The morning times., 1896-07-13
DIAMOND DUST.

Donohue was cherry pie.
The hoodoo has been banished.
"Silver" pitched mastery game. %
1t being Sunday, the chute was closed
Bert Meyers made the first error of the
| game.
Now make it three straight and SQUARE
| up that Cincinnati natter flt-1f
Old Reliable Jim Mcclure made a double
| In the third, scoring Selbach.
DeMontreville opened the fourth with a
| clean drive TO left for Il basel
| ManagerCap Tommy Dowd laid
off and Sullivan played Second.
Mcclure certainly had his batting lamps
trimmed and burning yesterday.
No, thanks; let some other old club
| have our place on the toboggan.
Scrappy and his band took it out on
| the. Done Browns with a vengeance.
Lave Cross, OF the Philies, is on the
hospital list having an injured hand
Two hundred and thirty ne pla yers ha We
so far participated in the pennant struggle.
| O'Brien made his first hit in the sixth
inning and followed 1t with p neat steal
| of second. "l-i
Up to the fifth inning the Browns had
made only one hit off Silver, and that Il
| scratch by Cross. l-6t
| Cartwright was Il good waiter Yesterday.
! He walked to first in the second and re pe;it-
| ed the trick In the fifth. Jr
O'Brien made the first misplay for the
Senators ON Connor's hit to second Douglas
| scoring ON the tumble.
Capt. Joyce has shuffled up his batting
| order and has pushed himself down 70
| fourth place in the list.
Buck Ewing's Astonishing Braves were
the rirst TO ttat Scrappy Hill and his band
| o straight series this season.
Joe Batten, a former ball PLAYER and an
| Indicator handler in the Western League
last season, umpired the game
What Crooks and Rogers said after .he
| Senators lost their NTH straight game
would have filled Il good big book.
Maybe Crooks and Rogers won't work
hard 10 beat their former fellow Senators
| II the Louisville series in that city.
With Joe Quinn and McGraw sitting on
the bench. side by side, III good condition
Manager Hanlon will breathe easier.
Baltimore should secure an injunction re-
| strainIg the Cieveianis from the excessive
use OF white ewash.-Philadelphia Enquirer.
If Capt. Joyce could only secure another
goo1 ptcher On the trip, ninth place would
know the Senators no more this season
King made his third consecutive lit In
Tue MN inning whel ne seat the TIA 4 to left
for two bases, scoring Mcclure and Cart
wright.
Connaughtn has u batting average IF
236, not doing nearly so well as he lid
last ,enr His average with Kansas City
NeItti iOSb HIS temper ana tnen lost the
game. IL was a reasonable result. One
follows the other Just as naturally as
night follows day.
DeMontreville was III at Pittsburg, anl
n the double-heaGer at Cincinnati rlday.
He was much better Saturday and playeI
his sensational game at short.
Al Maui is working hard TO get his arm
lack into condition in Tine - ON tlip
senators before the end OF the Western
trip. He exercises daily at National
Park.
Taylor has bad ca sc ofsulks this seaon
ana capt. Nash S having no end OF trouble
Win Win. Tue r,., s,g twirsr r - :ooSs II Jack
to New York for Rusie.
McGunnigle of Louisville will make a fight
Tor shortstop cross, who after being re-
leased oy 81. Louis, was recalled. Pitcher
Hermann and Catcher Warner, of tile Ken
tuckians, are to be farmed.
No wonder the Clevelan,ls lost Yesterday.
Mark Hanna, McKinley's manager ami the
apostle OF gold, saw the game. The Spiders
are all for free silver, while the Orioles
favor gold. Baltimore Herald.
WaShingtonis on the TO boggan ansure.-Balti-
more Herald. How about Your own brides?
Two shut-outs in two consecutive games
was about as bad as washington's five
defeats Tor the week, all things considered.
Itiooks as if the Senators had come IN the
conclusion at last that they have no more
games 10 give away. Cincinnati is In first
place ana they IN eighth hy reason of their
generosity toward Bucks Aston nishing
New York certainly has been very IN
fortunate in the matter'of ybung blood
players. or the dozea or SO lassoed not a
iirst-class man has developed. but then
again. Judgment is required in the selection
OF young blood.-New York Telegram.
Only 5000 people witnessed the game.
This, 100, in St. Louis, where in Silver
Kings former days twenty thousand peo-
pie was the average Sunday crowd 1t
,In If,nk n fnn I,ph 4lar A lp bod
biighted this erstwhile great ball town.
After the defeat of the Senators in
Cincinnati Saturday Johnny O'Brien said
that he must have brought Louisrille's
In trading Crooks and Rogers for him MIR.
Wagner swapped luck also. Johnny shu;Ild
remember that Crooks carried a Washing,
ton rabbit foot with him 10 the Falls City.
Phil Ehret of the Reds" at present
leads the pltcners of the National Lea que.
He has pitched in thirteen games, ana less
ihan one run per game has been earned.
To be exact, eleven runs Were earned off
the roSeate haired wirer in thrice II games.
Dwyer has been touched up for an average
OF two earned runs per game, but he is
Pond and Hoffer following Ehret
Hanlon wrote to Joe Quinn when he
signed him that he could draw on the
baltimore Club for any money necessary
and that he need not Join the club until
his finger healed and his general health
was Epbh- plttIitl VI
managers, 'come to us, and you are sure
10 have slice Of Temple Cup money this
fall When pla yers are treated this
way. no wonder they play ball for Balti-
more.
Patsy Flaherty. who is brother Of
Left Fielder Flaherty, OF the Bureaus Of
the District League. is now the manager
captain OF the Q Quincy Club Of the Western
Association. and is very popular IN that
city. Under his control and direction
the Q uincys have pulled away from the
tailend bunch. and now occupy Il promi-
nent position in the list. Patsy played
third base for the Louisville League Club
for a while in 1894.
Bunt hitting laid the foundation for The
Sena tors first four runs. Capt. Joyce
led off with a bunt toward third, which
Bert Me yers threw wild MCGUIRE singled
sending Joyce to second. Abbey hunted to
pitcher, who threw W wide to Roger Connor
and Joyce and Meg scored. Cartwright
drew base on balls, and he and Abbey ad-
vanced on DeMontreville's out. Silver"
singled to center, registering the ''Stra W
berry Blonde and Piano Legs" and four
tallies were in the Senators sock.
1t is very probable that If the League
fine Of 500 on Tebeau gets into COURT
the player will have the best or 1t. How
ever much the fine was deserved. Tebe.iu
was disciplined without having chance
court in the land that will allow this
II the case comes before it. The League
directors may be experts in the admins.
tration OF baseball law, but they do not
appear to know the first rudiments OF
civil law.-Cleyeland Plain Dealer.
A word with you, Mercer-Don't sulk.
From all accounts you made an exhlDllion
in view OF your good work in the past we
forgive YOU this time. But don't do 1t