Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1889-06-01
NOTES OF THE DIAMOND,

burg, Cleveland at Chicago.
NOTES OF THE DIAMOND.
Irwin has been reinstated on the Philies.
ODay's work Thursday showed that he is not
entirely out yet.
Clark is going to be one of the crack catchers
of the team. lie throws like rife shoots
Hoy seems to have lost his grip on the stick
He no longer hits safely when man is on
base.
Morrill, is finding the ball. He has made six
hits in the last seven games.
whenever there Is q man on third and run
is needed badly Carney, in the grand stand,
raises his lame arm and mutters: Don't
wish was playing now"
lin Thurman thus remarks: .'The Senators
have fairly held their own since they bowed
the Boston sluggers out of Washington. and
they now give promise of winning several
games each month to the season."
In the Cleveland series the Senators made
10 hits and IL errors, while the Infants made 90
hits and errors Verify, they won ball by
their field work rather than their batting The
secret OF their success lies in their great team
work: Everybody backs up his neighbor.
II this team can keep up its gait there is no
reason to doubt its appearance among the clubs
that are struggling for the pennant before long
They have done remarkably well away from
home. having won games and lost 5. What
will they do, then. on their own grounds?
The base ball liar is at large again. Witness
this from the Boston Globe: ..Buffinton accom-
plished the feat of pitching ball into Rad
fords pocket during one of the Cleveland
games. Radford fouled the ball SO that it
struck the ground near his feet and then
bounded back against himself landing in the
right hand pocket of his blouse ErcIance
That's easy. Hows this? In the first game
here with Chicago Clarkson pitched bali that
tipped sharply off Duffy's bat went over the
grand stand and was caught on the fly by John
Haggertys dog"
There has been a slight improvement in the
base running of the home team but there's
lots os space left. 1t seems at times as though
there is absolutely no discipline in the ranks in
this matter. Here is a chance for Morrill, to
accomplish a great result. and if persuasion
and example won't work few fines should be
administered to emphasize his rules. HOY and
Wilmot are altogether too daring on bases.
The second game of the series Between the
Reporters and the Policemen, for the benefit of
the police relief fund, will be played next Sat-
urday at 4:30 at Capitol park. The clubs have
been doing good deal of practicing of late,
and swear by their badges that they will turn
the tables on the scribes for their defeat last
month. There is growing interest in these
/ games. President Young, of the National
1 League, has consented to umpire this game.
M there will probably be large crowd in at
tes3ance.
| sySReker, Cleveland's second baseman. is a
! wond-f. He is a little bit of a fellow. short.
slight, more like boy than a professional
ball player, and he fills the bill as an Infant )"
but he covers an enormous quantity of ground,
| and some Of his stops are marvels. In the
three games with Washington he had %
| chances and accepted them ALL
The Douglass baseball club will play a series
| Of games in Norfolk with the Red Stocking
| baseball club of Norfolk next week. They
leave Washington on Monday evening at $50
] o'clock.
Algie Mcbride, formerly Of the Alert base
ball Climb o. this city, is playing left field on the
Memphis team in the southern league. South
ern papers speak in the highest terms of his
ability as player. At the end of the first
month he ranks No. 7 in batting in the league
with percentage Of $40, and his percentage
in this city will, doubtless, be pleased to hear
of his success.