Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-07-23
BASE BALL NOTES.

The Nationals will be home tomorrow
and meet the St. Louis Browns at 43O at
American League Park.
Patten is about due to pitch and as the
big southpaw was working we'll in his last
game he may turn the trick on the Nc
Aleerites.
Manager Cantilon and his band of braves
will leave Cleveland this evening and are
due here early tomorrow morning. The
Browns left home last night and will get
here about the same time.
If the Athletics had Detroit to play every
day Washington would have no chance to
grace the tail-end position in the American
League race. New York is another hoodoo
to them.
Conroy is still the wizard on the bases.
and has made the great record Of twenty-six
crimes against catchers.
OF the three Greater New York clubs the
Dodgers hold the extra-hitting honorS. are
practically tied with the other two in team
hitting and show better f1elulng percent
age than the Giants.
The Yankees came through with another
one of their old batting rallies at the last
minute Five runs in the ninth sent the
Browns out of hard game
A St Louis scribe emits a roar that the
reason Niles is far ahead of Stone is
that the official scorer of the Browns can
see hit for Niles whore none occurred and
can't see Stones unless the slugger loses
the ball And last season the scorer was
accused of giving Stone a hit when he
struck out
A western fan suggests that exhibition
games should be stopped He attributes the
POI 1,rrn re
tours largely to this cause, and says that
hard worked athletes should not be asked
to take on an extra job on the days provided
by the schedule committee for rests. Sounds
good.
When a base bali team is winning the
star pitcher and the star batters and fielders
are picked out as the ones deserving of all
the credit. Let team experience slight
losing streak and the manager Is to blame.
That is the way the fans In Cleveland have
always acted when the Maps won and lost.
1t was so in the days Of Bill Armour
Mike Donlin writes Joe Humphreys, Terry
McGovern's manager and his old Budweiser
pal. as follows: L expect to be busy IN
Chicago for another year at least Instead
of closing next month, as was reported in
New York, We are sending four companies
of our show on the road. and expect to play
the original production here for another
year at least. During this time base ball
will be a side line with me. l am still
pulling for the Giants
Kid Gleason, the veteran second base
man Of the philadelphia Naationl League
team. was released by the Phllies to the
Jersey City Eastern League club yesterday.
Gleason makes the fourth 'old-timer'' or
player with twenty or more years expert
ence who has this year been forced to step
down in favor of a yOungster. knabe. who
Is now playing star game for the Phillies,
was the undoing of Gleason. Yesterday aft
ernoon Gleason was presented with a dia-
mond ring by his team mates.
1t Is stated at Columbus unofficialy that
George Upp. the clever pitcher obtained by
Columbus from Lancaster of the o. and P.
League. has been sold to the st. Louis
American League team. Upp Is the sensa-
ton of the American Associa ton and has
worked in some wonderful games. He is a
left handler, has speed and unusual control
1t Is known that McAleer has been trying
to secure an option on him for some time.
Napoleon LaJoie of the Cleveland club
yesterday secured an option on Pitcher Ed
die Graney, the star twirer of the Wilkes
barre team of the New York State League
Graney is a left-hander, and has a record
so far this season of thirteen victories and
four defeats, while he has batted Steadiy
at an average of over 400 He Is young
ster and has more nerve and is cooler than
any youngster developed there. Pitch
er Swift has been sold to Pittsburg, and
Second Baseman Zimmerman to Chicago.
but Graney is believed to be a more valu-
able man than either of them.