Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-07-05
BASE BALL NOTES.

The Nationals left for Philadelphia this
morning on the o'clock train. and Will
play two games with the Athiefics. today
and tomorrow. The locals return home Sat-
urday. starting long series against the
western teams, the Detroits being the first
to appear for a round of four games.
Too bad yesterdays two games could not
have been reversed, for the benefit OF the
big crowd. The Nationals looked like
stake horses in the morning and selling
platers In the afternoon.
Bill Dinneen couldn't, or wouldn't, stand
for his poor support In the morning. and
simply stopped trying. He was CHEEKY pie
for the local batters who needed the hits.
But oh what difference in the evening.
Mr.. Young was then the whole show and
Messrs. Hughes and Falkenbery the cherry
pies.
Charley Hickman's four hits yesterday
will come in nicely as a boost for his bat
ting average. Likewise Charley Jones, with
his five bingles.
Case Patten worked nicely with Wake
field in the morning. and the blonde twirler
never looked better. He showed this in
the final inning when he allowed three
straight singles and then retired the next
being scored.
Deshon. the crack Cornell pitcher of last
season, has signed with. Dubois (Pa.) club
of the Interstate League.
DetrOH mas ADJUSTED all us QluerenCeS
with Mcintyre Much ado about nothing.
McDaniels leads the New England's bat
ting with 1854: Kennedy second. .345: Bur-
kett. .337: Zacher. 1882; Bigbie. .317; Chad
bourne. .313.
Mondays game at Chicago was played
In the remarkable time of one hour and
nineteen minutes. Up to date, that Is the
record for a game in the National league.
Fred Clarke will be out of the game for
Pittsburg for a while, having wrenched his
m a
AS the owner of the Detroit club is sew
eral times millionaire. the Pittsburg
scribes should cut out that financial dis
tress yarn.
Nick Altrock. the Cincinnati boy, has
worked out In six games in the past thir-
teen days. winning five of them and drop
ping but ona.
Manager Ed Hanlon is doing a little still
hunt among the minors. looking for talent.
The New England league would be a good
Held for the Cincinnati huntsman.
Tom Walker the former Red. was uncon-
ditionally released by Manager Carr of
Indianapolis. Walker will leave to Join the
Altoona club of the Outlaw" league
Manager McGraw of the Giants denies
the report that he will secure new players
for his team. HE is thoroughly satisfied
with his present aggregation. now that
Christy Mathewson has returned to form.
Heyniger. the third Princeton pitcher and
the man who pitched the Tigers to the
championship by beating Yale and Harvard
when both teams had touched up Byram.
may be lost to Princeton for next year as
he resigned from college last week He has
received several offers to turn professional.
including one from the Johnstown Tr-State
league team. Heyniger is young and SPLEEN
d!dly built being a six-footer and weighing
about 200 pounds.
Pitcher Coombs. the former star of the
college world, will make his big league de-
but this afternoon against the Washing
tens. He made his great hit with the Colby
College team. and last year was with the
Montpelier. VT. team, which won the cham
pionshfp OF the Green Mountain league.
Arthur Brouthers. the third baseman, has
been released by Manager Mack to the
New Orleans club