Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-04-22
Base Ball Notes.

Senators and Georgetown again today.
Tomorrow the real battle starts up, the
Senators facing the Bostons.
Coughlin caught fly yesterday back OF
second base that was ticketed for safe ter
ritory when it left the bat.
Harry Wolverton is playing a splendid
game, and il he continues the gait tomor-
row he will not suffer in comparison with
Collins of the Bostons.
Carey is hitting the ball on the noodle
at present, and his long drive yesterday for
homer created lots of enthusiastic COM
ment.
Captain Delehanty is still over weight
and lacks the midsummer energy. With q
few more pounds knocked off Del will be
in shape to do himself justice.
Catcher Clarke failed to show up yester-
day and Drill had to play against his old
club mates. The new Senator is big IA
yorite in Georgetown and was given the
glad hand every time he came to the bat.
That man Bowling, on first for the blue
and gray will bear watching. He is GER
tainly fast on his feet and handles himself
all over like ball player.
Twenty regularly organized professional
base ball leagues, the largest number ever
known in the history of the national game,
will play this season.
Tommy Tucker, who was an idol in sew
erai of the big cities, now returns TO Meri-
den, Conn, where he started seventeen
years ago.
Old National Leaguers who will be on the
California teams this season are Leahy,
Shugart. McHale. Waddell. Anterior, Deck
er, Raymer, Reilly and Downing.
Catcher Bowerman says Winnie Mercer
made Mathewson what he is today. Winnie
has a good thinker and he is able To teach
a good many of them valuable pointers.
a Sexton is president of the two base
ball leagues, Snail is second baseman for
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grounders at short for Selee's recruits and
Killing is a pretty good name for a catcher.
Jimmie Collins says he has a much
stronger team than last season; the infield
is stronger, the pitchers more formidable
and the outheid hhterS of a superior quail
ity. The Boston players have the greatest
faith in their ability to win out from all
corners, but they say very little.
Pete O'Brien is improving in his stick
work with the boosters. Watkins insists
that he will be the hardest hitting short
stop in the American Association this year.
Jesse Burkett has been hitting poorly in
practice so far this season. 1t will be re-
membered that for long time last year he
was weak with the stick. After the season
was half over he braced up, and finished at
the head of the league list
Dusty Miller of the Chicagos is the
third outfielder of that name who has been
prominently before the public in recent
years. Cincinnati had the original owner of
the name; then Dayton developed a
Dusty and now comes this gentleman
from Kansas City. He promises to keep up
the good reputation of the appellation
Big Cy Swain, with Washington in 1887,
has Joined the New Orleans team. He is
studying for the ministry and also for the
lecture platform, and needs little money
to complete his course of instruction at a
Florida college.
Dick Harley is playing good ball up in
over passing up his Cincinnati job. In
porkopolis he would have stood a good
chance to ring in with the tail-enders. while
In Detroit he is member of an aggrega-
ton that promises to make them all hustle
President johnson will apportion his UNI
DireS to eastern and western section the
same as he did last year. He has assigned
Connolly and Sheridan to the eastern end
OF the circuit and O'Laughlin and Caruth-
ers will make the decisions in the western
games during the first part of the season
The fans were most indignant after Sat
urday's game. They knew that Donovan's
charges are made up in the main of young
sters. and that they were opposed to base
balls banner club. There was but little
jeering or hooting. Had 1t been the old
bunch who had put up the exhibition there
Jakey Beckley turned trick at the ex-
pense of Catcher Frank Chance, which has
not been successfully pulled off In many
years. Chance had reached first on hit
The ball was thrown to Beckley who
placed it under his arm. while Swormstedt
struck his pitching attitude. Chance natu-
rally walked on the bag. and Jake put the
ball on him. That was one play which the
crowd enjoyed. and which caused Mr.
Chance to say things to himself during the
remainder Of the ACKNOWLEDGEMENT En-
quirer.
Never in the history Of the game have
there been SO many young players break
into the big league as this season." says
Capt. Lowe Of the Chicagos. Even during
the brotherhood year. when two organiza-
lions were practically made out of one,
fewer youngsters broke into the game than
viii make their debuts In fast company
this season. The old players who jumped
to the American League are principally re-
sponsible for this influx Of young talent
and these same players will be the ones to
suffer from it. for the greater number of
youngsters that are developed the greater
number of young and lasting stars will
come into the business. and the quicker will
be the exit of the veterans. As rule there
is prejudice against too much young tai
emit. This season. however. the National
League Is forced to depend largely upon
raw material for Its strength. and I have
no doubt that many excellent men will be
discovered who otherwise would have re-
manned In obscurity. This means that