Waterbury evening Democrat., 1888-06-23
DIAMOND DATA.

MCKINLEY has signed with Toronto. ] TOMMY PooEsaAN seems to have dropped oil tn his batting.
 THE (Tneinnatis thus far this season have released but ono man.
 IEHASE has made tho longest hit on the Buffalo grounds this season.
 BurF1NroN was sold to the Phillies for $500. | What would Boston give to get him back!
 WESLEY BLoGG, at one time player in the | Allegheny Club wants to be a league umpire. |
 THE Louisvilles are hard pushed for catch ing material. Kerins ssd Cross are both laid up.
 "A Hor Sp RING arm is what the boys call | it now when pitcher does good work in the box.
 W1FE-"Which ball club beat to-day, John?" Husband, dcj-ctedly = Tho other one."- Judge.
 BoYs under 5 years of age will hereafter be admitted into the Philadelphia grounds for b cents.
 TREASURER HETTEsHEIMER, of the Cincin- natis, is accom- panying the club on their pres ent tour.
 HARRY WRIGHT is making every effort to have the doube-umpire system adopted next season.
 DAVE RowE's playing has been great dis appointment to the Kansas City Association Management.
 AN operation has been performed upon Me Phec's leg and he will not be able to play for a fortnight at least. THE Worcester people are bemoaninS the luck that deprived them of pitcher Gleason, now of the Philadclphas. FRANK R1NGos huff of fly ball made the utteen-innin., game draw between Minneap- olis and St. Paul on May A. UMPIRE VALENTINE says that Morris, of ! Pittsburg, is the easiest pitcher in tho League to judge on strikes and balls. THE contract for furnishing the American ! .ssociation balls, now Erld by A. J. Reach
 X Co.,, of Philadelphia, will expire this season. UP to last Monday ther. have been but two whitewasheS thus fur in tho New England | League, and Lynn has administered both of | them. GEORGE & HopsoN, tho young amateur ! pitcher of tn" Solar Tip Club, of Philadelphia. has been signed by Buffalo. Hodson is just | E years old. l MICKEY WALSH, Buffalo's crack pitcher has | gone home to rest for awhile. The doctor I says his trouble is rheumatism settled in the | right shoulder. THE Memphis Club thinks so we'll O, Joh
 Ewing. q brother of the Buck Giant" t&a.
 threc thousand dol!..rs, by tho Kansas City Club, was lately refused for him.
 SPEAKING of umpires, it is stated ou reli- | able authority that q bnsn.al umpire was
 struck by lightning in tho West. Being used l to such things he merely smiled ard re- l marked: Out on first.'
 THERE is an inkling th,t Sam Barclay will
 soon manage the Kansas City team of the 1 American Association. When Sam heard of 1 it he replied that he would not accept the po-
 sition under any circumstances.
 THE first championship game ever played
 on the South End Ground, Boston, was May g. 1S71 between the present Boston Club and
 the Olympic, of Washington. The homo team
 won the game by score of 20 to IS.
 AFTER Hoy. the deaf mute, had struck ou, for the third time in a recent game, MT 1 Hewett asked him as he sat down on tho
 bench what the trouble was. Hoy indicated
 with his fingers that there was a hole in hil l bat.
 l MANAGER WRIGHT, of Philadelphia, has ar
 ranged postponed games follows: At In l dianapolis, July 6, and two games Septem
 Der 19 during fair week.; at Pittsburg, Jul,
 18 Sept. 6: at Detroit, Sept. 14; at Boston
 Sept. p.