The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-09-24

Now that the National League base
ball season is on the wane, percent
age figures wax interesting. According
to unofficial record pretty fight for
first batting honors is being made by
Delehanty of Philadelphia, Burkett of
st. Louis and Keller of Brooklyn. Del
ehanty leads the skillful trio by three
points. His average is 416, Burkett's
is Alb and Keeler's is 1893.
Champion Keeler's figures are about
the same as his standing at this time
last year, but Delehanty and Burkett
are much in advance
Burkett is making a splendid bid to
regain the honors Keller took from
him two years ago. While he finished
among the leaders last year, he was
at no time rival of Keller. Grady
leads the Giants batters with a per-
centage of 337.
Delehanty has an able rival so far
as heavy smuggling is concerned in big
Buck Freeman of the Senators. As
home run getter Freeman has no RI
walls.
Up to date he has scored the phe-
nomenal number of II four sackers He
has made 101 extra bases.
Tom DAILY leads the Brookyns in
heavy hitting. He has a record of 20
two-baggers, II three-baggers and five
homers
There is not a single New York nit
ter good enough in this particular to
rank among the first 25. Williams of
Pittsburg is second and Wagner of
Louisville fourth.
Pitching percentages to date give
Jimmy Hughes first honors. Hughes
promises to lead the league. out of
26 games he has only lost four. His
percentage is SAG.
Young Howell of Baltimore comes
next with an average of 1872. Dunn of
III
the season. is now fourth. Kennedy
is eighth and McJames Goth. Gettg
leads the Giants and is 32d on the list
The profits of the ST. Louis club for
the season of 1899 will approximate
$4,000. The patronage has been better
than the playing of the team, but
there is no complaint about the disap-
pointing standing of the club. The
owners of the local club are business
men of high standing in social and
: commercial circles. says the Sporting
News. Yet they permit Manager Te-
beau and his men to play dirty ball
and resort to rowdy tactics in defiance
of the wishes of their patrons. There
can be no installing the sentiment of
the press and public on this point ST.
Louis does not want and will not pat
ronize dirty ball. The ST. Louis club Is
one of the best ball plants in the world
guarantee of even better results in 1900
and succeeding seasons if the playing
standard of the team and the behav-
Tor of the players are improved. Why
should the value of such a magnificent
property be deprecated by such scenes
as st. Louis witnessed last week? 1t is
to the interest of both club-owners and
players to please patrons. The mer-
chant who tries to impose goods on
his customers which they do not want
will be forced to close his doors The
men who succeed in the amusement
line are those who give their patrons
what they want. Manager Tebeau and
his players should be required to OBJ
serve the rules for the government of
the game and yield implicit obedience |
to the decisions of the umpires. Sure |
ly this can be done without hamper |
ing or interfering with him in the least |
in the management of the team. If |
this is done, there will be no rowdyism |
by the home players at League park |
The directors of the Boston club have
made terms with Frank Selee TO man
age the BostOnS for another season.
When the Bostons We're in Pittsburg
Selee was sounded on the matter of |
taking hold of that team. and would |
not have been aVerse had Boston not
wanted him. He will stay here as long
as Boston wants him. The indications
team will be made in another season.
1t is intimated that Duffy will not be
here, that Hamilton will be missing and |
there will be a new shOrtstOp and sec
ond baseman. The directors are con-
WINGED that some of the players have
been in Boston too long for their own
good and the good of the club.
The success of the indianapolis club
in the splendidly contested Western
league race of 1899 stamps Robert G..
Allen as first-class up-to-date man
ager. His team did not resort to row.
dyism and their fine showing is a vic
tory for clean ball. The Minneapolis
team, which finished a close second.
was well handled by Manager Wilmot
and had not accidents to players bro
ken up their infield. the Millers would
have done even better. Wilmots play
ers were in the main discards and has
beens and did not figure to be in the
race. He made the mistake of resort
ing TO bulldOzing early in the season,
but turned over a new leaf when dis
cipllned by President johnson.
Chewing gum saved NyCes jaw from
being broken at Providence yesterday. |
While warming up Cassidy's bat flew
out Of his hand and struck Nyce in the
jaw. but the piece of gum prevented
fracture. Chewing gum has other uses