The evening times., 1897-06-09
DIAMOND DUST.

Somebody can have Stivetts BE is ON
the market
Umpire Belts is officiating in the At
lantic League.
Mr.. Won der Abe is with the Browns on
their present trip
Fink Hawiey refused to pitch against
the Bostons yesterday.
Ex-senator Joe Sullivan is in a Phila-
delphia hospital, dying with consumption.
Killen has pitched two games since com
ing East, and both were forfeited on
him.
The Georgetown-Pe Pennsylvania game yes
terday at Philadelphia was postponed Oh
account of rain
Stafford will hereafter play centerfield
for the Louisvilles, and Dexter will be
tiied out at shortstop.
SILVER King, who pitched for st.
Louis several seasons ago, will probably
twIrl against his old club this afternoon
Buckheart. the big Indian catcher of
the Carlisle School, has turned professional
AMI viii pla with the Rockford, Ill Club.
Won der Abe says that he has fixed
things with Pitcher Carsey, and that the
x-Philadelphian Will join the Browns at
once
Wallace has sent Jimmie McGarr TO the
minor league ranks. The Cleveland Club
has asked the other League clubs to waive
claims TO ''Chippie''
Duffy, the angel child Of Boston, is rap
ping the ball this year as be raped it in
1892 His batting average will not be
lost in the underbrush this season
1t is sad that Kelley, Keeler, Jennings
and Clarke, the society quartet OF the
Orioles, part their hair between each in
ming while playing on the nome grounds.
When Gus Schmelz's resignation (?)
reached the ear of Capt Joyce that
gray-haired young man : mouth became d
semicircle. reaching from ear To ear
New York Herald
Donnelly, the PittSburg third baseman,
went 10 New Haven from Boston CD Sun
day, and has not yet been heard from.
Last season. while with the Baltinores, he
was off the earth for ten days.
Kid Gleason has not PLAYED ball so
well during all his career as he is pla ying
1T this season. His fielding is vast i'm
provement over that OF 1896, and it was
not so very had during that year
The Torontos defeated the scrantons
8 10 L in ten innings. Lush had two stolen
bases. onerGn, four putouts and four assists
Harvey Smith had one hit and three put.
outs and assisted three times Neither
club had an error.
Davis, one OF the New York team, has
more tender joints than some persons have
collars Ee has had every knuckle and
every hone on lis hand thumped So hard
this season that I is painful for him 10th
TO bat and to fielG.
Burkett is thoroughly indignant at his
bad luck in batting He has been meeting
the ball right along, hut q regularly hits
1t 10 some fielder. The assertion that lie
is jealous of Sockale Ms is perfect nonsense,
as he recommended the Indian TO Tebeau
Toronto is Doubtless Senatorial farm
land Earl Wagner ha> sent voting DR.
Harvey Smth 10 join the Canucks lie is
the youngstar v no virtually put Cincinnati
out of three games at Washington last
fall by his brilliant work at thurd-Ciu-
cirnatl post HeshoUld ne rla vip, with the
Senators and Reilly sent to the farm.
The toughest man on the Boston team is
Tenney, who is a graduate OF Brown Uni
versty. and broke into SpCieIy hs lore get
ting into the game. He is initiating Tucker
even TO slappiug his cap on one side or
his head, and giving runners the knee and |
elbow. Harry Davis and Brodie have
grudgc against him.-PittsburC Press.
Manager Watkins, OF the Indianapolis |
Western League Club, has informed his |
players that only Capt Motz in author !
lied TO question an umpire's decisions, and |
all others must keep their mouths shut and |
play ball. If an umpire fines them. the |
Inc will lie deducted from their salary. |
ana if an umpire puts them out Of the |
game, the club VIII fine them S25 each, |
This is a pretty good scheme
There should be no surprise manifested |
over Cleveland'S poor showing" said /
Frank Dwyer. They are the shuttle
cocks Of the League Not appre cia ted at
nome, and switched around by Dame |
Rumor TO TINS city aud that, they have no
incentive L. work, for Cleveland people
DO not care whether they win OF
ose, to Judge by the frost at the box
,ffice when they are at home"
A nd so Gus Schmclz has resigned as man
ager Of the Washington team. In his day
Gus had success In his way he knew how
a team should he made to play ball, but he
had too much way. He insisted that every
move on the field should he personally
Greeted by him from the bench and the |
players became no better than so many |
sutomatOns Now arises the question who
will succeed him.-New York journal.