The morning times., 1896-05-26
DIAMOND DUST.
Pertinent Paragraphs About the SEN
ators and Other Players.

atOrS and Other Players.
You're now in your own bailiwick boys
get at 'em.
Everybody and his relatives will be at
the game this afternoon.
Ladies day and Mercer will pitch. Bucks
Braves can't beat that combination.
Ex-senator ESper put another nail in.
New York's coffin Yesterday at Baltimore.
Please he good, Mr.. Weather Man, and
give us pretty weather so we can give the
Senators the glad hand this afternoon.
Tue Pbillies did not 'shoot the chute"
yesterday. The got Off the boat long
enough TO give their visitors from Boston
ride.
on their grounds. Joyce's men will even
up the score by Thursday night, see if
they don't.
Though the grand stand is not finished, it
has been fitted with plenty of seats, and
patrons are certain TO enjoy the additional
facilities for seeing the game.
Varney Anderson umpired the Depart
mental League game at National Park yes
terday between the Infantry and the
Bureaus and gave the utmost satisfaction.
There will be many a growing flower less
in Washington this afternoon, as everyone
will contribute a bunch of posics'' 10 the
floral offering of Capt. Joyce and his men.
A perfect epidemic OF illness will spread
over the Departments today and every
mothers son OF the stricken ones will be at
National Park roofing their lungs out for
the Senators.
Oh, there, Baltimore, Come over today
and see how happy we can get over
that you have monopoly of the glad-hand,
hula -baloo business.
Prof. Pistori's concert band will render
choice selections prior to the game this
afternoon. "Win Mercer's Caprice has
been arranged specially for the occasion
and Will be played several times during the
program.
Charley Snyder is the Tim Hurst of the
Western League umpireS. Tic papers of
the section west of the Alleghenies and
across the Mississippi TEEN with praise
of Snyder'S impartial handling Of the in
dicator.
The Cincinnati club. en- route to Washing
ton, stopped off at Cumberland yesterday
and played or rather toyed with the embryo
Rusies, fuckers, Loves, Longs, McGraws,
tered hamlet. The Reds appropriated the
game by to o and swped the gate re-
| ceipts and 500 bonus besides.
The fans are anxious to see Silver
King. The white-headed twirer, who was
famous with the st. Louis Browns, the
| four-time winners, and later with Comiskey's g
| Chicago Brotherhood team, will Ee in uni
| form at the park this afternoon and will
probably pitch tOmOrrOW'S game against
| the Reds.
Capt. Joyce, Baron sebach, Winnie
| Mercer, ''Old Reliable jim Mcclure, Ed
| Cartwright, Tom Brown, Charley Abbey,
| x,
Al Maui. Lester German, Jimmy McJames,
| Pat McCauley and Billy Lush, will have
an inning with the audience this after
noon before Hurst says play ball.
In the midst OF the overflow OF welcome
| to the Senators, don't forget to give a
| hand to veterans Buck Ewing and Bio
| McPhee. They have been in the game these
many years and have not left single
| stain on its escutcheon. In lonorinS then
| with applause, you will honor the greatest
| of all outdoor sports. Here's luck. to Bic
| and Buck.
Temporary working quarters will be
afforded newspaper correspondents and
| local sporting writer's at the park during
| the Cincinnati series. Their tables are
| located in the front row of the old grand
| stand, where also the telegraph operators
Will work. Upon the completion of the
| stand the press box will be rebuilt on the
| center roof.
| Timothy Hurst, who, if he did baptize
| Al Maui Il little bit in Cincinnati that Sun
| day, is yet the best and fairest of all of
| Uncle Nick's staff, will umpire this after
| noon. Tim never got the marble heart
| nor a roast from a Washington audience
nor will he. Tim and AL soon smoothed
| their Cincinnati watcr-splasbing bat-throw
| ing episode and now DIV ell together in /;
| unity ike two peas in u pod. Tim will
also get the glad hand this afternoon
President Nick Young is untiring in his
| efforts to aid tue stricken Kreglo fam
| lily. In letter TO the editor OF the ST
| Louis Sporting News, in which he makes