Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-04-19
Erwin. Pitcher Lakafr and Infelder Kill

Erwin. Pitcher Lakaff and Infelder Kill
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Jimmy Collins knee is not giving him
any trouble. but for precautions sake he
still wears it bandaged.
Hughcy Jennings is getting a whole lot
OF base ball out of the Detroit team these
days.
Honus Wagner owns one piece of prop
erty which the assessors rate at S32.OO.
The New York Highlanders had fine
opening Tuesday. showing how they have
gradually forged to the front in the hearts
OF the New York fans.
All OF the Tigers are now under con-
tract Mcintyre having come to an agree
mrnt and having put his pen to paper.
john Anderson is hitting in hard luck.
IIocv and Unglaub have killed at least
three base hits for him in the last two
games by fast felding.-Boston Globe.
There is a suspicion that the reason that
the National Leagucrs insist on 154 games
- that there are three lake cities, Chicago.
Cleveland and Detroit on the American
circuit.
The noted Joneses of Yale did neat
a
on Wednesday. Brother Tad laced the ball
for "a homer. and Brother Howard did like
wise. Probably the first case of the kind
on record.
Manager Hanlon of the Reds and his as
sociaIos in the old Baltimore club won
the first round in the fight for $4,000
Judgment against the Brooklyn club by
having plea for an injunction on the
part of the Brooklyn club, to prevent the
case being tried, knocked out.
In New York they say Catcher Jack
litsCh i as good a backstop as the old
league can boast of Several years ago
Jack was decorated with more cans than
the tin trust could turn out in a week.
The return of Hal Chase to the High
landrrs camp is only another instance of
how Griffith usually manages to get what
he wants with little fuss. He learned the
habit from his Uncle Anse. Between Grif-
fifth Dahlen and Friend they FASTENED the
departure of uncle from the game.
The Cornell faculty committee on stu
dent organization yesterday ruled that
Robert Mantel is ineligible to play base
ball because the class with which he en-
tered has graduated. Mantel had just been
picked to succeed Watson at first base.
Charley Roy. rhe Indian twrler of the
Newark team. is a great student of ltera-
ture. The former Carlisle star puts in his
spare time reading books written by all
the weil-knOwn authors. During his col
legc DAYS and ball playing career he has
collected 800 volumes. In the last few
weeks Roy has added half a dozen volumes
to his library. and before the season Is
over he SAYS he expects to send home a
COupl" of trunkloads.
The New York Sun prints the following
editorial: The withdrawal of policemen
from their proper duties to work for pri-
vate enterprises and public service cor
p7rati"ns has been one of the chief causes
of the shortage of patrolmen on the streets.
Mr- bingham has started out to put an end
to IL. Patrolmen no longer act as station
hands in the Grand Central station. There
is no reason why they should be watchmen
at the ban fields.
II was shut-out day in the American
League yesterday. three of the four games
being won without any scoring by the
losers The New Works were scored on by
tie P'iladephias. but beat them handily
taking two games out of three. The teams
shut cut We're Boston, st. Louis and Cleve-
land. and their respective conquerors were
Washington. Chicago and Detroit. There
were numerous changes in the order of the
teams. The White Sox went up to first
place and the New YOrks advanced from
fifth to second place. being tied with the
petr"its. The Philadelphas and Bostons
also are tied