Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-08-07
Base Ball Notes.

Chicago for the last time today.
Townsend and Smith will do the twirling.
st. Louis starts series of four games to-
morrow and we want them all
The National knocked out "Hoo-doo'
Smith once before they can do it again.
The st. Louis papers have gone out Of
their way to knock the Nationals at
every opportunity, clubbing them the ''slow
thinkers" and 1t Is now up to the local out
fit to take revenge on McAleer's continuous
losers
The Tri-State League has begun to wob-
BILE. CoatsviIle being the first to throw up
the sponge. 1t will be hard to fill In the
eighth club at this time of the year. The
story about major league professionals
backing up the outlaws was a joke.
The Police team play Guton-Temple on
the White Lot tomorrow evening at 8
O'Clock
President Ebbets of Brooklyn is said to
be after Johnny Vowinkel OF the Utica
pitching staff. Sounds more like bowler
Perhaps that's what attracted Ebbets.
Willie Keller once more leads the Ameri-
can League In batting. In SO games Keeier
has been to bat $3.50 times and made no
hits. percentage of .324
Billy. Lush. in spite of the fact that the
Cleveland Napoleons need his services bad
~. mas Jumped to the Plattsburg On. " in
dependent team.
Clark Griffith. it seems. is now after
Holly. the New Orleans shortstop. Holly Is
the best short fielder in the Southern
League and can hit the ball. too
Ten points separate each OF the three lead
ers in the American League race and the
Yankees are climbing. The struggle Is most
exciting.
With CHESHIRE. Orth, Powell and Doc New
ton in condition to pitch good ball. the
HiRhlander9 n u 10
any in the country.
The Athletics look more dangerous every
day. and unless some of their pitchers go
wrong the fight may be In the east again.
to keep 1t in the west
The Highlanders are making rapid strides
toward the top of the pile and If this win
ming streak continues there will be some
thing doing shortly among the eastern
teams.
Eddie" Grant. who played second for
Cleveland yesterday afternoon. is a mem
Der of the class of 1906 at Harvard. In
April. 1904. the Harvard athletic committee
declared him ineligible to represent the
Crimson as he had played semi-professonal
ball In the White mountains and down
south.-Boston Herald.
The weatherwise Individual who said
that Cleveland without Lajoie PLAYED as
we'll as Cleveland with Lajoie, will kindly
take notice of the fact that Cleveland hasn't
won anything since 1t has started east, and
joie is a good % per cent OF the Cleveland
team, and when he isn't playing his game
Cleveland doesn't rank with some others In
the American League. 1t is the misfortune
OF the Cleveland management to have a
one-man team, but they've got 1t just the
same and results prove such to be the case
Ever since the expansion movement Of the
American League became an assured sue
cess the club members of the National
League acted as though they really thought
that New York was the beginning and end
ing of everything in base ball. The abject
servility shown by the other members of
the league when New York cracked the
whip was nauseating. They seemed to think
that a winner in New York meant prosper
ity In every city In the league. With the
exception of Barney Dreyfuss of Pittsburg
the magnates let New York go along doing
as 1T pleased. and when Puliam showed a
disposition to discipline McGraw according
to base ball law the latter was dragged into
court. In view of this contemplate cring-
ing to New York it will be interesting to
see what action those in authority will take
IN the forfeited game at Pittsburg on Sat
urday