Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-05-25
BASE BALL NOTES.

Ladies day at American League Park.
Cleveland and the great Lajoie start a
series of three games today
Tom Hughes Will probably work for the
Nationals this afternoon and Addie Joss for
the Clevelands.
Sir William Wolfe pitched a nice game
yesterday and deserved victory over the
Browns
The department fans" can now rest
happy and contented. The games. starting
with today. will be called at 4:30, instead Of
i, as heretofore.
Outllelder Stone had a batting percentage
of LOCO yesterday. getting three bases on
balls. was hit by the pitcher and made a
pretty bunt at his only time at the bat.
President Noyes says that the waivers on
Wolfe and Stanley were just asked for to
save time In case a deal came I'D. At the
present time there is no contemplated deal
between Washington and any other Ameri-
can League club.
Tom Jones Is an awfulIy nice fellow, but
he will have hard time getting back his
old Job at first for the Browns If Nordyke
continues to play the game he put I'D here
the past three days.
Catcher Hickey split his finger going after
the ball thrown from the field in Tuesdays
game and will be out of 1t for week The
youngster looks good and only needs ex-
perience to become flrst-class player
. Rossman leads the Maps in batting, and
Turner Is second.
PlttsDurg ID SAID TO De after Pitcher
Lefty" McIIveen, the crack pitcher of the
Pennsylvania State College team
Mondays game at Minneapolis was not
played, owing to the snow. Truly 1t has
been tough spring for the ball owners.
New York. which only short time ago
was at the bottom of the ladder with the
Boston Americans. Is now only AZ games
behind the leaders.
A most remarkable record was establish.
ed In the New York-Chicago American
League game Wednesday, when Donahue
the White Sox first baseman, went through
nine innings without having. put out.
Boston. and went with the outlaws instead
injured his knee % badly the other day
that he will be out OF the game tor the rest
Of the season. Now he's sorTy he was
Del Mason. returned to Baltimore by
Brooklyn. is touted as the best pitcher In
the Eastern League. He struck out four
teen men in one game and In two others
Jim" Caiiahan's team, the Logan
Squares, won q game from the Marquettes
last Sunday, 22 to 10. making ten runs the
first inning. Knobs Of the Brooklyns start
near being mobbed. Callahan went to the
bat five times. made four hits and got a
base on balls,
Chicago National League base ball team,
Wednesday obtained a marriage license to
marry Miss Ethel M. Culley Of Chicago.
Slagle gave his homo az Worthwhile. Pa,
and his age az thirty-two. The age Of Miss
Culley IL given az eighteen.
Billy Lush, the Yale base ball coach, an
nounced at New Hagen yesterday that he
expects to captain the Plattsburg inde-
pendent team Of tho Northern League &c
the close pr the college season instead Of
returning to Cleveland this summer. Cleve-
land sent him contract. naming q ridtcu-
lousiy small salary. There ~ talk Of
Cleveland trade for Lush to the Boston
Americans. Hasnq1, the old Yale outheader,
It Yp6 mietake tor Manager Duify to
ID he Philsdsipnis fsdser. Nichcls was j.
= "str1kep and had held pp the dub TOR :