Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-05-08
Base Ball Notes.

Another home run for Buck" Freeman
yesterday.
Barry is playing splendid game at short
for Boston.
Bob Wood Of Cincinnati is leading the
league with the stick
OF the thlrty-feur players in the big
league batting over the 300 mark, Cincin-
hati mas SIX, the best showing of any team,
Fred Clarke and Demontreville bring up
the rear, the former having batting aver
age Of .125 and the latter .14G
Nolverton Is playing very we'll at third
for the Phillies. and is hitting the bail
above the coveted 300 mark He is ap-
parently better man than Lauder who
played the position last season.
Dick Cooley is making good" with the
Pittsburgs. His first base play has been
uniformly excellent. and he Is hitting in his
oldtime form.
Tomorrow afternoon the Georgetown boys
VII! face the strong team from Dickinson
College. The Carlisle boys have been play
ing very good ball and should give the
wearers of the blue and gray quite a tus-
sic.
Cupid" childs and Fred Clarke had
regular rough and tumble fight in the Chi
cago depot Sunday night just before the
train pulled out for Pittsburg. Clarke had
blocked Childs of second during the after
Moons game, preventing a double play. and
the fight was thu result. Both men were
quite badly banged up.
Jake Gettnan has been making many
friends up In Buffalo on account of his sem
sational fielding and base running Jake
always was a speedy one, but his trouble
in this city was that he didn't use his head,
ana was like a runaway colt on the base
| lines. As fielder Gettman was one of
| the best in the business.
Buelow, playing third base for the Cleve-
| land. American League club, is "touted" as
| being the best third baseman playing ball
outside the big league. He Is leading the
American League third basemen in fielding,
| and with the bat is hitting away over the
800 mark.
Tommy Corcoran. the Reds clever short
| stop, put blot on his brilliant record for
| this season in Sundays game by making
| his first error of the year. Corcoran has
only taken part In five games. and has
| fourteen put outs. eighteen assists and one
error to his credit.
1t may be some time before Billy Keister
will be able to resume his position at sec
! Ond base for ST. Louis With two men out
| in the eighth inning and PETIT on second
base, Irwin sent low fly right over sec
| ond base. Both Wallace and Keister went
! after the ball. Just as it struck Keister's
| hands he collided with Wallace and was
| knocked unconscious. He lay on the field
| for five minutes before he revived. Several
of his teeth were loosened. while his face
and shoulder were badly bruised. Strange
| to say, he held on to the ball. and Peitz
could not score. Quinn then took his place
| at second. and his error in the ninth in
| ming helped the Reds out nicely.-St. Louis
| Republic.
| McGraw and Robinson at Cleveland.
| 1t is more than probable that McGraw and
| Robinson, manager and catcher, respect
| lively. of last years Baltimore league team,
and who have been released to ST. Louis,
| will accept the terms offered by the man.
| agement of that club. They received tel
| egram from Frank DeHaas Robson, presi-
dent and principal owner OF the st. Louis
| and Cleveland clubs, requesting them to
| meet him in Cleveland for a conference
| Mciraw was offered 5000 to play with
| ST. Louis this year. and Robinson's salary,
| with his bonus, will amount to s. 800 for the
seasons work. Their friends have been
| urging them to accept, and it is thought that
| an agreement will be arrived at in C1eve-
! land.
special dispatch from Cleveland says
| that "Mugsy" McGraw and Robinson, the
| disgruntled ball players, who were sold to
| st. Louis. but who refused to go there were
closeted with Robson for several hours last
night. during which time he tried to per-
suade them to move to St. Louis, but 1t Is
| understood they have obstinately refused.
| Robson has not given up hope Of persuad-
ing them eventually and has asked them to
stay in Cleveland for two or three DAYS.
which thoy will do. If the men eventually
decide to go to st. Louis 1t will turn out
several players who are wanted in CIeye-
land. and who will go there when released.
II they do not go to ST. Louis It is said that
Robson viii accept the offer of Phiiadei-
phla for the players.