Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-10-01
BASE BALL NOTES.

The Nationals will arrive home late to-
night and open a series with the Bostons
tomorrow.
Games for the remainder of the season
at American League Park will start at 4
o'clock sharp. instead of 4:3O. as heretofore.
Manager Stahl telegraphed The Star last
night from Chicago that he would work
new pitchers in Boston series. Who can
they be?
Jimmy Morgan. the ex-Georgetown boy,
is with the Bostons and playing the game
of his life at third base. When Jimmy
started with the Bostons he was off his
shape.
Pop" Scanlon maintains that Case Pat
ten is the best left-handed pitcher in the
country. and the veteran manager knows
what he is talking about.
Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday will
be the last days Of base ball In Washing
ton this season. and the contests between
the Nationals and Boston should prove In
teresting. Tomorrow will be ladies day."
Yesterdays victory ever Chicago places
nineteen wins to the credit of Case Patten
on the season. He needs one more to cop
per- that $500. and may work against Bos-
ton Thursday to make sure of the money.
Dick Cooley's Topeka team landed the
Western Association race
Portland (Ore) has landed the Coast
League series. fairly distancing the other
clubs.
Pill" Carrick pitched fine ball for New
ark this year. ana most OF the games he
lost could have been landed " tn any kind
Of hitting behind him.
odd Cy' Young has no idea of retiring
from the game after this season, and will
again be In harness next year.
Barney Dreyfus has sOured on most of
his grand ball players but Barney has
nothing on the boys who made him a barrel
nf nj hau law
for the Pittsburg magnate.
Plank has won nineteen and lost but
four games for the Athletics. Mordecai
Brown of the Chicagos has won twenty
five and lost but six ga mes. Both lead
their respective leagues.
Manager Fred Tenney received word yes
terday from Acting Manager Chick Stahl
saying the Boston Americans would not
Nationals this season.-Eos .oa Post
Somehow Jim" Hart seemed to forge.
Adrian Arson. the daddy of | managers
when he enumerated the preiniers and in
cluded Spalding. Comiskey. Ewing and Fred
Clarke-Anson. the biggest and pest figure
by long odds of all men who ever led
team who will be remembered when a lot
OF inferior lights are passed and gone
Frank Selee attended base talI tOurna-
ment at Albuquerque, N. M. the other day
and signed some ball players: Carhan.
Lebran. catcher. from Globe. Ariz. and
Juan Marquee. an Indian pitcher. from Cliff
ton, Ariz. Manager Selee states that all
are good ball players
Former Manager Jimmy Collins of the To-
cal Americans Is still here at beach re-
sort. where he continues to keep warm in
spite of the increasingly chilly weather He
sent word to his family in Buffalo that he
would be home two weeks ago but so far
has not been able to tear himself ava .
from the attractions Of the dear Boston In
the opinion of local FANS who are as intel
ligent and well informed as those of snv
city in the country. Collins is down and out
both as a manager and as player and not
a soul on earth to blame but ]. C.-Boston
Herald
Notify Lee. the Lawrence pitcher, who
was badly hurt in Worcester by being
struck In the stomach by line drive, is
at his home In Toronto. Lee says that
line drive hit him In the stomach, and in
voluntarily clutching at the spot, he held,
the ball, which they had to pry out of hH
fingers. He was unconscious for twenty
eight hours. and the@9 had the pleasure OF
reading kilograms Of coincidence to Mrs
Lee and the nice obituaries written over
his body. Up to that time he had won
twelve and lost eight games and hit for
$40. He lost the four games he pitched
after his recovery.
A game of base ball recently at Dendron.
Va, between local team and team from
Littleton developed a feature perhaps never
States. and certainly never before In the
state Of Virginia. Davis. the catcher for
the Littieton team, wore cork leg and
played a star game His playing was moth
Ing short OF marvellous. considering his at
Fiction. His base running was up to the
would have done credit to backstop with
the normal number OF legs. Davis IL the
regular catcher for the team, and Is said
always to play q fairly good game.