Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-06-24
Base Ball Notes.

| The second round with Boston starts to-
day.
Everybody will get the 'glad hand from
| the fans"
| Billy Keister stopped over in Baltimore
| but was out practicing early this morning
| Dougherty, Boston's new man, will be
watched with interest. as he will make his
! first appearance in Washington today.
Buck Freeman has at last struck his
gait and is leading the Bostons in long
hits.
But for Wolverton's great playing at
third Lajoie would have had two more
doubles to his credt.-Clevsland Leader.
New York has tried fifteen men in the
outfield so far this season. At that rate
they will play about forty-fiVe in the outer
garden before the year comes to a close.
Charley Dryden says the Giants are made
up of dozen college boys, plumber and
Chicago police court attorney. O'Hagen
and Hendricks are the last two he re-
fcrS to.
One famous long game is the eighteen
inning contest between Providence and De-
troit at Providence in 1882, which Rad
bourne won for Providence by hitting for
home run in the eighteenth inning. The
score was 1 to O.
1t was the first Saturday game that
Cleveland has lost at home and also
Moore's first defeat upon the home grounds
Manager Mack of the Philadelphia Ath-
letics is anxious to have Billy Clingman
desert the Milwaukee team to play short
lot the Quaker city aggregation in place
OF Monte Cross. At the same time the Mil
waukee critics are roasting Clingman for
his poor work at short. There seems to be
something personal in these attacks
The Chicago and the Pittsburg eli BIS of
the National League Sunday afternoon bat
tied understanding game in the former
city, breaking the records for extra lorg'
contests in that league. 1t was a brilliant
| game from the opening to the closing in
| ing, and it will ever be remembered by the
followers of the Orphans. for in the nine
teenth inning 1t was won by the Seleei.es.
| The score was: Chicago, 3; Pittsburg Q
John 7. Brush. chairman of the National
Leagues executive committee has an
nounced the suspension of Tinker of Chi
| cago and Conroy of Pittsburg, pending an
investigation of their case by the board
| Both were ordered out of the game Sunday
| In Chicago because. of an encounter and
report was Immediately made to Chairman
| Brush.
| Andy Coakley. the star pitcher of HOLY
| Cross College. Worcester, has just turned
| down one of the most fatteriug profes-
| slonal base ball offers ever submitted 10 a
| college player untried in league work The
| proposition came from Connie Mack man
| ager of the Philadelphia American League
club. 1t Included a two-years' contract at
! $500 month, the understanding being that
| should Coakley fail of success in the lea gue
| he would receive the full two ycars' salary
! and not be released
Rube Waddell. one of the greatest nat
! urai pltchers that ever performed from the
J middle of the diamond, will ioin the Ath-
letics this week. He left Kansas CITY last
night IN company with Manager Connie
Mack.
1t was under the management of Mr.
Mack that WaddeIl first came into promi
nence. and there is every reason To believe
that with the Athletics Waddeu will du-
pilcate the successes which made him
noted. -'tii
Waddell is in the best of shape. having
been working all the season on the coast
He will fill a want that has been notice
able In the Athletics pitching department
since the opening of the season His ac-
QUESTION Will not only strengthen the pitch
ing department individually but coIlec-
lively. as 1t will enable Manager Mack to
give some of his overworked box artists a
needed rest.