Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-06-11
Base Ball Notes.

weak as the Nationals were, the Chs
Cages had to go the limit to win out.
Mr. Wolfe will try to break the run Of
oeieatS tomorrow afternoon, and 1t Is to
be hoped that the boys will take brace.
The New Yorks won yesterday and tho
Nationals are in dangerous proximity to
the seventh hole
Joe Cassidy continued his batting yester-
day. and he is now placing his new stick
in vault over night se- fear of losing II.
Jack Townsend tried to duck two hard
drives In the ninth inning. but unintentIoa-
ally butted into assists. and helped to kill
off safe drives
The White Sox have q winning look ,ust
at present. and the Nationals will be doing
vel Ito capture one game Of the four, unless
capt Stahl gets back In the sport at onca
Big FRANK HuelSman has finally won tho
crowd by his hard hitting the past fev
Gays: and when he went to the bat yester-
day the bleachers gave him the glad hand.
FRANK responded with a triple Into right
that rolled to the fence. as Callahan over
ran 1t trying to make the catch.
Ducky Holmes was given hearty
greeting by his many friends in this city
and the ex-Washington player went the
route In his usual swift style.
With two out 1t looked like brainy base
ball to allow Callahan to steal second and
depend upon retiring Davis. Fielder Jones
is exceptionally fast his feet, and the
throw down and back must be made with
out flaw to head him Off at the plate
kittredge is laid up for repairs with q
smashed finger from one of Patterns twist
ers in Fridays game. Heyden had his
hands full yesterday in stopping the spit
ball sent In by Townsend.
Pitcher Smith was slow in his deliv-
cry that the crowd got after him, and
counted as high as fifteen after he had
gotten into position to throw the ball. He
is also using the spit ball with effect
Rnf hoe ho will hob
field tomorrow afternoon, as Knoll Is
needed behind the bat. Heyden Is begin
ming to show signs OF distress from con-
tinuous work. Little Knoll Is something OF
catcher, and will make himself still more
solid with the crowd If given q chance.
Chance of the Chicago Cubs leads tho
National League in hitting. with 1872.
Miss Alice Roosevelt was a spectator at
the BrookIyn-Cincinnati game Friday.
The Cleveland pitchers put big crimp
In the batting averages of several of the
New York americans, namely, Fultz Will
liams and Chase.
McGraw is keeping himself decidedly
quiet Just now. There's foxy lad for you!
Third Baseman Hartman Of Fordham
College is to join the Montreal Club on
June TO-
Efforts are being made to restore peace
between the Jap and the Russ. Now IL
somebody would bring McGraw and ORGY
fuss together!
Devlin leads the New York champions in
base running with eighteen stolen bases
one Of the best records of the country.
Cy Young. the star twirler of the Boston
Nationals, Is a railroad fireman when he Is
not playing base ball. He works on a road
in New Hampshire during the winter
months.
Manager Griffith Of the New York Amer
leans is negotiating with an American As
ISOLATION club for a battery. The High
landers are in sore straits for pitchers and
catchers
BY next season the field at the Boston
dc will ha for
playing any in the country. For all
round accommodation of patrons and a
field for players there is nothing finer to-
day.
Some of those American Association
teams have very good outfields, namely.
Columbus with Congalton. Pickering and
Davis; Indianapolis. Thoney. McCreary and
Bruce; Milwaukee. O'Neill. Hemphiii and
McChesney; st. Paul, Carney. Geier and
Hemphll.
The list of the American pichers who have
been knocked off the slab is as follows.
Four times. Orth. Putnam. CHESHIRE. Pow
ELL Hogg Dineen: three times. Coakley, Sud-
hoff; twice. Bender. GARRISON Griffith, Nor
gan, Mullin Donavan. Kiliian, Kitson, Dom
nehiIl, Waddel, Henley. Plank. Patterson.
White, Walsh. Owen. Howell. Glade.
Thomas. Not a National among them.
One noticeable feature about Waddelro
work this year is the way he spares him.
self, says the Philadelphia North American.
He has given up the old idea of tanning
every batsman who faces him. Now he
goes along easily, using little speed till he
gets in hole. and being content to let
the men back of him do their share of the
work. But the-arm is still there. and when
a crisis comes the mighty south paw sends
them up SO fast that the enemy can hardly
see them.
Frank p. McKeon, the former Holy Cross
ball player who for the past four years has
covered center field for the Holy Cross
ball team, has decided to try his hand at
professional base ball during the summer,
and left for New Haven yesterday. where
he Joined the Springfield team. He win be
tried out in right field. Dillon, who has
been playing this position. will be sent in
to play second, as Fitzpatrick, ths regular
man. is unable to play.-Boston Herald.