Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-06-21
Base Ball Notes.

Louisville won nine straight before going
down to defeat.
Atlanta has taken great brace since Bob
Stafford joined the team.
Everybody will wish Lowe good luck as
| manager of the Detroits
Inc Pittsburgs made eighty-two hits in
the last six games Of the eastern trip
Pitcher Deering has been indefinitely sus-
pended by Toledo for "histing."
Pitcher Fairbank. once with the Athletics.
Is doing fine work for Providence.
ST. Louis has landed four out of six games
from the National League champions.
Second Baseman Cariss has been elected
captain Of the University of Pennsylvania
team for next year.
Harvey Bailey has left Minneapolis to
Join the Newark team. Burnham is doing
| nothing but making changes and money.
Conroy Of the New Yorks Is once more
on the hospital list. He wrenched his ankle
Thursday In collision with Anderson.
JACK Ryan has resigned the captaincy of
the Kansas City American Association team
and his place has been taken by Nance,
the outfielder formerly with Detroit Kan
sas City was last in the race.
President John H. Farrell Of the New
York state league has suspended Umpire
Burns and Catcher Patrick Donohue Of the
Utica base ball team, pending an investi-
cation of the disturbance which occurred
| on the Syracuse grounds Thursday.
Cy Coombs. the college pitcher. who held
Bates College team down to four hits in
Saturdays game, has sent word to Man
ager Lake that he will not play with Lowell
this season. 1t was expected that Coombs
would report abtu June 81 to Papa Lake
but Coombs' decision Is final and as q re-
suit Chase of Suncook was at once signed
Says John S. Caravan. the former Yale
pitcher. who is the coach for Trinity Col
lege: Mike Lynch has every other college
nj mile 7 mob ;,, I o1x
oke. and when he was in Hartford a short
time ago he showed me his contract with
Pittsburg. He joins the Pittsburg team
Saturday and will get 5000 to finish the
season..
When the Pittsburg players left Philadel-
piiia they We're accompanied by Paul Kru-
ger The little fellow. while still in a bad
way. objected to being left behind He
sent to hospital. and after a talk with the
attending physician. Manager Clarke yield
ed to Kruger's appeal that he be permitted
to accompany the team to Pittsburg.
Il have got some mighty good ball play
ers on this team. but they seem to have the
faculty to hit the bali right at some one"
says Patsy Donovan yesterday. Donovan
himself in not In condition, owing to lack
of spring practice. When a man has been
in the business as long as I have" said
Patsy, "he needs the southern practice in
the spring. hope to strike my gait before
long, however. "-Philadelphia Press
Two triple plays We're made by Kansas
City in the game at Toledo last Tuesday.
The first occurred in the fifth. with three
on bases. Deininger hit a liner to Lewee
who caught 1t with one hand. He touched
second and threw to Sullivan at third both
| runners having left the bases The second
occurred in the seventh, Cristall forcing
Brouthers at second and being doubled.
Lewee to Ryan. Sweeney had started for
home on the play and was caught on Ry-
ans throw. Toledo won, to 2.
At Terre Haute. Ind. on Thursday. the
game with Dayton was declared forfeited
| in the seventh to Terre Haute by Umpire
kiefer by a score of 8 to O. The score at
this period stood to 2. A decision of the
umpire so angered Manager Knoll of Day
ton that he assaulted the umpire. and was
ordered out of the game and the grounds.
| 1t is alleged that he refused to comply with
the order. and for this reason the game was
forfeited to Terre Haute. The services of
half dozen policemen were required be-
fore order could be restored.
William Matthews of PottSville, Pa,
Harrisburgs best pitcher. has received an
offer to finish the season with the ST. Louis
Cardinals of the National League, and will
accept. Matthews. who Is fast both at the
bat and in the field. developed as a ball
player while he was serving with the
United States army in Cuba. during the
Spanish-American War Last week he held
the strong Altoona team down to three hits