The Washington herald., 1907-05-09
CAUGHT ON THE FLY.
Here's hoping

Here s hCplnB.
Waddeu again has the rheumatism.
The Pirates fell down before the great
''Matty"
No hit, no run. First Of the season.
maybe the last
The Maps turned the tables on the
White S0X yesterday.
All told, there are twenty-five in the
Nationals party on the road.
Pittsburg has already lost four out Of
FIVE games to the Chicago Cubs.
It now seems practically certain that
Chicago viii be the club 10 land Stahl
Charley Smith or Falkenberg viii prob
ably be Canullon's selection for to-day's
game.
There are nearly SEQ points between the
first and last teams in the National
League.
The New York Nationals have dropped
only one game this season on the Polo
grounds
New York Nationals have winning
streak, but what would you cali Brook
/ lyn's string?
Georgetown and George Washington
viii have il cat on the diamond at George
town Field next Saturday.
Joe Brain, who was released by CantiI-
/ Ion, in order that he might take charge
[ at Jersey City. has one of the very
/ strongest clubs in the Eastern League
[ Carrigan. who was released by Boston
has consented TO join the Toronto club
/ When he was transferred to the Cana
/ dian city he put up the usual bluff about
retiring. but that is all over now.
/ No word was received at headquarters
/ from Cantillon yesterday. but the local
end Of the club expects to have the StahI
/ matter Strengthened up either to-day or
! tomorrow. Negotiations were interrupted
/ by the trip West
Jesse Tannehin believes that Bob Can
I ley is one of the coming batters. He
thinks that the local right fielder shapes
up with the best Of them when it comes
/ 10 welding the stick, and believes that
/ the eX-PiTate will be we'll up at the end
/ of the season.
There is no real reason why I left
/ Boston except what I have told" said
! George Hun. installed again as athletic
/ director of the University of Illinois. HUFF
said that he was simply dissa tisfed with
/ a career as professional manager as he
saw it, He said he had no opposition,
and that if he had had any trouble he
wouid never have run away from it. It
1 is believed the directors salary will be
/ literally boosted by the trustees for next
year.
/ Clarke Griffith, the New York manager,
refused a reporters request for his pho
/ tograph, on the grounds that he had
never had any taken. When asked the
( reason, he recounted the following story:
Abraham Lincoln once met A homely
man on the street The man looked at
I Lincoln, and then said that in his youth
/ he had made A resolution to shoot the
first man whom he found 20 be more
homely than himself Well, said Lincoln,
/ If / am homeiier than you are. you can
/ shoot mer
The Jake StahI ease, over which the
national commission busted itself. seems
f 70 be another case of butting in bv that
+ body. Stahl belonged 10 the Washington
/ club. and 20 that club should have been
+ left the disposition of the matter. But
i for the interposition of the commission. it
i is more than likely that Stahl would be a
l member of the Boston club by this time
! Now Jnglaub is doing so well that Stabl
+ is not needed, and, consequently. the de-
mand for StahI is not what il was. Now
the commission says it viii make the
/ price FOR Stahi a proper one. If the Wash
I lngtOn club does not No wonder the
officers of the club hOwI.-Boston Herald.
Three local leagues are now in fun
swing, with one more 10 come.