Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-07-09
Base Ball Notes,

The Senators will be home tomorrow and
start series of seventeen games Maybe
they will do better.
The author of the New York Sun article
in another column is Joe Villa, one of the
best-posted base ball men in the country
and close friend of President Ban. John
son.
The Baltimores are evidently PLAYING
their best ball to show Captain Robinson
that they think more Of him than thew do
of McGraw.
Chasing the Senators as a $4,000 aggre-
cation is ridiculous. A handsome house
and lot can be bought for the money be-
tween that sum and the actual salary list
Thirty eight thousand dollars is about right
and plenty high enough.
The Baltimore papers will soon awaken to
the fact that eX-Manager McGraW has
been playing them for Reubens All the
same, the little fellow is a cute one from
whatever angle he is viewed.
In the fourth inning yesterday the Orioles
were retired on three successive force hits
In the eighth inning they retired on three
flies to center.
Murphy the Athletics new recruit. not
only showed the way at bat, but he was
right there in the field. He had two err
rors. but you can stand for two errors in
any player who gets up to fourteen chances.
He and Monte Cross had twenty-four
chances between them.
In the second inning Wolverton hit to
Seymour who made one of his rare errors
and caused the safe hit to be good for three
bases. WoIverton scooted for third and
got there In good time. Seymour threw to
Williams, who touched second bag VOL
verton was out. He had cut second and
had been caught in the act-tke first time
a man has been called out for that trick
this season on the Baltimore grounds
Baltimore American.
Pitcher Tom Hughes will be released to
the Boston American League team. Hughes
arm has been steadily improving and he Is
now in good shape. Since Cronin has made
good there is ample pitching material on
the Baltimore club with McGinnity How
ell, Cronin and Shields. Bresnahan will
play third base permanently. Should Rob
will take his place back of the bat and
Oyler will play third. Managers Robinson
| and Kelley have had their attention drawn
| to a good infielder whom they may secure.
Baltimore Sun.
The injunction cases brought by Col
| John 7. Rogers from the keystone to the
| buckeye state for the purpose of prevent
| ing Lajoie and Bernhard from playing with
| the American League club come up in
Cleveland today. President B. B. Johnson
and Vice President Somers of the American
| League will be present In behalf of their
| organization and a novel defense will in all
| probability be made. Rogers will be repre-
| scented by Judge I. NJ Sampson. Johnson
| vestigate the Baltimore-New York situa-
ton, brought about by McGraw's change Of
| front. soon as the cases have been dis
posed Of
| League batting records in their game with
! the "Hubites' yesterday, finding the Bos-
| ton pitchers for twenty-seven hits, six of
which were contributed by Connie Mack s
latest phenom. Murphy, who played his
first game in select society. Boston used
| three twirlers in a vain effort to stop the
slaughter, but the Athletics were not to be
denied, and rolled up a collection of twenty
| two runs, as against nine for Boston.
| Catcher Robinson had a choice assort-
ment of luck in the sixth inning of yester-
days game. He hit an ordinary single to
| Delehanty, but 1t struck a tuft OF grass.
bounded over Delehanty's head and became
a double. That the good luck. Bresna-
| han hit hot one between Wolverton and
| Ely. Both made a dive for it and they got
right in the way of Robbie as he was steam
ing for third on his way home. Robbie
bumped into Wolverton. who was in a
stopping position, and turned a complete
somersault over the third baseman. Down
| they went in a heap. and instead OF getting
| home there was not too much time TO spare
| in getting to third.
Manager Tom Lotus says that practical
| ly all the club owners in the American
| League believe that johnson is right In
| standing up for clean base ball. Collins and
| Griffith have been severely punished TINS
season, but nothing has been heard of their
going to the Nationals. 1t Is Johnson S
principle and not his antipathy to McGraw
that has caused the friction. That clean
base ball will pay is shown by the expert
ence of Cleveland In Tebeaus day in that
city Cleveland always had winning team
one that fought for the pennant to the nm
ish, and yet the attendances were so poor
in Cleveland that Robson was compelled &c
always play away from Cleveland Somers
has gone into that city and given clear
base ball. The result is that Cleveland Is
today one of the best-paying cities on the
American League circuit.
| The Baltimore base ball club met yeSter
day to take formal action on McGraW re-
| quest for his release. The following STATE
ment was made after the meeting by vice
President Frank:
THE club has formally granted McGraW
the release he asked for. In view OF the
fact that he was not in harmony WIN the
president Of the organization or Wnlch tlt
Baltimore club Is a part, 1t was not TO IIe
| advantage of the club to retain MIN. LII.
meeting was perfectly harmonious, an.
there is still the utmost good 1eeilne oL
both sides. McGraw has now no lnteTes
of any kind in the Baltimore CLUB. he ma
sold his stock, amounting to $6ooO 10 MI
Mahon. No director has yet been electeo u
succeed McGraw but Kelley ana foplnsot
will succeed him as joint managers, VII,
equal authority. The Baltimore cup WI
receive no bonus from the New YORK cur
for the release Of McGraw, as mas peer
reported"
SAILOR KILLED ON HIGH SEAS