The Washington herald., 1907-09-15

Pete Q BTlen IS Stlll out OF the game.
Charlesy Jones had six put-outs in right
field yesterday.
The Nationals win play two games
here tomorrow.
The White sox have taken the series
from Detroit.
The stay-at-home Nationals saw the
amateurs play at the park yesterday.
The Athletics have a lead Of % points on
the White SOx. who are two points ahead
Of Detroit
The Phnlies have signed Kennedy. the
star Ourhejder OF the Brooklyn Atlantic
League team.
"Rube' Yickers. who did not prove fast
enough for the Athletics, won twenty
seven out Of thirty-fve games i'm the Tri-
State.
If Doyle and Neuer look as good next
spring as they do this fall the Yankees
will nave two great youngsters 10 begin
the season with.
Rudy Hulswitt. the Columbus short
stop, won a gold watch offered as a prize
10 the player scoring the most runs in
Wednesdays game
Manager McGraw, Of the Giants. re-
ceived $3.50 votes in the contest 10 choose
a king for the Cony Island Mardi Gras.
The winner received 1854
Pittsburg is the only club that will take
double figures in a series from the Chi
cag0 Cubs this season. having gathered
ten games out of twenty-five.
The Maps do not admit for second
that they are out Of the race. They still
no 20 v.I, 4
run Of luck would put them back in the
hunt.
Burglars attempted 20 break into the
desks Of President Garry Hermann and
Frank Bancroft. Of the Cincinnati club
The tops OF the desks were marred. but
the locks held. Nothing was secured.
Papers pertaining TO the affairs OF the
baseball club and Of the Laughery Club
were stTeWn about the floor
It's a Cleveland Leader writer's opinion
that Harry Niles. Of St Louis. would
best his rivals IN a straightaway dash OF
100 yards. No man gets 20 first any
faster than Niles. but he slows down
after hitting the initial sack Niles
doesn't make the turns at the bags well,
and loses lots Of time theTc.-Bostou Her
aid
Though Chicago has won many pen
naurs il is matter Of fact that a worlds
pennant has never been won by the Ma
tiOnal League club Of that city. Even IN
the days of AnsOn and his great team.
this could never be accomplished. the
nearest Anson ever came to winning one
being when he tied a series with the
famous old St Louis Browns in 1885
Mt Johnson was heralded to the East
with the story that he had pitched sew
enty-three innings without a safe hit off
him, and that he usually struck out
eighteen men in every game Although
he has hardly lived up to these weird
tales Of the Northwestern press agents,
he shows the kind of promise from which
great pitchers spring-New York Mail
The fact that the Chicago National
League club has had scouts watching the
playing Of every one of the first four
clubs in the American League for the
purpose of getting a line on the weak
and strong points Of the batsmen. as well
es the system Of play used, indicates that
Chance is going 10 make every
effort TO win the worlds series this fail. /
Bill Stump. of Cleveland, who umplred
in the o. and ?. League for three weeks
and ended his career by whipping a spec
tatOr after his last game at Lancaster.
Ohio, will have two fingers taken Off 20
stop blood poison. which has developed
from badly bruised hand caused by his
nstic contest He may lose his hand He
has been I'm doctors care since resign /
ing
Several ball tossers, who follow thel
theatrical profession during the of sea-
son. are already on their jobs for the
winter season Old Billy HaIlman, who |
ended up the season with the Charleston |
club IN the South Atlantic League. is now |
giving German sketch on the Western |
circuit. Jack Dillon, who caught for Kan
sas City and Baltimore this season, IS /
doing a comedy stunt around the bush |
league one-night stands
Come out to-day to see for the last
time the soft. brown. gazelIe-like eyes Of /
Hal Lally. the pugilistic walk Of Rudy /
SchwenCk, the Grecian physique of VIII
Viebahn, the likeable personality Of Frank /
Lohr, the broken finger Of Herbert Smith. /
he genial smile u Danny Burt, the tragic
Of Heine Walters, the frlskv /
Jay Kanzier the baby elephant TribbIe /
he foxy Ed Ransick, and the le tete
-ouge Mike MacMahon. '-Charleston Is
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When Fielder Jones said that young
Johnson, the Washington pitcher. was the
greatest find Of the season. he knew
whereof no spoke. He is the best young
pitcher l have seer around these parts
or three years. In HIS defeat OF the
he turned out one Of the
most masterfuI exhibitions of the art ever
zen on the hilltop, They hit him at
ines, II IS true. but when the game got
lose he frightened up Ike a clam and
mere was nothing more doing He has
peed. curve. control, and everything that
good twir!er should possess. We shall
lear more OF Mr.. Johnson later-New
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