Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-06-26
Base Ball Notes.

1t will be Townsend against Plank today
The Athletics are pretty hard to beat. but
perhaps the Delaware boy can do it.
Hunter Hill was out for the first time yes
terday and may be able to go on the west
ern trip.
The western papers are making fun of the
Tri-State League. and insist it won't last
long. The Baltimore and Louisville clubs
doubtless wish this statement were true.
The Cleveland fans gave Lajoie and his
team great reception Saturday and then
st. Louis trimmed them In the most ap-
proved style. They also caught it hard
from Chicago yesterday. Receptions are
"hoodoos."
Jimmy Callahan has again broken away
from Comskey. and the chances are that
he has played his last game with Chicago
Fielder Jones persuaded Comiskey to give
Callahan another trial. and his pledge lasted
about two weeks.
We wonder if his future wife can be made
to believe that the arbitrator can't make a
mistake"
Walter Brodie of Oriole fame Is playing q
brilliant game in the field for Providence
but Is not hitting much. The Duke of Roa-
noke" has cut out his acquaintance with
John Barleycorn. but this does not seem tc
help his eyesight.
Billy Hart pitched good game for CO.
lumbus the other day, downing st. Paul &c
/. Why don't Hank O'Day and Bob Emslie
try the resurrection? Both We're good twirl-
ers in their day-about the time that Hart
first fiourished.
A wonderfully quick player is Harold
Chase, Griftth's young first baseman, but II
he would be a trife more deliberate in field
ing bunts to second and third bases in order
to head off runners he might make up In
accuracy what he loses by letting go too
quickly.
Harry Wolverton denies that he intends
to go to the Tri-State. Il am not a con-
tract jumper Is his indignant remark
Harry must have reformed since he leaped
to Washington from Philadelphia and then
back again.-Philadelphi North American
Billy Lush. who is iE Boston with the
Yale team as coach, and who refused to
sign contract with Cleveland this year. in
order to act as coach for the Yale team. is
not worrying because he has not heard q
word from the Cleveland mana cement rela-
tive to joining Cleveland the LIST Of July
when his term with the college team Is up.
Lush said: IF Cleveland Goes not want
me, l guess I can play with some indepen-
dent team. I have not been released by
Cleveland. but 1t looks as If Vinson and
Jackson are satisfactory in the outfield.
Perhaps when the team gets back home 1t
will make some difference. as the left field
Is the sun field, and 1t is a hard place to
play unless player Is used to it.-Boston
Herald.
A good-sized holiday crowd was out yes
terday to witness the ball games between
the Reds and the Wasps. the Puns and the
Rams. The Rams were there to make the
name OF the day good, and If the first king
could have seen these youngsters that wear
his name on their shirts play yesterday he
would have been proud of them. Giant Reu-
ter was the main guy" He UNFINISHED a
few that had all the earmarks of Jap tor
pedoes. When colt did land on the sphere
there was always youngster In the way.
The Hams always win when they play the
colts. The Puns swear that the next time
they play the Hams they are going to burn
Chinese punks in their club rooms. In the
first game the Reds went into the game
with blood in their eyes. and the way they
smote the sphere was something shameful.
What they did to young Freitas would make
a long story.-Honolulu Pacific Commercial
Advertiser.