The Washington herald., 1907-05-12
CAUGHT ON THE FLY.

DAbNhig WON a 6a+itEs
Then Brooklyn lost one.
Hip hip. hurrah FOR Brooklyn.
New Yorks annex is wild with joy.
The Maps made it three straight from
New York
Cleveland and Detroit jumped in the
percentage column.
In the Tri-State League Lancaster won
nine out of the first ten games.
Christy Nathewson has already won
i've straight and is still going some.
Brooklyn scored in the first inning and
Chicago in the last OF double-header.
If Brooklyn ever does win another game
its percentage column viii take an awful
jump.
The Maps have improved i'm their bat
ting since Lajoie gave the hitting order
shaking up.
The worlds championship pennant,
which viii be unfurled in May is OF blue
silk and cost $3.50.
The Eastern teams Jared badly in the
West yesterday, Washington coming
nearest to a victory.
Seybold got a homer at Chicago yester-
day, heing one Of the longest hits ever
made on the South Side grounds.
Louis HeTbroner, representing the Gin
cinnau club, is securing the Virginia
State League for desirable material.
According to President Ebbets, Umpire
Klein lost two games for Brooklyn This
leaves fourteen defeats which are still 70
be accounted for
The Columbus club has "A battery COM
posed of Blue and Upp Thus far there
ha ro FrtH ,s-,.-
may happen any time
In q game in Boston the other day two
runs were scored on the squeeze play
The batter bunted toward first base and
runners scored from third and second.
A man in England has patented a car
that runs on one rail and is self-balanc-
ing. Put the New Yorks on one side and
the Brooklyns on the other and it viii tip
Oyer.-New York sun.
The Eastern North Carolina League is
looking for players. and members Of local
clubs who are anxious to break into
the professional ranks. should be able TO
catch on in the Tar Heel organization.
There seems to be little chance of Ed
Walsh returning to the White Sox for at
least six weeks. The muscles of his back
and side are badly strained as result OF
his collision with Schafer, of Detroit
The following are the leaders in the
different leagues throughout the country. /
National, New York. American. Chicago. /
Eastern, Jersey CITY, American Ass0cia- /
tion. Columbus; Tri-State Lancaster; At /
lantic Newark; New England, Lawrence: (
Southern Atlanta, Central Evansville; /
Lancaster; Three I. /
Clinton; 2. O. NJ. Steubenviue Virginia. /
Richmond; South Atlantic. Savannah;
Cotton States, Mobile; Western. Des
Moines.
In seven cities Of the league the fans
are about general in their desir, 10 see /
New York win the flag If their team can't. /
They know the New Yorks are game /
They know that Grifhths bunch went /
into New York to fight for prestige with 4
the city against them No team ever bat /
tied against worse odds and won out I
GTin is always up there fighting, and a
fan viii forgive everything if a player /
only shows he is game to the c0re.-De- /
roit News. There are a good many fans
In Washington who think just that way 1
about the old fox and his scrappy band. /
According to the Chicago News. Pitcher /
Overall has won fourteen consecutive /
games. but with one eleven-inning tie /
sandwiched in. The record goes back to /
last season and is as follows, the first
named club being the home club: August /
i3 Brooklyn, 3; Chicago, II. August Q.
Chicago, 3; Philadelphia, 8, August q.
Chicago, ); Boston, >. August 81, Chicago,
5; Cincinnati, l. September 4, Cincinnati.
]; Chicago, 3. September 15 ST. Louis. O:
Chicago, 4. September p. New York, 4,
Chicago, .. September 26. Brooklyn. Z:
Chicago p September n Philadelphia, 1
Chicago. 3. April Il, Chicago. 6; St Louis,
l. April p, Cincinnati, 3; Chicago, 8. April
g. St. Louis, 3; Chicago. 5. April 80, Gin
einnaL 3; Chicago, 4. May 5, Chicago, );
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