The times., 1897-09-05
DIAMOND DUST.

Boston Herald
The Philadelphia team win soon be a
representative OF a.. nations.
Ptchea Worthless. late OF Atlantic City,
has been signed by ST. Louis.
Mexican and NcAleer may be traded for
Delehanty a / the end Of the season
Waddeli. the new southpaw, may be tried
against Washington. Louis vile Post.
Toronto is ont of first position in the
Eastern League. Syracuse now leads
TLey are selliug photographs OF the Bos-
ton players in the stands at the Hub.
Arthur Irwin thinks he has the best
pitcher Of the Eastern League in Dineen
Carpenter, the new umpire, is the smallest
man that ever held place on the Leagues
staff.
Brooklyn, New York and Pittsburg are
said TO l5s after Catcher Snyder, Of To-
ronto.
The Washin gton Club wants Hawley but
t as not made an official offer Baltimore
Herald.
Kansas City has had thirty-two men on
its pay roll this season, and fourteen of
these were pitchers
Anson has told Tim Murname that II
Chicago does not win the pennant next
year he Will retire.
Pitcher KitSon, recently secured by Man
ager Haulon from Burlington. Iowa, has
been loaned to the Reading Club. of the At
lantic League.
Bob Glenalyin, who recently retired from
the management Of the Grand Rapids Club,
ST hi .
ing a religious paper in st Louis.
The shortest game of the season was
played in Flint, Mich, last Monday. De
troit and Minneapolis played, the latter
winning. to 3, in fifty-eight minutes
There is some talk of Grand Rapids and
Columbus being dropped from the West
ern League after this season, and the
franchises awarded to Des Moines and
Omaha.
Nicholasyille has won the pennant in the
Blue Grass League. Its star pitcher 10
named sutthoff. He may be related to
one Sudhoff, who will be remembered in
Baltimore for some time.
Abbatticho - whew! what NAME for
ballplayer., But Edward ]. OF that name
was signed BY Stallings for Philadelphia Oh.
Thursday He is second baseman, and
came from the Greensburg pa team.
There is story out here that Was hing
ton is negotiating through the Cincinnati
Cluh officials for Ace" Stewart, of the
indianapolis Club, to play second base for
the Senators next season Boston Globe.
Louisville has signed Newton, the crack
left-hander of the Norfolk club. Newton
pitched an exhibition game n Baltimore
last spring, and made good impression
1t was erroneousIy reported some time ago
that Baltimore had signed Newton.
If Baltimore geta five runs behind
Pittsblrg in any of the next three games
and Donovan gets fly bah that would
end the game would he muff it? Welll-
Baltimore Sum- The efforts to besmirch the
character Of Patsy Donovan happilyfS con-
fined to the Baltimore press
Every bulletin anent the trip of the Bal
t1more aud All Americans to the Pacific
coast has included The Breitensten as one
of the stars of the combinations They'd
have to dope me to get me to play ball
in the winter" says Brett. Little Theo
is going to give his arm a rest
Timothy Keefe, NJ. WEIGH, and George
Gore, all veteran ballplayers, who played
with Buck Ewing, went to see the Reds
play in New York Wednesday, and had to
pay for the privilege of seeing the game
1t was probably the first time any of
them ever paid to see ball game
Manager Donovan has protested Wednes-
days Pittsburg- Washington game, to have
q decision on the rule requiring games to
be called two hours before sunset WASH
ington's games are called dt 4:30, and
sunset Oh Wednesday was ego. Empire
Kelly called the game after six and one-half
innings.
SincePrest. Soden stopped the players from
egging on the spectators to try and rattle
opposing pitchers the games at the South
End grounds have grown tanner but none
the less enjoyable. IL the other League
presidents would act as Mr. Soden has it
would be a good thing all round The
spectators have right to cheer and en-.
courage the home team just as much as
ever, ever though the players are not al.
lowed to act as leaders, Bos ton Globe,
A Boston paper suggests that If the Phila-
delphia owners are really willing to pay
big money for n manager, he would be easy
to find. Philadelphia has frittered away
more money buying and paying salaries to
new finds" ana youthful '.phenons" and
unsuccessful managers than would have
sufficed to get Il first-class manager with
a first-class team. Philadelphia needs