Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-09-26
BASE BALL NOTES.

Patten will probably pitch for the Ma
tionals this afternoon and Jack Powell or
one of the youngsters for the Browns.
Tomorrow will be ladies day" ahd
the celebrated Cleveland bunch as an added
attraction. Turn out early and avoid the
rush.
Our one best bet, the White Sox, went
awry yesterday, but with Walsh In the
saddle this afternoon it looks like guaran-
teed special
Tommy Dowd, at one time a famous Ma
tional League player, piloted the Holyoke
club into the championship of the Connecti-
cut League.
If CamnitZ, Leifeld and Maddox look as
good next spring as they do now the
Pirates will surely have nifty trio of
young pitchers to begin the season with.
Joe Kelley says there's no truth in the
report that he will manage Toronto from
the bench next season. He rather expects
Charley Comskey says that the White
Sox are one team that can never be counted
out of 1t as long as winning is within the
range of possibility. Full well do we know
1t.
Joe Nealon came to the Pirates with the
reputation of being better first baseman
athlete has done, he buried it in Pittsburg.
We are glad that our one-horse wire is
making a grand run in the stretch, even II
1t doesn't get under the wire in front. Still
we don't pinch down on that White Sox
tip yet.
Jake Beckley Is acting as assistant starter
at Latonia. Jake says he still looks good
to himself as a first baseman, and that
he'll be back on the job next season.
With a moral cinch that Hanlon will not
manage the Reds next season. and a per-
sistent rumor that Fred Tenny is through
as leader of the Bean2aters, the dopesters
have a fine chance this fall. Miller Hug
gins Is now being tipped the new leader
of the Reds.
1t is announced that Branch Hickey,
Grlff S catcher will coach the Ohio Wes-
leyan team at foot ball this fall. Our re-
spect for SO venerable an institution makes
US refrain from comment on this news
pitcher, has made new record for chances
accepted this season, having pulled down
23s of 242 offered him. His accepted
chances include 200 assists in fifty games.
President Shettsline of the Phil!ies, says
that, though the Athletics are the probable
winners of the American League flag, he
would not trade any one of his team, man
of Mack scheme TO get Moren and Richie
in exchange for Bender and Plank.
George Van Haltren, at one time a star in
the National League, and for several years
a fielder for the Giants, is now ca ain and
center fielder of the Oakland (Cal) Club. He
Is fOrty-tWo years of age and has been
playing ball twentyfour years.
Philadelphia, by the way. is doing some
or the only real manipulating We have seen
this year. They have more games to play
off than any of the other clubs, and they
putting off their double-headers to the
last scheduled day, in the hope that rain
will cut in and save them from possible de
feat.
It is said that the new stands of the
Philadelphia Athletics viii accommodate
40 coo people. What's the use when at the
last worlds series not more than l. Geo peo-
pie turned out at the games in the Quaker
city
George Upp. one of the pitchers taken to
Toronto to play in the series of games be-
tween Columbus and Toronto, struck
over the heart while at practice yesterday
and severely injured. He likely will be UNI
able to pitch any Of the games for Column
bus.
If Sweeney is turned loose by the Doves
next year. somebody will have made
serious mistake. The youngster has
great whip, can play any position in the in
or outfeld, and can bat some, too, as his
work at Chicago demonstrated Sunday. He