Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-10-06
Frisk, g. Umpire--o' Day. Time of game-1 hour
and fifty minutes.
Base Ball Briefs.

The Senators are scheduled to play the
Baltimores at National Park today, and
journey over to. the monumental city for
game tomorrow.
Jack O'Brien's work yesterday must have
made the "hammersmiths" very sore In
the right shoulder their usual swing with
the hammer being necessarily cut out.
Dineen and Willis were the stars of the
Eastern league two years ago. and the
latter outpointed big Bill in getting into
the star class, but today there is hardly a
question that the local man is the equal of
the Boston twirler.
That young man McManus was much In
evidence again yesterday. With two bin
giles to his credit the batting side, he
put UP a game behind the bat that was
simply perfection. AS a thrower no catcher
in the league has a 'hunch' on the local
man.
A crowd of local enthusiasts have again
originated pool on Buck" Freeman's
home-run record for the season. This time
ii is for and against the twenty-lfth four
sacker. Buck has about seven games in
which to make good, but it is no "ctnch'
that the twenty-hfth long drive Will come
his way.
The Senators have been very much of
the deuce order the past season in play
ing the Brooklyns. Previous to the last
series the locals had won but one game
and the last two victories made them stand
three the season. Three victories and
d
envied by the other eleven clubs.
1t has been a good many seasons since the
National League could boast of eleven such
third basemen as McGraw. Cross, Wallace,
Collins, Lauder Casey, Leach, Bradley, 1r-
win. Wolverton and Sullivan.-Baltimor
News. The star of the league-Jimmy Will
liams-has been left out Of this bunch.
Punk ball players said several Of the
critics yesterday when talking of Buck
Freeman. the Senators home-run hitter.
Buck l make it, is batting about .32f /
fancy there would be just about nine clubs
in the big league that would be glad to
pick him up should Washington be dropped
lext season. Scientific batting Is all right.
but there is a deep respect just the same
for the man who hits them hard. and those
twentyfour home runs Of Freeman's would
secure him fat bunch Of money IN several
good cities.-"Phelan'' in Sporting Life.
"Buck' Freeman did great work for the
Washingtons in the games here. He made
a dSdble, triple and a home rum the lat
ter being the longest drive made this sea-
son over the right field fence. When Free
man left this city his record was 10 doubles,
% triples and "a home runs. When l men-
toned this fact to Manager Selee he said:
And yet some one told me that this man
could not hit I wish could get a couple
of hitters like that on my team. We could
beat anything in tina league. Nothing like
having men who are likely to drive the
ball out of the lot at any tfme.'-Iake
Morse in Sporting Life.
Says Rem Milford lin the Cincinnati Post:
while Cincinnatis disappointment IS great,
the failure of St. Louis Is even worse. Man
ager Tebeau had an army Of talent to pick
from. Had he chosen Joe Quinn instead of
Cupid Childs for second base and taken
Lave Cross for third. and, put Bobby Wal
lace at short instead OF Eddy Mexican
every fan In the mound city would have
pronounced Pat suffering from mild at
tack Of paresis And yet Mad Oliver w. put
that combination In the field instead Of the
one he chose st. Louis would be near the
top today. All of which goes to show that
you cannot always sometimes tell. and that
kindsfght is better than foresight. even
"A hen used with a telescope"