The sun., 1898-06-03
DIAMOND DUST.

George Prentiss is not only pitcher
but crack fielder. At New London on
Wednesday, in the fourth inning, Roger
Conner ordered Pfentiss to go play right
field. The contest lasted fourteen
innings, and during the ten innings
George played he had four putouts,
made two hits and scored one run. The
| score was: New London, 6; Waterbury,
3. George has not lost a game he has
pitched in. Isn't this lad conner? Well,
| guess yes.
Pete Cassidy OF this city, who is play
ing second base for Newark is hitting
the ball>like tiend, seldom getting less
than two hits.
johnny Newell is playing right field
for his Reading team.
Pratt, an old time favorite in this
city, is batting and fielding to perfection
for the Readings.
The Red Star base ball team has
organized this year. Their players and
positions are as follows: II. Stidham,
catcher; r. McKelvey, pitcher; W.
Camel, short-stop; E. Vernon, first base,
captain; r. Parvis, second base; w. Nc
kelvey, third base; A. Buckley, right
field; i. Shilling, centre field, c. Gouert,
left field. We would like to hear from
any team in or out of the state fifteen
years or under. Address all challenges
to Elmer &. Vernon, No. 5O2 west
Seventh street, Wilmington, Del. We
would like to hear from the Royal Blue
Don't forget to go to j. w. Wagner's
saloon at 7 East Fourth street for all
base ball news and other sports.
There must have been hot time in
Slowtown yesterday. The Phillies won
an eleven inning game Both Piatt and
killen must have been on their mettle,
as they each only allowed five hits.
Keep itup, you Quakers.
Up 60 date the Pennsylvania team has
won seventeen games and lost two-one
of them by forfeit to North Carolina.
The Manhattan College team alone has
the distinction of having outplayed the
wearers OF the Red and Blue, and that
score was a close one-3 to ?.
Amos DIETRICH, Glass of 1900, of Get. |
tysburg College, Wednesday met with
very painful accident, breaking off the
fore finger of his right hand, while catch
ing in the Junior.Sophomore game.
"Kid" Gleason says he will play base
ball for ten years yet and never with
but tirst-class team. No pas
lures for the kid" He won't have it.
Comskey, of st. Paul, was lately Of
fered $500 for Mullane. He spurned it.
Harry Bemis, the catcher Boston took
South for a trial, is now playing gilt
edged ball with Newark.
"Chipp'' McGarr, who has been the
captain and manager of the New Haven ,
team lor some time, will give way to
Yaw, the second basoman Of the team.
Yaw played with Wesleyan College last
year and last Winter studied music in
New York. He is star player of his
position and demonstrated as captain OF
the Wesleyan team that he can get men
to work under him. lie will, first of all,
let McGarr go, and will try to make the
team ''the best that ever
1t is claimed that Lewis, of Boston,
McJames and Hughes, of Baltimore,
of Chicago and Powell and
Jones, of Cleveland, are of Welsh de-
scent. They seem to play pretty fair ball
1t that.
Willis of Boston, was said to be bats
nan of the rare, at-least-one- safe -hit-a-
game" kind when he joined the club.
Now, nothing in particular is said Tn
hat subject. In twenty.six times at
Dat he has hit the ball safely just once
New York World But his pitching
las been simply fine. Ed.
Chicago will not be satisfied with