The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1889-08-28
THE GREEN DIAMOND.
NEWS AND GOSSIP ANENT THE Ma
TIONAL GAME.
Boston Again Leading the Fight for
the League Pennant, With New York .
Close Second - miscellaneous Gossip
About Players.

Close Second - miscellaneous Gossip
About Players.
[CHIcAGo CoRRFsPoNDENCF.l
Boston has again braced up and is now
playing good ball. Clarkson's arm has
recovered its cunning. Radbourn is once
more in trim, and IL looks now as if their
chances OF winning the pennant are A l.
They are again In the lead, with New
York lood second, the other six clubs
trailing along in about the same positions
that they have occupied for the last three
or four weeks. Chicago, strengthened by
the temperance of Williamson at short
field, has been playing a strong, steady
game during the past week, capturing
three straight from Washington. A con-
tinuance of this style of play will land
them near the top at the close of the
season. President Spalding and Captain
Arson have not yet despaired of bringing
the flag TO Chicago, and stranger things
than this have happened. To an impair
tial observer, however, it looks as If the
fight was between New York and Boston
for first place. There is not member of
the New York team who does not believe
the club will win the championship. This
feeling lends vim and snap 10 their
playing,
Even deaf and dumb ball player can
happens to be peculiarly aggravating. This
was illustrated in one of the Chicago
Washington games last week, when Hoy,
the little mute center-felder of the Wash
ingtons, made silent but vigorous kick.
Capt. Irwin, who was coaching Mt third,
signaled the umpire's call of each ball.
When he held up two fingers of his right
hand to notify hoy that two strikes had
been called, Hoy shock his head and held
up two fingers of his left hand, indicating
that he thought it must be two balls.
Irwin answered by shaking his head and
again holding up his right hand with two
fingers outstretched. Hoy jumped out of
the box, pounded his bat against the
ground, and in second made a dozen
wild and wicked motions with his left
hand. Billy Myers windmill" guard
with his left would not be marker" for
Hoy's work. A funnier spectacle has
rarely If ever been Witnessed on the
grounds.
The Clevelands went into the record
smashing business again last week. In a
game with the Bostons, Madden pitching
for the latter, the league babies scored
every inning-something that the league
has not seen this season, nor many others
and its number of base-hits and total
base-hits and total bases exceeds the sea-
sons record. TwitchelPs individual bat
ting was terrific. He went to bat six
times, getting a home run, three three
base hits, a double and single The
Clevelands made In the game q base-hits.
with total of As bases, and scored 10
runs, Is of which were earned.
Umpire Powers narrowly escaped mob
bling in Cleveland, few days ago, while
a game was In progress between the New
York Giants and the Cleveland Lilli-
puts. In the fourth inning McAleer,
Tor Cleveland, drove a ball to left field.
He ran like a deer and, it is claimed,
reached second base in plenty of time.
Powers, the umpire, also ran TO second,
and after seeing McAleer safe on
the base returned to the home plate.
There he was informed by Buck"
Ewing that McAleer had failed to
touch first base, and he promptly called
the runner out. The pavilion was crowd
ed, and nearly every man in it arose at
once. Ride him on a rail, cried sew
eral, and dozen jumped into the field
and started in the direction of Powers.
Three policemen with drawn clubs and
all the members of the Cleveland ball team
hastened forward, and by sharp talk and
some force drove the indignant spectators
back. The field in the meantime was
filling up and 800 men were yelling their
opinion of the umpire in chorus and a
hundred of them were shaking their fists
and brandishing their canes at him. For
ten minutes it seemed that riot was
certain, but Powers finally called the game
and retired TO a room under the grand
stand. When he was out of sight the
anger of the spectators cooled down, and
on his return in a quarter of an hour he
was merely assailed with words.
John Healy, the pitcher, has been re-
leased by Chicago.
Howard Earle has signed contract to
catch for Chicago.
The report teleoraphed from this city
saying Manager Hart of the Bos.ons had
signed a contract TO 90 into the employ OF
A. q. Spalding & Bros. at the close Of
the base ball season is fake" The
only founda ion for it was in the fact that
| Hart, who was hot over the kilograms he
had received from Director Billings, said
to A. G.. Spalding that he thought this
would be his last season with Boston,
and asked, Cart you find something for
me to do?" TO which Spalding answered,
| Il guess so. We can see about il when
| the season is over" The fake has been
/ published III nearly all of the Eastern
papers, and has been accepted by a num-
Der of alleged baseball authorities.
| President Spalding is not going to violate
| any or the lronclad and one sided rules
and interpretations which govern the big
base ball organizations of the country.
He knows tSem too we'll and appreciates
+ their value too fully to be caught break
ing them.
DIAMOND NOTES.
Manager Jim Hart says he intends to
make trip through South America,
Mexico, and Cuba this winter and lay out
a route for two mines next season.
Stovey has make more runs this seas on
than any other professional player.
1t is said that New York is looking for
third baseman to take Whitney's place.
/ Pittsburg wants to release Maui for q
| catcher.
Pitcher Garfield has been released by
| Pittsburg.
Grim of the Torontos threw the ball,
last week. l2S yards feet inches.
Thompson is the only Philadelphia
PLAYER with more than 100 hits to his
credit.
Pitcher Devln has been released and
Pitcher Burdick signed BY Nil neapolis.
Sweeney, who has taken Latham's
place in the St. Louis club, is holding his
end up in great shape.
Elmer POSTER, who YVES released by