The times., 1898-10-25
DIAMOND DUST

Van Haltren took part in every game
played by the Giants this year.
Al Wagner has been returned to the
Washington Club by the Brooklyns. to
which club he was loaned the past sea-
son.
Jake Wells, manager of the Richmond
Club, the pennant winner of the Atlantic
League, was in official conference with
President Young yesterday.
Tim Hurst threatens to return to the
diamond as an umpire. His presence in
that capacity would be hailed with de-
light by many friends of the game
outfelder seybold who was condi-
tionally released to the Cleveland Club.
has been returned 10 the Richmond Club,
and will probably play with that club
again next season.
j. Earl Wagner was in this city for a
few hours yesterday. He refused to talk
baseball, saying he had farmed that job
out; besides, it was too early to make
representations for the future.
Only twelve players took part in $50 or
more games during the season just closed,
and they are: Van Haltren, Collins,
Cross (St. Louis). Miller, Duffy Wagner
Gouisville). Cross CPhiladelphia), Wal
lace Ritchey Clingman, Corcoran, and
Gleason.
Pat. Tebeau says he feels confident that
the Cleveland team will be transferred TO
st. Louis next Spring; that McAleer will
not play next season; that all of the
youngsters picked up this Fall will be
given full trials next Spring, and that
most of them will turn out winners.
Some of the Baltimore players charge
that the published statement of DeMon-
treville's batting average has been
padded, probably for commercial pur-
poses as every man in the team knows
that he batted far below McGann. Yet the
averages show a very much larger per
| cent in favor of DeMontreville.
If Ed Hanlon is looking for pleasant
and healthy location for his Orioles, q
place where the people are not only loyal
| to their flag, but devoted to their ball
| club he should pool his issue with the
| Wagner brothers and bring his team
here. He will find here constituency
to his liking, and the future will be
fraught with satisfactory financial re.
| suits.
At the opening of the season johnnie
Fay, the Cincinnati bookmaker, bel
Harry Pulliam, the president of tht
| Louisvilles, $50 that the Reds would beat
| out the Baltimores. 81 met Pulliam il
| town the other day said Fay, land
| came to the conclusion that l might jus
| as well pay up. Pulliam spent all the
| $3.50 for shirts, vests and neckties. Ii
Pulliam goes in the Kentucky legislator,
wearing one of those vests l saw hin
| buy, the sergeant-at-arms will turn in
general alarm. 1t is the loudest thing
that has happened since the centennia
| Fourth of July celebration"
Many lists of batting and fielding aver,
| ages are now being published in the
| newspapers most of which are not ever
| approximately correct. A striking fea
| ture of these lists is that they differ 81
| widely. One list purporting to give the
| batting average of every League payer
| leaves Jennings out altogether and alst
| McJames. One places kitson in the 3C
class and makes him thirty-secont
| from the top. while another makes hin
sixty-third. Tenney stands fifth in one
| list and twenty-fifth in another. Stein
| feldt is eighth in one and twenty-tiftf
| in another. But the difference of opiaioI
on Wrigley is still more remarkable. II
one list he stands twentyseventh, will
an average of .316, in another one hun
dred and sixteenth, with an average o
$50, which is nearer the truth. The trou
BILE Is that such lists are compiled hur
| rfedly from scores that are not official
and are not infrequently grossly incor
rect The most careful of compilation
from partly official statistics can onl!
be approximately correct, because Pres
ident Young is the only person who ha
all the official figures.