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Oct. 26. THE LIFE. BASE BALL. OFFICIAL AVERAGES. Hott tho league Players Stand According t" llu> Fiiciir«it ,'ilaiif Out by I'rcsiiU-ut Ni'. U Young, ot the League. Thu "fficml averages of ihe National Lensrne elubs !in I players, compiled by pr-aident Young, »re u|i|«ifHed. Tbe ten leading batsmen »re Maul, of I'hil i 'olphia, .451); Ansou, of Chioigo, .m\ Bnmther*, «.f Dftmit, .411»; Ferguson, of Philadelphia, .412; Darling ot Chiuign, 411; TI«Mii|rnmi, of Detroit, 4Ufi; Kelly, i-f Bosion, .304; Shombere, of Indianapolis, .3S9; Connor, of New York; .382; Wise, of Burton, and Carroll. of Pittsburg, .3KO each. Kvery club baa a represen- tative bn sTimn in the abmre list except Wafh- in^ton, wht»-e chief slugger, Paul Ilinea, ia four- teenth, with 370. Maul's paroenUgo is for but sixteen game.-1, just enough to entit o him to a record. This is but th« third iiulaiux.' in tiie hi«-t<»ry of the League where a young player ia his first setsun rose to the head of ihe i u if»hty array of heavy hitter.-, Da ryuiple acromplish- iug the feat in 1879 nnd Kroulhera in 1882. Tbe ''grand old ui»n," Ainon, a* usual, is near the top, an he has been feaion after 8L>as m since tbe organization of the League. This year he ranks pea mil, and considering the disparity in game* played 16 to 122 should re illy outrank Maul. Indeed, in view of the f»''t that Ansoo deliberately handicapped hiuisolf when he advo- cated the adoption of the hit-for-b«s« on-buils rule, his bitting record for tho pust sejison U doubly wonderful. This rule, however, had un- doubtedly fattened the averages of strons; and Keak tiien alike. Tbe records of tbe leader and the fuoceeJini; four batsmen have never been equalled in tbe League, the highest average up to this season being .407, made by Anson in I87ij. Tbe next best wiis Barnes', .40;!. in 1K76, which Thompson, the si'.r*/t man this 8CT*»n, nurpnsaes by three point-*. Another evi.ienee ol the heavy hitting brought about by tbe new rules is th«t ;his ye»r 5 U batsmen have percentages of .300 ind over, against but 14 men, running between 300 and .400, last year: INDIVIDUAL BATTING AVBBAOKS. Bank. Gamoe. A K. It. BTI.Ave 1—Maul, Phil.................. 16 71 15 3 Ana. n, Cb'.................. \'& MS! 1117 8— ll'Oinliers, D. t............ IS! 57D 163 4—F. riiuniD, I'liil............ B9 "'.at 66 fr— IXirliiig Olii............... 3rt 161 6—Th mp-ou, D«t............ 127 576 T—K.-H,, Haul................~ 114 6ii »Zi'<mnor, K. Y.....'".Y...... 127 54S ...JWi*. B .*!.................. 110 4ul 10 l»Vrrull,PMts......_....... Ml 457 .-(Warl, N. ¥.............. )'20 674 13 \ Wi.lumwn,' hi........._ 127 512 14_||in»«, XVastl............... 141 5s!8 16—Nil h, RUKI .................. 118 ( Hoimrty, Plill. ............. 1*6 577 Ml McUinn-n, PitU......... 48 2i>8 I K.-tng.N. T................ 76 318 (B..we, IteU.................. 12:1 575 19-< li. nnott, Dei............... 46 190 iKichnrd-on, Det.......... 120 573 22—l)e»slj, N. Y............... 29 1*7 &—Sim.tay, Chi.............._ 48 t-M 24—Rvaii.Uhi................... 120 S56 _. / JlcUoire. Phil............. 4O *°1 Amlre«8, Hill............ ItB Zl—Twitehell, Oct............ 68 - n f GliMwucfc, lud............ 121 " 1 Kalnev, N. ¥...........- 17 80 G..re, N. Y.................. Ill 81 haldoin. Del............... 24 -„ ( Karrar, Phil................ 115 *" t O1 Kourbe, N. Y........... IDS 4:« S4—Whlluey, Plus............ 119 4»« 35— «ood, Phil.............. .. 113 86—Wbit.-, IM................. Ill f Tii-rumi, N. Y............. 103 37-< Duim , I.d................ 122 (siiiixlle, Dot............... 20 40— Irwin, Pbil................ <W ., (Sullivan, CUi.............. 119 11 (lA)lbnmn, Pitn............ 115 43 Kiolmrlsoii, S. Y......... 122 44—Dlornll, B-.it............... 124 4fi Suttou, B.«t............... 74 , j Seerv, Ind.. .......... 12J lD>inlt|i. D«t................ 84 48 PteBer, Chi................. 123 49—Wliitney, Wiuli....._.._ 52 6»—Keuhue, Pilte............. J01 .„ f Burin, C"l...............'... 115 " I Mulvp,. Phil............... HI9 54— IUi.1 n, Det......... ..... 118 66—«h..,,l,«k. Boat......__ 44 5B—Mille', Puts............... 87 67—0 Hr-nn. WaJi........... 113 58 Hyra, Wa-h............... ll» «„ (CUmeute, Phil...._.... 63 "* \ 0 .nlner, Ind .............. 18 .. ( Biinloi k. 1), St............. 84 "lilttldon, B,.st............. 37 <3—Kr<vK, Wasli............... S4 M IVfit, Chi.................. 32 66—D 1'vnip'e. P,tt«......... W «6-Mmuii*, Bosl...... ..... 97 (Fi.lda, Pills............... 89 ' ( l^ilj. Wuh............... 105 69 tt.ril«.uni, Bo»l........... 48 7U liulfinton Phil............ 86 71 —l).rn»n, N.Y...... ..... 71 12 J-choult, Wash.............. 69 Phil............ 27 ! K-e-e, S. T................ 56 ,K Y............ 74 |"l!»rklV.v. I'itts.............. 9D I I) alv.'Wa-h............... 58 78— Uulil!i>l, llet................. SO Ttt Jle>.-i8, Iml............... 66 80 -.l..lins!,m, l!ost.........._ 124 (I—riiol, Ohi....._........... 48 82—Clarka.n. Chi............. 61 B / V! '" i's'tren, Chi....... 86— l!n. d , Pet................ 86 '.'»' ndl. Wanli.............. »7 Kaiii*!!, Phil............. ( li^ch-r, Pitn............. 88-< VVcl h, N. Y............... (.H'Ck.-it, Ind............... i r»if, u.«i.................. 9li HMM tt, lud................ 11» (s.,»w, w..................... sa ""I D.ily, t'hi. ................ 74 05 I'^ireil, Wash............. K6 IW Mill II, PltlB................ 12J 97 Uio^vi,, N. Y......_...... 47 K j i'..|ii.-wii s Ind............. 10 M ( M. t,»r, K|,|, n . Phil....... Si I UIO Kiiiwn. Ind.. I'ittH ...... 82 101—MelV.rniick, Put-......... 36 llrt C..»wny, Itet. .............. V!4 UKi—Miirpb.t, N. Y............. I(M O'llH., « neli............... 34 .00-(lilj ,,u, W.-h........... ~a i n, Chi.............. S3 2*4 2:19 123 B7 2)4 2u7 I8.i 20ft 187 174 213 1UO .4V) .421 .419 .412 .411 .4<)t! .3<Jl .389 .382 .381) ... 76 161 485 272 524 63 5(10 631 474 433 523 VI 4tt 008 5116 485 628 327 297 513 210 416 ISO 495 600 181 377 474 402 256 7ft S59 144 140 403 171 44:1 185 Kid 29 > 2»5 1119 211 3117 3117 ass i57 511 191 228 I S3 09 411) 32 137 101 4:17 44 40 176 154 41 164 55 KB t'l 78 27S 486 18U 77 216 _ (B jle, t,.d.........——— 41 m t"'-i»--in,Bet>_........._ 43 111 109 '.Hindu, lull.............. LlO <'ith 11, In I.................. 08 ( 51..ins, I'it's............. ^7 1 I ..M.Hi J-, W ,»h......... 117 < '','l.i irke. lUwt., N. ¥... 21 ffiulvin. Pi;t-.............. 48 114 1 Jl.i. k, W».h............... 31) ("ei.liimh, iwt., N. y. 21 97 07 121 (15 149 130 186 117 Dnil", lliwi.... ........... _ I *l Ca. 1 T<.l, 3J2 S6 129 72 7J 142 1711 1'HI 81 134 20 131) 13 41 117 24 1118 43 91 6 95 15 ft) M 66 118 71 81 86 17 64 M 75 Tt It 57 104 60 05 20 68 21 67 94 79 3D D7 711 45 48 8 S3 23 9 29 4:1 34 27 68 24 34 41 47 22 26 40 43 33 4(1 26 t-8 24 40 28 49 24 79 34 15 111 12 30 41 7 45 40 70 17 6 25 &1 9 16 4 1(1 7 18 17 13 22 15 51 12 13 35 II 11 .371 .371 .37" .368 211 127 209 r>9 208 46 79 li« 97 17i »6 .352 18.1 .365 .365 .363 .311:1 .3.04 22 174 3:1 167 149 107 182 162 148 178 31 144 170 lli!) 161 175 IDS 175 97 167 71 134 48 14B l.">7 57 118 147 124 78 23 79 44 31 44 121 135 51 132 56 83 88 84 32 62 OT 1(16 87 73 145 54 K\ (il 114 38 121 6fl 18 42 42 72 129 21 75 47 20 66 PI 33 24 14 30 36 36 40 39 63 Si) 101 19 4.; 71 10 28 15 15 28 33 13 .349 .349 .348 .347 ,144 344 .343 342 .341 .S4D 340 JMO .£39 .834 .3J4 .312 .3:11 sn .326 .326 .326 .324 .3;2 .820 .317 .317 .316 .314 313 .310 .808 30« .3115 .301 .3(11 .Soil .2119 .298 .298 .V97 .20H .2!<S .294 .2<M .203 .Sfl.'l 286 ,2W> .485 .281 .283 .2X2 .2711 .it78 .278 J!77 .27(1 .275 .272 .27: .272 .271 .270 iii!) .869 .2M .Sii3 .259 .268 .251 .247 .MS .244 ;M .241 M\ .240 .2:10 .211 .229 .2211 .223 .220 .220 .220 .217 .as .28 .1117 .130 120 He«i-y. lml_....._........ 121 ». e >, Ph. i. ................ ISftj-Udiui.ift. Wash... ......... IMJIVIIIUAL FIKI.DIM} AVKRA6R8. In fii'ldirig Morrill, of Boston, leads the first Saserm-ii; Ounlap, "f [>etri*it, the seoonU ba^e- at'ii; Whimoy, of Pi;tnnur/, ihird b'seioen; imith. of Piitsburi;. the short stop": Oillcspip, 5f New Vurk, Richardson, of Detroit, i<nd fields of 1'itt-bur^, the ontfielderi*: Bernrtt, of Delr"it, Ihe cateherp, and Keo'e, of New York, tho pitoliers. Il will bo observu.1 that the Philadel- phia a?id ^hicft^itC'ubs h;ive not a man wh» lead- in hi.s p.'sit'on, yet th^v stand Higher in the race iian c'nba with loading fielders. Allur all, weras!«!* do not always nifortl unfailing indices tf ft player's true worth to hie club. Toatn work will carry n lot of mediocre plnyera mueh "farther than all the iiHividu*! averages of the mo*t brilliant players in tiic prrif<Nu>ioa. Bunk. Gam". I 1—Morri'l, B *t...«. ii!4 li 12 47 2 Iiittl y, P,tt 8 ..._ 53 6M 15 3 1 on r, .N. Y..._. l-'7 1.125 44 . ( •>.• Kilii.i.n.l-lttii. 48 488 2ft *| K..ii..r, I'hil....... 115 1H9 46 6 An~ u, Ch.......... 12i 12:!* 7_l) Idi. n.Wr.s'i. I'll II'0 iifi 8 lir.mth r«, D-t... Via 1189 35 0 Khi.tnl.<!r . did... 112 12:>! 28 10 enroll. Pi tt...... 17 173 9 11 Krii%W»-h....... 16 l.VI 5 1 Di.iiliil.. Pet....... I* '&n 217 J Fci-sc-o". Pn-l_ 25 59 07 3-R<hanl*.i.. Det. 62 219 215 4- H.i - t;, Ii.d....... 119 27:) -M4 ft Kir'iwUtyii, N.Y. l.>8 257 3rfl C l:-i-t«ii, I'iiil..... 39 7" I2S 5---Mii'!!.'Pitl ......" K* f£> 28S »_>'irr..|l, W,M!i..... 38 70 I:!'. 10-Mv IY, \V»xh...... 78 IW 'M 11-11. li'nv. PiilH..... :•! Ill III 12-M.r.iork. F,.»t.._ li-1 17? IKS l;t W l,*ujh!iu,!'!n] SO 11" IW .jjlifilv. ; nsr........ ,-,-j H;I w> A. E.Tlrhs. Ai. JT:! is 12 30 12 28 Wl 38 .W 13 6 tl 1 27 .U 60 1ft 7i 49 M 44 41 584 MM I no l-jfij lii.j 147 446 133 4fil .977 B77 .973 .072 .970 ,0. r>7 .953 .947 .841 r .72 221 .a if. .114 i'.i 4-i« '-'2:! ua .811 Tlurd Butan 1— Whlrney, Pittt.... 119 156 2 Dennv, Jnd........ 116 S— N»»h,"B it......... 114 4 Burns, Chi......... 107 5-TfbH»a, Chi....... 20 A— noun*!!;. Wash. 115 T— Molvey, Phil...... 100 8— Ewing, N. Y. ...... 61 0— White Det......_ 10« 10— li»ne.v,N. !...._ 17 11— (I- Hun ike, N. Y... 36 12 Shindle, Pet....... 19 Sti.rt 1 STllth. Pltts....... 34 2— War.l, N. Y......129 3 Italian, Phil..._ 17 . (R..w.. D«t.......... 123 I (,l«.-«c ck, lud.... 121 6 Irwlii, Phil.. ...... 99 7 Williamion, Cnl. 127 201 204 Iti8 24 130 123 76 IS* 17 46 24 237 S3 262 68 236 68 246 61 42 10 27» 53 197 101 22S 28 60 28 , . 8— Kiiwline, fitta..... 91 /S'l'ton, B.wt. ...... 34 I Whteloek Bi*t.. 17 11 farn-ll, \V»sb.... 48 12— Wiw, Uoat. ........ 13 D*»ly, Wairi...... 2i) 14— Mj«ra, Wash...... 71 226 20 119 211 178 133 136 109 33 91 119 K 4«9 61 44 6 377 51 493 73 301 58 361 61 310 69 1—Bennftf, Det...... 2—T»l«, Uost.......... 3 Cluwn'j, Phil... 58 . fOH.iipl, I) t........ 60 ( Oail-y, Chi....... & ) 6—Briciilv. D«l....... 7— nut Chi.......... 8 Mnrpny N.Y.... 9 G-.lioiiii, I>hil._ HI Mi|l, r> PitlH....... 11 Brown, N. Y....... 12 ''.-yer4, Iml...... 13 Doling, ('hi....... U-Drale.v, Wiwh..... 15 Mack, Wash...... •-- - - Phil... d...... la O'ttuurli», B.j»l... S3 27 61 Cetelia-i. 46 198 50 198 172 68 lofl 2:13 51 93 33 51 11)2 79 69 148 61 73 28 55 62 74 68 / Mt-liiiiie. P I 'nek. tl, I. O'ltuurli», B . / K.-lly, Bo-t........ \Dailev. B»t...... 273 854 32 13fl 4G 255 16 83 27 133 71 265 45 211 47 176 18 117 37 41 27 110 45 42 73 3S9 126 143 40 212 57 76 3tt 128 63 61 19 HO 28 31 5S 80 85 34 S3 125 44 60 81-<v..rroll, riits...... 39 172 33 64 22—Deii*l.-v, N. Y... 24 92 32 39 S»—li'H-urko, N. Y_ 37 137 66 65 24—Gillk-mi, \V,.gh... 24 88 40 44 25 vruoUol, Ind..... 42 153 64 80 fithlert. 1 Gilleeple, N. Y.... 74 91 14 8 2 Uielianlimn, Dfl- 58 1119 3—Ki I.]*, Pitta........ 23 64 4 Horuunx, B.»-t.... »7 192 6 ij It. urko, N. Y... 29 60 7—F.iaartj , I'hd...... 120 273 8 lle.chev. Pills.... 40 84 9 Th.-uncon. D i.... 127 817 )ii_Vn n ljnltr.-li.Chl. 106 :i5 11 ll.iil..ii, Drt. ..... 118 2r,4 12 Anilre.v.8, I'liil... 99 2ti3 l:5 Carn.ll, Wash..... llll 145 14 Uril-ymule, Pith. 9i 184 I') Col. nia:i. Pitta... 114 214 16 Slio-k, Wu.i...... 62 115 17 -M Ceaclij, lud™ 97 231 18 Swry, Iii.|_...... 122 220 19 Go:e, N.Y......... Ill 221 20 llin.8. Wash...... 109 ISO 21—Pu tit, I hi.......... Si 36 22 Sultuii, Bosl....... 18 21 2:1 \V,,.«1, Phil......... 105 155 24 11,,'can, N. Y...... 69 128 25 Twit, h.ll. Do .... 52 82 v(l Tiernvn N Y..... 101 150 27 I!n>«n,!.id..Piit<. 82 188 28 Whcelork, Bo«t... S3 35 2H l!>»n, C>i.......... 120 164 SO Dirlinic, I'hi....... 31-K.lh,Bu«t......._ S5 74 32 uMian, i hi...... 115 189 It.i—M.llei, I'itt ........ 15 32 34—IUile>,Pl.il W»'u 98 140 36 Gir..ll, Puta....... 44 96 ili On .ill, lnd......~ 52 84 37 Wise, B.«l......... 26 39 38 Snn.liiv, Chi........ 48 78 39 Hiiffliil.m, Phil... 19 25 40 I'ulueniM, Ind... 19 21 g 4 23 31 7 39 12 24 3 18 18 19 14 17 15 22 25 20 14 9 0 10 8 3 10 18 I 33 7 11 10 4 13 9 II 7 4 3 8 436 .924 521 .888 498 .8*3 475 .871 76 .869 474 .«76 370 .1 806 .863 422 .64H 51 .843 114 .842 63 .S25 toe .922 76U .910 70 .914 6H .901) 777 .906 637 .892 655 .890 506 .»83 320 .878 115 .8T8 282 .875 443 .869 101 .SU 177 .813 275 .906 349 .859 465 .8tt« 401 .8'.2 689 .8-r>2 220 .850 391 .838 134 .828 229 .821 401 .815 379 .814 295 .793 19^ .789 197 .780 G38 .882 345 .779 234 .779 139 .777 149 .771 219 .771 269 .762 163 .7KO 288 .757 172 .744 297 .730 111 .946 1J5 .936 02 .935 230 .914 390 .931 72 .930 339 .9211 10.5 .914 265 .!« & S2 .904 312 .903 2)5 .902 182 .901 220 .9I«) 2.r.7 .898 145 .896 283 .894 275 .8!Kl 271 .SH9 219 .8X5 51 .88-' 24 R75 189 873 1S4 .871) 98 .8H7 185 .804 239 .861 42 .857 830 .£56 27 .851 UK) .Ma 235 .8411 4! .837 183 .836 126 .8:13 115 .*26 66 .821 107 .760 37 .7f.B 89 .748 CI.UB BATTING AVERAGES. In the club batting averages Detroit ranks fim, followed in onler by New York, Boston, Philadelphia, Chicago, Indianapolis, Washing- ton and Pittshurg. ?i 1 Deiniit................. 2 New Yoik............. 3 B..»ion................. .! f PhiUdeluliis...... ' \ ClticJWC'............. 6 l'.dian»[oli^......... 8:Piti»bnrg...... n .... 126 4963 129:4833 128I4820] 128 5045 1127 4743 'l27.4r.38' ,'126 4605 : .1125,46*6: 953'580 17341 .850 8I5I460 \lem .330 82355lil5.=>«] 323 892 4»7 1619 .321 71)5 413 152.1 .:t21 1108'sin 1357 .29.1 000:1118 I**, 285 3(M> 3",4 1314 1 .2fcO CI.UB Fllll.OINO AVEllAOES. In club fielding Detroit also leads, followed by Philadelphia, New York, Pittsburn, InJiannpo- lis, WnsbinKton, Chicago and Boston: D-ir.il p S w SlNew York......... ijPlttrbMni. 5J ! d anap.. 6'«'««!,in;t 46! 926 111.919 ""l253273 1760'454'649.1i 917 127 ;-12fi5 I87« : 49il SS:Wj .913 lir, :•,&•>'MM'-tni 57:12; .912 127 3:Mi|!2143 547 BUST .9lo 128 ;B2o ; l!i04 589 5718 .897 THB PITCHKBS' WORK. According to percent 120 of earned run* the true te-t of a pitcher's ability Keefe lends all the l.cajrue twirleis, followed "by Whitney, P. Conway, Fcrguson, Boyle, Clarkson, M. Bald- win, Madden and Galvin. Tho percentage of these men is between 2 nnd 3 earned run* per g:itn«. Tlie reoiaiiiing sixteen pitchers have all h.>d over 3 earned ruas per game made off their deliveries: 5,3 15| 517 J32J1176| 38 13155 58 21.8:1 48 I8'!2 ':ili 1329 J37 1406 3.1-1390 ,^ cm 42II5-.8 !42!l(>l5 H! M7 3tl' 13114 14! 5«n 2(1 j US". 50 16S1 27 10.1(1 20 7i)4 101 792 24 < 128 245 !2S 77 38 140 !!). 83 11(1 Hil 1»» 105 ioa 105 P3 79 13 li 136 1 I OU| 49! 2.29 5:13! .276 2.44 ; 480| .283 2.r>:(jlofi .21-0 2?.li;;a2l 281 2.6:! 4irj| .295 27IJ4U2I .2«'i 290'Hti 2.92I42II 2»> : 4gl 3.00414 3.12-226 .1W7 3.I5'2K3J 318 3.1-V4701.3(r2 3 24]492| .111)5 333;:«8 .321 138! 207J 128! 110 61i 154 9«! 30fi 18(>i IO'.)! Hi2 307 17ll' 127 97 1741 112 .313 .11.1 3.50 171 3.56424 3.5tii476| .:M2 3.6412041 .169 3.89j:tt4! .329 3 72itW8j .:«9 3.7»!;«j] .32.1 4 30 518| JtW 485|27l .341 560!286l;i74 K.ele, .N. Y......... ... Wtiitni-y, Wiisn........ Cooway, Dct............. Ker^-uson, Drt........... H.ylf, I no............... W,.| C h, N. Y.............. Clark*.M, Chi........... fial-lii, Pitis.............. Ua'lilrn, Boat............ l aldwin, Chi............. B .flinton, Pliiln........ Y..I] Ha iren, Chi....... Baldwin, Del............. (inzt-ili. D«t............. C«-.«y, Pliiln.............. O'lh'y, Wa»h............. ^t*'n)m>er, B«j«t.......... M'.riis. Pilt8............. McCdimkk, Pilta....... Shr.ve, Init.............. (x.nwav,Bi>8t.. .......... Kniib urn, llgston..... (.ii ni"ie, Wa*U........... ll.aly. Ii.il_.............. Wmilmin, Det........... Slmvj, Wash.............. ________________ BASE-S.THALIN8 RKCOHD. Ward loads the League record at stolen bases with a credit of 111 in 12'J ganies; Fogarty is second with a credit of 102 in 12(i games; Mike Kelly third with 84 in 114 gamo*; Glassc'Xik f .urrti with 62 in I21j Haiilon fifth with 69 in 11 R; Williamson sixth with 45 in 127; Andrews seventh with 57 in 99, nnd Nash and Kyau eighth and ninth with 50 in 11s and 60 in 124. All tlie others made Ic^s than 50 stolen baj-es. Fifty-eight players did not rej^h cloubio figures. The record of etolen bases is: PliUndeliilim.—fvsn*-'* 13, Clcmcnto 7, Farrar 24, llaatiun 11, Irwin 11), Mulvi-y 43. MuLnn^hlin 2. Wo d li', Mi.licu-s 57. fogarty 102, McCarthy 15, M»ttl 5, Billtl'iii>ii8, MrGu:r«3. (iuiiniu 18. C,a,.y 1. DttfoSl Baldwin 4, B nn tt 7, Brauib.-n 34, Dunlan 15, Whit. 20, Miiwllo 13, Hu«e 22, liiclnrd*.n 29, ]]»iil.iii 69, Thomii-.n 22, G.'U-in 2. G»nz«l 3, M»n- ait'i; 3, (X.nwaj 0, Drloilt 6 We tliiian B, Twltrholl 12. ClMiifia.—Clarl-.s-n 0, Hint 7, Anon 27, Po-fft-r 67, Bin ii« 32, VViliium-.'U 45, Suu.lay 34, Rjun 50, Sulliv,,n :'f,. Van [1 .hieii 12, Duly 29, Darliuj 19, Ba dwin 4, P. tti: 16, Tehran 8. .Vcio yot-fc Itccft' 2, Ewing 26, Continr 43, Rithird- IKIII 41, «iil--*pi» 87. Gore 39, Dortnu 22, 0 B'.iitki. 46, Ticrnaii 23. Brown HI, Murphy 1, Deaal.y 2, Ward 111, Wi-lrh 2, Uvorge 2, llainey 0. j;..a/on. Knillwnrn 6, D.ily 7. It.inill 19, BiKdo k 10. NIW'I 49. Wisn 41. HnniiiiiK 40, .lolii.ston 50, Kelly 8-t, Si. mniyi-r 0, O'Kutrke 4, Suttou 17, T.ile 7, Wht«- lock 20, C.'nwav 5, Dlmlilcu 6. IIIMn'i-y.—fialvlti 5. (Itrn.ll 23, McKinnon6, Burkler 6. Wh't»o>' 10. 3mi(it 30, U«lryni|ilo 29, G.lcni-in 25, Morrii 1, Keuhno 17, Miller 33, McCormick 0, Fi«ld8 7, Be.-chi-r 8 »K«*?»..*». WliltncT 10, Drwley 36, Mack 26, Krci(r 2, l-arivir:il,o'llrii.|i II, My, n IX, Girr.di 40, [iilii-s 46. l<liivk 29. iihav- 1, (Jiilinan 2, ]KiDU«ily 42,0'Dayl, Oilin- •>• 2. Ilfily 2(1. /.i.,','.-/,w;o.-is :ioyl.-2, Gnr'ln-T7, My.-rs 20. Jiwknon 2, >hMiitirr<! 21. Baj-ftt 25. I)-«r,v #), 0!»»>o*k 02, Sc, ry 4S, 3U-C(;u-liv 27. Sliri'VoSl, Cali'll 34, Brown 21, r..i!r.oin, 4, J.jba*Jii 5, Ai-iiuJi-18, lf».;U...t! 4, Ueitley 7, 11, ffut 2. THK HKAW HITTIXO RF.CORD. O']iri«n, of Wiwhington, »nd Connor, of New Yoik, lead nil the J.euguo Iwlfinonin tl'e matter of hninc i no-1, having 1" apk-'.'o to ilioir credit. , of Chicago, coiaos next with iJ The others are Brouthers, 13; "Wood, H; Morrill, 12; Ryan, llj Thompson, 10; Deuny, 10; Tiernan, 10. These are tho only men who reached double figures. Sixteen batsmen mide from 8 to 9 home run) each, and S3 filled to get as many as 4 aj.i«ce. Thirty-nine men got no home runs whatever, Big 'I'hompaon le»d« in threft-base hit.-, having 23 to hid credit, and Bronthera leads the two-base hitters with 35 such hits. Detiny and Kelly are right behind him, with 34 ZBH. Brouthera, D. 35 Connor, N.Y. 26 Tlioni|eoa,u. 29 Wood. Pb... 22 Deuny, !...._ 34, W18e, B....... 27 Kelly, B...... S4 An*.11, C...... 33 Morrill, B..... U2 Kichards'u.U-Zfi Hm.s. W.... 38 Kogany, Ph.. 24 R.j.-e, U...... 26 Cnrioll, Pi.... 24 Pfeffer, C...... 21 Nuti.B.._.. S4 O'Mrien, W.. 16 R.an, 0....... 19 Wil,i.,niB'u,C 18 8 oiuboig, I. IS Johuitt.B, B. 13 Kwiuit. N. Y. 17 S«.ry, I....... 18 Suliiian, C... 12 Tiornan.N.Y. 13 White, D...... 20 IV.lenan, PI. 21 Kiuhue. Pi.. 18 Burun, C...... 2O rair,.r, Ph... 20 Ricln'n, N.Y. 19 0 K .!,'«, N.Y. 15 I'uiilap. D.... 12 Daily, Pb.W. 14 llidvi-y, I'll.. 21 Andr^us. Ph. 15 G u.s.XMk, 1. 18 H.,ulo,i, D... 13 Bulli.n. B..... 14 Iiwiil, Ph..... 15 FaTell, W... 14 Feri.'U8on. Ph 14 Uoie, N. Y~. 18 Ciirn.ll. W... 17 <'lenient., Ph 13 M -K n'n Pi 1R M ll«r. Pi!.... 17 Kassett, I....... 14 War.l, iY Y... 16 ll..ri,img, B.. 9 Mi-Gc.chy, I. 17 T..|.ch..|l, l>. 14 Don-ellv, W. 9 *nn.|i, H..... 12 D,,ly. (!........ 15 t'larUaon, C. 5 JIV.TH, W..... 9 Whitni-., W. 9 Giile. ie.N Y. 9 Ke-te, N. Y... 7 I'nrlmB, C.... 9 Fh.-t, C........ 6 >T/ini.e, I'll. 6 Bi kl..y, Pi... 10 Bent.eit, P... 6 ll^li,,,, Ph.. 11 M'Laug'u.Ph 8 3BR. 4<H| 2>B. 20 111 Galvin, Pi.... 7 17 Bro»n, Pi..... « lo *un<lav, C..... 3 14 fiekld, Pi..... 9 10;Whiln»y, PL. U g Ikiyle, I....... 9 8 Hackett. l_... 6 710!.^, W... 8 12iShock, W.... 9 9ilielz, io. D._ 4 8'Mvera, I...... 8 7 Beecher, Pi. 8 6 D,.rg»u, N.Y. 10 3BR. 4BB S 2 16 ilifiiutoo, Ph 6 "rioily, C..._ « 17:Hoaloy. I..... « 11 W«lcii, N. Y. 4 9 Print, 0....... 6 6 Tain, B ....... 6 4 'HcCorm'k.PI 7 6 Wh.elock,B. 4 4<ahill, I...... 4 6 Krietr, W.... 4 10 M lick, W..... 6 3 G.u»».T, D... 5 2 Hur.lcxik, B. 6 ID'iK, B...... « S tladdon, B... 2 4 V.H»lti-«n,0. 4 3 Snnuin*. Ph. * 2 BriMwiD, C... 1 6 Bro» n, N. Y. , . . 6|Dimity, N.Y. 8 2iJ1aul,Ph_.... 2 4 lla.lb.'lirii. B. 1 2 kindle, U... 3 OOoiivmy, B... 4 4 Arundol, 1... 2lWy, Pt...... 3 2 Mci'arlhy.Ph 4 O^rlima, W. 2 &(.> Day, W..... 3 1 *t.MinuytT, B. 0 3| r^heou, 0..... 2 1 BHini-y, N. Y. 2 1 Murphy.N.T. 2 1 Morrii. Pi.... 2 1 Sim*, W....... 2 1 -\Yi,iilnmn,l>. 2 6 Pvl«, G........ I I O'Kourko, B. 2 •till- . _ _ tk' n , . 0|Cr,inc, W... 2 "Bulling, D.. 1 1 B.ldvvin. D... 0 O'irwln, W..... 2 6;M»Jn'rc,N.Y. 1 SMackwin, I ... 0 , ... 2 (lindjer, I.... 0 S-Kirhy, I...... 0 1 Hlirevr, L..... 1 SjPollwuiw, I. 1 3,M.>fiett, I..... 1 1 , ..._ 0 3 llatn'tt, N. Y. 1 ,, ..... 2|' mick, Pu... 1 (Jnib^r, D..._ Total...... U3l 699 381 UNDER NEW AUSTICES. The -Syracuse Club In Other Hands—A Bright Outlook for Next Season, STKACIISK, N. V., Oct. IS. Bailor SPORTING LIFE: The cloud thn has been hanging over base h«l) jiffaiis here f-r the pnst weeks has at last lifted, and the sail shine? bright and warm on ihe [iros|-ects ft>r next seiaoa. Tho byracuso Exhibition Cumpnny, who have controlled the Star Ha-e Bait Club since '85, is no more. Arti- cles of incorporatiou of the Star Base Ball Asso- ciation uuve been filed at the County Clerk's Office in thu city. The purchase price of the franchi.se of the old company is not known defi- nitely, but U pr jbiMy of a sufficient amount to co-er all outstanJing accounts. The incorpora- tes of the new company »ro John C. Bowe, (Jeoiye K. Kr«»er, liur'itft Forbm, Peier J. Bninifl- kamp ai d Thuniui U. O'N'uil. The t mpornry ufB- c- rs Mff G.'orut) K. Fraz«r, pi-yaidont; Tims. It. 0 Neil, vice picside-ni, flint toe above-nann-d jron' lo- ui«n, with tbo ad-lition of Ituwnrd G. \Vbite, K«ud i-f dir-ftur*. Midriff ThoniM R. O'NVil will prcl'iil'ly bu i re.-<id(-ut of ihe As«t>cwiimi wbou p*-rnia- ii' nt ffior^ are «lecie-i. Nu tiotiet Srlecium cunld l>e ma i'-, &4 ihn SliHiiff ia very popular ainl tin n»dent tul- iiiirtr -i" i!i" N .li'-ti^l n ik me. A j>eiii.autnt ors»Lif;a- t!--n «ill l>« etl«cted io & f«w days. The oxi.^toucw of the dtir BtMf liu'l AsM'»cbi(ion is spt-ciflcd t •• ihrro \6avs. Tliw fttjii al of the As^ocifttiun will iie?f>,0:jU. TbtTH will \* twt-Kty st.^kln.ldoiri »t 82SO c-arh, tif^o^ of vi bom bavu l.o^o ain^.y aecnrtnl. They Rr*: 3las 01 \Villts B. B'lnift, /idetnun Ohtirlfs Cmidfe, O>I. J. W. Yftie, JoUn K. Ha -on and Auatiu l>ickin-on, <>f lli»Gl-t.o ll..t-l; 'lh.d. B. O'Neil, G«-rtfe Birntu, «". U. Kirk, Frunk HHbt-ile, Wjibur M Bntwa, DuviJ K. McCrtrttiy, Burnet F-trbes, ). C. B.we, ttoHaid 0. White auri Qo..'rat» K. Fiuzi-r. Th«ro nr« n number of f<uutIt-men vt'm have oi%d<* rfpntftitofnj «3 niiifm^un who are d( >iiou^ of curuing to Syracuse and take charge <-f tfae lean*. Manner IlnckeU, of Newark, Keenu to hi* nuHt mFivi-r with ihe n^w compauy, and tlie jjitbjic «o"lii t>- t'lettsed tn s*^ fiis neiHlmimn yi^uo<i tt-s iti.tna. er. Mr. ll»ick^rt will uroiuit-Iy comn to S>ru- cuau Hb(ir;l> aud coufer wiih ihydirM (tjr», nod it in to I* h -\tfil Hint 8.ttH'acti>ry arr«n^. ment" can be made to pUcf tho t--Hiii iu hu .'mntlrf. T"« m-ia wh m.m- t*^8 tho .^irnim- team Dcxt iteason wilt > e RIVOU :ib- 8wlut« i«t t*ol of the b'.isiut'ss. October 20 is rapidly it! [fciict iti'j, *<n I It he 1 ooves the iitw assncmiton to he "up tunl d"iiiff'* to yet players. In convornati.ni with OIK< of lire jet-Diirm-n of ih*- HRW c<mtp"tiy ho swid th u liitt n, SiuiDii, Murr, McQiif-rv, UitKins, J-icoby, Bucklev iin<l tehf-Uhitif-e uere mentioiird ft-* likely 10 he-on iif-xt WHson'g te;im. Tbiet; pitcherj who bave rtpiit-tioi'd will be ai<;ned. M:»r l*-*rh lias I eyu leased for ten year* lonxer. M: J ny inii'r <i vt'nipn i B «re ronteniplated. Tho fcnct-a will f'<> m -T'd htic^ and a itia-h Ceiic« cn'Ctcd <-n a line with Temple str-tt to bf>u' off thf "tree Pt.-'ints'' on the oii'niila of th«* park. New ttdiii'iong to tue prand Kiindtt arn to be put np, and the out aud iufitid fixed io tin-1 chi[w*. Th'T« i-1- niMeraMt* talk abnnt Jamea Divine, of this rjiy, b*-tn-r the eecret-try of th^ L'-niiue n^xt set- sn,n«ti;e present Hf-errtnr.v, Mr, Whiu*, r^«jit»<fl out- Ridf of a I^ex^ne ci'y, Mr. Divine ii 'he well-known Je(t-i>andt-d pitclipr of th" cb>mipion Stars of 188j, and ban retired from the dinmoud. Joe tt«ttin will probably winter here. Battin will iitidoubtt-dty be on the t^nm next 8^fw~*n. BH be Itan pNy^d fiird bara for the S\ men so teniu HS it lisa not been plftvd since the (Jays of Jack Madden and "Htcknry" IVpenl r. Ex-Mwntig r Simmons' benpflt erwrne was not much nf a ttucoas "n account oi tba tainy woather aud diffi- culty t" get pbiyers. The lies' pUyer fn the League, "Lpfty" Mair went home Uon<Ji«y last with th« l)t-9t wishes of everybody. Ilt-rn ia a halt player who ha-, mad many frifiid-i in Syracinf*, who think that the hne of ft-'i iinpi)^ed ujHjn him wa-i tun*t unjust. Tr--a ur T Ostrniid.tr is n gr^-at tidrnirerof ihe right fielder aad seat him away feel- ing |.r-ity g"<'d McQu ry is said to be df-eirona of mmnging the Svrncua« Club next sea-^on. Th-i directors «-intM do wor-e by big od-ls. ' Mite" played ir" >d hull whilo here, and would b°> w*-l« ome next *te«*on, y"i belt Harry Jncohy can w^ar a 8,vrac«-»« uniform next u UKOti if he so do^iree. .the d rectora be^in to ap- preciate hl-4 real worth aa a player. The Athletic V^socmtlon of tin foivoraltv met and eloi-twl directors for thu ha^e l>all tetm f -r '88 Sev- eral freshmen are caid to p'Sw^coosfdcrable «bility an pl»yers. W. W. Itanton will maiuvgw thw te<i<D It in said tlut Tr»y will IIHT^ a strung t'-iuu tn the Held ue-xt BOHSOT, Without doubt. Now tho time to l>oom H New York Si»le League. Huch »n orga iiztv- (ion ci»ul ,J hs r italic a Biiccf>*a, tta was de-oou- 1 'rated in "85. «hnn the Sniafiii st»' Club w< n tho pe<;n*nt. Three meui(K*r9 of this year'* SUr tram have ex- pressed their desire to pUy iu Syrtvctiae agaio next sen- ton. The s.il.'iry list *>f the Syrncuw ClnH will not so lari_-e next; swson by a (?iu>d ru iny dijllarj so sav 'he gentlemon who are interested. G. WHIZ. KOCHESTKR FAINT-HEARTED. The Annual Meeting—Directors Declining to Serve* The outlook for bise ball in Rochester ia not of the brightest just now. At the anual meet- ing, says the Rochester Herald, Ihe proposition to have each of the shareholders loan the Asso- ciation $20 on each share of stock wis not re- ceived very enthusiastically by aome of th ise present. It seemed to be the aonse of the stock- holders that the number of shares should be in- creased. As the Association is a limited one and was organized under the limited corporation laws of this State, it is decidedly doubtful wl ether (hi* plan would bo loKal. Wbm tlu-qnegii. a of elecsinn directors was finally bion^l.t up, a m .ve- nient was made to r--e.l?pt the entire old b >ard. Meesi*. Soula and Cleveland objected to thU, giving their reason that i>on e of tbi-ir fornor eo'I.-airiies wi old be objectionable as members of tho Dew Iwanl. After considerable wraiiiliiii Hie vote resulted In the election of the following named: fli-nry Goeiz- man, Albeit Wi 1. John A. D.ivis, A. J. Katz,Chailcs Leiniprnbi r. .since the election M^s.-rs. Davis and KatK have decrared th»ir intention of declidiug the tionor cooferi 1 d n|ion them. Mr. D.ivis, when B|v>ken t - on tile sii ! jeet by a tei-ortiT, Kaid that bi' duties as city tre-tturer too!« tip all of bis lime, and ttiat he can not h.'th'.r with bas.. ball matters. It in unoYrstnml th:it a pre-ann; of t'Uslness al-o prevents Mi. Kaiz acrepilnii a dircctorabrp. Ihe direct.u-s, or w'at there Is left of the newly-eiccted boani, have not met for orKM&iKat'on, aid, taken all lu nil, the out- look for the i-stahliubnii-nt "f n rlnl» here next i»ertH>n l.s not very bright. If the Association is vois^ to do anything it w hish tini" tb»l * raov«- waff nia-le, as ib« av.nna! ineoimg of liie l.r.i^lU) will t»k? pl*:e iu So- t.> bltortly. CIIADWIWS CHAT. The Old Man's Estimation of the World** Championship Series He Hng^ests an Olfl- ciul K n dorse in*-nt of a Siii»pUnrtf?itary ship Campaign TK>e New B*.?l<*1t YORK, Oot. 20. fcilitor UPOKTINU LIPB: Tbe coruplete suooess ot the world's chaoipion- ship aeries of conteats, fiimntuully and otherwise, attc.-ts tbe 8ouQdae«3 of the view* I have advo- cated for some years past in regard to establish- ing a supplementary season for the sati.^faotory settlement of the question as to wbioh club at the cloae of each seison's campaign was fully en- titled to be regarded a* the eh;nn r »i"ncliib of the United St»tcs. Ever since the American Asso- ciation wag etttablifhpft has that orgunizatioa, well as the National League, named their an- nual pennant race a contest for "the United States championship." Of course, this hvs been a misnomer in both oases, a.-* no suoh champion- ship question cm be sottled officially until an estabii-hei code of rules governing an officiiUly- schoduled series of games between the champion teams of the two pro lesion a I or^anixution^ be adopted by u conference committed *'f tho League and the AssuciiUion- My plan of having a sup- plementary championship campaign was not praeti*-'ally tested untii the close (»f the sensun of 1S85, when the respective League and American champion clubs of th*t fall engaged in an in- formal contest for the charaui'm-'hip of the en- tire country. It was not an officially recognized series, however, and was not satisfactory in its results beyond the faet that it started the ball in tho right direction. In 1880 the "plan of campaign" which I had fa pored for several years previous wan given a mure important trial, the result of which was to give to the American Association's champion team, unoffi- cially, the nominal title of the "world's cham- pions." This year we are having tUo third se- ries pf these nominal world's championship con- tests, ani the result has been such, in the phe- nomena] attendance of spectators at a season of the year when ^raaU crowd* only can be gath- er*! at exhibition games, and under circum- stances of a double charge of admission with ex- ceptional financial returns, as t<> prove conclu- sively that a regular supplementary cham- pion-hip campaign of this character, aided by an official code of championship rules, wir. a ftcliadule <;f gaim-a, authorized l>.v a eon'nvuce com Uiittee, would not only be an additional attraction t-at-h >ear, Liu ihe pectin ary reaiilr o-oalrt practically amount tt» u 1 auilrjom^ prize piviuiuni offeieiJ to the wiuuers of tho championship of each «.rsanizutiou, btsi>le^ imvanin.T au additional iotfrest to tiio annual Li^iguf* au'l AaitTiean peauiint rnesd. My original plau, of coursv, involved the existence nf twospctifoal 1-iiiiUUfi, one rp[*i'«.