The Washington herald., 1907-07-01
Baseball Notes and Gossip.

Stone failed 10 get a hit; Lajoie got
two
Cleveland is making a mighty bid for
the lead
A capacity crowd saw the White Sox
blank the Tigers.
Cubs drop another 70 the Pirates. This
makes four in a row
Arthur pevlin is batting at a .263 clip for
the New York Nationals
Falkenberg is third from last in the
American League batting list.
The Nationals will play double
header to-day Graham and Smith will
probably pitch
Here's hoping that Johnson will do as
well i'm the American as he did in the
idaho State League.
The Nationals close at New York to-
day, and then move on 20 play Jim Nc
Cures Boston 0utht.
The score by innings of all the Ma
tionals' games are posted on the board
ia front Of The Herald Office.
Columbus and Toledo. in baseball. put
Ohio whore Taft and Foraker put il in
polItics-at the top Of the column
Twenty-Five innings FOR one price Of
admission at the West Side park in Chi
cago yesterday. Moneys worth. EN-?
New York leads the National League
I'm club batting, with an average Of 1853.
while Chicago is second, only one point
less
shannon, Of New York. is easily the
leading run getter Of the older major
league. having scored fifty-one times in
hfty-fve games.
George Leach. formerly pitcher on the
BuckneO University team. NJ Lewisburg,
Pa, viii be given a try-out by the Bos-
ton Americans
Higgins. the former Brown University
catcher. has signed with the York club.
In the Tri-State League. He played with
Providence last season.
Bull Durham, the pitcher who was
sold to Louisville, won another game the
other day. He is being touted as a Won
der in the Western League
The official averages. published in The
Herald yesterday, show that there are
plenty Of heavy hitters in the Depart
mental League with Evans in the lead
Matty Mcintyre left Detroit Friday for
a months vacation up in the north woods
somewhere. With the aid OF a cane he
can hobble about on his broken ankle
Pitcher Barger. OF the New York Amer
leans, has been purchased by Rochester.
Barger was fsrmed out to Montreal by
the Yankees at the opening Of the season.
Jerry Nops, the old Baltimore star, has
been Internationally released by the
Trenton club of the Tri-State League
In his day NOps was one of the best in
the business, but he has slowly 60 g back
until he cannot make good in the minors.
Pitcher COMBS, of the Athletics. will
be kept out Of the box for long time.
as it now develops that he strained the
pitching tendon of his right arm near the
elbow. and Connie Mack is looking for
another pitcher to take his place.
Manuel. Of New Orleans: Sorrell. Of
Nashville; Spade, of Atlanta; Clarke. Of
Birmingham; Gaskill. of Shreveport,
Maxwell Of Montgomery; Suggs, Of Mem
phis, and Eyler Of Little Rock. are the
winning pitchers in the Southern League.
The New England League has passed a
rule leyying a fine of SO upon any catch
er who deliberately places his mask on
the base line to iHiure a runner. ANY UNI
pire who fails to infiCt a fine for such
an offense shall suffer a penalty of the
same amount
Jack Sutthof is a lucky fellow. He
hasn't been in shape this spring. and
started several games. He was yanked
out four times for others to save his
bacon. That's the way he got those five
wins and two defeats as a record-Co-
lumbus Dispatch.
Buck Venable OF this city. who is play
ing with Wheeling. has an average of
SOP in the Central League, while Norcum.
with Evansville, has record of .2q2
Punch Knoll who played here under
Jake Stahl. is far down the list. with
a batting average Of only IA
EMPIRES are having their troubles in ev-
cry league in the country. The other dav
at the close Of a New York State League
game in Wilkesbarre. Umpire Bierhalter
was mobbed His face was cut and the
police made several arrests In the p.
O. NJ. League a player refused to go TO
the bench when ordered by the boss of
the game and when he called the arbitra-
ter a vile name the ump went after
him hammer and tOngs. There was a
general fight. in which the umpire broke
his finger and was badly cut on the leg.