Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-06-21
| them yesterday.-:taking first place them
| selves and erowding the Champs to the

them yesterday.~:takng first place them
selves and crowding the champs" to the
rear.
How@that Boston bunch can play against
team of losers. Yesterday the Giants went
to pieces and the beanseatins crowd put up
great game, Buck Fireman coming back
to life with three hits to his credit
Manager Allen of the Cfncinnatis prob
ably knows what he Is doing, but it looks
very foolish for him to take Stenfeldt off
second and replace him with Joe Quinn.
Both are about equal in fielding, but no
person ever charged Quinn with being
good batter.
That slim-built youngster from Wilkes
barre, Coughlin who played a portion of
the last season with the Senators is on
| third for Kansas City and playing great
| ball, both in the field and at the bat. Ather-
ton, another ex-senator is with Buffalo
and also doing nicely.
Manager Hanlon is said to be dissatisfied
with the playing of Joe Kelley. The feeling
| is certainly mutual. Joe will be at the head
| of a club in this city or Philadelphia next
season. and it won't be National League
| club. either. Kelley has made but one error
| in left field this season.
There have far been four tailenders in
the league race-BoSton, New York Cincin-
natl and ST Louis.
| Jennings has played the last seventeen
games without a miSplay. He has made
! twenty-six assists this season against eiah-
teen for Tenney.
The Boston players have played games
! without making a safe hit as follows: Ham
| ilton 8: Collins, .: Tenney, Is: Stahl, s:
Freeman, Is: Lowe, 10: Barry. s. Long, 10;
Sullivan. 6: Clarke. j.
A story was circulated at Chicago that
| the recently organized base ball players
! union was really movement in the direc-
| ton of the resusctation of the old Brother
| hood League. The rumor Is that Freedman
| of New York is back of the project.
Manager Selee of the Bostons so Dame
| Rumor says. has lines out for one of the
| best infielders in the league and in order
| to secure him is willing to pay big money
| for his release. Perhaps he is after Lajoe.
Sacrifice hitting is not as popular as in
| the two past seasons Up to date Boston
| has made but twenty-seven, while Brook
Ign has but twenty-three to her record. The
| hit and run game has supplanted the sacri-
| flee and made a prettier game for the spec
| tators.
1t is not safe to write a team down as
| dub because it happens to be in last place
this year. Three days ago the Cincinnati
Enquirer, which has been very unfair in its
criticism of Bob Aliens club ever since the
race began. and for no other reason than
that Buck Ewing was discharged. said that
Cincinnati neeaed new feders. new pitch
ers new base runners and new catchers
which. of course. meant new team Today
Aliens club is within three games of third
place and ten of first place Cincinnati is
PIT points behind the leader TODAY One
year ago, with Ewing in command, it was
.:Hb3 points away.
There is little hope for the St Louis club
as long as McGraw. Wallace and Heidrick
remain out of the fold and Cy Young is
unable to take his regular place on the fir
ing line" Omitting Donlin. there are but
three members of the regular team in the
game at present-McCiann Burkett and
keister-and the last named is like a duck
| out of water al short. Wallace is hopeful
that he will be able to resume work nv Sat
| urday. McGraw will be back on third within
a few days. He:drick is yet at his home al
Millvale. Fa. but will be back with his
team tomorrow. Just when he will be IN
shape to return to the center pasture is not
known. and Tebeau seems more worried
about him than any of his other cripples
Ryan to Fight Douglas.
CHICAGO, June 2l.-Tommy Ryan has
been matched to box Bob Douglas of St
Louis ten rounds at Kansas City on the
night of July 1.