The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1907-07-13

while Lajoie is out Of the game
Once more Cy Young turned the trick
! by holding Cleveland TO four hits.
Connie Mack has emphatically denied
that he intends to trade Waddell-
The veteran. Al Maui, OF Philadelphia,
who formerly played here. is scouting.
The Pittsburg Pirates put a crimp in
Brooklyn by banking Donovan's team.
Baltimore has succeeded in getting back
outfelder Kelly from the st. Louis Ma
| tionals.
jim Delehanty was right there with the
bat He hit for 1900. getting three hits
out Of three times up.
Utica, Albany, Troy, and Scranton are
making nice battle for first place in the
New York State League.
a special from Chicago says that
/ Comiskey has issued an emphatic denial
of the rumor that he IS negotiating for
Hickman.
While in Chicago Cantillon will arrange
for a hunting ard fishing trip in the fan
with Charley Comiskey and several Chi
lcagO friends
Judging from Hickman's batting in the
/ last few games Cantillon could make
several worse moves than releasing or
trading this player He made two hits
I yesterday.
Some good sport should be furnished
tat National park this afternoon when
/ Post-offlce and Seattle High School ana
Columbia Athletic Club and Treasury play
in 2 double-header.
Toledo passed Columbus IN the Ameri-
can Association as a result OF the games
OF Sunday when that club landed
double header from Louisville. Indian
apolis Is the tailender.
Hugh Jennings has recalled Pitcher
Rowan from Atlanta. This farming bus
mess is scarcely worth the trouble
player who can De recalled any minute
is q most doubtful asset
Oddly enough all three leaders of the
American League are ahead Of their per
| centage of a year ago, While the next
three clubs are below. The club with the
/ largest gain in points is Boston.
President Potter, of the Buffalo club,
says that he would not swap First Base
man Mcconnell for a dozen GTimshaws.
! Mcconnell looks like a sure enough major
/ Lacquer next season.-Boston Herald.
/ Why do anything to shorten the time of
games. We played three in succession
! here in hour and IS minutes, l hour and
/ % minutes, and hour and IS minutes.
hustIing umpire can hurry the game along
/ all right.-Boston Herald.
Recent American Association batting
/ percentages give GessieT, of Columbus,
/ .35l. Carr, S51; J. Clarke, .S37; Smoot, 1856;
Foil, 3S3; Buck" Freeman. .3l4: Arm
bruster, .So9; Mertes. .S07; Greminger. .305;
Cooler. .294; Tip" O'Neil. 30; Beckley,
222
Down in Louisville they say there is
a feud on between President Joe O'Brien,
OF the American Association. and George
/ Tebeau. Tebeau is reported as having
said that he would get O'Brien before
July was over with, but IL looks now as
though the double-owner hasn't as much
! influence in this combination as he once
had.
It now seems more than probable that
} there will be a new team in the Eastern
! League next season. Just what town will.
be fortunate enough to obtain the fran
ehse is uncertain, although Richmond
/ and Syracuse and others would be pleased
/ to have the honor. II any changes are
made Montreal is the town TO be drop
/ ped. The lacrosse city doesn't take TO
! baseball very readily.
Konetchy, the new first baseman Of the
( Cardinals, comes from the Lacrosse team
4 Of the Wisconsin State League. and was
/ recommended by Pink Hawley. He is
/ Greek. it is said, and speaks that tongue
/ fiuently. A team composed Of k0netchy,
! Lajoie. Reulbach, Schreckengost, Hoel-
/ skoetter. Unglaub Orendorf, Pastorius,
and Abbaticchio could put up a pretty
/ good game of ball.-NeW York Sun.
Three men will make the Cincinnati
/ Reds a first division team next season,
says McCloskey, of the St Louis Cardi-
mails. 1T would be a pretty hard matter
/ to improve on that infieid. continued Nc
/ Closkey. .'and the catching department is
particularly sweet. TWO more good
twirlers and one outfielder will transfer
the Reds into an aggregation capable of
putting up a bitter fight for the flag
As fast as one man is discharged from
the Sox hospital corps, another takes his
place. Nick Altrock was injured during
/ the batting practice Of the team. pitch
/ ed ball striking him in the groin. He was
able TO get home without assistance after
Prof Bardel had worked over the injury
| but will be unable to pitch for some
/ time Nick has been resting up since his
poor showing in Boston last month and
was expected 10 be nearly right again.
! Dixie has never turned out high grade
/ first baseman. Outside of this one default
/ a team picked from ex-SOutherners would
make any of them get up and dust the
highway. Maybe this bunch wouldn't
/ hold their own anywhere? Clarke and
/ Archer. catchers: Liebhardt. Rhoades. F.
/ Smith. Dygert. MOren Rucker, Mcintyre,
and Orth. pitchers; Niles, second base;
+ Nichols. shortstop; Bennett or Robe, third
base; Cobb, Olring, and Delehanty, out
/ field.
/ Flick holds that a base runner must al
I ways test the distance he can edge up on
each pitcher and he says he would rather
1 have the distance gagged properly on
/ each man and be caught mapping of
/ first a dozen times in a season, If he felt
/ that he could steal from fifty TO sixty
/ bases. Elmer also says that If once in
a while it happens that a base runner
takes a little too much of lead and is
| pinched, II is no reason why he should be
/ accused Of dumb ball playing and going
to sleep on bases
The Buffalo baseball club is now in
position TO 90 on and win the peunant
Even though badly handicapped by the
illness of Gettman and Murray, and the
/ loss of a regular third baseman, the
Bisons have managed to hold their place
at the top Of the list. Fans viii be
pleased to hear that President Potter yes
terday secured by purchase from the
Montreal club the services of Hunter
Hill He will resume his old stand at
third. Mackey Corcoran viii go to Mon
treal.-BuffalO Express.
Baseball In recent seasons has become
too scienced and too lacking in dash and
chance-taking, writes Billy Phelon, in the
Chicago Journal. It isn't like the games