The Washington herald., 1907-06-14
CAUGHT ON THE FLY.

Flick is the hero in LajOies town to-
day
White sox and Maps had. all the luck
yesterday.
What would YOU have said yesterday
had ycu been a PhiIadelDhian7
Tough on the Athletics 10 have "Rube"
make an ascension I'm the ninth
"Euck'' Freeman batted for .321 for
Minneapolis in thirty-seven games.
Atlanta and Memphis are making the
running In the Southern League.
The annual exodus Of ball players from
san Francisco TO Alaska has begun.
II the weather is fair to-day the ladies'
will be there to welcome the Detroit
Tigers
Collins IS the fifth man tried on third
since the departure of Lave Cross from
the Athletics.
According to the Boston Herald, the
Boston American owner. paid New York
only S1o@ for Jim NlcGuire's release.
McGraw's Giants are waning because
rain prevents their winning games. That
was not their trouble in Chicago. however.
Tlemeyzr. the Cincinnati boy who was
toutad by some as a conner and was
farmeG by Cincinnati % St. Paul, will be
turned adrift
knight lost out because he lacked am
biG0n.' saws the Philadelphia Press. "He
didn't appear TO be in condition 70 play
the game of which he was capable. and.
as one man put it. because he was toe
lO1g-leEged."
The Philadelphia North American man
claims that of the somewhat less than
1000 people who turned out 20 see the
game in that city Saturday, fully one
third turned ont 20 see Collins perform.
At that rate Il will not take Mack long to
earn "Jimmy's' $500 salary.
THE Boston brand Of baseball is too
sts-eCtvued" " s1vs the Philadelphia
Ledger. There is not enough speed I'm
the team 90 make il formidable. Unglaub
Is not of the type Of manager 20 recon
struct the team. and while the men for
mallr accepted him as manager they did
not regard him as qualified for the posi-
ton
This little item from the Chicago Tri-
bune is commended TO those who think a
protest can be entered on an error Of iudg-
ment OF the umpire. "A protest against
an error Of judgment las no place in
baseball" The Tribune goes on to say:
There should be equal penalty for the
magnates who question the honesty Of
ball players"
Sy Sanborn. Of Chicago. says: "The
latest trade of Jacobsen, of St Louis. for
Direen, Of Boston. has inspired in the
hearts Of Jones and CantiIlOn the hope
they might get a slice Of the Boston
watermelon If it is 10 be cut UP and dis
tribUted generally. Both Washington and
Chicago could figure in the trade Of the
Collins Knight type If John l. Taylor
would consent
NcCIoskey had a Joke" team presented
20 him. says the 81. Louis Times. In a
years time he formed a team that won
the local championship. shannon, a So
COO purchase, and Taylor. who IS not pitch
ing IN the important games for Chicago.
are the only men out of some two dozen
whom McClOskey canned who have re-
manned in fast company. He has five
years coming 10 him to duplicate Nc
AleeTs sUCCes5-hdVe q team in sixth
place at the end Of six weeks battling.
And. NIcCl0sLey, don't let 'em throw you
down. Keep hUstling. It's early yet,
The St Louis Republic saws Of the
acquisition Of bill" Dineen by the St
Louis Browns: Now the hard-hearted,
hard-handed. hard-hedded Hedges has
BIZ. We do not know that the fact that
he did not pay $4,000 for him makes any
difference in his actual effectiveness on
the slab. whatever il may make In the
estimation Of the sOlicitoUs gentlemen
VINO love to see Hedges Jared loose from
his luCre In any event, we shall see il
SI.5O0 Bill Of 1907 is not as valuable as the
alleged $1,000 Bill Of 1906 Fail as the
cards may. the heaven-born Hedges is
bound 20 come cut on top. II $3.50 BIZ
pitches $4,000 ball. who wins? Hedges.
If H.5o) Bill is not $1,000 Bill, who IS
ahead? Hedges Always i'm front SO
we shall call him here Paravant Hedges.
Born under lucky star"
SAYS John Camel Of the CinCinnatis.
Of Jack ChesbrO, OF the New York Amer
leans: Jack was a splendid man to
play beiird. He never growled at an
error but was always there with a word
Of encouragement TO his fielders. I re-
member at Cleveland one Gay. when he
had "a long string Of straight victories to
his credit the Blues had us to in
eight innings. ChesbrO came i'm TO the
bench. thanked us all for helping him
win his games and started 20 take of
his shoes We went 70 bat in the first
half Of the ninth, and scored four runs
on Earl Moore, and Jack put on his shoes
again and shut Cleveland out i'm their
half The next day. al Detroit he in
sisted on pitching again. and won a four
teea-i31ing game by a score Of l to 0.
No 'sp.t-baI' pitcher has ever approached
q he AZ nn~