The Washington herald., 1907-08-25
CAUGHT ON THE FLY.

CAUGHT ON THE FLY.
The Nationals VIII have a rest to-day.
Downs made all three OF Detroit's err
rors.
Mobile has the Cotton states pennaat
eincled.
The Giants came back and defeated the
Pirates.
Think of Ganley making two errors in
one game
Hanlon says the umpires in the Eastern
League are not capable.
Here's hoping that Ban Johnson's new
umpire. Cahill. won't be a frost.
Up to this week Thoney. Of Toronto.
led the Eastern League in doubles
Detroit has recalled Pitcher ''Bumpus"
Jones. He has been pitching for johns
town.
Detroit won six out OF the eleven games
played with New York in Detroit this
season.
Jennings bulldog persistence has pulled
the Detroit team on its feet, and they
are going hard again.
The loss Of three games does not COLI
News. Neither is it a squirt.
King Bill Kay was right there with a
little hit when he was sent in 20 bat for
Shannon in the ninth inning.
Since his reinstatement Kid" Elberfeld
has been playing his head of. He Is the
| only Yankee regular batting 800.
That Trinity Bethany game at National
Park yesterday was as good an exhibition
OF amateur baseball as one would want TO
see.
Gilbert, the former second baseman of
the Giants. now of Trenton. VIII join the
Cardinals at the end OF the Trenton sea-
son.
Now that local fans are getting warmed
Up TO the post season amateur series,
good crowds should see the remaining
games.
1t looks very much as II legislation
would be adopted next season prohibiting
the pitcher frrm rubbing the new ball in
the grass.
One Cleveland paper Is out with the
twisted slogan: Now is the time for all
good Nap pitchers 10 come TO the aid Of
Clevelandt'
Four pitchers are not enough for any
big league team to have. and when the
double-headers come hopping along six
would not be too many.
Jimmy Barrett with the Boston Ameri-
cans. is displaying form hardly expected
of him after his troubles with bad knee
extending over a couple Of seasons.
While Chicago, Detroit, and Cleveland
We're winning, the Athletics were breaking
i
days play, the Quakers lead has been re-
duced.
It IS reported that the Robinsons have
turned down an offer OF $4,000 for the
ST. Louis club, which means that they
value the franchise alone at considerably
over $4,000.
Connie Mack has a lot Of good scouts
/ He will listen about any player YOU tell
| him Of, but he won't pass up infor-
nation as some OF the n.agnates have
done in the past
Tom McCreery is putting up such a
/ splendid ail-around game for Columbus
that the fans out there assert the pennant
/ would now be safe had he Joined the
/ team earlier in the season.
Iajoie regrets the absence Of Pitcher
/ Hess. who viii not be fully recovered for
at least two weeks Hess. IL Will be re-
membered, was Clevelands particular
{ star in September last season.
Jack Huston. who has been scouting
/ for the St Louis Browns. IS said to have
/ signed Homer C-avath. Of the Los An
/ geles team. Cravath is a right fielder,
and has high batting average.
! The return Of Bemis, Bradley. and
Lajoie patches UP the crippled Nap com
/ binaton. With a crippled team in 1896
/ Cleveland gave the White Sox a bad
scare. due chiefly to their pitchers.
Jim Mcclure has twenty men
| In uniform" SAYS the Chicago Tribune.
''and twenty-eight more landed by scouts
! for next season he might do worse than
/ form an independent league and play for
/ his own pennant"
Reading IS the only city Of its size In
/ the country having two league teams.
/ The Reading Tri-State League team is at
! the bottom. while the Reading team In
/ the Atlantic League has been fighting at
| al the top all season.
! The St Louis Republic hands out the
| following roast: After observing Sundays
game OF baseball at Sportsman's Park we
! feel justified in saying that we could
| pick a nine Of yearling rabbits that would
display more brains in baseball play than
! the Browns.
With proper coaching. Wooden. the
/ young Bethany Sunday School League
/ pitcher. should develop into a good ball
| tosser. He has great control and in yes
! terday's game had several o. the Trinity
batters completely at his mercy by keep
Ing the bali up around their faces.
While the Nationals were in ST. Louis
! last week a persistent bug tried to drag
| from Cantillon an expression OF opinion
| on his recent trade Of Nil for Pete
O'Brien. The bug could not see where the
Nationals had gained anything. At length
Joe responded as follows: Didn't I get an
Irishman for Dutchman?"
With relation to a story printed In q
Denver paper that he had bought the
Pueblo (Colo.) baseball team for SIS. 600,
and that Frank Selee would be its man.
ager another year John / Taylor, OF
the Boston Americans. says that he has
bought only the pick Of the Pueblo play
ers for $780, and that otherwise ne has
no interest in club or franchise.
Dan Brouthers, scout for the New York
Nationals. has recommended the purchase
] of Catcher Harry Curtis, Of the Brad
ford Interstate Club Curtis caught for
Notre Dame University team up TO the
close of the college year. He has caught
| thirty-flve games with one error His
batting average up 10 date Is .425. Curtis
is twenty-five years old and weighs 1S5
pounds.
Having now practically given I'D hopes