Evening star., 1901-06-07
| class condition. Several other minor i'm
| provements have been made which the

class condition. Several other minor i'm
provements have been made, which the
patrons win be sure e:seaeppreciate:
position up to- to the lin saturday last for
way.
The Teutonic sectio OF the left field
bleacherS has dubbed e Brewers third
baseman "Burkhard' ID Conroy Con
rad" and the "knockers~ have ceased their
lay.-Milwaukee Sentinel.
The good showing of the Washingtons in
the American League is one of the season s
features. In some quarters they were put
down as sure tailenders They have had
the advantage of EXCELLENT battery work.
Mike Grady seems to be paying more at
tention to the game an& less to the um1 1Nire
will improve any play&-New York Sun
The pace has been aFlittle fast for Foutz
and Rohe of the Baltimores, and they have
Hart, Dundon and Barber of the Grand
Rapids Western Association Club, and Is
playing Hart at first base.
Bert Everson, Chester's, Pa. crack pitch
er, has signed with the Boston American
League Everson is a Delaware county
boy. and has an iron arm. He has pitched
winning ball for Brocktdn. Mass; Reading,
Pottsville Bloomsbury and Chester. He
will join the club in Boston.
President William Meyer of the Western
Association wired Ban ~ ohnson yesterday
protesting against the signing of Dundon.
Barber and Hart of Grand Rapids by Bal
timore. stating his league retained the
franchise and players. As Johnson had re-
ceived letter from deacon Ellis. with
notice of release Of the players the pro-
test will not be needed
Wednesdays games caused Cincinnati to
be passed by Pittsburg In the National: In
the American Detroit moved ahead of
Washington and the Athletics dropped to
sixth place.
Joe McGinnity's claim to the title of the
Iron Man is being severely tested by
Baltimore. He is pitching every few days
for the Orioles and the fear is expressed by
his comrades that he will soon break down
from the strain. Up to date he has pitched
eight of the twenty-one games played by
the Orioles, winning seven of them.
Tom McCreery wasn't good enough for
the PittSburgs. Here Is what he did
against his old comrades in the four games
last week: He made seven hits in fifteen
times at bat, an average Of .467; he scored
three runs and batted in two others and
made thirteen putouts without an error: he
figured prominently in the two games won
by Brooklyn and it was not his fault that
the home team miscued in the other two
Brooklyn Eagle.
Charles Comiskey is making arrange
ments to enlarge the seating capacity Of
his south side park. When the ball team
returns from it's eastern trip at the end of
June he hopes to have completed a new
stand seating several thousand. He has
secured the plot of ground just east of his
park and extending to Ethe alley $50 feet
wide and nearly the length of the park.
This will make 1t possible to put the right
field fence out of the way of so many home
runs, and at the same time give space to
the right field bleachers out without
interfering with the player in the right
garden. Ever since the opening of the sea-
son Comiskey has been taxed for space
to seat the patrons Of the game.
Latest American League records show
Detroit leading the sluggers of the Amert-
can League in extra bases, while Lajoie Is
the procession in base running, and the
foxy Griffith ranks as: leading pitcher
Among the slabmen who quit the National
League Griffith, Carricks @McGnnity, Young
winning twenty-eght games out of thirty
fallen ''f hafsrs a0 nBsT BernhaTd hash
Hawlsy, Mercer, Frasefs s:Garvin and Piatt
thirty-four they have presided over.
Magnates of the American League are
already laying their wires for the cam
paign that is to be waged next winter, and
from reports the league Is not yet done
expanding. The situation in the base ball
world has convinced .emore than one of
them that now is the timesto get into the
remaining large cities that are wanted in
the circuit and to either make terms of
peace with the National league or deter
mine upon an even hardeE fight than the
one that has been carried on this season.
Under the present plan, which several of
them are now strongly in favor Of. New
York and possibly St. Louis will be in the
American League next year.
Dale Gear, Case Patton Sam DUNCAN
and Billy Clingman off the Washing gton
club have8 the souvenir scraze. Every
morning these players can be seen walk
ing along the business streets inspecting
every show window. Gear leans toward
fine Haviland china cups and saucers
Patton likes a pretty decorated plate. Dun
gan delights in silver spoons and kodacs
while Clingman carries cut glass from
every city he visits DUNCAN and Cungman
are married men and souvenirs help make
their homes more beautiful Patton and
Gear are not married, but they are going
to make their homes beautiful.-Ch
Record-Herald.