Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-09-01
Base Ball Notes.

Chicago starts series of four games
with the Senators today.
Tomorrow is ladies day and there will
probably be two games played
Wolfe and Patterson will be on the rub
Der for the two teams today.
Manager Mack has loaned Infielder Null
lin to the Senators until Second Baseman
Mccormick gets back in the game, which
will probably be ten days hence.
Tom Hughes apparently didn't exert him
self yesterday until runners got on the
bases and then he worked like his real self
If the big fellow can be made to work at
his best there is no better twirler In the
business.
Hunter Hill handled himself nicely around
third. his one-handed stop of Hynes' high
roller being of the ringer" class but Sud
hoff had him blinded at the bat.
Jake Stahl will resume work at first to-
DAY. Mulin will play second. and O'Neil1
where he belongs. This infeld should go
good, as Mullin is something Of player
Big Frank Huelsman has been somewhat
backward in his hitting of late, but he got
two nice off Sudhoff yesterday, sin
gle and a double.
Wallace and Padden were the real bit
ters yesterday for the Browns. with Bur
kett close third. These three players
| made eight of the visitors ten hits.
The Chicagos reached Washington at
noon today, after good sleep in the
Quaker city. and Notwithstanding the hard
road the White Sox have been travelling
of late, everybody was in good humor and
| positive in their assertions that they are
still in the hunt for the pennant. Nothing
but four straight games here will satisfy
Manager Jones. but he must keep his men
| going, as the Senators are playing good
ball
| ST. Louis was the only western club to
| win yesterday and the Washingtons the
only eastern club to lose. 1t was ever thus.
First Baseman Herring will probably drop
back into utility roles since Stahl has join
| ed the team, but the youngster can congrat-
| ulate himself upon his good showing in the
| fastest organization on earth Should
Lefty desire minor league engagement
| next season he should find little trouble in
securing good berth.
Wagner now leads the Nationals in bat
| ting.
Jack Dunn leads the New York Nationals
| In batting, with a percentage of .3A in
thirty games.
Jake Stahl has made 20 doubles, 10 triples
| and two home runs.
Hickman made five hits fifteen times at
| bat in Philadelphia, including two doubles
and home run.
! Keller has batted for 347 in 81 games
Dougherty has batted for .231 in the So
games he has played with the Highlanders.
| Dan Murphy of the Athletics isn't doing
| a thing but hitting the ball. Up to yester-
day he made II hits, II times at bat. That
| batting some.
McGraw was put out of the grounds at
| st. Louis Monday. High time Pulliam ap-
| piled some Kelley tactics to this irrepres-
| sble bantam
President Hart of the Chicago National
| League team has been given mortal af-
| front by President Pulliam. by sending Au-
| gust Moran there to umpire the west side
! games Before the game Hart called Moran
into the Office and advised him to get out of
| town. The umpire replied that he had been
| sent to Chicago by Puliam and that he
would serve He did so in spite of the pro
| tests Of the players and the spectators.
| President Hart is distressed over the az
| fair and plainly intimates that there must
| No hot hfroSa oil md Dull
Next year will be positively my last in
| base ball. says Elmer Flick. IF I man.
| age to stay in fast company throughout
next summer will play the season
| through and then retire to my farm. Any
time 1 can't stay in the big leagues 1 will
quit playing right then. No minor leagues
| for Elmer. don't know that I will stick
! to farming when quit base ball, either. l
| may go into some good business. But l
| am tired of this travelling around. My
like to be with my children more. 1 have
| been in fast company eight years now.
and 1t isn't to be expected that will last
| very much longer"
and New York. in Cincinnati yesterday af-
| ternoon. Bowerman left the New York
bench and struck a man in 'rooters' row.
who had been yelling at him. The ball
| park police were taking Bowerman from the
| field when Umpire thinner tnterfered. AL
| bert Hartzell, a music teacher in the public
| schools, who had BEEN hit by Bowerman,
| then appealed to the police. when eight
| officers went into the field and took Bower
| man to the city prison. The New York
| players advanced on the officers at first, as
if to rescue Bowerman. Hartzelrs jaw was
| badly cut by the blow but after accom-
panying the officers with Bowerman to the
| city prison, Hartzell refused to prosecute
| and no warrant was issued. Bowerman
| was released so that he could leave for the
| east with his team.
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