The times., 1898-07-13
DIAMOND DUST,

Washington mas fast outfeld.-Cincin-
natl Post
Jake Gettman is treasure" writes
Ren Mulford.
The Chicagos are a fast aggregation
of ball players.
All that Donovan lacks to make him a
star of stars is control.
There is one fatally weak spot in our
infield, which will doubtless receive early
attention.
President n. E. Young is expected home
this evening from a very pleasant fishing
trip in Maine.
Tommy Ryan is the principal stick ar
list of the Colts. He hits the ball hard
and frequently.
Mertes, of the Chicago Club, who was
seriously injured at Cincinnati on Sun
| day. is at Baltimore undergoing an opera
ton.
The loss of the game at Brooklyn on
Monday has been attributed to an error
by Tucker, hence fuckers proposed re-
lease by President Ebbitts.
Pitcher Kilroy, who has been chased to
the stable several times during his profess
| sional career, is now a prominent feature
among baseball resurrectionists.
The injury sustained by Hamilton, of
the Bostons, is more serious than was at
first supposed. 1t is now believed that he
will be unable TO play again this season.
The Brooklyn baseball public attribute
| the poor work Of the club 10 the manage
ment. Therefore President Ebbitts will
| have TO remove himself and hire another
| man as manager.
If a certain syndicate succeed at the
trustees sale in securing the ST. Louis
| baseball franchise, Comiskey will cap
| tain and manage the club, which
| will revive interest in the national game
| on the western banks of the Mississippi
AS the season progresses the opposition
| to the Brush law among large number
| of the players and magnates has not
| abated in any way, but ,on the other
| hand appears to be stronger than ever
| Kelley of the Baltimore team declares
| the league made a sad mistake in airing
1 its grievances in the public press He
| further says: They announced that
| players exchanged parts of speech unbe-
| coming in parlors and Sunday schools
| This announcement was the first intima-
| ton that 50 per cent. of the baseball
| patrons had that any vile language was
| used on the diamond, and the whole busi-
ness was grossly exaggerated. The
| Brush law, or at least that part of it
that threatens to blacklist a player, is a
| cowardly bluff on the surface and un-
| constitutional through and through
| 1t is a common thing to have exhibit
tions of fancy billiards, bicycle riding
| and swimming before match races of any
| sort, yet nothing bordering on fancy ball
| paying has ever been. offered 1t is said
| Steve Brodie, the eccentric outfielder OF
| the Baltimores, can give an exhibition of
| fancy catching that is quite as interesting
as it is startling. Billy Robinson. the
captain of the Baltimores, is one of the
best fungo hitters in the game, and he
| tries Brodie out now and then for the
benefit of the spectators who happen to
be on hand during practice time. Brodie
| goes after them at full speed. He gets
| them with either hand, turning, and or
the run. He traps them an inch from the
ground, over his head and everywhere
He stands dead still watching high one
and as it seems certain 1t will hit him or
the head he ducks and catches II behind
his back. He is as graceful as fawr
and as snowy as Fred Dunlap ever was
The idea is suggested that Brodie give ar
| exhibition before the games, and 1t bs
a n Taot