-«-utiug tho Kast and the other the West, Kith th^ chuiupiou teum of ««ch soctiou having to tutor tbt1 litt* in » gpeciai full c«mpai*a to c*'ai- I>efo for Urnttjrl Slate* cimmiiionsdip bonor-i. This BfCtioual repro'ftiitatioo plau. however, w^cran to In-, in the <<i> uimi of the League and American iiia-uate^ rather premature, aod so it hna to be doitrred U> a litter period iu the history of the panae. lint it will come iu titre. In regard to the contest for the Uuited Br«tes chainpionship between tbe wiubiog tcAtus each setitwo ot the I>eague aiirt the Ar*x:iatiou, that has become a necessity, ftiul I, therefore, triwt that (he dnif.'fence (Gitiraittee which will meet thi« winter to revise the pl»ying cede and rnluo, and th« w;ii(Hlule conimilteea which follow nftTwarcfe, will i-ikepiacticn!d'cniz^noe Of this iu'C**«ary sopi i«m*'iitHry cinto<piun hip caoi- pAik'n ail') frame a special &Kle of rnlig aud aoupt a spociitl schedule of games HO as to give* the strife-* official cimr-icter, wliu-h at prt*ient in not ?iven tht't By tbis mean* tlie eerie** for the worid'd chtiuipionntup e«ch> ear will be tukeu out ot ttie oatesfory of iu«ro exhihitioti uamei*, and oifidt- tw Important officially aa are tiic respoctiTH ehaiauionibip p<-ntinEit r«cte ufoncti Organization <ach ye-ir, £verj clut; in the Len^ue anil rhe Aanucm'ion wilt necfsaarily favor surh oflScml SHnciiuD, as it will piva to estch pf nn»ut race an ad<ii- tioi nl attraction and miori-«, with the wqm nc« of a sure and b^ndsoms pe^'UDiftrj retura at th« end of tbe supplementary campaign. THE DKTBOIT-ST. LOUIS OAHB9. The world's reries i/f chanii*ioustiip gumoe> for 1S87,1 am fildd to see, h*ve I bus lar h*-en (;hfiraeteriz«:d by thi» finest exhihl'Jona of professional tail playing kn^>wfi in the Iiistory of the game. Up to date of writing I have only been fortauar" enough to see two of the con toe to that at Washington Vurk. on Oct. 14 and that at die Polo Grounds on Oit. 15 but tho^e ^unics were, b*jth of them, model exhibitioo* of Ihe b MU'i-s >.-{ the gtime, fapccially in r^^ard to the sfeil- ful, etiatcsiic work chown by tbe pit^bera and in the S(,M)'ii<l tit-Kl support givf-n tbt-in in ibft n>ajont) of the Inning*. Flrmr piichiag ihao that "f Cun;!tiers' iu ihi- Bf'-oklyn gAmo of FrWay or than that of Got- Zfin's hi the Pvlo Orooads content of S ttnM*y i h»ve n**^ t*r se-'n. Acciittiitn^ii tn* I hnvo h-'cn to wttne-sing tbe rruj.v «tf<»rr*i of tho rl.** of "cyclone" and "ph»- u-ioit-uar* p'tetters to iDtlmidiite iMtsm^n by thvir "iit<htttitjg d- livery'* anil to br>-itk O'OMII C'ttch&rs by tlit- t-ft-irls to sup]K>rl such xviM, gwifi p'tohiu^, tho fine ttti ttoii, "bi-Ji'lu-orli" i^tchius <>f CaruthtTS and Ge'Z<*ai in ilicHft [W'» g.tioon HMK a gtear, treat to mo, ("[HwiiiHy HU it. carried with it tho p -sitive on»ot "f U*e truth of ray reix-ated ttlatotiif-riU thtt in ^tiuto^lc pitching, and that onl>, Itv tbe gucc9s» nf the batterj W.TK ct'a tt-rtio. lu regard to th*> ftul I support exbibi- ted iu these piiuif-s, it was «n a~*j>*-ci.J pb-a^ore to nia to see rny old and <-aioem*-d fri< nd, "Dfsacon" White, do th*> ocUmdid work tie d ; d at tbiid b.we. For-a "pUyed-out third b«6eia*n" J^mei is ctrlmnlya phciioineuon. I thick a cine wind) ioch;Jtxl just such ^plrtywl-oat11 men wuiild wij* up ihi Ifht clmfrpiou teum of tlieday without tl'flfcult.v. T!:en, lo->, Dniilnp'a ^ec'lIul b:tsa play w«« an.)th.r feature, aud that, too, without a growl. V<nly a refitmmtii ue-enis to bnvo l^ken plac*- in thU ivi>i*ct in thf! ehur»ctt>r of tbe model second baeem*n ot'thodny. Bit it in not uews-itry to ludiudimliKt* vbf !e uli did so wt-tl. Kuffine it to say that tbe St. l.onii* victory of Friday was most crediitiMy onriM-d/ whilt- their appdivntly stgo*l <ii-fi-at of 8»tuidav was u.-t out* to a.s ;cnc < aslntnu-d of ai the score f 9 to 0 would api-eur to indicate, f.»r Detroit'^ work in tbht p-irne, »' th<» britteiy tiDii in th»* field, WHS exc*>;>ttoi»at in it * cltitrticte.r. I wi^li I o.ntld have been in brother HathisooV p ace nnd wonall ihet*p panics, for I d»u't ibink that ihu Hones will bo bt-att*n in the nue play exhibited m my d^y. Truly the crowds wjio *ilu*^j tl-ti ffunifs in each city get th« w irth of thVir money, do'it'ltt H^ t;»A to^t is. f shall reft-r to th(*e gumea more nt lenntb at ihe close of tbe series. TUB ryvSTFMfTIBLE ^HIPPODROME" CRT, A w..rd or two bt-fo'-e I ctine this letter on tbe aliened "bippodr>iniing" in conut-cii -u witb this-^rtes of i; ira'-e. I r- jffird with lud gimiit cont'-rapt thr writt-rn f r tbe i-ress, ur the pHir-iti.-of the ^am^, wiio t^tfet* up tbi.i turf cry ot Mppudroma and ap| ly it to pffess'onal b:tHc ti.'tll contest; HS p'a\ed ander the »usp« es of the Kttional L-agii'' a>i't th« \mericau A»- BoCNtiioD. Those whn write nb ut h'ppodrom njr, »8 ft gHn*r»l t'lir.x, are aiuiplv dl*upp liiitod bfttink; men, or one of thy class unh nable to the inference Lamed in tho gay in £ that Sntpicwu ever haitnta the guilty oiiud." They iui-ieine wich results art du« only to the very actioiie tiny tiit-tnsflvfs would b- gui'ty of if th*-y only I.ad Ine chance to "hippodroirji-" ani escape pi]iiiabni''nt. Tin n, to-»t thrro is the cluas of ptwsnm-l^ wh" thitik t^tre is no bonesty in auy sp-irt, and no go d in mi} thing. Wi'h ttioea the th-juxht of "hipiOilroBiinj;" iu brt^o ball cornea aa natural as it does to the c^ut-j-ts on the turf at Coney I-lttnd, the prtra li-e of our local pool gamblers. The simple fnc( is that ihe»« game*3 are bein:: played with B ^ri»na «miffitu'-«8 to win *-n both side-* t>y every effort i'i ttio pow>r of f-arh individual player of tbe two tennis to mike. It is in common parlance "d fight for bl"Od.** Rich (cam h.w t-Vfry [wr-nrntil in- cciiMve to »triv« its be^i for victory that conld poasibly bu brought to Hear; vhile noiiher have (ho lnast in- centivi- to do oth^rwisw pre^ij n!fd to them. Hy bon- e«t plnv they have evt-rytt in« to '-'in, while by the opposite th*-y have all to IOMO 'hnt make? a ph>ft*>?ionHl ball plrf.re 's lift- woith itviii*; tor. The cry of hippo- dn»ui«' ( therefore, hlmjjly tlie oulburat of th« di.-ap- poittted bctiing uja i, or of the growling, snarjing pe^> aimnt, aud in either case is unworthy of st-riynji at entiou. THE HEW RULB3 ALL RI3QT. ftow that we ar«* at the end of tbe campaign of 1887 I HIII glw] to b.- able to auto that the exj* ri- i-uco of the sea-xju \ ** proved pn tty couclu- fivdy Unit uo [Ti-vioiH r vibioti of iho pUtiug ruiea 1ms w iked BO tattefactorilv, aft- r the Uw! of pia'tical fX(jciieiu;« In tbe ti'-ld, as that madt- by tbe dufeivnce Commit ee of 1887. Tber*- is bnioue siiHtary oxc*-pti .n, 1 U-iieve, to the succe^ful w«rkiij£»f rai*ti aniviirtftl rni«, aud that ia iu tlie CfUie of tin* rule giving the cn-dii of a dase bit every ttmo th» tat-tmun IB -4-ut to a bus* on lalia. This Is the t-nt* Htitimry lailUiO of tbe u*»w c- d*-'* rule.fi. On*1 resul' or the adop ton of this vxceptiooal rule hit-* been to pl.iy havoc with thf brttnng nvor;iK*-s, wiiich it tia*» male utterly uie.less .is a criit-rion of batting skill. It h;t- also Hhiteriitt)^ interfered with the vslno of the pitching «vemyert. In fuct, it has destroy? t the nue- tHlne-8 "f the averages in question )>s ;t baai* of e-tl- n.Mteof thf relative thill of ImNmen anJ pitchers. Uufirtunately, not only base hits, but earned runs have been reo<TriM in ihe avera.-es on the basis of b<sf> nits oti called hall-i, aud consequently the R'ti- uuitH »if a pitchnrV sloll »< tet»U'.J by rtmn clean earoed off ih'- pitch'Jig- haie th«>rebv been rerxfert-d VMlne-wa. In t-vcrv oilier re^pe.ct. hnwe*or, he new co<le of p'ay- inz nil«w hvts been proved tit h^ tho bear tlie pr Tes- sion.tl fraternity have over had prejflred tor them. Thf Hve bttll rnleai wttl »ti tbw f»nr-»t>1ke fl.,ns« b»s anawt nd (he i-nrpofie w-M in eivifur the hntnnau a n'-cdcd ollrtHt >o tho ad van ate itie pitcher hart previ- oiiflv ptxtease'l, a •& yd the pitcher still barf the liest of ir, as 'he record of the ntinibt-r of Kin^ie-fignris ec res of th» s<awn fuily nO'iw« t th» doubk-ftiruro ccore-, wt'Kh geuerally show np in favor ->f tbo l at- tinir, betn.r nnwh> re, tu comparison. Wo have had a Urgf nunilK-r of pitchers' ffimeg during the past 9 a*>n, but nothing in omi-ftrj-un to Iwst "y^Ar'a re- frT-f. One result of (be working of th» new codf, wht< li Im^ h en of >rieur a'lxtti'tOkce in advntcing ih* jrani" toward* th* point of a perfVcted code of mint h** hf-en tbe prosrreft inadi- in placing HTn'p-fic ^kTTl in bitti-rv work M the chief flcnit-nt o]'*«Krffe in pitrh- in^r O'd in » ; tf>HitjK up the wtAJMic a t f uifrv fpnwj in i itfbintf. This is pr«'*«t Jirettv c lurlnwivdy b> the gri MI re*Ju-tJ^i mad* In the w ar «n'l tear of t-auft^ns in Iwttffry work. Iu every *H.HI & *ukli atru^gic p.telling, M opi>"90 '. tu t^( !B^ik^d by mer* MpeeJ alone, has fv-.-n the m*ln reli>inc« f<»r micco-s, the wenr and t»*ar *-f th<- CHtcher'w work ha< bcf»-i mt-n-ls Dominal in oouii^n-.n with Ui« COTI undor the working if the old a^le, nnd tuia itlone ht» U-en a pr-at g*io. I nutir* fh»t in -ome quarters the new code h>i8 bt-t-n eharg^-i aa » fuilurr in .'ef-rence t'> itc nil('8"f govern-njc the nmpirintr in th* g mif, Thi* w a «reHt mistake. I venture lo.tiftTo t at dwl ih« DOW rnle* gcvt-ntintr nnipirui< b>^ti H'riotly carried out iiot th«; leant '.Mflici'liy w-.(il-l have orcurn-d, i-,xct-pt iu those cities where tti« cnra-d po<>t reliiox iofiut-nse pro- vaiN. Aud i). n>U-9 whii:h c*-uid l»t fi»n *-d »*i I w«»rk witi..fni'torily wlHTf tt-w bme of th« game rtan* its v>tM)tu'Hi.i hfod. Why tbe new cod.- hue miled in tlii* re-tpt-ct aimuly bee tust- untpirt-s bavf not had tbt montl courage to enforce thu rutow. Tbe c«d<- pro- vi«l« rule-i which if ttrt. tly enfo^c--d ^"n'dhive put u stop to the untsau ^ of "sickin/" iitdnl^t-ii in by rt'W'iy playein. Uiit the mnJiTitv of the uoipiri-^ b«\e made th^sa n-prewivf rnK'!* dHl.d let'wre, and Ihe re- sult tt*s t>ecn ihnt l\irkntg ha-. b*en indu'g'-d in as lisiu'h UK 6vd)' t with the sequence of uuna'i-factory um- piring and resulting di.-tu-buic^a. Until kii-kiag is put, a stopto entin-ly srtifs'nott'ry umpinni? will tw loipt'Sfjible. no niattur whut c\,i^ of nrnpiien yon *n- gio^e. 1 advoOHte ibti iuiioductiou of pi-QiltteH which Will olylijfH urupirna to eulor;e t';e rule* nim*lar t> thmsa piovjd'd for tbe pui,i>tirnt;i]t of pl<n «rs fur ri -lutiisg (he rnk<sof th<< ooit. Um I have for future diiK-UBHk-o this fertile MI)tj-ct ttfin-tktug anitaM* nr«e for uiupiria^oo tho ^i<ine. SuHice it t«> t-ai that the now c-rtJe lias proved to lm n cradit io the ability shown by ihfc Conf'trtnre Committee in th»ir ablu work in reviainn, au«i tho exu^riHuco oT ihe p-Oiten* dtiasun w ill nn doubt point out the* meant* for sttfl further impn.Tiv meftt. HKNBY (.'UAHWIC&. HUSTLING CLEVELAND. In the "Itahtie" for New Mat^t-liil—The Bad Work ot" the Browus—The Fifty-Cent TarliTKnucltea Out, Ktc. ON THE KOAD, Oct. 21 Kditor SPOUTING LIPS: In these troublous days, when hustling is in order, and the leaves ami other -bin^H me get ting atnle and filling with a dull, su-kening thud, it i< only duty, with an extra-sized D, that iiupeU me to furnish THK SPOKTING LIKB with a letter from Nowhere, hut containing what I know of the game and the general outlook as it strikes my eyes. While on the road I've seen lotn of things, but pririci|tal!y strangers, hotols and other hu.^tiers. The country looks well. So do the reserve lists and Billy ituruie. So we have not lived in vain. I've seen many piny- ere, and all are "out tor the etutt';*' many mana- gers, and they all are "out for the stuff" too. And both wings of our great base b til army will probably be satisfied for a while. Frutn the way things run across me it is evident that Bay, Mutrie & Company want a new nine almost, Boston a man or two, Cincinnati a pitcher aud a short stop; Siiuiuuns, Sh.trsig and Mason a abort stop, pitcher, etc., Indinnapolis anything it can pet; theBrooklyn-MttrupuhtHD Combina- tion several general men, Pittaburg the suino as Indiant.poli*, Baltitn,re a chort atop or third bascuuiu and a pitcher. The oiher cluba have not "crossed mo pautb/ 1 as the tragedian has it. It pained and appalled me to gee and bear that 0. P. Caylor's dear trienl, William Barnie, of italt'Qioro, Md , is eating foe other interests than hia very own. He boa bee a exiolliu^ in terms bruad and ch"ic« the virtues i>f Br-oklyn town and Brooklyu air. Can the two Be of the Association have formed A pool, one throw- ing in acut**i;ej« ttnd suavity and t'ie other en-TS\ aud craft? If this is go, it's tioiP for us i>luin, bluul and simple men to reUre and any unto the combine: "Take all we have, exo* pt our lives." And it is no sate tettiag thut (he c< uthiDc w«n't accept the nff« r. This in t\ ftelflsh au<l \>ry p*T9oual World, and the t>.>t*« tKi!l corner of it is us b<id RS any it has. If Cay lor aud I could Qte^t tn thette daye and fitut a snnuy no^k in which t:> plum^*, fn verl.«t tt^ouy, our woes anJ dis- pointmcnis, then;'d bo music of a tona.n kind iu tbe air, nurl if tho people iu the vto*ouy d dn't nn>ve they'd be tou-hi r p«o|.le than I think p><*HibIo. But uianv uiileo u»d difflcutties &e;>araie Caylor HIK) my poor self. Lei's t><th maktj narintts t«nks of ourselves and make tho wht.le world tlrtd with our WHI)A when we iiie^t. A-i Ctmrtay ^Btde^ would say, '*thHi'8 ihe wav d<» it." Mennwhile. I'll go on «nd huntle and la^or iiotil I've got what I want or the other fellows have. Thru wiU coin* oiy jov or wue. If joy, I'll Ml you all &bout it after the telegraph has s-iid m its own pecnli-irly tnrgtd way th^t and aud were oa si^ue-i by the Cleveland Club, of the American A-s^ciJit'on. I j'ftZu oti \vhitt 1 h*ve written nod a tat n hie su^pi^ion comes that I mny hiwe told my set-ret nnd that fiaruia ia ou my track. #ut she *V^e," any way, THE BAD WORK OP THK BROWNS. IVe Men two uf the l)t-in»it-St. Loubt >-'»iiie« and you cun uidke up your min>i that the Hrowns ar* d^'iie. Whether, M thn Cltt<ba-ic and pHtrolt report- ers declare, dissijMit'o- haq "done" tbt-tii, i-r whether bard lurlt uud de^'U) tnut i-roknn tbe tearuN spirit I do not kuow. But I do ktion- th«t thny are init pUying the lalt against Detiuit tlutt tlM*y played ttgaiiigt Olii- c;igo liist full, or Hg;iftit thf A«^i>ciftti..a ctul* this snmiuer. The Lea. UH triumphs und should do ao. lio chnnipiou team ^, 1 HDI now fr-w to luinut, a bet- ter tcriui (ban is St. Uiuit*. My e\e bn't b>-en **oui" of Leai<u& base ball for iliret- y«!irs. und jH-ju-bce ami Ute splendid work thnt I havu seen th« Br«u: ua d.> thU a^aaun had turit-d it'out "a linle fur'h«r. C'oitaiuly th* Broun^ could not hnve bt-eteu third place iu the League, tor I bava a uotli»n that the Philadelphia tt-aw could have bundled iheui easier thau «vtn Deti.it. What will the effct ot the KrowuH* defi-at? It will provt-nt the flf:y-cetit tftriff goiuy into ?fft-ct in ill* A.-^-ciation. Had the Browno MOU th« petiBaijt It e las iff vtouM c<>rt'dnly Imve bw-n cbunK'-d. I don't b<-li*ve that the full wrieti of gaiuna will Ix* playtMl. Il will not be nwt^tarv HU-! no now tJatw will be m^de after Louisville aud Cm- ciunatl. ('trlaiiily iiooi; of th* gumes will be played in Cleveland. Vun dt-r Abe frirs the weather after Oct. z6, nn 1 Voc <Jrr Abe is wia-j to do so. BOWLING OVPR AE9OC1ATION VICTORIK8. The A=-8ociation hot-bt:«ds are bowliug about the re suits ol tlie other gfri 8 a^Htcat L^rtgue clum. Bt* btiUI Tbe Athleiic-l'hili«VI{>bm and <Juvelan<i-In- oiaiiupolis ecrita only ohoMt-d au\ tiling. All tlit-se ciiil>s pUyml with th^ir s-ason's tiains. aud the Phila- (ielphiKH* defeat **u* mrpriding. Iu:lmi)u|»oliH D.