The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-08-17
DIAMOND DUST.


Ollie Beard was released last night. He
played five games with the Stars. and
while he showed himself as good hitter
as ever, he did not play the fast fielding
game that Frank Schiebeck plays. His
slowness there made the whole infield
slow. Beard is q sure fielder, not cratic
and not brilliant, but he covers little
ground.-Syracuse Standard Of yesterday
This is Ladies' Day.
Harper and Boyd will be the Miner bat
terry.
Wilkes-Barre will be here today, tomor-
row and Thursday.
Ollie Smith, the released Springfield
outfielder, is still in the city.
The Barons will be known as the
"Craw ,ers'' If there are many repetittons
of yesterdays ridiculous postponemeat,
or if the Wilkes-Barre management de-
clines, as it did last Friday, to play a
postponed gamo on an open date. The
Wilkes-Barre owners have no reason TO
expect anything but small audiences If
games are not played when the weather
is of the finest.
Scranton has a postponed game at
Wilkes-Barre. Wonder they didn't take
advantage of yesterdays open date to
play it off. 1t would have been cheaper
than being idle.-Springtiel Union. The
Miners would but the Barons dassen't.
The Scranton Tribune is authority for
the statement that Buckenberger, of Sy-
racuse, was negotiating with Beard long
before Scranton released him. There is a
penalty fer this sort of work If Scranton's s
magnates care to make trouble.--Spring-
field Union.
Jimmy Rogers, of the Springtiel1s,
worked that moss grown trick Of asking
for the ball and then stepping aside to
let 1t go by the other day. Such work
| is nothing short of cowardly. 1t is an
| unfair advantage that no honorable play
or would take. Some people think such a
thing smart, Gnd fairly hold their sides
| with laughter If it is successful.-Boston
Herald.
There are no stars in the Baltimore
team in the estimation of the players.
| The way the men call each other down
when play is lost demonstrates effec-
lively why the Birds wins games. Joe
| Kelley is supposed to be captain, but
Doyle and McGraw both went at him the
| other day for not bunting, and then they
| all turned on Jennings for trying to steal
| second with only one out. All look alike
| to the orioles with a slice of the Temple
| cup money in sight.-Washingto Star
| Manager Murray is in bad shape in con.
| sequence of taking chances in trying tc
| win out in games on the road. He was
nearly killed by being hit with a pitcheo
| ball on the left temple at Montreal. Now
| he is crippled by strained muscles in the
| abdomen, injur ed in sliding bases at Syra
| cuse, Murray has sent for Tom BannoT
| to pay in his place in right field and Ban
| non is expected to join the GrayS al
| Rocky Point ir the game to be played
| there this Observation-Disclosures Journal
An interesting game Of ball was played
one Sunday afternoon ut the Indian Run
Ky. The rear end of the village church
was used as a backstop. At the end o.
the second inning the minister cam,
around the corner, announced that preach
ing was about to begin, and requested
| that play be suspended. The umpire ac
cordingly called TIE game and the players
and spectators filed into church. TIL,
services lasted an hour and after churcl
| the game was finished, Indian Run win
ming by to g.
The Wilkes-Barre Record makes itsel
| ridiculous in consuming much space Il
argue that Beard and Boyd were loanot
| by Rochester to Scranton or that the Ro
| chester club has any claim upon their fu
ture services. The Record fails to eX
plain the right of Syracuse to sign Beard
| The Scranton owners and Manager Grif
I'm are The Tribune's authority tha
Beard and Boyd were signed outright u,
Scranton, as has previously been state
in this column. We don't know what au
thority the Record has for its implica
tion, but that paper ought to accept tn
word of Mr.. Brooks and Mr.. Simpson
Here's what the Syracuse Standard say
about It: THE release OF. Beard b.
Scranton put quietus on the talk tina
he was farmed by Rochester"