The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1894-09-20
HE NATIONAL GAME.

J. lnLrox. nj Philadelphia, led in tho
nntisr OF stolen bases.
;,As'HAScr plnvc wonderful game Mt
irs, base for Brooklyn.
pr. oUrHFRs lrll of in his batting, hut his
cpldsn" has been brilliant.
Tn Boston tea-, c1rriai fifteen men and
, trn ner on its Western trip. --
DliLES. the Chicago sbortstop, covers
o,s ground and does il we'll
p,- ,KgTr. NcAleer and Blake make an OUT
tald ,or Cleveland that Is harl 10 beat.
~, TAIN NASH played n better canc this
,ooso than when he went 10 Boston In 1886.
Ir ,eems impossible 10 properly strengthen
bir n base. tho weak spo: OF the Brooklyn
cam.
r., Louisville C'uh cav" Pitcher Hemlng
- n ltimo-" Toy Pitcher Inks and cash
,onu, OF s2ooo.
Tn; Buralo ~. W Club has record OF
.wa,ty-iwo straight victories. tho best for
rJs'ra major or minor leas' le club.
pTHE Cieveinnds TOOK awnn Srun.,, n.
heir batting. a feature oi the game 10 which
hey were considered strong at the begin
\ ainC of the season.
| CAPTAIN FouTz nnl ono or two of the
BROOKLYN players hnv' been invited IN Join
| combination that will give exhibitions In
Florida during tho winter.
NEw YonH IL tho only club IN the League
| TINT III not add players TO the team this sea-
son. II started out with seventeen men on
the nay roll, and now has sixteen.
KEELER. OF B1ltimore. made n ornat hit
| This year In that citv. President Bvrne cot
| the worst OF tho deal when he eX'HHnget
Brouthers and Kcsler for Shinile AMI Treai-
way.
New YoaR has done the hest work Of tho
| Eastern clubs against the Western teams dur
! ing the season. while CHICAGO occun'es ths
corresponding position among the Western
| clubs.
OSE Of the rnles which Anson. of Chicago.
promises to ask for next season Ia onH bar
ring all hig Units" in the field. He argues
| that catchars alone should be permitted 10
wear them.
Wpo will win first place in hatting this
year? IL is n question impossible 10 answer,
| though the unofi ,ial iiyures indicate that
the contest Is narrowing down hotwHen
DUFFY. OF Boston, and Delahanty, OF Pli!a-
dclphia.
THE final tie for the National baseball
Championship In Engan1 on tel in n victory
NJ B1lham on Situr lay, August 25, whentha
! Thespians. the winners OF the championship
last wear, scored u decisive victory ov1r the
| stocktons.
| THE rulemakers c1n eTAc. n few chan yes
for next season that wouil he appreciated ny
| the PLAYERS. TIE most important would be
| to let players ovarrun second an Thrill aS
| they do FIRST with the same penaltv for
| turning to the left each time. us originally
suggested by Harry Wright.
The race for thu pennant among Dllu-
more. Boston AMI New York was the most
| exciting contest In the annals OF the glma
| and proved conclusiyalv that tho n itionll
| game is a p istime OF which every American
should be proud. There isno gambling con-
nected with it ami every "pltro1" yells for
| his own cluo with the arlor OF a genuine
| patriot.
THE young players who h1v' ma le n 700
| showing In the hig League this year are Hod.
son. Tenney, Connqughion. AMI Binnon o.
the B1sions. Lucid anl L,cnauca ol the
Brooklyns. Meekin AMI Murphy OF the Nav
| Yorks, keeler, Jennings. and Rsltz OF the
Baltmores, Mercer anl Abbey OF the WASH
ingtons. Sugien OF the Pitts1urys, Blake o.;
the Clevslanis. Griffith OF Chicago. Clark OF
Louisville, and Ely OF ~. Louis
The b iltimore Club is winning the pen
nant with n team that cost NJ issr-. Hlnlon
and Won der Horst comparatively nothing.
| Without paving bonus money Hlnlon Sc
"urad Brodie Kseler. Brouthers, McGraw.
| Rsii2, Jennings, and Clarke. He got Kelley
| from she pittspurg Club in ex ,hangs for
| Van Haltren and S25)0, and paid that amonnt
20 ~. Louis for Gleason. Hsnmng ant Es-
| per were landed upon the payment OF about
| $4,000, and Mcmahon ani Robinson were
| Baltimore players when Hanlon took charge.
| Ii is estimated that the salary list does not
| foot up over s3j. .001, anl that tho cub will
c,ear more than that amount on the season.