Evening star., 1899-06-01
Base Rail- Notes.
Pittsburg again today.

Pitsburg again today.
Kirtley Baker is slated to pitch for the
home club.
The fielding of Williams and Reitz was
sensational and gave Rhines confidence
The hard-hitting Phiilies made only six
safe hits off Rhines last week, which DEM
onstrates that Billy must be quite a pitcher
The aH-around fielding of the Senators
showed decided Improvement, and on this
score there Is no complaint coming, while
a kick would hardly be consistent ac-
count of their weak hitting with Rhnes on
the rubber.
Reitz and Williams had just made great
plays in the eighth when Madison, at short,
yelled to Rhines that he still there.
Strange TO say, the very next ball was sent
to Madison and then he made a weird
throw to first and the laugh was on the
Pirates short stop
In seasons gone by the Pittsburg club was
about the easiest proposition that confront
ed the Senators of the swelve clubs in the
league. This season this order of things
seems to have reversed itself and the Pi-
rates are rubbing IL in on the Washington
club in right good order. The record TO
date stanGs four for Pittsburg and two for
Washington.
Umpires Swartwood and Warner did good
work yesterday. Behind the bat Swart-
wood apparently missed nothing. while
Warner. on the bases, gave the only close
decision against the Senators, the double
play in the first inning.
The great St. Louis aggregation will be
at National Park tomorrow afternoon and
an Interesting contest can be expected The
'Perfectos" have not faced the Washing
ton club this season, and, strong as they
are, the new Senators may fool them. The
St Louis crowd started off well in the early
games, but the way the Baltimores trimmed
them Memorial day and yesterday would
indicate that they can be beaten.
Lajoie's average previous to Saturday s
game was .443. He has now made 81 hits
In 81 games, 10 of which are two-baggers,
three-baggers and 2 home runs.
Cunningham of the Louisvilles is not
proving the wonder this season he was last
He has lost every one Of the nine games in
which he has pitched. Bowling has lost
six straight and Pbillippi has won four out
Of six.
Club records of the twelve National
League teams to date show that the Pitts
burgs lead the league in long-range batting
the topnotch Brooklyns second. Baltimore
leads by long stretch in stolen bases,
while Louisville makes most use Of the
sacrifice hit.
"Mugsy" McGraw and Sheckard of the
Orioles are so far the fastest base runners
in the business. while Bill Lange, always
Chicago's fastest man, Is sixth in order.
Hickman and Donohue. among the pitchers,
have not yet lost any games. Callahan
Chicago's beauty, appears in ninth place in
the twiriing order.-Chicago T1mes-Heraid.
Manager Irwin Of the Washington team
was not IN the best of humor when his
players were boarding the train for home
fAithur Hdu al iutSt tndt potn games ShOuid
have been won by his nine. The morning
game he was certain should have been the
Senator'S, but stupid base running lost it.
So he argued. He went on to say that his
team would be one of the best in the leasue
before long. He has a notion that the team
at present is better than any that has been
In Washington for a long time.-Pittsburg
News.
Last evening before leaving for Washing
ton Manager Donovan said: Il feel con-
fident that we have now got down to steady
work. The boys are all in the best of shape
and the pitchers are in fine FORM so that /
am inclined to think that We will win more
games than We will lose during the trip
We have some hard jobs ahead of u.s. for
although the Senators are looked upon as a
tail-end team, they are playing just as fast
bail as any team in the league just now
So that If We win four or five games on the
trip We will do Well. 1 think that We will
get that many at any rate."-Pittsburg
Press.