Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-09-17
Base Ball Notes.

The great New York aggrega ton will be
here Monday, and then the local fans
can look them over.
The Senators and New Yorks are playing
a double-header in Gotham today. Town
send will probably pitch the first game.
Howard Wilson, who has been out of the
game for several months on account of
bad arm. has rejoned the Senators in
Philadelphia, and may. pitch against the
New Iorks today.
Hill and Cassidy have a tantaizing way
of making errors at critical times and yes
terday nearly lost the game in the ninth
inning.
A post-season series between the Phil
lies and Senators would undoubtedly prove
interesting, but would hardly draw large
enough to repay the players.
Huelsman had batting percentage of
1,000 yesterday, while Bill Clarke went up
to SEQ.
The Bostons should have hard Shedding
today, as they tackle the Athletics for two
games, while the New Yorks face the Sem
atorS.
Many of the western papers are printing
the paragraph to the effect that Manager
Donovan will run the Senators from the
bench next season. Sir Patrick got bad
start this season on account of missing his
kansas, but next year he will be in all right
at the beginning, and demonstrate that
there are several years of first-class ball
still in the veteran.
friends in this city, and their play will be
watched with interest next week. Conroy
and Elberfeld are now attracting as much
attention as Parent and Ferris ON account
of splendid work, while Dougherty, Ander-
son and Keller are hitting the ball for fair.
The amateur championship of the Dis
trict Is being played for at American
League Park this afternoon, the Fourth
Presbyterians and the Norris Peters teams
being the contenders. One game should
have been played instead of two as it is
tremendous strain for any team to win
both contests, and the championship will
probably remain unsettled. If either team
captures both games there will certainly
be no question as to which is the better
team.
Brooklyn has released Sammy Strang,
and Batch of Holyoke has taken his place.
The New York American club is sure to
have handsome balance in its treasury
at the close of the season.
Jake Beckley and Mike Grady of the st.
Louis Nationals have both managed to keep
above the 800 mark.
The American League Is the only league
that ever had two clubs, each of which
played to over 10000 people on their own
grounds. Those two cities are Boston and
Philadelphia
Waddell had the X-rays put on his Shout
der yesterday. No one can figure just how
"Rube'' had his right shoulder hurt when
he was trying to tag runner with his left
hand in Thursdays game, but 1t happened,
just the same.
The leadership in the American League
changed twice yesterday. Boston held 1T
In the morning; New York led early in the
afternoon and Boston regained it when the
dews of evening were falling.
Collisions were frequent in yesterday
game Hartsel colliding with Clark at the
plate and Henley with Stahl at first base,
while NJ. Cross was bumped on the back
of his head by thrown ball The chapter
of accidents did not include the mix-ups in
Schreck's thinking reservoir.
One hundred and two of the JO4 games
PLAYED in the American League this year
are shut-out affairs. In 2O6 contests one or
the other team was held down to five hits
or less
New Orleans has clinched the pennant for
the Southern League. The wonderful work
of ..Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch did it.
He pitched in and won both games of the
double header on Labor day. Wigs was
once Cincinnati player.
Hugh Jennings. manager of the Baltimore
Eastern League team and one of the most
experienced ballplayers in the country, thus
gives his views on the adviSab ility of allow
ing n runner to steal second With another
on third and less than two out:
with a runner on third and another on
first when none or one is out and you are
ahead on the score board, let the man
steal second by all means. With the score
lar gely against you and two out, never.
would ask nothing better than Tor runner
to steal down on our club under such con-
ditOns. 1 have given my men instructions
In such cases to let the run in from third.
hut get the man going down sure. The adj
ditional run gained will not amount 10
much If the chance to secure more Is
| thrown away II we are IN that nix one
rim won't do us any good. but the chance
| 10 get more is invaluable