Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-06-21

Ing the goods as they did at the start OF
the season. and that. more than anything
else. Is losing the games for the locals
The officers of the Nationals held a regu-
lar meeting yesterday and everything at
the business end of the team was reported
in hrst-class shape The club is AWAY
ahead financially and an effort will be made
to secure new players to brace up the team
No names were mentioned, but they will be
good ones il secured.
Manager Stahl went through the game
yesterday in fairly good shape and felt no
i'll effects afterward.
Manager McAleer didn't like the way
Moran tried to sacrifice in the first inning
and Immediately pulled him out of the
game, Rockenfeld going to second
The Brown outfield certainly has q good
look. Stone in left especially being strong,
both In batting and fielding.
Pete Daiey.-A bets that the Nationals
will lose on q certain day and double
header is played The first game decides
the bet.
Pittinger. turned down by Boston. has
won seven straight games for the Phillies.
And the end is not yet.
The Athletics lead the American League
In hits and runs scored, the New Yorks in
stolen bases and the Clevelands in long
hits.
Sam Crawford is the batting sensation of
the American League. His three clean
hOmers in Boston last week were beauties.
McGraw has reached the "squealing'
stage. Those Giants have streak Of yell
low as big barn when the other fell
lows get after them in earnest.
seething kick arose in Boston last Sat
urday over whether Dick Cooley scooped
fly ball or not. In these advanced days OF
the pad, the indicator and the mask. the
umpire might add field glasses to his stock
of accessories.
series will come pretty near deciding which
is the best college ball team of the east
And IL jackson pitches as well as he did
against Princeton last Saturday. the
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Frank Bonner has taken his seventh
lease on life and is playing like a star for
Kansas City. In recent game he accepted
ten chances without an error and made
John Barleycorn he'd be in the big leagues
True to his promise. Manager Heckert OF
the York team announced last night that
he has secured Lew Wfltse. pitcher and
Jack Hayden, outfielder, from the BaIti-
more Eastern League team. and that both
players will report IN York today for the
game against Wflliamsport.
Ned Hanlon. manager OF the brookiyn
Nationals was rendered the management
of the Altoona Tri-State team In a fele-
gram sent him by President Rudy Boekel
Of the Altoona team, who asks Hanion 10
state his terms. Bockel mas not yet re-
ceived reply :,
Iush. the crack "southpaw" pitcher for
the Williamsport base ball team, broke his
left wrist at Wilmington yesterday a1tet-
noon in the game with the wim nm IA -,
A. Lush was playing right Held Tor the
visitors and in the fourth inning started
after foul ny that had been sent out to-
ward the right field bleachers. He did NOT
know he was so close to the fence that
skirts the field in front of the bleachers
and ran into it full speed. He put up his
hands to catch himself and was hurled
back to the field by the force of his own
speed He had his hands = the ball. but
dropped it. He hurried to the bench and
there il was found he had broken his left
wrist. This will put Lush out of the game
for the rest of the season and will probably
impair his pitching arm for the rest OF MS
life. He Is one of the best pitchers on the
Williamsport staff and his absence will be
a big loss to that team. Lush played with
the Philadelphia National League last year
and is still on the reserve list OF that cluo.