Evening star., 1905-09-24

time and made everybody happy
1t was splendid outpouring OF the
fans and more entertaining ball has
never been witnessed In this city.
Sir William Wolfe was the hero of the
afternoon. and Cassidy, Nil. Stanley, Jones,
Tate and Stahl were his able iieutenants
Joe Stanley led the Nationals at the bat
In the first game with three singles. while
Tate's two singles In the second made him
the best.
George Mil bumped In the partition In
front of the left-field seats and nearly
knocked his knee cap out of place In going
after IAndsay's fly in the first game, bnl
he leaned far over and copped the ball.
Eubank went in to bat for Lindsay In the
ninth inning of the first game but Wolfe
teased him into striking out and winding
up the game.
Sam Crawford hammered nne fly to the
renee IN right before the crowd had col
Iected there, and wanted home run for 1t.
but Umpire Hurst said nay, as the ropes
had been stretched. and ft went down for
a double.
Cobb played in center field during the first
game but as the sun was getting lower he
persuaded Mcintyre to change places with
him when the second contest started.
Donovan's pitching was of such a sensa-
tional sort that he had to DOH his cap when
he came off the field after each inning. the
spectators giving him the glad hand. al
though it was against the home team.
Crawford tore off his fourth double In the
to stretch It into triple. but quick han
ding hy Stanley to Cassidy to Nil killed
him off al the third bag. Sam nearly tore
the leg out of his trousers In sliding, and
the bleachers had great sport with him
when he returned to right field.
Manager Stahl found Donovan great
puzzle when it came to hitting the ball.
but ne hraced up his base-steaiing record
by pilferiug three bags during the second
game.
Cleveland starts a series of four games
tomorrow and good contests are assured.
The great Lajoie has almost recovered his
good form and will play second base.
The Chicagos are hanging on to the Attn
Ietics with a death grip. both teams scor-
ing two victories yesterday. The cham
pionship will probably be settled when the
Two teams clash in Philadelphia next
Thursday Friday and Saturday.
Pittsburg had a good chance to creep up
on the Giants yesterday. but they went
down to defeat with their rivals When
these two teams meet in Pittsburg the fur
will certainly fly.
The sight of Umpire Hurst in golf cap
is alone worth the price of admission.
That sterling player, Monte Cross. never
did more brilliant work in his long career
than lie is doing right now.
Chase can get further on the bases on the.
least slip by opponents than most players.
He promises to be the best base runner in
the American League.
At the beginning of the season Pittinger
made a wager that the Philles would fin
ish higher than the Athletics: not a bad
bet-at that time, though 1t does look fool
iSh now.
Pitcher George Winter of the Boston
Americans will in October wed Miss Mabel
Willis of Burlington, VT, who nursed him
at the Boston City Hospital while pros
trated with typhoid fever.
President Taylor has made arrangements
with President Soden to play Fred Clay in
the outfeld in case the latter reports in
time for the inter-club series, and he will
have a chance to see what the man Is like.
McGTaW Is quoted saying that If the
Giants meet the Athletics for the worlds
championship his team will win by pushing
the ball between Lave and Monte Cross. In
Japan they would call that hari kari; In this
country a coroner's jury would declare it
base ball suicide.
Third Baseman Barbeau of Columbus is
not likely to join Cleveland at all this sea-
son When Columbus finishes its season
the players are going transforming" and
Barbeau is going along.
More games were postponed this year.
both in major and minor leagues than ever
before by rain. The worst of 1t was that
rain often prevented the games booked for
holidays. And yet.- withal, the 1903 season
was on the whole fairly prosperous one
all round. Oh.
Prominent players who have been with
the Milwaukee club at some time since
1881. when the old Western League was In
its glory. are: John Anderson, Wild Con-
roy, Rube Waddell, Dave Fultz, Billy
Reidy. Jimmy Burke. Clarence Beaumont.
George Mcbride. Herman Schaefer Claude
Duffy. Billy Gilbert, Albert Jacobson, Nick
Altroek, Al Shaw, JIggs Donahue. Jack
Taylor, Billy Maloney, Fred Raymer and
Abbaticchio.
Hickey was the leading hitter OF the Fall
River team for the season, which closed
Saturday. He batted for .305, with Bow
cock IN second place, having an average
OF .293. OHara was the third in the list
with an average of .2S5. Birmingham, the
first bsseman, injured some time ago and
kept out of the game since, had batted
for .s2l Resides being the leading batter
Hickey Is the best base runner OF the Fall
River team. He has pilfered forty-four
bases. though he did not join the team
until the season was half over.
\ Cleveland newspaper man with the
team says that there Is much joking over
Il great bit of base running by Jimmy
Jackson. Jackson went all the way from
second home on an infield out and beat
the astonished first baseman by q block
Great was the applause for Jacksons grand
work. since that run won the game. but 1t
turned out, after II was all over that
jackson thought there were three out and
was simply running Wild as they always
do when the last chance Of the inning Is
being shot to first.
The Pacific Coast League is the only
member of the national association whose
pennant race will continue after the close
OF the current week. Many of the club
owners have had profitable season, but
extravaganza In salaries has resulted In q
heavy financial loss for the occupants of
second division berths. Magnates who vote
for a reasonable salary limit I'm December
violate it repeatedly through the playing
season.
II would be hard to frame better PEN
nant race than is shown by the standing
today of the American League clubs. The
Athletics presumed cinch for the pennant
that existed with apparent safety week
ago has vanished A single loss to the
Headers and a victory for the White Sox
would make almost tie at the head of
the list. The Athletics would be leaders
still. but by bare percentage of two
points. The situation Is tight it can
well be drawn. The White SoX are almost
terms with the leaders today. There
'remains the handicap for the second pac-
cry Of nlshing the on the road
while the Athletics work at home.