The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1897-06-22
DIAMOND DUST.
Ladies' Cay today.

Ladies cay today.
Hallman accepted ten out Of eleven
chances yesterday.
Boston, Baltimore, Cincinnati, and New
YORK are running away from the rest Of
the teams.
outriclder Scott StTatton and Catcher
Thomas Hanley were on Sunday released
by tue Springfield Club.
Freeman. OF the Torontos, is batting ct
a terrific pace Out OF five times at bat
yesterday he made single, double, a
triple, aid HON run.
The Baltimore papers furnish excellent
reading matter for the cranks this morn
ing telling how the Giants defeated the
Orioles two times in four hours and a
half.
League maEnatcs have a focus on Third
Raseman Wagner. OF the Patterson Club
Two years ago this young man and his
brother. who plays with Toronto, offered
to play on the Senators for $50 each
month.
The Baltimore Sun is already down In
the dumps. This morning it says that IL
would be well for the knockers who
come loudly to the front on such occasions
AS this to remember that more than
month later than this in the season of
! S94 Boston was nearly 100 points ahead
of Baltimore, notwithstanding the Hub
ties did not even play for the Temple
Cup.
The teerinG at Umpire EmSlie is entirely
,ncalIcd for, Such manifestations OF dis
approval of decisions provoke no good re-
suits. Emslie is one OF the best men on
Uncle NicE's staff, and it is somewhat
surprising that, because he justly removed
q home PLAYER, he should be Kissed and
hooted at His work is commendablc, and
il would he far better if his action would
heapplauded in place of being condemned.
Umpire Lynch has had hard time keep
ing "Scrappy'' Joyce from kicking on
every decision, close or otherwise. Mr.
Lynch threatened to fine both Joyce aud
Van Haltreu, but may change his mind.
Joyce's kicking amuses the crowd. and he
was guyed good-naturedly e !ery time he
protested He seems deeply In earnest,
when, in fact, he is bluffng half the time.
Thus, in the second game, he pretended to
he safe on first base In the seventh in
ming, hut the crowd laughed so much that
Joyce could not make his protest with
straight face, and had 10 giveit Up.-Balti'
more Sun.
The Browns have little or no chance TO
Dull MP out of last place before the close
of the season, and it will take a string
Of victories to make them drawing card
when they return home Won der Abe is
undoubtedly trying to do something to
build up his nine, but he waited too long,
and the men who could help the team
cannot be purchased for love OF money.
There is no advantage in buying up lot
of cast-offs, as Chris is trying to do. Very
few such men have ever turned out we'll,
and there IS no reason to believe that they
will when in a ST. Louis uniform.-St Louis
Exchange.
A more disGraceful scene was never wit
messed on ball field than during the
game between the Reading and Paterson
teams at Reading, Pa Umpire Belts was
not on hand when the game began, anda
local PLAYER named Pyle was substituted.
In the THIRD inning he gave a decision
which angered Catcher Smink, who thre W
the ball at Pyle. Pyle returned the throw,
and Lucid, Readings pitcher, who was OH
the bench, picked it up and sent it, full
force, into Snlipks face, rendering him
unconscious A general fight was imu.i-
nent, hut was quelled by the police. Belts
then arrived and the game proceeded.