-HI ua. So t hut's even. U*-rtaiuly the ('Incinuaii-Clevelaud jiHint-H oho wed uoib^n^. Anwn uoi'd hia moa-* tt^ate pit rhers »ud Ohicttgo coul<iu't >.xp- ct t^j win. I like to ho* I ua w-li a-i auy UMII, when the h >*'Uug time comu». Bur it h-wn't "arruve" y«t. I with it bad for 1 c> id ally bate L*agu« prac'irt-tj. Ki^bt here Kecaia to me to be the pnper place to tay unto O. F. 0** lor lhat I wroto at him in no spirit of bl-mit* wlien I t^iu-i he \\AS a Loa^uur. Tbo only qtnsiiou I raifi-d w.is to lil« witdoai lu pulling a L-ague oar in an American A^oeintUm boat, for until cvntiy bo ha^ bet-niu "iio. NothingcaL i-erouade me that bo was ngiuly treated, ftQ'l I ihmk tiiat B.nuiw ttud tiie rt-Bt will rogret making CHJ ; or u mark be- canse of private feelirifrs. Coiiainly it was right to generally exclude or admit uewg;Aper nit-u from the Astfoci»iti"n uifc*tiuji8. But now tunt rule b >a been iiiiide to cover this joint it unut be kopt, aud 1 for one will rai^e a biti BiMiit »h-iuM a newspai-oiite show up win.ID the next Association meeting. Stick a pin tbcre. HUSTMIIO IN THB NORTHWEST. My dew frlendu and fe'lowptl/rtnH, Btrnie, Pb^lpa, Mmrie <*nd Scbm'-lsc must tie having u real rocky time in tho very Urge and tru" Western im-i Ni ithwe^tHrn country. I henr fn>tn them, through K mutual frivud, and utt mual they're ci<utr*-ing their ion-es on the w*me uu-n. ' 1'wan over thus in chil thoo»t'e hitpfi.v hour anil ihe ba^e i»al! bu-ines*. But wh»« I l--arn th:»t Lovt«(t bus bwjn drnuint; $750 a month from f>etik' uti, I think lhat ihocltt,>fl i-n't Lit! e luu^h for ih^ unmt*y. 1 m^y bo ivrong. We all art*, and wti^n we giic** ' -m ri^ri;t, a majoiity of tlm-a wo tir*.* plaviug in gtK>'l luck- (/bar- 1 ,\ Morton, who ba« btten managing OH^ Mt»inc« and bii^ a ; rfiady Hhowo bow good a mm h< m, ^ city nn? timt be will b^ b(>m<> by OCT. 25, t;iat B'llflttes ar« high «n>i tbe men aat^KM, an-l that the big Huh* ruuht do Utter io other loctditiei than tho N'>rthw*-st. And Morto't ii ^onerall) il^bt. lie should not be left in the NorthwoRt next ^eaeou. A SEW REVISION OF AN OU> STOUY. The otb' r d;iy I ht-arii a n^w roviHi^n of the etory ot thf- B!c(;orniick-Ulnwec'*;k-Rrio'iy dcsf'ti^n fsom tup Cleveland Oiub, which, aa you know, uccurr«d at Grand lUj-ids* iu th« sum HUT of 1884. Tbe Ktory came via a friend of BnodyX aud wua told by the fat und fresh deserter. He said Bri-jdy wa- in bad physical coud'tiou aud, M usual, p >or. Hi^ d >ctor told him that he mint tak* a long rwst or he would die. He n-uldn't rest without funds, and didn't want to die. Then came Frank Wrijcht, of the Ciucimmti (Tuiotia, with his offer. Briody m ide up hii) mind that hfre WHS hia chance. But be knew that it wa* l>«je 1*11 Biiioide to £0 alone. So bo worked on Gbtn^rock und Mc(':>rniick, nn4 at la*t be pot them, denerted, and the money he received set him on bin f et. But it is a notorious fftj't that each of th*i dun* rti-ra havo been punfs-ed some way nim-e tbt-y lefi ih*- Cleveland Club. liii^iv is »'most f TguitoD, und McCoirairk and W'*fK:k are | rinciptlly iu '-be public mind via their complaints an 1* BMii'.fKlfg to get fr**e. And there wt-rs two mAii who jumped th« reterv* rul« In 1884at Cleve* li'ud'« expense who mivht have h.d b-tter luck. Punlap ban f tired ^ell finaocially, hut L>a!) ba«n't, th-.uvrli these men did no wroug in refueiug to abide by ther«8'T»e rule. LITTLB PIKCBS OF NKW8 AND COMMBNT. There to bnt litttf club n«"*s thfo'week. Toy was released on SttttirOuj l*"t, an-l Williams hoped to get McQiiHcn to finish tho srasou with tlie team, bnt Mux didn't care t<» d<. it. I have it on thf boat of antbnrity that A deal has b"<-n con^nrTima^rd between B- st->n and Chlcugo and th-*t John Cl'trks^n will pbiy on the Bottom t-am next nea*-<>n. The price «fU' tfl is 1F7 50f), a low tt^ure oon- eid- ring that Mike Kol'y &«t SlO.tXiO. The a'ory about the Toronto nvH getttnv 8100 and a diamond pin ench i^ one of the phtiiitunifi of 'th*- w-arton. 1 hey may yet got a budge oacb, but eo far h-tvo it to get. There bus never boon * w-re F<»t rf;«toM f*i!nt»d than those s-nt out by a Pbi^f^pnin p^rty. It is >d bettlriR that rji;; i*#\ fl>ruiv-» fn th" t«'o cottitnna weip con-si*. *nc1 (nir-h men JtsGUKe, MvOlonennd Xim- ^r were n«t noticed. Shiudlp Is not in tbe iMmft ra»arvfl eronp. Can it that Hnnite, ttte bnkl ewgle of Bwltim -ro, t ;»*» rmiled bin? But I gttes*uot. F M. HRUNFLL. Two Naiion*! tpftyu* lc,nr» li.(HhnftpnJ» nnd P-'t «t>U'g suflV-re!! tbt. iudi«;iiity of rlcfca- B f the of UUo Lettgno < law, und tho Uuiama uio DELIGHTED DETROIT. Kxulting Ovur the Result of the Conteftt* With Iho Association Champions- The Traveling Ficknickcrs-A Triuiupli Ov«r SpalUincr—Chumpfon Cliin ?Iusin t PoiLU.KLI-HJA, Oct. ly.—KdltOr SpORTlSfl LiKk: Wuile the Philadelphia Post Ofb'oe authorities were euga^ 1 ' ' n tao intt-lle; tual task of chewing gum and jMcu^iag tUu weather, a ilocument stling forth Detroit's po^nion in re- gard to the championship ; pries lay idly in the uttic',*, and wa$ not |jert«itted, through the uie- iliu n of THK SHORTING I.IKK, to be epreud hefbrt every base ball eotbueiiiat in America. Tht eui|>loyees of the Quaker City Post Office cannot be aocu-ed of pernicious activity, or tmjr other kind. Whoa a letter mailed In Mew York City Friday ni>on {'nils lo show up at THE SPORTINQ hiFK office in Philadelphia until Saturday n«>on it U eridbiit that somebixly is luay or else hasn't pa-bed ft oivii service eAULuination. It ia an ill wind, etc., for while it U a trillu late to difcuBS the matter, still the danger of making insecure prediction? i«i past nnd a ca'm di^cu^siun of how iJetruit won the world's cbatupinn-hip can be indulged in with perfect MiioH. Ihe sluggers have, up to date, won six out of eight game* from the- Browns, nnd it is only necessary for them to *in two out of the next seven to MHtU the question. Timt they will Mo this there >eeius U' be no question, ad they have got the Btowna in &uch a condition of raz^to-duzz'e th it they dun't know wheitier they are playing base ball or croquet. Their defeat has been overwhelm- ing. They have been boiteu iu every depart- ment of the gaue duiail.etl, banged, poundod, puiveri/td.'crushed. Tb«y are at a loss to say wht.tber they arc thy world-beaienj or s^me anmirur twitii Umt hu- bv mistake ruu «K»insi trio Wolv*.-rifn§. 'i h'-re buvu ixjati st.»uia viol-ml surpriaes m ih<» K-raev, Tbe Bfuwtis expecfcd to wiu « u their ba* ruuuiag uud limly It Li uo k, HUd Ht the -aiii« hin« wi-rt» con- fiduut of their at'i.ity to hit ihe t»all tiaiii aa it d ibe tluggt-ni. Oil thn o b«-r b.uJ tb« Woiv.-neiw felt eur* of ouiUittiug th« Brow.>s, ex,»-ctcd to tirld as w«il tmi w^re ii 4 .j>r*-'mii(nve reg^r >i(.g ihe ba-e-ruuuiug, Wnat has teen the nsull? Tb«l!r.ihiu h»¥t» batted a;ia it a-s well »« the I»vtroi s. tbt-ir tifldime liMg, ia voiu^nr^OD vutii ih-t >f the De r. its bem wrtuhsd and In l>uoo-ruiitnD^ tht> he;tvy Deir- U-i davo «pnu>d all around the light-footed Urown* In fact, the -*ol- Vt>rtut4 havo buatt-u tbti worlo'^ rhiimpi <nu at rvcry point. In the digm ^nm-'s ^layad to 4;ite H)<? L>i-trout have mrttie 84 LiiB io 67 by the B.owm. ])> far die Uwi bast-* on wtiicb to lorm un opioioti of tlie bdtiiug ability of iho ie.iiuo ia tbr iiiinil^rol e-irued rutis ma le, Outroit baviug ncur«d 22 to 11 by tbe «ro»u». i hu tell.s a pl*in story. Iu the Uur-miming dci-artaiant, Octroi t hus btiiten ihe Biuwns Innds-melyat ihvlr owu game, elo-.ilidg2i bust* t-> 14 ' } (tie world bt'fttora. Tiiw »ui«ll stiowitg by MM* Ur>>wua n«s, of courw, b> en duuin tbenmiu to the magnificent thr .whig of (!nar- It-,) B-jnueti. Bt-foie the t«rh i opened tbe Bro.vo* IHU. htM.iiit tfao idta u' Bruu' tt preventing td*-ir att-tU. in^ t/OdOd, but tbe luu^'i ha> difil away Hiid bemi re- placed by n mo'irufiil sniiif, HS tliev rcc-ilifct the num- berlt^s tluitM ih^y slid K>r tua* bus^ only ti> be 'le- ctured out, IH the baseiiiiiu rec'-ivid that rifle sbot throw and put the b^tl on tbo woul-l-be UrctmH. Bt>un«tt keeps tb^m glim! tu t'la bitstw, nn t bey well know ihttt ad»bh tor second or third Is fraught with uirw distut&r. THK BROWNS' MISCALCULATION. Long t-efiro the Iieu^un HIIU A«-ocintion a^asona wer» tndtni, Ibe Urowu-, from rTesideut You der Ah» down to ibti ticket sollery, gavu expression to tbo opiiit-'ii thai tbo Ducroiis wotiM w muc.t easiur tn b*-at ihun the ('bicugoa. Iu fa<n it was f:*sy to see from tnt'ir talk ihttt they expected a wu(k-awav, a tuijic* pie, as Fritchard put it. It mw appcnrt that thi-y uiadt. boiutj serious m ; scalcu!htio(m, ami find Umi Wolverine ntiuce pie altogether loo lou^h tor their teetU t..- peUttnUe. lii-pe il won t lii-coura^t Joe in (tie race for ttie As*ociiiUoo pr sid.-ncy. Th« Brount' ;>Jtv:be» have pmv«u wnfuily dt-ticifot Cariittjers, for a tiiua, puzzled the Wolverine, and won tbe only two gti'ncs to the credit "f tho Mound City men. But 1'M'inati Bob nenkuncd, au<J WM p«H«-'wi thcfrnuuaa tbe others. He in not strong eiiuti-h tu 91'sir.i the siege agaittst the ftiiip^ore. Ana whi'le ilie Bro*u-j are oucclitsse-l. TUe Dotroits are too strong atui Iit-avy for tii<.« Brown^. Wtiile 6fu-en gMiiu« is not so good a baaia on which to form Ha oj.imoii ol tJio .i'.'ilitit-B of tw'ocluba a-* a whule Sras.m, ftill, in tbt* prtw.-ut caeo, both ttamn wr re in good con- iiti.'U, botb put foiih tht-ir utn;osi effortf*, «nJ tho re- sult iiinrt be t»ken as a fair d. u: >n>-lra i< a uf ttte rela- tive tut'iitg of the two learn. 4. The Detroit* are chum- pioui of the world. THfi TRAVKLIHG PARTT. It is a iHBrry party e-iilini; aronu-1 tfie country In a special train. Tbo Detroit* aa<l Hr.wus eaoh have a s)e^p*-r, tiud tbe usii^rifiic"* ohd pre*s rH[)ref*«-nt^tivp« occup> aiioiher. In thr lutft r cur ti*o Prr^ident Yon dt-r Ah*-, wif" v.>\ «>u K'i^Afd; VVai. JHtjdart, n St, Louis etithnvtiiHt, wh ( ) Vf>d i rtin-fo;- of tho $t. Louii 01-ib iu ihof>»rlv tluvM-f i\. ' " Su-nrns, V»ce Pr*"i*tei(t V-Jtt <i<js^ Lt, wrrV and duittflit*-^: l*;v- •*. -r '«}', and !-e*-i>;-iry f P tr-i' u-'iii. \vlio is the fii.au. ioi <>i mutUith batid* continunllj tult i.ibu<>i< < his position nice)}, bftt an eye for * vetyi*:-(i\'« t onifort, nnd kwp« tliiti^s m<'Vtng aioiii<fniixttbly. Thf pr^sn is ie[.Tcaeuted by Kdward ^beridau, ot tho 8t. Li-nis £ej)w6'ic«»; 51. A. Lan^, of th.- St. Loois Pttst-l'isputclt; .toiviAi Murphy, of th» 8t. LOHH GU>bf~jjctnocrat- t G. A. T»tulin.M>n, of ih<* Detroit 2Vifct«*e; K. «V. Baker, of the Detroit Evening JytjnwU; F. C. PHiu^, tif the Chit'Hg'"* JW»B8, and your c.irr«»p ^nd- eut. J»x* Murphy, of tli<) (rfobe-Ikntocrul, i- tho well- known aihh-tH of tbe Mouud O.iy. He is a tine s; rimer, and «l*o au eict-' eu' bnae ball pitcher. In 1&K6 hu pitciufl a fftw p&nit* for the Manwiis a-zuinst ibe rbtCHtio-* a-d DHtroitg uud did s:mio fine wi.rk. He dn lined a very flattering offer fr-»m Cinctniiutt tbe nreiwnt ^us-Jii. Puine, of the A'cws, was ir.u'eliug Mitb tb< (.'liii'jtgo-*, but so rniser^bi^ n sh.iulu^ did thttt club fTuko thut be w-is iu9truci(*d to switch ofi Mndjoiti iho Browns aiid Dutroiia. It wdl, ofconn,e, give Spulding a pain toka*>w that a Chicago ru-ws- Iia:»<r tins h-<d tlit> onk-rprise to send a man with the great aggregations. CHAMPIONSHIP CHIK-tfUSIC. Gtiarley Ganzol bfw playod a beautiful first base and hit the (-all l:ard. I'r«j sid.:nt £t«'arD8 has his eye (ieoled for young bl'x>d, m he anticipates t;ouble with tbe votfrnn members of tho clui), growing ont of the BrotluTluwd business. If ihe stories Routing around have any foundation, War! i- not a brilliHUi rincc<-ss MI a reformer. In 1878 there WH& a uoo-leautie teuin in Cleveland culled tbt II >!iluger Club, icuni'd from its nmnauer, W. M. H'.llinifer. It included in i'n njeinborBhip eiich men as Em Gr<>tw, Unrkloy, SvvHrtwcoiJ, L-btiy and otburs. lu 1879 tbo Ilollinger team w^»* moved to D*- tr,.it, and in that y«ar downed tho Glevolau I Lenpue tt-ain. Hollingur showed himself to be an apt DIHD- a^cr, with a keen oy for bail talent. The HoUinger te^m was .suitplftnted by e Lia^r.c team, and Ili.Ilinger wvnt into buhinwn at Detroit. Uf \\nn liet-rmiaed to re- ng^gein th»- btse ball bnaino^. and ttny club de- airin; R ttood mai.aK«r for n^-xt st-nno'i fhould address W. M. Holllngtr, Detroit, car.. R B. HH«dqiiaU^rs. I wish Ham Thonip»<n couH take part in that long tNr \viugcooteetttt Cinciunati. He'd make 'em all Untile. N.ftwftli«KDdln? tho pftty meaTincns of Spalding la rexnrd to the Horhl'ii series \* has U^en a howling .suc- cess. Wbi-u my Lord tf^aldiuK rerns-d to permi? the c!uUtO('liy on the Loag .eg'ontKlsin : hicHgujt wiwa pince of j*ity wpite iLM Vt'ii d'r A he aud Stourna could aHord to fmi!e at. But when tbe president of (be Chicago Cli;b goes oat of his w*y tn ttttark the s^rit^s it i>uts huii in a very uuenvUbk light. That the jonruaii tic guerilla who acttd as the vent for Spelling's spleou should eTen go so far BS t<> a»«ail tite iu<&Kritv of tbe National gnm« in his efforts to Injure (ho series is not surprising but that Spa'diug, 'n h<> h-i-' PO much at aiak*, th'-uld stt»p s-j low, is tn- de«nl n surprise. It will not letiso his wrath to sea that, in bpito of his venomous- attacks, the gamea h»v* proven a innKuiticout §ucce.«a. It h»s b( 't-ri nwidtnl to play another of the world*! ctmHipi' n hip gam?s in Detroit. It will take pl»c« thfte on MoDtiny, Oct. 24. John CUikijcfi was ut the Union Grounds in Bos- ton, Tu&wNy, aud *nv the pame. Ho wiid: "Yes, I am on iho market, but don't know wh»re f ^h*tU bricg np, I am anxious to «et a*ay from Cb^-igo." An attempt wn« made lint Sunday to burn do* n the stand--of the Uuion Grounds ut B.*tt>n. It didu*t eticrpfi'l, ami is said to have been canned by a b mflrs starteil bv boys. An ludfanapolis man, a frfond of Sam Thompson, wittt a limit'd kn->u'lodge of tbe Nntionnl gume, bnt unbounded coiifi lcr»ce in tho W< Iv^rinCM, saw tho peniutf game* iu He. Louis nui! m*de a wag^r thiit the Browns would n»t make nix niD^in auoth^r game of tho w-ries. Whilo an oxtr.juiely fcolisa bet, yet th« Hooeier seems destfued t<» win. The double umpire system ISA jrmnil «ntcco-». If th« League k'n-ws when it is welt ->ff it will adopt it, aud pt*t t> e beat inoi) in-thebui-ioeirf. Their ca ortwbhonkl b<< gradt-d according to thoir abtUdud, tbo sauw as bull piii* eiH. Sodeti and the Boston dirpcturs «r«*r^ sent Invitations tr, a'tend tlu> game ut tbe Hub Tnee-Uy. Th^y re- turned them. Hc(W(?v'*r, Direct T Oon.»»r took in th« g«me from the emUumoe of a wooddhud aljugi^de th* riicbt flelii f^nce. Thomp-oii was stricken with u severe cnso of ni»- laria ai IJ:'»fa>u. R--milt, two corktDa home run hits. Dan Ik'iito^r-'ankle hc.-n't in-rmiited him to pUy up to date. Dan Wt-uid like to pUj, 'iU'i get!* out and batit a little bcf-.rt- euch game, but can't beat hia weight OD the aublo. A ci»r:k walked out of the Boston grouud* Tu-'Sii'** an-1 declaimed M follows: ''Tbfa fa a b^tan-ine. Tbe Browus can beat the D- tioiW ^«r gave away th« gnrae." I saw the js^irokin* fnw of W. D. Sullvan, othi»p. W!HV "imgwump," at (teuton TwHda*. He had Just fe ornt-d frmi liis w wMluii tour an'l carried an air of ecstatic bHppiuf-fi*. An oxtf-iidfld oartiiiy ewer nnd a di-t ron-bunKff t'ne fut of lb« youugood louder sheep are ju-t wjfiat **BIneg.\ " doscrvfls. Sherif'an, Murphy ^nd La-io. the St. Lf.uianevntip^iief boys, b«ve triveti it up. VOQ doi Ali« in yf course ile^nly di«appointe»t at the rmnlt of t 1 < griif:en, but nil the MHUU timo n»fliit»g-^ k'op in et^ni I'limurftndhficouii'vuttDCtiitlumin'ited with a jollv tuiiie. MAT. ! foi Tfnc-nto ihi>

