Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-07-29
BASE BALL NOTES.

BASE BALL NOTES.
Only one double header will be played
with Chicago on this trip.
One of the largest crowds in the history
Of the game saw Chicago defeat the Ath-
letics last Saturday.
1t will be Patten against Patterson in
the first game with Chicago, and a battle
royal should result, as both twirlers have
been effective against the teams they face.
The ground In the in and out fields at
American League Park had become I'M
usually hard. and the rain will do them a
great deal of good
A double kicking by the crippled Maps
and Kid Elberfeld kicked out of the game
is a pretty good record for one day up on
the hill.
While the scouting season is on it Is not
at all unlikely that some enterprising man.
ager will pick up this fellow Lave Cross.
who is leading the Southern League in bat
ting.
land made 319-foot throw in game IN
st. Louis, which caught Wallace at the
rubber. Don't believe it.
American League pitchers with one-hit
games to their credit this year.
The Detroit Club. through Scout Lowe,
has ecured an option on Outflelder Beals
Becker of the Wichita Club Of the Western
Association.
Second Baseman Mullen of Newark and
First Baseman Clancy had their noses
broken last week-the first in a collision,
the latter by foul tip.
Pitcher Brockett, transferred by New
York to Montreal. Is being played in the
outfield for his hitting and sprinting abil-
ity He says he is done with pitching.
President Potter Of the Buffalo Club
says that he would not swap First Base
man Mcconnell for a dozen Grimshaws.
Mcconnell looks like sure enough major
Lacquer next season.
Robert Lincoln Lowe, who is now doing
scouting duty for the Detroit club was
about to put In an application for the
management of the Boston club just as
he learned that Jim Mcclure had been Sc
lected.
We do not enjoy a very extensive &C
auaintanee with base ball players. but II
skipping pay days hurts them as much as
1t does base bali writer's. KID Nberfeld will
be calm and sober shortly.
1t is the quality of the base ball brains
that controls the clubs Of the American
League that has made its races the closest,
the most attractive and naturally the most
profitable In the history of the game.
A Detroit paper announces that Clark
Griffith has made a standing offer Of $4,000
for Pitcher Mullin Of the Tigers |Taaere
isn't much nourishment in this. He might
as well post the same amount for Liable
and Ed Walsh.
ss1Pbo Wov of
sailor tried to gobble ball hit into the %
cent bleachers Saturday. missed his foot
ing. and not only sustained q rude Jolt
when he fell. but also smashed the hat of
another ian who was after the ball
Detroit pitchers are never sent on ahead
OF the team en- route. The whole bunch
sticks together. and II a change In program
Is called for the man wanted Is not rest
ing In tie next town. nut Is on the bench.
ready to go In. Look out for today; tomor-
row viii take care of itself. is the general
purport Of the Jennings policy
The Yankees are rapidly reaching the
stage known as 10y club" When a team
enmities are forgotten, and, away and ont
OF the turmoil and worry Of the race ali
the members are pals and brothers and no
pitcher gets peevish because q half dHzen
errors or SO are pulled off behind him.
1t is good to look upon frst-basInu Ill.
.hat Harry Davis has been offering to the
famished Nap fans. Surely. he leaped four
Feet to spear the steaming liner off Mig
Ciarke.s bat In the second. That is a sam
pie Truly, they are a great trio. these
Davis chase and Donohue. and the great
est OF these Is Davis.-Cleveland News
A bit of pleasantly that escaped tho
clutches OF the comic sheets is that "Jawn''
McGraw or the Giants Is a quitter "Jawn"
may have elements In general that focus In
exaggerated strenuosity. His tablet of yir-
tues. such as would endear him to base
pan ump'res. Is extremely attenuated. but
his framework and makeup in common are
not adapted to permit any virus of the vel
low 10 creep in.
There's thing about Hughsy Jan-
nings' coaching. 1t is not made up OF
abuse Of the opposing pitcher and players
1t Is noisy and bOisterous but it's always
cheerful No wonder the fans like to see
him on the line. His antics are half of
the fun. And he gets what he's after too!
There's isn't team In either league that's
putting up the snappy article OF ball that
the Tigers serve to the fans They're not
team OF stars. but they play ball a the
time. and it's Jennings that injects the GIN
ger.
are wearing the uniforms OF various Ma
uonal and American League clubs this sea-
son. a larger number of graduates than any
other single minor Organization can show.
Not one OF the sixteen clubs in tie two ma jor
.eagues but has one more players who
finished thei- schooling for the big arena
on the eastern circuit. while some Of them
have half dozen or more of Pat Powars'
boys the rolls. Baltimore has six for
mer Birds on high roosts. including Man.
ager Hughey Jennings of Detroit, who
isn't playing this year. They include two
first basemen,, Tim Jordan of Brooklyn and
Tom Jones of the st. Louis Americans, and
also Phil Lewis of Brooklyn. Mason and
Mo''ery of Observation-Disclosures Sun.