Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1890-11-30
DIAMOND DUST.

!
Capt. Comiskey is still bewailing the
mistake of 90.
Fred Dunlap announces that he is
ready to sign with any club in need of
his services.
Even the smaller cities are taking an
interest in indoor ball. The vacant
Kinks in many towns afford excellent OPP
portunities for the sport.
The greatest mistake that John Mont
gomery Ward ever made was to agree to
the plan TO force the the players into
that peace conference. 1t turLed out to
be the most valuable aid the National
League received.
The Association yesterday decided to
eXpel within two weeks the Syracuse
and Rochester Clubs for not playing out
their schedule games, they having fail
ed TO play Sunday games. When
through with these clubs two new MEM
hbers will be admitted and their votes
used TO eXpell Toledo for cuisines rea-
sons
Hereafter Buck will devote his entire
attention to his new business, and have
no fear OF being thrown down" by an
ungraciouS set of ball players, who
took the advantage of his gentlemanly
treatment to place him in an unenvia-
/ BILE position. His friends here will hope
for an overlooking measure of prosper
ity in his latest venture.
Tim keefe is in Boston TO confer with
certain members of the Boston Players
League team on forming four or six
/ club league with teams made up of
Brotherhood players. 1t is also said
that after the regular season is over the
idea has been preached for the winning
team TO play the champions of England
and Australia for the worlds champion
ship.
The dinky dink or the dinky dunk is
new feature in base ball journalism
Mike Kelly dragged il in along with
never touched me-" He amt in it,"
A man who had felt the ''dinliy dink's'
dull sting, A. l.. Johnson, was asked for
its rhetorical outlines at Pittsburg, last
week. He said: Its when Il man is
thrown down so hard that you can hear
him hit the ground two blocks away"
Ex-Manager Buckenburger has de-
serted the devious paths of baseball for
dip in the real estate business, and has
become member of the Maybury real
estate agency, Of GriSwold street, De-
troit. The firm is made up of w. III.
Maybury Al. c. Buckenburger and W..
s. Walker, and they have the mana ge-
ment of the Section and Lovett estates
I 4, s.l,
begin business December l.
Director Z. Il. Talcott, of the New
York Players League club says: Il
want to see the National League do the
right thing by Johnson. 1t is really due
him. Johnson has acted honorably with
the PLAYERS League ever since its in
ception. He has put up his money with
out complaint and has not only paid his
own bills promptly, but has also aided
Others to keep their head above water.
Personally. | am greatly interested in
Mr.. Johnson's welfare, and don't want
to see him thrown down."
IL was intended to keep Latham's
marriage Il secret, and those who knew
all tried to do so. From the house, the
IGOUDlS Mflt AQhNI w N0lAQ'il, WHY viz
ceremony was performed, and thence TO
Broad Street Station, and then 10 parts
unknown TO the curious. Some time
since Latham'S last wife, save the newly
made one, brought suit against him in
the st. Louis courts for maintainence,
but that no absolute divorce was granted
the ball player, and it is thought that Il
decree of absolute divorce has been lately
been granted. of which Latham has
taken speedy advantage.
Capt. Arson is in receipt of letter
from Dummy Hoy, who says that he
owes Arson an apology. He says that
had the Brotherhood succeeded he would
now be in clover But at that writing
the area of clover that surrounded him
was viSable all at time TO the naked
eve, and that any amateur surveyor
| could define il with or without the use
Of instruments. Hoy follows this state
ment with a diagram showing the re-
/ lative size of the brains and experience
of the National League and the Players.
He says he does not know whether he
will play ball next year or 90 back to
the cObbler'S bench.