The morning times., 1896-07-12
DIAMOND DUST.

A LOUISVILLE Nag promises 10 star ttte
Browning next season in comedy entitcu
my Lamps Burn Low, or Who Hit Me.
A little play was worked 10y the Giants
ON the Oriuies July 3. George Davis.
Henry Clark, Sullivan, and Wilson took
part in 1t.
The moor showing of the New York team
In the race this season wall, 1t Is csu-
mated result IN Il loss Of S3G ,utO 10 lie
other League clubs, or about S2'soo 10
each cluu.
The Chicago club now contains larger
number OF married men tnan any othef III
theleague. Anson. Dahlen, Everett, peck"r,
Briggs, Thornton, Terry and klttridge are
ali men or FANNY an 1 a better penaved set
1t would be hard TO find.
Pitcher ;iuinbert was released by the
Brooklyns and al once signed s ,,Mlrt w,lm 'ne ne
eefved Il cheek for 81 ,lOu, MS saidry IN
full to date. uuhberl e'St his ciub SOU
Il game, as lie pitched only Two complete
games curing the season.
Col! Rogers is quoted as saying that
"John Mon tgomery Ward is wyeram'ng
ball players and u ball player among law
yers = He GEIght have added that the leader
of the iil-fated Players brotherhood Is ana
always has fJeen since lie attained his ma
jority. a man among men.
What Il tacky team the folio wing play
ers would make: Tom Parrot, pitcher;
Jocko FEEDS, catcher; Patsy Tebeau, flrst
base; Dick Knox second base; Clifford.
snort stop; but Everett. third uasei Bag
Holiday, left field; Dusty Miller. eight
field, DuCkl tOliliiS, ceuttI i!eli.-
orleans Plea yune.
The rpport circulated that four OF
LynchburE's best players had been sold
TO a NaI.onai League ciuD FOR So,uoo.
had no foundation TOR the runf0r except
q jocular remark by director or the
CLUB. No proposition has been received
from a National League club Tor any Of
the players referred TO.
The last count Of the score card coupons
for the most Popular player among the
Senators. the lucky one 10 receive a bicycle
valued at 500, resulted as follows: Joyce.
zoos; selbacn, L ,334; peMontrev1 le
Cartwright, sos; Abbey, 757; Maui $50;
Brown. 4Sl: McAuley, 42O; Lush, 81;
King. 2S1; Mc!ames, 254; German, 205,
and O'Brien, 10.
Mr. A. ID. Tucker, of No. s1s d street
northwest, came nearest uessiDg the stand-
ing of the Senators in tie League race June
30, and was given the box OF Mcclure
cigars offered by Mr.. Strasber2cr In the
coupon to be found in each score card on
sale at the park. Mr.. fuckers guess was,
position, 6; percentage, 511, and that the
club would finish the season sixth, with
d percentage OF 500.
O'Bnen will he q much more valuable
player to the Washington Club Than he has
been of late to the Louisville team and the
Crooks and Rogers in their ranks. O'Brien
has not been satisfied since McCloskey was
deposed as the Louis villes' manager, Among
the first official acts OF MCGuBnlgie was 10
take the CaptaDcy away from O'Brien, and
that star Immediately became a sulker.-
st. Louis sporting News.
O'Brien may play good ball for Washing
ton but he win never he worth 10 the Sen
ators what Crooks and Rogers will prove to
the Colcncis. The latter played first base
to perfection, naving twelve putouts and
one assist To his credit, He also swatted tie
ball safely Crooks had two putouts aud
four assists. He hit safely. His playing at
second was a vast improvement over
OBnen. The weak spot On the team is at
An ,AGf. iS holm m fia 10 traf q
good man.-Louisville Post.
Recently j Ohm Ward offered to sign a
young pitcher for New York for 81 800
cash and when the local president Of
fered $500 for the information, Ward re-
fused to diyulge it. He said he CON
troiled the young man, and could send
him where he chose. Then Manager Sc
lee stepped in and signed the pitcher, who
proved 10 be Lewis, the Williams Col
fege twirler, and Ward got nothing for it.
Boston Herald. Springfield was after
him. too, withouL any tip from Ward
Springfield Union.
1t would be very unsafe to try and make
Q choice between the Clevelands and the
Baltimores. They are about the tightesC
pair that could be matched. The former
are probably the piuckiest players IS a
team, and would undoubtedly be the
national fayorites we're it not for their
horrible conduct or the ball field. They
are splendid lot of players, aud it is ..x-
ceedinEly unfortunate that their earnest
ness and ullscGnCeption as TO what is ag-
gressve ball playing lead them to mis-
take violent blackguardism for reasonable
aggressivcncss. As players they aave
much more nerve tfan the Batim.
team, and that will figure in the contest
II IL continues 10 be close.-Pringls IN
Pittsburg Dispatch
With the season just half over it's
quite plain that four clubs. viz: BaltinOre
Cleveland, Boston, and Cincinnati have
chance for the ptnnant. and that two of
the four will play Tor the Temple cup
perhaps for tine last time, as President
Soden believes that the League will
stop the ciubs playing for this trophy
after this year. His idea is that the play
ers think more about che money they
get out OF the Temple cup series than
for the championship. and most Ut this
unprofcssional work OF the Cleveland and
Baltimore pla yers is caused by their
desire to get INTO these ganles--DsstOn
Globe. Soden had the same talk with
him year ago, il viii be remem bered but
the Temple cup series will De played
JUS tine same.
''Scrappy bah players are the only sort
that win," said Manager Tom Burns OF
the Spring fields the other day, "and there
prefer team inadc up OF men who are
Always in The game. People may pretend
10 object to the tactics of Joyce McGraw,
Tcbeau.and anambcr OF ether players who
have a rcputation for being energetic
ataer thaa ChesterfieidiaD, hut you can
safely wager t!Iey would be only too glad
20 have them Oh their own representative
team. 'Gfve me IL player that can turn
8 trick neatly every time. a part Of a
first t-ciass sn,srfnnn's value consists at least
pprlIy In his ability 10 obstract in ;lp un-
oetrusivc way the base-runDcr. prcju.
Gfccti spectators mag call It dirty ball
pia yinE bat l, '':Ds. It's one Cf the tricks
OF the trade"