The sun., 1898-01-10
DIAMOND DUST.

lchgh's prospects for q winning base
. ball team this year are good. Only two
of last year team were lost and Captain
. Grace, 30, says he is more than pleased
with the outlook. Although ii has not
been fully decided, it is very probable
that Coach Bannun ui!l again take charge
Of tie team.
Great interest is being manifested re-
galdirg the Cape May and Atlantic City
teams iOr next season.
lIughcy Jennings is great athmirer Of
Hughes, the Sacramento yo,lngster,
, signed as twiricr by manager Hanlon, OF
the Orioles He says ''lIanlon has
secured a plenomenal pitcher in Hughes.
In the game we played at sacramento a
number of puzzling curves were intro
duced by the new find, which we We're
unable to connect with. In my judg-
ment he lacks speed, b,lt think him
sufficiently clever to enter the National
League"
jimmy McAleer is tired OF PLAYING in
Cleveland. He has been spoken of as q
part Of Il deal thai will make hm Il Col.
Tdp Brown sayeS "Rusie is the
second best pitcher the game mas ever
seen. rank Charley Radboulpe as the
first and best pitcher in the gamc's his
tory, and Eusie tbs second. Nichols, of
Boston, Is one ri the most consistent
twlrlers ! eser battcd against, but his
success IS due to.REe physical condition
rather than to r;ap skill"
The s,fier made by President Pul!am,
vi TIN L@uisviile, OF pitcher Hill and
iDaclistop Dexter for DahIen, the Chicago
shortstop, is regarded by President Hart,
! OF tlhe Colts, rs giving a ten for FIVE
| According to Hart Il barkstop could be
used by Chicago, but he does not care to
take any chances. He SAYS he would
willingly pas' $500 for Mcclure, OF the
! N&shllgtons but when he broached the
subject to Wagner, the latter toId him
he was getting to be a comedian.
| !ajnje will probably start the season
! tor TIC QUakers at second base, with
! Douglass ii first. 1t will be more OF an
experiment than anything else as the
! frcn"3nnAn would probably do better at
| first.
81 look lor Il compromise on the bunt,"
, says "'Tom' Brown. 'rhe Rules Com
mittee, Mssrs. llanlon, Reach and Hart
will probably meet the anti-bunt people
! han wayAnd cut off the sacrifice But
they will leg; ze the bunt in such way
As te allow Il Eatsmcn to tap the bail
fora buns when the bases are not occu-
! pied. S9ch compromise as this is
! bou1d to promote the game in science
! and action, and wouid surely meet with
the indmsement Of the public" ,"-Wasl-
ingion Post.
Big hill'' Brown, while lie was ia his
prime, w2s a great catcher. He made a
gatue iol himself as receiver for such star
pitchers rs Tim keefc, Mickey Wclch
and Ed Crane, and was one Of the inost
! popular players in the country. l'r was
iond nf practical jokes, and many story
llar he0, told a his pranks. krcir says
thH Browns remarks to opposing bats
! anSil were often the direct cause for their
tail,Tr'to make hits at critical iunctUres.
Gct'aaI, Boa7 ons cast off, playing first
Has@ tor IuItjnl@rc is one OF the seeming
a1Nsnn!ies Of baseball McGann vas
nM, a success in Loves shoes, but Han.
lon Is rot buying gold bricks, and the
heavy hitting Southcrller may make a
lit in his second Appearance in tie big
League, bOstun Post.
President Watkins announces that no
>upday lllc has been asked OF the toi-
umbus club, fnr the reason that the
fitt'9bWg club has not defined its posi-
tom on the Sunday pluring abroad
question. lie states positively that thc
policy OF the club on the question had
not been determined.
Big Mke' Sullivan, Of the New
Yorks, has taken another step up the
ladder Of fame by being elected by his
Boston friends, DcPlty Grand Knight OF
the Rol'ert FulloN Lodge, Knights of
Columbus
Louisville has +ccai~d Eus!aca Newton,
a big lvit-handCd twircr who pitched
for Norfolk last season, lie is not yet of .
age, weighs $50 pounds and stands an
inch over six feet. His brother is a
physician.