Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-07-15
BASE BALL NOTES.

The attendance yesterday at Chicago
was given as nearly $4,000 Quite a turn
out on rainy day. 1t pays to be cham
piOnS.
Tom Hughes may take shy at the De-
troit Tigers this afternoon. or as Charley
Smith is injured. one Of the new twirlers
may go in.
The rain in st. Louis yesterday knocked
the Athletics out Of a good game and
must have made Manager Mack weep.
1t is wonderful what ball player can
do when he once gets into his right class.
Larry Schlafly has been playing a great
game since joining the Torontos, both in
fielding and batting.
Mcintyre Is expected to be back again
In the harness in two weeks.
Adrian Joss says Clark is the best
catcher in the business, There is none
better than the Cleveland backstop.
There were nineteen shutouts in the big
leagues last week. of which fourteen
were in the National League.
Link" Lowe is the official scout for the
Detroits and has started west on the war
path after promising material
1t looks like the same old story at
Cleveland. Just when the hard fight is on
one of the best players is knocked out.
This time it's LajOie
Joss, Walsh and Smith are the most
successful American League pitchers,
and Brown. Overall Lundgren Corridor
and Mathewson In the National.
Jack Chesbro might as well retire with
out a rebate this time. When he holds
team to two hits while his teammates are
getting ten. and then he can't win. there
m anf in Yjf nh hoe
ball for him.
Not only are the Brooklyns worrying
the best Of them by their good ball play
sit up and take notice by the crowds they
are drawing. The Donovanites are the
sensation of the league at present.
Cleveland's great chance to catch the
league leaders now rests with the
strength of the clubs who will oppose the
SOX in the next two weeks The SIX have
won only one more game than the Maps
but they have lost five less: so it Is up to
the other clubs to help or hurt Cleveland
1t may be possible that Andy Coakley
was so afraid that he might nail Rresna.
han on the head again that he put them
over where the great catcher could hit
them. This very likely isn't true but when
a pitcher has nearly killed a man once he
Is very apt to sidestep a second chance.
Coming down to cold DOPE the Yankees.
Detroit and Philadelphia can almost be
eliminated from the seasons race the onlv
thing against the White Sox Is that Cleve-
land is apt to pull off fierce spurt toward
the end of the race 1t did a few wears
ago On the other hand they are inst az
apt to run into one of their unluckv sinrnns
I'VE will be hitting the spithau oil qua.
the lot by the end of the year dac,ore.
Kid ElberfeId. I'VE have WORKED omt .
system to beat it. but as 1t has not nassad
the experimental stage yet. l won't sav
what lines we are working on So far a.
the Kid Is concerned his natural ability to
hit is a system that beats most pitching.
Move about and make the PLAYERS do tbe
same thing, says Silk" OLoughlin. Put
action into your work and the PLAYERS will
follow suit. There Is nothing more tire
some than a draggy game Of ball. and the
umpire can make 1t draggy If he Is so dis
posed. I make the players hustle and 7
have never yet found player who did not
want to get through a game as quickly as
possible. Umpres sometimes make trouble
for themselves by allowing the game to get
out of their hands.
Harry Lumley and Hans Wagner are Atill
battling for the leadership Of the National
League batsmen. In some quarters Wagner
is spoken of as the only real thing with
the bat. The Flying Dutchman," accord