The times., 1897-08-13
DIAMOND DUST.

lney were the Joyceless Giants yester-
day, and scrappy's bat was missing.
That youngster, Col Wagner, keeps on
hitting the ball. He had two doubles yes
terday.
Chicago made four nuns in the first in
ming, but Louisville made three in the
ninth and won.
Dolan was great shortstop yesterday
Col. Clarke was out Of the game until
the ninth inning, and then cracked out a
triple off Friend.
Louisville is drawing good crowds.
Callahan essayed to take Dahlen's place
yesterday, and lie made mess of 1t. He
may be in the box today, and will bc
roasted If he does not pitch well.
Davis accepted ten out OF eleven chances.
Long was clean with ten ont OF twelve
and Schoch took all of ten.
II was a great day for infielders.
Kitson, the new oriole pitcher, was a
member OF the Petersburg Club OF the
Virginia State "A ssociarion last year. He
officiated in twentysix games, winning
eight and losing eighteen, ranking twenty.
first in list of twentyfonr. AS batter
his average was only .221. His fielding
record, however, was 1000. His work
in the Western Association this year
has been more promising, and perhaps
Manager Hanlon has found a coming star
pitcher.
The tricks "A new pitcher has to encounter
in the big League are trying. AS rule,
the young man is nervous and scared 10
death. The coachers encourage him to com
plete breakdown by the cheeriest kind OF
warwhoops and the most playful badi
mage, the crowd says numerous things and
each old player, DIS he comes to bat, thinks
up some device to frighten the boy. Arlie
Latham was about the worst that ever hap
pened when it came to soaring a new pitch
er. Arlie would stand In the attl tude of a
monkey begging peanuts, wave his bat.
dance up and down and mako funny
speeFlies. The pitcher, worried, perplexed,
uncertain as to what would come next
would send ball over at a slow and halt
ing pace. With a joyous Shrek Arlie
would swat it. IF it went safe it was all
over with that pitcher, for the next bats
man would kill it, and SO on until he was
driven from the box. fit was caught the
youngster would probably settle down and
win
Bresnehan was at the ball park yester-
day and practiced. He is well developed
about the shoulders and Is about the height
Of DeMontTeville.
Sans ability, sans baseball intelligence,
sans Pride. indeed, sans sand, the Brooklyns
mean dered aimlessly through eighteen Inn
ings of baseball against Baltimore yester-
day afternoon. They played with an
easy grace of manner that was inpervious
to the cruel taunts of The spectators, who
begged and imploTed the BrooklynS to give
any kind of a reasonable excuse for their
existence as ball players. In the first
game one error piled up on another until
it was all that Manager Barnie could do
to see over the top of the heap, There
wasn't much of any excitement in the
game, except when Hoffer hit the ball over
the fence fol home run and George Smith
made an astonishingiy brilliant double play
Brown, the Trenton phenomenon, was
sprung as pitcher for the second game and
ne '.phenomed' for five innings. During
that time he established new record as
he hit three batters in succession. New
York Journal.
Brooklyn will witness great shake-up
next season Manager Barnie is heart.
sick ovsr the showing of the prese Mt team
lie has lost confidence in George Smith,
and .'the German Senator" Will have to go
''Blue-eyed Billy" has tabled ON his cuff q
large number of hieroglyphics. To the un-
initiated they look ike copies of the score
of a game of murnble-the-peg when the
| Cbaldeans played for the championship in
| 1908 C. In reality they are mems. of the
errors poor old Ger many has made in this
year OF his discomfort and hard luck