, 1891-07-09
ON THE DIAMOND.
Gossip of the National Game
from an Old Timer.
GOLD ANsES- MARROW ESCAPE.

Reminiscent Gossip Of Him from a. Man
Who Once Played with HIm-Th- Ter.
riblc Haysced-Duryea. the c, clone
Pitcher" and How lie Cot Into no
National League.
When the Chicago and New York rrgm.
met at the Polo grounds on Manhattan
island the other day the sun poured down
with more than tropical nerrrnc--. aud
two or thres players sglcumbcu To lHts
heat But the battle went ou. despite as
tastrophcs and tllurir. until the Iea.IIuE
run had been haJted in. The audience
cheered. perspired and departed aU Save 80
few OF those devotee7 20 the game known
Rs "crauks."
They Curluusly watched tue UIIFe- .nt7a
the field. and noted with 4ualsrueuf fMHE
Adrian C. Arson, the iron duke OF hH-r
ball, the -E.gstly Of the Garden IlfE club
for years. Jagged somewhat behind and
seemed without that ~sprIugtue- uf step
and that defiant, uuGauIurrI hlru which
Is always Dis after r.tUrr victory or defeat
Al night the Fum1r spread apaut thr
hotels and sporting aaurers a, Gotham
that cold AuseT had come mighty near
having "a -uustuuE,. and many were tine
expressions % sallgl-Hdr and -prr1p there.
at. But the elTerr- ui fhr terrific after
noon have now nearly passed away. auH
the veteran still holds BAH. own Hr ur-T base
or behinI thg bat.
cod Au-eF they call hLm nowadays.
though be- has set TO sec his tHrtIeth b|rIgr
day. ] can remember him - indeed. {
played ball with him-when be- was young
Au4c, ambitious, capable anil free fresh
not unlEulth the bounding .gar n. youth.
hut with the sense OF Dis oNu value as
ball uos4er. he bad just emerged FROM fNn
oh~rur,ry ~ Mar-hII't1wu. l1, fa tHar 90
place In tbr Hunc rmous semi professions.
cluhnt Rockford, Ills, known as the IuT
at Clfy-.
Il wa. al Rockford that Do h-saH
career a. "a first hascmun. Al -plH'.uE
was the p.tchcr-the champion uudrrhtHI
t~gyirler OF the day. George King now o.
hank cashier. stood behind rHs bHi Ilaa.
Barnes was tho second bu.rmHu auI NE
hearted. bow legged prpiau" Bob NIJy
covered the -horfstuH.- position.
Two % the EeldrT- whom ! recall were
Fred Cone. now night manager OF the
Grand Pacific hptrl 10 Chicago nud AIuu
IRAN Sf.re. better recalled n- thr "t-rrI-
bile hHy-ert.' Sures was the phenomenon
Of those days He knew nothing of head
work" but hc bad tag strength ~ q giant
The places undrr the arms where The
shoulders join the body nrr usually hollow
Ia Stire,' case they WIRE filled with mus
Gle. Tn man could run like % deer. and
had hands like hams covered with hide.
No fy passed him.. and his field rcn1rI Nl.
generally crrurlrs- save iu the matter ~
throwing when ho returned the hllI TO
The diamond 1t wl- always az lightning
speed, and up one r0ulI tell whether the
sphere would reach the catcher or 20 over
the fair ground fence
but 10 ,yas no the bat that Stires won bis
name NJ the tcrrihIr haysc,d." Hr was
not like Ausau or Barnes 70 sure ba-e bit.
ter. but when DIS eIub and the l.lI did
meet the result was nearly ulwuys n home
run. once saw Harry Wright. The PHlI4.
dolphin veteran. who then PLAYED center
field for thr Ep-tnns. rltmUarc foot fence.
wade Keut'- creek aud toll up ahIuT ho-
You'd to recover the sphere after b. had COL
iided with Stirrs' six pound bat
OF all those old timer a.a. -,arpu re-
mains q" -f 'erNle'- rec 'hht it i- me
custom OF lhte years I" style ih" men Dee
employs COTS IN one sens ihe term "a
" mlsnotner' IN hhothrr t D. properly nfr
piled know OF at l"tst one colt Who
yves nus HFanoeneut pa professional base
oall 70 the "gii mans ludiclous dis
Elimination lis name i- Duryrt once
noted h7the ']eIphc pitcher OF The North
western league. Iu am cNhlnlil"n -1ne at
- raul, a Ohl67E-
"tre pltlel HEAlhNi ihr local MIN
buryeh was lu M" box for the home
team aud struck out Arson three times,
the st iauls winning ihr game lu hand
some style and much G." the delight of the
crowd Spatllng witnessed tho contest
from The grand stauu Ia evening "thr
cyclone sought the Chicago mtEuhir- 49,
the Hotel Ryan and stated ht- ul,-n lu these
words:
y want a place loo the National league
You saw what ] could 81" this after