Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-09-03

Connie" Mack. Speaking of Mack, there's
cunning chap. Like Johnny McGraw,
Mack has great base ball team and tits
practically composed of dscards.
The Pirates are gradually crawling up
on the Giants, but the handicap is almost
too much to overcome.
The ST. Louis Nationals have signed
Third Baseman Frantz of the Kansas City
American Association club. Several other
major league clubs were angling for him.
Arthur Hoelsketter. who was shipped
! back to Denver last spring by Cincinnati, 1s
to be tried out by the st. Louis National
League club this fall. His playing this
year in the Western League has been above
par.
George Robe, a popular Cincinnati boy.
who has been playing with New Orleans in
the Southern League, is wanted by the
Washington club If he is secured he will
be tried at third base.-Cincinnau Enqui-
rer.
Boston has caught the Highlanders. and
now 1t will be merry tussle to drop the
Cleveland band from third place
Harry Davis, the king of all f1rst-sackers
was turned down by several National
League managers when he bobbed up on
the base ball horizon You could have got
the two Crosses for 80 cents when they
were peterng out, apparently, in st. Louis.
Cincinnati had SeyboId, and they dropped
him in a hurry. Still in the three games
in Naptown last week Socks has slam
med out three home runs. That's certainly
going some.
Chicago Is booked for a hard humping on
the next eastern trip, and the six games
on the Huntington avenue grounds will
give Collins and his boys grand chance to
make amends for that disastrous visit to
the Windy city.-Boston Herald.
The Cleveland club has purchased In
fielder Barbeau of the Columbus team for
next season. Barbeau is a third baseman
and shortstop, and is right handy with the
bat.
A fan remarked to President Dreyfuss
yesterday that he was going to New York
when the post-Season games were played.
'What?' exclaimed the Pirate chief. why
don't you stay at home and see them?'-
Pittsburg Press. Barney dies hard.
Pitcher Michael O'Toole of the Nashua
team has been sold to the Boston Ameri
cans, and will probably join that team at
the close of the New England League sea-
son. This season O'Toole has pitched in
thirty-three games and won eighteen.
There isn't a whole lot of interest being
manifested in the present doingS in the
National League. OF course New York is
winning the pennant. Pittsburg has second
place cinched. The Cardinals are walIow-
ing around in the six hole, with no chance
of climbing and a good chance of falling.
Frank Chance deserves as much credit
for my victory in the twenty-inning game
as do myself" says Pitcher Edward Reul-
bach after his wonderful victory al Phila-
delphia Il followed his instructions by a
series or signs. and was thus enabled to
serve the opposing batsmen the kind of
balls that they did not want"
Mack didn't have a chance on his natural
of finishing better than fourth, declared the
supposed wise guys last spring. Ha-ha!
His alleged dubs are walking in and they
won't feel prick of spur or swish of whip
1t just stroll for the Athletics and who
In this land thought it was going to be?-
st. Louis Star.
A mighty effort is being made by the Chi
cago police to keep boys from stealing the
balls but more balls are stolen on the
South Side grounds probably than on any
other place on the circuit During the re-
cent Boston series, detective brought once
yOungster to a halt by drawing his re-
Volver and threatening to fire If he didn't
STOP He got both the boy and the ball.