Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-09-15
Base Ball Notes,

New York Highlanders are now in the
lead.
Senators and Athletics mix up in a dou-
ble-header today in Philadelphia.
A great game should be furnished Sat
urday afternoon when the Fourth Presby-
terrain and Norris Peters boys come TO-
gether. 1t will be for the championship OF
the District
Dan Kerwin of the Lousvilles recently
hammered out two home runs, a double
and two singles in one game. He goes to
Chicago next season.
The two left-handers, Patten and lVad-
dell, will probably work against each other
in the Quaker city today
The Sunday School League averages pub
lished in last nights Star, attracted a
great deal of attention, and were as close
to the actual work as it was possible to
make them.
Harry Davis will probably be out of the
game the remainder of the season
Admirers of the New York Americans are
making arrangements for a big benefit to
the players after the season, whether they
win the pennant or not
Grimshaw is the best batting first base
man of the Eastern League.-Rochester
Herald. Sunday he went eight times to
bat, made five runs and four hits, one of
the hits being a triple
Joseph J. Kelley of Baltimore mana ger
of the Cincinnati Base Ball Club of the
National League, has signed a contract
for next year.
They'll kick on most anything" .e-
marked Dwyer after a game in Detroit.
"and few players are lucky they escaped
without call down. An umpire is not
fnfallible and a few of these fancy tossers
think they know it ALL 1 render decisions
as see them The Detroits do not fancy
Dwyer.
The New York National club has pur-
chased Offa Neal of Springfield ILL.,. the
fastest shOrtstOp in the ILL League
New York has paid Springfield $3.50, and
YYonl kpc No Vorly xr,s1l
Springfield an additional $3.50. Neal is
principal of school in the southern part
of the state, and has been playing sensa-
tional ball this year He is a heavy hitter.
Sox has been suspended without pay for
the remainder of the season by President
Comiskey for breaking the training rules
of the team. Mcfarland went wrong in
Cleveland. He wired President Comiskey
Monday saying he would join the team the
next day, but Comiskey's answer was:
Don't trouble yourself on my account.
You are suspended without pay for the
rest of the year President Comiskey will
depend on Sullivan to do the bulk of the
catching, but will have Heydon of the In
dianapolis American Association team to
help out In case anything should happen
to "Sully."
That good work is appreciated by the
Cincinnati club owners was demonstrated
yesterday in the case of Pitcher Jack Har-
per, who was signed for the season of 1905
ceived for the past two season Harper
entered into two-year contract with the
Cincinnati club two years ago when the
war was on between the two major leagues.
He was then a member of the ST. Louis
American League club and the salary paid
him was a figure.
Johnny McGraw, manager Of the New
York Nationals accompanied by John T.
Brush, Roger Bresnahan and Fred
Knowles. went: to the Brighton race track
early and made some good bets While
he was in the ring Bookmaker George
Boles, who is a fan of the thirty-thrd de-
gree, said to McGraw:
eff you play series for the worlds
championship with the New York Ameri-
cans I'll bet you $1,000 even that you will
be beaten!'' SIS q
McGraw declined to make such a wager,
and Boles guyed him good naturedly
Other bookmakers, notably George Vince
lock. Bill Cowan and Joe Yeager, are will
ing to wager any amount on the New York
AMERICANS If they meet the Nationals
New York Sun