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Page 1: Oct. 26. BASE BALL. - library.la84.orglibrary.la84.org/SportsLibrary/SportingLife/1887/VOL_10_NO_03/SL... · Oct. 26. THE LIFE. BASE BALL. OFFICIAL AVERAGES. Hott tho league Players

Oct. 26. THE LIFE.

BASE BALL.OFFICIAL AVERAGES.

Hott tho league Players Stand According t" llu> Fiiciir«it ,'ilaiif Out by I'rcsiiU-ut Ni'. U Young, ot the League.Thu "fficml averages of ihe National Lensrne

elubs !in I players, compiled by pr-aident Young, »re u|i|«ifHed. Tbe ten leading batsmen »re Maul, of I'hil i 'olphia, .451); Ansou, of Chioigo, .m\ Bnmther*, «.f Dftmit, .411»; Ferguson, of Philadelphia, .412; Darling ot Chiuign, 411; TI«Mii|rnmi, of Detroit, 4Ufi; Kelly, i-f Bosion, .304; Shombere, of Indianapolis, .3S9; Connor, of New York; .382; Wise, of Burton, and Carroll. of Pittsburg, .3KO each. Kvery club baa a represen­ tative bn sTimn in the abmre list except Wafh- in^ton, wht»-e chief slugger, Paul Ilinea, ia four­ teenth, with 370. Maul's paroenUgo is for but sixteen game.-1 , just enough to entit o him to a record. This is but th« third iiulaiux.' in tiie hi«-t<»ry of the League where a young player ia his first setsun rose to the head of ihe iu if»hty array of heavy hitter.-, Da ryuiple acromplish- iug the feat in 1879 nnd Kroulhera in 1882. Tbe ''grand old ui»n," Ainon, a* usual, is near the top, an he has been feaion after 8L>as m since tbe organization of the League. This year he ranks pea mil, and considering the disparity in game* played 16 to 122 should re illy outrank Maul. Indeed, in view of the f»''t that Ansoo deliberately handicapped hiuisolf when he advo­ cated the adoption of the hit-for-b«s« on-buils rule, his bitting record for tho pust sejison U doubly wonderful. This rule, however, had un­ doubtedly fattened the averages of strons; and Keak tiien alike. Tbe records of tbe leader and the fuoceeJini; four batsmen have never been equalled in tbe League, the highest average up to this season being .407, made by Anson in I87ij. Tbe next best wiis Barnes', .40;!. in 1K76, which Thompson, the si'.r*/t man this 8CT*»n, nurpnsaes by three point-*. Another evi.ienee ol the heavy hitting brought about by tbe new rules is th«t ;his ye»r 5 U batsmen have percentages of .300 ind over, against but 14 men, running between 300 and .400, last year:

INDIVIDUAL BATTING AVBBAOKS.Bank. Gamoe. A K. It. BTI.Ave

1—Maul, Phil.................. 16 71 153 Ana. n, Cb'.................. \'& MS! 11178— ll'Oinliers, D. t............ IS! 57D 1634—F. riiuniD, I'liil............ B9 "'.at 66fr— IXirliiig Olii............... 3rt 1616—Th mp-ou, D«t............ 127 576T—K.-H,, Haul................~ 114 6ii

»Zi'<mnor, K. Y.....'".Y...... 127 54S...JWi*. B .*!.................. 110 4ul10 l»Vrrull,PMts......_....... Ml 457.-(Warl, N. ¥.....„......... )'20 67413 \ Wi.lumwn,' hi........._ 127 51214_||in»«, XVastl............... 141 5s!816—Nil h, RUKI .................. 118

( Hoimrty, Plill. ............. 1*6 577Ml McUinn-n, PitU......... 48 2i>8

I K.-tng.N. T................ 76 318(B..we, IteU.................. 12:1 575

19-< li. nnott, Dei............... 46 190iKichnrd-on, Det.......... 120 573

22—l)e»slj, N. Y............... 29 1*7&—Sim.tay, Chi.............._ 48 t-M24—Rvaii.Uhi................... 120 S56_. / JlcUoire. Phil............. 4O*°1 Amlre«8, Hill............ ItBZl—Twitehell, Oct............ 68-n f GliMwucfc, lud............ 121" 1 Kalnev, N. ¥.....„......- 1780 G..re, N. Y.................. Ill81 haldoin. Del............... 24-„ ( Karrar, Phil................ 115*" t O1 Kourbe, N. Y........... IDS 4:«S4—Whlluey, Plus............ 119 4»«35— «ood, Phil.............. .. 11386—Wbit.-, IM................. Ill

f Tii-rumi, N. Y............. 10337-< Duim , I.d................ 122

(siiiixlle, Dot............... 2040— Irwin, Pbil................ <W., (Sullivan, CUi.............. 11911 (lA)lbnmn, Pitn............ 11543 Kiolmrlsoii, S. Y......... 12244—Dlornll, B-.it............... 1244fi Suttou, B.«t............... 74, j Seerv, Ind.. .......... 12J*° lD>inlt|i. D«t................ 8448 PteBer, Chi................. 12349—Wliitney, Wiuli....._.._ 52 6»—Keuhue, Pilte............. J01

.„ f Burin, C"l...............'... 115" I Mulvp,. Phil............... HI954— IUi.1 n, Det......... ..... 11866—«h..,,l,«k. Boat......__ 445B—Mille', Puts............... 8767—0 Hr-nn. WaJi........... 11358 Hyra, Wa-h............... ll»«„ (CUmeute, Phil...._.... 63"* \ 0 .nlner, Ind .............. 18.. ( Biinloi k. 1), St............. 84"lilttldon, B,.st............. 37<3—Kr<vK, Wasli............... S4M IVfit, Chi.................. 3266—D 1'vnip'e. P,tt«......... W«6-Mmuii*, Bosl...... ..... 97 (Fi.lda, Pills............... 89

' ( l^ilj. Wuh............... 10569 tt.ril«.uni, Bo»l........... 487U liulfinton Phil............ 8671 —l).rn»n, N.Y...... ..... 7112 J-choult, Wash.............. 69

Phil............ 27! K-e-e, S. T................ 56

,K Y............ 74|"l!»rklV.v. I'itts.............. 9DI I) alv.'Wa-h............... 58

78— Uulil!i>l, llet................. SOTtt Jle>.-i8, Iml............... 6680 -.l..lins!,m, l!ost.........._ 124(I—riiol, Ohi....._........... 4882—Clarka.n. Chi............. 61B / V! '" i's'tren, Chi.......

86— l!n. d , Pet................86 '.'»' ndl. Wanli..............»7 Kaiii*!!, Phil.............

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120 He«i-y. lml_....._........121 ». e >, Ph. i. ................ISftj-Udiui.ift. Wash... .........

IMJIVIIIUAL FIKI.DIM} AVKRA6R8.In fii'ldirig Morrill, of Boston, leads the first

Saserm-ii; Ounlap, "f [>etri*it, the seoonU ba^e- at'ii; Whimoy, of Pi;tnnur/, ihird b'seioen; imith. of Piitsburi;. the short stop": Oillcspip, 5f New Vurk, Richardson, of Detroit, i<nd fields of 1'itt-bur^, the ontfielderi*: Bernrtt, of Delr"it, Ihe cateherp, and Keo'e, of New York, tho pitoliers. Il will bo observu.1 that the Philadel­ phia a?id ^hicft^itC'ubs h;ive not a man wh» lead- in hi.s p.'sit'on, yet th^v stand Higher in the race iian c'nba with loading fielders. Allur all, weras!«!* do not always nifortl unfailing indices tf ft player's true worth to hie club. Toatn work will carry n lot of mediocre plnyera mueh

"farther than all the iiHividu*! averages of the mo*t brilliant players in tiic prrif<Nu>ioa.

Bunk. Gam". I1—Morri'l, B *t...«. ii!4 li 12 472 Iiittl y, P,tt8 ..._ 53 6M 153 1 on r, .N. Y..._. l-'7 1.125 44. ( •>.• Kilii.i.n.l-lttii. 48 488 2ft*| K..ii..r, I'hil....... 115 1H9 466 An~ u, Ch.......... 12i 12:!* 7«7_l) Idi. n.Wr.s'i. I'll II'0 iifi8 lir.mth r«, D-t... Via 1189 350 Khi.tnl.<!r . did... 112 12:>! 28

10 enroll. Pi tt...... 17 173 911 Krii%W»-h....... 16 l.VI 5

1 Di.iiliil.. Pet....... I* '&n 217J Fci-sc-o". Pn-l_ 25 59 073-R<hanl*.i.. Det. 62 219 2154- H.i - t;, Ii.d....... 119 27:) -M4ft Kir'iwUtyii, N.Y. l.>8 257 3rflC l:-i-t«ii, I'iiil..... 39 7" I2S

5---Mii'!!.'Pitl ......" K* f£> 28S»_>'irr..|l, W,M!i..... 38 70 I:!'.

10-Mv IY, \V»xh...... 78 IW 'M11-11. li'nv. PiilH..... :•! Ill III12-M.r.iork. F,.»t.._ li-1 17? IKSl;t W l,*ujh!iu,!'!n] SO 11" IW.jjlifilv. ; nsr........ ,-,-j H;I w>

A. E.Tlrhs. Ai.

JT:!is 12 30 12 28

Wl 38 .W 136

tl 1

27 .U 60 1ft 7i 49 M 44

41

584 MM

I no l-jfij

lii.j 147

446 133 4fil

.977 B77 .973 .072 .970 ,0.r>7

.953

.947

.841

r.72 221

.a if.

.114

i'.i4-i«

'-'2:!ua .811

Tlurd Butan1— Whlrney, Pittt.... 119 1562 Dennv, Jnd........ 116S— N»»h,"B it......... 1144 Burns, Chi......... 1075-TfbH»a, Chi....... 20A— noun*!!;. Wash. 115 T— Molvey, Phil...... 1008— Ewing, N. Y. ...... 610— White Det......_ 10«

10— li»ne.v,N. !...._ 1711— (I- Hun ike, N. Y... 3612 Shindle, Pet....... 19

Sti.rt1 STllth. Pltts....... 342— War.l, N. Y......™ 1293 Italian, Phil..._ 17 . (R..w.. D«t.......... 123

I (,l«.-«c ck, lud.... 1216 — Irwlii, Phil.. ...... 997 Williamion, Cnl. 127

201204Iti8

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IS*174624

237 S3262 68236 68246 6142 10

27» 5319710122S

286028

, . 8— Kiiwline, fitta..... 91„ /S'l'ton, B.wt. ...... 34

I Whteloek Bi*t.. 1711 farn-ll, \V»sb.... 4812— Wiw, Uoat. ........ 7»13 D*»ly, Wairi...... 2i)14— Mj«ra, Wash......

7122620

1192111781331361093391

119 K4«9 6144 6

377 51493 73301 58361 61310 69

1—Bennftf, Det......2—T»l«, Uost..........3 Cluwn'j, Phil... 58 . fOH.iipl, I) t........ 60

( Oail-y, Chi....... & )6—Briciilv. D«l.......7— nut Chi..........8 Mnrpny N.Y....9 G-.lioiiii, I>hil._

HI Mi|l, r> PitlH.......11 Brown, N. Y.......12 ''.-yer4, Iml......13 Doling, ('hi.......U-Drale.v, Wiwh.....15 Mack, Wash......

•-- - - Phil...d......

la O'ttuurli», B.j»l...

S3 27 61

Cetelia-i. 46 198 50 198

172 68

lofl 2:13

5193 33

5111)2 79 69148 61 73 28 55 62 74 68

/ Mt-liiiiie. P I 'nek. tl, I. O'ltuurli», B

. / K.-lly, Bo-t........\Dailev. B»t......

273 854

32 13fl4G 25516 8327 13371 26545 21147 17618 117 37 4127 110 45 4273 3S9 126 14340 212 57 763tt 128 63 6119 HO 28 315S 80 85 34S3 125 44 60

81-<v..rroll, riits...... 39 172 33 6422—Deii*l.-v, N. Y... 24 92 32 39S»—li'H-urko, N. Y_ 37 137 66 6524—Gillk-mi, \V,.gh... 24 88 40 4425 vruoUol, Ind..... 42 153 64 80

fithlert.1 Gilleeple, N. Y.... 74 91 14 82 Uielianlimn, Dfl- 58 11193—Ki I.]*, Pitta........ 23 644 Horuunx, B.»-t.... »7 192

6 ij It. urko, N. Y... 29 607—F.iaartj , I'hd...... 120 2738 lle.chev. Pills.... 40 849 Th.-uncon. D i.... 127 817

)ii_Vn n ljnltr.-li.Chl. 106 :i511 ll.iil..ii, Drt. ..... 118 2r,412 Anilre.v.8, I'liil... 99 2ti3l:5 Carn.ll, Wash..... llll 14514 Uril-ymule, Pith. 9i 184I') Col. nia:i. Pitta... 114 21416 Slio-k, Wu.i...... 62 11517 -M Ceaclij, lud™ 97 23118 Swry, Iii.|_...... 122 22019 Go:e, N.Y......... Ill 22120 llin.8. Wash...... 109 ISO21—Pu tit, I hi.......... Si 3622 Sultuii, Bosl....... 18 212:1 \V,,.«1, Phil......... 105 15524 11,,'can, N. Y...... 69 12825 Twit, h.ll. Do .... 52 82v(l Tiernvn N Y..... 101 15027 I!n>«n,!.id..Piit<. 82 18828 Whcelork, Bo«t... S3 352H l!>»n, C>i.......... 120 164SO Dirlinic, I'hi....... 1» 1«31-K.lh,Bu«t......._ S5 7432 uMian, i hi...... 115 189It.i—M.llei, I'itt ........ 15 3234—IUile>,Pl.il W»'u 98 14036 Gir..ll, Puta....... 44 96 ili On .ill, lnd......~ 52 8437 Wise, B.«l......... 26 3938 Snn.liiv, Chi........ 48 7839 Hiiffliil.m, Phil... 19 2540 I'ulueniM, Ind... 19 21

g 423317

3912243

181819141715222520149010831018I

337

11 104

139II 7 4 3 8

436 .924521 .888498 .8*3475 .87176 .869

474 .«76370 .1806 .863422 .64H51 .843

114 .84263 .S25

toe .92276U .91070 .9146H .901)777 .906637 .892655 .890506 .»83320 .878115 .8T8282 .875443 .869101 .SU177 .813

275 .906349 .859465 .8tt«401 .8'.2689 .8-r>2220 .850391 .838134 .828229 .821401 .815379 .814295 .79319^ .789197 .780G38 .882345 .779234 .779139 .777149 .771219 .771269 .762163 .7KO288 .757172 .744297 .730

111 .9461J5 .93602 .935230 .914390 .93172 .930

339 .921110.5 .914265 .!« &S2 .904

312 .9032)5 .902182 .901220 .9I«)2.r.7 .898145 .896283 .894275 .8!Kl271 .SH9219 .8X551 .88-'24 R75

189 8731S4 .871)

98 .8H7185 .804239 .86142 .857

830 .£5627 .851

UK) .Ma235 .84114! .837

183 .836126 .8:13115 .*2666 .821

107 .76037 .7f.B89 .748

CI.UB BATTING AVERAGES.In the club batting averages Detroit ranks

fim, followed in onler by New York, Boston, Philadelphia, Chicago, Indianapolis, Washing­ ton and Pittshurg.

?i

1 Deiniit.................2 New Yoik.............3 B..»ion..................! f PhiUdeluliis......

' \ ClticJWC'.............6 l'.dian»[oli^.........

8:Piti»bnrg......n ....

126 4963 129:4833 128I4820] 128 5045

1127 4743 'l27.4r.38' ,'126 4605 : .1125,46*6:

953'580 17341 .850 8I5I460 \lem .330 82355lil5.=>«] 323 892 4»7 1619 .321 71)5 413 152.1 .:t21 1108'sin 1357 .29.1 000:1118 I**, 285 3(M> 3",4 1314 1 .2fcO

CI.UB Fllll.OINO AVEllAOES.

In club fielding Detroit also leads, followed by Philadelphia, New York, Pittsburn, InJiannpo- lis, WnsbinKton, Chicago and Boston:

D-ir.il

p

S

wSlNew York.........ijPlttrbMni.5J ! d anap.. 6'«'««!,in;t

46! 926 111.919

""l253273 1760'454'649.1i 917 127 ;-12fi5 I87« : 49il SS:Wj .913lir, :•,&•>'MM'-tni 57:12; .912127 3:Mi|!2143 547 BUST .9lo128 ;B2o ; l!i04 589 5718 .897

THB PITCHKBS' WORK.According to percent 120 of earned run* the

true te-t of a pitcher's ability Keefe lends all the l.cajrue twirleis, followed "by Whitney, P. Conway, Fcrguson, Boyle, Clarkson, M. Bald­ win, Madden and Galvin. Tho percentage of these men is between 2 nnd 3 earned run* per g:itn«. Tlie reoiaiiiing sixteen pitchers have all h.>d over 3 earned ruas per game made off their deliveries:

5,3

15| 517 J32J1176| 38 13155

58 21.8:1 48 I8'!2 ':ili 1329 J37 1406 3.1-1390,^ cm

42II5-.8 !42!l(>l5

H! M7

3tl' 13114 14! 5«n 2(1 j US". 50 16S1 27 10.1(1

20 7i)4 101 792

24 < 128245 !2S77 38

140!!).

83

11(1 Hil 1»» 105ioa105

P3 79

13 li 136 1 I OU| 49!

