The morning times., 1896-07-28
DIAMOND DUST.

The Senators will play Brooklyn today.
All the Western clubs are playing good
ball.
Tom Bannon, of Boston has been farmed
to the Syracuse Club.
''Silver" King or "Hotsafus" Norton will
pitch at Brooklyn this afternoon.
The Baltimore American says that Tom
Lynch is doing better work than any mem.
Der of Nick Young's staff.
Patsey and his Spiders will have TO get
hump OH themselves IL they would staye
off the rush of Bucks Braves.
Eddie Burke is playing wonderful ball
for Cincinnati. Experts say heis eciipsing
his splendid work with the New Yorks
in 1894.
Neither Dexter nor McCreery had spoken
to Jack O'Brien for two months previous
TO his release to Washington. Talk about
harmony. fe-t
Cincinnati will have easy sailing for the
next thirty days, and if Baltimore and
Cleveland don't watch out Buck win win
the nag.
The Senators will reach home Friday
morning and play the Raltimores at Ma
tioDal Park that afternoon. 1t will be
ladies' day. :,
Cleveland had two catchers in one OF the
-NcW AOih Edhtof anu d
run, base hit, put-out, assist or error-a
singular record. 90
Jack O'Connor, OF Cleveland, caught
twelve straight games while thinner was
laid off, and did not have an error or a
passed ball in tn dozen. e-t
There is liable to be a shake-up in the
Washington team any time Oh account of
the present toboggan iding-Cleveland
Press. When, where and which?
The Senators have an uphill fight for
position in the first division, but If they
will only play the game they are capable
of the goal is not beyond their reach.
Pitchers Mcmahon and Garrison have
left the Balti more team and returned
home for a good rest. The former wants
to getin prim c condition for the home series
and for the Boston games.
Jack Doyle is very entertaining talker
in the hotel lobby He is Something on
the Tebeau order, very aggressive on the
field, but very entertaining off it, when he
once starts to talk.-Pittsburg- Times.
With Cincinnati leading the Nationi ii
League and Indianapolis continually play
ing ace high in the Western League, Presi.
dent John I. Brush is reveling in ice
cream, strawberries and mint juleps thcsc
July days.
Billy Earle is travelling around the lea que
circuit. He was turned adrift by Balti-
more Thursday and yesterday he signed
with Boston. This is the seventh club
of the twelve in whose service he has at
some time or other worn a uniform.
According to the Cincinnati report Cupid
Childs played dirty tall''in that city last
Sunday. That was the Cincinnati side of
it. Now wal t until the Cleveland version
of the affair is given and seeif Eddie Burke
is not charged wi tn every crime in the deca-
logue. e,l
ANY time you read that Hughey Jen.
nings was hit by a pitched bail, put 1t
down that he should have been called ont
for stepping on the plate and you will
/. not be wrong more than once in ten
/ guesses," says Patsey Donovan of Pirrs-
burg.
The Baltimore club is outstanding its
pitchers for the final struggle for the
pennant. With Mcmahon, Hen ming, Clark
son, Pond, Esper, Hoffer, Stockseale and
CORRECTION the staff they can afford to rest
up few men. Hanlon ne ,er allows his
club to become short-handed in any de-
partment.
In Sundays game at Cincinnati Burke
claimed that Childs of Cleveland tripped
him. He turned and hit Childs in the face
and the blows were returned. The other
players ran to the fight and the spectators
poured into the field. The policemen with
difficulty prevented riot and they es-
corted the Cleveland players from the
grounds.
Another Atlanta sporting writer says:
Morton, pitcher, by long odds the most
valuable man on the team, will go to the
Washington National League team. He
had other good offers. notably from Detroit
and Milwaukee, but preferred to go direct
to the Nationaf League. He may be right,
but don't believe it, yet wish him
mighty well.
It begins to look as though that for once
Won der Abe had got the better of q base
ball trade. Cooley is not doing the work
expected of him by the Phillies, Willie
Turner and Sullivan, who were exchanged
for him, are putting up great game for
the Browns and have materially strength
ened the team in both batting and fielding.
Boston Herald.
The report that Nash had been deposed
as manager and captain Of the Phita.
delphias was founded on misinformation.
1t appears that when Nash was in st.
Louis he asked to be relieved for few
days from the management, as his head
was still bothering- him, and his reques.
was granted. He is still manager captain
of the team, and will remain so for the
rest Of this season, at least.