The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-07-08
DIAMOND DUST.

Boston has lost every extra inning game
she played this season.
Clark. the Giants first baseman. Is not
fast enough for the league. e.-Boston Globe.
Tommy Bannon never fails to knock out
two to his credit along with stolen base
or two.
The New England associations season
has formally closed and the league has
been disbanded.
We play today and tomorrow at Spring.
field with the Ponies who have won from
us four out Of six.
Captain Anson has made only seven err
rors during the season. He has had GIG
chances, accepting 609.
Won der Abe declares he will sell Brett
enstein for any thing he can get il he does
not get in shape soon.
Scranton has split even with the Provi-
dence champions on the two series, each
having won four games.
Eagan IS hitting the ball oftener and
harder than Stearns. Eagan Is becoming
known as the most reliable batsman on the
the team.
Cincinnati now has only two Of the five
catchers that were signed by that club for
this season, and the two that are retained
ara members Of the old guard.
Pitcher Moynihan, farmed out by Spring.
field to New Bedford, has got himself into
trouble. by jumping his contract. He was
fined weeks pay and left the club.
The Syracuse Herald devotes half a col
umn to proving that Kuntzsch must re-
lease Curt Welch and Sweeney. and get a
couple Of outsiders before he can win
the pennant."
There are many minor league first base
men the superior of w. Clark. Of New
York. Rogers, Of Providence, and Bir-
mingham. Of Nashua, are easily BETTER
Boston Herald.
Base ball has queer changes. Last year
Baltimore gave Inks and $1,000 to Louis
Vile for Hemming, and this year, in a los
ing club Inks Is showing up better than
Hemmng Is with the champions.
A Cleveland base ball writer says: Mr..
Young's staff OF incompetents have been
levylng fines right and left without cause,
until now ball player Is unsafe as soon
as ne leaves the bench and steps into the
coacher's box.
Delahanty. Of Philadelphia, leads the
league on two-base hits with % Of them.
He has also five three-baggers and five
home runs. Thompson, Of the same team,
has made 20 two-baggers, 70 three-baggers
and home runs. The entire team, UP to
July 2, has made ia two-baggers, 80 three
baggers and 20 home runs.
Amos RusIe. speaking of his fine for
says he had Just met Burke
when the latter came to the hotel, feeling
very giddy, and he thought the fine unjust
1t Is said that Rusie notified Mr.. Freed
man that ne would not pitch unless the
fine was remMted, and 1t was understood
that the penalty was lifted.
Mr. Freedman, of the New Yorks, says:
II have offered in good faith $4,000 for
Burkett and Mexican, 5000 for Breiten-
stein, 5000 for Ely. of St. Louis: $500 for
Turner or Delahanty, and $1,000 for the
pick Of two men in the Louisville team.
also told Anson to name his own terms for
Shortstop Dahlen. In each one of these
cases have been unable to mako deal,
because the clubs cant afford to let the
men go while the present season is on.
But want to say right here that will
not spare expense to land the best players
in the country when the time comes"
The league heavy l1tters have batted
OuV LUl nome runs tnuS Iar 1nlB season,
Boston heads the list with 20. followed by
with 20. Our own Phillies have
gathered in %. the same as st. Louis,
Washington comes next with IS; New
York, Louisville and Brooklyn, with is
each; Cleveland. with IA; PHtsburg, with
II; Cincinnati. T. and Baltimore with only
to their credit. Big Sam Thompson heads
the Individual list with 8 chalked up to
his honor. Stewart. Chicago. Is a good
second. with z; Roger Connor. st. Eouis,
8; Joyce. Washington; Delahanty. Phila.
delphia; Mexican. Cleveland; Ryan, Chi
cago; Nash and Duffy, Boston, 6 each.
Amateur Rail- Notes.
The Olyphant Base Ball club defeated
the Plttstons at Riverside park, Pittston, !
On Saturday by a score Of IL to8.
The Volunteers. of the West side chal-
|enge the Young Mems Christian associa-
lion base ball team (frsD for a game |
afternoon at 3 o'clock. Answer
through The Tribune.
The base bail club Of St. Brendan coun-
eli. Young Mems Institute. OF Hyde Park,
and the O'Connell council, Young Mems |
Of Minooka, played an interest
ng game on Brickyard grounds yesterday,
which resulted In an easy victory for the |
O'Connells by the score Of II to Q.
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