Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-06-27
A Good Game Promi.ed.

The game scheduled for National Park
Friday afternoon between the Eastern Ath-
letic Club and tho Afexahdria teams. MEM
bers OF the City Amateur League, promises
to be one Of unusual interest. Both teams
have been greatly strengthened. and the
Virginia team unusually So With Edwards
in the box. the Alexandria team has always
put fairly good game, but the young
twirler has always been handicapped on
account of poor support The disbanding
Of several minor leagues has sent several
local players home, and the league Is fast
getting them into Its ranks. Joe Kelley a
well-known local player who has been with
Petersburg, will play first for Alexandria.
and Boucher. another good local player. Will
be with the team. In addition to these two
men, Carter of the University of Virginia
team will also be with Alexandria. The
Easterns are strong at all times and are
now leading the league. The addition OF
Colliflower has added strength to the team.
of the Bureau Of Engraving and Printing
team. Game will be called at 4:45. and
Harms or Wahler will pitch for the East
ems. William Belts will umpire.
Bank Clerks to Play Ball.
A team representing the National Safe
Deposit, Savings and Trust Company and
an aggregation OF ball tossers from the
West End National Bank are scheduled to
play game of base ball at National Park
tomorrow at 4:30 pm. when they propose
to drop the numerous cares of banking to
settle their superiority upon the diamond.
Base Ball Notes.
Brooklyn will probably play its last game
Of the season at home today. The team
goes west tonight.
Cincinnati is doing pretty we'll. and Man
ager Allen Is due for several requests.
Rocks have been coming his way for quite
a while.
The game at New Haven yesterday was a
pitchers battle. Yale getting but four hits
off Stillman. while Harvard registered but
we'll.
Billy Hamilton had five bases on balls
and two hits Monday.
Billy Dinneen has been winning games
for Boston right off the reel OF late.
1t Is queer state Of affairs over at
Brooklyn. The New Yorks never try to
play against the champions and many
fans" believe Freedman has tipped" his
men of to act in this style.
Charley Irwin. the Reds third baseman,
Is out OF the game on account OF an in
jured foot. He was hit with a ball on
the ankle some time since. and an abcess
has formed. which may keep him out OF
the game for a month.
Buck" Freeman has made seventeen
hits in the last six games. He secured
three yesterday, but his home runs are
scarce this season. but four being placed to
his credit SO far Ok
Detroit got off with a great lead in the
American League championship race, but
the other clubs have been strengthened
and have pulled the 'Hoosiers' back 30
that but two points divide them from the
second club. The salary limit has been
thrown to the winds In the American.
The home and home series will be fin
ished today. and tho eastern clubs start
for the west tonight. Tomorrow after
noon the eastern clubs will be lined up for
the first battles against the west. and the
chances are that the latter will do better
than heretofore. Three of the clubs have
been playing fine BAH of late. and St. Louis
will be in the push" from now on.
The National League game at Chicago
Sunday drew 5000 people, and the Ameri-
can League game attracted $500.
Jack O'Connor's St. Louis friends pre-
sented him with a handsome $3.50 diamond.
His old club mates! also remembered him
with a splendid gold watch.
Little" Sullivan Is the name some OF the
New York writer's give the Boston catchtr
AS little Sullivan stands five feet nine and
weighs when in working form 10 pounds,
it's rather interesting to know how the
New York writers could class one of the
dnest-built players in the league as little
Lave Cross has secured a judgment for