The times., 1898-08-31
DIAMOND DUST.

Next years contracts will have strings tied 10
them.
The Senators contribution to the Perry werdea
fund amounted TO $50.
Watkins is still harping on Detroit, and thinks
it is large enough 10 wear a Major League uni
The fellows who. do the most kicking at the
umpire the fresh minor leaguers who can't
play ball.
The Baltimore tackled their hoodoo, the Col
onels, Yesterday and went back point. Cincin-
natl also lost and Boston won, giving the Bean
eaters another boost
Those magnates who are waiting for the close
of the season TO draft players from the minor
league will find that the valuable material has
all been pre-emptod
A ball player who is playing suspiciously
careless and apparently aimless sort OF game
has either been up hate o. nights or is expectine
10 get his ten days notice of release.
Some sporting scribe says that Hanlon is will.
ing to exchange Kelley and Jennings for Lange
and Dahlen. It's brick houses to adobe huts
that Hanlon would do nothing Of the sort
The relegation of old-timers is talked about all
along the line. We should dislike to see them all
go at once, as we would then be left TO the
mercy Of the fresh young minor lesguers.
When brilliant young phenom ball artist is
recommended 10 Messrs Soden and Conant OF
the Boston Club, the first thing they ask is, What
viii he cost? Ii he is cheap enough they viii
take a chance
Some of the minor league aspirants for major
league fame who talking about holding out
for the limit salary will be in big luck if they
can secure contract with a salary attachment
of Sl25 per month.
Tom Burns appears TO have more admirers in
the Eastern League than he has been able to ac-
oumulate in the Major League. The consensus Of
opinion among ball fans OF the West is that he is
very much minor Lacquer.
A liberal policy baseball does not seem to be
tlo Tba NrI ic m,
always demanding his pound of flesh from the
| players is generally the one who has the best
| club and who makes the most money.
The Senators say Umpire Swartwood roasted
! them on balls and strikes and on all close decl
| sions while al Louisville. Swartwood's wre.chel
work in Washington, for which he so roundly
denounced by press and people has doubtles,
! soured HIS judgment against the National Capi
| taPs representatives.
If Capt. Anson succeeds in getting upon tn
| staff of Gen. Peck, our commissioner to th
| Paris Exposition, director OF athletics, ant
! should take ball team there with him and show
the people of the Old World national gam
as it should be played he would round out
| sporting life that would reflect credit and homo
upon himself
| The suit for damages growing out OF false i'm
prisonment by Mark Baldwin against Chris Vol
| der Abe drags its weary length through tn
courts of the country. Baldwin has secured judg
| ment in several courts below and the case
| will be heard on September 5, on a motion t
quash the appeal. The original judgment is 70
| $500.
! McGraw, Of the Orioles, is quoted, amon
| other things, as saying: ''Those fellows WIN
| come in after game with a smile, win or lose
and say 4 got two today sure, and if he give
me that other one I'll have three the one
| that have easy time. High-strung, ambitior
| players, who out to win, don't have
easy. Their minds are constantly on the game
| That is true of all tail-end clubs.
The New York Worlds Chicago baseball col
respondent has this to say of Jack Doyles pei
formance in Sundays game: Jack Doyle wa
frost of polar intensity in Daviss garder
Doyle covers short about as well as a bear ca
waltz and makes Davis seem the greatest shor
stop in history by mere contrast. The ex-Oriol
proved just wee bit more active than a scar,
crow in cornield, and smiled sweetly Will
several grounders fitted by within easy reacl
In addition he ably seconded Grady with pa
of errors worth a run apiece to Chicago"