Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-05-23
Base Ball Notes.

Here's hoping Jack Townsend will lead
the Nationals to victory today.
Incidentally do not lose sight of the fact
that the Chicagos have been playing tip
top ball and are a permanent factor In the
championship race.
Bill Coughlin's transfer to Detroit has
done him world of good. He is now lead
ing the third basemen and also batting bet
ter than he ever did before
The Nationals will have to win three out
of the next six games to capture the five
victories allotted to them before going west
by The Star. 1t Is big proposition
Rabbit" Robinson is playing great
shortstop game for Milwaukee.
In Lajoies opinion, not over three men In
the American league will finish better than
300 this season.
Milwaukee is hustling Columbus for the
lead in the American Association.
In Louisville it is declared positively that
Harry Dolan is to be turned over to the
Colonies as soon as Manager Kelly is fit to
play again.
Congalton, who was allowed to go to CO.
iumbus, is singing the ball into safe ter
ritCry quite regularly.
Boston is endeayoring to break I'D gam
bling in base bail. Inspectors are placed in
the stands. and gamblers are shown the
way out of the grounds if they openly
caught laying or accepting wagers
Don't be surprised to hear in a few DAYS
that the American League race is fixed so
that the clubs will be close together Such
story is due soon and will probably come
from Pittsburg, where the ''fxed-for- New
York-to-win' yarn was given birth last
year.
Jesse Burkett was rendered one of his
old-time warm receptions by the crowd in
the left field bleachers. The ex-Brown
played one of his star games yesterday ac-
cepting everything which came his way
Wallace threw Jesse out three times and
the fourth time he was left at his base.-St
Louis Republic
With Glade ill., Wallace lame, Howell laid
up with sore arm and Gleason aiing Nc
Aleers team is in a serious way at present
With these four sterling players out of the
game the Browns would not present a for
mdable enough resistance to take a ma
jority of the games from the teams which
they are defeating.
Griffith, manager of the New York Amer
lean League team, is following in the foot
steps of McGraw He objected so stren1I-
ously to the umpre's decision at Detroit
yesterday that he was ordered off the
grounds.
President Barney Dreyfuss Of the Pitts
burg National League club has preferred
charges to President Pulliam of the Ma
tlonal League against Manager John Nc
Graw of the New York club. The magnate
said that offensive remarks were addressed
to him by McGraw as he sat in the grand
stand at the games at the Polo Grounds
last Friday and Saturday. President Pull
liam said that he would lay the matter be-
fore the board of directors.
Pat Bowling, the captain-manager of
st. Patrhcks team of the Capital City
League. has been compelled, on account of
bad health. to leave the city for couple
of weeks. He will go to Mount Savage
Md, to recuperate. His eyes have been
giving him great deal of trouble and he
has been advised to rest. His brother is in
charge of the Catholic Church at Mount
Savage. and Pat will stay with him.
An outrageous story Is being printed in
the western papers concerning a row be-
tween Collins and Ferris. Any one who
knows Ferris knows how absurd such a
story Is. Ferris is strong on arguing. but
is hardly the man to mix it up with Collins.
There is not a word of truth In the story.
Originally the story had the row as taking
place on Sunday. Any man who has ever
seen Ferris in Boston on a Sunday can get
500 for naming the day of the month he
saw him Discovering that the Sunday
night story wouldn't hold water, the story
was shipped out west as happening on a
week day.