Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-04-23
W eStern League.
BASE BALL NOTES

BASE BALL NOTES.
1t Is up to Patten or Hughes to beat the
Athletics today. Waddell may pitch for the
Quakers.
Anderson kept up his good stick work yes
terday, getting triple and a single
Ihat man Graham can certainly clout the
ball. He hit it over the fence Yesterday
for home run, and will do for the outfield
when his pitching days are over.
First Baseman Harry Davis continues to
be valuable man for the Athletics. His
fielding is always fine, and he whipped out
double and two singles yesterday.
The crowd around The Star bulletin board
last evening was dsheartened over the
Athletics big lead in the first part of the
game, but the way they rooted" for the
Nationals at the finish was caution.
Little Mig Perrine was there with his
bat yesterday, placing two singles to his
credit. and he went the route at shortstop
without a wabble.
Fortythree runs and sixty-six hits were
made in the three American League games
yesterday.
I'm the lead. and that's where we should
stay unless the pitchers edge off a Bit" re-
marked Fielder Jones the other day The
pitchers did not edge off, but the New
YOrks edged on.
disease, the same being laryngeal anthrax
and indigenous to telephone girls from yell
ing base ball scores over the phone.
joss In fair fo jtcho
game against the Detroits when somebody
In the seventh inning predicted that he
would do so. That of course, was an in
surmountab bic hoodoo, and the Tigers made
one hit off the lengthy moundman.
Manager Foster of the Lancaster Tri-
State team yesterday signed RUDE Bur-
roughs, the pitcher who was given a trial
this spring by the Philies. Burroughs
pitched several good games in the south
for the National Leaguers. and he is In
may be given a chance in the opening game
against York Wednesday. The new man
comes from Trenton and he is rated as a
conner. 1t Is understood that Pitcher Doc
Reisling, who has been holding out, may
come to an understanding with the local
management.
Barney Dreyfuss Of the Pittsburg team,
discussing the crime of gambling at Expo
sition Park said: "All the knocking against
the Pittsburg players that Is heard at Ex-
position Park is done by these cheap gam
blers They bet few nickels on the game
and then proceed to hammer the home
team. the result being that the visitors are
given the impression that all Pittsburg fans
are disloyal. These knockers made life
miserable for Claude Ritchey, than whom
no more faithful player ever lived, keeping
after him until he driven to despera-
ton and welcomed a chance to go to an
other club
1t is said that Sunday ball games In De-
troit are permitted by a bill which passed
the lower house of the legislature yester-
day. The bill was introduced by Repre-
sentative Duncan of Detroit, and at first
glance appears only to give the common
council of Detroit additional powers for en-
forcing Sunday observance laws. Opponents
of Sunday ball games Will endeavOr to have
the bill reconsidered by the house. and fail
ing in that will fight it in the senate.
McGraw is the only rule-or-ruin man.
ager in professional base ball, and his mis-
conduct in the exhibition season warrants
the statement that he will pursue the pol
icy in the 1907 National League race that
disguised press and public of New York
last season. Brush is the sole major league
president who permits his manager and
players to bring the game into disrepute
without rebuke. and in these days of clean
ball no one will prefer the policy of the
Giants owner to that of the other fifteen
misunderstanding News.
Billy Peoples. the old-time catcher and
umpire, watched GriffS team beat the Ath-
letics. in their second local clash When
Chris Won der Abe was manager in the
old days" said Billy, "he came to me on the
eve of an important series between his club
and Chicago. He invited me to dinner-it
was good dinner, too-and said: Now,
Billy, you going to umpire desc imbor
tant games. alretty. All l ask from you.
Billy, is a even break-und rev OF DER
close decisions,
Jack" Sheridan has earned the title Of
being the teacher of base ball umpires. His
twenty-five years in the game is we'll re-
membered by President Ban Johnson. and
as a result Sheridan Is used with a colt
umpire each time. Last season BILLY"
Evans worked with Sheridan until ne was
able to take care of himself, and 1t was
not until July before the youngstown man
was given a chance to work by himself
This season BILLY" Stafford of the New
England League is the latest pupil. stat
ford. the western papers say. shows I'll the
earmarks of a good man-not 100 quick In
his decisions, but accurate. His hYe years
in the New England League has been
good teacher.
The aged Jake Beckley is coming in for
his share of space-writers stun. He usu-
aIIy gets it about this time of the year.
lake Beckley Is All In," says one head
line Another takes pains to inform the
casual reader that The Eagles Eye Is
Dimmed. The old boy has been In pro
fessional base ball ever since Hickory Jim
was a weanling. To be exact. Jake has
taken part in 2.224 games and has made
1916 safe hits for grand average OF 3oS
There are only 421 fielding errors charged
against him. which gives him fielding
average of 9S2. and. big ice wagon though
he surely is, he has stolen ~ bases. But
every year about this time the space
writer's, running bit short of material,
come out with the same old roorback about
lake Beckley's breaking down.