The Washington herald., 1907-08-11

jury Is not known Dut II Is DelleNeu ne
will be unable 20 play for about ten days.
Go on and put the ball over the piate,
| Fielder Jones yelled at young Patterson
during that batfest in New York Mon
day. Il can't put them over" dryly re-
spOnded Patterson. They won't let me
II I start them over they stop them"
Tim Flood. who was expelled from the
Eastern League by President Powers
leads the American Association in bat
ting, with an average Of 400 Charlie
Carr is also doing good work with the
bat and has a mark Of .320
Says a Cleveland writer. Mr. Mack is
never heard on the coaching lines, nor
does he give any clairvoyant act Ike the
Fays; but the Athletics. just the same.
are always dlsarranging the plans of
Jones. Lajoie. Jennings. Griffith. and the
others"
Ten men are hitting 800 In the Tri-State
League and three clubs have a monopoly
of the sluggers. Lancaster has five, Will
Transport three. and Harrisburg tive.
OHara, Of Lancaster. leads with 55S.
and Joe Delehanty, OF Williamsport, IS
next, with 549.
President Murphy. Of the Chicago Cubs
announced the acquisition OF Frank Oils
a young catcher. who was signed on the
recommendation Of Jimmy Ryan. Oils
has been catching for JUL. the colegian
whom Manager Chance also Is consider
ing as candidate for a Cub uniform.
JUL. the young left-hander TO be signed
by the Chicago Cubs. formerly pitched for
the West Division High school in Chicago.
and later for the University Of Illinois.
which turned out Carl Lundgren Fred
FaIkenberg. and Jake Stahl He also
made good in football and basketball.
The score Of q 20 which St Paul piled
up against Columbus Saturday is the rec
ord for this year. but not for the life OF
the American Association. In 1913 Colum-
bus beat Indianapolis p 20 s. and Louis
vile walloped Minneapolis 2 to !. while
In 1854 Milwaukee defeated Toledo - to
IA
Reports from Hal Chase are not very
encouraging OF course. his injury viii
heal in due time, II blood poisoning does
not set in: but the surgeons will not let
him resume his position until Il is GER
tain that the activity necessary 20 play
viii not tear apart the edges OF the
wound
Capt Have and Pitcher Ed Asher OF the
Newark O. and p League team. were ar
rested on an information made before
Squire Gilbert. by Constable Elmer Bent
ley. Both pleaded guilty and were fined.
The two men got into a fight in the sec
ond game at Sharon the other day in
front Of the grand stand and pounded
each other for a couple OF minutes before
being separated by the umpire and play
ers.
Bobby Wallace, now playing shoTtstOp
for the St. Louis Browns, Is said to draw
ths biggest salary in either league He
pulls down $500 a year. During the his
torlc war between the leagues Bobby got
q six-year contract, and had most of it
put in a trust company in advance so that
he would have a guarantee. That Is
financiering some. But for that contract
Bobby would be lucky to get away with
50 600 per annum.
McGraw complains that his lineup is
not as near right as he desires. Bresna-
han. one OF the scrappiest men on the
New York list. is handicapped with rheu-
matism, and it is on account Of this that
Chicago fans were surprised to see him
apparently shirk foul flies, usually easy
for him TO get A sudden start put him
out Of II, so far as running was con-
eerned, and he had 10 let at least two go
for that reason, says an exchange,
Tommy Corcoran and Billy Lauder have
Joined the Uniontown p. o. NJ. team. The
signing Of Lauder comes as a surprise.
as he has refused all offers to return 10
the game since quitting the New York
Nationals. Il is thought that the influ-
ence of John Ward. the o!d New York
-s,x
in the pennant wrangle before the
National association, had considerable to
do with landing the two players.
Sixty-two former Eastern League play
ers are wearing uniforms Of various Ma
tional and American League clubs this
season, a larger number of graduates
than any other single minor organiza-
ton can show. Not one of the sixteen
clubs in the two major leagues but has
one or more players who finished their
schooling for the big arena on the East
ern circuit while some Of them have half
q dozen or more of Pat Powers boys on
the rolls.
Jakey Atz, the greatest shOrtstop in the
Southern League, rivsling even the Mem
phis planager-shortstop formerly of
Brooklyn, is the first of the Pelicans to
pass the century mark IN hitting. His
expertuess with the stick is only ex-
ceeded by his sensational fielding, and it
will take some mighty nice work on the
part Of the local club TO prevent Jakey
from being snapped up by one of the
major league teams for next years use.
He got his 101st safe hit yesterday off
Hughes.-New Orleans Picayune.
Jack Doyle, the Milwaukee manager,
pulled of shrewd trick at Detroit's ex-
pense. He announced that Pitcher Schnei-
berg wasn't making good. and that he
would turn him back to the Tigers, who
had a claim on the twirler. Jennings took
this as gospel truth, passed up Schnei-
berg, and thus made hsm the property of
Milwaukee,. The fact of the matter Is
that Schnefberg is one Of the most prom
Using pitchers in the American associa-
tion, and any club would be glad TO get
him.
The Providence team is equipped with
the tallest and heaviest pitchers in the
Eastern League. If the six twirlers of
the GTays were put on the scales to-
gether the aggregate weight would reach