Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-05-09
BASE BALL NOTES.

Two games in st. Louis, one in Chicago,
two in Cleveland and one in Detroit has a
good look for the Nationals. But can they
do It?
Tom Hughes may pitch today and then
rest I'D for two battles against the Cleve-
lands Tom has been a terror to the Maps.
Morgan, with the Boston Americans last
season, has Joined Montreal.
seNot q player suspended In the National
League this year." observed President Pull
liam yesterday.
It took "Bnl" Carrick to trim Jersey City
Sunday. the score being to I. The at
tendance was the largest that ever saw q
ball game In Newark
"Chesbro Is lighter this year than I
have ever seen him and declares his arm
is In better shape than 1t has been for two
years." says Griffith.
New York and Chicago have won more
games than Pittsburg has played all sea-
son.
Cleveland is to pitch Joss, Liebhardt,
Rhoades and Hess in rotation. keeping
Thielman, Berger, Bernhard and Moore In
reserve. That's better than working lot
or men at rare Intervals
Washington Is bound to prove a serious
problem for the American League. The
supporters Of the game In the capital city
are in no humor to stand for weak Dali
team.-Boston Globe.
. -tHTUFEHyWYUQ
Arlie Latham is umpiring In the p. 0.
League. One day last week Latham. fall
ing to secure the removal from the grand
stand of an Objectionable person, gave the
game to the visiting club.
Pitcher Jack Harper has reported to
how any club in the American Association
can have any possible chance against the
powerful array that Columbus can produce.
They have q team surely as strong as any
major league array.
OF the National League teams the Phillies
have not been shut out The New YorkS
Cincinnatis and Bostons have been BANKED
twice each and st. Louis four times. Chi
cago has been blanked once. The Brook
lyns hold the BOBBY prize to date, with six
times whitewashed. American League
teams not yet shut out are the New Yorks
and Detroits The Philadelphia and White
Sox have been kalsomined once each, the
Bostons twice. the Washingtons~ and Cieve-
lands three times, and the Browns four
times.
Catcher Bresnahan claims to have dis
covered a new play. He says that when
the bases are full and there are two
strikes and three balls on the batsman,
with two out the scheme Is for every one
to start for the next base at headlong
speed in order to rattle the catcher and
give the batsman his base on balls. But
q pitcher with any head won't mind the
base runners under these conditions. All
he will bear in mind is the batsman.
THAT fellow Hank o'Day is a queer
mortal" said q welI-known fan. "Presi-
dent Pulliam has given the umpires to
understand that they must signal balls
and strikes to the crowd by wave of his
arms. This O'Day refuses to do despite
the fact that 1t would relieve his voice
of considerable strain. O'Day for weeks
has been under the care Of throat spe-
cialist, yet he refuses to do what would
not only be a great benefit to himself but
the spectators as WELL"
It's early, of course. but when the cleve-
lands can't beat the White Sox with George
Davis and Tannehiu out Of the lineup 1t
does look rather disappointing. Latoie's
team will have to take big brace to be
on top of the ladder, while up to the
present writing there is no team in the
American League that has done the even
and strong work Of the White Sox. and
their chances look remarkably good In
twenty games the White Sox have landed
thirteen and lost six and tied one In those
games they have scored sixty-five runs to
forty-hve, shutting out opposing clubs twice
and holding them down to one run Ave,
times. OF the forty-fve runs against them,
nine were made In one game. so that In
nineteen games their opponents scored but
thrty-six runs, or less than per cent.