Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-08-18

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The Senator's pla$ their mira and ,...
same in Boston today. Mercer being on
the rubber. Immediately after. the rame
they start for home. said VIA he herr An
time tomorrow to 6beh at National park
with the Chieagos.e- or 49,,
Yesterdays victory A4kes four straight
Tor Hillary Swain, and the big fellow ia
getting into the fast class. His suuport
was miserable mi but - pulled on his fourth
Charley Farrell . fiittie over a week ago
concluded to take q little training 10 MN
on some surplus flesh. ind as a result the
has berdered on the sensational nj. hat
ting Yesterday certainly assisted yery ma.
tertaliy in pulling on p victory. sarcastic
reflections by the Baltimores when thew
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Little Wrigiey is not a very formidable
figure at third base, but 1t takes something
more IMAM ball or q base runner to make
ts on. His stop yesterday CT StahTs drive
was corker and saved ut least one run.
Boston VIII have to play better ball than
at present II the pennant is to go TO that
city. With any kind Of playing the Sem
ators would have captured the first con-
test. and the weakening of Pitcher Sui
ASan yesterday mas y 00d look for cham
pionship timber.
Hamilton seemed to have Swain gauged
all right yesterday, pulling of four nice
singles out of as many times at .he bat.
I: Toronto soaked the CleyelandS yesterday
nicely before an audience OF 1900 people,
the score being to J., Castor and Dineen,
the pitchers, were too much for the
Spiders. No wonder Arthur Irwin Is pulled
up.
In the ninth inning of yesterdays Phila-
delphia-New York game at New York
Manager Staliings sent Geier to the bat in
place Of De!ehanty. How rs that for a.
knock? Will Del be with the Phillies next
season?
Manager Buck Ewing played second for
the Cincinnati club at Wilmington Ohio.
yesterday and put up a good game. II
Buck would get back to first base for the
remainder of the season. the Red Legs
might have a look-in for the Temple cup
money. HIS, head work Ii needed more
than Beckleys batting.
Not a western team has won game at
Boston this season.
Ewing says the Cincinnati centerfie,d is
a brick yard, which accounts Tor hoy
errors on ground balls
Pitcher Phalen Of Pottsvflle, Pa, broke
his arm Just above the elbow. Monday. in
delivering curved ball. This Is an Illus
+, alton of what q terrible physical strain
modern base ball pitching Is.
Padden has made but three errors il, the
last seventeen games. In these games ne
had ninety-seven chances
Cleveland is certainly dead cock IN the
base ball pit. These closing games are
drawing not over 500 people
Arthur Irwin wears an W nat, ana ne IS
man is a victim Of nervous self-admiration
Syracuse Courier.
St. Louis fans are talking about being in
the hunt next year. They do not nave TO
hunt for their round on the ladder.
Second Baseman Miller of New Castle in
the Interstate League, and Outhelder Gill
boy and Gray of Buffalo are among the
10 fbo nv the medium
of the draft.
There will be wholesale scramble for
major league timber from the Toronto
team when the drafting season sets in on
October /.
Arson expects to talpa three-fourths. if
not, four-fifths, of tine games in the east
ern circuit. Right now I've the best ,. IT. team
don't see why we should lose many games
If we keep up the present gait"
Joyce cannot afford to keep out Of the
playing Outside of his stick work. which
has always been timely, Joyce keeps the
players going ana inspires them with a
.,never.s ay-die'' spirit That will win out
Danny Friend is dixie ~ good beefsteak-
he improves by roasting. Since the papers
tore him up the back The other day, he
has done wonderful work, pitching the
and fielding earnesuy.-Chi:ago News.
Talking of birds, Of passage" the ball
player deserves q Place m the aVldry. Bill
~ Mailman and Pepper Bill Scbriver talked
old times when last they met. They once
played together at Scranton, where, with
Bill Hoover, they had a great three-eor-
nered fight for the rank of premier batter.
New York has never before seen such
clean and >bfainy umpfring as this week.
One of the best arguments for the double
umpire system is now being illustrated
every day. It is true both officials are hui
man. but they're pretty good stuff for flesh
and blood. Young Mr.. Carpenter will make
ience.rr@
The Philadelphia club presents a new
batting order nearly every day. Friday La.
joie vas on first, Dele:Iapty In left field and
Dowd In right. Saturday Boyle was on
first, I.aioie in left and r"per', in right.
Monday Lajoie went back to first, "Del'' TO
left ahA Gross to right Next day Cross 4
was at second, Dowd back in right field and
Geier on the bench. And thak has been go
ing ven all the season. Is It. any wonder
that Philadelphia does not win? And, by
the way, Cross is a better second baseman
than Geier a better short stop than Shu-
CART and a better third baseman than
NASH but he has, sat on the bench nearly
all the season.
Jimmie McJames made Long, Duffy,
Stahl and Collins look like fried eggs with
his fast shoots It seemed as easy as roll
ing Off log for the youth from South Car
DINA, and Boston was in pretty good luck
to get five runs. As an artist, McJsmes
comes in the first bunch, and the most in
teresting part of it is that he wears a
three-piy smile, and uses society language
while In the box.-Boston Globe.
READY LOST ON A FOUL.
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