The sun. (Wilmington, Del.) 1897-19??, 1898-05-21
DIAMOND DUST.

| Frank Selee says that Seymour has go,
more speed than any other pitcher ir
the country and has every conceivable
curve that was eyer used. eff he could
learn to steady himself" Selee further
says, she would come near winning all
of his games"
Manager Hanlon did not consummate
any trades with Brooklyn. He offered
O'Brien or Pond for Anderson, but Billie
Barnie wanted few days to think about
it. The deal may be made this week.
Ed Hanlon's critics claim that Ed is
working DR.. McJames and Hughes be-
You'd the limit of their games and pre-
dict that the medico and the Californian
of the milky-way locks will flop by the
wayside ere the championship race has
reached the fourth furlong pole unless
Ed calls a halt on his two stars.
Rochester wants to buy Arthur
Wagner, Butch's brother. Washington's
response was:-"Wagner is a regular on
our team, and can't let you have him at
any figure"
Elmer Smiths catch of Fred Clarke's
fly in deep centre in the tenth inning
Sunday was brilliant bit of fielding.
Had the ball dropped safe the Colonies
would have scored victory.
"How is the rowdy ball rule work
ing?' was asked of j. Tonlinson Brush.
Frank Dryers string of victories is
unbroken. He has pitched five games
and every one of them has been won by
the Reds. In the first game he pitched
he was forced to retire because of lack of
control, but the game was won, never
theless.
Says the Sporting Life:-It is stated
that Colonel Rodgers of the Philadelphia
club, will bring charges against Joe
Kelley before Brush's BOARD of Disci-
pline." Manager Hanlon announces
that he will take the Board into court if
it proceeds against Kelley. Good!
Here's hoping he doesn't weaken on
that proposition.
II have picked the Baltimores, and l
will not 60 bak on my pick. l will say,
however, that this is the first time ever
saw Cincinnati had team that thought
had chance for the championship. l
think this team will be one.two-three
sure,' says Tim Hurst.
Now that Pullman has at last got
Dexter and Stafford both into the game,
all he has to do is to put Wagner back
on first, and the team will begin to play
charlottesville Exchange.
The Delehanty family is well repre-
sented in the game. Ed is with Phila-
lelphia, Tom is at Newark, Joe with
Paterson, and jim, the baby-twenty
years old, at that's the star third base
nan of the Southern League, playing
with Montgomery. The "Kid"'is per-
haps the best of the family. He is as
,crappy as McGraw, and hits quite as
we'll as Ed. 1t is likely he will be in the
Dig league in year or two.
1t is said that when Mr.. Pullman re-
;urns he will bring that long.needed
pitcher with him. If he does not, he
oects to get him.
Several members of the Louisville
cam are particularly bitter against UNI
Dire Cushman. They are also sore on
Mcdonald and O'Day.
Unless the patronage at the National
league base ball games improves there
S reason to believe that reduction of
will take place before the sea
ION is more than half over.
An Eastern umpire says:-'Tt is hard
o declare which is preferable, a savage
Kick, la Baltimore, or cold glare, la
Boston,"
At throwing cons into umpres, Tim
Hurst pronounces Ewing the greatest
ne hasn't fallen off this year.
avs Tim.