Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-04-28
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Base Ball Notes.

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Base Ball Notes
Boston again today.
splendid crowd for Monday.
Winters and Patten will do the twirling
today.
It was the difference between the artist
and artisan yesterday. Orth had the skill
and Dinneen the strength.
Setback was. the only Senator who had
to go without hit. but this popular player
will be there with the bat before many
days
Farrell was given splendid reception
when he came to the bat. and Freeman.
Dinneen and Collins were also loudly well
coined.
Johnny OBrien. the ex-senator. is play
ing cester for the Bostons until Chick
Stahl gets over the injuries to his arm
and neck, which were badly strained in
sliding into second base on the home
grounds.
ManagerCaptain Collins is still the fin
ished article, his rest up last summer not
affecting him at all. He made a wonder
full catch of Selbach's foul near the Boston
BENCH going into the crowd to complete
the play
Umpire Connolly made a well-worded lit
tie speech in announcing the accident to
Farrell and the substitution of Creiger.
Delehanty closed the game with catch
full of fireworks. It wasn't hard after the
big fellow got to it. but 1t cost ire
mendOus squirt to get under the ball BY
the way, del" appears to be playing the
game of his life.
Robinson's play on Collins grounder in
the seventh inning was nothing II not re-
markable. Collins is something of sprin-
ter and Robinson got the ball near third
base. The ball left Robby's hand the same
instant it struck and was thrown towards
first without looking. scoops leaned for
ward about forty yards and In this way
managed to get Collins out by step;
It Is easy to surmise how hard Bill Clarke
must have hit that ball whereby he got
three bases without putting 1t over the
fence. as the clever catcher is not much on
the sprint
Manager Lotus should decide on a cap
tain for the team and settle 1t once for all
The players appear to be at sea, ana an
accident between Ryan and DeMont came
near taking place for want of some one
calling out.
Detroit is holding on to first place tena-
ciously. The Tigers have quite corps OF
good pitchers this season and they will hold
up the Wolverine aggregation for month
or six weeks, but when the retrograde
movement begins look out for speedy
shoot to the rear.
That man Dougherty, in Bostons left. is
something of player, both In the neio
and at the bat AS a runner he ranks up
with Dave Fultz and Willie Keller. bad
leg handicapped him last season.
Keep your eye on the st. Louis Browns,
once they get a good start. The material
Is there, but warm weather Is required to
get the veterans fully awake.
The reversal Of form shown by the Sena-
tors and New YOrks has been something
remarkable. Neither team appears to be
able to play two good games in succession.
Saturday the New Yorks looked very good,
while they were "chinks yesterday. The
Senators were "chinks' Saturday. but top
liners yesterday, both at the bat and In the
field.
Notwithstanding the agitation of the Bos-
ton and Philadelphia scribes against the
foul strike rule, the innovation looks good
down here in Washington. 1t quickens the
game about Is minutes, and SO far has
demonstrated that neither side suffers The
rule certainly makes the players more
watchful. and, as result, there are more
bingles to tickle the fancy Of the spec
tators.
Forty-two dollars a game is Wee Will
lie" Keelers daily bit this season with
New York.
ahead Of the other Boston National batters.
And his hits have won the games
II guess I didn't ship my warriors far
enough south Next spring they'll work
out in Rio Janeiro or immediate vicinity"
The sage sayings OF Robertus Hedges.
In previous years at Washington Park.
in Brooklyn. It was DIRTY Doyle. now
it is "Our Jack" The scrappy first base
man. by the way, is displaying his old
without peer.
Manager McGraw of the New Yorks was
badly hurt in practice yesterday morning
at the POLO GROUNDS. "A thrown pail SCruCk
him on the nose and broke it. He was
taken to hospital, where his injury was
attended to. McGann will have charge of
the New Yorks until McGraw is able to
resume the work of directing them
The Chicago American League club re-
fuses to pay Omaha for Pitcher Owen
who was signed before a peace agreement
was reached between the two big leagues
1t Is predicted that Owen will develop into
a star if he receives the right kind of en-
enlargement and support
Pittsburg fans are a sore lot. The vic
tory of Chicago over the Pirates Satur-
day puts the latter in second place for the
third time in two years. On the first trip
Of Chicago last season. Nal Eason defeated
Pittsburg, sending them into second place,
where they remained over night On Dec
Grafton Day. 1901. Pittsburg was in second
place two hours when the morning game
was lost to New York
Il don't take much stock in your re-
puted heavy hitters. says "Muggsy" Nc
GraW. They are not steady as a rule in
their work at the bat. A home run now
and then is not half important as the
pretty little two-bagger or single which
you can count on when there is man on
second ana third. l want players who can
drop the ball just back of the diamond
so that the infielder and outfielder both
try for it and both miss it; batters who
can place their hits on the right when
center OF play is on the left side of the
diamond. and vice versa. I think I have
the men who can play these tricks."-New
YORK World. And this from Mas after try
Ing to steal Delehanty
The sharp point of the statistician's PEN
Gil caught few more facts regarding the
working Of the foul-strike rule again
yesterday, Al Orth being once more the
local pitcher to furnish the ba sis of obser-
walton. Ortiz pitched 115 balls in nine in
nings, while Dineen pitched 116 balls in
eight innings. Washington not taking last
turn at bat. OF these 231 balls pitched
forty-one were fouled. OF these forty-one
fouls eighteen were hit by Boston batsmen
and twenty-three by senatorial OF the
eighteen Boston fouls eleven were called
strikes and of the senatorial seventeen
scored thus against the batsmen. Seven
Boston and six Washington bats tipped off
real fouls So that only thirteen of the 231
pitches were wasted. All Of Washington's
real fouls were hit by two men, three by
Coughlin in the second inning and three
by Robinson in the eighth, Robbie" get
ting his base on balls after causing Dineen
to pitch him nine balls. The fouI-strike
rule hurt Washington hardest in the sew