Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-09-26
Base Ball Notes.

Chicago starts series or three games
with the Senators today.
Howard Wilson will pitch for the Wash
ingtons IL his bad knee is strong enough to
stand the strain.
No wonder the Clevelands look good to
the Washington people. The Bluebirds GER
tainly hit the ball for keeps when playing
here.
Bradley fattened up his batting average
on the series just closed, getting eleven
hits In the three games. Four singles, four
doubles. two triples and home run have
a good look in the percentage column.
AS the Chicagos and Washingtons are the
tail@end aggregationS their three games
here should be crowded with interest. az
the two teams are very evenly matched in
playing strength.
Dunkle made bad break in giving Goch-
nauer and Glendon bases on balls in the
second inning, with two hands out. This
piece of work looked worse than his inef-
fective pitching against the whole team.
Scranton BIZ CoughlIn Is simply bun
die Of nerves. No matter how bad the
game looks Bill always plays his best and
is fighter down to the last ditch. He
likes to play the game and couldn't get
lazy If he wanted to.
Magnate Killilea made a big mistake In
giving in to the Boston players. After the
good treatment he has given the men for
the past two summers and then to be held
up for the entire receipts of the post-series
games Smacks too much of the highway
men than straight business. Transactions
OF this sort take all the glamour away from
the game and set the fans to thinking.
Curtis. Pittsburg's new eutfielder, is show
ing well. Marshall, the Pacific recruit, Is
slated for the ak. says a Chicago paper
"Rube" Waddell didn't win as large a
percentage Of his games this year as last,
but somehow or other Connie" Mack 8
men fell down the ladder after "Rube' de-
parted.
Like Finnegan's box car. the Boston
Pirate series Is ON again, of again, ad lib.
Too many people need the money.
Charles Farrell. the veteran backstop, Is
doing some tall clouting of the ball since he
eturned to the game with the Boston Amer
leans.
In the series with Cleveland for the cham
pionship of Ohio Manager Kelley will put
his strongest team in the field for each
game
1t Is said that Arthur Irwin gets three
players from Selee for Button Briggs. Who
will be given him? Probably Harley, Nc
Lean or Raub-whichever seems the weaker
and Clancy or Currie.
Tim Hurst will likely be the National
League umpire chosen to officiate In tho
Cincinnati-C1eveland series for the cham
pionship OF Ohio The Clevelands will select
one Of Ban Johnson's American League
staff to work with him.
From Pittsburg comes the story that Bar
ney Dreyfuss offered McGraw $1,000 for
Ames' release after the great game the
pitcher put up against the Pirates on Thurs
day. McGraw refused the offer it Is said
saying that Ames was worth as much to
New York as he could be to any other club
The question for Garry Hermann to de-
eide In the near future will be whether or
not the contracts and reservations of the
ball players of the Western League are
valid owing to the nonfulfillmept of the
same on the part Of the magnates. The sea-
son was closed two weeks earlier than the
schedule called for. and the players all lost
two weeks salary.-Denver Times.
OF the minor league players that have
been purchased by the different teams for
next year. the New Yorks seem to have Sc
cured a quartet that are good as any go
ing Mccormick, the Jersey City outfielder,
is we'll spoken Of by everybody who has
seen him play: Devlin. the Newark infielder
has style about him that seems to DEM
onstrate his usefulness for fast company:
Ames has made good so far as he has gone
and the record of Milligan Is better than
that of any left-hander in any minor league
team. Some other players secured by the
teams may do all right for time. but 1t Is
doubtful II they will be able to last through
the season.