The morning times., 1896-08-10
DIAMOND DUST.
At Baltimore this afternoon.

McJames will pitch against the Champs
Good luck Manager.Captain "Scrappy
Bill"
Now watch New York come down the
stretch.
All the Senators except Maui and King
who are yet on the hospital list, will make
the short Eastern trip.
There are others. Ex-senator Patsy Don
ovan is again captain of the Pittsburgs,
having taken BeckIey's place.
Jack Glasscock's dead arm has been
resurrected. 1t is possible that he will
give up first base and go back TO pla ying
his old position at short field.
Pitcher Norton says that the bleacher
boys OF Atlanta gave him the sobriquet
OF "Hotsastuff,'' which was their short
way of saying .He-is-the- -hot-stuff.'
Tom McCreery swings two bats over his
shoulder every time he steps to the plate
10 take his turn with the stick. He thinks
this makes one feel light--L6uisville Post.
Ex-senator Joe Mulvey OF the Roches-
ters thinks he is one of the unluckiest
pla yers in the business. He has been hurt
on an average OF four times week OF late.
Jake Becklcy played In ,Oi9 games with
the Pirates, made 1903 hits, and sos
runs. His batting average for nine years
averaged .3O1. His fielding average was
.9s1.
just as Pfeffer was going to the bat t he
other day, according to an exchange, he W as
handed a telegram saying he had won
$500 on a race in Cincinnati. He then
batted n weak. bounding BAH over the
pitchers head.
a base runner who starts from third
to home base, has right to go back to
third and if on his return to third base, n
runner from second is there, the latter,
il touched by the ball, while. both are on
the base, is out.
The Senators spent yesterday in their
rooms and tried to forget the heat by
reading and by writing letters, of which
they have many TO answer, as all sorts Of
people are continually plying them with
questions through the mails.
Geier, the Washington city boy, signed
by Manager Marston Inst March for the
Fan River team of tile New England
League, is regarded as the most promising
young backstop in President Murnane's
organiZa Il on n.-Proridence Journal.
Keep lit up, Mr.. Freedman. You have a
first-class infield, now turn your atten-
tion to the box. Rusie will never be worth
his salary to you, trade him to good adj
vantage and New York will have first
division team in 1s97.-sporting News.
Schriver leads all Western League catch
ers, having an average of $50. The near
est one to him in the Leagueis Twineham,
of Detroit, who has an average OF .SIS
but who has caught in fewer games
Schriver is ahead of all other catchers in
the matter of catching base runners.
Joe Sullivan did not accompany the
Browns to Cincinnati. He remained in
st. Louis acting on the advice of his physi
clan. Malaria is his ailinent. He viii
probably join the team when it leaves
for the East on August II. Morgan
Murphy will also be able to play about
that date.
E. 8. Mort on, the Senators new pitcher,
is an electrician and mechanical engineer
by profession, and has btained a patent
on u burglar alarm device TO be used ON
cars, carrying valuable freight. 1t is
designed for the purpose of preventing the
robbery of freight cars, an evil that costs
railroads thousands of dollars. Sporting
News.
Is 1t true that Joyce never sacrifices?
or Saturdays game against Brooklyn Mt
the Polo grounds, the New York Press
says: ''Bunt hits by Van Haltren and
Tiernan, Joyce's sacrifice and Gleason's
single gave the New Yorks their two runs
in the seventh" And the Press adds:
Joyce played a fine fielding game at
third, his throw forcing Griffin at second
winning him rounds of merited applause"
The success OF Captain Comiskey's st
Paul club increases ones respect for the
has been and cast Oft" class of ball
players. Instead Of losihg heart at three
straight defeats at Columbus, the Apostles
pla yed the champion indianapolis team to
a standstill and have wrested the leader
ship from them. Predictions go for
naught when the Saints are concerned.
They have demonstrated that ball players
are as young as they play"
Jack Crooks related a hard luck story
to st. Louis scribe. This has been
my bad year." said the king" II was
incapacitated during the early part of the
season by a weak back and went into the
game before I was ready. When l Joined
the Louisvilles, however, was in good
shape for the first time this season. Now
my left leg is in such shape that l hardly
expect to play in a game during the next
two weeks. 1t was spiked in two places,
but 1 played right along. Then came my
more serious accident in game against
the Browns. Insliding tosecond wrenched
the tendons in my left knee and can hardly
bear my weight on the injured joint now"