The Washington herald., 1907-07-26
CAUGHT ON THE FLY.

To-morrows game viii be called at $50
O'Clock.
Dave Altizer continues to play a pretty
fielding game at shortstop
Hal Chase has been hitting the ball 'O6
style and is rapidly Overtaking the 800
mark
Walter Johnson. the pitching phenom
from Montana, is expected 10 join the
Nationals to-day.
Hemphnl hesitated in going after Can
leys drive in the first inning, and our
leader got double.
Niles was badly shaken up when he ran
into Tom Jones in going after Charley
Jones hit In the seventh.
Graham or Falkenberg will probably be
in the box to-day, while Glade OF Dineen
will work for the Browns
1t was little too warm for Mr.. Evans.
so the arbiter discarded his coat and
worked IN his shirt sleeves.
So many OF the fans are away on their
vacations that the attendance does not
run much over the 2o00 mark
Lee Tannehin is not with the Sox on
the Eastern trip. but expects 10 be IN
shape 10 join the team before the end of
the tour
With all his troubles, Ned Hanlon can
az least afford to smile at the expense of
the seven American League clubs that
passed up Andy Coakley.
The intersectional series in the Ma
tional was won by the East, IS games 10
q. Plttsburg and Chicago won 20 of the
q games credited to the invaders.
The Detroits were the thorn In the side
of the Athletics on the Western trip just
concluded. They took four in a row. and
have landed eight out Of twelve.
Umpire Riglers right knee was badly
injured by a foul tip during one of the
Giant-Cub contests, but he gamely sticks
TO his Job and refuses to take rest.
One full inning of that long but fast
Chicago Boston American League game
Monday was played in exactly five min
utes. which is certainly travelling some
The Dodgers start West with lots of
confidence. They won twenty out OF
thirty-one games during their long stay
at home. and climbed from seventh 70
fifth place.
Norton Little, Cliff Bergman. the Hume
Brothers. Tom Bradley. Chief Belt Jack
Minatree. Marshall Nicholson, and Frank
McI.eran were all on hand and pulled
hard for the Nationals. but it was no use.
Altroek's pitching Monday, while It did
not result IN n victory. demonstrated he
has recovered his form and can be count
ed on as a regular again. relieving the
stringency in the White SoX pitching de-
partment.
Pittsburg's deal for Pitcher Young has
fallen through, for the time being at
least. because Boston wanted the earth
for the port-paddled star. Clarke made n
reasonable offer for the twirler. but re-
fused to break up his team in order 20
land him.
Knabe's hitting for the Phillies is one OF
the surprises Of the year. While with
Toledo, in the American Association. Otto
was great fielder and just an ordinary
hitter. Now he turns around in faster
company. and is ranked with Magee and
Courtney, Of the same team.
When the dope on managers is written
some years hence, Chance will probably
get credit for picking out team Of young
men, having the sense to pick out only
those and avoiding pronounced stars, and
az NfA' NftAAAF AiiAN Mf4N LllFlil llllO a great
baseball maChine.-Pitsburg Sun
Roger Bresnahan still feels the effect
of the blow he received on the head at
Cincinnati He says he finds great trou-
bic in sleeping at night and hot. broH-
ing sun is apt TO make him dizzy He got
back into the game earlier than the doc
tors advised.
In the fourth, with Delehanty on first,
Anderson attempted TO sacrifice. The
bunt struck within a couple OF inches Of
the foul line and rolled almost 70 third
base, while Yeager stood over It. expect
ing the bail to go foul When Evans de-
clared Anderson safe, the crowd gave
Yeager the laugh.
In the seventh inning. after two men
had been retired Clymer raised a high
foul toward the visitors side Of the grand
stand. Spencer was so anxious TO bag the
bah that he did not watch where he was
running, and crashed into the stand with
such force that he splintered the railing
He was lucky young man that he was
not placed on the Red Cross list The
crowd appreciated his lard try and gave
him the glad hand.
That newly-lnvented pneumatic base
with a whistle attachment to tell when
the runner does or does not get to the
bag before the first baseman has already
struck a snag. On the first experiment
the pitchers tried 10 catch so many run
neIs off first that in the running to and
fro the bag whistled everything. from
Cheer Up, Mary" Give Ny Regards TO
Broadway to Rufus, Rastus. johnson
Brown" The inventor IS still thinking it
over.
Just before yesterdays game Delehanty
went strutting across the field with that
peculiar swagger of his. shoulders back
and chin out and fists, clenched. They
are all alike, those Delehanty boys
mused jennings following him. big Ed.
the best Of them ALL walked talked. and
acted like the ones now playing And
its peculiar. too, the younger boys all
stand at the plate just as Ed did Del
was the one man without a weakness at
bat He could hit anything that he could
reach. Detroit News.
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