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

/ PiuShurg VIII have 10 win five games in
! Washington and baltimore 10 make good
! the Leaders prediction of six victories on
/ the trip. .-PittshurC Leader. The chances
! are tlat the Pirates viii go away from
/ Washington with three defeats.
Manager Donovan prediction that clean
| and 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 i'm a ma iorty
OF the games. but the other teams have won
the games 10y small scores simply because
| the Pitsburg players coIld not hit the ball
when hits meant runs Pttsburg Leader
Steve Brodie got a fatherly letter from
President Young the other day, in which
he told Walter he should be more care al
when addressing the umpres, as his Ian
guage was not the best. Steve" did not
like the letter, and sent it back to Uncle
Nick with a letter, in which he stated that
his correspondence had become so volumi-
nous that he did not have time to read au
his mail, and that hereafter, If he wished to
address him on any subject that he would
have &C. do so through the public press
Wilbert Robinson is Walter Brodie's beau
ldeal of a haCkstop. Robbie declared
the ola OriCle, lis the mainspIing Of the
Baltimore team. Heis the brainiest catcher
in the League today, and is better posted
OF the wea EneSSeS Of fbatterS thanany other
backStop in the country. Robinson has
done more than his share toward making
succcsSfulpitchers OF the Baltimore twiIlers
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 Duheny 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 "A disposi-
ton to vent a good deal of spite upon Sey-
mour while in practice. Saturday, on a
trivial pTeteXt. it is said he threatened To
assault the young pitcher. Lately he has
been wrangling with Davis and every menl-
Der OF the nine who he thought failed TO
support him when he pitched Joyce cuuld
not control or curb him.
However, Washington is dispensing PEN
nart bah at present, and, as Hugh
Nicol, manager OF the st. Louis club, said
last night They are fit to give Balti-
more aud Boston a warm argument"
The releases of SchmelZ and Cartwright,
and the addition of the peppery Tucker,
has Infused new life into the erstwhle
solemn Senators, and they are playing
SC lively that even their best friends are
surprised. AS TO the Knockers, they have
pat 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
irons OF the game has been the continued
tad showing Of the local team. To say the
least, the team has, since it left home,
been I'm a very bad condition; but as to
whom to hold responsible for this con-
ditOn Of things, is another matter. one
can hardly lay the blame on the manage
ment, for the great defect has been the
usual lack of hitting. 1t is hardly fair
to argue that q manager can make
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 he
cutters OF the rankest kind. A gutter
Is the worst kind Of a ball player, and
gets less respect from the public tlan the
worst player on the diamond who is a game
man. Donnelly has proven himself to be
q gutter OF the rankest kind.