Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-08-12
BASE BALL NOTES.

The scene shifts today. and all the east
ern clubs are in the west.
The greatest interest centers around De-
troit and Cleveland. and the teams in those
cities will furnish the news tonight.
Can Detroit continue it's recent squirt on
the home grounds? and VIII Stovall be back
with the Napoleons? are the burning ques-
tons.
Cantillon will probably pitch Gehring to-
day. and also work O'Brien at first and
may push Kay into the outfield.
, played but for the fact that it would have
thrown five games with Cleveland in three
days the next trip.
Mitchell of the Cincinnatis received gold
watch for being the first one of the Cincin-
natl club to record 100 hits
Cincinnati landed seven straight up to
the time that Brooklyn struck the town
Donovan's men took ten out of thirteen
games from Hanlons array.
Jimmy McAleer of the St Louis Browns
goes in for fat catchers. Spencer Stephens
and O'ConnOr all run to rotundity.
National League batters. according to the
latest averages. He has percentage Of
.3tS for sixteen games.
The Northwestern League appears to have
the star base runner of the country. His
name Is Rowan. and he plays with the
Spokane club. He has stolen fifty-four
bases in eighty-four games
It's lucky for the Standard Oil Company
that 1t doesn't own race horse or losing
ball club. If 1t did. it wouldn't be able
to pay that $29.O00,00O fine.
If he goes along at his present stride to
the end of the season Frank Smith will
lead the White Sox pitchers and the Amerl-
can League. He has won nineteen out Of
his twentyfour games.
Manager Griffith of the New York Ameri-
cans has reached down into Texas for
third baseman- They say this one Is bridle-
wise and that it will not be necessary to
him.
Jim Mcclure is making good in Boston.
The team is playing faster game than it
has at any time this season. They made a
strong stand against Detroit. took three
games from the Maps. made the Browns
behave, and they then almost smothered the
Sox.
Newark has lost Eddie Collins. the fast
Columbia College shortstop. who Is held by
Manager Connie Mack Of the Philadelphia
Athletics. Manager Burnham offered to
permit Collins to name his own salary. but
the player insisted returning to Phila-
delphia in accordance with the terms Of his
contract with Mack.
Beginning at the ground and terminating
at the highest point on his anatomy. young
Mr.. Johnson, the recent ray OF hope for the
bumped and battered Senators, has appar-
emily proved to be one of those century
plants highly touted slant-peddler from
the scenes of marvellous triumphs who has
made good from the breakaway.-BostOn
Post
There is sort of poetic justice about the
Yankees going against Chicago. Cleveland
and Detroit in badly weakened condition
when the Athletics need every game they
can get. Do you remember the gang of
sent against the Sox when we were battling
desperately to hold the lead last year,
New York Journal
The Roston Nationals have sold Catcher
Shook. the Lafayette College man, to Read
ing Of the Tri-State, and have secured AZ
musson, q youngSter who has been pla ying
with some of the strong semi-professional
teams of Chicago and who Is recommended
Jake Weimer has pitched to him, and says
he Is a crackerjack.
1t is the opinion of not few who have
watched the American League games here
that third base on the hilltop team has not
been properly filled since Conroy was
shifted from that position. They think
better combination would be Conroy at
third and Moriarity in left field. provided
ent too many ground balls slip past third
baSe-New York Sun.