The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1897-04-10
DIAMOND DUST.

Senators va Athletics at National Park
this afternoon at 4:30 O'Clock.
President Ban johnson, of the Western
League, has established headquarters at
Chicago,
The Georgetowns and the Lafayette Col
lege club will play at Georgetown Field
this afternoon.
League figures show that there has been
wonderful improvement in fielding in the
past few years.
The Senators dressed up in their new
uniforms yesterday, and were photographed
in group by Rice.
A statlstician has figured it out that In
ninc-inning game pitcher will deliver
the ball 115 times This does not include
his assists TO the basemen.
On the day the Cincinnati team left New
Orleans Manager Bancroft paid the larg-
est hotel bill OF his career to the Gruene-
valid, where his team has been stopping.
1t was 81 ola. This was for the hotel bill
alone.
Pitcher McDermott, the ex-Colonel, is
showing up better in practice than any OF
the other Cleveland pitchers. The lrSt
season that McDermott was with Louis
vile he was considered conner, and IL
may be Tcbeau's luck for him to regain
his old-time form this year.
Bob Allen, manager-captain of the De-
troits, hasn't grown rusty from his three
| years lay-off. He goes at ground balls
| hit his way with the same old get Their"
| style he had when he was with the Phlia-
delphias. 1.-The only place where l can
notice that my lay-off has caused trouble, Is
| in hating" said Bob.
| Jimmy McAleer and Jack O'Connor are
| the AL Mauls in dress of the Cleveland ciuD
| For Pittsburg, Patsey Donovan and PINK
| Hawley do the fashion plate act, ana IN
| st. Louis, Louisville, and Chicago, Tommy
| Dowd, Tom McCreery, aud Jimmy Ryan,
| respectively, make the tailors and haber-
dashers glad of heart and fat In pocket
John T. Brush, of the Cincinnati Ball
| Club, has forw arded President Kerr, OF
| the Pittshurg club, q very novel anu hand-
! some souvenir season ticket for the I'm
cinnati games. 1t consists OF pretty
| ticket on the top Of pack OF splenthdiy
finished playing cards. The latter con-
| tains pictures offamous actors and actresses
| or the League clubs that have played
| with minor organizations in the prelifn-
/ mary season, Chicago has lost TO Kansas
| City, Philadelphia TO Norfolk, Boston 10
! Savannah and ST. Louis to Minneapolis.
| Washington, Baltimore and Pittsburg are
! the only teams thus far to escape drub-
hing from lightweights The other clubs
| of the League have not played outsiders.
Charley Farrell took advantage of mo
game yesterday afternoon TO stroll on
! the Avenue and see how Washington looks
| after O'Clock. 1t is an opportunity that
| does not often come to a bah player, as
| at that hour he is out to the park, har-
Messing up for work! The Duke looked
| quite debonnair, and enjoyed the panorama
| afforded by the greatest thoroug hfare in
| the world
| John B. Dav, who has taken on the chief
| OF umpires' robe of the late Harry Wright,
| has announced O. determination TO abolish
disgraceful scenes and language from the
| diamonds of the National League. He will
keep his grip packed and whenever and
wherever there is something 70 correct lie
will appear. Every player complained of
will be Investigated and the facts reported
to President Young for action
| Manager Joyce and his Giants returned
| to New York from their New Jersey
training quarters last Wednesday evening.
The men all looked well, and bore out
Joyce's statement that they were in much
| better shape than when they returned
| from jacksonville last year The regulars
and colts played game a Lakewood We'd
nesday morning, resulting in victory fol
the regulars by score Of l / TO 4. souders
pitched excenently for the regulars.
The new contracts may have some effect
on the Temple cup games, as the players
still will be under contract when these
| games are played. and the owners of tho
teams participating in them can refuse &c
| allow the men To play unless they give up
a portion at least of the receipts OF such
games. And there is more than one mag
nate in the League cheap enough TO turn
such a trick Cincinnati Times-Star. Yes