Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-04-24

man 0assisr Cor Pttchar KnolIs Of Chicago.
This means fhat Tim Jordan VIII play nrnt
Tor the D0novans.
as shscfhsrd 10 Tor chicago. Tas fornr
made seven hits In ten gamss and the lat
ter dve hits In nina g4meA Aaloncy has
bean covering world Of ground for
well az Sheeknrd ever did.
Ball players Ike encouragement. knock
ms doesn't do any good. Now and then .
little criticism win help some. but honest
Roger Iresnahan Is leading the Giants
batting order. Something unusual for Q
backstop. but the Toledo boy can soak the
Connie Mack has just discovered that
Schreck Is the hardest hitting catcher In
the game. He didn't look ike II beside
Roger Bresnahan in the worlds series last
fall.
That was q great Joke on the part OF
President Charlie Murphy to send to each
OF his newspaper friends an annual pass
marked No. 1. The boys are all on now.
Charles brightness.
The printers. who have to economixe
space In setting up the box scores OF the
Wnite Sox's games, are abreviating Out
neider Hemphilfs bulky name to He II.
That's what Comiskey would like to have
nun give the opposing pitchers.
Jesse Burkett reported to the Boston club
last Wednesday and IL Craving salary from
the Boston Americans for the season, while
keeping an eye out for his base bah propo-
s!fion at Worcester. Burkett Is LOOKING
well ana keeps up practice SO as to be 10
shape should Manager Collins call on him.
Manager La3oie has received letter from
Billy Lush In which the Yale base bali
coach and the famous New Haven chicken
fRneter asks II he shall report to Cleveland
on July !. when his contract with Yale ex-
pires. As Lush has already received In
structions from the club officials Lajode win
ignore the ietter-Cleveland Plain Dealer.
Abhaticchio. the Boston National League
clubs clever infielder, evidently intends to
stick to his original resolution and retire
from the game for good. He has just Sc
cured license for q hotel In Latrobe, Pa,
Pittsburg and Cincinnati teams "Batty"
said positively that he was done with base
ball after fifteen years service.
The Cincinnati club has protested the
game played in Chicago April 15, Sunday
last, on the ground that extra bases were
given Chicago runners IN the sixth inning
by Umpire tombstone when the ball did not
go into the crowd, but was stopped by Out
fielder Odwell against the ropes. This de-
ctsfon resulted In the loss Of the game by
Cincinnati.
The Jones family is well represented IN
base ball. Fielder Jones Is manager OF the
Chicago White Sox. Davy Jones plays for
the DetrOits, Tom Jones Is first baseman
for the. st. Louis Browns and Charley Jones
is on the Washingtons. All but Tom Jones
are center fielders.
Outfielder Badei of Buffalo is hunch-
back His deformity Is not an extreme
one, but is Just noticeable enough to give
that player a lot of free advertising.
Humps" hitting and fielding with Buff
faio have been first rate. Hump or no
hump, shrewd observers say that Badel
will be in the major leagues inside of two
years If he continues to improve.
Tim Hurst last week said: 'Umpiring is
chflds play now compared to what 1t was
few years ago, when Baltimore and Cleve-
land set the pace. Ban Johnson was the
life-saver for the umpire profession, ana
the game has improved as a sport for the
public which had grown tired of wrangltng
on ball fields for the purpose of winning
games by foul means The greatest satis
faction the poor umpire can expect is the
warm greeting one receives from visiting
teams as they come on the field"
Manager Crolius of Lancaster and Mana
ger Hamilton of Harrisburg have completed
deal whereby Jack Rothfus. the hard-ht
ting outfielder of Lancaster's last years
team, comes to Harrisburg and Hamilton
sends Catcher Lucia to Lancaster and valves
all claim to Ernest Vinson who is now with
the Chicago Americans. 1t Is said that
Vinson desires to return to the Tri-State,
and Lancaster will get him.