Evening star., 1900-05-26

string. He made one off Young Wednesday
Flick and Wagner have five each.
| Dick Padden and Ducky Holmes had I
fight during the game at Detroit. May 10
| During the argument one of the Detroi
players struck Padden with bat. but die
not seriously injure him.
"Wolverton is a good hitter but being
| with a hitting club makes him all the
stronger. just as it would with any man..
says Chicago player.
Thirty eight hits for total of sixty bases
| were made in the Buffalo-Chicago game
May 90 Padden had two three-base hits
| and home run. He also figured in two
| double plays. Sugden had two and three
base hit.
| According to a ST. Louis paper. for the
! first time this season In the major organiza-
| tion was championship game played Tues
day without misplay being charged up to
any of the eighteen participants.
| Willie McGill. Shugart and Tommy Dowd
| of the Chicago team. got on a rampage in
| Detroit night of May 16 McGil and Shu-
gart got into fight in which McGill was
/, worsted, and Dowd was found asleep on the
| roof of house and was locked up
McGraw met with an accident in the sixth
| inning of yesterdays game which put him
out of the game and will retire him to the
bench for several days. He was spiked by
Jimmy Slagle sliding into him at third. and.
although his ankle was painfully cut. he
played out the inning. The injury is not
considered serious. 1t was purely acci-
dental.
Selee has gone mysteriously to Chicago
for new player This find is nothing
more than Illinois college pitcher whose
work took Seee's fancy when Boston was
playing in the windy city.
Breitenstein has a peculiar sail ball which
he works on the outside corner of the plate
and it adds much to his effectiveness. Ii is
that ball which gives him all his trouble in
locating the plate at present. 1t seems to
shoot out much further than he intends
it to.
With Heidrick. Donovan and Quinn it was
a Gus Schmelz play to let Cy Young bat for
himself in the eighth inning Thursday. AS
they say in England when the Beers cop
sneak and get the coin, Somebody blum
dered.
The Pittsburg club is congratulating itself
because il did not try to make sub out of
a sure-enough star The credit for the
escape belongs to Manager Fred Clarke.
who refused to make the change. which
" Would not have been thought of if Fred Ely
had not contracted down south severe cold
that remained with him for weeks. When
the season opened he played as though all
in and ii seemed a wise man to try some
of the young bloods in his position. The
trials Were not satisfactory. and when Ely
was able to limp around again Clarke did
not lose any time in pressing him into SER
vice. Ely has been playing his customary
brilliant game ever since his return. and
yesterday he was the only Pirate To display
any life He turned no less than three base
hits into put-outs.
In spire of the strict news censorship
which Mr. Tebeau has placed upon the ST
Louis team. tales of what have been known
in st. Louis "drupples in der Club" will
ooze as it were. through the park fences.
Burkett gave young Buelow an unmerciful
call for not stopping Donlin one day at third
base. says a fan ''As if Buelow could
stop Doniin! Then they say that Capt. Nc
Graw has been there with the harsh word
for bad plays. McGraw cannot do too much
calling. 1t is his business. His men need
it badly. Then any man that cannot take
call when he blunders should not be with
a club In the old days of the Orioles Nc
Graw played no favortes when he started
cut to leave his cards. All that is asked of
him IS that he does the same thing here
Let Young. Wallace and Burtstt have it
just as hard AS the newest recruit. Call EN-,
Johnny. call EN- often. If necessary have
a telephone put in. and call EN- up through
the night: that is. If you can catch them in"
st. Louis Republic.