The times., 1897-03-26
DIAMOND DUST

JIMMY McJaliles wines tiHt ne thinks
he VIII be able TO reach Washington by
April 5.
Capt. Mccarthy, of Georgetown, is a fine
Judge OF fly balls batted TO bis garden -
left field.
Mercer viii pitch the opening game Of
the championship season against Brooklyn,
Thursday, April %.
Walsh, OF Georgetown, has speed to
cremate, ana bids fair 10 become another
Mahoney in the box. ys. ssr
Probably Al Maulis only tarryingin Phil
adelphia for the spring opening in neck
ties, shirts and fancy vests.
The benefit for James Mutrie, ex-nan-
ager of the New Yorks. will take place
at the Academy of Music, New York,
Sunday evening, April II.
Jennings is so popular with the Uni
versty of Georgia boys that Manager
Hanlou has agreed to allow him to re-
main at Athens until March so.
Joe strasberger will deal out peanuts
and soft drinks from neat little pagoda
in the park yard this season. He will
occupy the building formerly used az Mr..
Wagner's private office.
Though Charley Abbey engaged in in
door work all winter, he is as spry as a
cricket in practice and is not feeling any
more soreness than naturally results from
exercise.
Nops, klobedanz, Bill, Tannehill and
Friend all juniors in the major League,
are regarded as the fastest Ieft-hand
twirlers that ever entered it within the
brief space of two years
McGarr, of the Clevelands, invented
new form oftraining last winter in throw
ing hall across gymnasium against u
heavy mattress, the distance being equal
to that between first and third.
A Chicago paper says that in his three
years as Western league magnate, Char
ley Comskey rolled up a larger bank ac-
count than all the years as an active player
in the major League or old American
Association.
President Hart, of the Chicago club, is
quoted saying that if Rusie wins lis
suit for release fr ON reservation, no
boycott viii be placed upon him by the
League. and that the Chicago club Will
be one OF the bidders for his services.
Ex-senator Sam Wise, who has signed
with Buffalo again for 1897, has been
at work in the electrical department of
the Buffalo Street Railway Company most
of the winter. They can't put 'em in
too fast next summer after that kind Of
work. says Sam.
Previous to the opening Of the season
OF 1886, Pittsburg was the hotbed of SEN
sational baseball news This spiing the
N.Af IL
passes now but what some kind Of
"ppe story is put ON the wires i'll the
Forest City.
The same cool weather prevailing in
Washington is prevalent down South, and
the teams practising in that section are
experiencing the additional, disadvantage
of rain. BY and by all the clubs will
learn that it will be to their advantage TO
come to the Capital for their warming
up work.
The two "Joes"-Kelly and Corbett-will
complete the Baltimore training crew
at Macon. The first will join his COM
rades flush over the victory gained by
his Georgetown fledglngs from Johns Hop
kins, while Brother joe will bring a
"heart bowed down. as the result of
the Carson catastrophe.
The Australian team will make It's debut
at San Francisco Sunday, April Is, and
come East via Texas. Games are being
arranged in Stockton, Fresno, Los Angeles,
Phenix and Kansas City. Frank Laver, the
captain of the team, is six feet tall, a
speedy pitcher and heavy hitter. Many OF
the players are university graduates
Little Phil Geier, OF this city, who is
playing short for the Philadelphia Colt
team in the practice games at Augusta,
is proving "a great success, and it is by no
means uncertain that he won't fill the po-
sition regularly for the Quakers during
the League season. In a recent game he
accepted seven chances without an error
and batted out two safe hits.
IF President Robson desires TO sell out,
why did he not accept BIooklyn's offer
Of 500 900, which, in spite of all the talk
to the contrary seems to have been bona
fide offer? This Is easily answered."
says Walter Robinson, in the Cleveland
Plain Dealer. .'Mr. Robson does not
" ant to sell out. He says he has hopes of