Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-07-05
Base Ball Notes.

Bostons and Senators meet again this
afternoon.
Today is Ladies Day. at American
League Park.
Townsend and Winters will probably do
the pitching this afternoon and it should
b. good battle.
With a runner on first, the batter is out
on strikes whether the catcher holds on
to the ball or not on the third strike This
situation muddled several of the players
yesterday afternoon
Manager Collins had a splendid after
noon OF 1t. He had batting average or
a thousand two doubles and two sacrifices.
and in addition handled all of his eight
chances in fine style.
Bill Coughlin got of badly in the first
inning but in the second, third and fourth
tries got a double and two singles, lead
ing the Senators at the bat.
Mccormick was unusually frisky in the
afternoon game, making several splendid
stops, and his hit scored the locals first
run.
After playing the morning game Moran
was taken sick and had to go to bed for
short and Orth went into center field.
Neither had much to do in their new po-
sitionS.
ONein certainly got a bad start on his
who worked brilliantly. but ne will do, as
he looks all over ball player.
Jake Stahl appears to have gotten In a
permanent stride Of success, both at the
bat and in the field. Notwithstanding his
good work in the morning. he came back
in the afternoon and got two singles off
Of Young and also ielded finely.
Back of Young the fielding was of the
ordinary Sort with one exception the vet
Grams pitching making a big majority Of
the chances easy.
Chicago went down with a dull thud yes
terday, the Tigers surprising the White
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morning and afternoon games.
COMFY Mack and his band of Athletics
are in very bad shape, fully half dozen
being laid up this morning with injuries.
Davis was hurt anew yesterday, Hoffman
is out on account of his injuries in Boston.
Hartsel is laid up with a bad leg, Shreck' 5
hand will again keep him on the shelf for
two weeks while Lave Cross is in a Mt
condition for the hospital
Nearly LOCO Is quite an attendance for
a city that has had a tail ender team in
the championship race ever since the sea-
son started.
Swander is back in the game for Indian
apolis.
Pretty race between Buffalo, Jersey City
and Baltimore in the eastern.
Columbus and st. Paul are having
warm fight in the American Association.
Holman hit safely in eleven consecutive
games. up to the time he was hurt, making
twenty hits with twenty-S.x total bases.
His batting percentage for the season is
.32S. Mack will miss him. and no wonder.
The Chicagos have beaten the Cleve-
lands six times this season by one run.
The New York Americans have done we'll
in games of one run margin of victory,
winning eleven and losing FIVE. The St
Louis Cardinals have engaged in more of
such contests than any other team. twenty
six in all, Of which twelve have been VIC
tories
Small men are the whole thing at second
base in the National League. Gilbert,
Gleason, Higgins. Ritchey Farrell and
Evers form a group that Is remarkable for
speed and the ability to cover ground. The
American League shortstops loom up just
prominently. consisting as they do of
Parent Elberfeld. Lajoie. Davis, NJ. Cross,
OLeary, Moran and Wallace