THE  NEW  YORK  CLIPPER  ANNUAL.
 

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Aug. 7—Williams, of the Canton Club, held down the
Hudson team to one safe hit, a scratch in the ninth inn¬
ing—Canton, O.

Aug. 9—WUliam F. Williams, who pitched for the Na¬
tional Club, of Washington, on Its extended Western trip
in 1867, died—Washington, D. C.                  ,

Aug. 11—Dahlen, of the Chicago Club, accepted at short
:stop fourteen chances, including eleven assists, in a game
against the Cleveland team—Chica,^o.

Aug. 11—A team of semi-professionals and amateurs,
under the alleged management of Al. Lawson, who had
.•sailed from this city July 30, played their first game in
England at Preston.   The trip ended In a financial failure.

Aug. 12-The Pittsburg and Cincinnati teams played
nine innings in seventy-three minutes—Pittsburg.

Aug. 12—The Altoona and Wilkesbarre teams, of the
Pennsylvania State League, played twelve innings, the
former making the only and winning run—Altoona, Pa.

Aug. 12—The Fort Smith and Van Buren teams played
-the last two games of a series for an announced''purse
of $1,000 and the championship of Arkansas." The morn¬
ing game required twelve innings, and was won by the
Van Buren team bv 2 to 1. The Fort Smith won the de-
■cldlng game in the afternoon by 3 to 2—Pine Bluff, Ark.

Aug. 17—The Illinois-Iowa State League expelled the
Joliet Club and dropped the Jacksonville Club at a special
meeting—Moline, 111.

Aug. 17—The Altoona Club, of the Pennsylvania State
League, disbanded.

Aug. 18—The Langhorne and Camden teams played
twelve innings, the former winning by 1 to 0—Langhorne,
Pa.   .

Aug. 18—Wevhlng, of the Philadelphia Club, shut out
the Clncinnatf team with a scratch single made by the
first batsman—Cincinnati.

Aug. 18—Anson, of the Chicago Club, made five succes-
;sive safe hits, including two triples and a double, in a
game with the Brooklyn team—Chicago,

Aug, 19—The Allentown Club, of the Pennsylvania State
League, disbanded,

Aug. 20—Crane, of the New York Club, held the Cleve¬
land team down to one safe hit, and retired the side in the
third inning on only three pitched balls—Cleveland.

Aug. 20—The Lancaster team scored the only and win¬
ning run in a fifteen inning game with the P. R. R. team,
-of Philadelphia—Lancaster, Pa.

Aug. 22—Sanders, of the Louisville Club, retired the
Baltimore team without a safe hit—Louisville.

Aug. 22—The Cincinnati and Washington teams played
twelve innings, the former winning by 6 to 5—Cincin¬
nati.

Aug. 22—The Salem and Portland teams, of the New
-England League, played twelve innings, the former wln-
:nlng by 2 to 1—Portland, Me.

Aug. 24—The Pacific Northwest League decided to dis-
bandr awarding the championship of the second series to
the Seattle Club.

Aug. 26—Sanders, of the Louisville Club, shut out the
Boston team with only one safe hit—Louisville.

Aug. 27—Thomas Donnelly, an amateur, was hit on the
"head by a pitched ball and killed—Lansford, Pa.

Aug. 27—The amateur clubs of Chicago had a public
parade and then visited the local grounds, where the
Washington and Chicago teams contended—Chicago.

Aug 27—The final game for the English championship
resulted in the Middlesborough team defeating the Derby
nine by 23 to 6—Middlesborough, Eng.

Aug 28—The Providence team made only one safe hit
•off Taylor, of the Albany Club—Albany, N. Y.

Aug 30—The Texas League disbanded.

Aug 30—The Chattanooga team made only one safe hit
off Petty, of the Birmingham Club—Birmingham, Ala.

Aug. 31—The Cincinnati team made only one safe hit off
.Stivetts, of the Boston Club—Cincinnati

Sept. 1—The San Francisco and Oakland teams, of the
■California League, played thirteen innings, the former
winning by 3 to 2—San Francisco.

Sept 2—Allen, of the Philadelphia Club, accepted four¬
teen chances at short stop in a game with the St. Louis
■Club—St. Louis.

Sept. 3—The Galveston and Houston teams played a
:flve inning game in the evening by electric lights—Gal¬
veston, Tex.

Sept. 4—The Rockford Club, of the Illinois-Iowa League,
■disbanded.

Sept. 4—The San Jose and Los Angeles teams, of the
€alifornia League, played a tie game of eighteen inn¬
ings, darkness stopping the contest, each having then
scored two runs—San Jose, Cal.

Sept 5—Twelve innings were played in the morning
game between the Brooklyn and St, Louis teams, the
Tatter winning by a score of 6 to 5—Brooklyn,

Sept, 5—Labor Day was celebrated by the clubs of the
National League and American Association, the nine
.games then played attracting an attendance of upwards
•of thirty-one thousand people.

Sept. 10—The New England League closed its champion¬
.ship season, the Woonsocket Club winning the pennant,

Sept. 12—The Philadelphia and LouisviUe teams made
thirty-eight safe hits with a total of forty-seven bases-
Philadelphia.