2.29 5:13! .276 2.44 ; 480| .283 2.r>:(jlofi .21-0 2?.li;;a2l 281 2.6:! 4irj| .295 27IJ4U2I .2«'i

290'Hti 2.92I42II 2»> : 4gl 3.004143.12-226 .1W7 3.I5'2K3J 318 3.1-V4701.3(r2 3 24]492| .111)5 333;:«8 .321

138! 207J 128! 110 61i 154 9«! 30fi 18(>i IO'.)! Hi2 307 17ll' 127 97 1741 112

.313 .11.1

3.50 171 3.56424 3.5tii476| .:M2 3.6412041 .169 3.89j:tt4! .3293 72itW8j .:«9 3.7»!;«j] .32.14 30 518| JtW 485|27l .341 560!286l;i74

K.ele, .N. Y......... ...Wtiitni-y, Wiisn........Cooway, Dct.............Ker^-uson, Drt...........H.ylf, I no...............W,.| C h, N. Y..............Clark*.M, Chi...........fial-lii, Pitis..............Ua'lilrn, Boat............l aldwin, Chi.............B .flinton, Pliiln........Y..I] Ha iren, Chi.......Baldwin, Del.............(inzt-ili. D«t.............C«-.«y, Pliiln..............O'lh'y, Wa»h.............^t*'n)m>er, B«j«t..........M'.riis. Pilt8.............McCdimkk, Pilta.......Shr.ve, Init..............(x.nwav,Bi>8t.. ..........Kniib urn, llgston.....(.ii ni"ie, Wa*U...........ll.aly. Ii.il_..............Wmilmin, Det...........Slmvj, Wash.............. ________________

BASE-S.THALIN8 RKCOHD.Ward loads the League record at stolen bases

with a credit of 111 in 12'J ganies; Fogarty is second with a credit of 102 in 12(i games; Mike Kelly third with 84 in 114 gamo*; Glassc'Xik f .urrti with 62 in I21j Haiilon fifth with 69 in 11 R; Williamson sixth with 45 in 127; Andrews seventh with 57 in 99, nnd Nash and Kyau eighth and ninth with 50 in 11s and 60 in 124. All tlie others made Ic^s than 50 stolen baj-es. Fifty-eight players did not rej^h cloubio figures. The record of etolen bases is:

PliUndeliilim.—fvsn*-'* 13, Clcmcnto 7, Farrar 24, llaatiun 11, Irwin 11), Mulvi-y 43. MuLnn^hlin 2. Wo d li', Mi.licu-s 57. fogarty 102, McCarthy 15, M»ttl 5, Billtl'iii>ii8, MrGu:r«3. (iuiiniu 18. C,a,.y 1.

DttfoSl Baldwin 4, B nn tt 7, Brauib.-n 34, Dunlan 15, Whit. 20, Miiwllo 13, Hu«e 22, liiclnrd*.n 29, ]]»iil.iii 69, Thomii-.n 22, G.'U-in 2. G»nz«l 3, M»n- ait'i; 3, (X.nwaj 0, Drloilt 6 We tliiian B, Twltrholl 12.

ClMiifia.—Clarl-.s-n 0, Hint 7, Anon 27, Po-fft-r 67, Bin ii« 32, VViliium-.'U 45, Suu.lay 34, Rjun 50, Sulliv,,n :'f,. Van [1 .hieii 12, Duly 29, Darliuj 19, Ba dwin 4, P. tti: 16, Tehran 8.

.Vcio yot-fc Itccft' 2, Ewing 26, Continr 43, Rithird- IKIII 41, «iil--*pi» 87. Gore 39, Dortnu 22, 0 B'.iitki. 46, Ticrnaii 23. Brown HI, Murphy 1, Deaal.y 2, Ward 111, Wi-lrh 2, Uvorge 2, llainey 0.

j;..a/on. Knillwnrn 6, D.ily 7. It.inill 19, BiKdo k 10. NIW'I 49. Wisn 41. HnniiiiiK 40, .lolii.ston 50, Kelly 8-t, Si. mniyi-r 0, O'Kutrke 4, Suttou 17, T.ile 7, Wht«- lock 20, C.'nwav 5, Dlmlilcu 6.

IIIMn'i-y.—fialvlti 5. (Itrn.ll 23, McKinnon6, Burkler 6. Wh't»o>' 10. 3mi(it 30, U«lryni|ilo 29, G.lcni-in 25, Morrii 1, Keuhno 17, Miller 33, McCormick 0, Fi«ld8 7, Be.-chi-r 8

»K«*?»..*». WliltncT 10, Drwley 36, Mack 26, Krci(r 2, l-arivir:il,o'llrii.|i II, My, n IX, Girr.di 40, [iilii-s 46. l<liivk 29. iihav- 1, (Jiilinan 2, ]KiDU«ily 42,0'Dayl, Oilin- •>• 2. Ilfily 2(1.

/.i.,','.-/,w;o.-is :ioyl.-2, Gnr'ln-T7, My.-rs 20. Jiwknon 2, >hMiitirr<! 21. Baj-ftt 25. I)-«r,v #), 0!»»>o*k 02, Sc, ry 4S, 3U-C(;u-liv 27. Sliri'VoSl, Cali'll 34, Brown 21, r..i!r.oin, 4, J.jba*Jii 5, Ai-iiuJi-18, lf».;U...t! 4, Ueitley 7, 11, ffut 2.

THK HKAW HITTIXO RF.CORD.O']iri«n, of Wiwhington, »nd Connor, of New

Yoik, lead nil the J.euguo Iwlfinonin tl'e matter of hninc i no-1, having 1" apk-'.'o to ilioir credit.

, of Chicago, coiaos next with iJ The

others are Brouthers, 13; "Wood, H; Morrill, 12; Ryan, llj Thompson, 10; Deuny, 10; Tiernan, 10. These are tho only men who reached double figures. Sixteen batsmen mide from 8 to 9 home run) each, and S3 filled to get as many as 4 aj.i«ce. Thirty-nine men got no home runs whatever, Big 'I'hompaon le»d« in threft-base hit.-, having 23 to hid credit, and Bronthera leads the two-base hitters with 35 such hits. Detiny and Kelly are right behind him, with 34

ZBH.Brouthera, D. 35 Connor, N.Y. 26 Tlioni|eoa,u. 29 Wood. Pb... 22 Deuny, !...._ 34,W 18e, B....... 27Kelly, B...... S4An*.11, C...... 33Morrill, B..... U2Kichards'u.U-Zfi Hm.s. W.... 38Kogany, Ph.. 24 R.j.-e, U...... 26Cnrioll, Pi.... 24Pfeffer, C...... 21Nuti.B.._.. S4 O'Mrien, W.. 16 R.an, 0....... 19Wil,i.,niB'u,C 18 8 oiuboig, I. IS Johuitt.B, B. 13 Kwiuit. N. Y. 17 S«.ry, I....... 18Suliiian, C... 12 Tiornan.N.Y. 13 White, D...... 20IV.lenan, PI. 21 Kiuhue. Pi.. 18 Burun, C...... 2Orair,.r, Ph... 20 Ricln'n, N.Y. 19 0 K .!,'«, N.Y. 15 I'uiilap. D.... 12Daily, Pb.W. 14 llidvi-y, I'll.. 21 Andr^us. Ph. 15

G u.s.XMk, 1. 18 H.,ulo,i, D... 13 Bulli.n. B..... 14 Iiwiil, Ph..... 15 FaTell, W... 14 Feri.'U8on. Ph 14 Uoie, N. Y~. 18 Ciirn.ll. W... 17 <'lenient., Ph 13M -K n'n Pi 1RM ll«r. Pi!.... 17Kassett, I....... 14War.l, iY Y... 16 ll..ri,img, B.. 9 Mi-Gc.chy, I. 17 T..|.ch..|l, l>. 14 Don-ellv, W. 9 *nn.|i, H..... 12D,,ly. (!........ 15t'larUaon, C. 5 JIV.TH, W..... 9Whitni-., W. 9 Giile. ie.N Y. 9 Ke-te, N. Y... 7 I'nrlmB, C.... 9Fh.-t, C........ 6>T/ini.e, I'll. 6 Bi kl..y, Pi... 10 Bent.eit, P... 6 ll^li,,,, Ph.. 11 M'Laug'u.Ph 8

3BR. 4<H| 2>B.20 111 Galvin, Pi.... 7

17 Bro»n, Pi..... «lo *un<lav, C..... 314 fiekld, Pi..... 910;Whiln»y, PL. Ug Ikiyle, I....... 98 Hackett. l_... 6710!.^, W... 8

12iShock, W.... 9

9ilielz, io. D._ 48'Mvera, I...... 87 Beecher, Pi. 86 D,.rg»u, N.Y. 10

3BR. 4BBS 2

16 ilifiiutoo, Ph6 "rioily, C..._ «

17:Hoaloy. I..... «11 W«lcii, N. Y. 49 Print, 0....... 66 Tain, B ....... 64 'HcCorm'k.PI 76 Wh.elock,B. 44<ahill, I...... 46 Krietr, W.... 4

10 M lick, W..... 63 G.u»».T, D... 52 Hur.lcxik, B. 6ID'iK, B...... «S tladdon, B... 24 V.H»lti-«n,0. 43 Snnuin*. Ph. *2 BriMwiD, C... 1 6 Bro» n, N. Y., . .6|Dimity, N.Y. 8 2iJ1aul,Ph_.... 2 4 lla.lb.'lirii. B. 1 2 kindle, U... 3 OOoiivmy, B... 4 4 Arundol, 1...2lWy, Pt...... 32 Mci'arlhy.Ph 4O^rlima, W. 2&(.> Day, W..... 31 *t.MinuytT, B. 03| r^heou, 0..... 21 BHini-y, N. Y. 21 Murphy.N.T. 21 Morrii. Pi.... 21 Sim*, W....... 21 -\Yi,iilnmn,l>. 26 Pvl«, G........ II O'Kourko, B. 2•till- . _ _ tk' n

, .0|Cr,inc, W... 2 "Bulling, D.. 1 1 B.ldvvin. D... 0 O'irwln, W..... 2 6;M»Jn'rc,N.Y. 1 SMackwin, I ...

0

, ... 2 (lindjer, I.... 0S-Kirhy, I...... 01 Hlirevr, L..... 1SjPollwuiw, I. 1 3,M.>fiett, I..... 1

1, ..._ 0

3 llatn'tt, N. Y. 1

,, ..... 2|' mick, Pu... 1 (Jnib^r, D..._

Total...... U3l 699 381

UNDER NEW AUSTICES.

The -Syracuse Club In Other Hands—A BrightOutlook for Next Season,

STKACIISK, N. V., Oct. IS. Bailor SPORTING LIFE: The cloud thn has been hanging over base h«l) jiffaiis here f-r the pnst weeks has at last lifted, and the sail shine? bright and warm on ihe [iros|-ects ft>r next seiaoa. Tho byracuso Exhibition Cumpnny, who have controlled the Star Ha-e Bait Club since '85, is no more. Arti­ cles of incorporatiou of the Star Base Ball Asso­ ciation uuve been filed at the County Clerk's Office in thu city. The purchase price of the franchi.se of the old company is not known defi­ nitely, but U pr jbiMy of a sufficient amount to co-er all outstanJing accounts. The incorpora­ tes of the new company »ro John C. Bowe, (Jeoiye K. Kr«»er, liur'itft Forbm, Peier J. Bninifl- kamp ai d Thuniui U. O'N'uil. The t mpornry ufB- c- rs Mff G.'orut) K. Fraz«r, pi-yaidont; Tims. It. 0 Neil, vice picside-ni, flint toe above-nann-d jron' lo- ui«n, with tbo ad-lition of Ituwnrd G. \Vbite, K«ud i-f dir-ftur*. Midriff ThoniM R. O'NVil will prcl'iil'ly bu i re.-<id(-ut of ihe As«t>cwiimi wbou p*-rnia- ii' nt ffior^ are «lecie-i. Nu tiotiet Srlecium cunld l>e ma i'-, &4 ihn SliHiiff ia very popular ainl tin n»dent tul- iiiirtr -i" i!i" N .li'-ti^l n ik me. A j>eiii.autnt ors»Lif;a- t!--n «ill l>« etl«cted io & f«w days. The oxi.^toucw of the dtir BtMf liu'l AsM'»cbi(ion is spt-ciflcd t •• b« ihrro \6avs. Tliw fttjii al of the As^ocifttiun will iie?f>,0:jU. TbtTH will \* twt-Kty st.^kln.ldoiri »t 82SO c-arh, tif^o^ of vi bom bavu l.o^o ain^.y aecnrtnl. They Rr*: 3las 01 \Villts B. B'lnift, /idetnun Ohtirlfs Cmidfe, O>I. J. W. Yftie, JoUn K. Ha -on and Auatiu l>ickin-on, <>f lli»Gl-t.o ll..t-l; 'lh.d. B. O'Neil, G«-rtfe Birntu, «". U. Kirk, Frunk HHbt-ile, Wjibur M Bntwa, DuviJ K. McCrtrttiy, Burnet F-trbes, ). C. B.we, ttoHaid 0. White auri Qo..'rat» K. Fiuzi-r. Th«ro nr« n number of f<uutIt-men vt'm have oi%d<* rfpntftitofnj «3 niiifm^un who are d( >iiou^ of curuing to Syracuse and take charge <-f tfae lean*. Manner IlnckeU, of Newark, Keenu to hi* nuHt mFivi-r with ihe n^w compauy, and tlie jjitbjic «o"lii t>- t'lettsed tn s*^ fiis neiHlmimn yi^uo<i tt-s iti.tna. er. Mr. ll»ick^rt will uroiuit-Iy comn to S>ru- cuau Hb(ir;l> aud coufer wiih ihydirM (tjr», nod it in to I* h -\tfil Hint 8.ttH'acti>ry arr«n^. ment" can be made to pUcf tho t--Hiii iu hu .'mntlrf. T"« m-ia wh m.m- t*^8 tho .^irnim- team Dcxt iteason wilt > e RIVOU :ib- 8wlut« i«t t*ol of the b'.isiut'ss. October 20 is rapidly it! [fciict iti'j, *<n I It he 1 ooves the iitw assncmiton to he "up tunl d"iiiff'* to yet players. In convornati.ni with OIK< of lire jet-Diirm-n of ih*- HRW c<mtp"tiy ho swid th u liitt n, SiuiDii, Murr, McQiif-rv, UitKins, J-icoby, Bucklev iin<l tehf-Uhitif-e uere mentioiird ft-* likely 10 he-on iif-xt WHson'g te;im. Tbiet; pitcherj who bave rtpiit-tioi'd will be ai<;ned.

M:»r l*-*rh lias I eyu leased for ten year* lonxer. M: J ny inii'r<i vt'nipn i B «re ronteniplated. Tho fcnct-a will f'<> m -T'd htic^ and a itia-h Ceiic« cn'Ctcd <-n a line with Temple str-tt to bf>u' off thf "tree Pt.-'ints'' on the oii'niila of th«* park. New ttdiii'iong to tue prand Kiindtt arn to be put np, and the out aud iufitid fixed io tin-1 chi[w*.

Th'T« i-1- niMeraMt* talk abnnt Jamea Divine, of this rjiy, b*-tn-r the eecret-try of th^ L'-niiue n^xt set- sn,n«ti;e present Hf-errtnr.v, Mr, Whiu*, r^«jit»<fl out- Ridf of a I^ex^ne ci'y, Mr. Divine ii 'he well-known Je(t-i>andt-d pitclipr of th" cb>mipion Stars of 188j, and ban retired from the dinmoud.

Joe tt«ttin will probably winter here. Battin will iitidoubtt-dty be on the t^nm next 8^fw~*n. BH be Itan pNy^d fiird bara for the S\ men so teniu HS it lisa not been plftvd since the (Jays of Jack Madden and "Htcknry" IVpenl r.

Ex-Mwntig r Simmons' benpflt erwrne was not much nf a ttucoas "n account oi tba tainy woather aud diffi­ culty t" get pbiyers.

The lies' pUyer fn the League, "Lpfty" Mair went home Uon<Ji«y last with th« l)t-9t wishes of everybody. Ilt-rn ia a halt player who ha-, mad many frifiid-i in Syracinf*, who think that the hne of ft-'i iinpi)^ed ujHjn him wa-i tun*t unjust. Tr--a ur T Ostrniid.tr is n gr^-at tidrnirerof ihe right fielder aad seat him away feel­ ing |.r-ity g"<'d

McQu ry is said to be df-eirona of mmnging the Svrncua« Club next sea-^on. Th-i directors «-intM do wor-e by big od-ls. ' Mite" played ir" >d hull whilo here, and would b°> w*-l« ome next *te«*on, y"i belt

Harry Jncohy can w^ar a 8,vrac«-»« uniform next u UKOti if he so do^iree. .the d rectora be^in to ap­ preciate hl-4 real worth aa a player.

The Athletic V^socmtlon of tin foivoraltv met and eloi-twl directors for thu ha^e l>all tetm f -r '88 Sev­ eral freshmen are caid to p'Sw^coosfdcrable «bility an pl»yers. W. W. Itanton will maiuvgw thw te<i<D

It in said tlut Tr»y will IIHT^ a strung t'-iuu tn the Held ue-xt BOHSOT, Without doubt. Now i« tho time to l>oom H New York Si»le League. Huch »n orga iiztv- (ion ci»ul ,J hs r italic a Biiccf>*a, tta was de-oou-1 'rated in "85. «hnn the Sniafiii st»' Club w< n tho pe<;n*nt.

Three meui(K*r9 of this year'* SUr tram have ex­ pressed their desire to pUy iu Syrtvctiae agaio next sen- ton.

The s.il.'iry list *>f the Syrncuw ClnH will not b« so lari_-e next; swson by a (?iu>d ru iny dijllarj so sav 'he gentlemon who are interested. G. WHIZ.

KOCHESTKR FAINT-HEARTED.

The Annual Meeting—Directors Declining to Serve*

The outlook for bise ball in Rochester ia not of the brightest just now. At the anual meet­ ing, says the Rochester Herald, Ihe proposition to have each of the shareholders loan the Asso­ ciation $20 on each share of stock wis not re­ ceived very enthusiastically by aome of th ise present. It seemed to be the aonse of the stock­ holders that the number of shares should be in­ creased. As the Association is a limited one and was organized under the limited corporation laws of this State, it is decidedly doubtful wl ether (hi* plan would bo loKal. Wbm tlu-qnegii. a of elecsinn directors was finally bion^l.t up, a m .ve- nient was made to r--e.l?pt the entire old b >ard. Meesi*. Soula and Cleveland objected to thU, giving their reason that i>on e of tbi-ir fornor eo'I.-airiies wi old be objectionable as members of tho Dew Iwanl. After considerable wraiiiliiii Hie vote resulted In the election of the following named: fli-nry Goeiz- man, Albeit Wi 1. John A. D.ivis, A. J. Katz,Chailcs Leiniprnbi r. .since the election M^s.-rs. Davis and KatK have decrared th»ir intention of declidiug the tionor cooferi 1 d n|ion them. Mr. D.ivis, when B|v>ken t - on tile sii ! jeet by a tei-ortiT, Kaid that bi' duties as city tre-tturer too!« tip all of bis lime, and ttiat he can not h.'th'.r with bas.. ball matters. It in unoYrstnml th:it a pre-ann; of t'Uslness al-o prevents Mi. Kaiz acrepilnii a dircctorabrp. Ihe direct.u-s, or w'at there Is left of the newly-eiccted boani, have not met for orKM&iKat'on, aid, taken all lu nil, the out­ look for the i-stahliubnii-nt "f n rlnl» here next i»ertH>n l.s not very bright. If the Association is vois^ to do anything it w hish tini" tb»l * raov«- waff nia-le, as ib« av.nna! ineoimg of liie l.r.i^lU) will t»k? pl*:e iu So-

t.> bltortly.

