Evening star., 1907-05-25
BASE BALL NOTES.

The Nationals wind up their western trir
in Detroit today and then start for home.
Manager cantiIlon before leaving TOR the
west said his team would win nve gannes
It has won four and still has q chance to
make his prediction good In. today's game.
.sW1ld Bill" Donovan lived up to his name
Yesterday, but tho speedy twirler got down
TO business Just az soon as National man
got on first bases
II the weather warns up by Monday there
should be q tremendous crowd az the 1rsl
double header of the season, az everybody
Is anxious to see the Nafionsis Nat, se N anef n neM
o'clock and the first battle wiz be started
promptly at 2
There are 100 points between the leaders
and the next nearest team In the National
League. A mighty poor race.
Even Griffith has to kick sometimes. He
complains that It was unfair of the sched-
ule builders to make him play thirty-eight
games away from home right at the start
Of the season. He says he has had ne
chance to get the boys in shape.
Wonder If it is true that the Brooklyn
players would put up vastly Improved
game were the club owned by different peo.
pIe? Rumor has 1t that way, but the Old
guesser isn't always right.
The following is Buffalo writer's opin-
ION of Manager McGraw OF the Gants q
" .Muggsy' McGraw has been converted to
clean BAH, but these sudden conversions dc
not strike in very deep as rule, and we re
betting on the rule.
Henry Chadwick. the father Of base
ball." is eighty-six years old, but Is still
active, and just accepted position on the
sporting editorial stan OF the Brooklyn
NHa~ HA 1fxfa tn YYno
mark!
when the Athletics were in Cleveland
last summer Monte Cross watched q
couple Of City League games that. were
played on Sundays. He was greatly Inn
pressed with the work of Clarence McDon-
nell, q third baseman, and as a result
Mcdonnell worked out yesterday with the
Athletics In practice. He handled himself
nicely and Mack viii give him a further
trial on the next western trip and possibly
take him along on the last trip OF the year.
Mcdonnell is about the build of Claude
Berry, and is considered, hard hitter In
amateur circles. ~
aanIey covers an immense amount Of
ground in right field. His catch. Of Bemis'
low ny in the eighth near the foul line was
al pretty q piece OF work as was seen In
the game. He also robbed Hinchman OF
what appeared to be safe hit IN the sixth.
Cleveland Leader.
Aitizer was injured IN the hrst inning
when bradley stole, the ball striking him
low. This bothered him Just long enough
10 allow tfe Maps to get the winning lead.
After that he settled down and played In
the same form he showed against the Maps
in the other three games.-Clevefand Plain
dealer.
John J. Mc0raw. manager of the New
York National League team, has suspended
Roger Bresnahan. the star catcher, for q
week Although both men refused to ten
the cause Of the trouble. II - thought to
be on account OF Bresnahan's two errors
in the first game with the Chicago Cubs
this week. which practically lost the game
for the Giants.
With the return of Pitcher Jake Weiuaes
To the Cincinnafis q change may be ex-
pected In the fortunes OF that club. Jake
h one OF the best left-handers In the coun-
try, and had he been with the club the
first OF the season the club might have
been deal nearer the FIRST division than
Il 10 at present. One Cracking good
pitcher like he makes vast difference TO q
team.