Spalding's Baseball Guide And Official League Book For 1889 Part 12

NEW YORK.

T. R. B. P. A. E.

--------------+---+---+---+---+---+--- Slattery, cf 5 0 0 1 1 0 Ewing, c 5 0 0 8 3 0 Tiernan, rf 5 0 0 1 0 0 Connor, 1b 3 0 0 15 0 0 Ward, ss 4 0 0 2 3 1 Richardson, 2b 4 0 2 3 2 0 Whitney, 3b 3 0 1 1 5 1 O'Rourke, lf 4 0 2 1 1 0 Keefe, p 4 0 1 1 10 0 +---+---+---+---+---+--- Totals 37 0 6 33 25 2

PHILADELPHIA.

T. R. B. P. A. E.

-------------+---+---+---+---+---+--- Andrew, 3 cf 5 0 2 1 0 0 Fogarty, rf 4 0 1 1 0 0 Farrar, 1b 4 0 0 12 1 0 Delahanty, lf 4 0 0 2 0 0 Mulvey, 3b 4 0 0 0 2 0 Sanders, p 4 0 0 1 7 0 Schriver, c 4 0 1 9 4 0 Irwin, ss 4 0 0 5 4 0 Bastian, 1b 3 0 0 2 3 0

+---+---+---+---+---+--- Totals 36 0 4 33 18 0

Philadelphia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0--0 NewYork 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0--0

Two-base hit--O'Rourke. Double plays--Keefe and Connor, Farrar and Sanders. First base on b.a.l.l.s--Connor, Whitney, Bastain. First base on errors--Philadelphia, 1. Struck out--Tiernan, Whitney, Keefe, 2; Andrews, Fogarty, 2: Delehanty, Mulvey, Sanders, Schriver, Irwin. Wild pitches-- Keefe, 2; Sanders, 1. Time--Two hours. Umpire--Kelly.

REMARKABLE EVENTS.

LONGEST GAME.--Played at Boston May 11, 1877, between the Harvard College nine and the Manchester professional team, twenty-four innings, score 0 to 0.

BEST LEAGUE CHAMPIONSHIP MATCH.--Played August 17, 1882, at Providence, between the Providence and Detroit teams, eighteen innings, score 1 to 0-- _seventeen innings without a run!_

NEXT BEST LEAGUE CLUB GAME.--Played at St. Louis on May 1, 1877, between the St. Louis team and the Syracuse Stars, fifteen innings, score 0 to 0-- a drawn match.

BEST INTERNATIONAL a.s.sOCIATION GAME.--Played May 7, 1878, at Lynn, Ma.s.s., between the Live Oak team of Lynn, and the Crickets of Binghamton, fifteen innings, score 1 to 0.

BEST JUNIOR GAME.--Played at Hoboken, August 19, 1878, fifteen innings, score 1 to 0.

SHORTEST GAME.--Excelsior vs. Field in Brooklyn on Excelsior's grounds, in May, 1861--50 minutes, 9 innings.

LONGEST THROW.--By John Hatfield, made at Union Grounds, Brooklyn, Oct.

15, 1872. Distance 133 yards, 1 foot, 7 inches-- over 400 feet.

GREATEST SCORE.--In match between the Niagara Club, of Buffalo, and a visiting nine at Buffalo in 1864, score 202 to 26.

THE THROWING CONTESTS RECORDS.

The longest throw of a baseball on record up to 1872 was that made in 1868 by John Hatfield, then a member of the Cincinnati team, he then throwing a ball 132 yards. In October, 1872, a throwing contest took place on the old Union ball grounds, Brooklyn, in which John Hatfield--then of the Mutuals--threw the ball 133 yds, 1 ft 7-1/2 in., the distance being officially measured. The contest was also partic.i.p.ated in by Andy Leonard, whose record was 119 yds. 1 ft. 10 in.; George Wright, 117 yds. 1 ft. 1 in.; Billy Boyd, 115 yds. 1 ft. 7 in.; Fisler, 112 yds. 6 in., and Anson, 110 yds. 6 in. This throw of Hatfield's--over 400 ft.--has never been equaled in any regular throwing contest.

On September 9, 1882, a throwing match took place on the Chicago ball grounds between E. Williamson of the Chicago Club and Pfeffer of the Troys. Three trials were had and Pfeffer's best throw was 132 yards and 5 inches. Williamson's best throw was 132 yards, 1 foot, or four feet seven and one half inches short of Hatfield's champion throw.

In 1884, while connected with the Boston Union a.s.sociation Club, Ed Crane, while in Cincinnati October 12 of that year, was credited with throwing a baseball 135 yards, 1 foot, and 1/2 inch, and also again at St.

Louis on October 19, he was credited with throwing a ball 134 yards, 5 inches. But the circ.u.mstances attendant upon both trials were not such as to warrant an official record, so the _Clipper_ says, through its editor for 1888, Mr. A. H. Wright, in his answer to a query on the subject. At any rate, Crane has not since reached such figures, and he is as swift a thrower now as ever.

