Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-05-10

Welcome home, ye noble Nationals.
Keep up your good work against the
western hosts and the city will be yours.
Won't somebody please hold up the
Quakers? That bunch Is going SO fast
that 1t makes one dizzy to keep tab on their
victories.
In the American Association, Louisville
won and Indianapolis lost ten out OF the
first fourteen games played.
Lee Tannehill has got back into the
game again for the White sox. displacing
George Robe. who has done excellent work
during his absence.
ChiEde Harold Chase is playing better ball
this season than last. He has steadied
down bit and Is less ddgety. His work
on low throws has been particularly good
tnls season.
Deshon. pitcher Of Cornelps team. made
q new record for the Ithaca University re-
Gently by striking out fourteen Oberlin
batsmen and allowing that team but one
hat.
President Murphy Of the Chicagos thinks
that Cincinnati will turn Hama Lobert over
to Baltimore at the same time handing the
Chicago club $1,000 for the player. Not
likely
Twice in the history Of American League
Park in New York have umpires felt called
OF ball players. The Sheridan-Green fracas
was the first of the kind.
In their last few games the New York
Americans have not been hustlfng on the
bases as they did In the earlier games.
The teams batting. however, has been very
clean.
Reulbach, the crack twirler Of the Chi
caEo Cubs sat behind Harry Howell for
the full nine innings the other day. alb
sorbing knowledge from the work Of the
St. Louis Americans boxmen. Reutbach Is
gifted enough right now to make opposing
teams hope he does not acquire any more
pitching ability.
"Rube" Waddell handed out another
row of blanks. Boston was the team to
get EN-. The ''Rube" allowed seven hits,
Of which old Pop Stahl got four and
famed eight men. He's pretty good, sure.
for 81. 200 man.
The Maps again played without King
Larry, and again did they get hinged. II
ever q good team failed to deliver the goods
1t is this cheater. II looks fine and dandy.
but It gets walloped so often. 1t just can't
be the great team the average fan be-
Heves.
II Manager MeAleer of the st. Louis
Americans does not relent Pitcher Jack
Powell will be on the suspension list until
the team returns from the east on June !.
Then If Powelrs condition 5ustifes II he
will be permitted to play again
Joe jackson OF the Detroit Free Press
says that In five games played In that city
and that time because the club was hitting
beyond Its gait. He says the fielding OF
the Sox is surprisingly shaky, and dumb
play ts too common.
Outfelder James Barrett of the Detroit
club, who has been unable to play on &C
count Of q bad knee. has been sold to the
Cincinnati club. Barrett, who says his knee
Is entirely we'll. will play his first game with
Cincinnati against the New Yorks Sat-
urday.
Abbaticchioi s not likely tobecome Giant
now, although the New York club had
negotiated for his services by permission OF
the Boston club. This fact leaked out,
however, and when 1t became known that
Pittsburg and one or two other clubs had
made a bid for him the Bostons withdrew
their consent to let the shortstop go.
Rain broke up the schedule In two Amer
lean League cities yesterday, namely. New
York and Cleveland. The Philadelphias
made 1t three straight from the Bostons
and the defeat was the seventh in success
sion for the Collins crowd. The competi-
tors In the race became strung out as a.
result OF the days games. The Philadel-
phias improved their lead and the tall
enders improved their grip on last place.
The New Yorks' idleness cost them what
ever chance they had of holding fifth place.
The St Louis team, which is making good
use of young blood, defeated the Chicagos
and passed the New YorkS