The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1900-08-16
EVENTS IN THE WORLD OF SPOF

London is said TO be Fox. although he is
playing under the name OF Morris.
Hartford has won only one game from
Felix. this season.
Bob Allen OF the Cincinnatis says that
ne Is out OF the game for good as far as
playing goes. He will still continue in
the role OF manager.
The Buffalo management is after Ned
Hanlon's castoffs. Jerry Nops and John
ny Dunn. to strengthen the pitching
corps.
O'Brien OF Pittsburg Is certainly dis
tancing Cooley as batsman. His per-
centage Is .Sls.
The fans In Hartford have been sup
piled by an ardent follower of the game
with buttons, inscribed Hartford Base
ball Club. S3d Degree"
The Connecticut league closes it's sea-
son Labor day. The race is still close be-
tween Norwich and Bridgeport.
Eyerson, who was with Brockton In the
New England league. is pitching for the
Chester, Pa, team. for which Tom
News Is playing the initial bag. In a re-
cent game, News made a double and
home run.
Manager Hanlon Is a passive advocate
of the double umpire system. His team
has suffered as much as any In the league
because OF the inefficiency of the present
system, yet there is no manager in the
business who has said less about IL. In
Hanlon's opinion, Emslie is the best UNI
pire now before the public.
Chicago leads In doubles, Cincinnati in
triples, Boston in home runs and Phila-
delphia I'm total extra hits. Brooklyn
leads In stolen bases. Wagner leads In ex-
ira hits, Flick second.
Lave Cross has played in 81 errorless
games. and has hit safely in all but five
games In Al.
Reese Hill, who was given a trial as
pitcher by the st. Louis club In 1897, is a
candidate for the office OF treasurer OF
Vernon county. Mo-, on the Republican
ticket He has given up baseball alto
gether and will devote himself TO politics.
He was one Of Tim Hursts finds.
1t Is very doubtful IL the record made
by Sheckard in 1899 OF Is stolen bases will
be equaled during the present season, as
the season Is more than half over. and
the leader Doyle, has but 80 TO his credit,
TO and including the games of Aug. z, fol-
lowed by ,Mertes with q; Barrett. q:
Flick. Is; -Slagle. 25; Selbach. "a; Keeler,
%; Jennings. 20 Keister. 21; Sheckard, 21;
Jones. 20; Beaumont. 10; Smith CElmer).
10; Burkett, 10; Thomas, IS; Van Haltren.
Is; Demontreville. IS; Hamilton, IS; Wag-
ner, Is; NJ. Cross, IL; Delehanty, l3; La
joie, 13.
President Nick Young of the National
League of Baseball clubs, says twelve
clubs will compose the league next sea-
son. He believes Washington and Balti-
more will be restored and the best OF the
American association cities represented.
The double umpire system may again be
introduced.
Flick has developed into one OF the
fastest batsmen that the league has ever
had in Its ranks. as his record for the
present season will show. Up to Aug. he
had made 1876 singles. 10 doubles, IL triples.
and home runs-a total of POI bases. and
has made 70 runs. 3 sacrifice hits. and 25
stolen bases In IL games he made three
or more hits. In the last 10 games ending
with Wednesdays at Chicago he has 80
singles TO his credit, an average of .4S7.
Some wonderful pitching has been done
during the present season of the Nation
al league. Among some of the marked
features are the following: Hahn of Gin
cinnau has pitched one game OF no hits
and one of three; Nichols of Boston, one
OF two and one of three: Leever OF Pitts
burg. one OF one and one of two; Powell
of ST Louis one OF two and one OF three;
Dineen OF Boston and Taylor of Chicago.
each two OF three; Kitson and Nops of
Brooklyn, each one Of one; Fraser of
Philadelphia, one of two; Jones of st.
Louis. Waddell of Pittsburg, Platt of
Philadelphia and Howell OF Brooklyn,
each two of three. Hahn of Cincinnati al
so pitched eighteen consecutive innings
without being scored against.
THE best game I ever pitched In my
life," said Frank Donohue. was against
Boston at a time when / felt sick as a
man at sea. didn't want to eg off, and
started I'm, expecting to be Killed, but l
shut the Hubites out without a hit There
have been days when I've had everything
speed control-and feeling great. and
been hit all over the lot. Baseball is a
mystery. The longer I'm in II the strong
er grows my belief that II is n game in
which luck cuts the biggest figure"
Tho 2cforco