The throwing contest which took place at Cincinnati in 1888, at intervals through the summer and fall, failed to result in the record being beaten, though some very good long distance throwing was done, as will be seen by the appended record:

Rank PLAYERS. CLUB. Distance Thrown.

----+------------+-----------+------------------ 1 Williamson Chicago 399 feet 11 inches.

2 Griffin Baltimore 372 " 8 "

3 Stovey Athletic 369 " 2 "

4 Vaughn Louisville 366 " 9 "

5 Burns Brooklyn 364 " 6 "

6 O'Brien Brooklyn 361 " 5 "

7 Collins Brooklyn 354 " 6 "

8 Tebeau Cincinnati 353 " 0 "

9 Gilks Cleveland 343 " 11 "

10 Reilly Cincinnati 341 " 6 "

11 Brennan Kansas City 339 " 6 "

12 Stricker Cleveland 337 " 8 "

13 Foutz Brooklyn 335 " 4 "

14 Davis Kansas City 333 " 6 "

15 O'Connor Cincinnati 330 " 0 "

16 McTamany Kansas City 327 " 6 "

When Williamson threw, the grounds were slippery, but he managed to easily win the $100 prize money and diamond locket. One hundred and thirty- three yards eight inches, was the distance Williamson threw, and he would have done still better and beaten Hatfield's throw, had the conditions been more favorable.

The best throw of a cricket ball on record is that of W. F. Torbes, of Eton College, England, in March, 1876, the distance foeing 132 yards.

The longest throw of a lacrosse ball is that made by W. B. Kenny, at Melbourne, Australia, in September, 1886, the ball being thrown from his lacrosse stick 446 feet. The longest in America was that of Ross McKenzie, in Montreal, on October, 1882, he throwing the ball 422 feet.

THE TRIP TO ENGLAND IN 1874.

Mr. Spalding made an effort to introduce base ball in England in 1874, but the experiment proved to be a costly one financially, and it did not result favorably in popularizing the American game in England. The two teams who visited England in July, 1874, included the following players of the Boston and Athletic clubs of that year:

BOSTON. POSITIONS. ATHLETIC.

------------------------------------------------- James White Catcher James E. Clapp.

A.G. Spalding Pitcher James D. McBride.

James O'Rourke First Base West D. Fisler.

Ross C. Barnes Second Base Joseph Battin.

Henry Shafer Third Base Edward B. Sutton.

George Wright Short Stop M.H. McGeary.

And. J. Leonard Left Field Albert W. Gedney.

Harry Wright Center Field James F. McMullen.

Col. C. McVey Right Field A.C. Arisen.

George W. Hall Subst.i.tute Al. J. Reach.

Thomas L. Beals Subst.i.tute J.P. Sensenderfer.

Sam Wright, Jr Subst.i.tute Thomas Murnan.[A]

[**Proofreaders note A: "Murnan" might be a typo, as it appears as "Murnam" later on the page.]

The record of the games played in England on the trip is as follows:

DATE. CONTESTING CLUBS. CITIES. PITCHERS. SCORES.

-------+-------------------+----------+----------+------- July 30 Athletic vs. Boston Liverpool McBride, Spalding 10in. 14-11 " 31 Boston vs. Athletic " Spalding, McBride 23-18 Aug. 1 Athletic vs. Boston Manchester McBride, Spalding 13-12 " 3 Boston vs. Athletic London Spalding, McBride 24-7 " 6 " " " " Spalding, McMullen 14-11 " 8 Athletic vs. Boston Richmond McBride, Spalding 11-3 " 10 Boston vs. Athletic Crystal Spalding, Pal. McBride 17-8 " 11 Athletic vs. Boston " McBride, Spalding 19-8 " 13 Boston vs. Athletic Kensington Spalding, McBride 16-6 " 14 Spalding's Nine vs. " Spalding, McMullen's Nine McMullen 14-11 " 15 Boston vs. Athletic Sheffield " , " 19-8 " 17 " " " " " , " 18-17 " 20 Athletic vs. Boston Manchester McBride, Spalding 7-2 " 24 Boston vs. Athletic Dublin Spalding, McBride 12-7 " 25 Athletic vs. Boston " McMullen, H. Wright 13-4

Boston victories 8, Athletic victories 6.

In the percentage of base hits of those who played in a majority of the games on the Boston side McVey led with .435, Leonard being second, with .418, and George Hall third, with .364, Barnes, O'Rourke, Schafer, Harry and George Wright and Spalding following in order. On the Athletic side Anson led with .437, McGeary being second, with .388, and McMullen third, with .367. McBride, Clapp, Murnam, Sutter, Gedner and Battin following in order, the latter having a percentage of .323. Sensenderfer only played in 9 games, Kent in 8, Fisler in 5, and Beals in 4. All the others played in 10 games and over.

In the description of the players of the team given in the London papers at the time of their visit the following paragraph appeared, quoted from Mr. Chadwick's comments in the _Clipper_: