Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-08-31
Base Ball Notes.

| Chicago comes tomorrow and then the
| fur will fly.
| Barry Mccormick hadn't missed a game
| this season and then had to go out with a
| broken arm.
Jack Townsends home run saved him
| from. his lambasting last night.
| Jake Stahl reported to Manager Donovan
yesterday and may go into tOdays game,
| although his broken finger is still In BAN
dages.
Catcher Beall, the star of the Sunday
School League, will be given trial by
| Manager Donovan today If he cares to
show up at the grounds.
When the broken up condition of the Sem
ators is taken into consideration, the game
they are putting up is simply wonderful
The pitchers are going finely. but there is
TO batting back of them to help out.
Three shut-out scores were hung up in
Boston, New York and Philadelphia yes
terday and the same thing came close to
ha opening here in both games yesterday
Don't count the Chicagos out yet, al
though the White SOx doesn't class up with
Boston and New York in the pitchers box.
The Chicagos play a great many games at
home and have now gotten over their great
est battles. If the White Sox fail to slip
up with the Senators they have splendid
chance for the pennant.
Tip O'NeilI has become the Washing
tons leading batter and is hitting over the
400 mark since the team has returned
home. With Stahl back in the game, Huels-
man will probably be set going, and then
we will see some tall batting.
Sherwood P. Edmonston of the George
town University has been pitching great
ball for the Easton, Md. team.
In the second game at New York Sat
urday, New York had Keller and Anderson
on the bases. two out and Elberfeld at
battle struck outf
The crack Atlanta battery. Smith and
Clarke, has been sold to Cleveland. In the
event that neither makes good Atlanta will
get the boys back.
McGraw thinks pretty we'll of Witse his
young southpaw pitcher. The boy has won
nine straight games this season and has
yet to meet defeat. - He certainly taught
the cubs how to take joke.
Wallace's brilliant work at shortstop was
the feature Of both contests. says the New
York Times Of Saturdays games. He re-
ceived Is chances. and several of them
| were of a difficult description. but all were
accepted without the sign of mistake.
Manager Connie Mack has purchased from
the Toronto Eastern League club the re-
lease of Pitcher Applegate. The pitcher,
however will remain with the Toronto club
until the close of the Eastern League sea-
son. September %.
Jack Barry is one of the best utility men
seen here in long time. He drops into
unfrequented positions with the greatest
abandon and plays them with grace and
effect He is valuable man.-Chicago
Chronicle.
Does the foul-strike rule prevent batting?
Hey, Boston, Those champs of yours only
made 16 hits and IA runs yesterday.-Pitts-
burg Press. Yes, and look at the four Chi
cago scores. 4-3, % 81, Pill runs for
the winners. for the losers.-Boston
Herald.
Charley Comiskey last year secured Jakcy
Atz and others from New Orleans and turn
| ed them back without even trial. He has
just purchased Atz again with some 9TH
ers. and it is suspected that New Orleans
is being protected in the same old way
Pittsburg Press. No doubt of it.
Manager Griffith yesterday bought a cou-
pie of Montreal players, Joe Yeager. the
third baseman, and Catcher McManus. Both
have had major league experience. Yeager
has played with Brooklyn and Detroit and
McManuS was with Detroit awhile. Yeager
will be used utility man. but it is not
likely that either will join the New Yorks
before next season
The Wheeling Central League club has
sold Right Fielder Lew Smith to the Pitts
burg National League club for a considera-
ton said to be $1,000. Smith will at once
report to Pittsburg 1t is also stated that
First Baseman George Mcconnell has also
been sold to Pittsburg and will report on
September IL, at the close of the Central
League season.
Pitcher Weimer of the Chicago Colts was
wearing black eye yesterday and Short
stop Tinker had slightly discolored one. as
result OF an alleged clash between the
TWO teammates in the club house after
Thursdays games at Chicago. According
to all reports of the affair the players
Verely blamed Weimer for the loss of the
first game of Thursdays double-header by
getting himself put out of the game at
critical moment in the tenth inning. Wei
mer TOOK offense at some of Tlnkers re-
marks and blows were exchanged before the
other players could prevent. Manager Selee
denied all knowledge of the affair.-EX-
change.
AT the game between the Fourth Presby-
terrain and Gunton Temple Church teams
Mr.. Charles King, captain of the Fourths,
was presented with a beautiful bouquet by
the management and members of the Gun
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