Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-07-25
THE EVENING STAR,
Base Ball, Racing
and Other Sports
Continued from Ninth Page,

,ssss unfortunate accidents that cannot be
A great double play developed In the
fifth. when Stone hit to Schlafiy, with Niles
ON second and Jones ON first. The ball
around by Jones dashing Into him. and
Niles In the meanwhile was logging II for
home Ike stakehorse. Altizsr was only
partially turned around. but he threw In
desperation to Wakefield. and the bali land
ed squarely In his hands, Niles being caught
by q foot.
Stone made q tidy catch Of Nnrs long
foul fy In the sixth inning. getting the bali
at arms length after long run.
Besides pitching masterful game. How
ell aelded his position In perfect style. and
was all over the infleld on the dfnerent
an Inch Of mailing Anderson at third after
Har1tzel had been knocked cut by grabbing
the ball from the ground ANDY being on
the sack warning cry saved the big
left fielder.
The Nationals Ieavs washington on tho
ESQ train tonight for Cleveland. ana get
into the lake city at IL O'Clock tomorrow
morning playing only one game there.
Pete OBren led the Browns with the
stick. getting three singles This doubtless
made Sir Peter chesty. as he tried piece
of dirty playing In the eighth. Aitizer
was close In. and when Spencer sent up the
on the line at second and stuck out his
foot. trying to trip Dave. but the latter
managed to get out of the way and caught
the ball
The presentation to ..Jfm.. Mcclure Of the
New York Americans Of diamond locket
was very pretty compliment. indeed.
Capt La5oie leads the country IN hitting
safely in consecutive games His record IL
thirty-one games without miss. or from
the thirty-seventh to the sixty-seventh.
During this period he made fifty-one hits.
"Jigs" Donohue has not hit consistently
this season. He will make Its In a bunch
of games, then fall down for two or three.
then start in again and have another run.
His best string was six games.
Schaefer Of Detroit has made but one
home run all season. but it counted. 1t was
during his lay-on with an injury. and he
was sent to bat for a pitcher with the score
against his team. With man on base
he hit for a home run, winning the game.
A Washington scribe says visiting scribes
wonder II there Is any ice In that city for
the reason they are given an old pail out
of which to drink. Well here in Boston the
scribes furnish their own drinks and paiis
Hoey, the Boston American League
player, started out as though he was going
to make q grand record. In the first five
games he made eight hits. but in the next
thirteen he could do no better than get the
same number.
Isbell Of the White Sox has peculiar
record for making his hits in punches. He
will go along for from five to eight games,
getting a hit In each of them; then he Will
lay of day or two and start in again. His
best record is eight games.
Five games were played in the American
League yesterday, and the eastern teams
won all of them. The New Yorks beat the
Detrpits again. while the crippled Clevelands
pair of games to the tailenders, who may
have struck the long-deferred brace. The
leaders won from Chicago easily, and the
Washingtons nosed out St. Louis.