The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1897-07-07
DIAMOND DUST.

| The New Yorks played the Orange Ath-
letic Club yesterday.
| Mcdonald, sbortstop Of the Ricmnonds
accepted eleven out OF twelve chances, ten
of which were assists.
The pla wing at third OF ex- Senator Smith
was feature OF the Toronto Buffalo game
| yesterday. The Canucks won.
IL is doubtful whether any League club
can show as many changes in half dozen
years as st. Louis has in one brief season.
Pugilist James j. Corbett pla ycd first base
| for Rochester In the game against SYRIA
| cue yesterday. Syracuse won by TO 8,
| with KisiGger pitching against McFarlan
! The crowd numbered 5000.
Hanlon was looked upon aslittle less than
| mailman whca he released Esper, Hem
| ming and Mcmahon But time has rin,li-
Gated his Judgment. Not one OF the cast
offs has shown any ability this season.
DAD Clark / $ growing more witty every
| day, but there is tinge of sarcasm in his
jcsts He says Mcdonald is touted as a
rotten umpire, but he has one stron point.
His decisions on fly balls are very accu-
late'
The Chicago Record gets off this agri-
cultural note: Capt. Anson should build
a barb wire trocha around EACH OF his Colts
if he expects to prevent enterprising far
mers from signing them for next years
corn plough;ng.
Jimmy Connor is again injured In Sat
ulday's game, in trying e. make double.
runner struck his hand and janmed all
the fingers back int1 his hand The injury
is very painful, but Connor expects to get
back into the game today
Charley Irwin expects To see Boston put
the spectacle, Taking Tumble" On the
boards for a summers run when they go
ON the road. "Klobedanz aud Lewis" says
he, ARE gentlemen who Will have star
parts ia that performance, or | miss niy
guess
Tin Murnane ays that Boston is stronger
in the battery departm mt than IL has been
al any time in its history. He considers
Bergen the greatest catcher in the country
today, bar none. Bergen did not leave
with the team last night, but expects TO
join it in aholt a week.
Elton Chamberlain declares that he has
offers from the Springfield and Rochester
clubs, but Can make As much or more pitch
ii,g for the independent clubs in this endof
the State. He is a regular attendant at
the Fort Erie races, as is Dan Stearns, the
old time first basemah.-Buffalo Express.
Mike Grady is the scrappiest first base
man the Browns have had since the daysOf
Comiskey He is almost too aggressive,
for he will stop at nothing TO gain an adj
vantage, aud when he gets into the game
he is out To win, no matter what desper-
ate chances lac may be called upou to take
A few more like Grady npo1 the team. and
people would think the Browns had been
taking lessons from Baltimore.-St Louis
Republic.
Al Maui, the ex-senator, whom HanlOnis
attempting to rejuvelate, is slowly getting
the Kinks out of his arm Electricity and
massage have proven beneficial, and the IN
JuIed wing may yet he restored 10 coudi-
ton. III Al Maui can getinto shape he will
pe a tower of strength to the Orioles
When his arm was at its best the ex-SeI-
ator ranked among the best twirlers la the
League, and his slow curves dr,vp many
hats;nan To desperation. New York Even
ne Journal
But worst OF all, the team is broken up
by internal factional differences that have
been sInoldering for some tine, and are
now coming Ia the surface. There are
teen personal differences in the club. but
hey never appeared on the ball field, and
every one worked viii an eye single to
winning games. Now there liz a careless
ness and indifference manifested by many
OF the men such az has never shown before,
and a disposition TO look more for indivi'i-
ual records than for team success The
spirit OF faction bids fair TO destroy the
SUCCESS OF the greatest hall team ever got
ten together. Chicago Dispatch i'm Balti-
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