The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1894-09-10

The National League Standing.
The New England League an ling.
Baseball Tattle.

The arrangements for ths celebration of
the championship are in competent
hands. President Draper and Director
John NJ. Battey will see that the banquet
and other festivities are up to date. The
stockholders have been invited to the
racket.
The Springfields defeated the Ironsides
OF Newark, n. j., in that city, yesterday,
9to2.
The Bostons have been greatly handi-
capped during the past week, owing to the
absence of Long and Tucker for the greater
part of the time. Both are in the game
now, however, and the Bostons will have
their strongest team, barring accidents,
TO finish the season with, and as the same
can also be said of the Baltimores and
New Yorks, the race gives every promise
of being close TO the end.
There are now seven players in the Ma
tional League who have batting averages
of 400 or better and 20 have passed the
800 mark.
Duffy of the Bostons still continues to
stand at the head with .434, Delshapty
and Thompson being his nearest rivals.
Hamilton's fine batting OF late has
placed him in the 400 class.
All OF Boston and Baltimore regular
players have 300 or better. The same can
be said OF the Philadelphias, with the ox-
ception of Boyle.
Dahlen OF the Chicagos has made q
record in batting that has not been
equalcd this year, II ever In the history of
baseball. In the last 20 games he has
bstted safely at least once in every game,
with the single exception OF one.
Congratulations, Fall River.
Drauby OF the Buifalos is ready to get in
the game again.
Dolan has won six out of seven games
he has pitched against the Fall Rivers.
The Philadelphia management is said
to have offered $1,000 for the release Of
Pitcher Breitenstein.
The Baltimores have the league con-
secutive victories record for the season,
and the Providences of the country.
The Chicago club has won two games
out Of three from the Philadelphias every
time the clubs have met this season.
Had Won der Abe secured Harry Wright
to manage the ST. Louis club this year he
would have been u deal rioher.-l Boston
Herald.
A Chicago correspondent says that
Anson has made q dire failure Of his threat
to show that he could replace his old
favorites.
A New York writer suggests that Prcsi-
dent Byrnes Of the Brooklyns should look
for few ball players while he is hunting
for football men.
Should the three leaders bc in bunch
at the round up, what an uncertainty it
would be; for the New Yorks play at Gin
cinnati, the Bostons at Pittsburg and the
Baltimores at Chicago.
IL the New Yorks win the pennant they
will do IL In the face of underhand work
of enemies at home--something which
neither the Baltimores nor the Bostons
have TO contenc with.--[New York Her.
aid.
The Bostons have already won the series
from the Baltimores, Washingtons, Cleve-
lands Cincinnatis and Louisvilles, tied
the series with the Brooklyns, Philadel-
phias and New Yorks, and have not lost
one.
Catcher Donohue Of the Kansas City
Western league team has broken the
catching record, heretofore held by Zim-
mer. Up to Aug. % he had caught 1a6
consecutive games and never missed an in
ming Of one Of the games.