Waterbury evening Democrat., 1890-08-18
DIAMOND DUST.

Burns, of Brooklyn, now leads the League in home runs.
 Luby, of Chicago, has been troubled with a crippled hand.
 The Rochester Club has shipped short stop Marr Phillips.
 Jamestown has signed short-stopl Doyle, late of Saginaw. | Boyle and Conway have not pitched 8 game this season.
 The Cedar Rapids team was ban quoted by admirers July 80. Short-stop Forster is acting as man. ager of the Hartford team. McDermott, late of the Jersey City Club, has signed with Cobleskil
 Jim Kennedy's new pitcher, R. Mur- phy, is looming up good 'un.
 Harrisburg has secured Pitcher Bow man, late of Pittsburgh's League team. The Hartford Club captured First Base man Campion, late of the Worcesters. Latham, it is said, got $500 of the ] money paid Von'd Ahe for his release. The Pittsburgh League Club is said to have signed Hugh Nicol, late of Gin cinnati. Where is the pitcher that can go into
  Short-stop Zecher, late of Altoona, has returned to his old club, Canton.
 Elmer E. Dilley, of Meadville, has beon appointed New York and Pennsyl- ! vania League umpire. THE Atlantic Association Is to play, the season out, even if but four clubs | remain.
 | Pat Lyons, the Clevelands' new seo-, ond baseman, is said to be wonderfully quick fielder.
 Tucker and McGarr have made some thing of a reputation in the West as dirty ball-players.
 At Brooklyn recently Umpire Powers spotted a bleacher who guyed him and had him ejected.
 John Morrill, is now with his Morrill, team on trip through Vermont and New Hampshire.
 Connor, ORourke, Gore, Tiernan,; Glasscock and Ward have all crossed the century base-hit line.
 Burkett is hitting the ball very hard for New York and dividing the batting honors with Tiernan. 1 1nfelder Leamon has been released by McKeesport at his request He has signed with Dunkirk.
 By releasing Hugh Nicol, Manager Tom Loftus showed his contempt for the mascot theory.
 Bradford enthusiasts have presented left fielder Armor, of the local club, with diamond scarf-pin.
 The Lebanon Club has signed Second Baseman Meister and Catcher Guinasso, of the Worcester Club.
 +1,o man, is now q member of the Soldiers Home Club a Hampton, Va.
 Toledoans think Cushman does not re- ceive the same good support that is given Healy or Smith.
 Al Jennings, of Cincinnati, would like to once more umpire. He says he is as good as the best of them.
 Hard luck for BYrne to have Lovett laid up just at this time. Truly. this is Brooklyn's unlucky year.
 When pitcher is hit hard in San | Francisco the papers speak of him as not being in winning mood.'
 Noticeable is the frequent employ ment of the double umpire system among minor clubs. It's growing.
 Syracuse is the best road team in the Association. They can win far more games abroad than at home.
 Cleveland's League team has signed outfielder Milt West, who played for Cincinnati under the Caylor regime.
 Tho Interstate League has a new umpire from St. Louis named Kane. Possibly this is the Browns former | catcher.
 Pitchers, as rule, are not symmetric- al; they are more strongly developed on their pitching side than on the other.
 The Atlantic Association umpires are to have 8 new schedule as soon as affairs settle down to more solid basis.
 Duryea has been dissipating all sea- son, it is said. Wonder if his double contract transaction, is preying upon his mind?
 First Baseman Whistler, of Washing ton, has signed with the New York League Club. He sizes up like good | man.
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