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

today.
The Athletics are certainly playing the
best game of any club in the American
| League, and deserve to win.
The American League battle starts again
| today all along the line the prettiest fight
coming off at Cleveland.
The reincarnatlon Of Harry Davis has
been nothing If not remarkable Three
| years ago he seemed to be on the decline,
but this season his work has been of the
order to attract attention in every city.
The questions puzzling the Washington
| fans are what positions will Manager
Lotus strengthen, and who are the new
| men. DeMont is slated for second, but this
is about all that is known.
| Washington has four players batting in
the 300 class. the latest man to join the
aristocratc society being George Carey
| With Carey batting around the 800 mark
| there Is not a better first baseman in the
country.
| Bill Clarke Is leading the catchers of the
| country and Lew Drill is at the foot of the
| ladder. 1t will always be Manager Lotus
lament that Clarke was not jollied into join
ing the team earlier. Drill has a bright
future ire, before him, and another years Cruel
ing Will make him a first-class catcher,
carey and Davis are tied for percentage
| honors at first base in the American League
and Coughlin stands fourth among the third
| sackers. Collins, L. Cross and Bradley
| lead Scranton Bill" by a small margin
Big Sam Crawford Of Cincinnati is now
| leading the National League in batting, and
1t Is good bet that he will be with the
| Americans next season, notwithstanding
| that he was browbeaten into signing with
| the Reds
The latest National League averages say
that DeMont has been hitting only 266 but
| these hgures are good. as many of the best
| batters have not reached there this season
Pitcher. Jack Harper Of the st. Louis
American League team has signed with the
I'M not PnrS fnry
of 5000 He was paid 81 900 down.
If Lefty Davis has not already been
picked up Patsy Donovan should sign him
| for his Cardinals. Davis Is one of the best
| players in the business, and did more than
any other Pirate In bringing the 1901 pen
nant to Pittsburg.-St. Louis Star
Mertes, New York's American League
capture, Is an old-time backstnp He used
to work in that position for Tom Lotus in
| Columbus, and always catches when play
ing on the Pacific coast during the winter
| season.
George P: Prentice. pitcher of the Boston
American League team, died at his home
| in Wilmington, Del. yesterday Of typhoid
| fever. He started to play ball too soon and
suffered a relapse. Prentice was twenty
six years Of age. He was a sprinter and
football PLAYER as well as a pitcher.
Pottsville. Pa, club, made a triple play
| unassisted In the game with Lebanon AL
Coliegiates at Lebanon, Pa, yesterday.
With Black on third and Hoyt on second In
! the third inning Loercher met the ball
squarely and shot 1t at Eustace with ter
rifle force. 1t struck his glove, and as 1t
was falling he caught 1t, touched Hoyt
who was on the way to third, and then
stepped on the bag, retiring Black.
Bobby Wallace has been offered $4,000 a
year for three years to play with the Gin
! cnau Reds. Cincinnati sporting writer
! made special trip to St. Louis to make
Bobby the offer. He placed a certified
check for $4,000 under Wallace's eyes and
told him he could have that as a guarantee
| Cincinnati IN
| matter If he would put his name to con-
tract for three years for the salary named.
| "Fifteen-1nning Bill Reidy yesterday
| signed with the st. Louis American League
club for the season of 1908. Reidy has been
| able to pitch but few games this season
| He did not round to form until warm
weather set in, and then just as he was
| becoming effective he had the misfortune to
get the index finger on his right hand
| caught in the machinery of an elevator in
a hotel at Detroit. The finger healed slow
| ly, and as yet Reidy has not been able to
pitch but he may get in at the finish. AS
pitcher Of slow balls or "foaters' he is
| one of the best in the business.-St Louis
| Star.
The Athletics finished the western series
yesterday with a well-earned victory over
Cleveland. and, as Boston did not play,
! gained few points in the race for the
| pennant. The only other game played was
between st. Louis and Detroit, in which
| the former won an easy victory which tied
with Boston for second honors.
If any pitcher in the Western League
| mas equaled the record made at League
Park in this city yesterday by Gibson of
the Kansas City team. the Gazette mas not
| heard of 1t. In fact. pitcher In any of
| the larger leagues in the country has pitch
| ed ten-inning no-hit game this season as
| far as is known. Three no-hit games have
| been pitched in the Western League this
year, one in Omaha during a Kansas City
SERIES in which Omaha won the game
without getting a hit off Gibson one in
! Milwaukee in which Adkins let Denver
| down without a safety, and yesterdays
| game at League Park in which Gibson
| pitched nine and one-half innings without
| allowing even a scratch hit. In the tenth
| inning of yesterdays game, after the teams
| had been batting for two solid hours with
out a score, Dusty Miller ping-ponged one
| to right field for three bags, emptying the
bases Of Gibson. Ketchem and Waldron and
winning the second game of tho present
| at-home series for the Blue Sox by score
| of 3 to o. Weimer started in 10 pitch for
| the visitors but got gay with the umpire
! and was put Of the grounds In the last
| half of the first inning. Gibson, the youth
| who once upon time struck out fourteen
| ruen in this city, took Jakes place and let
! the locals down without even a hit in the
| ten innings. But seven times did the To-
| Gals get man to first. six of them being
| on passes.-St. Joseph Gazette.