The times., 1899-08-03
GOSSIP OF THE DIAMOND.
Newsy Paragraphs About the Fn
yOrites of the Fms

NeNsy IaFasruphS ABOUT the IA
vOrites of the Fans.
The true story of the trouble existing
between Griffin and the Brooklyn club as
ascertained from one who knows. is this:
Griffin has a contract with the Brooklyn
club to captain and manage the team and
play centre field at a salary of $500 a
season. After the consolidation of the
Baltimore and Brooklyn clubs, Hanlon
having been made manager, it was deter
mined to relieve Griffin from all man
agerial responsibilities, and he was told
that his salary would be reduced to the
lowest, which is s2,400. Griffin refused to
accept this amendment to his, contract
In the mean time President Robson, of
the st. Louis club, purchased Griffins s
release from Brooklyn for $500, but
Griffin still held out and refused to sign
st. Louis contract. Few days since a
deal was arranged by-which Griffin was to
go to Chicago to supersede Lange in
centre field, and Lange was to go TO st.
Louis and play first base. This arrange
ment was contingent upon Lange's con-
sent to the agreement, and an assurance
from him that he would play with the st.
Louis club next season. This Lange re-
fuses to do. as he is to be married this
fall to a lady whose family is opposed TO
his playing ball.
A despatch from Chicago has this to
say of the situation: Further overtures
were made today by the ST. Louis manage
ment to Bill Lange in connection with the
much discussed scheme to get him for
| Mike Griffin, whom President Hart of the
local club longs to have on the Rough
| Riders roster. Lange has been given 10
| understand that in consideration of his Will
| ingness to play ball in st. Louis for at
! least another season besides what remains
of the present he may have salary much
in excess of what he draws in Chicago.
| The big fellow has as yet shown no dispo-
sition TO make promises, declaring that he
will not give the matter of contemplated
retirement definite consideration until after
! he is married"
It. therefore, looks as though the deal
| which is said to be satisfactory to Griffin
is in a state of suspension.
The Indianapolis club is having a tilt
In the courts with the opponents of Sun
| day baseball in that city. The club own
ers are advised by some OF the best legal
| talent in the State that there is no law
upon the statute books that can prevent
them from playing Sunday ball. The case
will be fought to finish in the highest
tribunals.
| Selbach is not upon good terms WIN INT
"bleachers" at Cincinnati, and has mo-
gotten over that habit he INDUCED in while
here of talking back. A Cincinnati paper
has this to say about it: THE left field
bleachers were after Selbach yesterday. A
half dozen occupants of the stand begaI
to yell something about some of the Red!
being full of well water. This was during
the game when the Reds were behind. Sci
bach foolishly made some reply to theil
taunts Then they began to cheer hin
derisively They broke into loud applause
when he captured a fly from Doyle's ba
in the seventh. 1t is a little unpleasan
for a player to be made the butt of ridi
cule and derisive yells. 1t is cowardly fo
crowd to resort to this style of roasting
However, the best thing q player can dt
is to grin and bear it selbach shoult
have kept his mouth shut