The morning times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1897, 1896-08-31
DIAMOND DUST.
Two games this afternoon.

| lue tlrS6 game Will De Caileu AT Z O'CLOCK
Ii Hung is drawing nearer to National
Park.
Mr.. Wagner returned from Philadelphia
last night.
Maui is the pride OF the rooters of the
right wing OF the grand stand.
The Phillies are showing some OF theil
old-tine smuggling in recent games.
Toronto won two games from Syracuse
| Saturday by the same score z to o.
Natural batsmen will find the ball in any
league until their eyesight gives out.
| Jack Crooks, Jimmy Rogers and the other
.'Colones" will be with us Wednesday.
| va,ney A nderson has, not made an error
this season in any game he has pitched.
| Nash thinks SWEETS, properly ha ndlcd is
one OF the greatest pitchers in the profes-
| sion.
Turner has made but three errors In
| right field since he Joined the st. Louis
| club.
The Detroit club is the only Western
League organization that owns all its
| players.
Pitcher Norton is much improved and will
probably be able to leave his bed by to-
morrow.
Billy Hamilton now has three daughters
weeks ago.
This afternoon and tomorrow will be the
last chance to see Uncle Ans and his Colts
this season.
Taylor's record of three sacrifices in one
game has not bee eNcelled by any League
player this season.
The championship race is row between
Cincinnati and Cleveland for second place.
Baltimore has the pennant.
Arson says he must have four straight
games from the Scnators-says he needs
them in his Temple Cup business.
Jimmy McJames may try again in the
second game this afternoon. Mercer will
probably pitch the opening contest.
Come, come you Buck! Set up and at it.
We don't want TO see you beaten out of
your just deserts at this stage OF the game
philadelphia Times.
President Crane, OF the Atlantic League.
says an umpire who officiates at Newark
or Patterson takes bis life in his hands, and
then Mr.. Crane calls for recruits to his staff.
President Young is pleased with Umpire
Lally's work. So is nearly every one else.
LaHy Is 4 deserving young fellow, as he
supports his mother and sisters out OF his
salary.
Lave Cross, OF the Philadelphia club,
is generally considered the best allround
player in the business. 1t is matter OF
opinion, no viewer. Delahanty, of the same
club, also ranks high.
The Boston Club provides the umpires
with u sort OF cage n which they can Lock
themselves in order that they need not
listen to the arguments OF the players
before and after game.
The corresponding Saturday last yea
drew $4,000 people. Yesterday $500
attended. The difference or 5000 cost
the management $4,000. Now will you
loosen up?- philadelphia Times.
The highest percentage ever held at the
end OF the season by a pennant- winning
club was .79s, which was the record of
the Chicago club under Arson in 1880.
In that year the Colts lost but II out OF
"a games.
Now" said the cyclone, as it deity
unroofed the Western dance house, Just
watch me knock the cover off the ball!'
Then the darkness came on to pitch and the
lightning made three strikes.-New York
Evening Telegram
During q game of ball at st. Paul the
crowd Kissed Mullane because of bis poor
work. Lake, the Kansas City catcher,
turned reproacbfully to the stand and re-
marked: Let up. fellows; we've all got to
earn living somehow
Anson's face looked dirty, but that came
from the bruise Of his mask, and not from
any other cause. How game the veteran
is can be imagined from the fact that his
hands are SO badly swollen that most
catchers would quit under similar condi-
tons. Boston Herald.
In its account of the st. PAUL. Mime
apolis game, in which the Saints were
whitewashed, st. Paul exchange takes
occasion 10 use this language: Burns
gave Parker a chance and went out at
first. Rorfityl mbzi NIB who gwgf ii m"
Well, suppOsing he did, does that justify
such inflammatory laDguage?- Kansas City
World.
Section 45 OF the National League con-
stitution provides that "a tie or draw
game or a game prevented by rain shall
be played off on the same grounds on a
succeeding open date. In case there Is no
opendateon sameground, such game ma ybe
played on the grounds of the other club
in any open date" Or two games may be
played on one date.
Five of the most famous pla yers in the
history of the national game faced each
other on the diamond recently, writes the
baseball man OF the st. Paul Dispatch
and two OF them were the opposing pitchers
in one OF the most memorable games ever
played. The five men were Pitchers
Tony Mullane, Larry Twitchell, and Bob
Caruthers, all of them famous at one time
and ShOrtstop Glasscock and First Base
man Charlie COmiskey. Not great many
years ago they were the most central
figures in the American Association and
prominent in the National League, and they
all play ed sensational ball.
John McGraw, the crack third baseman
of the Baltimore Baseball Club, is making
arrangements with English parties for a
tour OF the champion league team through
England after the Temple cup series this
fall. All the players here agreed to go
and are enthusiastic over the project
Twelve men only will be taken, the regu-
lar team, one utility man and two extra
pitchers. The enterprise will be conducted
on the cooperative plan, and each player
will be asked to contribute to general
capital for travelling expenses. Manager
Hanlon will go along as manager after
the schedule has been made out There
are two leagues in England with which
games could be arranged for several
weeks and the only shadow eQ the enter
prise Is the fact OF the early beginning Of
the football season. The Champions think,
however, that the prestige gained by three
finishes at the head Of the
American procession ought to make them
curiosities enough to draw big crowds.