Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-07-02
Base Ball Notes.

Patten and Townsend will probably pitch
today.
Orth will go on the rubber Monday if
O'Neill joins the Senators today.
Manager Collins wanted to buy Setback
out and out. but Manager Donovan in
sisted on getting ONeill in a trade.
Some of the old timers on the Senators
must feel uncomfortable over Cassidy's
showing. He will be chasing one of them
to the tall timbers before long and Sc
cure a regular job for himself. There
never was any question about his fielding,
and now he is hitting better than any
man on the team
Monday mornings game starts at III
o'clock, and every fan" in town Will be
on hand to see Outielder O'Neill, and give
him a warm reception.
Jack Carr. playing with Indianapolis
made six hits in double-header last
Thursday. He is doing so we'll the booster
papers are afraid to mention him for fear
he will be gobbled up by a major league
team.
AS predicted In The Star last Monday
Sheckerd of the Brooklyns went up into
Pennsylvania instead Of down south and
is trying to get several of the Harrisburg
boys to desert to the Bridegrooms.
Bateman. the Milwaukee first baseman,
who is wanted here SO badly, recently
knocked out two home runs in one game.
He is a protege of Ted Sullivan.
If New York needs another catcher very
badly and wants Kittredge why not make
the swap if Manager Griffith will let Ander-
son come here? Clarke and Drill can cas-
lily do the catching for Washington.
For utility outfielder Albert EdW ard
Orth has been doing very well, but~he will
doubtless welcome the change that will
again send him into the box. He had about
regained his first-class form when sent to
relieve Setback.
Monday morning the Bostons start a
series of four games with the Senators
on the local grounds two on Monday and
one on Tuesday and wednesday. J he
champions need all four games to keep
ahead of New York and the local team
will have to play great ball to capture one
game. But then the Senators have always
been ''hoodoo" to Boston and may win
out at that.
Wiltse of New York now has five CON-
secutive victories to his string, and is I'M
conquered.
Ed Swander sprained his ankle in Co
lumbus last Sunday while chasing a long
fly.
"Calliope' Miller, once a crack league
catcher and great favorite, Is umpiring
in the New York State League.
Standard formerly of Holy Cross. is with
the champion Pittsburgs. He is big,
rangy boy. who is in base ball because he
likes it, says Charley Power Of the Pitts
Ever since AL Setback has been fined 800
for drinking a bottle of beer on train
the Highlanders have taken to soda. They
all think 1t cheaper.
Billy Keller and Jim Mcclure are con-
tinually saying this is my last year in
base bali. All hands then give them the
laugh Keller and Mcclure from the work
they are now putting up look good enough
to last a good many more.
Clark Griffith says nothing would please
him better than for both the New York
teams to win the pennant Griffith thinks
his team outclasses the National team in
every department and VIII prove it to the
public If they ever come together.
Dougherty is essentially a run getter.
says the New York Evening Telegram. He
is not the best outfelder in the business
but he hits the ball hard. and gets over
the bases very fast, and he is an excellent
man'to have at the top of the batting or
der. The fact that he is able to start
the game off with a hit seems to have
given encouragement to the other players
of the New York team and instead Of play
ing on the defensive. as they have done
most of the time since they have been
part of base ball life In New York, they
are assuming the aggressive, with advan-
tageouS results.