The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-05-18
DIAMOND DUST.

Arlie Latham Western League Um-
pire--Catcher Lake, Formerly of
the TOrOntOs, Assaults an Umpire.
Trouble Brewing Over the Coach-
ing Rules.
Arlie Latham, who held kings on his lit
tie fingers and smote the heart of the fe-
male in royalty in his day, has come 10 n
sorry pass. Columbus released him the
other day, and all that was left for him 20
do was to accept a position as umpire in
the Western league. Arlie will last there
till the glitter gives out, and then there
will be call along the line to help down
Nttle lower. Now is the time for him to
develop that nerve without which his wit
would have been insipid. He knows the
rules and has but to insist on their en-
forcement to keep hold of fair job.
Fridays game between Kansas City and
Milwaukee ended in a mobbing. After n
game of hard hitting and ragged fielding
Milwaukee won out in the ninth on a
doubtful decision by Umpire Greaves,
which resulted in an immediate uproar.
Fred Lake, the catcher for Kansas city
and last year on the Toronto team, as
saulted Greaves, knocking him down, and
Immediately several hundred men
swarmed upon the grounds and Greaves
was roughly handled, until four policemen
came to his assistance. The policemen
finally dragged the umpire out through
side gate, thrust him into a wagon and
escaped from the mob by driving rapidly
toward town.
1t seems that National as well as East
ern league players are rebelling over the
new tangled coaching rules. A special to
the New York Sun from Cleveland yester-
day says: Trouble is brewing in the Ma
tional league, and indications point to
open rebellion before many days are
passed. The outcome We're sized up by
Jesse Burkett, CleVeland's heavy hitting
fielder, who says: The rules framed by
the magnates have taken all of the fun
out of the game The allow only one
coacher and make every other player sit
on the bench. The rule takes all the life
out of the game. If the rule is not re-
pcaled it will kill the game; in fact, it is
dead now. No one wants to see the game
as now played Captain Duffy, Of the
Bostons says: Nearly all the players
want the single-coaching rule abolished.
l have heard a good deal of muttering
against the magnates."
At Springfield again today. Wellner will
pitch.
DAILY batted out .75O per cent. yesterday
and $50 in the two games at Providence.
What's going to happen! Uncle Sam
Wise accepted all his eight chances and
failed to get hit.
If the Ponies had sprinkled in a few hits
with Brouthers' cannonade the result
might have been different.
Toronto has representative teams in the
Eastern and Canadian leagues. and they
occupy unenvable positions at the tail
end of each.
O'Nell is takingIis regular turn behind
I .1.,s 4 NsNg.
but few stolen bases.
Lezotte has struck his hitting gait. His
singles and doubles are cutting quite u
figure in nearly all the critical stages OF
| games played by the Stars.
Every player who makes a home run on
the Baltimore grounds this season, will
receive new hat from Secretary Wonder
| horst, of the Baltimore club.
The Miners are now certain of 600 per
cent. on the trip, with two more games at
| Springfield to hear from. 1t is reasonable
to presume that the Ponies wont win
| both.
Cleveland is Sockalexis-mad, Cincinna-
| II has gone daft over Ritchey, and the
staid old Quakers, of Philadelphia halt
on the strets to query, Does thee know
to what extent Lajole connected with the
ball this afternoon"
Urquhart batted for Wadsworth in the
ninth yesterday, but he couldn't duplicate
his hit made under the same circumstance
os in Scranton and which permitted the
Bisons to make three runs In the last in
ming and win the game.
The cranks at the close of 1895 didn't
think Catchers Bill Schriver nor Alec
Smith were good enough for Scranton, but
the former is catching the majority of
games played by Cincinnati and Smith
is doing good work for Brooklyn.
The twelve National League clubs have
eighty-three pitchers under contract. New
York and Washington have the most
with nine each. The Brooklyns, Phila-
delphias and Clevelands have eight each;
| Chicago ard Louisville seven each; Pitts
! burg and Baltimore six each, and Cincin-
natl and St. Louis five each.
A great many fans think Han!on's pitch
ers will not hold the season out, es-
| pecally the younger introductions TO the
| big league. With seven runs against him
! Saturday Nops proved that he was q
| slayer, and the Browns wer unable to do
| anything with i'm after the second inning
| the champions winning out. Hanlon Is
satisfied with the youngsters, and he is
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