The morning times., 1897-03-10
DIAMOND DUST

City. Everything seems to be coming Chris
way OF late.
Chip McGarr, Cleveland's piraticaI
looking third baseman, was recently Ire-
sented with bouncing boy by his wife
'sCbip'' declares that he and ex-President
Harrison are in a class all by themselves
a wiseacre has declared that Tommy Cor
coran, Bill DahIen and Cupid" ChiIds
Could lose their dispositions without los
ing their effectiveness as ball players For
once the wiseacre is right, quite right.
At the Baltimore meeting President
Jim Hart, OF Chicago. SPOKE in glowing
terms OF his new pitcher, Briggs. The
genial Jim claims that the young fellow
has everything necessary TO make him one
OF the stars of the twirling contingent of
the League.
Billy Sunday, who graduated from the
Texas League into fast company, along
with "Serappy" Joyce, and who became
famous as a member of the Chicago Club,
is conducting revival at Silver City,
Iowa Sunday is the only balIpIayer on
record who quit the diamond for the pull
pit
1t is surprising the number of people
who are interested in baseball in a finan-
cial way. All the money spent for base
ball does not 90 into the pockets of the
magnates by a great deal. Advertising
agents, transportation companies, help out
si'ie OF players, hotel proprietOrs and others
get whack at the receipts.
The local players are working with might
and main TO get into condition ere the heu
TAPS for the opening of the season. They
have a nIcoholiC and malfOuS nh rnD+
their menu cards, and twixt bicycle rid
ing, dumb-bells and long walks are under
going course OF training that will fit
them for the fastest kind OF work from the
jump.
Summing up the players who are likely
toStart the season with the Brooklyn base
ball club, there are three Bills, three
Georges, two JimInies, three Johns, one
Chauncey, one Claude, one Edward, one
Harley, one Fielfler, one Nike. one Alex
ander and one Daniel Webster. The Toms
that predominated last year have been
wiped out altogether.
Manager Schmelz has Cancelled the dates
he nad made for the Senators with Syra-
cuse club, and they will not lie seen here
this season. The Syracuse management
We're so arbitrary in their propositions that
Mana ger SchmeIz finally notified them that
the Washington club could do business
without them and that they could consider
all agreements at an end.
The League magnates are sure to find
that restricting coaching will not be at
all to the liking of patrons OF the game.
Single out the players popular with the
public and with few exceptions they are
the fellows who get up behind first and
third base and make Rome howl" The
coaching rule of last season was very salts
factory. and it was poor policy to change
It, as time viii prove.
George t''Big Mike'1 Mahoney, the Idol
of Georgetown has returned 10 the var
sity and resumed his studies. During his
spare hours he is assisting Coach Kelly
in training and instructing the BAH club,
giving particular attention to the pitch
ers. Mahoney will not play ball this season,
as he is exceedingly anxious to finish his
course in the college and therefore will
not be able TO lose time from his books.
lie was given an ovation by the students
upon his arrival.
The st. Louis Sporting News casts the
following bouquet at the feet of Uncle
Nick Young The best evidence
of the confidence which the Ma
tional League magnates have in
President Young was the unanimous
vote by which the schedule for 1897, pre-
pared by him, was adopted before it was
inspected. There are no fractional divisions
in the parent body as affecting Nick Young.
He has the respect and friendship Of them
all In recognition of his services, his sal
airy was increased 81 600"
A baseball scribe has stated that the
Brooklyn club and its management are
popular with the fourth estate. or course
he is only joking. The writer goes on
at length to exploit the courtesies ex-
tended visiting newspaper men by the
Brook mites at their park on jamaica
Bay. The real truth is Brooklyn is the
worst in the bunch. Last season the press
accommodations at Eastern Park We're
simpl yhorrihle and the courteSies extended
reporters travelling with visiting clubs
We're as scarce as hens teeth. It was
a case OF scramble to get a seat, and
the telegraph operators seemed TO re-
gard reporter from another city as an
interloper and a subject for their SUI
preme indifference, Notwithstanding he
had valuable business to give the com
pany employing them. Perhaps this might
remain unsaid, and, again, maybe Messrs
Byrne and Abell knew nothing of the in
cOnvenieuces and almost insults to which
visitors to their press box were SUBJ
jected, but they are facts just the same.
Dave Foutz's last visit 10 Washington
was as manager of the Brooklyn club,
which closed its series for the season with
the Senators at National Park, September
Is, 16 and II. During the progress of
the second game an unpleasant incident
happened. Tom Daily, who is very popu
lar in Washington, having been a member
of the team representing the city several
years ago, was playing second base for
Brooklyn, and between him and Corcoran
several bad errors had resulted. Corcoran's
share of the misplays was more than
Daly's, but as Tom was in bad standing
with Foutz, owing to recent infractiOns OF
club rules by overindulgence in liquor, he
was made the victim of the managers
wrath A play came up in which DAILY
and Corcoran ii cured an q ali eJTorfoIIOwed
Foutz, furious with rage, walked out on
the diamond instanter and ordered DAILY
out OF the game, and replaced him with
Schoch DAILY was seemingly dumfounded
at first and then his feelings gave way to
deep humiliation. With head bowed down
he walked to the Washington players
bench. where he remained u short time and
then left the park Foutz was repeatedly
hissed by the audience, all Of whom re-
Sented his treatment of the former Wash
ingtonian. FoutZ claimed in defense that
DAILY was drunk at the time, but this as