Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1886-05-29
HOW THE RECORD STANI
BASE STEALING.


The eastern clubs all Jared badly at the HANDS
of their western competitors on their first west
ern tour, but 1t looks as If they will administer
similar treatment in the second innings of the
league battle which commenced Thursday.
thna I'm most noticeable feature OF League playing
western tour Brouthers OF the Detroits led the
batting VITA an averge OF APO. The following
spective teams: at that time, ORouke, New
FORKS, 400; Anson Chicago, 1867; Denny, st.
Louis, 1866; Hines, Washing ton, 1868; Andrews,
Kansas City, 1920. ON the Washington team
Baker followed Hines with 800 and Force
stood third with PAL
largely to their having seven men who manage
TO bunch their hits with great regularity.
without success.
Base ball games in Detroit this year are billed
1t is evident that Radbourn has no Gilligan
to face him this year.
Bradford is the boss base-runner for the
Sam Trott, who is with the Newarks, has q
broken finger. II is doubtful If he has q whole
finger on either hand.
Denny leads the st. Louis Maroons in batting.
Lynch, of the Metropolitaus, Is said to be the
owner OF a $1,000 house.
Seven OF the Kansas City games have been
Harry Wright claims that Shaw IL the best
pitcher in the League. Agreed.
kilroy, OF Baltimore, in nine games pitched
struck out seventy-two, an average OF eight to
game.
Stricken, the old second baseman OF the Ath.
letics, is doing the greatest fielding work ever
seen In the south. He Is with Atlanta.
The race for the championship in the Ameri.
can association will probably be closer and
more exciting this year than in the National
League.
Burch Of the Brooklyns, says that Jack Lynch
is the only pitcher he ever found that was hard
to hit.
Buck Ewing, OF the New Yorks, is very lame,
weeks.
Andrews, Of the Phillies, now leads his team
in batting and run-getting.
More games have been postponed so far this
season than ever before.
sunday, Of the Chicagos, is not playing ball up
TO his average OF late.
II, In Tate Poorman, Sam Wise, Nash and John.
ston the BostOns have fine quintet Of great
base-runners. They keep the pitcher guess
ing as to their next move when ON bases.
President Erastus Wiman, of the Metropoli.
tans, Is expected to arrive at home on next
Thursday. He will endeavor to strengthen his
team If money can do it. The MetrOpolitans
are deprived of the services of Flanders, their
new Texan pitcher, because he is detained at
nome as witness In q lawsuit.
george stevens, the new pitcher signed by
Detroit, the Boston Globe says, came near being
captured by Mike Seaman for his Washington
team. The Detroits offered Stevens 500 per
month. Seaman heard of him, and finding
he wanted S125 agreed to give him thai
amount and pay months salary in advance.
Manager Watkins got wind OF what Scanlan
was about and hustled so lively that he got
Stevens to sign for 1925 with Detroit.
The savannah city council recently passed
an ordinance making pool selling on base ball
500 and thirty days imprisonment.
NcVey, the old ball player. who is now in Cali
iorhia, has commenced suit against Lucas fol-
Lucas some time ago, but was never allowed
to play with the club.