The times., 1897-05-06
DIAMOND DUST.
Base hits will do it.

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Boston and better luck
Baltimore is Tightening the grip on first
place
Pitcher Wallace is playing a fast third
base for Cleveland.
CINCINNATI is hugging light at Eaitimore's
| heels, and is liable to take fist place any
day.
With the addition OF Harley the thletics
have the best outfeld In the Atlantic
League.
This will be Jack Glasseock' twenty
third consecutive season as a professional
ball player.
Pitcher Ashe is yet in the city, hut will
leave for Newport, X. L., the latter part
of the week.
Cincinnati is playing great hall. And
this team. too, is made up principally of
'cast-off" players.
The Washington Club is very popular in
Boston and viii draw good crowds despite
the ali end position held at present.
Fourteen stolen bases In one game, made
by Baltimore last Wednesday, will doubt
less stand as League record for seme
time To come.
The Washington Boston game will be
portrayed in detail at Kernan's S this after
noon, and scores OF other games will be
chalked up by innings.
Lyons alternates on first and third
for Pittsbpg, but at either or both posi-
tons he not only fields well. but seems
not TO have forgotten how to hit.
The plucky Colonels won and lost yester-
Dfttc hn uVa
would like TO see them win every game
they play except these with the Senators.
Probably the worst batter 10 the league
is Cross, St Louis shortstop. lie has
played in eight games and has been at
bat" twenty-five times, but has made only
one hit.
The New Yorks attribute their change In
luck 10 the Ie-entree into the game OF
Bill Clark As soon as Clark joined them
iii Washington, they commenced smuggling
the ball.
The elongated Carey, Pitcher Mercer's
felIowtownsman, is playing first base for
the Athletics OF Philadelphia, which team
is supposed TO be the understudy for the
Big Quakers
Chllds sprained his leg turning first base
in Sundays game at st. Louis, and Jimmie
McAieer i S afflicted with the Old charley
horse that has given him SO much trouble
in seasons gone by. 9s -jF5e
Louisville is mostly made up of lot Of
young, hustling players, and until some Of
the OLD stagers get settled, the Falls City
team is calculated to make the best OF
them play hard to win.s
1t looks as though, McGraw's days as
player were nearly over. Ever since lie
had the typhoid fever he has been play
ing poorly. and now Quinn looks like a
fixture on third for Palamore.
Smiling AL Maui continues his training
and practice work every day. He viii
pitch one OF the games against Baltimore
next week and will take his regular turn
in the box on the Western trip.
The Columbian College club went down
10 Alexandria yesterday afternoon to play
tile Episcopal High School team, but the
grounds were too wet and the game was
postponed until this afternoon.
BY winning yesterday Boston and st
Louis showed the Senators 10 the Bottom
OF the list. But as Caylor has said, the
season is in Its ''mewling infancy and
October is many moons away.
Big Bill Norro OF the New York World, dubs
the Washington club as South Sea Is
landers" Just where the name applies is
little bit opaque big Bill'' should fur
nish a chart with his funny sobriquets.
Watch The Times bulletin board this
afternoon for the result by innings of the
Washington Boston game in the latter
CITY, also Of the other games over the
League circuit Plenty of standing room
and everybody welcome.
Pitcher John Kimble did not sign with
Toronto, bntagreed on terms with Manager