The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-08-13
DIAMOND DUST.


the making of e good iniieder.
The Scranton management'S decision to
call the games al $40 o'clock is popular
move.
Louisville has a speedy team just now,
McGunnisle's younsS ters give promise or
srtat things next year,
with two new faces on the team there
Will be an added incentive for large
crowd to welcome the boys home.
The series of Twelve games between the
Senators and Orioles terminated Tuesday,
Baltimore captured ten of the twelve.
The unprejuiiced observer will hardly
believe .nnt il was Mr.. Freedman who
was 'goid- -bricked' in the Joyce deal
while the team was playing at Auburn
yesterday there We're eight of the players
in this city, within one OF the number SUI
icient 10 make II nine,
Joyee's Success with the Giants falls
utterly to corroboratc the weak theory
lately put forth that he depends upon
"buil luck to win games.
Jack Doyle says that the Senatorial
te'lriing department, when in good physi-
cal condition. is the equal of any corps
Of pitchers in the major league
When q brany pitcner of the line caiiber
ana smooth bore of McNahon, Nichols
PEND it is their arm, not their head, that
is being hit,
When at home the orioles report for
practice at , p. M, and for two long hours
before tho game are actively engaSed IN
hitting the ball. This is the sort of work
that makes the champions SO strong at
the hit-and-run scheme.
Another OF the many cases of rcsurrcc-
tion in base ball this year came to pass
Tuesday when Adonis Terry, for whom
the Gabriel trumpet footed three years
ago, so Dave Foutz thought, shut out
Ewlng's stack of Reds. What galaxy OF
twirlinG resurrectons this season. indeed.
Mark thcm-Mike Sullivan, Foreman,
Rhnes King, Esper, Cunningham and
Terry.
"Da Brouthers," says Jack Doyle, "ls
one of the closest men / ever met. Years
ago when Dan played on tho Buffalo club
he received a lot Of brand new silver DOL
lars as part payment on his salary. He
slowed them away in an old tool chest
at his home in Wappinger Falls. About
Il year ago he produced those same silver
dollars from the chest to pay = grocery
bill. And what do you think? Why, that
lovely girl, the Goddess of Liberty, pic
tured on Dams semoleons had a wrlnkied
face and wore spectdcies. You remember
poor Tom Deasey, the old catcher. Tom
is slightly demented, poor fellow, and has
been for years. Dan Brouthers is said
to be the cause of IL. For it Is said that
Dan once bought Tom a drink"
If the truth were known the friendship
between Jim Corbett. the pugiiist and
Manager Hanlon has a good deal to do
with Joe Corbett's grip on the Baltimore
salary list. Joe was not recalled from
Scranton by Hanlon He asked Manager
Griffin to send him back and Grir-
fin consented, knowing how the land
lay and that Hanlon would receive
the youngstcr. National league writ
crs don't exactly understand the sit
uation or they would not give vent
TO such paragraphs as the following which
appeared in yesterdays Washington Post:
Joe Corbett is glad that Ed Hanlon "e-
called him from the Scranton farm. In
Scrantc h said Joe, they said | was too
popular with myself. A man would be q
chump to get stuck on himself in my pro-
fession. a pitcher may be a king one
day and "a deuce tine next
WilkcsBarre Record: Big Dan Brouth-
ers one of the famous Detroit Big Four,
" no has had long and prosperous career
In the National league, but has recently
gone into a minor league-Springfield--
clus, asserts that the Eastern league
teams play faster ball than the teams
OF the National league. Here is state
ment from a well-vcrsed intelligent play
er and the claim is stamped with author
ity therefore The base ball editor of the
Record has long held the same belief,
principally based upon observation, hav-
ing witnessed numerous contests of the
fast company. Although this opinion has
been harborsd, We have refrained from
printing il for obvious reasons. Unmis-
takably the preponderance OF what is re-
garied and termed as high-ciass talent is
located within National league ranks, yet
the vast majority OF the men have made
their regulations and are singulariy care
full to refrain from doing anything which
will decrease the lustrc of their fame \
few conscientious fellows are ever en-
endeavoring to outdo their previous sea
sons work. but manfestly there is not
the incentive for advancement among the
players anchored in the National league
that is the magnet for wonderful work
among players in minor organizations who
are desirous of prompt advancement. The
National league has heavier batting, per-
haps, but no more brilliant fielding as
a whole, while in some particular club or
set of players particularly good work Is
being done. the people are sometimes led
to believe that the sun rises and sets
within the ranks of one section of the
National league. The unbiased enthusiast
will discover that Dan Brouthers is cor
rect on any occasion when he troubles
himself to examine the facts. The East
ern league teams play games with closer
scores, the batting is much more even
while the work in the field Is snappier
and cleaner. being devoid of the hool-
lumism that constantly prevails at con-
tests in the big organization. We have re-
peatedly listened to travelling men who
are privileged TO sec many games in both
leagues. and they almost Invariably say
that on the whole the Eastern league
teams play the fastest game put up any
where in the country.