The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1897-09-09
sentemher Q. 1sss.
DIAMOND DUST.

Carpenter was not at his best yesterday,
IL H. IL first-class umpire.
| Arson beat out a hunt and stole a base
| yesterday The old man is still frisky.
| Louisville has not signed Schrecongost
HIS work yesterday was not satisfactory
The Louisville yesterday had but three
men on the team w he started the seasoI
with than.
Manager Stallings went TO Richmond on
Tuesday and closed the deal for Third Base
man Elberfield. New York, Pittsburg and
Washington were also after the youngster.
YouLg Leahy IL a regular slugger. His
work yesterday is q new record for the
| Statesmen. For the six consecutive time;
lie went to the bat in the { wo games he hi,
safely, making a total Of ten bases. He
also fieldei fairly welt.
Men who have had League trials before
ana returned TO fast company this year are
| Common and Gala Ia n, of Chicago; Lake, OF
Boston: Hous eman, of st. Louis; Schnver,
| of Cincinnati; W erlen and Wilson, OF Louis
Vile: I.aIly. Of st. Louis, and Allen, OF
Boston.
And row is the time when the cranks in
all OF the Also Ran portions of the Circuit
are told that in 90 they will be Intro
duced to the Real Thing. Hope not only
springs eternal in the human breast, but
does an autumnal song and dance for all
the cohnrts of Fandom.
Has another phenom exploded? The
1hter- Ocean says: 'Hoffmeister, Pitts
burg new third baseman, does not seemto
be much Of q much. His ba ting average
is down about $50. and he has accepted
very few fielding chances. while his base
running has been almost nil"
Stencil leads the League in two-baggers;
Harry Davis in three baggers, and Duffy liz
home runs. Stencil has made SO doublets,
triplets and homers. He stands fifth
among the heavy-hitters, or extra base
men. Those ahead of him are Lajoie, Dele
hanty, R yam and Duffy. Keeleris eleventh,
although he leads the League ON general
batting averages.
ITS beans and birds" said a man in the
press box, land the two fluctuate like
wheat. Cne da yit's Baltimore and thenexs
Boston," and that reminds the echo man
that something fell with the old fash
Toned, simon pure. dull, sickening thud
down on the Chesapeake. Twenty-t wo to
onel IL must have be en- blow like that
that came SO hear killing father.-Boston
Globe.
September brought with IL an extermi
nation of straw hats in the stable Of Colts.
Those who wore stra W hats on the morn
Ing OF that day did not wear any at noon.
Dailen and LANCE managed TO 'hook"
every straw hat in the lot and hid it away
or destroyed it. Some OF the boys were
fortunateenoughto have derbysand fedcras
along with them, but others had to make
purchases.
Since August % the Giants have gained
"a points on the Bostons, but only on
the DaItimores. While the New Yorks i'm
that time gained in all 81 points aud the
Baltimores 81 the Bostons did little bet
ter than to remain stationary, they gain
ing only 3 points. During that time the
Giants have won 4 oct of 16 games, the
Baltimores 8 oct of IA and the Postons
10 out OF IA.
Tom Brown's triple was not only OPP
perfume, but of Fec uliar kind. 1t was a
short, sharp fly TO left. Burkett came
in very fast, and just as he had set himself
FOR tie ball it onied off into foul ground
and rolled almost TO the hospital fence.
Jesse chased the leather, and returned IL
rather speedily. When he came To the
bench Tebcau started to give him roast,
but the outfielder rejoined: al won't
stand a roast, and you know you are
wrong"