Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1894-10-05
THE NATIONAL GAME.

GLAssCOCK's retirement left hole in Pitts
| burg's intield.
BALTIMORE won the series with Louisville
by ten games to two.
TWELVE of the thirteen lowest averaged
batters in the League are pitchers.
BECKLEY, of Pitts5urS, during the season
was hit by pitched balls nineteen times.
The record for base stealing is held by
Hamilton, of PhiladelF hia-seyon in ono
game.
ANsoN, Of Chicago, says thore was more
real science in baseball eighteen years ago
than to-day.
THE Louisvilles won but two games in the
East this season-one in Philadelphia, the
other in Boston.
DUFFY. of Boston, was the first player n
the League to make 100 hits; also the first
to make MS 200th.
CATCHER TENNEY, of Boston, throws left
handed. He is one Of the few prominent
backstops that do.
ONE of the surprises Of tho season is the
great game that Lachance, Of Brooklyn, has
played at first base.
VAN HALTREN is the only member of the
New Yorks who participated in every game
played by that team.
IT Is reported that the Boston team will
have about three new faces next season. and
two Of them will be pitchers.
IN the list OF seventy-f1ve League players
having batting average of 800 and over
the Boston Club has ten representatives.
HANLoN, of Baltimore, says he will have
exactly the same team next season, REIN
forced by another pitcher and catcher.
MANNING, the sole proprietor, manager,
captain and second basenan of the Kansas
City Club, will clear $1,000 on the season.
QUICK-wITTED, active and reliable players
FPnnira6 n int fri
ton plays that are necessary in Il winning
team.
YOUNG. Of Cleveland, holds the strike ont
record of the season, made at New York
He accomplished the feat by striking out ten
Of the New Yorks.
THE baseball players are taking the live
liest interest in the Professional Football
League. Several players have signed and
many more want to.
Now is the time OF year when the young
ball player will wander back to the old homo
with high hat and came, and 1--we aiIwlnter
in hopes Of big things next season.
KELLEY, OF the Bdltimores, in one game
made nine bits, with O total Of fourteen, out
OF nine times at the bat-an average of l. ESQ.
1t was the batting record of the season.
IN view of the experience of the Balti1nores
this season, Southern practice trips will
probably be all the rage next year. Hanlon
stole ! march on the whole League last
spring.
A WORCESTER (Mass.) man has invented q
machine on the electric principle which he
says, will register balls and strikes correctly
and confine the umpire's work to decisions
on the bases.
The pitching record CT the season shows
that the left-handed twirlers have been
handicapped more than the right-han ,ers
by the pitching rules. Bretenstein, OF St.
Louis, is the only notable exception.
THE first and second clubs in the League
race play series of seven games for the
Temple cup. The players receieva all the
gate money, and il is estimated that this will
amount to between 800 and $500 for each
man.
IT was undoubtedly the increased pitching
distance that causet the batting 10 be :ls
heavy as il has Been this season. Some .oi
the suffering pitchers are slyly advocatin,
Tho curtaiiDg OF the distance between the
''box" and the plate. 1t will not be done.
CATCHER DoouUE, Of the Kansas City West.
era League team, has broken the catching
record heretofore held by thinner. Up to
August % he had caught 126 consecutive
games and never missed an inning OF OnY
the games. He promises to finish the seas II
behind the bat, something no other catcher
hGs done siDca the days OF overland pitch
Ing.
COLONEL JOHN II. WILSON, superintenI lent
OF public buildings and grounds. in his re-
port for August severely censures Catcher
Schriyer and other members OF the ChicIgo
baseball team for their feat accomplished on
their late visit to Washington OF dropping Z
ball from the top OF the monument which
SchriTe9 caught. CoIono' Wilson says tho
practice is q "GtscOurtesy" and might rasult
in iniuring sCUleboiv