played first base for tho
famous Cincinnati Rods of 1869, is now
street car conductor In that city.
BASEBALL men say that Rusie, of New York,
is falling off in effective work and will keep
Captain Ward guessing this year
VAN HALTREN may do some pitching for
the New YOrks this year. Ward thinks ne
would do we'll at the new distance.
The differences between Pitcher John
Clarkson and the Cleveland Club have been
smoothed over, and he has resigned.
McPHEE has been member Of the Cincin-
natl Club ever since it became member of
the American Association twelve years ago.
THE New York Club is going to carry not
less than sixteen players, including Eve
pitchers and three catchers, on the pay roll
all season.
UNITED STATES SENATOR IRBY, of South
Carolina, at one time played first base for a
team in his native State He is great base
ball crank.
A NUMBER of old-timers drop out of the
profession every year, and this season Will
scarcely furnish an exception. That is the
order of nature.
MINOR League teams have beaten Pitts
burg, ST. Louis Cleveland, and Louisville OF
the National League, while college teams
have beaten Boston and Philadelphia.
CAREFUL estimate shows that there are
already in existence for 1894 three times as
many professional baseball clubs in the Uni
ted States as there were at any time last year.
CARTWRIGHT, for a big man, is wonderfully
quick. He is a brilliant fielder, a good hit
ter, and Washingtonians believe he will be
the best base-running first baseman In the
League.
RADBURN. the baseball pitcher, formerly of
the Boston Club, lost an eye at Bloomington,
ILL.,, few weeks ago. He stepped from be-
hind tree as friend fired and part OF the
load of shot took effect in his eye.
LADIES day will be specially featured dur
ing the season at the Washington ball park.
There will be music, ushers in full dress,
decorations-in fact, efforts will be made to
make each ladies' day gala occasion.
BASEBALL paper says: "How's this for a
record? Jim O'Rourke lasted through
twenty-one years on the diamond, accumu-
lated about $50, COO, studied law, was admit
ted to the bar and will be before the public
again this year in the role Of a League UNI
pire."
THE Louisvilles are going to surprise peo
p,e with almost the finest infield in the Ma
tional League. 1t will not, however, be
hard batting inffeld. dthat is where Louis
vile is deficient. With two or three batters
in the team the Louisvilles would surely be
in the fight for the pennant.