The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1897-08-11
DIAMOND DUST.

basemcn in fielding.
Bob Leadley now is the sole owner OF
the Grand Rapids Club, having purchased
| the interest OF Bob Gienalvin.
The visit of the Bost ons to New York to
morrow, Friday, and Saturday will attract
attention In all parts Of the baseball world.
| Pitcher Lester German was released by
the Washington club yesterday. German
viii probably sign in the Western League.
Earl Wagner tried 10 get Pitcher Fishe,
of the Oritani Field Club, but could not
land him. The youngser has to big an
| opinion OF himself
The Cincinnatis have the best record OF
winning games by Que run. They cap.
| tCrsd twenty games by solitary tally
| and lost only five. The New Yorks have
won seven and lost eleven games by one
| run.
| No no, no. A man named Valentine
| was net tie author of Casey at the Bat
| an iteIl that has been going the rounds.
it was a man named Thayer who wrote
that poem, and 1t was firsS printed in the
| San Francisco Examiner.
Eleven tie games have BEEN played In
| the National League this season. The
| New Yorks, Louisvilles, Pittsburgs, wash
| ingtoEs, Bostons ana Ch;casos each took
| part in two, the Brooklyn and Raltimores
| in three and the other clubs in one.
| Mike Sullivan, the South Boston boy,
| who is one of the New York pitchers, was
| presented yesterday hy his Boston friends
with a very costly Knights OF Columbus
| charm ret with diamonds beautiful
basket OF flowers accompanied the gift.
William Trafhey, late manager OF
the Quincy Baseball Club, has been APP
| pointed an umpire in the Western Baseball
Association. He will report for dnty in
| st. Joseph tomorrow. Traffley is one of
| the best known baseball men in the
country.
New Workers have been raving over
the great work done 10y Jack Warner
this year That ex-Colonel has certainly
stood up hravely all season, but Bill vii
son, his successor at Louisville, has put on
TIE windpad and ofliciaued in more games
| than Warner.
Manager Selee, OF Boston, is somewhat
of developer of young talent himself
Nichols. KlotedanZ, Bergen, Yeager, Tenny,
Lowe, Long, Collins, Lewis and Stahl
are some OF the men that he brought to
the Hub His trade of Nash for Hamilton
shows his shrewdness in judging a ball
player.
IN the fifteen years that FREQ Pfeffer
shone as a bright baseball star, his
average annual compensation has been
So, 900. Yet Fred cannot show much for
$4,000 in salaries His case is COM
mentary upon the futility OF ball
player being a continuous good fellow y
-Exch angc.
For the first time this season the Reds,
as a tear, have batting average of 300
Since the season began thu team has been
huverin e between PTS and 235 In the mat
ter of team batting. Since the st of July
there has been a steady improvement in
the teams batting, and last week its aver
age reached .301.
There is d happy go-lucky style about the
Phillics that must be exasperating to Man
ager Stallings Deiehanty, Dowd, Nash,
Clements, Lajoie, and in fact, the entire
team, appear to play In a don't-care fash
ion, and yet IN the face Of this sort OF work
d pitcher is supposed to put life into his
pitching. Baltimore Herald.
Grady has earned seven pounds of to-
bacco during the last two weeks by knock
ing cut seven home runs on the home
grounds A Louisville firm gives a pound
of tobscca for every home run. Since
they made the offer, beside the seven
scored by Grady. Harley has made one,
Hartman three, Cross two, Douglas one ana
I.ally one.-St. Louis Republic.
Manager Hanlon yesterda.' bought the
release of Pitcher Kiston, of the
Purlingtcn, Ia, Club, of the Western
Association. The Boston Club and others
have been after Kiston, but Mr.. HanlCu
was willing to pa big money for him, and
got him. II is twenty-foGr years old, has
been pitching ball for two years, and weighs
165 pounds. Mr.. Hanlon expects him to be
in Baltimore about Saturda next.
Jesse Tannehin is one of the best throw
ing outfielders seen here this season. The
little soutbpaw gets the ball away from
him very fast, and all his throws are true
to the mark. If Tannehin ever pitches
bah again it will be against his own wishes.
He is too good ball player to be I'm the
box. He hits well, and while he Is not the
surest man in the League on a fly ball, he
viii gradually immprove in this feature of
the game. Cincinnati Tribune.
Bob Enis!ie thus sizes up the cause of
most of the rows on the ball field. las
far as know, the umpiring has been about
the same as In the past. The players are
inclined to be unruly because they are SO
anxious 10 win But the real reason is that
certain clubs want ever ything in sight, and
educate their patrons to look at things In
the same light. In word. they want UNI
pires to give everything 10 them at home.
and IL they do not there is trouble They
also wans impartial umpires on the road,
but will not tolerate them at home"
A widely known baseball critic, W no is
distressed over the way Louisville has OF
downing visiting clubs at times says: al
most any team that imagines it is a team
thinks that the Louisvilles have no right to
win game. Occasionally the Colohels get
together and give theseswell headed gentle
men trouncing which hurts. So the visit
ors On the slightest provocation try to in
timidate umpire and Colonels. The latter
refuse to lie inundated, and there is your
scrap, for which puffed-up visitors. and
not the home team, are responsible"
Perhaps they are realizing down in Cleve-
land how valuable a dark silent man named
Cuppy is to the Indian team. Mig has
been out of it this year-has been unable to
do his share OF the work-and behold the Sc
quer As team, the Clevelands arestronger
than ever. Wallace on third is as fast as
McGarr, and q far better batter. Cregier has
been a find. Powell has won many good
games. Sockalexis, up to lifetime Of his dis
grace. was king pin slugger. o'Connor can
plsy the outfield all right, and Pickering