Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-08-28
Base Ball Notes.

What's the matter with the Nationals
southpaws? 1t seems impossible for either
Patten or Jacobsen to get good start.
Jack Townsend won his game yesterday
and it is reported that several preachers in
Delaware announced the fact from their
pulpits.
That tall boy, Tom Hughes, will probably
work against the Chicagos today, and as
the White Sox have just got through trim
ming the cha mpions, they may be made to
bite the dust
Shortstop Joe Cassidy appears to have
been benefited by his enforced iay-of. He
had fourteen chances in yestedays double
header. captured them all. and also got a
nice hit in each game.
Big Frank Huelsman also got back In the
second game, but he had little to do. not
a chance coming his way, wfrile at the bat
he could not get drive into safe territory
Send In your contributions to the Tom
Hughes testimonial and make 1t a big one,
something the tall twirler deserves.
Joe Kelley has made only one error so
far this season.
hit safely in his last thirteen games.
Bernhard Of the Maps has not scored a
run this year and has made only two hits.
Sandow Mertes now leads the New York
Giants in stolen bases with thirty five,
Dahlen and Devlin tied for second with
thirty-one.
Lee, the former Pittsburg and Washing
ton twirler, now with Toledo, leads the
American ASSOCldllOil III IullS, WITH
twelve to his credit. Roy Brashear OF Lou
isyile follows, with ten.
Clarke Griffith is purchasing players right
and left for his New York Americans. Grif
is, no doubt. covering up few boys for old
friends.
The Boston National League players do
not warm to the proposition of a series with
the Americans unless they receive benefit
outside of their regular salary.
Cy Seymour, Honus Wagner and the
other young men looking for the batting
honors in the National League are keeping
an eye on Hugh Duffy. who may yet play
the necessary fifteen games and lead the
league in batting.
The Chicago White Sox has seven first
class pitchers on the payroll In Altrock,
Owens. Walsh Smith. Patterson, White and
Callahan. Double headers should help out
In the race with this bunch of box men.
Manager Griffith is planning extensive
changes for the New York americans FOR
next year. II the youngsters that have
been corraled can stand the gaf Pitcher
Powell. Outflelders Fultz and Dougherty
and one or two others will feel the AK.
Intieider Hoffman of the Chicago Ma
tionais has been sold to the Portland (Ore.)
Pacific Northwest League club. He was
too good a man to leave the National
League. but it is understood that he will
be called back in the fall.
Some of the members Of the New York
Nationals declare that they will not par
ticipate in series at the end of the season
with the American League pennant win
ners for the worlds championship unless
they get 60 per cent of the receipts. Presi-
dent Brush wants to give them 40 per cent,
and New York writers see In his PROPOSE
ton loophoIe to crawl out of the proposed
series.
One of the games which Chicago took
from Brooklyn the early part of the week
has been protested by President Ebbets.
fly was knocked to Lumley, making the
third out, but after catching the ball he
backed into a fence and it dropped. UNI
pIre KLEIN at first declared the batter out,
then reversed his decision, letting three
runs in. which won the game for Chicago
Jack Chesbro who has been extremely
successful with the spit" ball. wants to
bet $10o that no other pitcher knows the
secret of throwing the ball properly He is
also willing to stake his coin that with two
strikes and three balls on the batter he can
toss one of the wet slants over the pan for
a strike. Somebody ought to take him up
Another peculiar fact is that Washington
has caused more pitchers to be taken out of
the box than any OF the other clubs, no
less than twenty-seven twirlers having been
withdrawn from the game. Philadelphia
has chased twentYthree to the woods, but
that was to be expected. Boston has driven
twenty-three slab artists to the tall tim
bers while Cleveland. ST. Louis and De-
troit have finished up seventeen each. New
York has sent sixteen to the bench, while
Chicago has been the cause OF the retire
ment of only thirteen.
A Cleveland paper quotes Jimmy Collins
as follows:
Accidents? What OF that? That's base
ball. And 1t is not base bali luck. either.
A team can escape from such luck We
have done 1t for three years. We have
done 1t by taking proper care OF ourselves
on and on the field. Our pitchers are as
careful of their argns as Russell Sage would
be with s. gold piece, while q skiiful
player can avoid being spiked and yet pull
of the play properly unless an opposing
player spikes him purposely and there are
none In the American League that know
Of that would turn such contemplate