Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-07-13

and II would be in order for them to
now take slide backward.
Right Fielder Flick dropped Beckley's
long fly Wednesday. ana the reports saw ne
was responsible tyr the Quakers' downfall.
Elmer errs but Seldom and can be for
given.
With the breaking 31pup of the Virginia
League several eNceilGni players will drift
back 10 Washington and Baltimore and the
Amateur City LesSsue may be strengthened
thereby. The Aexan6ria team at least can
be depended upon 10 holster up its in and
outficld.
Secretary Pulliam believes there il lots
of good pitching leftglin Jouett Meekin:s
right arm. He deserves success too. for
l never saw man train more faithfully"
said he.
McGrtw tops tho listtpf 800 hltters on the
St. Louis team. Wallace come, next with
Il percentage of .:2G, being closely followed
by Donovan. Criger. l4edrick. Donlin and
BUrkert. kGisteE, is nearing the 300 mark,
and Robinson hass fallea t,c'aw It.
bernhard of the lhihcs appears to have
lest his cunning. aud does not seem to he
able to fool the opposing batsmen. having
lost the last five games in which he has
officiated. and being reicsaied to the bench
iT ut leas three of them
Rube Waddell pitched for Aillvale Tues
day and shut out i'uxsurtawney. The,cie-
feated team did The tanning act three times
Rube is where he belongs ANY of the
country clubs can afford to give him ST. a
game and that ready money coming ten or
fifteen times a season seems bigger to
George Edward than would a salary of
$1,000 a season in the league.
Sam Crane. who was a ball PLAYER him
self and says of the Indifferent Giants:
They are all in good health, and no mat
ter how many mistakes they may make,
the field they never make an error in
their study Of the dining room score card
1t Is from soup 10 nuts and raisins with
out a misp!ay. No series of lost games
no matter how extensive. causes Them any
lDDpllip. Doesn't oil, III
The LIST and 18th just the samco-'
BoitonS slump in the west has been one
OF the greatest surprises. After making
a poor showing on the first western trip
the BoStons went home and moved down
everything before them. causing the 81
toid-yGu-so' people to get up and announce
tEat they knew it was coming as the Ray
state men advanced from last to third place
lhe iirst serious jolt that the Bostons got
was when they met the Rrooklyns and
after crossing the mountains thew hogan
to go downward and went back into the
second division. They lost four straight at
E:ttsburs. and went to Chicago where Ry-
an $ men also took fall out of them for
keeps. The Boston pitchers have been put
ting up some good games. but. without any
hitting behind thcih. they cannot secure
Victories by themselves.
LOTUS team as it takes the field these
days. is the lightest-weight ball club in
the league. LOTUS has more little men
on his team Than any other manager. In
men seem to be III the aScendancy while
the Ansonian type Of giants are dropping
out. Laioie. Dclchanty. Cancel Mccain
and 4 few others hold up for The big men
but the little ones are winning the games.
There some big pitchers but even in
that department the little fellows lead.
On the Chicago Club Cunningham, Grif-
fifth. Childs and Dexter are under feet &
riches. Mccormick. Bradley. Clngman
and Green weigh about 40 pounds each.
and all the rest are of medium height and
stature, except Mertes and Camel, who are
in the heavyweight department. Charlie
Comiskey calls LOTUS team the rabbits
because of their size.-Chicago Tribune.