Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-10-06
Base Ball Notes.

Only one game today. commencing at 4
o'clock.
Falkenberg will pitch for the Nationals
and Waddell may work for the Athletics,
although Manager Mack may want to
'cinch" the pennant before trying out the
cratic Reube.
To the conservative spectators 1t looked
as though half the energy displayed
against the Chicagos would have made the
Athletics look like the proverbial 30 cents
in the second game.
From the present appearance Of things
Manager Mack will depend upon Plank.
Bender and Waddeil to beat the New FORKS
In the world series.
Two games will be played tomorrow to
wind up the season and Manager Stahl will
work the young twirlers against the Ath-
letics. while Henley and Coakley will be on
the firing line for the Quakers.
Mr.. Decker, who controls the refreshment
and score card privilege at the park, very
kindly treated the press boys upstairs to
lemonade. sandwiches and cigars between
the games The treat was appreciated
local fan stepped up to Lave Cross
yesterday morning at the Riggs House and
handed him a box of fine cigars as a re-
ward for favors shown in the Quaker city.
Lave passed the smokers around and then
had a few to put in his pocket for future
use.
Frank Farrell Is reported to have wager
ed 5000 against $1,000 in New York last
night that the Athletics would beat out the
Giants. On all the dope" possible these
odds are false.
Great interest is being worked up over
Mondays game between the Philadelphia
Colored Giants and the Nationals. Play
will be called at o'clock and the Athletic
New York game will be put On the big
score board inning by inning.
Treasurer William Fowler will be proud
boy this afternoon. His many friends in
the local team and members Of the press
a anr1tA toh
and fob and the token will be handed over
to him by Harry Dorsey before the game
starts. Mr.. Fowler has made many friends
BY his energetic and genial way of han
ding the finances of the Nationals this
season.
The big band of "rooters" that accom-
panied the Athletics to this city made
things lively in the grand stand yesterday
as the Quakers We're winning out.
Detroit took thirteen out OF twenty-one
from the Highlanders. New York won
fewer games from the Wolverines than any
American League club
Cleveland American League team went
back into the second column as a result of
yesterdays defeat.
1t is estimated that the Limitation put on
encroachment of the field will limit the
crowd in New York to n Geo and in Phila-
delphia to 10000 Secretary Knowles thinks
that he may be able to get as many as 30,
600 in the Polo grounds. An accurate
measurement will be necessary to decide
Davy Fultz has probably played his last
game of professional ball, writes Sid Mer-
Ger In the New York Globe As the season
ends Saturday. Fultz will not don a uni
form again. and when he lays away his
New York uniform he ends his base ball
career. He declared some time ago that
this was his last season. He will practice
law with firm in Wall street this winter.
and probably stick to his Blackstone and
briefs next summer.
Every one works but Reuben:
He sits around all day,
Nursing shoulder that's tired,
Active as a lump of clay.
Plank does little whitewashing,
Bender tries his hand:
Everybody works In Ph.lly
hfs But the queer old man.
st. Louis Star
0idring, who Is doing SO we'll at short for
the Highlanders, accepting fourteen chances
without an error and making three hits
of Wigs and Disch. is about twenty
two years old. and this season was his first
In q professional league. He to powerful
young Swede. who knows how to WELD q
bat He played shortstop for the Mont
gomery team In the Southern League and
stood third among the batsnnen down there
with an average away over BOO
The Chicago series will so down In the
history of the national game as one of the
greatest ever known. The total attendance
for the three games broke all records for
base ball. being 81. 9o9. In addition Hatur-
days crowd inside the park, OF zA446 WAL
new haxh-water mark for the QuAkea
city. and The total att0ndance for the ne
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