Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-09-28
Base Ball Notes.

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Base Ball Notes.
The st. Louis Browns start a series of
four games with the Nationals this after
noon. Patten and Glade will probably be
the pitchers
Manager StahI kept Hughes going by re-
minding him. after looking at the score
board, that the Browns were trimming the
New Yorks.
The board at American League
Park is dividing honors with the games
these days, the work of the Athletics and
Chicago being watched very closely. "Old
Reliable" Jim Saffel loses little time getting
the figures on the board.
Next week will probably be the greatest
WASHINGTON has ever seen in regard to
base ball. Both pennant chasers are due
here and It is up to the Nationals to make
or break either team
The Browns have been going at a merry
clip of late and it will take some tall hus-
Ting Manager StahFs part to make the
Nationals head them or Manager McAleer
still has hopes of getting out of last place.
Spencer. the St. Louis American League
catcher, is another foot ball player In the
professional base ball ranks. He played
full back at Mercersburg.
Another pitcher has been added to the no
hit class He Is Dineen of the Boston
Americans. In his game yesterday with
Chicago not runner reached third base,
and he had six strike-outs to his credit.
By winning three games from Pittsburg
the Giants won the series with the Pirates
dangerous series, as the Giants have safely
won every other series played.
Pitcher Sparks of the Phillies had the great
toe on his right foot badly spiked in pre-
liminary practice at League Park, ST. Louis,
yesterday afternoon. He will not be able
to play ball this season. Sparks recently
distinguished himself by officiating in a
twenty-inning battle with Ed Reulbach,
he futr SY,ar Ire
2 to l.
Umpire Connolly said last night: Coming
east on the train last week, the Chicago
players said they were satisfied to finish
second and they were figuring out what the
chances Of the Athletics would be in the
worlds series with New York. Evidently
the White Sox took another think after
getting into what Bryan called 1.-The land
Of the enemy."-Phila Bulletin
Manager Griffith of the Highlanders said
last night that his team is in such bad
shape that he has been obliged to secure
three new men from the Eastern League to
help him out for the rest Of the season.
These men are Cockman, third baseman on
the Newark team; Conner. the clever catch
er of the Newarks. and Jacklitsch. who
caught for the Providence team during the
past season. These men will be seen today
playing with the Yankees, who are sched-
uled to meet Cleveland in double header
New York Sun
BY breaking even In double header with
Boston yesterday, Chicago gained on Phil
adelphia. which lost to Detroit. The two
teams are now only three points apart. and
the fight for championship honors is grow
Ing hotter and hotter. The two teams will
play the first OF a series Of games today in
Philadelphia, which will practically settle
the question between them
The faithful service of Jim Mcclure New
York's veteran catcher Is to be rewarded in
part at the end of the season Announce
ment has been made at the Highlanders'
grounds that subscription list has been
started among the patrons of the games to
get money enough to buy suitable present
for the "Old Deacon" The record of more
than twenty years in base ball without a
single blot-without a put-out-of- the-game
mark or rebuke reeorded-is phenomenal
enough to win the admiration and respect
OF even lukewarm baseball followers
OBrien, the shortstop Hedges gets from
st Paul, is reported to be wonder by Joe
Cantillon as wise soul as there is In all
balloon. O'Brien must be o. X, as Comis-
key. Lajoie. Jake Stahl and Kelley have
put In bids for him. CantfIlon says O'Brien
Is fast enough to play short on any team
in any league. So the Browns 1905 infield
may consist of Hartzell on second Wal
lace on third. OBrien at short and Jones
or some new conner. possibly John CANCEL
on first. Johnny Farrell at present in
town, Is another O Brien boomer-St Louis
Star.
week ago there appeared in this gossip
story In regard to the fact that only
seven American League players had par
ticipated in every game this season. This
number has been reduced to five as Lee
Tannehill of the White Sox and Jessie
Burkett are now adjoining the bench, the
former because of charley horse" the
latter to allow the trying out of youngsters.
This leaves Terry Turner, Sam Crawford,
Harry Davis. Danny Murphy and Rhody
Wallace as the only survivors
Hahn, the outfelder that Clarke Grif-
fifth secured from New Orleans and who
Is doing such great work for the High
landers, especially at the bat. IL an Ohio
at 40
years ago he attended Oberlin College and
pitched for the varsity team. He Joined
semi-professional team at Portsmouth,
Ohio, that summer and then drifted into
professional ball to stay, going from the
Cotton States League to New Orleans
last spring. Smythe. the well-known Ober-
lin pitcher. who afterward pitched few
lin and he 1t was that induced Hahn to
go to Oberlin.
The sturdy fight of the White Sox put a
different complexion on the result of the
struggle for the American League pennant
which was conceded to the Athletics few
weeks ago. The Sox are but few points
behind now. and If they can keep up the
clip for the rest of this week In their games
at Philadelphia they will probably be the
opponents of the Giants In the worlds
championship series. In that case the Sc
ries will begin in Chicago on Monday. Oc-
tober 0. the day after the championship sea-
son closes in the west, and three straight
games will be played In the Windy City
before the teams GO east. Thursday will
be an on day, and the series will be re-
sumed at the Polo Grounds ON Friday
In case the Giants and Athletics are the
contestants 1t has been decided by lot that
phia on Monday. October O. the second In
New York on the following day. and SO on,
alternating between the two cities until one
runs runs until Saturday the game On that dsy
will be played IN New York under any cir
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