The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1895-08-01

or Daon of Galveston should have had q
fielding average of but .9lJ, and ranked
eleventh among fourteen blckstOps, IN
stead of SECOND, as he did.
Font Worth has signed two St. Louis
twirlers, Dwyer and CamrIlJn, VINO APP
pear to be lll right.
If Mana ger Mcbride Of AuT,in keeps
I'D his pre- sent Aiif batting @alt Ihe WIFI
soon lead the league again. He is al-
ready up to. .421, RI lking second to Thorn
ton.
League President c. y. Gregory, whose
headauarters are at Sherman, mas gonle
to New York city on business trip. Sec
retary Winning of the Austin clue as also
in THE East.
I'm a recenlt letter Chairman Young OF
the National board makes this ruling III
regard ITO 1.-THE double umpire system. or
when two players are put In TO umpire
game: "The umpire at the plate who UNI
n;res balls and strikes has charge of the
game and has the sole power of tcrmlnaIt-
ING a game ON account of darkness. I'he
other umpire lis his assistant, and has
charge of the plays on the bases only"
There is a law in this leagde which or
ders every club to report to the secretary
tihe name of every player signed, released
or suspended. and even the lramas f those
whose terms are accepted. Only one or
two of our clubs have lived faithfully up
to THAT rule 1 would suggest hereafter
that alll clubs follow it strictly. so fhat J.
NAV make up a regular weekly bulletin
for publication and also send one to ClNayr-
man Nick Young.
Scorers should pay mole attention to
the sat bat" They must remember dihat
when "a batsmgn makes Il scrtice hit. gets
base on Iballs. OF lis hit by a pitched bnn
he is not at ba,t. Even where "a baItSman
makes am attemIit tn sacrifice burt reaches
first OH an error he rs n'pt mt rat.
"A mistake in the schedule has just been
discovered According to The original
typewritten copy now in my possession,
Fort Worth was booked to pay at Sher-
man September ;, 6 and Z and Dallas at
Shreveport the same dates. That left
Sunday Sentembpr s, for a game to be
played ait Dallas by Fort Wnr'th. | did
not notice the insertion of ihe single date
and thinking that there was some mistake
| changed it TO read Fort Worth at Shpr-
man. Sept, mber 6. and :. and Dallas
the same. I'ha correction is made accord
iingly anil Shcrmam and shreveport will
take notice.
For next week she Smlthern clubs play
in the north as follows: July 30-31. An
gust 1. Galveston at Sherman. Austin ut
Dallas. Houston at Fort worth. san An
tomo at tIhrevt port; August ,, 2. +, Gal
WESTON at Dallas. Houston at Shreveport.
San Antonio at Fort Worth and Austin
at SherrHan.
Next Nc nfGy is an off day all over the
circuit.
There is grsat probability of plenty of
exhibition games with biz clubs of the
North during the fall. Within the past
week I have received letters from mana
gers of the st. Louis. st. Paul. Kansas
City, Lincoln. Louisville. Cincinnati and
Pittsburg Glllls suggesting that arrange
meniq might be made for Them to play
down hero i'm October and November.
They will be satisfied to make their eX-
penses, M most of the players arc anxious
| to come down and see the COrbctt- Fitz.
simmons mill at Dallas.
The Sand Grabs have fallen off in their
bas, running. and an inspection of thc
series now show that Dallas and Fort
Worth are pushing them close.
| Tho plans already formulated for next
year promise great ball i'm Texas in 1896
Immediately after the Austin meeting in
Sapternber all the managers viii weed ont
their weakest players and reach for tht
good men at liberty from other States
IJudtsiOas use Of little advertising money
lhrfor, Christmas viii catch many crgcs