Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-09-27
BASE BALL NOTES.

The Nationals tackle the Chicagos today
and there may be something dom.
Poor Griffith-he may get revenge on
the western crowd when he strikes Phila-
delphia and Boston, and then again he
may not.
Falkenberg or Kitson should work today
against the White Sox. while Patterson
will probably be on the firing line to fool
the Nationals. -
There was plenty Of even money floating
around on Capitol Hill last night that the
Columbia boys down the Farmers Sat
urday. The dope" certainly should make
the "Aggies' the favorites.
The Chicago White Sox will miss Isbell
In the worlds series as he is laid up with
a sprained ankle
The veteran Van Haltren is still in the
game and recently electrified Oakland
rooters by great catch in game with
Los Angeles
1T was Patten who beat u.s." said James
McAleer, after the game. I'VE never could
hang 1t on the Washington southDaW."-
st. Louis Republic.
No Cleveland club has yet landed a pen
nant the nearest thing OF the kind being in
1892. when the season was divided into two
parts. Cleveland winning the first, Boston
the second. and the latter landed In the
play-off.
The inf1eld work Of Schlafy and Altizer
for Washington was excellent. Altizer made
great running catch Of a foul fly from
Rockenfield's bat in the seventh.-St. Louis
Globe-D Democrat.
The list of players OF the National League
teams Of 1907 shows that 200 men have
either been drafted or already signed
Pittsburg leads with thirty-seven men,
while the Reds are second with thirty-six.
Patten disposed of seven of the McAleer-
ties via the third-strike route. In the final
inning Koehier was sent up to bat for Pete
O Brien. Dutch got three healthy swings
and sat down.-St. Louis Dispatch.
Lajoies Clevelanders are now only three
games out Of the hunt. Look out for Larry.
Bradley, Turner & Goa bit of "tuf'' luck
for either Chicago or New York might acct
dentally place the lakeside sluggers in the
running.
II took an awful chance when I brought
Powell and O'Connor back here" said Nc
Aleer of the st. Louis Browns the other
day. Every wise guy in base ball said I
would have been me to the tall grass If
they had fallen down on the club. 1 have
been slngularly fortunate in getting good
results out of the men who enjoy the repu-
tation of being hard to handle, and I'll take
a chance with Kelley any other good
man whom think would strengthen the
Browns"
Jordan, Lumley, Mcintyre. scanlon.
Strcklett Alperman, Batch, Ritter and
Pastorous are men for whom we paid only
ordinary prices when we secured them
from the minors" says President Ebbetts
of the Brooklyns. yet they are stars in
every sense of the word and are giving US
as good service as any men we possibly
could secure at the highest market figures
My idea Is to get a sufficient number Of
experiments every fall. and get them
cheaply, rather than get only two or three
and pay big prices for them"
Looking over the work Of all the pitchers
in the country for the season, 1 should be
disposed to give Dusty Rhoades the title Of
premier boxman," says Red Donahue
He has good arm, but better head. and
brains are what a pitcher needs worst of
all. You don't see Rhoades breaking his
arm when he has his game won. He saves
something for the day when he finds him.
self in need Of all his strength and skill.
wish things would turn out so he could
have a chance at the Cubs. I'd have a lit
tie bet down on Cleveland the day he
pitched"
Charley Hickman of the Washingtons
tells this one: Playing in Grand Rapids
one day. it fell to my lot as center fielder
for New Castle to go to the fence in the
last half of the ninth inning of 1-to-O
game in that city and pull in liner that
retired the side and saved the day for our
team. Just as put up my hands I saw the
crowd start toward me in a rage. l grabbed
the ball. saw the umpire wave out the bat
ter, and then l just went right on-over the
fence and on downtown My legs were thin
ner than they are now. and with the fence
between the mob and me beat the mob to
our hotel. but it was close call"-St
Louis Republic.