Evening star., 1901-05-07
Base Ball Notes,

| Boston once more today.
| Carrck will pitch and, it is hoped, will
| win.
| Cuppy or Kelum will be on the rubber
| for the Bostons.
The Senators open a three days series in
baltimore tomorrow and then go to Boston.
! The trip will do them good.
Washingtons pitchers are not right ex-
cept Carr1ck, and the men have lost con-
hdence on account Of the rough grounds.
They will play better ball away from home
Mike Grady was on first yesterday, Ever
lit having bad knee, and he PLAYED the
position with unusual cleverness and hit
the ball hard.
Farrell: Quinn. DUNCAN and Clngman
are big favorites with the bleacherites and
their inability to do themselves justice has
been taken in good part by their admirers.
They are bound to make good" was the
almost universal cry yesterday.
1t would be a hard matter to discover
two better looking youngsters than Parent
and Ferris, and the Boston people will be
comparing them with Long and Lowe be-
fore the season Is month old.
Clarke and Grady secured five of the ten
hits credited to Washington yesterday, the
former getting a double and two singles,
while the latter chaIked up a double and a
single. O'Brien batted in hard luck, two
splendid drives going right into Hemphills s
hands in right field.
Second Baseman Joe Quinn is getting
back into his old-time form Yesterday he
made two plays of the ringer" order, the
first time retiring Hemphill and the second
| time losing Collins through Cantillion's
poor decision.
The attendance keeps I'D Well. Yester-
days turnout numbered about 9 500 which,
In the face Of it being Monday and a circus
In town, can be considered above the
average.
Two "rooters' clubs with banners were
out yesterday in the right and left-field
bleachers. One was the Hot Air Club"
and the other the Tin Horn Club" and
collectively they made enough noise to al
most drive sober man to drink.
Washington mustn't expect to win them
all. We didnt.-Detroit Tribune.
Lush Of Rochester and Dooley of Mon
treal batted out the first home runs this
season in the Eastern League.
l cannot sing the old songs now
My hearts too full of woe
But could sing some corking tune
For just one win or so.
Hawthorne.
Three players have thus early secured
five hits in championship game-Farrell
Of Washington, Hannivan Of Grand Rapids
and Meade of Raleigh.
Men are prone to err in judgment and
human nature falls into many a devious
make large white donks Of ourselves. as L
told Clark Griffith when the game was
over.-From the Meditations Of Charles
Comiskey.
Cloudless days are useful for training
purposes. but make trouble for the man
who has to chase a high fly. The ball,
when In the air, appears no larger than a
pea. and even good judges often find them
selves in the wrong place when it comes
down.
Ex-senator Cassidy is again holding down
first base for Providence, and is hitting
the ball hard Pete" promises to dupli-
cate or better his last years batting rec
ord, when he finished sixth among the
batsmen of the Eastern League.
Then said I. looking at the jangling strife,
The field where foolishness and war were
rife:
Think you that scenes like this would be
allowed
Over at my park? No, not on your life.'
From the Rubaiyat Of James A. Hart.
Skopec Is the only Bohemian player in
the two big leagues. Jake Gettman is a
Russian, Griffith is OF Welsh descent: Har-
ry Smith, the catcher. Is an Englishman;
Joe Quinn, an Australian; Bob Wood, q
Scotchman; Lajoie and Lachance are
French-Canadians and Anderson Is q Nor
wegian.
st. Louis ought to have won Monday, but
no team in the world could have won with
Breitenstein pitching. Breitenstein was
absolutely thrust on to the Robisons. They
didn't want him. Nobody Of any base ball
acumen believed he could make good. You
can never make the base ball mill grind
NTH the waters that are passed. But the