Evening star., 1907-09-02

That draft list sent out by the national
commission is certainly a long one. and a
majority of the youngsters will never see
the ma jor leagues.
Tom Hughes, Blankenship and several
others will remain at home and do their
practicing at American League Park.
That cartoon in The Star yesterday was
a corker, and had all the players laughing.
Falkenberg was right back of Cantillon
and Bergman had him about twelve feet
tall.
Talk about your Esperanto and efferves-
cent coaches! Monte Cross can do a
vocalizing and capering stunt when he
wants to that stirs things up
The fans are calling for a meeting in
New York of the Giants and Highlanders.
The chances are that Frank Farrell will
not consent to the meeting.
If the Athletics should win the pennant
American League fans ought to pray that
Waddell's arm doesn't get any worse than
1t was last Friday.
Toronto is appreciative. The Canadian
city has been turning out crowds of goodly
size under Joe Kelley's successful regime.
'Ts said that Overall has a tidy bank
account and plays professional ball be-
cause he wants to, not because he has to.
And yet, tbs also sad he is no laggard in
line pay day.
The old dope about the success of sue
ceeding is getting action in Detroit. AS
soon as the Tigers got to be a real ball
team the opposition to Sunday games dwn
died away to nothing.
Ban Johnson's edict against American
League participation in the base ball field
day games at Cincinnati doesn't seem to
have reached COmiskeys ears. Sullivan,
Walsh and Dougherty are going to COM
pete
Umpire Gibson of the Michigan League
was badly done up by player the other
day. and as Umpire Sullivan of the Eastern
League was busly doing up a playS at
about the same time, 1t is stand-off Now
wait for the rubber.
Carl Lundgren must be feeling good over
the visit of the prince. He let the
Brooklyns down with three hits last Tues
day, then held the Pittsburgs to two safe
ties on Friday.
Jack Chesbro is pitching better ball for
the Hiltoppers than for some time. His
work has been consistently good of late,
and he sticks the nine innings through
II reports be true Ted Sullivan, scout
for the Chicago Nationals. will make his
debut next year in the Eastern League as
owner of the Rochesters. The Rochester
franchise is one of the best in the league
but the poor showing made by the team
during the past few years has caused a big
falling off in the gate receipts.
Another Philadelphia critic who assays
about two ounces of good sense to the ton
says dafkly that the local fans are COM
menting on the number Of ninth-inning fin
ishes that Detroit is making just now"
Funny nobody made any similar comments
even when the Athletics quit like BUSH
leaguers at the sight of Giants.
Langdon Smith says of the Athletic
ray as it appeared In New York Thurs
day: Trey are such well-fed, roly-poly
lot that ones heart goes out to them in
stinctively. Seybo,d, in right field, is a friar'
in disguise Jimmy Collins. on third, looks
like a monk, except for a pay streak of
cussing now and them"
Joe Kelley has greatly distinguished him
self in his first season a minor league
manager. He has brought the Toronto club
into the first position, and something ex-
traordnary will have to happen to keep
him out of the championship. He has a
first-class team and handles it well; hence
his success.
Ar-speculation as to where Jack Thoney,
the Toronto outfielder. will play next sea-
son has been settled by the official announce
ment that he has been purchased by the
Boston Americans, and will play with that
cub next season. Besides a money con-
sderation, Toronto gets. Schlat1y and Grim
shaw from Boston. The former player is
already with the Canucks and Grimshaw
Will join the team next season.