Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1901-08-14
Base Ball Notes.

Base Bali Notes.
Baltimore for the last time today in
double-header.
Patten and Mercer will put forth their
best endeavors to win from the Birds.
Carrick pitched another good game yes
terday, but McGinnity did better. The lat
ter's support was almost perfect.
There were no sensational plays in yes.
terdays game, unless Jack Farrells re-
tirement of McGSaw at second on Clarke's
low throw can be called one.
Carrick started the trouble yesterday
when he gave Jackson his base on balls
in the seventh Jackson has been hitting
at 200 of late and should have been nailed.
Errors and base hits followed.
Manager McGraw is playing a very care
full game just now for fear Of bringing on
trouble with his injured knee. He had
second stolen on Clarke yesterday with
good slide, but Johnny was afraid to take
the chance. srI
Tomorrow the western clubs start their
second series in the east, and Washington
will have the Detroit Tigers as guests for
three days. Norman Elberfeld Is now
back in his regular position at short and
Washington will have it's first chance Of
seeing this little player at his best.
Gradys arm Is still very sore, and he
persuaded Gear to relieve him yesterday of
the job of playing left field. Mikes bat
ting is needed and he should go in the
game, no matter what kind Of fielding
effort he puts up. -..a.a4.,
Orth was knocked out of the box at
Brooklyn yesterday in the second inning,
and White was put in too late to save the
game.
Ex-senator Fox the new Cincinnati Sec
ond baseman, is doing splendid fielding but
is very much Of a disappointment at the
bat.
Outfelder Jones Of the Chicago Ameri-
can League team has not made an error
in over thirty games
Yesterdays defeat was a hard one for
ooI~x 11nu hlrt
thirteen innings TO turn the trick.
Harper of ST. Louis is now leading the
pitchers Of the National League, having
won seventeen games and lost six.
Moore of Cleveland performed one OF the
greatest pitching feats of the season yes
terday. He held Chicago down to one hit
and easily shut them out.
Brooklyn has lines out for another
young blood pitcher, Eilot. OF RockIoru'
Matthewson struck out nine Of the Bos-
ton men, but could not win at that. The
four errors made behind him had much to
do with Bostons victory.
Kitson did all sorts of things to the
phjIlies Yesterday, striking out ten of the
Ouakers and allowing but six scattered
hits. And to think that Hanlon thought
of releasing KIT a rev weeks IS ago ,,,st
s1OO more salary at Boston than he drew
from St. Louis And he was on Frank
Robison's pay roll Just twelve years
7 Ga eue-Wiley Of Portland-who is consid-
cred fit for much faster company Hitting
is his strong point.
Catcher Jiggs Donahue of Milwaukee IS
tho onIv eft-handed backstop in either OF
Ex-Senator Pete Cassidy Is now leading
the Providence team in batting, and his
first base play is feature AZURE on the t eastern
movement on CAMEL to the New York
Ten thousand people saw double-header
at New Orleans last SUNDAY. Inat is pref
ty fair for minor feague, ana SHOWS now
popular base ball really Is.
Pitcher Cuppy has been given the usual
ten DAYS notice Of release by Boston. His
work has been very unsatisfactory Of late,
and as Manager Collins found that the
once famous pitcher had lost his cunning
he was allowed to 60
Mcclure Of Brooklyn has caught In more
games this season than any catcher in the
No tionaI League Powers OF the Athletics
leads the American League In this respect.
Tom Tucker is playing with much spirit
has helped to lift his team-New London
from last place to sixth. and but ten games
now separate them from the leaders.
II is announced that seven Of the Milwau-
season. They are supposed to be Anderson.
Maloney, Mailman. Hogriever, Friel Dono-
hue and Husting. The rest Of the players
said to 1s at now tn
tinue in the game even when Dunn recov-
ers The plan to allow Dunn to remain at
third and McGraw to take short, RELOCATING
Keister to the outfield. has been aban-
doned. as it is believed Brodie and jackson
Will give the team, better batting strength.
Manager Finn Of Little Rock Is Offering a
novel Incentive to his pitchers to do good
work. He has q standing offer Of IS to the
first one who pitches an entire game with
out giving base on balls or hitting a bat
ter.
Milwaukee in the American and Chicago
In the National League are hopelessly last 4
in their respective organizations. Chicago
has lost 81 games and won 81. and Muwau-
kee has lost 81 and won 49, with percent
ages of 1913 and 1896, respectively
A Philadelphia writer hits the nail
souarely when he says: Nearly every day
sees some disgraceful scene OF riot and
cowardly umpire batting on the grounds of
the big league Things have come to a
pretty pass when a thug Is allowed to be a
member of team In a major league Just
because he has the ability to play ball.
Theodore Ribot, professor OF expert
mental psychology at the College de
France, the founder of the Revue Philoso-
phique'' and the teacher of an entire gem
Grafton of students and professors the
world over will retire on pension at the