The Washington herald., 1907-08-05
CAUGHT ON THE FLY.
Poor Giants

Poor Giants
Three straight for the Cubs
That Chicago crowd got its moneys
worth.
St Louis won game and a good one.
at that
DOuble-header to-day. First game at
o'clock,
Cubs-Giants to date-Cubs 10 games
Won, Giants 3.
Norfolk is forging ahead in the Virginia
State League.
Cincinnati is erowding Brooklyn for
second division honors.
Hughes. Dygert, and Joss have pitched
one-hit games this season
Toledo keeps a firm grip on first place in
the American Association.
Like Lajoie, there is no telling when
Keeler will be back in the game.
Umpire Henry has been dropped from
the New England League staff.
Cleveland leads in double plays with
eight. The Sox made triple play.
Clymer is the leading run getter. having
scored nineteen times in twenty-one
games.
Joe Camel. a brother of Charley and
john has been signed to play first base
al South Bend Ind.
Pitcher George Suggs, of Memphis, De
troit's latest purchase, win not be tried
out until next spring.
Last year the Maps led the league in
batting; this year they are at the bot
tom. Tempora mutantur
Donovan. Frank Smith, and joss are
the leading pitchers of the league TO date.
Hughes leads the Nationals
Despite the fact that he is supposed TO
be weak batter, little Shipke is able to
poke out hit once in a while.
While CIymer leads the league in bat
ting, Flick, with an average of .337 in
eighty-five games. is the real leader
The St Paul Dispatch says that Buck
Freeman made six hits in ST Paul that
would have been home runs in Mime
apols.
Wild Biz Donovan. Of the Tigers. Is
the only player in the American League
who has made more hits than he has
played games.
Tom Jones, Of the Browns. who led the
American League last season in sacrifice
hits, Is again doing very well in this de-
paTtment, as he has already twenty
The st. Louis Nationals are fast pro-
crossing toward the century mark of de
feats, and at the present rate of progress
ought to be very close to that mark Labor
Day.
Fred Lake, the old catcher. is out
scouting for the Boston Americans. He
fcrur~ m nd IffTr
mer Philadelphia shOTtstOp, now a mem
Der Of the Columbus team.
The Pittsburg team has not lost a Fri
day game this season. Eleven games
played on that day of the week have
beep won and Philadelphia is the only
club not among the victims.
Nor is it any wondeE the Milwaukee
/ Teutons give their baseball team their
| loyal support, composed as 1t is of such
sturdy sons of the Fatherland as Green.
Dougherty. Robinson. Mccormick. Nc
Chesney. ConnOrs. and McCann.-Milwau-
kee Sentinel.
The baseball Walter EckersaH is play
ing for AnsOn's Chicago Colts is one of
the really great surprises of the season.
The former football star was always a
great fielder. but weak with the stick.
and the way he has been hitting them
out IS surprise even to his best friends.
Manager AshenbaclI has gone East in
search of players. The team was run
Thursday as follows: Captain of balls.
Tim Flood; captain of bats, Young Ash,
captain of brOoms,. Bemus Pierce: cap
tain Of coaches, Joe Sugden; captain Of
gloves, little Joe Sugden.-St. Paul Pio-
neer-Press.
The Philadelphia Nationals have DUR
chased Pitcher Harry K. Hoch. of the
Wilmington Tri-State League Club for
s. 000, and viii use him for the remainder
Of the season. Hoch is principal of the
Camden Del) High School. when not
playing ball. but each summer he drops
academic work for the diamond
Hereafter there will be policemen sta
toned near the visiting players bench
IN Cincinnati, with instructions to drag
out any spectator who abuses the play
ers or any player who uses insulting Ian
guage 10 a spectator Neither fan nor
player Will be favored but either PARTY
guilty Of abuse will be fired unceremoni-
ously.
The st. Paul Press hands this one out
to 'Bill' Clymer, the Columbus manager:
Bullyragging and indecency have never
yet proved greatly profitable to any ball
team. If Clymer wishes to establish
reputation as the Muggsy McGraw of the
American Association, he is. perhaps, free
to do SO, but he is not doing honestly by
the people who pay him a salary
While he has not yet won the pennant.
Jennings stands for something in the
baseball world, says the St Louis Globe
Democrat He represents the object les
son that prevails everywhere, and not
alone in baseball-that persuasion is bet
ter than force. Get man in good humor
and he will work twice as well as if he
were led up to the water and made 10
swallow it. Jennings helps his team
along by encouraging. not discouraging,
his men,