Sept. 14—Carter, of the Staten Island .'i.thletic Club, re¬
hired the Oritani Field Olub's team without a safe hit or
 

even one reaching first base, only twenty-seven men go¬
ing to the bat in the nine innings—Hackensack, N. J.

Sept. 15—The Hatboro and Doylestown teams played
nine innings without scoring a run. Smith retired the
Doylestown team with one safe hlt,.while Seeds was hit
safely only three times—Hatboro, Pa.

Sept. 17—Westervelt, of the New Jersey Athletic Club,
struck out the Puritan Athletic Club, of Greenville, with¬
out a safe hit, and retired twenty, one on strikes—Bergen
Point, N. J.

Sept. 17—The Jeanesville and Scranton teams played
twelve innings, the former winning by 4 to 3—Hazleton,
Pa.

Sept. 17—The Eastern League closed its second cham¬
pionship season, the Binghamton team finishing first.

Sept 17 to 27, inclusive—The Binghamton and Provi¬
dence teams played a deciding series of games for the
championship of the Eastern League, the former team
winning the pennant with four victories to the Provi¬
dence team's two victories.

Sept. 20—The second championship season of the South¬
ern League closed with the Birmingham team in the
lead.

Sept. 22—Joseph Blong, at one time a prominent profes¬
sional pitcher and outfielder, being a member of the
original St. Louis BroAvns in 1876 and 1877, died—St Louis.

Sept. 24—The Boston and New York teams played twelve
innings, the former winning by 4 to 3—New York City.

Sept. 25—McNabb, of the Los Angeles Club, held the San
Jose team down to a scratch single—Los Angeles, Cal.

Sept. 26—A fire destroyed the grand stand and club
house at the Louisville grounds causing the postponement
of the championship game between the Louisville and
Chicago teams scheduled for the following afternoon.

Sept. 28—McMahon, pitching for the Brandywine Club,
prevented the Camden team from making a safe hit and
retired eighteen on strikes—West Chester, Pa.

Sept. 30—Edward O'Neill, who had played professional¬
ly with the Milwaukee and Fort Wayne teams, died—Fall
River, Mass.

Sept 30—Frederick Van Wormer, the pitcher of the
Williams College team In 1887, died—Albany, N. Y.

Sept. 30—Seven double plays were made in the game be¬
tween the Chicago and Cincinnati Clubs, five being by the
latter team—Cincinnati.

Oct 1—McMahon, of the Brandywine Club, shut out the
Rockdale team with only one safe hit—West Chester, Pa.

Oct 1—The Southern League championship finally
ended in a draw. The Chattanooga and Birmingham
teams, the leaders of the two seasons, played a series of
eight games, each being credited with four victories.

Oct. 2—The Los Angeles and San Francisco teams, of
the California League, played twelve innings, the former
then winning by 7 to 6—San Francisco.

Oct. 4—The National League and American Association
held a special meeting, and decided to continue with
twelve clubs in 1893, when the contract season will begin
April 1 and end Sept. 30, all championship games being
scheduled between these dates—N. Y. City.

Oct. 5- Charles Flowers, who was once prominent as a
professional short stop, dropped dead of heart disease-
Philadelphia.

Oct. 12—Buckley, the catcher of the St. Louis team, had
his right arm broken by a collision at the plate with
Brown, of the Louisville team—St. Louis,

Oct, 15—The second championship season of the Na¬
tional League and American Association closed with the
Cleveland Club in the lead and the other clubs finishing
in the following order: Bostop, Brooklyn, Pittsburg,
Philadelphia, New York, Chicago, Cincinnati, Louisville,
Baltimore, St. Louis and Washington.

Oct 15—Jones, who pitched for the first time for the
Cincinnati Club, retired the Pittsburg team without a
solitary safe hit—Cincinnati,

Oct. 15—The Chicagos scored the pnly and winning run
in a game with the St, Louis team, Hawley held the
Chicagos down to two scattering singles, while Hutchi¬
son was hit safely five times—Kansas City, Mo.

Oct. 15—The Bostons twice defeated the Washingtons,
Stivetts preventing the latter from making a safe hit or a
run in the five innings of the second game. The Boston
team thus completed the unprecedented record of one
hundred and two victories in championship contests dur¬
ing the double season—Washington, D. C.

Oct. 15—The Baltimores were twice defeated by the
Brookljrns, the former losing one hundred and one cham¬
pionship games during the double season—Baltimore.

Oct. 16—The concluding contest took place at SportSr
man's Park, St. Louis, which had been used as a ball
ground for twenty-seven years.

Oct. 17—James F. Galvin, the veteran pitcher, made his
farewell appearance on the diamond, taking part in a
game for his benefit—Pittsburg.

Oct. 17—The Boston and Cleveland Clubs, the leaders in
the first and second seasons, commenced the deciding
series for the championship of the National League and
American Association, darkness then obliging the um¬
pires to call the game after eleven innings had been com^
Dieted without either team scoring a run—Cleveland.

Oct. 18 to 24 inclusive—The Bostons beat the Clevelands
in five consecutive games of the, deciding series for thd
championship of the National League and American As-