Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-08-16
Base Ball Notes.


dress L. B. Cooley, Myrtle street north
east.
Base Ball Notes.
Cleveland plays the last game with the
Nationals today. the contest starting at
o'clock to allow both teams to catch an
early train for the west
Patten will probably work for the locals
today. and Donohue or Joss for the Cleve-
lands.
When Umpire Connolly made his appear
| ance on the field he was given a fine recep-
| ton and had to doff his hat. When Man.
ager Stahl went to the bat the first time he
was also greeted with cheers, the specta-
| tors dividing into factions over the trouble
of the day previous.
| In sliding into second Flick gave Cassidy
| quite deep cash with his spikes, and the
| popular shortstop had to retire Mil taking
| his place.
The spectators were very much lacking In
| self respect when they refused to permit
Umpire Connolly to make an announcement
for the benefit of the club. 1t was a favor
| on his part, and the demonstration was
| display of petty spite by hot-headed fans"
| Jack Townsend's reward for winning his
| game from st. Louis last week was to trail
Jacobsen again yesterday after the game
| had been lost. Adams hadn't worked for
| over week and should have been sent in.
| keeping the Delaware boy for today, as he
| has frequently done good pitching against
| the Blues.
! 1t is a fortunate thing that the club is
| going west just at this time. The players
| have gone off in their good work and show
| little of the energy that was in evidence
| during the Chicago series.
Capt. Bradley made a big mistake when
| he refused to play double-header with
the Nationals this trip. His team has clear
ly outplayed the Nationals. and an extra
victory may have been added to Clevelands
credit. By the time they come back the
locals may be going at a good gait and
then the Blues will have to play for their
lives to win out. even IL they have Lajoie
with them.
Saturday afternoon an interesting game
| will be played at American League Park
between team of colored players from
Baltimore headed by Joe Cans, and local
white aggregation that will be captaned by
Kid Sullivan. The fun starts at 5 O'Clock
and great sport is promised.
The Nationals play all the Western teams
and also the Athletics on the coming trip
before returning home, and there is GER
tainly rocky road ahead Of them
Hughey Jennings arm Is better than It
has been for years.
ComiSkey Is fishing while his PLAYERS ara
hustling.
Jack O'Brien. formerly with the Boston
Americans, and now with Milwaukee, has
settled his suit against the Albany Traction
Company.
John Lobert. on the Johnstown Tri-State
League club. played with Des Moines last
season, and was sold by Cantillon to the
Chicago Nationals.
MatheWsOn, Taylor, Capt Mc(Iann
Mertes. Browne and Gilbert were at Amer
lean League Park yesterday and appeared
deeply interested in the game between the
Greater New Yorks and Detroit.-!,ew
York Sun.
A western writer says that Ed Barry, the
new pitcher of the Boston Americans, is
built on the lines of a Fitzsmmons His
home Is in Madison, Wis. He will report al
the close Of the Three 1 season. Spencer,
the new catcher Of the st. Louis Browns, is
a Texan.
Joe Villa. who is great hand at getting
on to things. says 1t was arranged three
months ago for Hanlon to go to Cincinnati
next season. Even so, is there any more
reason to think Hanlon will be more sue
cessful in Cincinnati than he was in Brook
lyn? He certainly has made anything but
a success In the latter city.
The Montreal Herald thus describes a play
by George Lachance: "Lachance made a
beautiful one-handed catch of Dutch Hart
mans throw of Millers hit in the first in
ming Candy. extended at full length, could
just reach the ball with his gloved hand,
but he froze to 1t. and retired Miller. The
realizing that Lachance had caught the
sphere. but when they did get wise to his
star play they cheered him to the echo"
Jack Warner Is catching for Detroit. and,
what is more, Is catching good ball In
speaking about his switch of leagues, War
ner said to New York interviewer:
II am pleased to think that 1 will be able
to play with an American League team l
have been anxious for two years to get into
that league, and would have been with the
Detroit club year ago If McGraw would
have sold me to that club when Manager
Barrow tried to buy my release from him.
am to get more money from the Detroit
club than got for playing with the ST.
Louis team"
A fan writes as follows to the Kansas
City Star: Coughing up % cents all
season for hard seat In the bleachers and
roofing riotousy for the Nuts I now wish
to line up with the knockers, not against
the players. mind you. but the management.
The glittering can should be attached to
Tebeau-through Irwin he has been promis-
ing things all season. but the best we have
had is one lone Nut from Louisville They
say that 1T is impossible to secure players
at this time of the year. Fudge! One can
take a bunch of 81 bills. make trip around
the Western Association circuit and secure
enough players to beat the Nuts ninety
nine games out of hundred, Skidoo with
Tebeau.o
What difference between the Harry Bay
of today and the Harry Bay of last season.
Last year it was almost sure bet that
he would not get to first, and he finally
finished up with an average way down the
list, but, fattened appreciably during the
last few weeks of play. The trouble was
that the little fellow was not In good health
at any time during the season, having been
i'll just before joining in the spring. This
spring he reported the heaviest he has ever
Oeen ana as ne mas Deen III gOOQ shape all
the year his work in batting shows It, He
was the first American League player to
make 100 hits. and he also leads the league
as a run getter. His hits are timely and
scarcely a game passes that he does not
get one or two. Then, too, he Is making
more long hits than he did a year or two
ago.-Cleveland Plain Dealer.
1t may sound strange and heretica1 to say
that not one base ball player, even those of
the so-called first class, knows the first
principles of hitting a pitched ball. In