Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-05-24
Base Ball Notes.

ST. Louis winds up the series today and
Cleveland comes Monday.
Pitchers Townsend and Donohue may
fight it out today.
Bill Clarke played his first game of the
season, and it was beauty, both at the
bat and in the field.
George Carey Is certainly putting up a
fine game at first. his work yesterday on
the muddy field being specially noticeable
A barbed wire fence in front of the right
field bleachers would be the proper thing.
Seine day the crowd will rush over and a
close game. will be lost.
Wolverton played something like his own
self yesterday, two of the stops made be-
ing ringers, while at the bat Harry hit the
ball hard.
There is no discounting the St. Louis
team 1t will always be found near the.
top and should the Browns win the cham
pionshp it would occasion very little sur
prise
Case Patten made his usual bad start
yesterday, but contrary to his usual per-
formance also finished bad.
1t Is not beyond the range of possibili-
ties that Lajoie will be with the Cleve-
lands when that aggregation appears here
Monday.
The St. Louis lads certainly had the luck
with them yesterday. but the point should
not be lost sight of that they played splen-
did ball at all stages of the route.
The three Washington boys with the New
are cutting a wide Swath. All are batting
over the 300 mark and fielding sensation
ally. In last Sundays game Atz and Stan
ley had three hits each and Norcum two
New Orleans is now leading in the race.
"Chick" Fraser made his first appearance
with the Phillies yesterday against the
ChicagOS and won his game, the hits being
scattered throughout the nine innings
Johnny McGraw will now have to make
good with his threat to quit the game the
next time he was benched.
1t Is said that there is a CONSPIRACY form
ing in the American league to overthrow
Ban. Johnson. If it is successful it means
the leagues finish
Bay made his debut with Cleveland We'd
nesday and played an excellent game. He
made a double and two singles, accepted
four chances and caught a man at the MIA te
by a fast throw.
The headline tells the tale. Here is how
the New York Journal starts off: Same
old tale Giants can't hit Gotham hall
tossers, failing to whack the sphere at the
right time. lose another game to the Reds
Manager Fogel roasts Mathewson."
The accident to Van Haltren, coming as
it does when Christy Mathewson is in bad
shape and will not be able to work for "a a
week or more, and Bill Kenne6y's Illness
makes a rather deplorabfe outlook for the
Giants Roy Clark the ex-Brown Uniyer-
is nowhere near the batter Van is
Van Haltren's injury, the breaking ne
small bone in his ankle on Thursday. ia not
as serious as was Ut HrSJ supposed for fba
doctors say the old fellows base hall da,.s
are not yet over. He win be able tn %
about on crutches IN three or four SaS 81
but it will be at least two months before
he can again play ball.
In the game between Detroit and p,,t,-
more yesterday in Baltimore Irmnire
O'Laughlin ordered McGann back TON
third to first base on the Detroit's claim
that Joe Kelly. on the coaching line had
interfered with the ball. McGraw nro-
tested and was put off the grounds by the
umpire.
The signing of Mike Donlin by the Gin.
cinnati club has brought forth several nrn.
tests. and all because Donlin got into Sc
rious trouble in Baltimore, for which he
is now serving sentence in the Baltimore
Jail. One fan writes: "If the report ia
true. you can look for a boycott against
the Reds"
Shades of Dickey Pearce, Ross Barnes
and the other famous hunters of old! Think
Of Charley Farrell bunting and beating the
ball out. The big catcher pulled of the
trick in recent game SO cleverly that Ma
larkey and Gremengin got tied in a knot
trying to get the ball. Farrell stood on
first and gave the Boston crowd the laugh.
The whole Superba band Joined in the hi
larity, and so did Capt. Long: although
there was little mirth in the Dutchman's
laughter.-Breoklyn Eagle.