Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-05-23
Base Ball Notes.

Detroit closes series with Senators today.
Donovan will probably pitch for the Wis
itors and Jacobsen for the locals.
Hits by either Crawford or Barrett at
four different points would have won Sat-
urday's game for the Tigers.
The Joke is on Townsend. He practiced
hard Saturday morning, not expecting to
work. and then went on the slab and per-
formed like star. Hard work makes the
Delaware peach good.
In the third inning OLeary sent fast
bounder toward third that Coughlin batted
down with one hand and then got the run
ner at first.
Four hits are all that should have been
made off Townsend. Robinsons double in
the tenth being the result of Selbach mis-
judging the fly which Moran could have
eaten up.
Pitcher Mason left Washington Saturday
to join the Baltimore team. He should do
exceptionally well in the Eastern League,
as he was but a few points shy of being
Of major league caliber.
Don't lose sight Of the fact that of the
four hits scored off Mu1lin Mccormick and
Stahl each got one. Drill and Setback
COPIED the other twol =
Wyatt Lee won his first game for Pitts
burg Saturday, although he was hit fairly
hard Good fielding saved him.
Tomorrow the great Cleveland aggrega-
ton starts series of three games with
the Senator'S and a big crowd will doubt
less be on hand to welcome the great La
joie and his band of siuggers. Case Pat
ten will probably take their measure
Western League.
Chicago CNationals) has done well con-
sidering that Slagle and McCarty are out
of the game. =
The western trip of the Brooklyns has
been most disastrous. OF twelve games
played up to date they have won but two,
ten being defeats.
McGinnity has the National League rec
ord No run was scored off him by OPP
ponents in % successive innings and but
one in q.
Rapp, with Manchester last season, leads
the Toronto team in batting. Arthur r.
win made no mistake when he corraiied
that player.
George Browne is out of the game for
New York and Roger Bresnahan is playing
right field In his place. 1t Is the fourth
position on the team that Bresnahan mas
Seybold of the Athletics Is out of the
game owing to the fact that he hurt his
ankle in sliding. Connie" Mack Is alI
ways well provided for in such contingent
cies, however. His team is never weak
no matter what happens.
The Cincinnati string OF pitchers Is far
and away superior to anything that cIuD
has had for years. and, therefore, the ciup
cannot but maintain leading position In
the race this season
1--WE are not vet in the best of shape
said McGraw in Cincinnati, land won't be
until we get a few weeks of hot weather.
think that our pitchers will show a great
Improvement within the next few weeks.
McGinnity. of course, Is In form. but Ma
thewson is not himself yet; but he will
come around all right. There is nothing
wrong with him, only that he has not had
enough of the right kind of weather to
get his arm strong.
Says Ed Grille: wilhelm has pitched an
good ball as any man on the Boston pitch
ing stan this spring, and he Is one of the
Pittsburgs' cast-offs. Barney Dreyfuss
could use Wilhelm very nicely just now.
lint Barney did not think he would need
him when he sized up his team early In the
sprinR." Mr. Dreyfuss Ii quoted as saying
that Wilhelm lacked nerve. but this Is
not borne out by the facts In the case
While in Pittsburg Harry Mccormick of
the New Yorks made a discovery which
greatly surprised him. He has not been
throwing as well as he should, and when
he visited the physician who was treating
him for lame ankle he had the X-rays
NIT on his left arm, and it was discovered
that the arm was broken at the elbow,
and in knitting, the bones did not join
properly. Mccormick said the injury never
had bothered him, although he remembered
having hurt the elbow In a foot ball game
two years ago.