Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-04-30
Scores of Saturdays Games.
base Ball Notes,

Boston is still bringing I'D the Fear
seymour has hard time getting started
thls season He has been on the rubber,
three tunes so far and had to be relieved
each time.
catcher Clements displayed unusual form
when here with the Bostons and it Is a
mystery why he is not put into the game.
Jack Is head and shoulders over Clarke or
sullivan, both behind and at the bat.
fltcher Amole must be in excellent shane.
he heid the Detroits down to four hits FRI
oay and on the opening day the opposing
team went without bngle Doc" has
promised Manager Shannon to take care of
iiinseiI ana II he carries out this resolution
ne may prove the seasons wonder.
Ihe Chicago club certainly looks the host
OF any in the American League with NAV
ers like Dowd. Padden, Hoy, Hartman.
Sugden and Mcfarland on its roster A.
present the club is leading in the pennant
race.
ANDY" Anderson, the big Swede. and ex-
Oriole Fultz are with the Milwaukees and
doing well. Manager Mack claims he has
the best team In the American.
oniess ex-senator Jack O'Bren gets
started very soon his friends will about
come to the conclusion that they are on a
wrong tack and that he Is a dead one "
y Brien has been playing left field for Kan
ordinary. '''
Jake Gettman has apparently struck a
winning streak with Buffalo this season "a
MS work has been very sensational In the
nero; "niie at the bat he is banging out
bingles ito beat the band"
Catcher Schreckongost has boen farn,aa
out 10 the Buffalo team of the American
League. The st. Louis club, however. keens
a string attached to him.
Manager Allen showed good iudemant
when he benched Geier, who is not in CON
orion to do himself justice, and put Bob
Wood on third base Bob will make errors
IN that position, but he will make up for
them with his bat as he did yesterday. and
this season. -A III
1t is reported in New York that the New
YORK club has tried to secure Lajoie. the
second baseman of the Philadelphia club.
According to good authority, New York has
offered Philadelphia First Baseman DovIe
second Baseman Gleason and s., OUO In cash
for Lajoie. o'''-'
Nothing pleases Jake Beckley so well as
to beat the Pittsburg team on its own
grounds. Jake must have been a very hannv
man Saturday night, for the Reds not ONLY
turned the trick. but his four safe hits cut
d large ngure. Elmer Smith is another Red
who must have enjoyed the victory more
imam some OF the other players. for Pitts
burg is his home. Smiths single ana triple
cut a large figure in the score.
II the Cincinnati club can continue its
present pace with the stick many a one of
the pennant-aspiring teams will be fooled
when they meet the Reds this year. II
must not be forgotten that the Reds twirI-
ers are by no means in form, as has been
shown by their work in every game so far
A few warm days will strengthen their
arms and then big difference will be no.
tfced in the scores. There won't be so
many large scores and nose finishes as the
Reds have experienced this spring
There Is no doubt that Fred Clarke ex-
pected to win every one Of the seven games
that the Cincinnatis and Pirates played last
week After his team downed the Reds in
the first two games he was confident of
turning the trick. That the Pirates were
weakened by having both O'Brien and Will
iams out or the game there is no doubt, but
covered by green hands on the Cincinnati
team, so it's an even thing.
There was an interchange of dirty ball in
the sixth inning at St. Louis Thursday.
Everitt did some rough work in blocking
keister. who made only double on his hit
down the right foul line. Jack O'Connor.
Who as Is known, detests anything like
rowdy ball. was righteously indignant and
ter in retaliation poked his fist in Cling
mans eye, making him drop the ball and
escaping put-out on throw from Dona-
hue, and was generously applauded. Hurst
saw the latter interference, but concluded
things were about even. so let 1t pass.
Georgetown's Easy Victory.
Georgetown found an easy proposition In
the University Of Maryland team on the
local campus Saturday afternoon, the
wearers Of the blue and gray winning by
the one-sided score Of 10 to /. The visitors
could neither bat nor hit but one single be-
ing placed to their credit, while five errors
We're charged against them. It required
the most liberal scoring to hold down their
misplays to five and the reason the errors
were not more numerous can be ascribed
to the fact that the feeders appeared to be
unable to get near the ball. Flies knocked
into the field. which should have been
scored as outs. went for hits for the reason
that the ffeiders were unable TO get under