The Indianapolis sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1880-1904, 1885-05-03
Diamond Dust.


Briody weighs 200 pounds.
Anson lie against the new pitching rule.
The Sporting Life says 'Great Is Lucas,
but greater Ia lucre."
The indianapolis Club playing ball with
the Keokuk cowboys is Lew Todd's latest.
Pete Browning says he is going to lead
the American Association batsmen this
year.
The exhibition season has not been a
profitable one this year, owing 10 stormy
weather.
Ted Sullivan is making strenuous efforts
TO tecure Shaw and DAILY since their rein.
statement.
The able base bali editors of the st. Louis
Republican and Cleveland Plaindsalsr are
roasting" one another.
The Indianapolis club now has three
catchers. having signed Murray, who played.
with Providence last year. lie will join the
club ~ once.
This season the costumes of tho New Yorks
will be white blouse and breeches, with ma
room trimmings, maroon stockings and belt
and white cap.
Jerry Dorgan was four times at the bat
and hit the ball safe as many times in the
Detroit Buffalo game on Friday. Jerry says
be will booze" no more this season.
The Athletics have complied with the new
rules and placed a rubber home plate on its
ground, but have not yet laid q marble or
| glass plate in front Of the pitchers box.
The rubber plate is giving great satisfaction
there.
| Caylor wears out "siesn' lead pencils
week IN abuse OF Lucas, and that nice,
smooth talking gentleman continues to eat
/ three meals day and s.eep eight hours at
night. He weighs more than he did when
the Cincinnati crank opened out on him.
The Philadelphia infield Is now settled
| with Farrsr, Andrews and Mulrey on the
bases and Bastian at short. Foster will be
| released and is wanted by Wilmington, and
Meyers would have no objection to signing
with club in which he could play rega-
larly.
Members OF all the classes in Yale College
openly express dissatisfaction at the way tbs
| freshman nine IL made up. Recently game
| was played by the regular nine and y nine
| made up of the defeated candidates, aud the
latter warmed the regulars up to the tune OF
TOD.
The Omaha club has been notified that
their pitcher, Kent, is ineligible to play.
having been blacklisted last year for jump
ing Peoria contract. If this bs true, the
three games won by Kansas City and two by
Cleveland from the Omahas will not count
I'm the championship race, for Kent pitched
in all OF them.
Ross Barnes is q sensible fellow. He says
that as soon as the weather grows good and
warm he will try his hand ut the game. III
he finds that he can play ball as he used to
in the olden times, he will re-enter the pro-
fessional arena, but IL he finds that he has
lost mis- grip, he will not attempt to play and
will quit the field forever.-St. Louis Say.
ipgs.
There has been deal of trouble over UNI.
pires already in the brief space since the
Southern League championship season be-
gan, ard ten games have been forfeited and
several protested. The trouble arises from
the system adopted. The games are um-
PRED BY local umpires who, the game being
new. are inexperienced and not well posted
on the rules, and also lean to their home
club.
The Black Ravens and Little Potatoes will
play several exhibition games on their Ken.
tucky Avenue Park this week. The Rarc1s
and Hsydens are arranging for series oil
games for the championship OF North Illinois
street. The former will each day present
their famous battery, Licorlce and Anthra-
cite. LicoriZe has been known to strike
out twenty.seven men n game. He pitches
bicycle curve.
The Sporting Life makes some very bad
breaks once in q while. 1t says: Umpire
Brennan, of the Western League last week
forgot the number of balls required to send
a batter to first base. At Cleveland he sem
seventeen men to bases on six balls, while
the rules require seven" If the able editor
will only look over the rules of the Western
League, he will find that six balls gives g
batsman his base. Brennan thoroughly I'M
derstands his business.
Owing to some misunderstanding none oil
the local papers received any information
concerning the Indianapolis Keokuk game
until yesterday. The score stood to 2 al
the end OF the ninth inning, when the home
team had to leave to catch the train fol-
Omaha. Casey and Mcclure were the bat
terry for Indianapolis and Kennedy and Nc
Gindley for Keokuk. The home team So
cured but two hits off the formers deliver;