The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1907-07-23
CAUGHT ON THE FLY.

What has become of Johnson. the Mon
tana Wonder2
Looks like another case of .Hope
springs eternal" &c.
Hats off to Treasury the Departmental
Leagues champion team.
Three more hits for Jim Delehanty and
two for John Anderson
Dusty Rhoads and Charley Smith are
slated TO do the pitching to-day.
The Giants have been showed into third
place behind Chicago and Pittsburg.
In club batting, Washington is fourth.
with .249. Detroit leads, with Boston
last
In club fielding, Washington is next 10
last. Chicago is at the top, with New
York at the bottom.
The Sunday School League is getting
its share of patronage from the fans
of the northeast and southeast.
Four Of the Nationals. Clvmer. Jones.
Hickman. and Anderson, are hitting above
the 20 mark Delehanty's average is
IA.
Dave Altizer has taken a decided brace
in his fielding during the past week. He
made the most of his five chances yes
terday.
Turner batted 1000. getting three hits
out Of three trips TO the rubber He also
accepted thirteen chances. That's a pretty
good days work.
Charley Jones has rounded into condi-
ton and expects TO get back into the
game when the Nationals return to-mor-
row. He was out pracucing before the
Post-Offlce-TreasUry game yesterday.
The Marquette League has enough post
poned and protested games to carry the
schedule to the middle of next month.
The present season has been the most
successful in the history of the organiza-
ton.
Bob GanIey stands fourth among the
base stealers Of the league with twenty
two to his credit. He is ninth among the
run getters. Pretty fair for a player who
was not good enough for the National
League.
Willie Handiboe has certainly gotten a
warm reception in the Virginia State
League. In a letter to a friend in this
city he says he is becoming an expert
bottle and cushion dodger More power
to ye, Willuml
corps Of carpenters and labOrers are
at work repairing the grand stand at
National Park, and everything viii prob
ably be in shape for to-morrow's game.
The clubhouse has not yet been rebuilt.
as there is some talk of changing the
location 10 deep left field.
Post-office missed Capt Bacon yester-
day, but 1t is doubtful if the result of the
deciding game would have been different
If the popular leader had been in the line
up, as Donaldson pitched a steady game
for Treasury and was particularly eff
fectiye when there were men on the bases.
There has been decided Improvement
in the condition Of Conrad Jacobs. who
was injured by a thrown ball at the
Capital City League game Saturday.
Capt Hughes, of St Stephens, visited
the youngster Sunday and expressed the
regrets of the team at the unfortunate ac-
cident.
BOcock, who captained the Georgetown
football team last fall, has developed
into quite a baseball player His work
on an All-College team in Georgia has
attracted the attention of one Of the
minor leagues in the South, but he has
spurned their offers and will stick to
his legal practice.
Bresnahan had his first opportunity to
catch on Sunday since he was hurt in Gin
cinnati a month ago. He caught in the ex-
hibition game 81 Utica and did remarkably
well. Roger said on Saturday night that
he thought he would be able 70 get in and
do his regular share of the work from
now on. The only trouble is that he has
been out Of the game so long that he will
have to get blackstone wind" After hit
ting home run the other day he was all
in from the long sprint and had to retire.
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