The evening times., 1897-03-12
DIAMOND DUST

Capt Ewing, of Cincinnati, is OF the opin
ion that Tommy Corcoran will play short
stop for his team this year. Notwithstanding
the fact that Tommy has declared himself
| to the contrary on this point.
Bob Allen, the ex-PhiladeIphia shortstOp
will receive 81 $50 as manager-captain ul
| the Detroit club this season. ConSiderint
| that he Will only have to work five months
for the amount, Bob's resurrection wa,
not SO bad thing for his pocketbook
Ton Brown had his Catholic University
Colts hard at work on the field yester.
day afternoon Tom says he has q
slG lightly lot OF youngsters, and that they
Will make Joe KeIly's Georgetown crowd
hup up" when they meet next month.
reorganization OF the Departmental
League for this season Will hardly be
effected blt the differ ent clubs will prob
ably arrange a schedule, to be played
winle tle Senators are absent from the
citT Such strong clubs as the Bureau
OF Engraving and Printing" and the Dis
trict COMMISSIONER should certainly not
overlook the dates OF May 80 Deco ration
Ray ana July 4 at National Park.
The bicycle brigade, composed OF Cart
wright, Mcclure. Lush, DeMontreville,
Meyers and Reilly, made a thirty-mile
run yesterday. Manager Schmelz went
along, but the boys say that Gus re
nigged" in awful fashion on the hills.
The manager, SO they say. was very gay
on the level. and spceded along like "a
cannon ball but on striking an up
shoot" lie would get off and walk, and
IL s,trfr nj
stretched himself on the grass. old
Reliable" Jim also got puncture, and had
TO 60 To the hospital
People might imagine that after more
than q dozen years experience the Pbila-
delphia baseball team is some good upon
the diamond, Judging from the crowd OF
boOdoCS, hobOcs and cranks that assem-.
blcd at Pier IS, South wharves, Wednes-
day afternoon to see the Reach and Roger
ties depart upon the City OF Macon for
the initial spring practice, which starts
in at Augusta. Ga. There were at least
800 cranks who went no farther than the
Delaware avenue front and there were
fully 100 more who went upon the boat
and shook hands with the various play
ers and wished them good luck. PbiIa-
delphiaus are certainly forgiving and should
be provided with better ball team than
what Reach aud Rogers have given them
since they have owned the club. -Phila-
delpbia Inquirer.
Joe Quinn has forwarded his contract
to Manager HanlOn from st. Louis. but
writes that business interests will prevent
his Joining the orioles at Macon until
March 26. Regarding his possible transfer
to Louisville, he is reported as saying: Il
prefer pla wing regularly to bench duty, and
am willing to go to Louisville should my
release be bought by President Pullian.
I don't like the idea OF waiting to fill an
other mans shoes"
The Brooklyn Baseball Club is stin trying
to make deals for players, and stands ready
to exchange Griffin, Grim. Lachance, DAILY
and others. The object of the Brooklyn
owners Is to secure some players who will
in iect some animation into the team play
An effort was made some time ago to trade
Griffin for McGraw but it came to nothing.
O'Connor, of Cleveland, is still wanted, and
there are other deals which the club hopes
to make before the season opens. When
Corcoran was first put on the market,
New York had an opportunity to purchase
him, which would have enabled George
Davis to go to the outfield. his home
position. The opportunity was not ac-
ceptsd