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

The Senators are playing a double header
| with the Athletics today.
Manager Mack wanted the extra game
| transferred to Philadelphia for a double
header over there, but President Johnson
| thought 1t best to play the game here.
The Athletics are In pretty badly
broken-up condition, and the Senators
| should cop" one of the games.
Manager Donovan has now full charge Of
the team, and the players will have to
| hustle in the future to hold onto their Jobs
New men are coming.
A new umpire named King broke into the
game yesterday, helping out Frank Dwyer.
| He halls from the New England League
| and is highly recommended by Jake Morse
Harper of Cincinnati and Taylor of ST.
Louis. in the National, have entered the
double row in victories.
Lajoie continues to thump the ball as does
no other batsman in the country. He now
has clear lead in both leagues. Grady
leads In the National
No one is more sanguine that Clarkson
will make great hit in the box than Pitch
er Cheshire of the Highlanders.
If both New York teams should win
and John 7. should refuse to allow his team
to meet the Highlanders, would Barney
Dreyfuss refuse? Doubt it. Barney is
game and sportsman.
While in the east President DreyfuSS was
informed that the American League is
again figuring on placing a team in Pitts
burg. Il was told that the scheme is to
transfer the washington club to this city,
said Mr.. Dreyfuss, 1.-The intention being to
have Patsy Donovan in charge. l don't
think III lose any sleep over the rumor."-
Boston Herald.
of his last twelve games All told in these
games he made twenty-one hits for a total
of thirty bases. He certainly is missed by
the former champions.
Waddell has struck out 40 batsmen this
season. OF the twenty-one games he has
pitched he has won thirteen and lost eight.
Three of his defeats were by Boston when
opposed to Cy Young.
The Baltimore-Newark game Saturday
nearly wound up in a free-for- all fight,
which was prevented only by the prompt
action of the police and Umpire Sullivan,
who ordered Shea, Lewis and Griffin out
of the game in the tenth inning. Shea had
been given free pass to first, and NAH
ling hit to Griffin. The latter threw to
Lewis, who covered second and caught
Shea, who threw out his arm and struck
Lewis, making the latter drop the ball.
Lewis swung for Shea's jaw, and Griffin
ran up and handed Shea a right to the face.
j. b. Billings for thirty years managing
director of the Boston National League
club, with Messrs. Soden and Conant, has
retired from active participation in the
clubs affairs. Hereafter President Soden
will look out for the club, assisted by VIM.
Rodgers, now the assistant treasurer. Mr..
Billings missed the game yesterday for the
first time in years, and for the first time
the checks made out to the players We're
signed by A. H. Soden.-Boston Herald.
Mike Donlin, the Reds left fielder, left
ST. Louis for Cincinnati last night under
suspension from Manager Kelley for being
intoxicated and not in condition to take
part in the game that was scheduled for
yesterday afternoon; What Donlin's ulti-
mate punishment WIN be is not known as
it will not be decided until Manager Kelley
has had an opportunity to talk the matter
over with President Hermann.
Manager Duffy of the Philadelphia Ma
tiOnals is convinced that there Is stin some
good base ball ability in Herman Long. the
once king of shortstops, who played with
DUFFY for years on the old Boston team
when It won three championships for Soden
Conant and Billings. and was always q
factor In the championship race. Long IL