Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-05-19
COLD FACTS FOR FANS.
Interesting Information Gathered from
 Murnane's Guide.

Interesting Information Gathered from
 Murnane's Guide.
 Following are a few baseball facts gleaned from the Minor League Base ball Guide compiled by T. H. Murnane of BostoA: .. i The total attendance at the games of the Amreican league for l9O2 was E.2l2,137. The largest attendance was 23. .S97, at Philadelphia September 2o, with Boston as the attraction.
 The paid attendance at the Ph1ladcl- p'.la American ground in 1902 was Ill., 329. The attendance at the American grounds in Boston was 34e, ,42O.
 Over 1S,O0O people witnessed a game on tre American grounds at 'hlladel- phia wl.ere the Wilmington Athletic club beat the Brandywines by a score of to i.
 John Hatfield's throw of 133 yards 1 foot 712 inches, made at the Union grounds, Brooklyn, in throwing tour nament, October 15, 1872 has never been equaled. The ball was thrown across the wind and the distance prop erly measured with a steel tape.
 The baserunning record of Harry Berthrong off .14112, made at Washing ton, D. C., in 1S6S still stands as the best.
 The Pittsburg National league club has the record for most defeats ill one season, losing 114 games in 1890.
 The major league strike out record was made by Charley Sweeney at the South End grounds, Boston, in 1884, when he struck out 19 men.
 The largest score on record was 1 ID. +I Nioo 2O9, Columbus 10.
 Hugh Duffy, with the Boston club in 1884, led the league with the unprece- dented batting of .43S.
 The longest league game was played at Cincinnati, July 30, 1892. Chicago and Cincinnati played 20 innings, with ped the game,
 The longest game: on record was played at Devils Lake, N. D., July IS, 1 1901, when Grand Forks and Fargo played 25 innings without run. In 1875 Boston won every game played on the home grounds.
 Tn 1869 the Cincinnati Reds travelled | from Maine to Frisco, playing all com CTS. without losing a single game. :
 The first regular game of baseball ever played was June IA. a1S46, at the Elysian fields, Hoboken, NJ J. Knicker- lockers vs New York city.
 James H. O'RourSe of the Bridge port club of the Connecticut league started playing in 1871, and is still do- ing good work behind the plate and with the stick.
 Jim Tyng, a Harvard student, was the first player to use catcher's mask in a game.
 Bobby Lowe made four home runs in as many times at bat off Chamber lain of the Cincinnati club at the Con gress grounds, Boston, in 1894.
 AS an all-around player Napoleon La joie is the acknowledged superior o1 any ball player yet presented to the public He has no weaknesses, out pointing the late Charles Ferguson.
 The longest run of defeats was sus tained by Louisville in 1898, when they lost 26 straight games.
 The National league attendance fol 1902 was 1,92O,O31, New York having the largest attendance, 3O2,S75.
 Paul Hines in 1878 and Harry O'Ha gan in 1902 completed the only single handed triple plays ever made.
 Names of most of the great players the game has produced in the past George Wright, Dan Richardson, A spalding, Ross Barnes, Gal McVey Robert Ferguson, Ed Cuthburt, Mix, McGearly, John Clapp, Jim White Buck Eying, Mike Kelley, John F v Morrill, Charles Comiskey. John NJ