The morning times., 1896-05-24
DIAMOND DUST.
Pertinent Paragraphs About the Sen
ntors and Other PlaSers


The East and West brCke even Yesterday
OF course we didn't exnectto take three
straight from Chicago. 81
Little Dahlen, the Chicago shortstop is
way off in his fielding this season.
Capt. Joyce tad trouble in connecting
saieIy with Terry's slow wisterS.
The first Western campaign will close
with this afternoons game at ChlCa go.
The PhiladelphiaS have resumed their
favOrtte paStlme OF shooting the chute"
TOO bad that Smiling Az could not win
Ills game just on the eve OF the Senators
joyful home coming.
Has-beeus Meckn and .Ehret had an
argument II Cincinnati yesterday ana
Iouett got the better of II.
Up to the sixth inning yesterday the
Senators had scored six runs on three hits.
Chicago'S errors did the rest.
Cleveland made i runaway of it with
Boston in the second inning, scoring seven
runs, with Suvetts i'll the box.
The Colts buHched their errors in the
| third, which, with Jim MCCiuire's drive for
| wo bases, uetted tie Senator's three runs.
| All the Western grounds were wet and
| sloppy yesterday which accounts largely
for the many errors made by all the clubs.
Adonis Terry was the main cause of the
| Senator'S defeat. His slow, teasing twist
| ers were mysteries the Senators could not
solve.
Maui showed his old-time form in the
~
| Lange, Ryan and Reilly in one, two, three
order
The Senators punched their errors in the
| third also, Abbey and Cartwright being
| the offenders. But at that the Colts only
| registered cue run.
Maui could never handle a wet ball
| The grounds were soggy and suShy at
| Chicago yesterday and as said, Smiling
| Albert" is no mud lark
! The fourth was disastrous for Smiling
| DHblpD
| coupled with errors by Joyce aud DeMont
| gave the Colts three runs.
Tom Brown made the first run for the
Senators In the first inning he hit to
| Tom went TO third from where he scored
| on Selbach's single.
| Though the Senators made a nestfu! of
errors, they did not lose from that cause
| The game was lost in the pitchers box
They could not bat Terry at opportune
times and Chicago found Maui at will.
| Chicago Record The young man with the
| name which makes JOY for space writers.
who is carded as DeNont, plays quick,
| bard game. Both his errors yesterday were
| mace III tie ninth and one after he had hurt
his hand.
Mcclure leads the Senators in batting
with .379. Selbach is close second,
| luck he had at the start, is steadily forg-
ing to the front and is near the 800 marx
at present.
Chicago Record: Sebach wa the favor
ite with the crowd and his every appear
ance brought him cheers. Besides his two
| three-baSerS he raped out single and in
the third captured kittridge's long fly
| after an effort.
The voting contest for the most popular
player of the Washington Baseball Club Will
commence next Tuesday. The present to
| be awarded this season will be fine
| bicycle. The votes will be counted Sat.
urday of each week for publication in
Sundays paper.
| When with two men out and bbev and
Cart wright on second and first, respec c,
tively, "Old Reliable Jim Mcclure hit
to left for two bases, scoring both runners,
the large crowd of rcoters at Kernan's
of it for few minutes.
Capt. Joyce leads the Senators in base
| running having purlOined seventeen sacks
since the opening OF the season. He also
leads in total runs, having scored thirty
| times uD to the last tabulation. Selhacfl
follows with twenty -threeruns, and Brown
is next with twenty-tWo
The only way to win from Chicago with
Terry in the box is to cinch the sanie in
the first few innings. "a donis" is always
wild at the start, butif he can manage &c
keep the game even up TO the fourth or fifth
inuing it is his meat, as he always steadies
about then and with him controlling his
uses a slow drop that when hit only pops
up in the air or rolls % some infielder.
In response to NUMEROUS requests and foi
the accommodation pr large class oil
patrons, ] Earl Wagperkwill place tickets
on sale for the bali games at Mike b
scanlon's billiard parlors and at DAME
Loughran's cigar store, corner Fourteenth
| street and Pennsylvania avenue. Tickets fol
private boxes can also 5s s. obtained S9t at III,
the rush and delay at the gates, vii
doubtless avail themselves of this op.
portunity to procure tickets down town