The evening times., 1897-08-09
DIAMOND DUST.

President Puliiam says the Colonels have
done well financially this season.
Dad Clarke has joined the Louisvilles
he is ready TO pitch when called upon.
1--WE VIII win in the East" is the only
prediction Pat Tebeau will make these
days.
William Z. Rockwell, the wtll-know n
baseball player and manager on the Pa
cific coast, died at San Francisco, of men
ingi,is on Wednesday.
There is a new name in Rooters' Row
for center field when il is occupied by
Hans Wagner. They call IL the German
Ocean, and when ball sails skyward In
that direction everybody feels safe, know
ing that it cahnot hit the ground. Louis
vile Comm erdal.
1t is said that the Boston Club Offered
$4,000 for Pitcher Kennel Y, of Brooklyn,
and 81, 600 for McJames from Washington,
and much to the surprise Of the public
neither offer has yet been accepted.
Cleveland Plain Dealer. How about the
offer for Cy Young?
Pitcher Eddie Doheny, OF the New Yorks,
who has been at his home at Northfield
Vt, since bis suspension, will be unable to
play again this season. He has been pitch
Ing for the st. Albans club with great sue
cess until recently, when he was taken
al. and as result will be compelled to un-
dergo surgical operation.
Cleveland has let Pitcher Clarke go.
Here is a chance to strengthen the Senators
The young man can pitch, play the field,
and can hit the ball. He will be a good
man next year. Tebeau says he was too
expensive for the Indians, but since Mr.
Wagner has made big offers for men the
price will hardly cut a figure.
j. Earl Wagner denies that he is inter.
ested in the Toronto club. 81 have an ar
rangement with Arthur Irwin" he says,
whereby l have first choice OF any good
players he may develop That's to say,
il Brooklyn offers ST. 900 for a man, Irwin
potifies me and says; 'Do you want bini?'
IL no. he sells him. "-Syracuse Post
Several soribes in the East have gotten
the mistaken impression that the Gin
Cinnati Club is desirous of trading Dusty
Miller for Sockaiexis. Capt. Ewing has no
trades M his sleeve for the present. The
team as it stands suits him first rate, and
besides Miller's work. of late has been as
good, IL not better than that of any right
fielder ia the League Cincinnati Tribune
It is a libel on ball players to say that
it is a general practice among them to
use foul language'on the ball field, such
as was heard yesterday. AS far as the
writer has observed, the Clevelands have
been the only players who have made
themselves Objectionable on the South End
grounds. other than the Baltimores. NED
Hanlon is SO much q gentleman himself
that his influence ought to curb his unruly
players.-Boston Journal.
The Importance of a home finish is ex-
aggerated Sixty-six games are sched-
uled at home, and the same number must
be played abroad. To win the pennant
team must win pretty consistently on both
home and foreign fields. The proposition
is as broad as 1t is long. The Baltimores
seized the pennantin "a while closing their
season In the West. Thereis lot Of senti-
mental wash about the cry that the West
has been given the worst of it. Any East
ern club to win the flag must do well In
the West and certainitis that the Western
team that wins must prove good fighters
In the East Cincinnati Post.
"Patsey' Tebeau has taken a peculiar
stand on the umpire question. In explana
tion OF the recent trouble with the Phillies
over Sub-umpire McGtnty, Tebesu said:
'IInder no circumstances win allow one
Of my players to umpire. would far