Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1901-08-17

troit to Crockett and High, as neither one
VIII DO In this company. Dillon is about
wen ana VIII play first base from now on
st. Louis ranks first in team batting.
%. Louis also leads In extra base hitting
Pittsburg and st. Louis are tied for the
plays
Year after year Burkett. Keeler and
Deienanty are among the first four bats
men of the league This trio is now close
to the top Flick is 40 points behind, and
La9oie, their old rival, is leading the
American League with the stick.
"Scrappy Bill'' Joyce will not manage
the New York base ball team this year.
he went to New York from St. Louis about
the Giants. Joyce concluded that his busi-
ness was suffering during his absence and
ne left for homo last night.
artists who are ripe for National League
promotion are Pitchers Wright and Coggs-
wen OF the Daytons and Pitcher Gibson of
the Kansas Citys. 1t is believed that the
brooklyn club agents are negotiating for
these three also. Manager Hanlon is not
1t transpires that never before in the
history of professional base ball has the
Price of minor league ball players reached
such height, and it would seem as If the
minor league magnates had formed trust
10 BOOST the value Of the commodity
leo sullivan, the famous base ball i'm
presarlo, was In Indianapolis last Wednes-
day. He called on President Brush at the
latter's place Of business and had a con-
ference with him which lasted quite a
period. Sullivan is supposed to be Ma
tional League agent. He has always mixed
up In base ball affairs, and is a good Judge
of players Mr. Brush had nothing what
ever to say of Sullivans visit. He would
not make public the nature Of his confer
same night for Chicago. 1t is believed he
is on the lookout for players for the Gin
cinnati club.
THAT fellow Krause will be handed to
every team that strikes Chicago this sum-
mer short infielder," remarked Tom
LOTUS, in speaking of the man who caused
the Reds to lose game in Chicago recent
~. perhaps after he has helped us to q
bunch of games he will be able to play the
bag. I remember an experience of that
kind. Years ago, when ] was with the
Milwaukees, Lady Baldwin, who was
later star southpaw, was hanging around
the grounds In Grand Rapids Every team
that came there short of a pitcher was
steered against Baldwin. and, Of course,
Grand Rapids would win those games
which he pitched 1 finally got a hold Of
him and In a few weeks ne had developed
irto star. For several years Lady Bald
win was the star southpaw Of the country.
1t only goes to show that these youngsters
VINO are dubs sometimes develop into the
real thing. '-Chicago Tribune.
Roscoe Miller will pitch for the Detroit
team of 1902, Norman Elberfeld will play
short and Kid Gleason will cover second
base. That much has been determined and
1t is no surprise as far as the two star
infielders are concerned, but with Miller it
Is different. Miller has been wanted by the
National League and has had no less than
four offers, one of which was more than
double what he has been receiving from
Detroit. This team, through an agent,
offered Miller 800 for next season, with
big bonus for signing, and he came very
near doing 1t, as 1t was at the time he was
on the outs with the management of the
Tigers. 1t is evident that President Burns
has had to go way up in the air In the
salary matter, and Miller will doubtless get
as much as any man on the team.
The race for the pennants in the two big
leagues has assumed several points of SIM
il2rity. In the American League Boston
holds second place. with a percentage of
.574, having won "a and lost 40 games. EX
actly the same state of affairs prevails in
the National Philadelphia has won and
lost many games as the Boston Ameri-
cans. st. Louis, however, is two points
closer to Philadelphia than is Baltimore to
Boston. For almost a week Baltimore and
Boston have been running neck-and-neck
Boston leading by an extremely narrow
margin. At the head of the second division
clubs in the American League standing,
Philadelphia repoSes with an average of
.4S9. Boston, which leads the second
division clubs of the National League, has
the same average. Boston has won but 40
games and has dropped Al. The Athletics
have won 46 and lost As. In the matter OF
games won the American topliner. Chi
cago leads Pittsburg of the parent league
by fourteen points.