Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-08-20
NATIONALS AFTER
PITCHER DORNER

Macke. the Cincinnati boys they couldn't
toe the mark
Clark Griffith isn't taking any chances
with William Keller. his premier brave
Grim has ordered Willie the Wee not to
make dash for first unless he Is pretty
sure OF making it, and he must not tear
up any grass in right field in his usual
wild dash after fly balls. There is nothing
to 1t but that If Keller should become in
capacitated the Yankees wouldn't have a
chance on their natural of winning out
hid Moh!er, San FrancSco's second base
man. was injured in the first inning OF the
game OF August at Seattle, by batted
bail, which struck him in the left temple
The upper Jaw bone was fractured and he
We removed to a hospital. Park Wilson
received two badly bruised and cislocated
myers later in the same. game and had
to retire.
My first experience with the spit ball
was rather peculiar remarks Ad Joss.
II was in St Louis last spring I saw
Harry Howell splitting all over the ball
ana IL struck me that would Just slobhcr
Few myself. Well, | wet the old horse
hide pretty good. and let it go 1t started
about as high as Bobby Wallace's neck
ana ne made walop at it, 1t dropped
before it arrived. however, taking an awk
ward. downward slant Bemis tried to
sSs IL way up high and it gave him a
fha, T"Ilop on the shin bone After
ahai. l Kept it going during the game, and
aaGtuany learned it during the contest.
hoWell' as everybody knows was an ey
W., III i's use but we beat him up. IL to l.
-
ldea OF learning the spit fling hefora ~
was over than l had OF flying To saw notb
ing OF winning game with it,
department League Notes
II Is rumored that ever since Wars mis-
sfaoie EXEMPTION against Treasury We'd
nesday afternoon their team management,
mas been seriously considering the adv,sa-
pih'y OF recruiting new team from among
the veterans at the Soldiers Home.
Aias Tor Nays fielding averages TWENTY
| seven errors in two games within the mast
week. and both of them lost AIM, nat
record for the erstwile leaders
Ihere would be a different story to tell
a. justice mad been as they are now at the
| first of the season 1919
In doping the winner don't overlook Aeri-
! culture
The race is getting closer. Every game
las. week saw shake-up in the standing
MOST OF the teams balance well at present
ana II VIII be nip and tuck in every game
| There could not have been a more comnlet.
reversal or form than was shown last week
| bumps.
| Capt. Shorty Hughes of the Navy is
| going to Atlantic City for IA ten-days' vaca-
| ton. Wonder if FRIDAYS game is resnonSi
| BILE?
Interiors batting averages are consider
ably fattened as result of their slaughter
! Oh Nays pitching staff on Friday.
Inc department fans all seem to he for
the under dog. War and Navy always
get the worst of it from the rooters.
MT. Langley, captain of the Gurley team,
should let the indicator alone. He made
farce of the Treasury-War game from an
umpiring standpoint. His work afforded
| lots of amusement for the crowd and the
| players we'll
Capt. Hughes can't resist batting the UNI
| pire, but he is doing better, now that Mr..
Collifower is officiating
Burbank and Bieask are playing a fine
game for Justice. The way they pulled
in fhp
certainly good to see.
! The Navy has fine lot OF individual
players but they lack in team work. Good
thing to correct Captain Hughes. In this
particular Agriculture, Treasury and par
ticularly Justice have the others far out
clGssed.
Most of the pitchers are in good form,
We hler;-Burbank, Sanders and Haring do
ing the best.
War is pitted against Agriculture on
Wednesday 1t is even money to who
will hold first place when the tie is broken.
Weber is going well at present
RGbe Clark, the famous" is playing
short for the mail Fingers
The Navy-Post Office game is the kind
the crowd likes-keeps the nerves at high
tension clear up to the finish.
The Library boys hold the record for dou-
BILE plays. in single game making three
against Justice last week.
The acquisition of Waller and Fenton
has greatly strengthened the "redmen"
Post Office is the only team in the league
whose standing was not charged in the
course of last weeks shake up.
The change in umpires was a good one
and will undoubtedly benefit the league
Every one is satisfied with Mr. Colliiower's
work.
The move made by the schedule commit
tee in doubling up the schedule with the
postponed games was a good one and will
surely be appreciated by the leagues fol-
lowers. 1t was recognized by all that some
such move was imperative, as each team
had two or more postponed games to play
off and with the schedule running out to
the latter part of September and the
chances of having still more postponed
games. it would have been impossible to
have successfully completed the season.