Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-08-14
Base Ball Notes.

ed 10: st. Louis, gained 10; Boston. gained
IA; Brooklyn, gained 9.
Base Ball Notes.
As Tom Hughes was slated to work
Saturday. he will probably go In against
the Cleveands today.
If the Athletics are able to break even
on the coming western trip they may be
able to land the flag. The Highlanders will
come pretty rear to second place. and may
finish in front. at that.
team managed by Kid Sullivan and
captafned by Joe Cans will occupy Ameri-
can League Park the latter part of this
week, and there should be several great
contests between the colOred boys of this
city and Baltimore.
PHI Gefer. the northeast boy with st.
Paul. has been playing second base of late
and astonished the spectators with his
cleverness in handling ground balls. Geer's
work heretofore has been confined to the
outfeld.
AS George Muilin Insists that he will not
play with Detroit next season. and the Ma
tfonals have one or two twirlers who have
been here too long, why not make a trade?
Muilin Is undoubtedly one of the best pitch
ers in the country. and the locals could af-
ford to make concessions to get him, eSpe-
cially as George would like to play here.
The most skilled base ball men In the
country cannot account for slumps in ball
playing. Two years ago Jersey City won
the Eastern League pennant Last year the
team was never serious factor. This year
1t is making strong bid to land the rag
again. Why should practically the same
team be good one year, bad the next and
good again the third year?-Providence
Journal.
A representative of the Chicago Nationals
met President Sexton of the Rock Island
Base Ball Association at Decatur yester-
day to negotiate deal for the purchase Of
Pitcher Arthur Lundin. Lundin has made
the best record of the local pitchers this
season. Cleveland and Boston are nego-
tiating for Bill Sweeney, a shortstop, and
Walter Carlisle. an outfielder.
The Newark Advertiser says a deal has
been arranged between Manager Harley of
Toronto and Manager Stallings of Buffalo
whereby the Canadians are to secure the
services of Outfielder Joe Delehanty In re-.
turn for allowing the Bsons to have Out
neider Murray, who recently jumped the
toronto team and is now playing in the
Iri-State League. Harley said he expected
the player yesterday, but Murray has not
yet reported to Buffalo, and Stallings viii
not let Delehanty go until the Toronto man
turns up.
Charley Power tells this one in the Pitts
burg Dispatch: Dummy Rosson. who for
some time signed his name to a Wheeling
pay-roil TWO years ago, Is a quiet little
cnap naturally, yet he is fond of telling
1 okes and stories in the sign language.
Ihere was one man on the Wheeling ag-
sregat ton. Curtis, big. husky chap who
understood the sign talk well, and for this
reason ne was told Off to room with the
speeches. man. Curtis and Dummy got
along very we'll together for some time. but
one day the big fellow came to Manager
Price and asked to have his room mate
changed; What's the matter?" he was
asked ask Well. IN tell you It's this way"
but l can't get any sleep. He keeps me
awake talking to me-" Whats that?'
why. yes: that's right. 1 can stand for
almost anything. but when a man gets up
and lights the gas five times a night to tell
me story 1 simply have to renig.' His
room mate was changed.
Pitcher Mullin of the Detroits declares
that he will not play with the Tigers next
season. Washington would give much to
get him.
Beville. Milwaukee's catcher. made five
three-baggers in six times at bat at Toledo
Wednesday.
Youngstown (Ohio) bonesetter Is treat
ing Harry Bays Injured knee. Bay hopes
to be able to play when Cleveland returns
west.
Pitcher Ferguson of the Louisville club
Is credited with having the brightest future
Of any of the pitchers Of that club, having
plenty of speed. fine curves and the best
Of habits.
Leahy. the "youngster' who is back
stopping for the st. Louis Cardinals. is thir-
ty-two years old. He has played in every
league from the Atlantic to the Pacific
Jesse Tannehill Is the Boston Americans
winning pitcher. In recent games Young
and Dineen have started to show flashes
of their real form.
Frank Chance has been formally ap-
pointed manager Of the Chicago Nationals.
There Is condition that his contract ceases
when Frank Selee RECEIVERS.
The New York Highlanders lead the
American League in shut-outs having q
dozen against opponents.
Otis Clymer and Del Howard are the only
iedglings in the National League that are
batting better than REQ
Chesbro, Orth. Powell and Newton will
be used regularly by the New York High
landers during the remainder of the sea-
son. The quartet is working excellently
Reulbach is now sharing the ups and
downs of a pitchers career. After a long
string OF victories, he is dropping games by
close scores
Jimmy Sebring Is not finding the Tri-
State pitchers easy.
Clay. the Louisville outfelder wanted by
the Boston Americans. Is now fighting 1t
out with Jones of Minneapolis for the bat
ting honors of the American Association
The two Philadelphia teams have played
to more than half a million people at home
so far this season. Consolidation would not
do much good there.
President Dreyfuss of the Pittsburg club
claims to have several tar minor lelguars
under cover. He does not care to announce
them as yet. In order not to make any of
his old players nervous and afraid of their
jobs.
Bill Bradley, peerless third baseman, is
better player than prophet. His clairvoy-
ant abilities went astray the other day
when he opined that the Blues would take
three from the Philadeiphas. STILL he only
missed 1t by two.
Barney Dreyfuss Is the storm center Of
the rumor market. 1t has been said he
favors an eight-club, a ten-club and also
r. twelve-club league. 1t is suggested, with
due diffdence, that he also wants a two
club league. Almost anything is attrib-
uted to Barney these days.
Joe Cantillon expects to make the tour
OF the Pacific coast with an ali-star ball
team after all He has signed Hans Wagner
and also arranged with Napoleon Lajoie to
make the trip, and will have other stars
from the major leagues. Cantillon expects