The Washington herald., 1907-07-28

games have been played in the New Eng
land League thus far.
The rumor that Mike Donlin may man
age the Giants next year Is the limit.
Who'd manage Donlin?
New York's victory over Cleveland
Wednesday was the first over the West
Umpire Hayes. Of the American Asso-
citation, put both Managers Clymer and
Ashenbaek off the field Monday at St.
Paul.
Donovan, Of the Detrolts, has landed
eleven games out Of thirteen. and leads
the American league in percentage Of vie
tories
Cincinnati has purchased the release OF
outhelder Chick" Hartley, the hard-hit-
ting outfielder of the Lancaster Tri-State
League team.
American Association fans feel safe in
counting Kansas City out Of the pennant
fight. It's Columbus, Minneapolis, and
Toledo for the flag.
Gessler leads the American Association
with .S9o Carr has batted for .3S9. J.
Clarke .336, Fehl .330 Smoot .324, Arm
bruster .321, Buck" Freeman .3l2
Pat Dlard. formerly a weII-Inown
Eastern League player, also once with
Haverhill in the New England League,
died recently at Chattanooga, Tenn.
Elmer Flick. it is now stated. has not
deserted the Cleveland team. but is merely
taking a rest at the order Of the club S
physician and viii rejein the Maps when
they reach here on their present trip.
Irrespective of eligibility rules. it is, it
seems. a sad commentary on college sport
that a professional nine Ike that at Tar
boro, n. c., could muster seven Brown
University ball players into its service.
Patsy Donovan says that he VIII try to
get a better start next season. Good
hunoh If the same had been pulled off
last spring the Brooklyns would now be
throwing an assortment Of heavy scares
in the leaders
The Vermont league is practically down
and out Rutland has given up baseball
and Il is believed the other three clubs
viii soon disband. This league was a Ia
vOrite resort for college ball players dur
ing the summer months.
Fred Pfeffer is one Of the few veteran
ball players who doesn't say that the
youngsters do not play as fast a game as
the young men Of his day. He says the
game is faster now than it ever was, and
IS getting faster ever day.
Jersey City, in sixth place. Is lower than
1t has ever been before at this time Of the
year since joining the Eastern League.
With kid" Gleason, obtained from the
Phillies, to act as captain, the Skeeters
are expected to rise at once.
Quite as remarkable as the slump OF
Toledo in the American Association IS the
rise of the Milwaukee Brewers. They
have been playing great ball Of late, and
have climbed into a position where they
can make trouble for any team.
President Powers. OF the Eastern
League, admits that he never experienced
a season like the present. so far as the
umpire question is concerned, and he is
not the only minor league official who
gives utterance to that complaint.
President O'Brien has found Harry
Clark, AfilWaukee's third baseman, guilty
Of an assault on Umpire Werden. and
has imposed a fine OF 800. If Perry could
get the hundred he'd not be averse to
being beaten up again. says the Ohio
State Journal.
The Cubs have shown additional strength
this year in being able 10 win on the road
as well as at home Very few clubs ever
made such a record on Eastern invasions
as they have this summer. It was never
eXcelled on any of the famous trips OF
the Giants in the West
In the South Atlantic League. in which
Jacksonville. Charleston, Macon. Augusta.
Savannah, and Columbia are contesting.
the first three named clubs were tied at
- games won and So lost last Monday
morning. Macon was playing the best
ball OF the trio at last accounts.
Comiskey has the winning system on
getting bail players for the White Sox.
He has no scouts. He just takes the cast
offs Of other teams and makes stars out
OF them. Hahn, Dougherty. Altrock, Don
ohue and Mcfarland are Of this class. and
the willy Roman didn't pay anything much
for Sullivan, Tannehili, Davis, Jones, and
Isbell
Only three of the Maps are batting up To
their form Of year ago. Those three are
Flick, Thielman, and Rhoades, two OF the
three being pitchers. Flick has an average
at present that is g points better than the
one he possessed at the finish OF the 1895
campaign Thielman is batting 81 points
better than he did in the American As
sociatiOn, while Rhoades is hitting =
points better than a'year ago.
According to Owner McCaffertv. Of the
Toronto Eastern League team. Jack
ThOney. the much-tOuted outfelder. will
not go TO the Boston Americans as re-
ported. but has been sold 10 the New
York Giants for one Of the largest prices
ever paid for a minor Lacquer. It is said
that Toronto has also sold Pitcher Ru-
dolph to the Giants, both men to report
at the close Of the Eastern League season.
AT the start Of the race the Athletics
were regarded as impossible" says Lea
Heacock in the Cleveland News. ''Tbe
Phillies made a show of them in the ante
season series. But that was before the
advent Of Collins and Nichols: that was
when Oldring was still raw and uncouth:
that was with Jack knight playing third
and Lord center. Connie Mack has bulIt
up team of championship caliber after
the season was well under way"
'Aathewson is himself again. The great
pitcher was at his best on Saturday. and
it took that to win. Up till the ninth the
Giants had made but one hit, and that IS
discOuraging 10 any pitcher. But Matty
never hinched. His great drop curve and
his slow 'fade-away' were under such
perfect control that he did not walk a
Chicago batter. There is a slight glimmer
OF hope for the once worlds champions
yet."-NeW York World.
Looks like another case of Hope
springs eternal" &c.
Frank Donahue the new Boston Ameri-
can infielder. is not yet twenty-one years
old, but has for the last year been re-