The evening times., 1897-07-22
DIAMOND DUST.

Con Lucid will ioin-the st. Louis team.
Phila delphia has obtained shugart from
the st. Paul Club.
weddige Of the Norfolks, was fined 500
| by the manager for back talk.
Pitcher Stockstia has joined the Newark,
" j., Atlantic League team.
Manager BGrr.ie has signed John ]
Brown, a Phila delphia pitcher.
Billy Nash told Chicago friend that he
was sick and tired playing with the Phil
| lies.
Boston's three out of four from the Red:
| must have broken the Cincinnati fans
hearts.
Tommy Dowd has made "a safe hits in
the 80 games he has played with the
p hillies
Pitcher johnson has been released by the
Philies. He will no doubt go back to
Scranton.
Delchanty, I.ajoie, and Cooley are the
Philadelphia players, who have made over
a hundred hits this season.
Fred Pfeffer has applied for position
as National League umpire Anson wired
st. Paul's phenomenal young pitcher,
Isabel. lost his first game OF the season
July 8, Milwaukee doing the trick.
Canavan, of the Brooklyns, has strained
a tendon in his throwing arm, and may be
out of the game for the rest of the season.
Johnnie Foreman stands suspended by
the Kansas City Club for letting UP in
"a, in a mo nCf ma
oils.
Jennings, although suffering with q
badly injured finger, said last night that
he would play today. Hughie has lots of
grit and nerve.
Iajoie yesterday made his one hundred
and twenty-fifth hit of the sea son. He
has ma de two OF more hits in each of seven
of the last eight games.
Wagner has strengthened the Colonies
wonderfully, and now that their regular
men are all back in the game gain Louis
vile should make a strong finish.
The Cindnnatis have but one game at
home in tie month of September. while
the Bostons, Baitinlores and New Yorks
are at home nearly all that month.
Delehanty's feat of nine hits, nine times
at bat IN Louisville Tuesday, In both games,
is record for a one-day performance. One
of the hits was a three-bagger. He scored
but twice.
In Cincinnati / 500 ladies are con sidered
a big crowd at n game of Lall. When the
Reds play in Washington the women fans
will no doubt turn out in such array a S to
put the Buckeye metropolis in the shade.
Catcher Robinson anticipates great re-
suits from the thirty-eight scheduled and
four postponed games to be played at
Baltimore The club, he thinks, will win
at least four Of the six gamesit has to play
with Boston.
In addition to selling Pitcher Hickman
10 the Boston Club, the New Castle man.
arement nay sell Second Baseman Miller
and Outfielder Fleming this week. the
former to Brooklyn and the latter to
Cleveland.
There is a verbal agree ment between
Newcastle and Boston that If Hickman will
not do for the big League he will be re-
turned to Newcastle. In fact, Hickman
stated empha tically to Mr.. Selee that he
would not go any place else.
Billy Ear, has gone to Cincinnati. The
Little Globe Trotter'' owns a big farm
near Cincinnati, and win devote his atten-
tions to raising hogs and frogs. on the
latter he expects TO make quite little
fortune, as he has about four acres Of
marsh
Toledo las a pitcher named Blue, who
is doing some fine work. Earl Wagner
would do well to take a look at this young
man. There Is also a young man by the
name OF Beck, who i S covering large ter.
riiory around second base, and hits the
ball very hard and quite often.
For long hits THIS year Delehanty, Long,
Collins. and Lajoie stand at the top. Dele
hanty has made % two-baggers, three
baggers, and 8 home runs; Keeler, A
doubles and 13 triples: Long, 80 doubles;
Collins 13 doubles and IL triples, aud
Lajoie - two-baggers 2 triples, and 6
nome runs.
C0llegian Thomas Dowd, the Phllies'
right fielder, has many friends in Chicago
One called out as the exist. Louis captain