The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1897-09-11
DIAMOND DUST.

Here's a bit OF Boston Globe sarcasm
capt. Ewing says his boys would be home
sick If Sunday went by without game. .
Why Is 1t that such easy things as
all tie Western teams have proved foI
Boston play such marvellous games against
the Orioles?- Boston Herald.
Tin Hurst is about the only umpire
ever "a w at work in baltimore" said Oliver
Wendell Tebeau the other day, who was
not afraid to give the visiting team all
tGat was coming to 1t"
Rig Ned Cartwright is now a bicycle drum
mer. He'd make a good ''ad'' riding bis
ma Chine down the main streets of a town
with those piano legs OF his encased ia pea.
green stockings. Cincinnati Post.
The last series OF hall games between
Cleveland and st. Louis. which was seized
uled to bs played in st. Louis, has been
transferred To Cleveland and will be play
ed there Saturday, Sunday and Monday
next.
Since Gettman has been using his own
idea or handling the bat and standing I'm the
box, the lad is hitting the ball hard. He is
born batsman, and any attempt made to
handicap him should be stopped by the club
owners.
''Sach q clear case of highway robbery
has never before been perpetrated," was
Col. Pultiam's sarcastic remark after the
game, land am happy that the boys for
feited the game rather than play IL out
Baltimore Herald. Kelly was the umpire
This line in Philadelphia exchange,
Manager 5 tallings is Ike eping the wires lot
Tres, days telegTaphing for new players.
Several more new faces are expected
within few days" brought from Tim Muir
name tlds echoing shot: 'One good, level
beaded baseball man TO take Stallings'
place would h. the proper move for better
times in Quaker baseball circles.''
Either HawIcy vi KIlen win have y.
leave the Pittsburg team, il it is t. sc
coed" said a member of that team re-
Gently. These two pitchers are quarreiing
and hate each other cordially. i am told
that a deal is Oh that the Pittsburg Club
offered the p Philadelphia Club Pitcher Haw-
ely for Outfielder Dowd and Jack Boyle.
The deal has not yet been made, but may
yet go through. There are several other
players that are to be traded away
Cincinnat ii Enquirer.
There is always much discussion as IT,
the relative values of the collegiate and
sand-Iot player, and it cannot be denied.
on the face CT the returns, that the country
boy OF the lad from the streets has rather
the best of the educated youth from Yale
ward. Still, there are few collegians Of
worth in TIN, business. Lewis and Fond are
the best OF the collegiate pitchers, although
L. co. 49,.
Harley, Leahy and Dwyer are the best
known Of the other college graduates in
swift company.
Little Tommy Leahy, who has caught on
with Washington, made six hits In the two
gaines of Wednesday. There is more than
suspicion that Pittsburg did foolish thing
in letting this fellow go. He is far better
batsman I'll an either Merritt or Sugden, the
other Pittsburg catchers. can do pretty well
in any old place infield or out, and is a
hustliug. gingery young player. He may
turn out to be another youth who wasn't
appr eciated at the jump. There are sew
eral such in League society, and among
them are Stencil, Callahan, Burkett, Nc
Farland, Keller, Kelley, DeMontreville and
Mariner .-Chicago ID ally News.
In the Brockton New Bedford game yes
terday Umpire Doe was obliged to call the
same In The seventh inning on account OF
a series Of accidents that utterly disa bled
the New Bedford team. In the fourth in
ming Callopy, the third baseinan. a nd Wiley,
the catcher, collided while running for
foul fly. Callopy received bad cut ON the
head and Wiley had three Of his front teeth
Knocked out, putting both players out of
the game. Then, in the first half of the
seventh inning, Glen. the shortstop. sprain-
ed his ankle while running for fly, and,
as the men could not be replaced, the um.
pire was obliged 10 call the game. The
score reverted back to the sixth inning, z
to 4 in favor of BrocktOn. The league sea.
son ends today.