Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-07-12

Think of Charley Hickman holding the
Champions without hit in four innings.
Shptke and Johnson arrived with Blank
enship yesterday. and the former was sent
| into the game at third. His work was
pleasing.
Clymer hit for 500 again yesterday.
George Mil Is not only playing good ball
! at second but Is rapping out hits regularly.
1t Is up to Long Tom Hughes to pull off
victory today against the Champions.
There will be plenty of base ball at Ma
tional Park tomorrow. as there will be a
doupie-header, the first to start at o'clock
between the Seattle High School and Post
ONCE team and the second between the
Columbia Athletic Club and Treasury teams
they have so far this season four times
worked the ancient concealed trick
The latest report on Mcintyre of the De-
back into the game until the middle of
August.
Capt. John Camel Of Cincinnati has lust
found brother who was lost to the family
Tor thirteen years.
Jack Chapman maintains there ia no one
IN the country who can outhrow Honus
Wagner.
The Boston Club couldn't do business with
Pitcher Ernest Linderman because the To-
iedo club had a prior claim on him.
First Baseman Burnett of the Tacoma
team. who has been purchased by the St.
Louis club. Is said to be a cross between
Hal Chase and Joe Neaion
Manager Chance says that Blaine Durbin
who was signed a pitcher is a second
Billy Keller in the outfeld. He will be
trained for an outfeld job.
Altizer is a promising ball player. but he
does shoot EN- over to first, low and nasty
st. Louis Republic.
Link" Lowe is the official scout for the
Detrots and has started west on the war
path after promising material.
Catcher Heinie Peitz says he has an offer
from President Pulliam to umpire. Heinie
says he will accept after he is through with
playing.
McCluskey's bunch manages to win a
game now and then. You never can tell
in base ball.
Frank Farrell Is said to have done sew
eral bits of business over Clark Grif1th.s
head of late. The recall of Newton from
Montreal Is one of them.
The Boston club will not secure Pitcher
Benny Henderson very soon as the Port
land (Ore) club has placed him on the in
eligible list for jumping to the outlaw
Stockton club. and proposes to make an
example OF him. despite Boston's offer of
$1,000 for his reinstatement and release.
Billy Lauder. who coached the Williams
team. picks the following all-eastern col
Brown, pitchers; Walters (Willams) and
Jones Yale). catchers: Harmon (Wiliams).
first base: Vaughn Princeton). second
base: Kinney (Yale). third base: Beach
(ArnhersD. shortstop: Harlan Prnceton).
Dexter Harvard) and Raymond (Brown).
outfielders.
Patsy Donovan is telling the people Of
Brooklyn that his Dodgers are going to get
revenge for their defeats in Pittsburg when
the Pirates hit the City Of Churches. This
is not the first foolish thing Patsy has said
since breaking into base ball.
1t wouldn't be surprising to see Ed Kill
liam playing first base one Of these days,
says the Detroit Journal. He Is a fine field
er and without the pitching strain would be
a grand hitter. That he rather fanciAs the
position is shown by the fact that he often
strays over to the bag in practice.
Jim Delehanty is playing fine third base
keeps up his present pace one Of Joe Can
tillons problems will have been solved
Detroit Times.
shape right now. and McAeer realizes that
something must be done at once to bolster
up the corps. Powell. Dineen and Glade,
three Of McAleer's stars. are not doing well,
which leaves the team but two handy box
men. Howell and Petty.
1t burns McAleer up to see his pets
trounced by Cantillon's cast-offs. C1ymer
and Ganley of the Washingtons are Pitts
burg discards. Delehanty was turned down
by Cincinnati and st. Louis. Anderson was
with the Browns before he landed in Wash
ington and Charlie Hickman Is former
Cleveland player Cantillon has rounded
up pretty fair team from the discards and
cast-offs of the rest of the clrcuit.-St. Louis
Republic.
The fans OF Atlanta. Ga, have sub
scribed 81, 800, which is to go to the mem
bers OF the ball team II they win the PEN
nant this year. The owners of the club
have offered like amount to the players If
they win the championship, and 1t goes
without saying that the members Of that
team are putting forth every effort to land
the flag.
PLAYERS all around the circuit tell me
that Mig Clarke is the best catcher in the
world. and I believe they are right" says
Add!e JOSS. The little Fellow is not only
a perfect machine back there, catching any
kind of fast or slow or curve spit ball
pitching but he IS reincarnation of Buck
Ewing in his manner OF jollying the batters
into hitting at the bad ones. No pitcher in
either of the big leagues would have any
trouble working with Mig. Indeed. pitcher
hasn't very much to do except to stand M
there and hand up what Clarke calls for,
Yes. sir: you may talk about Killing and
Cr,ger and Sullivan, and all the rest, but
Clarke Is the king Of them all. and. more
over, he is letting better every time he ia
in the game"