Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-04-21
BASE BALL NOTES.

Nationals line up against the Bostons
again this afternoon.
Anderson led with the stick, three singles
and a double.
Kitson or Hughes may take. Il shy at the
Beaneaters. with Dinneen facing the locals.
Nineteen chances in Philadelphia Thurs
day and fifteen yesterday at home without
an error makes that pair of heavenly twins,
Nil and Schalhy, look unusually good.
Two hard games on Thursday and an all
night ride in the cars may have thrown the
Bostons off their stride.
Lave Cross is batting with unusual con-
fidence these days He not only gets the
ball safe. but tries to place it every time.
Next week will be a hard one for the Ma
tionals. The Bostons play here Monday
and Tuesday, and then come the New
Yorks for four straight games.
The Washington Fans have become
somewhat worked up over the good show
ing of the locals this season and 4 fine
crowd will turn out this afternoon.
Jimmy Collins made fine catch of HEX
mans high fly In the sixth inning. The
stiff breeze from the west kept blowing the
ball away from him and he had to get under
il on the dead run.
Buck Freeman ard Howard Wall are hob
nobbing together since the Bostons reached
town and the chicken stories have been fly
ing thick and fast. These boys are great
fanciers of the feathered beauties.
1t looks like the same old runaway race
for the New York Giants this season. The
western teams cannot get started on ac-
count of eating each other up and the
Pittsburg and Chicago teams are the only
ones that have a change against the Nc
GRANTEES.
Manager McAleer has tin-canned Rocken.
field, and may also turn First Basemar
Jones adrift. as Nordyke has been playing
fIst-class ball since Joining the Browne.
The great Lajoie struck out the first time
he came to bat this season In the st. Louis
Cleveland game. Then the star batter made
two hits OFF Howell
Robe does not look like a player who Il
| In demand. Yet Cleveland and Connie Macl
would like to get him from Comiskey.
A son Of Mayor Dunno of Chicago is play
| ing first base for the University of Chicago
team.
After seeing the team in action one I,
| forced to admit that there Is % per cen
| Improvement in the Tiger fnfield. Playing
| together a season or two has its benefits
Detroit Journal.
Base ball is not all glamour There ar,
many hardships. There Is no royal road L
| success. When you are AL In" as a bal
player unless you have some other business
| TO follow. you are in hard lines.
Columbus Journal relates that at a re
cent game Ollie Pickering. Jr.. drank a bot
| tie of pop every time his pa made bas'
| hit. and had slowed away over quart err
| the doings ended. II Pa Pickering had al
ways stuck to the samo innocuous branS
Of boiler compounds he might be playing
major league ball today.
Washington reports say that Rube Wad
| dell Is not making 30 much noise with nj
| face as has been his wont in times past
| Perhaps he % afraid II he attracts too mucl
| attention to himself somebody may ask hin
about that peculiar kink IN his arm during
the post-season series last faiL-PittsburI
Prosa
/ A Chicago paper says: Mick Altrook. tn
| German comedian and Edewheel twar1er, J
| not IN shape. The ankle he had injured q
vicksburg early In the training season wa