Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-07-17
to get started, but he has finally struck

| his stride. -.
II ever there was an ideal pitcher that
| faced a batsman 1t is Kid Nichols. Never
abusive, seldom demonstrating, ne atlehos
| strictly to his work. and pittches JUST as
hard when losing as when winning. he
wastes no time in delivering the ball, sun
| is sufficiently deliberate to study the char-
acteristics of the batsman. His temperate
and gentlemany habits are responsible Tor
his long service in the -eague, ana To-Day
there are few pitchers who are his equal;
Cross was out in the fifth inning on pay
| in yesterdays ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS game
| that perhaps other first baseman IN the
| league could have made except the bralny
Tenney Monte was on first and Ihomas
hunted to Collins who picked the pail up
with his right hand and hurled 1t across to
Tenney while on the run. The ball beat the
runner by about foot. quicker tnan tne
crowd could realize it Tenney had snapped
it to Long. who tagged Cross before ne
could get back to the bag, ne having over
run 1t on the play.
Even the brainy ball players are caught
up on tricks once in a while McGraW 1ell
a victim to little scheme which Corcoran
Peitz and Hahn worked in Sundays game
at Cincinnati With McGraw and Burkett
on second and first, respectively, II was
evident that they would attempt a double
steal Just about the time that McGraw
had taken a good lead off second Corcoran
slipped over to second base. The instant
he reached there Hahn turned and threw
the ball to him. McGraW made desperate
slide back to the bag, but he was caught
| three feet. Had some player who has not
the reputation of being brainy been caught
in that way. he would have been referred
to as dub some other choice name
would have been applied.
Judging from the following Charley Dry
den of the North American has tired of
making excuses for the shortcomings Of the
Quakers:
One Noodles Hahn mopped US up with
out hit run. Holy smoke! He should
have pitched the cushions
For seventeen days now I've been grind
ing out a more less spirited serial story
with tough luck umpires, sore thumbs and
stomach ache alternating in the plot On
the level I'd rather be bishop or get
other job turning music at the piano for
a young lady than shoot the chutes with
weakened ball team Thank good
ness, we have but one more fit to throw,
and then We'll get our medicine. Strawber-
ry Bill Bernhard was on the slab again.
Forget it. Score, to 0.
Another feature of this business that
gives me a pain in the feet is hotel ginger
winning games in the soft plush chairs and
singing swan songs in the bus on the way
to the grounds. Cut it out. Honestly, if 1
owned a team like the Quakers, I'd farm
the whole bunch to the Lime Kiln Club,
and make a stagger for the cake walk
championship. What's the of skinning
the enemy to death between meals and then
falling dead at bat?
-Four straight at Chicago and a like
number here Harpoon No. ID. Dive, col
onel, diver
Roy Thomas must be the most aggravatng
batsman in the league for a pitcher. He
never comes to the plate that he does not
make anywhere from five to fifteen fouls
Some purposely and some accidentally. but
most of them made purposeiy. He has
the art of fouling them off down better
than any player in the league. Even the
great McGraw can take lessons from
Thomas In this respect. You never see him
walk up to the plate without staying there
at least two or three minutes. He may not
wind up the season with a large batting
average, but he is valuable man to head
the batting list, for he reaches first about
as often any man in the league