The times., 1897-06-14
DIAMOND DUST.

Pittshurg win have to win five games in
! Washington and baltimore TO make good
the Leaders prediction of six victories on
the trip.-Pittsburg Leader The chitnces
are tEat the Pirates Will go away from
Washington with three defeats.
| Manager Donovan's prediction that clean
| aud sharp fielding and good pitching would
make up largely for weak hitting has not
| been fulfilled The pitching and the field
| ing have been there all right in IA majority
/ of the games, but the other teams have won
the games by small scores simply because
| the Pittsburg players colld not hit the ball
when hits meant runs. Pittsburg Leader
Steve Brodie got fatherly letter from
President Young the other day, in which
he told Walter he should be more care Ill
when addressing the umpires, as his lam
guage WAS not the best. Steve" did not
like the letter, and sent it back to Uncle
Nick with letter, in which he stated that
| his correspondence had become so volumi-
nous that he did not have time to read all
his mail, and that hereafter, if he wished to
address him on any subject that he would
have tic do so through the public press.
Wilbert Robinson is Walter Brodie's beau
| ideal of backstop. Robbie declared
the old Oriole, lis the mainspring of the
baltimore team. Heis the brainiestcatcher
in the League today, and is better posted
or the weaknesses ofbatters than an y other
backstop in the country. Robinson has
done more than his share toward making
successful pitchers of the Baltimore twirlers
and the way they have been hit since he
went to the bench disabled shows that when
he is out of the battery combination his
counsel is missed.
Pitcher Doheny has been suspended for
two months by President Freedman. The
cause is insubordination, breach of discip
line and interference with other members
Of the team. For some reason, which may
he easily guessed, he has shown Il dispos-
ton to vent a good deal of spite upon Sey-
mour while in practice. Saturday, On
trivial pretext, it is said he threatened To
assault the young pitcher. Lately he has
been wrangling with Davis and every meni-
Der of the nine who he thought failed to
support him when he pitched Joyce could
not control or curb him.
However, Washington is dispensing pen
nan5 ball at present, and, as Hugh
Nicol, manager OF the st. Louis club, said
last night ''They are fit to give Balti-
more and Boston a warm argument
The releases of SchmelZ and Cartwright,
and the addition of the peppery Tucker,
has Infused new life into the erstwhile
solemn Senators, and they are playing
SC lively that even their best friends are
Surprised As to the knockers, they have
put up their hammers and gone into re-
tirement-else to the bleachers, where they
are roofing their lungs loose from their
chests. Washington Special in Pittsburg
Leader.
The Pittshurg Dispatch says: The mat
ter Of greatest Importance to Pittsburg pa
irons of the game has been the continued
bad showing of the local team. To say the
least, the team has, since it left home,
been In very bad condition; but as to
whom to hold responsible for this con-
dition of things, is another matter one
can hardly lay the blame on the manage
1nent, for the great defect has been the
usual lack of hitting. 1t is hardly fair
to argue that u manager can make a
man hit the ball when he is not able
Some Of the best players on the team
have fallen to pieces, and in many
respects have shown themselves to lie
cutters OF the rankest kind. A quitter
is the worst kind OF ball pla yer, and
gets less respect from the public than the
worst player on the diamond who is a game
man. Donnelly has proven himself to be
q gutter of the rankest kind.