The sun. (Wilmington, Del.) 1897-19??, 1898-05-25
DIAMOND DUST.

Yank Stirlith, Of this city, is playing
right field for tie Waterbury, Conn.
club when not handling the pitchers
His throwing and batting has been ex-
cellent.
! Tom Flanagan OF the Fall River club
lost his first game of the season on Tues.
day against the strong Brockton club.
This was not his fault, but his clubs IN,
ability to hit and huff by James Smith,
the short stop, after tagging his man.
Neisbecker, OF the old Wilmington, is
playing left field for Pawtucket, is hit
ting the ball like fend.
Nixon McCafferty, of this city, who is
on the pitching staff of the Pawtuckets,
got touched up for fourteen hits on Mon
day against the Newports. This is some
thing new for him.
Waterbury is the leader in the Con-
necticut State League. having won nine
games and only lost one. The New
Britains giving them one defeat.
Tommy News. of football fame, has
not failed to make a hit since he has
been on the Pawtuckets, and in some of
the games he has made three and four.
Arlie Latham, who is playing first base
for New Britain, made one hit off Prem
tiss on Friday.
Latham on first on one team and Roger
Conner holding the same position on the
other, must have put the spectators in
mind Of old times.
Some funny man has made the an
nouncement that President Muckinfuss
will divide Sl,OO0,00O among tie St.
Lous players if they land in first place
Pitcher Hickman of the Boston club
has done less work for his salary this
season than any player in the league.
Jack Doyle has batting average of
.4l3 in CD times at bat
The Delehanty family, of Shanty Town,
Cleveland, is very numerous in profess
sional baseball this year, as tour brothers
are in the game. "Ed'' Delehanty, the
heavy hitting outfielder, one of the most
valuable men in the major league, is still
with Philadelphia.
Kitson is perfect specimen of the
farmer, and when Hanlon first saw him
on his arrival he muttered:- "Gold
brick" Hanlon wanted to get rid of
Kitson last fall, but Robinson urged him
to hold on.
Umpire Lynch means to carry out the
anti-kicking spirit of the League rules.
"That was too high" sang out McGraw,
after strike had been called in a game
in Baltimore. ''Go sit on the BENCH"
said Lynch, and McGraw did so.
Chicago is looking for pitching talent
At Columbus they say that President
Hart has the refusal of "Bumpus'
Jones.
The Plttsburg club no doubt will lay
Padden's case before the Arbitration
Committee, and unless Padden relents
and returns to duty, he may be
suspended by it for the remainder OF the
season.
Up to date seventy-eight games have
been postponed in National League cities
because OF rain. This means a big fnan-
cial loss, especially in view OF the extra
travelling expenses caused by the new
tangled schedule this year.
Former Umpire "Wally" Fessenden,
who has string of horses at Lakeside,
bet his colt Necedah against 500 with
Clarke Griffith that Boston will beat Chi
cago out in the pennant race.
Callahan will never make right
fielder, says the Chicago News The flies
came out there too sharply and choppy,
with a wide swerve to the fence on the
foul line side. He is never near enough
to do any damage, and flies that an ex-
perienced right fielder would take count
as two.baggers.