Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1901-05-29
Base Ball Notes.

Wet grounds prevented the games from
being played at Detroit and Cleveland yes
terday.
The Senators meet Detroit today for the
last time this trip, opening in Milwau-
kee tomorrow
President Postal and Manager Manning
enjoyed banquet last night in Detroit a
President Burns expense. 1t was the re
suit of wager on last Saturdays game.
Billy Keister of the Baltimores ham
mered the ball for keeps" yesterday at
Chicago. getting a triple and three sin
giles. Ban JohnSonS fines must have stirred
up the Orioles.
The Evening Star will have a direct wire
to the Milwaukee grounds tomorrow morn
ing. and in this way will obtain the story
recorded, and the Washington fans can
see how their favorites performed.
Mercer, DUNCAN and Grady are the only
Senators batting over the 300 mark Mer-
Ger is second to Lajoie, the leader. with
.467, DUNCAN has $50 and Grady .345
Manager McGraw's stand against Presi
dent johnson is silly one. Reports from
Chicago say that the little Baltimorean
refuses to speak to President Johnson, and
that he believes the latter is discriminat-
ing against the Orioles. McGraw should
consult George Stallings of the Detroits. who
was put on the bench last season for two
weeks, and he will tell him what gen
tlemanly fellow Johnson is.
In raiding the National League for play
erS, the American eQudllLtu the playing
strength of the old league until now it's
hard to call the turn on who will land the
target.
1t is limited In Baltimore that Jerry Nops
is booked to get his walking papers with
Freddie Schmidt as his partner in misfor-
tune.
President Soden Of the Boston club is a
credit to the national game. Instead of
blaming n. E. Young for the faults of the
magnates, he announces that he will stand
by the president of the league to the finish.
The Athletics are doing better out west
than they did in the east. having thus far
won two out of five games played. And,
from all accounts. bad umpiring robbed
them of Saturdays game in Chicago and
Sundays game in Milwaukee
Some good base running will be regis
tered this season. 1t is a safe bet, though,
that never while base ball lasts will the
record Harry Stovey made in 1SSS-l56
Steals-be duplicated.
The case of Mike Griffin against the
BROOKLYN club, which was decided in favor
Of Griffin a short time ago, will have an
other hearing next fall The Brooklyn
club and it's attorney, John Ward, are not
satisfied with the verdict of the court.
John McGraw says: Jimmy Williams is
better second baseman than he was
third baseman, and that is saying a great
deal. He covers the bag very fast and is
lightning in working double plays, while
the fact that he has only short throw to
make to first base gives him more conf
dence than he had on third base while with
Pittsburg."
No player on the New York team ever
will have stancher friends than Charley
Hickman among the boys. The word
boys is not used in its slang sense, but
literally. There isn't a schoolboy in New
York who doesn't believe that there is
more prowess in the bat handled by Hick-
man than in that of any other player in
the National League.
New York morning paper prints the
story that Mr.. Ban Johnson, president of
the American League, will be at the head
of the National League next season, with
Mr. Freedman of the New York club as
his sponsor Only such people are agree
able to Mr.. Freeman will be allowed to
hold franchises In the league.
Connie Mack is gaining confidence in his
team and believes that by the time the
club returns to Philadelphia 1t will have
made a strong bid for higher position in
the pennant race. Until now he has been |
short of players, but with the addition of |
Dolan. Davis and Plank he has strength |
ened his team and hopes to win a majority |
of the games with the western division !
teams.
About half the players are out of condi- |
ton and unable to play up to their mark !
this spring on account of the unsettled |
condition of the weather. said Dick Har- |
ley the Cincinnati outfelder. Take |
Fraser. Bernhard and Piatt. the three |
Athletic pitchers, for example, not one of |
whom can be anywhere near in good shape |
Judging by their work thus far. After |
these three pitchers get going, and with |
Jennings added to the team, L DOUBT IT /
there is another team in the American AS /
ISOLATION that can stop the Athletics going |
right ahead winning games.
The western clubs of the National League !
are playing to poor patronage in Boston /
and Philadelphia, but are coming money /
at the Polo Grounds and getting satisfac- |
tory returns In Brooklyn. 1t has been I'M |
offically stated that the Chicago clubs /
share of the receipts for four games in |
New York amounted to 5000. Matthew |
sons money making ability is far from pro-
portionate to his earning capacity.
The writers will be very wary in predict |
ing failure for innovations in the game |
after their experience with the code |
changes of 1901. The foul-strike rule has /
not diminished the attractiveness of the |
national pastime and the accidents TO /
catchers are not as common as in former /
years. The work of the receivers has not |
been rendered harder and many managers /
are of the opinion that a team does not 4
need more than two backstops. There is |
no necessity for a clubs complement to ex-
coed sixteen players. This limit was set /
to give the New York club chance to re- i
cruit from the surplus talent, but up to /
date the Giants have not needed discards /
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