Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-08-10
Base Ball Notes.

Well, We can't win all the time
Huelsman. Stahl and Kittredge were
about the only ones to escape without a
black mark
Stones work here has verified all the
good things said about him in Boston and
New York He is simply "phenom"
If the grounds can be fixed up, the Ma
tionals and Browns will play a double-head-
err this afternoon.
Hughes thought the ball had slipped from
Kittredge's hand when he blocked the throw
to second.
Big Frank once more led the Nationals
with the bat, his grounder to left in the
sixth inning giving Starr quite a shaking
UP.
The Boston Americans are climbing but
they will have the time of their lives pass
ing the Highlanders.
Glasses feat of q put outs at first base
last Saturday will probably stand as the
seasons record for a nine-inning game.
There Is safety in numbers. Jake Stahl
used fourteen men against the Chicagos the
other day and finally got there-New York
Sun.
Toronto has made an offer to Ed Barrow
manager of the indianapolis base ball club,
to go to Toronto as manager. An offer has
also been extended to Carr of Cleveland.
The Bostons are a thorn in the flesh for
the Pittsburgs. They won their seventh
game from the Pirates yesterday which Is
many the New Yorks and the Chi
Cages have from the ex-champons
Manager Hamilton of the Harrisburg Club
has released Pitcher John Breckenridge I'M
conditionally, leaving him to sign where
he pleases. Breckenridge was with New
ark last year and IL still has a claim on
him.
Lord is so good utility outf1elder that
the Athletics would not suffer seriously
were Hartsel, Hoffman or SeybOld to be dis
abled, says the Philadelphia North Ameri-
can. Monte could jump In and take the
place of Knight Cross of Murphy. In fact.
there is only one man who could not be
replaced, and that Is Harry Davis.
The Pttsburg base ball club has closed
deal with Joe Cantillon. owner of the Des
Moines Western League club, for the serv-
ices of Pitcher A. p. Liefield. highly rec
commended left-hander The new man will
report to Manager Clarke at Chicago on
September 3. Pittsburg had to bid against
the New York Americans for this man.
James V. Long of San Francisco is in
Pittsburg to try to get Hans Wagner to
consent to join an ail-National team to
make trip to the Pacific coast and the
Sandwich Islands this fall. to play exhibit
ton games with an all-American team.
Wagner thinks we'll of the proposition and
will likely make the trip. Joe McGinnity
will go, and Lajoie will be on the American
team.
Evidence OF the sharp tussle for the lead
in the American League Is the fact that no
less than six of the eight teams have at
some time or other this season been in first
place. They are: New York. Philadelphia,
Detroit Chicago. Washington and Cieve-
land Moreover. the New Yorks have been
In the lead twice. the Philadelphia twice
the DetroitS once. the Washingtons twice,
the Chicagos on six different occasions and
the Clevelands on seven.
The Quakers did not show an amount of
hra In Un hat 70
ulty to become jealous. The most glittering
bit of forgetfulness was when Abbott, In
the midst of the batting rally in the sixth,
became so ratified that he forgot to put on
his mask when he went behind the bat. He
had thrown 1t off to chase a foul, and II
never occurred to him that he would need
1t any more for the Reds were hitting all
the balls that came over the plate out into
the gardens Abbott would have been
catching fouls with his face yet but for Kid
Gleason.-Cincinnati Enquirer.
George Stone of the st. Louis Browns,
who was traded by the Boston Americans
for Jesse Burkett and a cash bonus, has
been doing all kinds of stunts with the bat
the past month and Is now among the lead
ing batsmen of the American League. In
the last twenty-eight games that Stone has
played he has hit safely in twenty-six of
them. making forty-eight hits in that num-
Der of games. He has been at bat liz
times In that time and has batted for .429
in the last twenty-eight games. His aver
age for the season is .323. He has made
twelve doubles. IL triples and FIVE home
runs and has stolen sixteen sacks.
The Cincinnatis lead all the clubs in both
leagues in big scores. Their 10 runs against
the Brookiyns on August O Is the most
fruitful harvest i'm one game OF the season
in a major league. They beat the New
Yorks IL to In June and beat the Bostous
Is to In, July. Other big scores are:
Philadelphia. 10: Boston. B. New York, IL.
Boston. g. New York. 10: Boston, o. The
New Yorks. Philadelphia and Chicagoes
have made the top score in the American
League. New York beating Boston, Is to 5;
Chicago beating Detroit. Is TO 5, and Phila-
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