The Washington herald., 1907-06-16
CAUGHT ON THE FLY.

CAUGHT On The FLY.
Spring has arrived. Maybe.
/ The crowd numbered nearly 5000.
Did YOU hear Jennings coaching?
Jim Delehanty certainly looked good a,
third.
Lave Cross watched the game from the
grand stand
The Nationals gave a fine exhibition Of
the art Of bunting
The Pittsburg Pirates have had seven
{ teen games postponed thus far.
Dutch" Schlfer and Hughey Jennings
made a great pair Of coachers.
Brooklyn showed gameuess: but what's
/ the use when fighting the Cubs?
Those Tigers can play a whole lot more
ball than hey put up yesterday
The Philadelphia aldermen will meet the
/ New York aldermen on Wednesday
Good crowds we're out to do homage 10
the first appearance of a sunshiuy day.
BY a quick throw FaIkenberg caught
O'Leary mapping of first in the seventh.
The New York Americans are making a
bid for the services Of Heyniger. the crack
Princeton twirler
The St Louis Browns have been forced
20 De contented with goose eggs in nine
games this season
Il has been suggested by many that
Lave Cross would not fit badly into the
Boston club.-Boston Herald
The Giants wanted fair weather. After
two defeats by Pittsburg they will have
10 dig up some other excuse.
The fans viii never forget BIZ Cough
lin The old fellow got the glad hand
when he came up for the first time
Neither the pitcher nor catcher Of the
Kansas City team had q fielding chance
in the game al Columbus Wednesday.
Since Pittsburg entered the National
League in 1887 only twelve games sched-
uled with New York have been postponed.
American League losers all shut out
except the Maps. Those sluggerg refuse
10 accept defeat until the ninth inning is
ended.
The work Of the Detroit infeld was de-
c,dedly poor No one seemed 10 know
who was TO cover first on bunts to that
territory.
Jack Sheridan is suffering from a sore
throat. He signaied his decisions with
his arms-right arm for strike and left
arm for ball.
Pitcher Liebhardt Of Cleveland. has
been told by surgeons that he must quit
baseball The twirier has been unwell
ever since the season opened
Rube Wadden was an assistant at a
lawn party last week for the benefit Of a
Philadelphia church, and he was the big
gest attraction on the grounds.
Bell Bifed and Buffeted by Clarke's
Clouting Combination. - Plttsburg Dis
patch. \ quaint and convincing collabo-
ration Of c0gent cOnsistency.-New York
sun.
indianapolis is drawing nicely. Watkins
will put an addition to his seating ca
pacity at once TO accommodate about 2.000
more fans. Hoosjer followers like the
way their club has been going so far in
the race
George Hogriever. the old Lacquer, IS
playing a great game for Des Moines, Of
the Western League He is leading the
fielders in fielding with a percentage Of
l,000 and is second on the batting list of
the league with 333
Umpire Davis. Of the South Atlantic, de
livers the following spiel before the game
Ladies and gentlemen, this game will be
played under the rules of the National
Association Of Professional Baseball
Leagues supplemented by the rules Of
this league as laid down by President
Boyer, and they will be enforced to the
letter. Play ball"-Montgomer Adver-
tiser
Note the results of the efforts of Joe
Kelley, of Toronto. and Hugh Duffy. of
Providence, two former National League
players, as managers in the Eastern
League From a team that has always
finished in the second division Kelley has
developed the present leaders in the race
for the flag. Duffy has not been so for
tunate. The Clam Dggers. champions Of
the league in 1905, and always close up at
the finish have occupied the last position
in the second column since the season
opened.
Reverting to old-timers. it might be
again mentioned that Jack Ryan has been
on the job for nigh on to a quarter Of A
century, says an exchange The big Buff
falo catcher to-day is putting up a game
that bewilders the colts and youngsters.
When he is behind the bat he steadies the
whole team. and when a bit is needed he
is there Nothing gets away from him.
and he never has an off day. As catchers
are rare, indeed this year. and are getting
rarer every year, the Buffalo team is in
deed lucky to have a man like Ryan.