The leading home run batter of the American League was Baker of Philadelphia.

BAKING-POWDER BATTERS Batter is a mixture of flour with sufficient liquid to make it thin enough to be beaten.

A squinting eye is a treasure to a boxer, a left-handed batter is a prize in a cricketing eleven, and one of the best gymnasts in Chicago is an individual with a wooden leg, which he takes off at the commencement of affairs, thus economizing weight and stowage, and performing achievements impossible except to unipeds.