Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1894-08-03
THE NATIONAL GAME.

EHREr is Pittsburs's winning pitcher.
BOYLE isnow captainlng the Phiiadelphias.
THE left handed pitchers seem TO be grow
Ing passe.
DwrER is pitching remarkable ball for
Cincinnati,
CoNNoR, OF st. Louis, is looming up as
base steuler.
PHILADELPHIA recently played three error
less games in succession.
CHICAGO has been beaten out by one run
fourteen dimes this season.
BALTIMORE has lost but one game this sea-
son to a leit-handed pitcher.
WESTERN critics believe that the Bostons
will again carry off the pennant.
RusIE, OF New York, has only won one
| game from Boston in iour years.
EVERY pitcher In the League has been
Knocked out OF the box at least once this sea-
/ son.
Lyons, OF Pittsburg has been suspended
J for the remainder OF the season for drunken
ness.
! IL the Washingtons could field as well as
they bat they would rank much higher in the
race.
THg race for the pennant of the first six
clubs is the prettiest In the hist Dry of the
| game
DAHLEN, OF Chicago. has a record OF five
home runs in four consecutive games this
| season.
TwIrcHKLL, lately released by Louisville,
mas been chosen 4 League umpire In place
Of Hartley
The strong point OF Harper, Philadel-
phias new pitcher, is said to be deceptive
change OF pace.
DUFFY, OF Boston, now leads the League
In batting, closely followed by Delehanty,
OF Philadelphia.
CAPTAIN TEBEAu, OF Cleveland, is OF opin-
ion that more than half OF the game OF base
ball depends largely upon luck.
HARD batting and fine fielding mark the
League games this year. Just the kind that
spectators like to see.
LoSo, OF Boston. has struck out but once
on the road this season. He still leads the
League in runs scored.
LOUISVILLE made the best showing of the
Western clubs against the strong Eastern
teams on the recent trip.
ASsoS, OF Chicago, Is putting up as good a
game, both In batting and fielding, this year
as any man In the League.
BREIrsSsrIxs, OF st. Louis, appears to be
about the only lett-handed pitcher in the
League who Is doing any effective work.
A RECORD that remains unbroken to this
day Is Pitcher Mccormick g winning OF nine
teen straight games when he was with the
Chicago Club.
THE New Yorks won eleven straight games
before dropping one. That is the record for
the season away from home, and Is one that
is seldom made In any year.
UMPIRE GAFFNEY says the third baseman's
position 10 more important than ever, be-
cause of the extra work otthe third baseman
under the new pitching rules.
WHILE Esper, OF Washington, has been hii
very hard this year, he leads the pitchers In
fielding. He has played twenty games with
out a fielding error, wild pitch or hitting d
man.
THE first ball used In a game at the Pole
Grounds between the New Yorks and Balti
mores remained In constant use until the
last half OF the ninth inning. sftor tvs men
were out. II was record breaker.
As soon as Cleveland put Blake In righ
field, "BucK" Ewing asked for and obtained
his unconditional release. He will play nc
more this season. That once great player
has reached the end OF his brilliant career
CAMEL, catcher OF the Boston Baseball
Club has been released. The release o
this fine all-round player was a big surprise
CANCEL said that II was no surprise to him
as he was not earning his salary this year
and had no complaint to make. "My arm
has troubled me all the season. but though
1t would come around oil right, and thinl
1t has, for feel sure that can go In nov
and play as we'll as ever. don't intend q
sign with any club until / feel sure that
can do my best work. The only regret fee
at present is parting with the boys" II
assaulted Morse, a Boston reporter, for un
favorable comments on his work, and this |
said to be the cause Of his release.