The sun., 1897-12-09
THE SPORTING WORLD.
Short and Pithy Pointers From
the Turf.
BRIEF TOPICS OF THE DAY. -.
Athletics. Indoor and Field
Sports That are
Legitimate.
DIAMOND DUST.


players to report for next seasons work
on March ) and 6, and on March : the
team will start South.
The record in batting last season for
any one player was total OF twelve
bases in game. This was made by
Joyce, McCrccry, Everett and BeckIey.
Jovce's hits were four three baggcrs, Nc
Crccrv's hits were three home runs,
. Bccklcy's the same and Evcrlt's two
singles, double and two home runs.
| The greatest number Of hits made in a
game by 4 single player last season was
six. This record is held jointly by
Tcnncy, Of Boston; Harley, OF It. Louis;
Mccormick. OF Chicago; kecer and
Doyle, Of Baltimore, and Tucker, OF
Washington.
D0nohuc, who pitched for the st.
Louis tail cndcrs last season, and who will
occupy the box ior Philadelphia next
year, is quoted to this effect :-"Whcn
a fellow has been with a losing club it is
awful hard on him. You 60 on the
rubber day after day and are well aware
that the only chance you have of win
ming is to hold your opponents down to
one or two runs. Bretenstein and Haw-
ley are two other former Brownies who
suffered the same fate as | did several
years. Now they are easily two of the
leading twirlers of the country"
The sod OF the Baltimore inficld has
been torn up, and the space between
first and second base has been filled in to
an additional elevation Of one and half
feet. This is in order to level up the
first and second bases with third base,
which has been couple Of feet higher.
The right field is also being raised five
feet, SO as to bring it nearer on a level
with the home plate. The place graced
by keeler has long been considerably
lower than the home plate.
Baseball has been taken up by the
Toxic Athletic Club of Japan, and the
Orientals are wildly enthusiastic over
the American national game. President
James Hart, of the Chicago League
Baseball Club, has received a letter from
Tora Hiraoko, of kirschio, in which he
says that the game has made hit
among the better class of Japs.
Washington's new pitching article,
DonOhuc, from the Connecticut League.
will be one OF the greatest twirlcrs in
the minor league in point of avoirdupois.
He is five feet eleven, and constructed
on broad, heavy, IIcrculean lines from
the ground, being fashioned on the same
| heroic mould as R,isie.
Hoy positively refuses to play in Il
minor league. Isno years ago. when the
Cincinnati Club wanted to send him to
indianapolis, he refused to 60, saying
| that when he was not good enough to
play in the big league he would quit the
! business.
"Tony' Mulanc, the veteran pitcher,
is said to be on his way to Washington
to see President Young about position
on the umpire staff of the National
League.
Arkansas will have plenty of league
talent inside its borders this year. Pitts
burg will train at Little Rock and at
Hot Springs, sixty miles away, the
Chicago and Cleveland will do thcr pre-
palatory work.
Catcher Grady is credited with saying
that tie average ball player would rather
play in any OF the eleven other League
cities in preference to Philadelphia.
The veteran "Dick" Phclan, having
played all over the country and Mexico,
says he is about to organize League in
Alaska next summer.
Barnic, one of the Baltimore. All
America managers, is looking for ma
tcrial for the Brooklyn club out ON the
coast.
The Cincinnati Club, with twenty
three players, will do their spring train
ing ut San Antonio, Texas The men
will leave for there March lst, and have
six weeks work before. starting the
cllamp mpionslip season.
The Bostons may train at Lakewood,
\. j., where the New Iorks put IN their
spring practice this year.
in san Francisco there is baseball
night every week at each OF the theatres,
and the visiting players attend in Il
body.
Six pittsburg men have asked to be
appointed National League umpircs.
Hughes, who has been signed by |
Baltimore, defeated the Orioles by
score Of to 3 the other day.
CYCLING.