The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-08-01
DIAMOND DUST.

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four games out of nine since July p.
Fraser, the Colonels' twirler. IS the most
promising OF any of the batch of pitchers:
chosen from the Western league ranks.
Out of the thirty-seven games played
last week between the east and west Ma
tional league teams, the latter came up
smilingly with twnty-siX to their credit.
They do some things better in England.
Over there the word of the umpire is law.
and the player who objects is made the
object of derision by the spectators.--Ex.
Just wait n year or two.
Seymour is pitching winning ball for the
Springfield Eastern League club. He will
probably he recalled by the New Yorks.
Any kind of q pitcher will be useful to the
Giants just now.-New York Herald.
As the Springfield club stands al present
the nine Is just as fast as any other ag-
gregation of ball players in the league
and herafter the Ponies will not be Il
mark for the other clubs Buffalo In
luirer.
Pitcher Yerrlck. Of the Wilkes-Barre
Base Ball club, was notified by the man
agement of his relase Thursday morn.
ing. Yerrick is undecided what he will 40.
but will probably go to his home in Dam
vile for a few days.
There were III players in the big league
In 1889. and of that entire number just
thirty-three are still holding the hOnors
that they then achieved. Twenty nine are
now in the minor leagues. In the Ameri-
can association that year there were l23
players. OF this number twenty-eight are
in the service of the big league at present
and thirty-two are in minor leagues.
Tom Burns, the Springfield manager,
has decided to give no more advance
money to players by check, draft or tele-
graph. preterring to await their arrival.
He had "a rocky experience in this matter
during the season and now the men will
get their money when they report. EX
change. Burns hit Pittsburg for $1,000
advance once upon a time.-Philadelphia
Bulletin.
spike" Brady. who was a well-known
base ball player in the Mississippi VAL
ley a few years ago. once attended church
in Dubuque. Ia. with his club. which went
on special invitation. The preached made
Il special effort that consumed much time.
spike" was asked what he thought of
the preacher 'He got around to third
all right but say. he was an lee wagon in
getting home" the ball player answered.
"Dutchy'' Berger is stll the same old
comedian ne always was. and keeDs the
crowd IN GOOD hunor all through. lie
ought To seek position in some comic
opera this winter. or els, have one written
lpi MN, Fhlllieu Nv 'ltES
Dutchnan." Last year. when he was
with Rochester and went in 10 pitch out
u game. he took the crowd by storm. by
his funny actions, and this year he Is just
as funny.-Bnftalo Courier.
''The recent poor showing of the Clev--
land club Is due In no small measure to
the Tebeau ease. and the sensational ar
ticles in the NEWSPAPERS that followed In
the wake OF TrDtauS arrest in Louisville,
SAYS Manager Arthur Irwin. 'Tebcau
makes the blur that he doesn't care what
the newspapers say about him, but he is
no different from other ball players. and
they are all sensitive to newspaper criti-
cism Burkett. McAleer and Oconnor
We're attacked by the newspapers as We
hemently as Tebeuu. The base ball root
crs took M these attacks and guyed the
Spider; from bleachers and grandstand.
Tebeau is u thirty-three degree josher
himself. but he can't stand the roasts that
the public give him during the game. The
fact is apparent that the Spiders have not
played their game since the trouble with
the Louisville club
"Shied" is the latest substitute word for
the time -honored "t'rowed" and "trun"
of the base hall let's Eastern base ball
writer's are using the new word freely.
II is of English origin and Use. On British
cricket fields you rarely hear the word
throw used. Whenever a glass-armed.
over-fed Briton makes bluff at a throw
you can always hear a landatory well
shi.ad, SIR from the spectators. The word
T. all right. Webster spells the present
tense "shie" and defines it Ito throw
obliuuely: TO toss askant." While the
word is all right. it does not sound as il
IT was going to catch on among American
base bail professionals. Just imagine Pat
Tebeau or BILLY Joyce calling "shie that
sphere" instead of "trow de ball. You
nut on headed fool Think of what
would happen IL you went up in the Patch
and said "lie SHE'D nicely" instead of
"He trun 1t outer sight" 'Shied" may
get along in the effete east. but in the
vrile cyclonic west it won't do.--St. Louis
Globe Democrat.
II heard the latest on Pete Browning"
says Tom Brown. Peter had a cargo of
Kentucky oolong concealed ON his person
one night last spring. and went 10 the
Buckingham theater. a variety resort in
Louisville. He had just returned to town
after his first week with Tom LOTUS Co.
lumbus club of the Western league. and
was celebrating. Whenever Pete has a
good streak of batting he celebrates. and
he was hitting the ball hard, cracking
out three and four singles every day. A
burnt cork song and dance team were do
ing their turn when Peter entered the
theater. One of the characters in the song
and dance sketch was dubbed Pete by his
partner. Say, Old Pete. wha' hab you
been doin' der las week. he said. Pete
Browning thought he was the Peter re-
ferred TO. and. jumping from his seat he
yelled. What's old Pete been doing. Not
q thing. l guess. Only -four hits every day
last week, and two of those singles were
for three sacks and another was over The