The morning times., 1896-05-14
DIAMOND DUST.
Pertinent Paragraphs About the SEN
aturs and "Others.

Manager Schmelz Will come TO Washing
ton next Monday.
Philadelphia plays at Louisville today.
The official scorer IS deserving OF sympathy.
Jack Crooks is in st. Louis with his
fanny ana will rest quietly until his back
recovers.
baltimore will get up against the real
old thug at Chicago this afternoon. An
sons Colts are taxing nobody's Oust this
season.
Rain nterferred with the Pittsburg-N New
York game yesterday. In other words, II
saved the Giants Leaung and a push
down the ladder.
The Louisvilles won at last, the Brook
lyns being the victims. 1t would be Just
our luck Tor the Colonels to rejuvenate on
the eve OF the arrival OF the Senators.
Ben Milford says: Give the Senators a
couple OF star pitchers and they'd prove
livery bidders Tor UnaJ piece OF bunting which
everybody cOVets and only one can cap
ture.'
Bobby loves batting has been terrific
and by all odds the surest and best OF the
! Boston players up TO date. He has a
! splendid style a the bat and meets the ball
with telling effect.
Ted sullivan, manager of the New Haven
club, has unique signals "Texarkana,'
| The Old Eight Spot SKY High" and
Big Casino are some OF his picturesque
! expressions
Danny Coogan, formerly of the Senators,
| is pla yIng second base for the Springfield
u
| ing errors plenty, but Is hitting the BAN
| right on the snoot
/ The Philadelphias have protested last
Mondays game with the Chicagos, and
| yesterday Anson refused TO play the eleventh
| inning out with Boston. Uncle is stub
! born this season.
The Mile Limits and the Canterburys of
| the District League, played an exciting
| game at National Park yesterday after
noon, before a large crowd, the latter
| cub winning by the score OF 3 10 3.
Tim Hurst will umpire the series between
| Cincinnati and Washington at NatlCnal
| Park commencing May 26. Which means
| that we will have great umplrng if Tim
does let his Irish arise occasionally
The rebel yell up TO date vii lbe heard on
Georgetown Fielu Friday afternoon, when
| thecrack colleg etcamS CT the South, George
| town and the University Of Virginia, VIII
| conteStforthe championship of DiXle's Land.
| Mr.. Wagnersent out alarge batch ofladies'
! passes yesterday. The ladies are with
me and the Senator's" said the popular
| maguate, ''and bless them, shall See 10 it
| that they have all the baseball that they
| have time to look ut"
Hawley is still all right Stick a crow
bar i'll this:-Pittsburg Leader. If We
remember right travelling band of gem
| tlemeu bearing the title OF Senators
| inserted u "crowhar' meath the sma II
ribs of Mr. Hawley and then wriggled the
| Iron In the aperture.
The Cincinnati Enquirer implores some
| CluD 10 Heuu Oll bIt L ne
Senators will turn the trick for you June
l5, I6 and IT. at National Park The
Senators are some sluggers themselves
! and have no fear OF the brouthers, Thomp-
| son, Delehanty combination.
The Clevelands beat Philadelphia at their
own game yesterday, making thirteen
| hits To the Quakers ten. With the thirteen
hits the Spiders scored fourteen runs and
| the Quakers only m ade turce errors.
| Tcbeau'S men must have SaDdwiched their
| drives between bases on balls in a timely
manner and punched them at the proper
/ time.
1t is practically obtaining money under
| false pretenses to induce the patrons of the
national game to put up their hard-earned
cash TO see such disgraceful exhibitions as
the Louisville club has recently been Civ
Ing. Until there is a radical change in the
management and makeup Of the team. it
| is neither deserving patronage nor sym
| pathy.-Louisyiile paper.
II am In receipt of letter. said
| Mr.. Wagner yesterday at National Park,
that dislike TO answer in the way am
compelled to. The letter is from Billy
| Lush, my substitute outfielder, and was
written from Cincinnati. He states thaI
| the present outfield is playing such good ball
that he is destined for the bench unless an
accident should happen to Brown, selbach
request OF me that / loan or farm him to
some minor league, where he can do active
| work and expresses u preference for the
| Eastern League, where he made the bril-
liant reputation that caused me to sign him.
| But can't spare Lush. though sympathiZe
with him in his anxiety to getinto the game.
He possesses all the requisites Of fine
ball player and IS as valuabel to me
! on the bench as on the field.
He is good hitter, fast runner and splen-
did thro wer and If he will but have patienoe e
| he will yet see himself listed as one Of the
star fielders of the profession. He recog-
| niZes that with the club playing the good
ball it Is putting up atpfesent change Of
any kind would not be wise and he modestly
asks to be farmed out. Iwouldlike to grant
| his request for personal reasons. as think
well of the young fellow, but he is too good
! aman to have absentin an emergency which
is liable to occur, any time. I shall write
Billy tonight and tell him can t spare him
| on q farm or on lean and will advise
him to have patience and bide his time
| which is sure to come"