Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1894-05-18
THE NATIONAL GAME.

MISSISSIPPI has the baseball fever.
BosroS has started out at the top Of the
heap.
The Baltimores were the first to play an
crrorless game.
An intentional sacrifice Is the only kind
that is recognized this year.
yale" MURPHY Is playing the greatest
game of any of the New Workers.
"PErE" BROWNING has at last accepted
Kelly's offer, and will play In Allentown,
Penn.
TIE Washington Club released shortstop
Mcmahon, Pitcher Black and Third Baseman
Mulvey.
DECKER is playing first base for Chicago,
Arson contenting himself with coaching
from the lines.
BROOKLYN has six ex-Baltimores on its
club-Sbindle, Treadway, Gilbert, Griffin,
Burns and Shoch.
THE Baltimore and Cincinnati players are
in a better condition than all the other play
ers OF the League.
INDIANAPOLIS has ball team composed OF
policemen, and they intend to make tour
of neighboring cities.
WASHINGTON now has in Joyce what 1t
never had before-an intelligent, energetic
and aggressive captain.
EsPER, of Philadelphia, was the first
League pitcher to be knocked out OF the
box In championship game this season.
CRANE, the famous New York authority on
baseball, has joined the crusaders in the
fight for the restoration of the trapped fly.
BosroN and Cincinnati were the first
teams to apply the whitewash brush,
while Brooklyn and Chicago were compan-
ions in misery.
SUNDAY games will be very frequent in the
League this season, and all the teams but
Boston, Pittsburg, New York and Philadel-
phia will play.
The Boston's team work is certainly excel
lent. Their infieiders are cool and collected,
and when there is a chance given to make
double play they do it neatly.
SUCH star pitchers as Young, Rusie, Kill
len, weighing. Hutchinson, Kennedy, Glea-
son and Hemming all had the modification
of losing their very first games.
MANAGER HANLoN says that If the Brook
Ign Club has any more "has beens" like
Brouthers they should send them to BaitI-
more. and he will make use of them.
REPORTS from all over the country indi-
cate that the game is as popular to-day, if
not more so, than it was in 1889, which was
the banner season in baseball history
RAMSEY, the noted twirler of the Louisville
Club some seasons ago, seems 10 have re-
gained his old-time effectiveness and is puz-
cling all the teams that run up against his
ClUG-kCtNdH1stu
CAPTAIN CoMIsKEY will be In uniform and
on the coaching line in every game the Gin
cinnatis play this season at home and abroad.
The team will have the benefit of lis brains
if they are minus his fielding and batting
ability.
OF the seventy-four National League pitch
ers, twelve are left-handed, nine have never
played In the big organization before, thir
teen made their debut last season, and only
eleven were in the League before 1890. The
old American Association stars are fourteen
in number.
LYNCH was the first League umpire to on
force the new rule against obnoxious coach
ing. In the opening game at Baltimore,
Clarke Of baltimore, began believing from
the coaching lines when the bases were
empty. Lynch didn't wait more than a min
ute before he put the bowler out of the game
for the rest of the day.
BASEBALL is one of the few sports that has
stood the test Eor years withc ut its popularity
being destro3 ed. Not even strife and wars
among the players themselves have been able
to sound its death knell. 1t is to-day, as it
was decade ago, the typical sport of the
American people, game replete with exct-
ing and pleasing features.