Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-09-01

nant for the Bostons Two games DEM
onstrated that the Clevelands are about all
IN Tor the season and will do nothing sem
sational from this time out
Manager Stallings of the Buftalos has
reSa1ned possession Of George Carey and
ne Will guard first for the Bisons from now
On. manager Fisher wasn't long In pass
| ing up George at Nashville.
Little JACK Farrell, playing second for
| the st. Louis National League team and
Wen remembered In Washington for his
derful record yesterday against Pittsburg
JACK had eleven assists and one put out.
going the route without a break or a fall
ter.
Manager Barrow Of the Detroit American
League team. has signed Second Baseman
John Burns of San Francisco, and money
mas been wired him SO that he can report
Immediately. Burns formerly played at
Dayton and Toledo but had a Disagree
ment with the American Association and
jumped to the coast.
Manager Connie Mack of the Philadelphia
american League base ball club has signed
Pitcher Rubc Waddell for next season.
WaddeH is under suspension for the re-
mainder Of this season for INSTRUMENTATION.
Manager Mack has also closed a deal with
the Utica club of the New York State
League by which he will get Pitcher Fair
banks and Infelder Hilley.
Old base ball rules are going to be re-
vived next season by the American League.
according to Umpire silk" O'LouRhlin,
who states that one Of them In particular
| is to be enforced. The law the umpire
has In mind is one that has been on the
books for years and which has always been
dead letter. It Is the one prohibiting the
pitcher or any other player from intention
ally discolortng a new ball. by rubbing
! 1t In the soil or otherwise" under penalty
OF the substitution Of another new ball and
fine Of $ for the offending player
The interest in the proposed post-season
national championship series is growing
daily. 1t looks almost a certainty that
the fight will be between the champion
Pfttsburgs and the Boston Americans
Both teams have very strong leads in
their respective races and nothing but
an accident can stop them at the clip
they are now travelling. Practically all
that remains Is the arrangement of the
details of the series and the selection of
the places where the games shall be
played. An effort will be made to have
some OF the games played in cities in the
circuits other than Pittsburg and Boston.
If one or two of the contests were pulled
off in New York there is no telling how
many persons would be present.-New York
Sun.
The troubles Of Jack O'Connor who was
suspended by Manager Clark Griffith for
INSTRUMENTATION. are calculated to throw
the calcium upon the deserters, bringing
to the front the fact that some of them
have not found much four-leaved clover in
new pastures. O'Connor feted and petted
by Barney Dreyfuss, is the man above all
others who was prominent in the raid on
the Pirates-an attack that was most for
tunate for the National League for 1t
made the fight of 1903 q race instead of
procession. Some people, however, will
see retributive justice In the punishment
OF O'Connor by those who profited most
by his secret missionary work. The tragic
death of Ed Delehanty. the premature
burial Of George Davis and the suspen-
sion of Jack O'Connor might all be cited
to prove the truth OF the scriptural at
firmation: The way of the transgressor
is hard. "-Cincinnau Enquirer.