Evening star., 1901-09-10

the Orioles tn the championship race. The
Birds ARE certainly IN, bad shape and COM
Ing Ing back fast and utlfss brace is taken
: Emmett Heidrich made the only hits se-
cured by st, Louis or Christy Matthewson
'estsrday The pfesent ,no,o. s,an. nsn, to tho re-
election Of Uncle Nick" Young by the Ma
tionai League. Whehf the older organiza-
ton meets In New York in December so
many Important problems Will come up
that instead Of listening to the complaints
OF Magnate Freedmari and ousting Mr..
Young the other presidents will be sincerely
gIad to keep the veteran In his position to
smooth out the ruffles.
Dr. Jimmy" McJames has certainly
passed through an unIucky season. After
pelng released by Brooklyn, Jimmy went to
Tue .n nlnor leagues, but Fhis fast curves had
.u .esroTs TOT the youngsters and he re-
turned home to get mixed up in a runaway
ana nave his arm broken
,,a. Whlte has secured no press agent
yer, ana there are no reports of his having
'uanpeo Rtt 70 the American League.
Atsons great pitching and sharp field
,as. ,ns py brooklyn shut out the Chicagos
Yesterday. Cannon. New York State
Chicaa CChisue neider, played his first game for
safS MatfbeWaon ano made hs1s a. good Impression.
Nus nus. II the Giants had not had "Christy"
tney would have about made the record
Tor lost games
Tue new player secured Dy C1n-
clnnat, is a full -fedged NJ D. Like Mat
tnewson and Fultz, he Is a crack foot ball
player.
The Chicagos last Friday played at Phil
u elpna Ior the last time this season.
They did not win game, but lost all ten.
ROBERT Gregory, a base ball pitcher of
note. at one time with the Chicago league
team, was killed by the cars in Bloom
Hammond, Ind
When the Cleveland club comes east two
new races will be seen in the lineup. Out
neloer Donovan and Shortstop Mcclure of
the Albany team have Joined McAleer's
men, and will replace O'Brien and Shie-
beck.
Catcher Jacklitsch of the Phillies stop
peo oall with his nose during practice
looked as If he had become too familiar
with hornets nest. Mcfarland, who
duty.
Philadelphia's long winning streak was
broken yesterday, when Pittsburg won in
nard-htting game. The Pirates will
play their last game of the year at Phila-
aelpn,a @ ma today. when Leever and Townsend
are slated to pitch. Up to date these men
nave the best records Of any twirlers in
the National League and great con-
test is expected.
B. s. Muckenfuss, secretary of the St.
Louis club, will be a candidate for sec
retary to the president Of the National
League at the next meeting Of the league
Tor Tor reorganization. 1t is said he will have
magnate.-Boston Globe. Another of Muir
names fairy tales
Rumors from New York are to the eff
rect that President Freedman will reor-
ganize for next season, with Frank Selee
as manager. Reorganization will be nec-
essary, as the American League will COB
BILE up a few Of Mr.. Freedmans best
players
While there is a cinchy look about things
In smoketown Barney Dreyfuss will run
away from man talking pennant as II he
had the black plague The Pittsburg mo-
gul knows that base ball is uncertain, and
when proposition was made to him the
other day by a smoketown enthusiast,
who wants to hang medals on all the Pi-
rates, he pleaded: please don't talk about
that now. Wait few weeks"
A st. Louis report has it that there is
good authority for the statement that
there will be an American League team in
that city. with Jake Beckley as manager.
Beckley was reported recently as having
signed with the American League to go
to Plttsburg next year. This he denied
positively, and besides, 1t is not at all like
ly that there will be any American League
team in Pittsburg.
At least three times this season Nc
Farland OF the Phillies has been guilty Of
absenting himself from the game without
notice. There should be no excuse for his
conduct, and If the young catcher escapes
being suspended for the balance Of the sea-
son Manager Shettsline may have reason
to regret his leniency.-Philadelphia Press.
President Ban Johnson announced In Chi
cago yesterday that to the eight bIacklisted
ball players given out by him on Thursday
there should be added the name Of Fred
Raymer, who Is at present playing short
stop with the Orphans and who has been
holding down third base most of the sea-
SON. Raymer Is said to have been signed
by the Milwaukee American League team
last fall, but Topped to the Chicago Ma
tional League early last spring, and by
SO doing placed himself under the ban OF
I he American I.aaPlle