Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-07-28
Base Ball Notes.

The Nationals are home with the Detroits
| tomorrow.
| The young man from Texas, Mr.. Adams,
! will pitch for the locals
| The Clevelands are a mighty bunch OF
| bali players, but Hughes made them look
small again yesterday.
| Great praise is due Catcher Jack Heydon
| is his first season at catching high-class
| twirlers, and he is doing exceptionally fine
| wc-k
| Joe Cassidy tripled to left has a IA
| miliar ring TO it and will be apprec- ated by
the local fans" Joe certainly "tripled"
| some last season.
| The Nationals went through yesterdays
| 60 me, on the day before, without an err
| rer, which demons trateS that the boys can
! field If the twirlers do their part.
! Chicago is beginning to creep up again on
| the Blues.
| Little Harry Gleason leads the American
! League third basemen in fielding, with .9f3.
! Billy Lush says he will resume playing
| next week for some American League club,
| but he won't say which one. Who can
| guess?
! Heydon's throwing to the bases was ex-
| cellt mt. Bradley was the only man able to
| pilfer second, and he succeeded by running
! into MISUNDERSTANDING Press.
Up to date Bill Bradley has been hit by
| the ball just dozen times. No one is anx-
| ious to break Bradley's record. 1t might
hurt.
Walter Clarkson, the former Harvard
/ pitcher and who was with the Highlanders
! for a time, was quietly married IN Boston
recently to Miss Frances ellis of Winthrop,
Mass.
Hickman's fielding In the second game
was never duplicated in this city before.
One star catch during a game is considered
great, but Cheerful Hick" made two in two
successive innings in the second game that
could not even be made to order.-Cleveland
Leader.
Catcher Mike Kahoe was given his ten
days notice of release by Manager Duffy
of the Philies. yesterday prior to the teams
! leaving for the west last night. Kahoe was
taken along with the team.
Hickman has had twenty-three chances at
second base during the present series and
accepted all. This is record for a man
who was not good enough for Detroit
Cleveland Press.
Pete Browning, the old-time outfeider, is
dying at his home in Louisville. Browning
played the outfield for the Louisville club
in the old American Association days and
was we'll known all over the country by the
then patrons of the game. He was hard
hitter and something of a character in his
way.
When persons generally throughout the
country conceded the flag to the Giants
Barney Dreyfuss said No" He predicted
tina! the Pirates would cut down the lead of
the Giants to 60 points by the 1st of August,
and the Smoke Town magnate's prophecy
has almost been fulfilled.
In the game between the Athletics and
White Sox Wednesday, in Chicago Harry
Davis of the Athletics raped the ball to
the score board, located at the outer edge of
the park. The sphere landed upon the plat
form and stayed there. Danny Green had
to get ladder and climb up for it, while
Davis merrily coursed around the bases in
a home run.
Falkenburg, the pitcher of the Toronto
club. jumped to the Harrisburg, Pa, club
of the Tri-State League yesterday. Man
ager Harley of the Torontos said last night
that Falkenburg told him he was going to
jump. Il suppose 1t was case of getting
more money" said Harley, but am on
the lookout for men all the time and we will
do the best we can. We have lost four men
this season. Apologize, Murray, MCGEE and
Falkenburg, and that naturally leaves a big
hole. Still. l think well be up there in the
e."-New York Sun
Old Nero, who is alleged to have fid
died while Rome burned has at last a rival
In the eleventh inning of a game at Detroit
comm anding gesture which is common to
base ball umpires and political spelbinders
raised his hand to command silence. When
1t was obtained he shouted: us s. D. Reed
in the stand? He's wanted at home as his
house is burning" Reed was located and
replied: Let her burn; couldn't get there
in time, anyway" He staid out the game.
Sporting News.
pitchers were fairly tumbling over each
other In the anxiety to see what the new
, thing was like. ] suppose had 1 been a
ycUngster instead of the veteran that am
that | would have been foolish enough to
try the innova ton. but was content to al
low others to see what they could do and
await the result of the experiment. and you
see for yourself what the result has been
Pitchers who have not tried 1T have let it
severely alone, but such We're very few
Almost every pitcher tried it and today the
number who trying ii is very small in
deed-kid Nichols in Illustrated Sporting