Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-07-25
BASE BALL NOTES.

The Nationals go after the Clevclands
again today
Bill Wolfe will probably work against
little boy Bernhard.
Charley Jones is laying off on account of
an injured foot. and Hunter Hill is again
down with the malaria
Pitcher Adams appears to have a puzzing
delivery. and once more held the opposing
batters safe after the game had been lost.
Place your ear close to the ground and
you will hear a rumbing that foretells that
something will drop in the Nationals camp
after they arrive home. Manager Stahl s
good nature has about reached the limit of
endurance.
Grand Duke, 'Yabby'' Billet of the York
Tri-state League is certainly the home-run
hitter of that organization. If he would
pay more attention to placing the bali he
would be wonder.
The Clevelauds will have hard road
ahead of them when they start the next
eastern trip. They will be in the lead. and
every team will trot out it's best pitchers
and do their best to head them off. There
is no denying that the Blues have good
look at the present time.
Hard luck continues drifting toward the
New York Americans in hunks and gobs
Yesterday Chesbro was hit with line ball.
and may have to lay on the shelf for week
or more
The Nationals return home Friday and
open series with the Detroits Satur
day. 1t is to be hoped that the In and
outteld will be put in something like decent
shape by that time Both fields We're a
joke just before the team went west
The grand circuit races at Detroit were
too much for the base ball games, and they
were transferred to Columbus 1t was a
lucky move, as the Bostons and Detroits
certainly drew out a better attendance in
Columbus than they would have done in the
City of the Straits.
Ten colleges are represented among four
teen members of the Montpelier-B Barre (Vt)
team.
Orth accomplished most remarkable per-
Torrance July 3, I and IS, shutting out the
Athletics. Washingtons and Cleveands In
succession Not at all bad for an ''old
man.
Even the accession of Nate Pulsifer has
not operated TO prevent Sioux City from
treading the downward path. Sioux City
seems to be the Washington of the Western
League
Weldon Henley. the chap who used the
large whitewash brush on the Browns Sat
urday afternoon, has been with the Athletics
but one season. this being his second. Be
fore going with Philadelphia he was with
the Atlanta team of the Southern League.
and previous to that with the Chickasaws.
This latter team was one of the strongest
semi-professional clubs in the country. and
1t represented Memphis as an independent
team. Henley is southerner by birth. and
was formerly a college player.
Dick Cooley's batting last week must have
made the Boston magnets at the South End
only one error. Pretty slick work for a
cast-off from such an aggregation as that
boosted of by the old Observation-Disclosures
Globe.
Seymour, Wagner and Chance are having
q great race for batting honors In the Ma
tienal. The latest from the statistician
shows Seymour to have slight lead, he
| IS going at a .:.59 clip. Wagner's mark is
.346 and Chance has mark of BAL
Capt Collins: The Boston team has
slowed up this season. and We must now
look about for new blood Several fast
youngsters will be added to the team be-
fore next season. But for awful slump
at Cleveland | fully counted on being in
the race again this season; now IL looks
like case of a few and faster men
to help out. Boston Herald
| Dick Padden will rejoin the ST Louis
team within the next few days. but Dick
is not going back to play ball. Padden is
the official scout OF tho Browns in the
minor leagues, and from now until the end
of the season he will cruise around looking
over the 1905 crop of youngsters. Padden
has done the scouting for ct. Louis In past
seasons and his work in this line fully justi-
fes his being retained