Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1888-07-22
DIAMOND DUST.

Pfeffer had the honor of signing his name
10 the first Australian contract.
One hundred and ten thousand persons
witnessed the League and American Asso-
citation games July +.
Hardie Henderson, the fat pitcher whom
the Pittsburghs released, is SAID to have
signed Toledo, O., contract.
Hugh Daily, the one-arred pitcher, who
was at one time d star tWrer in the league,
is working in the box for the Cumberland,
Md, club.
Burdock. released from the Bostons for
drinking, has signed an lronclad agreement
not to touch drop of liquor while he plays
with the Brooklyns.
Hugh Duffy, of the Chicagos, is proving
all that Captain Arson has claimed for him.
h hits the ball hard. fields perfectly and
watches every opportunity when on the
bases.
Mike Morrison late pitcher Of the Cleve-
land club, was offered d job on the Phiiadel-
phia team provided he showed up well in
practice. The club offered TO pay his board,
but Mike said nay.
Bobby Caruthers, the ChicagoaD, now with
the Brooklyn club, is reported TO have called
the feeders in his team lot of 'stiffS' who
stood 40 earthly show against the st. Louis
Browns Now there is hard feeling.
Manager Harry Wright said the reason he
let Mcclure, the catcher, go was because
his throwing to bases was bad Ee couldn't
have been much worse than Clements in the
July 4 games, as the stolen base column
shows the Chicagos to have reached the
bases eight times.
The Detroit Free Press said: g Fortunately
for Detroit Philadelphia had sand enough
to win one game from Chicago They Elay
call it sand" in the city on the Canadian
border, but the Chicago players themselves
called it l" rotten playing" The Detroits
in their game with the New Yorhs the
Fourth made nine errors, while the Chica-
gos with the PhilIieS made seven in the game
they lost.
Detroit papers say that President Day
and Manager Mutrie INDUCED freely in
lemonade the Fourth. One day last season
these two gentlemen quaffed the same liquid
at the Chicagos' park 1t was in the first
part of the game and the Giants were
ahead. When the famous seventh inning
was over the eX-champions were ahead.
The Gcthamltes drank plain water and little
at that.
Touched OUT in an article in the Sport
ing Times, exposes his ignorance of baseball
in general when he says that four members
of the Chicago Reserves are in jail for
burglary. " Talent developed from such a
reserve team as this he says, 4" would be
liable to be little tough" For g Touched
Outs" information he is told that the club
STYLED the - Chicago Reserves is made up
of young men living in this city, but who
never had any connection with Anson's
team Chicago Tribune.
The veteran Tim Murnane sums up the
Boston club as follows: 'The club is well
fixed for pitchers. A little weak behind the
bat. Kelly is not a natural catcher like
Clements or Daily, of Chicago. Attirst base
Morrill, is all right; at second they are
weak At third base and short they are all
that could be desired. In the outfield Horn
ing has made only one error in ffty-one
games, but what does this signify? Can any
one say that Hornung is the equal of Dicky
Johnston in the field. and yet the great lit
tie center fielder has made many errors this
season. Brown at right can not be expect
ed to do any better than he does. Iconsider
the outfeid weak one"
Krock the rolling mill pitcher. and
Borchers, from the land of gold, ran a one
hundred yard race at the Chicago ball park
the other dav for ten dollars, the loser to
catch the winner while practicing. Umpire
Rengle, of the Southern League, was judge
and Ed Sweep starter. Both men removed
their superfiuous clothing and toed the line.
Krock ran like race horse and won by fif-
teen yards. Then Borchers was called upon
TO carry out the agreement Krock faced
Borchers with new ball, which the latter
was obliged to furnish, and for thirty min
utes the ball was sent in faster than II ever
was by the big pitcher-so fast, in fact, that
after having his hands pounded so he
couldn't close them he gave way to Darling.