The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1907-09-25

be? Say YOU could almost win the price
OF box for the series if you knew
The annual meeting of the National AS
ISOLATION Of Professional Baseball Leagues
has been changed from October l. 10 Oc-
tOber ..
Tim Hurst did not put in an appear
ance until the third inning. Blankenship
and Dineen PERFORMED until the regular
arbiter reported.
Jennings and his Tigers have gone from
us. and "a large part Of the town is with
them TO win the American League pen
matthew York sun.
Baseball fame is neeting. Bill Dono-
van is considered the best pitcher in the
game to-day Last year il was Walsh,
and before that Brown and Mathewson.
A party of twenty-five Cubans are COM
/ ing here for the worlds series. The party
viii be chapeToued by AIessrs. Munoz and
Perez. leading writers OF baseball in Cuba.
The National League list Of reserved
drafted, and purchased players contains
the names Of 30 men. the largest says
John Heydler. since the war-the baseball
war.
Walter johnson got An ovation when
L
game The fans realized that the loss Of
the contest was not the fault of the
youngster-
Salee. Of WilliamspoTt, was the best
pitcher Of the season in the Tri-State
! lea glle, with percentage OF .lS6. having
won twenty-five of the twenty-eight
games he pitched.
a Republican convention in session at
/ Marion Saturday afternoon is said To
| have adjourned early IN order 10 get ont
1 10 the Esalc between Columbus and the
o. and =. league tail-enders.
/ The Bro0klyus won thirU-seven and lost
/ thirty-eight games on their own grounds
/ this season. and played ten d0uble-head-
I ers. landing i've of them dividing four
and losing one 10 Philadelphia.
/ A Fan-rt was very evident yesterday
/ that il wasn't the pitchers iault. Walter
/ Johnson is already "a great pitcher, and
/ barring accidents. is destined 20 develop
/ into one of the most wonderful tWiTlers
/ the game has ever known
Charles c. Burlington, the Christie
Mathcws0n Of the early 'Sgs died Mon
day at Fan River. Mass, while await
1 ing q surgical operation. He was forty
( three years old. In 1SN2 he became
famous on the Philadelphia team, and
I IN lSs3-5-6 he pitched for Boston. He
/ had a wonderful drop bail. OF late years
! be had been q the coal business in Fan
River, his native city.
/ II any Of the Cubs believe they viii
loaf on the job" after the peuuant is
cinched. they are mistaken. NO more
|Ioadug Tor me-" decIlred President Muir
/ ply. II am firmly convinced that insult
ticieut practice cost US the worlds cham
] pionship last year This year the men
picked 20 play in the worlds champion
ship games viii be worked just as often
! as possible. There viii be no rest, no
Vacations The regulars viii be on the
( job every afternoon"
/ AIr. McGraw again distinguished himself
/ Monday in PittsbUrg. where his team was
! beaten. The New York manager. it seems.
/ got into scrap with Umpire KLEIN which
may result seriously. Spectators aUege
] that 4bcGraw threw q cup OF water g.
4 the face of the umpire when Ire went to
/ the New YOrks bench 90 get The batting
/ order. Some one threw tie water. and as
/ McGraw had a lineup IN his hand at the
/ time, lie is suspected. Klein, after the
game. admitted that EcGraw was the
/ Culprlt For some reason, however. uC
official attention was paid 90 the water
! throwing incident. but during the game
/ McGraw. as well as Devlin. were put of
the grounds and afterWard out Of the
grand stand.