The times., 1899-07-03
DIAMOND DUST.

Detroit leads the Western League in batting.
o'Brien does not come anywhere near filling
Reitz's shoes at second
Rusie is spending the summer in pitching
for a semi-professional team.
Cooley and Wagner each piled up four hits
in Fridays game at Louisville
Sullivan is regarded as a worthy successor
to Gross as third baseman for the Exiles.
Magee, with the hard hitting Phillies behind
him, should win three-fourths of his games
Andrews third baseman OF the Minneapolis
team is reputed to be second Williams
St Louis sporting writers now wondering
what they ever saw in the Tebeauites to admire.
With Clngman back in the game the Colonels
would put up hard fight against the best OF
them.
In enumerating the leading catchers of the
League one should not overlook Bowerman, OF
the Pittsburgers
The tour of the Superbas was not more triumph
ant than that of the Senators.
A great improvement has occurred of late in
the work of the umpires At least there has not
been 50 much complaint as formerly.
There is now talk of a transfer of Quinn to
St. Louis. He is playing much better game
than Childs whom he would succeed.
Manning and his men are still near the rear
in the Western League, notwithstanding the great
playing of Hulen and Gettman, the former Wash
ingtonites.
The Cincinnati players have begun to complain
of Manager Ewing's methods. They claim that he
does not watch the game with so close scrutiny
as to direct them.
Kittridge's release from the Louisville club was
in the interest OF economy He was drawing a
salary out Of all proportion TO the gate re-
ceipts.
McGraw throws this bouquet at President
Young's umpire staff in letter recently re-
ceived: Your personal staff OF umpires is the
best we have experienced for several seasons"
Selee is signing every young pitcher who
! shows promise. No doubt he is now sorry that
he cast STREET adrift without a fair trial. The
young fellow is making a great record in the
| Interstate League.
The Pirates. during the series with the Superba'
accomplished something that no other team ha:
been able to do this season, Both Dunn and
! Hughes who hold the records for games won
were batted out Of the box.
Buffalo, which team made its first appearance
| in Western League company by administering
four successive defeats to the crack indianapolis
| aggregation. is out OF the running ant
only a miracle will prevent the Bisons from
being the tail enders at the close OF the season.
| Taylor, the pitcher who was suspended by Gin
| cinnati on account of the fact that he delighted
too much to gaze on the fruit OF the grape wher
| it was ruby hued, will probably rejoin the team
| on its Eastern trip. Taylor has been spending
his enforced vacation in catching crabs on Slater
| Island.
| With six clubs endorsing the work of an um
| pire and the other six demanding his uncondi
| tional and immediate removal, it is difficult io
| President Young to enjoy serenity OF mind lie
| Gently in a game played in OF the League
| cities one of the home club officials wrote Mr.
| Young a letter enthusiastically commencing TIT
work OF the umpire, while an official OF the op
| posing club wrote a letter of complaint, saying
| substantially that the work OF the umpire wa
| atrocious and lost his team the game. Thes'
| officials both the contest. but probably non
a different standpoint. Another divergence o
| opinion from club officials furnishes a case II
point certain club had lost game, pre-
sumably on account of the bad playing OF tn
team and feeling aggrieved the president wrot
Mr.. Young that the umpire who ofticiated was al
right, but that he was seriously handicapped b