Evening star., 1901-07-18
Base Ball Notes.


Detroit had the luck yesterday.
Carrick will try to turn the tide in favor
of Washington today.
Detroit's infieid was lightning fast yester-
day, the four men handling twenty-one out
Of the twenty-seven put-outs-
The Milwaukees pulled off five double
plays yesterday against the Quakers, but
were unable to win, as their batting was
weak.
timoreS yesterday at Chicago. Captain
Robinson had a finger knocked out and
Bresnahan will have to do all the catching
for awhile.
Doctors have not Jared well In base ball
this season. DR.. Harley Parker was
slaughtered in Brooklyn and during the
past week both Drs. Newton and McJames
have been released.
Joe Kelley considers Billy KeeIer the best
batsman that ever welded a willow.
'Keeler can hit any kind of pitching to any
field" said Kelley, land that is something
no man before him ever, was able to do
The series between the Brooklyn and Pi-
rate teams will be for blood. Some of the
champions have been quoted as saying that
Brooklyn would win the pennant If it had
no harder proposition than the Pittsburg
team to deal with, Manager Clarke is
warm over this, and says that Hanlon's
men will be taught trick two.
The Giants surely getting the western
sheckels, but not the western games. 1t
has been as sensational and spectacular a
trip as the first one. In Pittsburg, Cincfn-
natl and st. Louis things have fairly
blaZed. All the wild and wooy western
base ball trimmings have been thrown in.
Extra inning games have figured in every
series, and the weather has kept time with
the warmth Of the contests
That good-na tured chunk of humanity
Kip" Seibach made a peculiar and meri-
torious record at st. Louis. Though he
battes1 but one safety. he crossed the plate
with four runs, all but one of those made
by New York. and he de a fob
of fly from Wallace's bat in the third in
ming which was startling, to say the least.
The crowd showed that St. Louisans can
appreciate good ball playing no matter in
what kind Of a uniform it Is played, by
cheering Selbach on several occasions.-St
Louis Republic.
Christy Mathewsons performance last
Monday In St Louis, when he shut ST.
Louis out without base hit, gives the New
YORK pitcher the record for the season. In
the minds of many MatheWson was a star
only before he hau not lost game. When
ne met defeat many thought he was an ex-
ploded phenom. His work Monday proves
him great pitcher beyond question. Gin
clnnat1 has had pitchers to turn the no-hit
trick Hahn did it last season against the
heavy-hitting Philadelphia aggregation and
two years ago Breitenstein let Pittsburg
down without a hit. Mathewson's perform
ance Is more remarkable because it was
accomplished on foreign grounds.
cincinnati has captured a great man in
Fey." says Manager Ashenback. late man
ager Of the Newport News team Wait
till you see him play. Why. the other out
helders will be in his way. Talk about
covering ground. There is no man in the
country In his class 1 saw him play last
season at Auburn, N. Y. Fox is fast but
Bey Is even faster. He is undoubtedly the
fastest man playing ball today. 1 think
President Brush has made a ten-strike in
getting him He bats left-handed and
chops at the ball like Keeler and McGraw.
He will get his hits, too. In Bey the Reds
have secured the greatest outfeIder alive.
Just watch him play and see If I'm not
right. Cincinnati Enquirer.