CIIADWIWS CHAT.The Old Man's Estimation of the World**

Championship Series He Hng^ests an Olfl- ciul K n dorse in*-nt of a Siii»pUnrtf?itary

ship Campaign TK>e New B*.?l<*1t YORK, Oot. 20. fcilitor UPOKTINU LIPB:

Tbe coruplete suooess ot the world's chaoipion- ship aeries of conteats, fiimntuully and otherwise, attc.-ts tbe 8ouQdae«3 of the view* I have advo­ cated for some years past in regard to establish­ ing a supplementary season for the sati.^faotory settlement of the question as to wbioh club at the cloae of each seison's campaign was fully en­ titled to be regarded a* the eh;nn r»i"ncliib of the United St»tcs. Ever since the American Asso­ ciation wag etttablifhpft has that orgunizatioa, well as the National League, named their an­ nual pennant race a contest for "the United States championship." Of course, this hvs been a misnomer in both oases, a.-* no suoh champion­ ship question cm be sottled officially until an estabii-hei code of rules governing an officiiUly- schoduled series of games between the champion teams of the two pro lesion a I or^anixution^ be adopted by u conference committed *'f tho League and the AssuciiUion- My plan of having a sup­ plementary championship campaign was not praeti*-'ally tested untii the close (»f the sensun of 1S85, when the respective League and American champion clubs of th*t fall engaged in an in­ formal contest for the charaui'm-'hip of the en­ tire country. It was not an officially recognized series, however, and was not satisfactory in its results beyond the faet that it started the ball in tho right direction. In 1880 the "plan of campaign" which I had fa pored for several years previous wan given a mure important trial, the result of which was to give to the American Association's champion team, unoffi­ cially, the nominal title of the "world's cham­ pions." This year we are having tUo third se­ ries pf these nominal world's championship con­ tests, ani the result has been such, in the phe­ nomena] attendance of spectators at a season of the year when ^raaU crowd* only can be gath­ er*! at exhibition games, and under circum­ stances of a double charge of admission with ex­ ceptional financial returns, as t<> prove conclu­ sively that a regular supplementary cham­ pion-hip campaign of this character, aided by an official code of championship rules, wir. a ftcliadule <;f gaim-a, authorized l>.v a eon'nvuce com Uiittee, would not only be an additional attraction t-at-h >ear, Liu ihe pectin ary reaiilr o-oalrt practically amount tt» u 1 auilrjom^ prize piviuiuni offeieiJ to the wiuuers of tho championship of each «.rsanizutiou, btsi>le^ imvanin.T au additional iotfrest to tiio annual Li^iguf* au'l AaitTiean peauiint rnesd. My original plau, of coursv, involved the existence nf twospctifoal 1-iiiiUUfi, one rp[*i'«.-«-utiug tho Kast and the other the West, Kith th^ chuiupiou teum of ««ch soctiou having to tutor tbt1 litt* in » gpeciai full c«mpai*a to c*'ai- I>efo for Urnttjrl Slate* cimmiiionsdip bonor-i. This BfCtioual repro'ftiitatioo plau. however, w^cran to In-, in the <<i> uimi of the League and American iiia-uate^ rather premature, aod so it hna to be doitrred U> a litter period iu the history of the panae. lint it will come iu titre. In regard to the contest for the Uuited Br«tes chainpionship between tbe wiubiog tcAtus each setitwo ot the I>eague aiirt the Ar*x:iatiou, that has become a necessity, ftiul I, therefore, triwt that (he dnif.'fence (Gitiraittee which will meet thi« winter to revise the pl»ying cede and rnluo, and th« w;ii(Hlule conimilteea which follow nftTwarcfe, will i-ikepiacticn!d'cniz^noe Of this iu'C**«ary sopi i«m*'iitHry cinto<piun hip caoi- pAik'n ail') frame a special &Kle of rnlig aud aoupt a spociitl schedule of games HO as to give* the strife-* official cimr-icter, wliu-h at prt*ient in not ?iven tht't By tbis mean* tlie eerie** for the worid'd chtiuipionntup e«ch> ear will be tukeu out ot ttie oatesfory of iu«ro exhihitioti uamei*, and oifidt- tw Important officially aa are tiic respoctiTH ehaiauionibip p<-ntinEit r«cte ufoncti Organization <ach ye-ir, £verj clut; in the Len^ue anil rhe Aanucm'ion wilt necfsaarily favor surh oflScml SHnciiuD, as it will piva to estch pf nn»ut race an ad<ii- tioi nl attraction and miori-«, with the wqm nc« of a sure and b^ndsoms pe^'UDiftrj retura at th« end of tbe supplementary campaign.

THE DKTBOIT-ST. LOUIS OAHB9.The world's reries i/f chanii*ioustiip gumoe> for 1S87,1

am fildd to see, h*ve I bus lar h*-en (;hfiraeteriz«:d by thi» finest exhihl'Jona of professional tail playing kn^>wfi in the Iiistory of the game. Up to date of writing I have only been fortauar" enough to see two of the con toe to that at Washington Vurk. on Oct. 14 and that at die Polo Grounds on Oit. 15 but tho^e ^unics were, b*jth of them, model exhibitioo* of Ihe b MU'i-s >.-{ the gtime, fapccially in r^^ard to the sfeil- ful, etiatcsiic work chown by tbe pit^bera and in the S(,M)'ii<l tit-Kl support givf-n tbt-in in ibft n>ajont) of the Inning*. Flrmr piichiag ihao that "f Cun;!tiers' iu ihi- Bf'-oklyn gAmo of FrWay or than that of Got- Zfin's hi the Pvlo Orooads content of S ttnM*y i h»ve n**^ t*r se-'n. Acciittiitn^ii tn* I hnvo h-'cn to wttne-sing tbe rruj.v «tf<»rr*i of tho rl.** of "cyclone" and "ph»- u-ioit-uar* p'tetters to iDtlmidiite iMtsm^n by thvir "iit<htttitjg d- livery'* anil to br>-itk O'OMII C'ttch&rs by tlit- t-ft-irls to sup]K>rl such xviM, gwifi p'tohiu^, tho fine ttti ttoii, "bi-Ji'lu-orli" i^tchius <>f CaruthtTS and Ge'Z<*ai in ilicHft [W'» g.tioon HMK a gtear, treat to mo, ("[HwiiiHy HU it. carried with it tho p -sitive on»ot "f U*e truth of ray reix-ated ttlatotiif-riU thtt in ^tiuto^lc pitching, and that onl>, Itv tbe gucc9s» nf the batterj W.TK ct'a tt-rtio. lu regard to th*> ftul I support exbibi- ted iu these piiuif-s, it was «n a~*j>*-ci.J pb-a^ore to nia to see rny old and <-aioem*-d fri< nd, "Dfsacon" White, do th*> ocUmdid work tie d ; d at tbiid b.we. For-a "pUyed-out third b«6eia*n" J^mei is ctrlmnlya phciioineuon. I thick a cine wind) ioch;Jtxl just such ^plrtywl-oat11 men wuiild wij* up ihi Ifht clmfrpiou teum of tlieday without tl'flfcult.v. T!:en, lo->, Dniilnp'a ^ec'lIul b:tsa play w«« an.)th.r feature, aud that, too, without a growl. V<nly a refitmmtii ue-enis to bnvo l^ken plac*- in thU ivi>i*ct in thf! ehur»ctt>r of tbe model second baeem*n ot'thodny. Bit it in not uews-itry to ludiudimliKt* vbf !e uli did so wt-tl. Kuffine it to say that tbe St. l.onii* victory of Friday was most crediitiMy onriM-d/ whilt- their appdivntly stgo*l <ii-fi-at of 8»tuidav was u.-t out* to b« a.s ;cnc < aslntnu-d of ai the score f 9 to 0 would api-eur to indicate, f.»r Detroit'^ work in tbht p-irne, »' th<» britteiy tiDii in th»* field, WHS exc*>;>ttoi»at in it * cltitrticte.r. I wi^li I o.ntld have been in brother HathisooV p ace nnd wonall ihet*p panics, for I d»u't ibink that ihu Hones will bo bt-att*n in the nue play exhibited m my d^y. Truly the crowds wjio *ilu*^j tl-ti ffunifs in each city get th« w irth of thVir money, do'it'ltt H^ t;»A to^t is. f shall reft-r to th(*e gumea more nt lenntb at ihe close of tbe series.

TUB ryvSTFMfTIBLE ^HIPPODROME" CRT, A w..rd or two bt-fo'-e I ctine this letter on tbe

aliened "bippodr>iniing" in conut-cii -u witb this-^rtes of i; ira'-e. I r- jffird with lud gimiit cont'-rapt thr writt-rn f r tbe i-ress, ur the pHir-iti.-of the ^am^, wiio t^tfet* up tbi.i turf cry ot Mppudroma and ap| ly it to pffess'onal b:tHc ti.'tll contest; HS p'a\ed ander the »usp« es of the Kttional L-agii'' a>i't th« \mericau A»- BoCNtiioD. Those whn write nb ut h'ppodrom njr, »8 ft gHn*r»l t'lir.x, are aiuiplv dl*upp liiitod bfttink; men, or one of thy class unh nable to the inference Lamed in tho gay in £ that Sntpicwu ever haitnta the guilty oiiud." They iui-ieine wich results art du« only to the very actioiie tiny tiit-tnsflvfs would b- gui'ty of if th*-y only I.ad Ine chance to "hippodroirji-" ani escape pi]iiiabni''nt. Tin n, to-»t thrro is the cluas of ptwsnm-l^ wh" thitik t^tre is no bonesty in auy sp-irt, and no go d in mi} thing. Wi'h ttioea the th-juxht of "hipiOilroBiinj;" iu brt^o ball cornea aa natural as it does to the c^ut-j-ts on the turf at Coney I-lttnd, the prtra li-e of our local pool gamblers. The simple fnc( is that ihe»« game*3 are bein:: played with B ^ri»na «miffitu'-«8 to win *-n both side-* t>y every effort i'i ttio pow>r of f-arh individual player of tbe two tennis to mike. It is in common parlance "d fight for bl"Od.** Rich (cam h.w t-Vfry [wr-nrntil in- cciiMve to »triv« its be^i for victory that conld poasibly bu brought to Hear; vhile noiiher have (ho lnast in- centivi- to do oth^rwisw pre^ij n!fd to them. Hy bon- e«t plnv they have evt-rytt in« to '-'in, while by the opposite th*-y have all to IOMO 'hnt make? a ph>ft*>?ionHl ball plrf.re 's lift- woith itviii*; tor. The cry of hippo- dn»ui«' ( therefore, i» hlmjjly tlie oulburat of th« di.-ap- poittted bctiing uja i, or of the growling, snarjing pe^> aimnt, aud in either case is unworthy of st-riynji at entiou.

THE HEW RULB3 ALL RI3QT. ftow that we ar«* at the end of tbe campaign of

1887 I HIII glw] to b.- able to auto that the exj* ri- i-uco of the sea-xju \ ** proved pn tty couclu- fivdy Unit uo [Ti-vioiH r vibioti of iho pUtiug ruiea 1ms w iked BO tattefactorilv, aft- r the Uw! of pia'tical fX(jciieiu;« In tbe ti'-ld, as that madt- by tbe dufeivnce Commit ee of 1887. Tber*- is bnioue siiHtary oxc*-pti .n, 1 U-iieve, to the succe^ful w«rkiij£»f rai*ti aniviirtftl rni«, aud that ia iu tlie CfUie of tin* rule giving the cn-dii of a dase bit every ttmo th» tat-tmun IB -4-ut to a bus* on lalia. This Is the t-nt* Htitimry lailUiO of tbe u*»w c- d*-'* rule.fi. On* 1 resul' or the adop ton of this vxceptiooal rule hit-* been to pl.iy havoc with thf brttnng nvor;iK*-s, wiiich it tia*» male utterly uie.less .is a criit-rion of batting skill. It h;t- also Hhiteriitt)^ interfered with the vslno of the pitching «vemyert. In fuct, it has destroy? t the nue- tHlne-8 "f the averages in question )>s ;t baai* of e-tl- n.Mteof thf relative thill of ImNmen anJ pitchers. Uufirtunately, not only base hits, but earned runs have been reo<TriM in ihe avera.-es on the basis of b<sf> nits oti called hall-i, aud consequently the R'ti- uuitH »if a pitchnrV sloll »< tet»U'.J by rtmn clean earoed off ih'- pitch'Jig- haie th«>rebv been rerxfert-d VMlne-wa. In t-vcrv oilier re^pe.ct. hnwe*or, he new co<le of p'ay- inz nil«w hvts been proved tit h^ tho bear tlie pr Tes- sion.tl fraternity have over had prejflred tor them. Thf Hve bttll rnleai wttl »ti tbw f»nr-»t>1ke fl.,ns« b»s anawt nd (he i-nrpofie w-M in eivifur the hntnnau a n'-cdcd ollrtHt >o tho ad van ate itie pitcher hart previ- oiiflv ptxtease'l, a •& yd the pitcher still barf the liest of ir, as 'he record of the ntinibt-r of Kin^ie-fignris ec res of th» s<awn fuily nO'iw« t th» doubk-ftiruro ccore-, wt'Kh geuerally show np in favor ->f tbo l at- tinir, betn.r nnwh> re, tu comparison. Wo have had a Urgf nunilK-r of pitchers' ffimeg during the past 9 a*>n, but nothing in omi-ftrj-un to Iwst "y^Ar'a re- frT-f. One result of (be working of th» new codf, wht< li Im^ h en of >rieur a'lxtti'tOkce in advntcing ih* jrani" toward* th* point of a perfVcted code of mint h** hf-en tbe prosrreft inadi- in placing HTn'p-fic ^kTTl in bitti-rv work M the chief flcnit-nt o]'*«Krffe in pitrh- in^r O'd in » ; tf>HitjK up the wtAJMic a t f uifrv fpnwj in i itfbintf. This is pr«'*«t Jirettv c lurlnwivdy b> the gri MI re*Ju-tJ^i mad* In the w ar «n'l tear of t-auft^ns in Iwttffry work. Iu every *H.HI & *ukli atru^gic p.telling, M opi>"90 '. tu t^( !B^ik^d

by mer* MpeeJ alone, has fv-.-n the m*ln reli>inc« f<»r micco-s, the wenr and t»*ar *-f th<- CHtcher'w work ha< bcf»-i mt-n-ls Dominal in oouii^n-.n with Ui« COTI undor the working if the old a^le, nnd tuia itlone ht» U-en a pr-at g*io. I nutir* fh»t in -ome quarters the new code h>i8 bt-t-n eharg^-i aa » fuilurr in .'ef-rence t'> itc nil('8"f govern-njc the nmpirintr in th* g mif, Thi* w a «reHt mistake. I venture lo.tiftTo t at dwl ih« DOW rnle* gcvt-ntintr nnipirui< b>^ti H'riotly carried out iiot th«; leant '.Mflici'liy w-.(il-l have orcurn-d, i-,xct-pt iu those cities where tti« cnra-d po<>t reliiox iofiut-nse pro- vaiN. Aud i). n>U-9 whii:h c*-uid l»t fi»n *-d »*i I w«»rk witi..fni'torily wlHTf tt-w bme of th« game rtan* its v>tM)tu'Hi.i hfod. Why tbe new cod.- hue miled in tlii* re-tpt-ct i» aimuly bee tust- untpirt-s bavf not had tbt montl courage to enforce thu rutow. Tbe c«d<- pro- vi«l« rule-i which if ttrt. tly enfo^c--d ^"n'dhive put u stop to the untsau ^ of "sickin/" iitdnl^t-ii in by rt'W'iy playein. Uiit the mnJiTitv of the uoipiri-^ b«\e made th^sa n-prewivf rnK'!* dHl.d let'wre, and Ihe re­ sult tt*s t>ecn ihnt l\irkntg ha-. b*en indu'g'-d in as lisiu'h UK 6vd)' t with the sequence of uuna'i-factory um­ piring and resulting di.-tu-buic^a. Until kii-kiag is put, a stopto entin-ly srtifs'nott'ry umpinni? will tw loipt'Sfjible. no niattur whut c\,i^ of nrnpiien yon *n- gio^e. 1 advoOHte ibti iuiioductiou of pi-QiltteH which Will olylijfH urupirna to eulor;e t';e rule* nim*lar t> thmsa piovjd'd for tbe pui,i>tirnt;i]t of pl<n «rs fur ri -lutiisg (he rnk<sof th<< ooit. Um I have for future diiK-UBHk-o this fertile MI)tj-ct ttfin-tktug anitaM* nr«e for uiupiria^oo tho ^i<ine. SuHice it t«> t-ai that the now c-rtJe lias proved to lm n cradit io the ability shown by ihfc Conf'trtnre Committee in th»ir ablu work in reviainn, au«i tho exu^riHuco oT ihe p-Oiten* dtiasun w ill nn doubt point out the* meant* for sttfl further impn.Tiv meftt. HKNBY (.'UAHWIC&.

HUSTLING CLEVELAND.In the "Itahtie" for New Mat^t-liil—The

Bad Work ot" the Browus—The Fifty-Cent TarliTKnucltea Out, Ktc.ON THE KOAD, Oct. 21 Kditor SPOUTING LIPS:

In these troublous days, when hustling is in order, and the leaves ami other -bin^H me get ting atnle and filling with a dull, su-kening thud, it i< only duty, with an extra-sized D, that iiupeU me to furnish THK SPOKTING LIKB with a letter from Nowhere, hut containing what I know of the game and the general outlook as it strikes my eyes. While on the road I've seen lotn of things, but pririci|tal!y strangers, hotols and other hu.^tiers. The country looks well. So do the reserve lists and Billy ituruie. So we have not lived in vain. I've seen many piny- ere, and all are "out tor the etutt';*' many mana­ gers, and they all are "out for the stuff" too. And both wings of our great base b til army will probably be satisfied for a while. Frutn the way things run across me it is evident that Bay, Mutrie & Company want a new nine almost, Boston a man or two, Cincinnati a pitcher aud a short stop; Siiuiuuns, Sh.trsig and Mason a abort stop, pitcher, etc., Indinnapolis anything it can pet; theBrooklyn-MttrupuhtHD Combina­ tion several general men, Pittaburg the suino as Indiant.poli*, Baltitn,re a chort atop or third bascuuiu and a pitcher. The oiher cluba have not "crossed mo pautb/ 1 as the tragedian has it. It pained and appalled me to gee and bear that 0. P. Caylor's dear trienl, William Barnie, of italt'Qioro, Md , is eating foe other interests than hia very own. He boa bee a exiolliu^ in terms bruad and ch"ic« the virtues i>f Br-oklyn town and Brooklyu air. Can the two Be of the Association have formed A pool, one throw­ ing in acut**i;ej« ttnd suavity and t'ie other en-TS\ aud craft? If this is go, it's tioiP for us i>luin, bluul and simple men to reUre and any unto the combine: "Take all we have, exo* pt our lives." And it is no sate tettiag thut (he c< uthiDc w«n't accept the nff« r. This in t\ ftelflsh au<l \>ry p*T9oual World, and the t>.>t*« tKi!l corner of it is us b<id RS any it has. If Cay lor aud I could Qte^t tn thette daye and fitut a snnuy no^k in which t:> plum^*, fn verl.«t tt^ouy, our woes anJ dis- pointmcnis, then;'d bo music of a tona.n kind iu tbe air, nurl if tho people iu the vto*ouy d dn't nn>ve they'd be tou-hi r p«o|.le than I think p><*HibIo. But uianv uiileo u»d difflcutties &e;>araie Caylor HIK) my poor self. Lei's t><th maktj narintts t«nks of ourselves and make tho wht.le world tlrtd with our WHI)A when we iiie^t. A-i Ctmrtay ^Btde^ would say, '*thHi'8 ihe wav t» d<» it." Mennwhile. I'll go on «nd huntle and la^or iiotil I've got what I want or the other fellows have. Thru wiU coin* oiy jov or wue. If joy, I'll Ml you all &bout it after the telegraph has s-iid m its own pecnli-irly tnrgtd way th^t and aud were oa si^ue-i by the Cleveland Club, of the American A-s^ciJit'on. I j'ftZu oti \vhitt 1 h*ve written nod a tat n hie su^pi^ion comes that I mny hiwe told my set-ret nnd that fiaruia ia ou my track. #ut she *V^e," any way,

THE BAD WORK OP THK BROWNS.IVe Men two uf the l)t-in»it-St. Loubt >-'»iiie« and

you cun uidke up your min>i that the Hrowns ar* d^'iie. Whether, M thn Cltt<ba-ic and pHtrolt report­ ers declare, dissijMit'o- haq "done" tbt-tii, i-r whether bard lurlt uud de^'U) tnut i-roknn tbe tearuN spirit I do not kuow. But I do ktion- th«t thny are init pUying the lalt against Detiuit tlutt tlM*y played ttgaiiigt Olii- c;igo liist full, or Hg;iftit thf A«^i>ciftti..a ctul* this snmiuer. The Lea. UH triumphs und should do ao. lio chnnipiou team ^, 1 HDI now fr-w to luinut, a bet­ ter tcriui (ban is St. Uiuit*. My e\e bn't b>-en **oui" of Leai<u& base ball for iliret- y«!irs. und jH-ju-bce ami Ute splendid work thnt I havu seen th« Br«u: ua d.> thU a^aaun had turit-d it'out "a linle fur'h«r. C'oitaiuly th* Broun^ could not hnve bt-eteu third place iu the League, tor I bava a uotli»n that the Philadelphia tt-aw could have bundled iheui easier thau «vtn Deti.it. What will t« the effct ot the KrowuH* defi-at? It will provt-nt the flf:y-cetit tftriff goiuy into ?fft-ct in ill* A.-^-ciation. Had the Browno MOU th« petiBaijt It e las iff vtouM c<>rt'dnly Imve bw-n cbunK'-d. I don't b<-li*ve that the full wrieti of gaiuna will Ix* playtMl. Il will not be nwt^tarv HU-! no now tJatw will be m^de after Louisville aud Cm- ciunatl. ('trlaiiily iiooi; of th* gumes will be played in Cleveland. Vun dt-r Abe frirs the weather after Oct. z6, nn 1 Voc <Jrr Abe is wia-j to do so.

BOWLING OVPR AE9OC1ATION VICTORIK8.The A=-8ociation hot-bt:«ds are bowliug about the re

suits ol tlie other gfri 8 a^Htcat L^rtgue clum. Bt* btiUI Tbe Athleiic-l'hili«VI{>bm and <Juvelan<i-In- oiaiiupolis ecrita only ohoMt-d au\ tiling. All tlit-se ciiil>s pUyml with th^ir s-ason's tiains. aud the Phila- (ielphiKH* defeat **u* mrpriding. Iu:lmi)u|»oliH D.-HI ua. So t hut's even. U*-rtaiuly the ('Incinuaii-Clevelaud jiHint-H oho wed uoib^n^. Anwn uoi'd hia moa-* tt^ate pit rhers »ud Ohicttgo coul<iu't >.xp- ct t^j win. I like to ho* I ua w-li a-i auy UMII, when the h >*'Uug time comu». Bur it h-wn't "arruve" y«t. I with it bad for 1 c> id ally bate L*agu« prac'irt-tj.

