Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-06-28
Base Hall Notes.

on account OF injuries.
Base hall Notes.
The Y NJ. c. "A. should secure couple
good stickers. The team plays good inside
ball.
Tomorrow's Eastern acknowledgements
game viii be worth going out of the way
to see. A big delegation of "roosers will
accompany the Vrginians to National
Park
Colliflower is in fine condition and may be
prevailed upon to do the twirling for the
Easterns tomorrow.
| The game at Brooklyn yesterday was
| postponed on account Of rain.
Barber Crawford of the Cincinnaus was
| in evidence yesterday. His triple and home
run enabled the Reds to throw down st.
| Louis
Lajoie took his first practice yesterday
| for a month and left last night for Pitts
| burg, where he will play with the Phillies
| today. He may be able to brace the
| Quakers up.
| Captain Duffy of the Bostons has been
| left at home and the report Is current In
| Boston that the veteran has played his last
| game. Duffy has lines out for a minor
| league franchise. Jimmy Mannins's sue
| cess in Kansas City has made Hughey long
| to be a ma gnate.
Heidrick. the great center fielder Of the
| ST. Louis team. returned to the game Mon
| day after months lay-oh and In a play
| for a short hit injured himself 80 badly
| that he claims he will not play ball any
| more this season. His great stick work
| will be missed by the mound city team.
Indianapolis won but two out of the last
| ten games played. 1t dropped out of first
| place Tuesday making room for Comis-
| keys White Stockings.
| 1t is very probable Chat Mike Donlin, the
erratic fielder of the ST Louis team. who
| was cut in a bar room brawl Saturday
night, will be suspended for the balance OF
| the season. Tebeau. it is said, has soured
on the youngster and will severely dlsci-
| pline him.
1.-The league is now looking up four good
| umpires and I wouldn't be surprised to see
! the double-umpire system adopted any
day." said President Dreyfuss. Il voted
| against the single system at the league
| meeting, and l notice that those who ia
| vored the single system now see what
| mistake was made in its adoption.
| Boston has found Brooklyn and Philadel-
| phia their Jonah teams this season. Out
of the twenty-five games lost twelve OF
| them have been to the above two clubs.
| Brooklyn taking seven out OF eight and
| Philadelphia five out Of seven already. The
| Boston team was outplayed IN only TWO OF
| this number of games. and lost five of the
| twelve games by very poor ball playing
| and poorer head work.
| A suit out of the ordinary has recently
been brought in the Omaha district court.
|
| all losing clubs A fan" named Lysle 1.
Abbott attended game Of Western League
ball in that city and he claims that the
team played SO poorly that he was forced
| to leave ere Its conclusion. He therefore
sues for the 80 cents which he paid to gain
admittance to the ground. 10 cents car fare
\ and 30 cents for the time he spent there.
| The judge as yet has rendered no decision.
One OF the remarkable features of the
| league averages Isl the fact that for week
six of the clubs have stood between the
| 400 and the 500 mark. Only on Saturday
| did the New Yorlks drop to the 100 and
| odd' division, and. that; after losing four
| games without a break Any one of the
| six teams has a chance to move to third
/ place this week -
| Stahl of Boston was never faster and is
| covering more ground than any man play
| ing ball, and yet his playing for the bats
| improve. His horsible dread of having a
ball hit over his head forces him to play a
| deep field for weak batters as well as
| strong ones, and for one ball that could
| be worked over him ten will drop short
| well into left field. This is especially true
| OF left-hand batsman 8
| A year ago in the twelve-club league
| Cleveland was at the bottom with a per-
| centage OF .1S2, the former team having
| played f1fty-nine games, Of which they
| had lost fourteen, and the latter team fifty
| five games. of which they had lost forty
| five. This is difference Of .5S1 points. al
| most as many as the present league lead
| ers have to their credit. Monday Brooklyn
had $50 and New York 1896, difference
] of only .264. This certainly is an indica-
/ ton Of a close race particularly between
| the clubs that come in Between these two.-
| New York Press.