Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-04-29
Base Ball Notes.

Jimmy Ryan showed lots OF nerve in the
last inning. He had two balls called before
WiitZe began to get them over and two
strikes followed. The third was wide but
the fourth he whipped into left in beautiful
style. 1t was trying moment and the
crowd showed its appreciation with great
applause.
Umpire Jack Sheridan is one of the best
indicator holders in the business. and yes
terday was the first time that he has given
the Senators any the worst of it. The
crowd felt q little sore but nothing like q
demonstration was made against him after
the game
Perhaps Monte Cross didn't feel good over
his great stick work. He has been held up
to ridicule for his weak batting and it puts
him In gloating condition when he lands
on the ball for a winning combination. 1t
is questionable whether he ever got around
the bases faster than he did yesterday
Orth showed splendid headwork in the
| ninth inning when he passed Flick to first
on balls. with Davis on third. He then
struck out Seybold. making the second out
when Cross stepped in and spoiled the COM
bination with his home run.
The spectators should be lenent in their
CRITICISMS when a ground ball gets away
from any of the outf1elders. The ground is
as hard as rock, very uneven and bound
ing ball very hard to judge
The omnibus line from the Navy Yard
to the park has been great success sew
eral hundred of the residents of that sec
ton patronizing the game each day.
Fire Chief Dutton has a novel scheme to
enable his men off duty to see the ball
games. He will have an indicator put UP
next to the score card and every alarm
Will be shown. In this way the fireman
will know whether the fire is In their dis
trlct or not and can govern themselves ac-
cordingly. The plan will be appreciated by
the spectators as well as the firemen.
There has been a great complaint about
the hucksters in the grand stand, and Man
ager Lotus would be doing his patrons a
big favor by making the boys call their
ty, A. t..
umpire'S voice is frequently drowned ont
by the yells Of the boys
The cushions for the reserved seats in the
grand stand have arrived and We're in use
yesterday for the first time. They are very
comfortable, substantial in make and add
to the appearance Of things.
Catcher Tim Donohue is slowly rounding
into form, but is still far from fit. He
could go in at any time In a pinch but
Drill Is doing such good work that it is a
pity to pull him out especially as he is
willing to work.
Outfelder Sheckard's desertion of the
Baltimore club Is deserving retribution
Manager McGraw should not have touched
him after he had signed with Hanlon, but
Donlin's bad break put the team In hole
ana Sheckard was then gobbled up.
The game scheduled for St Louis yester-
day between the Browns and Detroits was
postponed on account Of rain, the grounds
being too wet to play on.
The owners of the Rochester Base Ball
Club will apply for an injunction to pre-
vent Short Stop Bean from playing with
the New Yorks.
"Never could play ball" They'll finish
about seventh" Thursday night: Great.
amt they| "Nothin' less than second
place for us this year" They're peaches"
And SO 1t goes with the tickle base ball pub
| lic.-Detroit Journal
Manager McGraw Of the Baltimore
American League Club yesterday received
telegram from Outfielder James T. Sheck-
ard. dated Philadelphia, saying that he had
made up his mind to return to the Brook
lyn National League Club. The officials of
the Baltimore club will take legal action
to recover the advance money paid him,
the expenses OF training in the south and
whatever other damages possible,
Ban Johnson has his hand on the throttle
and the American League will make sched-
ule time all along the route. The man who
In one season made a minor league pre-
eminent among base ball organizations can
be depended on to preserve it's prestige
The club owners of the American League
and not its president are to blame for the
reinstatement Of contract jumpers Against
his judgment, Johnson reluctantly yielded
to requests for the removal of the ban from
Heidrick and Dinneen, and before he could
close the gaps Taylor and Sheckard fol-
lowed. Contract jumping will never again
be condoned by the American League while
B. B. Johnson is president. nor will a pen
atty imposed on player for rowdyism be
revoked.
The showing made by Pitchers Wright
and Joss Of the Cleveland American League
team against the all-star combination of
urday shows what condition will do in base
ball. The Cleveland pitchers trained in
the south. They are now in excellent con-
dition and fit to do their best work. They
were the two best in the Western Asso-
citation last season, and the fact that they
shut out McAleer's hard hitting team
shows that they were not overrated Con-
dition, however. has cut big figure in
their work. The St. Louis team trained
in the north and is far from being in shape
to do itself justice.
The efforts of the Worcester club of the
Eastern League to compel Fielder Smoot
OF the st. Louis team to return to it is
the initial step Of the minor leagues to
force such players as jumped them to take
League to return to them. The Worcester
club has given notice to the st: Louis club
to return the man. If the club fails to
comply with the request legal action is to
be begun. This step by the minor leagues
is result of the decision in the Lajoie
case. So it will be seen that, while the
National League may have made trouble
for the American League it has also made
some for itself.
AL Orth is likely to get the reputation
here, as he had 1t in Philadelphia, Of being
the slowest of the pitchers, IN his delivery.
He takes plenty Of time to "'wind himself
up and is never hurried In his work, what
ever the score. He is not afraid of his arm
and in consequence pitches more than the
ferring to make the man hit the sphere to
giving him a chance at base on balls. In
this he is regarded by ball players as wise,
for the chances are against the ball going
safe when 1t is hit, the best Of batters Sc
curing less than four hits out Of ten times
up. In yesterdays game Orths work was
peculiar. He pitched 142 balls in all during
the game as against only 115 by Wiltze, al
though only four more Philadelphians faced
Orth than Senators faced Wiltze That is
Orth's average was BIB balls to the man
and that of Wiltse was IS balls to the man.
Yet Orth had some remarkable innings. He
pitched only five balls in the first. four in
the sixth and six in the seventh or fifteen
balls in three full innings. On the other
hand. he used up twenty-nine balls in the
second, twenty-five in the fourth and twen-
ty-three in the fifth. Wiltse used only five
balls in the third. His highest number was
twenty in the seventh, when Washington
was making four runs. Ten Philadelphians
struck the first ball pitched, three Of them
safely, while fourteen Senators hit the first
ball, four Of them safely. Orth pitched
forty strikes and forty-two balls and Wiltse
pitched twenty-four strikes and thirty-fiye
balls.
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