Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-09-12
BASE BALL NOTES.
Nationals wind up in Philadelphia to-

The Nationals wind up in Philadelphia to-
day.
Patten and Cunningham will probably be
the opposing pitchers.
Manager Stahl and his team return home
tonight and hook up with the celebrated
New York Yankees tomorrow afternoon.
Sir David Altizer is certainly playing the
game of his life. and is fully 20 per cent
better fielder now than when he first joined
the Nationals. ,
Manager Griffith is counting on another
cleanup when he meets the Nationals
Thursday, Friday and Saturday but it
wouldn't be surprising If he was given
serious setback.
Wouldn't it be the irony of fate IL. after
the Chicago, New York and Clevelands
have been doing all the pennant talking
rag. squirt by the Quakers would GER
tainly make them contenders.
Wakehelds throwing was about the worst
that has been seen on either grounds this
season. He must be suffering from a lame
arm from the way he threw the ball-Phila-
delphia Press.
It's good thing that Elberfeld and Nc
Graw are in different leagues. Wonder
what would happen il they both appeared
on one field?
We have again reached that period when
bold athletes exclaim: This is my last
season in base ball." Just watch them
reach for pay checks next spring.
Ed Walsh hasn't been doing such sensa-
tional work of late. His support had con-
siderable to do with that great winning
streak of his.
Another one of Connie Mack's army of
new recruits drifted into headquarters yes
terday afternoon, when Carr likely look
ing right-handed pitcher from the Hudson
River League reported for duty. He is
likely looking youngster and Manager Mack
expects him to make good-Philadelphia
Ledger.
W. b. Kay. catcher. and J. B. Laughlin.
out1elder. of the Martinsburg w. Va,
team. have bee,a signed by the Cleveland
team for the season of 1907.
Ned Hanlon was pretty sore when he
found that the American League had taken
Hugh Jennings away from him and his Bal
timore club in the Eastern League" said
Ban johnson. HE told me just the other
day we couldn't have bought him under
81, 600; AS 1t was we drafted him and OBJ
Waited that difficulty"
Ed Killian. the suspended pitcher, has
grown remorseful and wants to rejoin the
Detroit club. Secretary Navin is willing.
but the matter is entirely out Of his hands
The national commission has the case in
charge now and before Killian is allowed
to don Detroit uniform again he will prob
ably be taxed a heavy fine.
Chicago players were much interested in
Sam Thompson, the veteran fielder in right
The old gray-haired Badger played a star
game. He made sensational catch which
looked like certain hit and had two more
difficult flies which he gObbled In. Then he
made the hit of the day when he tripled
to right with a man on base and when the
outfield threw to third Thompson kept on
to the plate, beating the ball by a nose. At
the finish Sam was all in and Trainer Conf
bear wanted to get out and cool out Sam.
being much interested in the old man.
Thompson has lost none of his cunning, but
his joints are trif1e stiffened with old age,
and after hard run he limps considerably.
Ball players have queer habits and SUI
perstitions, but Hal Chase leads the bunch.
Every time he goes to bat he takes the wad
of chewing gum out of his dining room and
sticks 1t on top of his cap. where it looks
like big white button. If the gum sticks
when Hall gets to first he knows that he is
going to score. If Il doesn't he may or he
may not. Oh, yes it always sticks. No.
Chase doesn't always score. But did you
ever know a ball player to let go of a pet
because it failed to work over
2OO?-Gym Bagley in New York Mail