Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1901-06-18
fact that many of the clubs were burdened

fact that many of the clubs were burdened
| with heavy expenses early in the season
frlnceton and Harvard ought to get tn
| gether In base ball in another season Har
saro misses its annual game with Prince
| ton, ana no logical reason has vet hea,,
| given why the series between the two cIuhs
| should not consist of three games The as
| sertlon that Princeton was too authorita-
| tive Is schoolboy answer
| They may talk about the National I,aas,a
| pan, Out when all the Boston paners saw
tnat the American Leaguers play a faster
article than Nick Young's men it must con-
| me inc. nor lew sanguine ones that Ban
Johnson's organization is certainly a sue
cess from every standpoint
Az the Chicago players express surprise
! at the strength and fine work of the Sena-
| Tors ana 1t Is now felt that Jimmy Man
| ning's team will be Contender in tho
american League pennant race. 1t took
long time for the White Stockings to find
| this out.-Baltimore News
| w lille Keller has divulged his saora+
| OF how he attained the premier batsman-
/ snip of the league. 1t was because he was
good guesser, for Willie says curve pitch
ins Is no harder to hit than a straight
| pan. All the batter has to do is to guess
Just what the pitcher is going to send up
| New York Herald. How easy,
In the last six games Uncle Joe Quinn
| has accepted thirty-nine out of. forty
| chances. and several of these were counted
| impossible when he started after them
| FOR an au-around player who is In the
game with both feet from the time the
| nrst man takes his position until the last
| out IS made Uncle Joe is the man to tie TO.
Baltimore Sun.
Dolan, the player released by Chicago and
signed by Brooklyn to take Lefty Davis
| place, began his league career with the
| Bcstons as left-handed pitcher, but he
| was too light for league company. and
| after several seasons in the minor leagues.
| aeNeloped INTO fast fielder and was signed
by Chicago. He is good hitter and a fast
| runner and will be useful to BROOKLYN He
| Will act as utility man for the present and
| VIII join the champions at Brooklyn next
TUESDAY.
| For the sixth consecutive time Matthew
| son met defeat Saturday. The puny little
| Chicagos tail-enders in the league and
properly so. seemed to fatten on the New
| York star twirler, who delights in nothing
| so much as telling how he does it. They
hit him at will in the first; he was in the
| air in the sixth, and Ii was a combination
| or both in the seventh. In each of these
| innings Chicago got three men over the
| plate, and that was sufficient to win hands
] down.
| Il see that Ban Johnson has attended a
| game in Cincinnati as the guest Of John It
| Brush" said President Soden of Boston the
/ other day. II wonder if there is anything
| doing? 1 have not heard from Brush this
| season. but the chances are that he is
! working out some plans for the future
| think 1t VIII yet come to the plan / mapped
| out some years ago-that is. base ball d.
| vided up in the east and the west and
| after series In both sections the sections
| to pay one visit each way"
| The American League race is becoming
| more interesting as the half-mile post
| looms up. The first division clubs are
| playing steady ball and the leaders are
| within easy reach now by at least three
| other clubs. The Athletics are drawing up
| slowly, but surely, and will be higher in
| the race before long. The Brewers have
ousted the Cleveland babes from last posi-
| ton and are now honored with the title of
| tailenders. The fall has been steady since
| they left home, winning one out Of seven
| games played thus far.
| After having taste of 25-cent ball IT is
more than likely that the public will refuse
! TO let go Of the halves as of old. and the
| league club is bound to suffer even with
| the best kind of a club. / know Charley
| Somers is always for peace. and so is Com
| iskey, but they are not likely to yield soon
| with everything coming their way. The
| whole question comes down to salaries OF
| the players, and am quite sure that every
| club in the business is anxious TO keep the
| figures down. Take Baltimore in the east:
= the small attendance at the home games
| has made it plain that the old town will
| not stand for a losing team and cannot
| draw long with a champion team. The
players will unite again for self-protection,
| but will have poor chance with the league
| and American working together and taking
| In all the good cities.-Murnane in Boston
Globe.
Looking for Challenges.
| The Lfncolns defeated the Columbias by
| 81 to 16. The fielding of Parks was the
| main feature and had a good deal to do
| with the result. The winning team would
like to hear from teams averaging twelve
years, the Tanglewoods and National Stars
preferred Address Chris Mullady, lis oath
street northwest.
The Cyclones have organized with the fol-
| lowing players: Gaynor, Boyer, Lyler, Gal
lagher. Ertter, McCauley. Walker. Herman
and Keefe- Address challenges to Ertter,
captain. 800 Virginia avenue southwest
The Toners, who have not been defeated
| this year, won their fifth game Saturday by
| defeating the Maryland Stars 8 to 5. Teams
| averaging fifteen years send challenges to
| Frank Pagan, SOB 22d street northwest.
| Farewell Reception.
A reception was held last evening In the
! Sunday school rooms of the St. Johns Lu-
| theran Church, on Az street southwest, by
| the officers and members OF the congrega-
ton. including the Ladies' Aid Society,
Luther League, Young Peoples Society and
the Mems Association. to bid their pastor,
the Rev. George Brodthage, and Mrs Brod-
image farewell, and wish them pleasant
and happy voyage and safe return Mr.
Brodthage, accompanied by his wife and
son George, will san tomorrow by the North
German Lloyd steamer from Baltimore for
three months trip to Europe to visit
their parents and friends.
Appropriate expressions of good wishes
were made by the president OF the church.
Mr.. Herman A. Rau, and the president of
which We're feelingiy responded to by the
n flrl act