The Washington herald., 1906-10-09
BASEBALL NOTES.


home the candy.
The Cubs have been more successful
In bunting than any other club.
Snake" Deal has not made good in Gin
cinnati, and Hanlon is looking for a bet
ter man as protector for first base.
Wyatt Lee, Of the Toledo club, will
again spend the winter in Washington
'Watty" had a splendid year with the
American Association club and was a
very useful player, both in the field and
in the box.
Twice the Highlanders have been noscd
out Of championship Two years ago a
wild pitch by Chesbro spoiled their
chance. and fighting the umpires undoubt-
edly made Grifith's gTumblers play sec
ond fiddle to the White Sox this year.
Members Of the New York Nationals
have been elected from games thirty-nine
times this year for having run-ins with
The umpires. They easily led the league
IN umpire batting St Louis had twenty
six men benched, and Philadelphia twen-
ty-One.
Enemies of Col Pulliam have gone the
rounds Of the presidential possibilities,
but the young National League executive
Is likely to succeed himself Pulliam has
made Il very good Official. and most likely
will have no strong opposition TO the
place. John T Brush and Garry Herr
mann seem TO be the only ones trying to
give Pulliam the hook. and they find
themselves numerically too weak 10 pull
Pullman of the throne.
Former Manager Joe Kelly, OF the Gin
ctnnati Perpetual Disappointments. viii
wear no more baseball spikes If the po-
litiCal wind blows IN the right direction IN
Baltimore next election day. Kelly's
papa-in-law, Sonny Mahon. Is "a wealthy
and influential politician in the Oriole
City, and a political bee Is buzzlng IN
Kelly's ear. Kelly thinks he would rath-
er hold a fat political job than battle for
forlOrn nope with the Redlanders.
Pat Donovan deserves d great deal OF
praise for what he has made out of the
Brooklyn outfit. His team has played the
highest class Of baseball but injuries 10
his best men and the weakness of the
pitching staff have proved a setback to the
clubs chances It is "A better team than
St Louis, Cincinnati, Philadelphia, or Bos-
ton, and If Donovan is fortunate in pick
ing up couple Of good pitchers TO help
the one or Two now on his staff the
Superbas will be heard from next sum-
mer. Donovan is popular among his men.
and is well liked by the baseball frater-
nifty in general.
Hugh Jennings viii take command Of
the Detroit club in January There viii
be little for him TO do except prepare for
/ the Southern training trip. Detroit threw
out bait for First Baseman John Can
eel, who brought the Grand Rapids team
home a winner in the Central League.
but the bait was not a bit enticing. Gan
zei has d good thing in Grand Rapids.
and spUrns high society offers The
Tigers are in sore straits around the first
station, as Lindsay is a joke at digging
them out of the dirt and hooking the
wide ones Lindsay balls up many fine
plays that Bill Coughlin starts. because
Of his inability to garner hurried chucks.
Connie Mack has reached the conclu-
sion that there must be a breaking I'D
OF his baseball family. Twice his veteran
team won the championship, but he finds
Il impossible to win more laurels with
the present outfit, hence is strengthening
his forces for next season. Schreck has
been discarded, but largely through his
bad habits. Powers probably viii be
among the missing. and Mack hopes 10
supplant both Monte Cross and Seybold
Cross Is still a fine shOTtstop, but does not
hit enough to guarantee his retention an
other year. Seybold is an ice wagon in
the field and on the bases. and when not
clubbing them out is of no use TO the
team Philadelphia seems tired of the old
| bunch.
While the Clevelanders were going at a
rapid gait it was frequently said that
they would make the strongest adver-
saries for the National Leaguers in the
worlds series. Maybe they would. bu.
there is something lacking in the Cleve-
land club. 1t has never been accused OF
playing inside" baseball, though they
have won long strings of games p,7+
| how2 They are great batsmen, and when
their pitchers are in trim they are a hard
| bunch to beat. Take away the elements
of batting and pitching and they are help
less, and the loss Of one star PLAYER
dumps them into Despondyille. The Cleve-
land club reminds one Of the famous old
Phillies, who never won a pennant, but
could outbat anything that came down
the pike in their day