The morning times., 1896-08-25
DIAMOND DUST.
Ladies' day. 80
Genie got his hat and tie.
Two games this afternoon.

Anson values Pitcher Friend at consid.
| cradle more than Sc 600. Popsays Friend
| in Chicago, is friend. indeed.
Manager Mack has determined to pitch
Hawiey and illen on alternate days. and
keep Hugbey and Hastings for AN emer
gency.
Ed. Hanlon denies the rumor that lie is to
release Mcmahon. why should release
him when l can sell or exchange him.
says he.
Ehret and Rhincs, or Dwyer, viii do the
twirIDg act for the visitors in the con
tinuous performance at National Park this
afternoon.
Manager Joyce, OF the New Yorks, is
moving hea ven and earth to induce Freed
man to settle with Rusie and get the
pitcher into the game.
Pitcher Cuppy has made only two wild
pitches "A nd mas hit only five men in thirty
six ga mes. In no game has he given more
than four bases on balls.
Cleveland Plain Dealer. How about your
own jess Burkett. and Mercer and Lush
OF the Senators? keeler can give neither
OF them cards and spades.
Smith. Washington's new third baseman
seems 10 be a wonder. He certainly did
play great ball in the two games against
observation-disclosures Recorder.
All Washington accounts agree that
Hurst should not have put Teheau out OF
the game. 1t looked like an effort to do
up the Spiders.-Pittsburg Leader.
The Baitimores were evidently too con-
fident last Wednesday, and therefore the
st. Louis Browns won. OverconTidence is
often the cause of defeat in baseball.
Apother pIa yer has been added to Brook
lyn's hospital list. Catcher Grim had his
thumb hurt during practice on Wednesday
and tits wollen twice its natural size. Bur
reil is doing all the catching.
Burkett hit the ball in Washington
Wednesday. He went to bat eight times
and made six safe hits. Are the Washing
ington scorers swelling his batting aver
age? Cleveland Exchange.
The Cincinnatis are playing a desperate
game. If they should be the Westerners to
compete for the Temple cup, II would not
grind against the feelings of Bostonians to
any eXtent-Boston Herald .
Tom Tucker has played in every game
this season, and has struck out fewer
times than any other everyday player
on the team. AT bat 3s6 times, only
seven times has he struck out.
1t is said that John T. Brush will make
his players handsome presents If Buck
finishes second. In case the Reds win the
DeIldnI DUN Will bt
bered BY John T. - Cleveland Plain Dealer.
Shorty Fuller made q home run at
Springfield yesterday with the bases full.
Another good player lost to New York
New York World. descriptions OF the
home runs, or any otlef kind OF runs, that
Shorty didn't make while j Giant would
fill several books.
Frank Dwyer cast off by Won der Abe in
1892 has won Inore games this season
than any twirler in the league! Verify is
baseball a hazard with the pitchers as long
shots Dwyer will probably pitch one OF
the games at National Park this afternoon.
After LaJoe had made triple and a
double in the game with Washington the
Philadelphia Times suggests that Billy Nash
be sent to New England again. Itsaysthat
when LaJoe gets aCclmated in the big
league he win be with the best of them.
When the Phllies secured Gallagher of
the wilmingtons to play shOrtstOp they
were obliged to give ST, 500 in cash and
Pitcher Garvin, and also to allow the vii
minGtons the use OF Boyle, Mertes and
Geier. He came high, but the Philles had
to have him.
Horace Smith. the famous infielder Of
the University OF Pennsylvania team. has
signed to play with the Washingtons for
the rest of the season. He is a third base
man and has relieved Farrell of tha Posi-
ton. He is said to be one of the best
college iDficlderS ever turned Out.-New
York World.
Tom York, the ex league player, is one
of Tom JohDson's inspectors on the Nassau
road, in Brooklyn. The other day York
jumped on a Coney Island car and looked
at the fare register. A friend Of his, who
was on the car, surprised Tom by yelling:
Hey. there! Are you looking for your
batting average"
Here is how the Baltimore News man
talks of Jennings work at short: "A fine
stop of Grass single in the last inning
yesterday by Jennings prevented double.
1t was regulation style-a plunge second
baseward, and as the ball shot over the
bag the left arm shot out and that holy
glove made connections
Fred KlObedanz, the Fail River pitcher
who has been signed by Boston. is Il lett
handed mau, Is twenty-five years old, .
feet inches in height and strongly built
He pla ID with Portlan lin 1892 aud Dover
the next year. In 1894 he Joined the FAN
Rivers. Last year lie won 2S out of 81
games pitched AMI had a batting averageof
.377.
The Baltimore News pays Bert Meyers,
the Washington boy who is playing third
base for St. Louis, the following compliment:
Meyers earned the hearty applause given
him when he stopped with one hand Hem
ming's low drive in the third inning of the
first game. 1t was a pretty play for the
visitors, but one of the hard-luck features
of the game for the Champs.
McGraw is looking better than ever and
will remain ready to go into bat when
needed in a pinch or to field in case any OF
the others are disabled. He has no idea
of going regularly into the game, however.
He thinks Cleveland no longer worthy of
consideration for second place, and thinks
the Orioles can give the Reds cards and
spades and still win the pennant.
Catcher Donoliue OF the Chicago league
club will not take his position behind the
bat again this season, and tits more than
possible that he has played his last game
of BAH. In last Wednesdays game at New
York DOnohue was struck by a red-liot
foul tip fresh from the bat, with the result
that the bone below the second joint of
the little finger Of his left hand and the
bone below the knuckle Joint were COM
pletcly shattered. The injury Is 70 Painful
that the Dervy catcher has slept only under
the influence of narcotics since the ac-
cident. His physician declare {, that it will
be absolutely impossible for him to resume
play this season, and lis hand may be
stiffeDed permanently.