Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-05-04
BASE BALL NOTES.

the Nationals tackle the Bostons again
today.
Yesterdays attendance was che of the
largest for Friday on record.
Freddy Parent was in difficulties chasing
Andersons long hit in the second inning.
He fell trying to locate the ball md then
went down again after getting started. But
for the mishaps he might have captured
the fly.
Little Perrine made a fine stop of ing
laubs fast roller in the third back of sec
ond base, and by q quick snap to Schlaf1y
killed OF Parent, who had gained first on
clean single.
Schlafiy came within an inch of pulling
on safe bunt in the first. Both Shaw
and Young dashed after the ball and miss
ed 1t, but as luck would have 1t, the
pesky sphere rolled foul.
The New York Sun says it remains to be
proven whether Chesbro will strengthen
the New York Americans
Minneapolis dropped nine out of the first
eleven games. Buck Freeman got into
Mondays game and failed to make hit
Bill Carrick pitched another hard luck
game at Baltimore Wednesday,, losing
1-to-l eleven-inning game.
Brooklyn Is apparently working on the
theory that 1t is better to have played and
lost than never to have played at all.
They say that Koehler a discarded st.
Louis American player, is the fastest out
fielder in the American Association.
Johnsons new umpire, Stafford, has sill
yer voice. so that when he pairs with Jack
Sheridan matters strike a balance vocally.
Joe Cantillon ought to get Pean De Reszke
to help him coach.
Brooklyn has signed an infielder named
Barton, who was formerly with the Grand
Rapids Central League team.
Buck" Freeman White Sox pitcher, was
sold by Chicago yesterday to Minneapolis,
and the Millers now have three Freemans
on the team, each receiving the appellation
Buck.
A Chicago West Side rooter is risking
$1OO to win 5000 that the Cubs will not
be headed this season. If the Giants should
happen to nose ahead of Chances men any
time this year the bug is shy Zoo.
When their backs are to you George
Davis and Ginger Beaumont are the living
In ges of each other at the bat. Position,
movement, bearing. everything is identical.
The only way you could tell them apart
would be to asa their names
Instead of returning Infielder Mullen to
Baltimore, as reported. Manager McGraw
OF the new forkS sold the yOu1gSter to
Newark to square himself for falling to
deliver Billy Gilbert to the New Jersey
club.
Neither Carrigan nor Kroh will wear a
Boston uniform any more this year. Car
rigan has been released to Toronto while
kroh will probably join the Buffalo aggre-
cation. Carrigan ought to make a decided
hi in the Eastern League.
Capt. Frank Chance maintains that
George A. Huff, and not Frank Selee, built
up the Chicago National League cham
pions. Yes, in the sense that Billy Murray
Is to be credited with making the Boston
Nationals champions in 81 and '9s and not
a bit more. Huff's judgment Of ball play
his estimate of young players. Selee's
discovered him and learned to rely upon
his estimates Of young players Selee's
strong suit was in picking out reliable lieu
tenants who could tip him off on promising
ball players. 1t takes some handling to
develop youngsters after you get them
Frank Selee's reputation as a manager
is too well established to suffer any by
Chances criticism. Selee was one of the
first managers to properly size up Chances
own ability, and tried his best to get him
when he was having very little opportunity
to show what was in.him