Ki^bt here Kecaia to me to be the pnper place to tay unto O. F. 0** lor lhat I wroto at him in no spirit of bl-mit* wlien I t^iu-i he \\AS a Loa^uur. Tbo only qtnsiiou I raifi-d w.is a« to lil« witdoai lu pulling a L-ague oar in an American A^oeintUm boat, for until r« cvntiy bo ha^ bet-niu "iio. NothingcaL i-erouade me that bo was ngiuly treated, ftQ'l I ihmk tiiat B.nuiw ttud tiie rt-Bt will rogret making CHJ ; or u mark be- canse of private feelirifrs. Coiiainly it was right to generally exclude or admit uewg;Aper nit-u from the Astfoci»iti"n uifc*tiuji8. But now tunt rule b >a been iiiiide to cover this joint it unut be kopt, aud 1 for one will rai^e a biti BiMiit »h-iuM a newspai-oiite show up win.ID the next Association meeting. Stick a pin tbcre.

HUSTMIIO IN THB NORTHWEST.My dew frlendu and fe'lowptl/rtnH, Btrnie, Pb^lpa,

Mmrie <*nd Scbm'-lsc must tie having u real rocky time in tho very Urge and tru" Western im-i Ni ithwe^tHrn country. I henr fn>tn them, through K mutual frivud, and utt mual they're ci<utr*-ing their ion-es on the w*me uu-n. ' 1'wan over thus in chil thoo»t'e hitpfi.v hour anil ihe ba^e i»al! bu-ines*. But wh»« I l--arn th:»t Lovt«(t bus bwjn drnuint; $750 a month from f>etik' uti, I think lhat ihocltt,>fl i-n't Lit! e luu^h for ih^ unmt*y. 1 m^y bo ivrong. We all art*, and wti^n we giic** ' -m ri^ri;t, a majoiity of tlm-a wo tir*.* plaviug in gtK>'l luck- (/bar- 1 ,\ Morton, who ba« btten managing OH^ Mt»inc« and bii^ a ; rfiady Hhowo bow good a mm h< m, ^ city nn? timt be will b^ b(>m<> by OCT. 25, t;iat B'llflttes ar« high «n>i tbe men aat^KM, an-l that the big Huh* ruuht do Utter io other loctditiei than tho N'>rthw*-st. And Morto't ii ^onerall) il^bt. lie should not be left in the NorthwoRt next ^eaeou.

A SEW REVISION OF AN OU> STOUY. The otb' r d;iy I ht-arii a n^w roviHi^n of the etory

ot thf- B!c(;orniick-Ulnwec'*;k-Rrio'iy dcsf'ti^n fsom tup Cleveland Oiub, which, aa you know, uccurr«d at Grand lUj-ids* iu th« sum HUT of 1884. Tbe Ktory came via a friend of BnodyX aud wua told by the fat und fresh deserter. He said Bri-jdy wa- in bad physical coud'tiou aud, M usual, p >or. Hi^ d >ctor told him that he mint tak* a long rwst or he would die. He n-uldn't rest without funds, and didn't want to die. Then came Frank Wrijcht, of the Ciucimmti (Tuiotia, with his offer. Briody m ide up hii) mind that hfre WHS hia chance. But be knew that it wa* l>«je 1*11 Biiioide to £0 alone. So bo worked on Gbtn^rock und Mc(':>rniick, nn4 at la*t be pot them, denerted, and the money he received set him on bin f et. But it is a notorious fftj't that each of th*i dun* rti-ra havo been punfs-ed some way nim-e tbt-y lefi ih*- Cleveland Club. liii^iv is »'most f TguitoD, und McCoirairk and

W'*fK:k are | rinciptlly iu '-be public mind via their complaints an 1 * BMii'.fKlfg to get fr**e. And there wt-rs two mAii who jumped th« reterv* rul« In 1884at Cleve* li'ud'« expense who mivht have h.d b-tter luck. Punlap ban f tired ^ell finaocially, hut L>a!) ba«n't, th-.uvrli these men did no wroug in refueiug to abide by ther«8'T»e rule.

LITTLB PIKCBS OF NKW8 AND COMMBNT.There to bnt litttf club n«"*s thfo'week. Toy was

released on SttttirOuj l*"t, an-l Williams hoped to get McQiiHcn to finish tho srasou with tlie team, bnt Mux didn't care t<» d<. it.

I have it on thf boat of antbnrity that A deal has b"<-n con^nrTima^rd between B- st->n and Chlcugo and th-*t John Cl'trks^n will pbiy on the Bottom t-am next nea*-<>n. The price «fU' tfl is 1F7 50f), a low tt^ure oon- eid- ring that Mike Kol'y &«t SlO.tXiO.

The a'ory about the Toronto nvH getttnv 8100 and a diamond pin ench i^ one of the phtiiitunifi of 'th*- w-arton. 1 hey may yet got a budge oacb, but eo far h-tvo it to get.

There bus never boon * w-re F<»t rf;«toM f*i!nt»d than those s-nt out by a Pbi^f^pnin p^rty. It is

>d bettlriR that rji;; i*#\ fl>ruiv-» fn th" t«'o cottitnna weip con-si*. *nc1 (nir-h men JtsGUKe, MvOlonennd Xim-

^r were n«t noticed.Shiudlp Is not in tbe iMmft ra»arvfl eronp. Can it that Hnnite, ttte bnkl ewgle of Bwltim -ro, t ;»*» rmiled

bin? But I gttes*uot. F M. HRUNFLL.

Two Naiion*! tpftyu* lc,nr» li.(HhnftpnJ» nnd P-'t «t>U'g suflV-re!! tbt. iudi«;iiity of rlcfca- B f the of UUo Lettgno < law, und tho Uuiama uio

DELIGHTED DETROIT.Kxulting Ovur the Result of the Conteftt*

With Iho Association Champions- The Traveling Ficknickcrs-A Triuiupli Ov«r SpalUincr—Chumpfon Cliin ?IusintPoiLU.KLI-HJA, Oct. ly.—KdltOr SpORTlSfl

LiKk: Wuile the Philadelphia Post Ofb'oe authorities were euga^1 ' ' n tao intt-lle; tual task of chewing gum and jMcu^iag tUu weather, a ilocument stling forth Detroit's po^nion in re­ gard to the championship ; pries lay idly in the uttic',*, and wa$ not |jert«itted, through the uie- iliu n of THK SHORTING I.IKK, to be epreud hefbrt every base ball eotbueiiiat in America. Tht eui|>loyees of the Quaker City Post Office cannot be aocu-ed of pernicious activity, or tmjr other kind. Whoa a letter mailed In Mew York City Friday ni>on {'nils lo show up at THE SPORTINQ hiFK office in Philadelphia until Saturday n«>on it U eridbiit that somebixly is luay or else hasn't pa-bed ft oivii service eAULuination. It ia an ill wind, etc., for while it U a trillu late to difcuBS the matter, still the danger of making insecure prediction? i«i past nnd a ca'm di^cu^siun of how iJetruit won the world's cbatupinn-hip can be indulged in with perfect MiioH. Ihe sluggers have, up to date, won six out of eight game* from the- Browns, nnd it is only necessary for them to *in two out of the next seven to MHtU the question. Timt they will Mo this there >eeius U' be no question, ad they have got the Btowna in &uch a condition of raz^to-duzz'e th it they dun't know wheitier they are playing base ball or croquet. Their defeat has been overwhelm­ ing. They have been boiteu iu every depart­ ment of the gaue duiail.etl, banged, poundod, puiveri/td.'crushed. Tb«y are at a loss to say wht.tber they arc thy world-beaienj or s^me anmirur twitii Umt hu- bv mistake ruu «K»insi trio Wolv*.-rifn§. 'i h'-re buvu ixjati st.»uia viol-ml surpriaes m ih<» K-raev, Tbe Bfuwtis expecfcd to wiu « u their ba* ruuuiag uud limly It Li uo k, HUd Ht the -aiii« hin« wi-rt» con- fiduut of their at'i.ity to hit ihe t»all n» tiaiii aa it d ibe tluggt-ni. Oil thn o b«-r b.uJ tb« Woiv.-neiw felt eur* of ouiUittiug th« Brow.>s, ex,»-ctcd to tirld as w«il tmi w^re ii 4 .j>r*-'mii(nve reg^r >i(.g ihe ba-e-ruuuiug, Wnat has teen the nsull? Tb«l!r.ihiu h»¥t» batted a;ia it a-s well »« the I»vtroi s. tbt-ir tifldime liMg, ia voiu^nr^OD vutii ih-t >f the De r. its bem wrtuhsd and In l>uoo-ruiitnD^ tht> he;tvy Deir- U-i davo «pnu>d all around the light-footed Urown* In fact, the -*ol- Vt>rtut4 havo buatt-u tbti worlo'^ rhiimpi <nu at rvcry point. In the digm ^nm-'s ^layad to 4;ite H)<? L>i-trout have mrttie 84 LiiB io 67 by the B.owm. ])> far die Uwi bast-* on wtiicb to lorm un opioioti of tlie bdtiiug ability of iho ie.iiuo ia tbr iiiinil^rol e-irued rutis ma le, Outroit baviug ncur«d 22 to 11 by tbe «ro»u». i hu tell.s a pl*in story. Iu the Uur-miming dci-artaiant, Octroi t hus btiiten ihe Biuwns Innds-melyat ihvlr owu game, elo-.ilidg2i bust* t-> 14 ' } (tie world bt'fttora. Tiiw »ui«ll stiowitg by MM* Ur>>wua n«s, of courw, b> en duuin tbenmiu to the magnificent thr .whig of (!nar- It-,) B-jnueti. Bt-foie the t«rh i opened tbe Bro.vo* IHU. htM.iiit tfao idta u' Bruu' tt preventing td*-ir att-tU. in^ t/OdOd, but tbe luu^'i ha> difil away Hiid bemi re­ placed by n mo'irufiil sniiif, HS tliev rcc-ilifct the num- berlt^s tluitM ih^y slid K>r tua* bus^ only ti> be 'le­ ctured out, IH the baseiiiiiu rec'-ivid that rifle sbot throw and put the b^tl on tbo woul-l-be UrctmH. Bt>un«tt keeps tb^m glim! tu t'la bitstw, nn t bey well know ihttt ad»bh tor second or third Is fraught with uirw distut&r.

THK BROWNS' MISCALCULATION. Long t-efiro the Iieu^un HIIU A«-ocintion a^asona

wer» tndtni, Ibe Urowu-, from rTesideut You der Ah» down to ibti ticket sollery, gavu expression to tbo opiiit-'ii thai tbo Ducroiis wotiM w muc.t easiur tn b*-at ihun the ('bicugoa. Iu fa<n it was f:*sy to see from tnt'ir talk ihttt they expected a wu(k-awav, a tuijic* pie, as Fritchard put it. It mw appcnrt that thi-y uiadt. boiutj serious m ; scalcu!htio(m, ami find Umi Wolverine ntiuce pie altogether loo lou^h tor their teetU t..- peUttnUe. lii-pe il won t lii-coura^t Joe in (tie race for ttie As*ociiiUoo pr sid.-ncy. Th« Brount' ;>Jtv:be» have pmv«u wnfuily dt-ticifot Cariittjers, for a tiiua, puzzled the Wolverine, and won tbe only two gti'ncs to the credit "f tho Mound City men. But 1'M'inati Bob nenkuncd, au<J WM p«H«-'wi thcfrnuuaa tbe others. He in not strong eiiuti-h tu 91'sir.i the siege agaittst the ftiiip^ore. Ana whi'le ilie Bro*u-j are oucclitsse-l. TUe Dotroits are too strong atui Iit-avy for tii<.« Brown^. Wtiile 6fu-en gMiiu« is not so good a baaia on which to form Ha oj.imoii ol tJio .i'.'ilitit-B of tw'ocluba a-* a whule Sras.m, ftill, in tbt* prtw.-ut caeo, both ttamn wr re in good con- iiti.'U, botb put foiih tht-ir utn;osi effortf*, «nJ tho re­ sult iiinrt be t»ken as a fair d. u: >n>-lra i< a uf ttte rela­ tive tut'iitg of the two learn.4 . The Detroit* are chum- pioui of the world.

THfi TRAVKLIHG PARTT.It is a iHBrry party e-iilini; aronu-1 tfie country In a

special train. Tbo Detroit* aa<l Hr.wus eaoh have a s)e^p*-r, tiud tbe usii^rifiic"* ohd pre*s rH[)ref*«-nt^tivp« occup> aiioiher. In thr lutft r cur ti*o Prr^ident Yon dt-r Ah*-, wif" v.>\ «>u K'i^Afd; VVai. JHtjdart, n St, Louis etithnvtiiHt, wh ( ) Vf>d i rtin-fo;- of tho $t. Louii 01-ib iu ihof>»rlv tluvM-f i\. ' " Su-nrns, V»ce Pr*"i*tei(t V-Jtt <i<js^ Lt, wrrV and duittflit*-^: l*;v- •*. -r '«}', and !-e*-i>;-iry f P tr-i' u-'iii. \vlio is the fii.au. ioi <>i mutUith batid* continunllj tult i.ibu<>i< < his position nice)}, bftt an eye for * vetyi*:-(i\'« t onifort, nnd kwp« tliiti^s m<'Vtng aioiii<fniixttbly. Thf pr^sn is ie[.Tcaeuted by Kdward ^beridau, ot tho 8t. Li-nis £ej)w6'ic«»; 51. A. Lan^, of th.- St. Loois Pttst-l'isputclt; .toiviAi Murphy, of th» 8t. LOHH GU>bf~jjctnocrat-t G. A. T»tulin.M>n, of ih<* Detroit 2Vifct«*e; K. «V. Baker, of the Detroit Evening JytjnwU; F. C. PHiu^, tif the Chit'Hg'"* JW»B8, and your c.irr«»p ^nd- eut. J»x* Murphy, of tli<) (rfobe-Ikntocrul, i- tho well- known aihh-tH of tbe Mouud O.iy. He is a tine s; rimer, and «l*o au eict-' eu' bnae ball pitcher. In 1&K6 hu pitciufl a fftw p&nit* for the Manwiis a-zuinst ibe rbtCHtio-* a-d DHtroitg uud did s:mio fine wi.rk. He dn lined a very flattering offer fr-»m Cinctniiutt tbe nreiwnt ^us-Jii. Puine, of the A'cws, was ir.u'eliug Mitb tb< (.'liii'jtgo-*, but so rniser^bi^ n sh.iulu^ did thttt club fTuko thut be w-is iu9truci(*d to switch ofi Mndjoiti iho Browns aiid Dutroiia. It wdl, ofconn,e, give Spulding a pain toka*>w that a Chicago ru-ws- Iia:»<r tins h-<d tlit> onk-rprise to send a man with the great aggregations.

CHAMPIONSHIP CHIK-tfUSIC.Gtiarley Ganzol bfw playod a beautiful first base and

hit the (-all l:ard.I'r«j sid.:nt £t«'arD8 has his eye (ieoled for young

bl'x>d, m he anticipates t;ouble with tbe votfrnn members of tho clui), growing ont of the BrotluTluwd business.

If ihe stories Routing around have any foundation, War! i- not a brilliHUi rincc<-ss MI a reformer.

In 1878 there WH& a uoo-leautie teuin in Cleveland culled tbt II >!iluger Club, icuni'd from its nmnauer, W. M. H'.llinifer. It included in i'n njeinborBhip eiich men as Em Gr<>tw, Unrkloy, SvvHrtwcoiJ, L-btiy and otburs. lu 1879 tbo Ilollinger team w^»* moved to D*- tr,.it, and in that y«ar downed tho Glevolau I Lenpue tt-ain. Hollingur showed himself to be an apt DIHD- a^cr, with a keen oy for bail talent. The HoUinger te^m was .suitplftnted by e Lia^r.c team, and Ili.Ilinger wvnt into buhinwn at Detroit. Uf \\nn liet-rmiaed to re- ng^gein th»- btse ball bnaino^. and ttny club de- airin; R ttood mai.aK«r for n^-xt st-nno'i fhould address W. M. Holllngtr, Detroit, car.. R B. HH«dqiiaU^rs.

I wish Ham Thonip»<n couH take part in that long tNr \viugcooteetttt Cinciunati. He'd make 'em all Untile.

N.ftwftli«KDdln? tho pftty meaTincns of Spalding la rexnrd to the Horhl'ii series \* has U^en a howling .suc­ cess. Wbi-u my Lord tf^aldiuK rerns-d to permi? the c!uUtO('liy on the Loag .eg'ontKlsin : hicHgujt wiwa pince of j*ity wpite iLM Vt'ii d'r A he aud Stourna could aHord to fmi!e at. But when tbe president of (be Chicago Cli;b goes oat of his w*y tn ttttark the s^rit^s it i>uts huii in a very uuenvUbk light. That the jonruaii tic guerilla who acttd as the vent for Spelling's spleou should eTen go so far BS t<> a»«ail tite iu<&Kritv of tbe National gnm« in his efforts to Injure (ho series is not surprising but that Spa'diug, 'n h<> h-i-' PO much at aiak*, th'-uld stt»p s-j low, is tn- de«nl n surprise. It will not letiso his wrath to sea that, in bpito of his venomous- attacks, the gamea h»v* proven a innKuiticout §ucce.«a.

It h»s b( 't-ri nwidtnl to play another of the world*! ctmHipi' n hip gam?s in Detroit. It will take pl»c« thfte on MoDtiny, Oct. 24.

John CUikijcfi was ut the Union Grounds in Bos­ ton, Tu&wNy, aud *nv the pame. Ho wiid: "Yes, I am on iho market, but don't know wh»re f ^h*tU bricg np, I am anxious to «et a*ay from Cb^-igo."

An attempt wn« made lint Sunday to burn do* n the stand--of the Uuion Grounds ut B.*tt>n. It didu*t eticrpfi'l, ami is said to have been canned by a b mflrs starteil bv boys.

An ludfanapolis man, a frfond of Sam Thompson, wittt a limit'd kn->u'lodge of tbe Nntionnl gume, bnt unbounded coiifi lcr»ce in tho W< Iv^rinCM, saw tho peniutf game* iu He. Louis nui! m*de a wag^r thiit the

Browns would n»t make nix niD^in auoth^r game of tho w-ries. Whilo an oxtr.juiely fcolisa bet, yet th« Hooeier seems destfued t<» win.

The double umpire system ISA jrmnil «ntcco-». If th« League k'n-ws when it is welt ->ff it will adopt it, aud pt*t t> e beat inoi) in-thebui-ioeirf. Their ca ortwbhonkl b<< gradt-d according to thoir abtUdud, tbo sauw as bull piii* eiH.

Sodeti and the Boston dirpcturs «r«*r^ sent Invitations tr, a'tend tlu> game ut tbe Hub Tnee-Uy. Th^y re­ turned them. Hc(W(?v'*r, Direct T Oon.»»r took in th« g«me from the emUumoe of a wooddhud aljugi^de th* riicbt flelii f^nce.

Thomp-oii was stricken with u severe cnso of ni»- laria ai IJ:'»fa>u. R--milt, two corktDa home run hits.

Dan Ik'iito^r-'ankle hc.-n't in-rmiited him to pUy up to date. Dan Wt-uid like to pUj, 'iU'i get!* out and batit a little bcf-.rt- euch game, but can't beat hia weight OD the aublo.

A ci»r:k walked out of the Boston grouud* Tu-'Sii'** an-1 declaimed M follows: ''Tbfa fa a b^tan-ine. Tbe Browus can beat the D- tioiW ^«r gave away th« gnrae."

I saw the js^irokin* fnw of W. D. Sullvan, othi»p. W!HV "imgwump," at (teuton TwHda*. He had Just fe ornt-d frmi liis w wMluii tour an'l carried an air of ecstatic bHppiuf-fi*. An oxtf-iidfld oartiiiy ewer nnd a di-t ron-bunKff t'ne fut of lb« youugood louder sheep are ju-t wjfiat **BIneg.\ " doscrvfls.

Sherif'an, Murphy ^nd La-io. the St. Lf.uianevntip^iief boys, b«ve triveti it up.

VOQ doi Ali« in yf course ile^nly di«appointe»t at the rmnlt of t 1 < griif:en, but nil the MHUU timo n»fliit»g-^ t« k'op in et^ni I'limurftndhficouii'vuttDCtiitlumin'ited with a jollv tuiiie. MAT.

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