The Washington herald., 1907-07-21

fence at the base OF ld0uer winch was
used by the keeper 10 climb in and out
OF the grounds. The ball struck the base
OF the ladder and ran up II and over H.
scoring home run. and winning the
game. The groundkeeper very promptly
removed the ladder before the next bat
ter came up.-PittsDurg Sun.
The accident at the Capital City League
game yesterday should be a lesson 10
both players and spectators There is
entirely too much crowding about the
plate at the different games. The officials
OF the Capital City League have made
every effort to keep the spectators back,
and they are entirely blameless for yes
terdays unfortunate accident 1t might
/ be well for the players 20 be more care
ful, especially during the preliminary
practice.
Green Bay and La Crosse can now be
added to the long distance performers.
They played tWenty-three innings at
Green Bay last Sunday and the locals
won. 2 70 J. La Crosse tied in the ninth
The game lasted hours and minutes
/ The game was won by single. a steal,
and double Each side made eleven hits
+ The losers made six errors TO two. Jones
/ Of the losers famed eighteen. hurt his
I
had to retire.
Mitchell. of the Cincinnatis, said of the
/ speed of Overall. the last time he faced
! the big fellow: The ball came by so
! fast that the breeze dried your clothes,
/ parted your hair. and gave you a sham
/ poo. Some Of these Old-timers talk &c
/ me about Amos Rusie. but I'll bet my
/ salary that he had no .hing on Overall
( through a game without giving a base on
balls or making any kind Of a mistake.
! Il was wonderful game that he put
/ up"
/ Capt. Bud Sharpe. of the Newark East
/ ern League ball team. who was hit in the
head with pitched ball by Tom Hughes.
/ pitcher Of the Montreals, is more seriously
hurt than al first thought. After Sharpe
had been removed 10 the Kensington Ho-
tel he was seized with a vomiting spell.
/ bleeding Of the nose. and collapse. It is
! feared that he has conclusion Of the
brain. The injury is similar 10 that sus-
t1lned by Roger Bresnahan Of the New
/ York Nationals, in Cincinnati. several
/ weeks ego.
Frank DonOhue, the new Boston Amer
lean infieder, is not YET twenty-one years
garded as one Of the most promising
players in the Central League. His play
ing has been uniformly good during the
present season. his batting being mucn
1 better than last year He is the idol Of
the Springfield (Ohio) fans. few Of whom
hesitate TO predict for MIN as brilliant
1 a career as that Of his brother, "Jiggs.
the great first baseman Of the Chicago
/ White SOx.
a Brooklyn admlrer thus let loose about
Honus Wagner the other day. I tell
YOU, that Dutchman IS the cockatoo Of
the diamond. He is a freckle-faced.
rusty locked, German-tongued. Pennsyl-
vania Dutchman. He is as smart as a
steel trap. His bark Is worse than lis
bite although in physical proportions he
is d jim Jeffries. When ne is on the
coaching lines his jaws snap necessarily
Strange particles OF speech pour out of
his pie pantry. Whether il IS plain Penn
sylyania Dutch or just plain baseball jar
son. none but the likes of Frank Chance
know"
Harry Bay. wh0 had but recently re-
sumed his place as a regular among the
Maps has Joined the Red Cross brigade
and is out Of the game indefinitely. Har-
TVS dinky knee has gone back on him
again. In chasing for q short fy in the
last inning OF the game with Boston Sat
urday he twisted the joint that he threw
out year ago. As result he does not
know when he viii be able % play again.
Ii may be that he viii recover as quickly
as he did when he was hurt down at Ma
con in the spring, but the chances arc
that he viii be in the hospital for some
time.
An admirer OF the Pittsburgs wrote this
letter 10 President Barney Dreyfuss.
Looking over your men, I might say
that IN my opinion, YOU have a very
poor specimen of d first baseman. His
slowness and one-headedness gave
4 Brooklyn the start in the first game. Al
u bat he never failed 70 strike out or pop
up a little fly when ne had chances 10
bat in runs. Your second basernan and
shortstop are 0. X. Third base Is weak.
buj Storke is trying hard TO learn. and
viii undoubtedly succeed At present he
IS slow about putting the bail on the
runner"
There is a report that the franchise Of
the York club, in the Tri-state League.
VIII be transferred 10 Easton. Pa. This
is because it has been demonstrated this
season that Easton is a splendid baseball
town. Despite the fact that the Easton
team has persistently remained At the
bottom in the Atlantic League. the at
tendauces at the games in East0n have
been very good. and the club has none,
in the treasury As q venture, financially.
the club is g success. but the fans in town
: are beginning to make such a kick about
,he poor playing that either there will
have TO be q decided change or the fans
viii give their attention 10 sarni-Dr0feS-
sional teams.
It has been almost forgotten that John
X. Tener, who has been elected grand
exalted ruler Of the Elks. once Played
!, baseball on an OTiole team, says the
b Baltimore News. Away back in lSSS
/. Tener. who then lived at Jeanette. near
) Pittsburg, attracted the attention of
Billy Barnie. then manager Of the Bal
) timore club. He had been playing around
5 PittSburg with strong amateur teams.
and attracted attention as a promising
! pitcher. For some reason or other now
lost sight of. Manager Barnie underworld
; TO see hows well he could pitch by plaS
ing him IN the outfeld. where he dr1pr@d
. a couple Of flies. and was straightway
given what would now be called the tin
. can He next turned up in Chicago,
in 1850, where he pitched thirty-one
/, games. The records do not show what
, proportion Of games he won. but he
stayed the year out. and the next year
when the Inflated Brotherhood was
formed. he cast his fortunes with the
! Pittsburg Brotherhood team After that
ne does not appear in professional
records.
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