The Washington herald., 1907-09-20
CAUGHT ON THE FLY.

First game to-day at o'clock
Schultz leads the Cubs IN batting,
Mcfarland the White Sox.
Washington has landed two double
headers this season, both from Boston
Bill Rapp has returned 10 town after a
season with Shreveport in the Southern
League.
Those New York Americans have
bothered the Athletics more than any
club this season.
Jimmy Collins has averaged just a
shade better than one hit per game
since joining the Athletics
IIonus Wagner bids fair TO turn a cen
tury of runs before the season is over.
He is in his nineties now.
Frank owen is not with the Sox this
trip. He has been sick for some time so
Fielder Jones decided not - bring him
East.
Harry Davis of the Athletics is the
home-run hitter par excellence in the
American League. He has seven 10 his
credit.
The ST. Louis Nationals did not win
a game in Pittsburg this season. IN
three seasons they landed but three
games In that city
Nothing al all surprising that the 81.
Louis Browns are playing good ball Il
is an aggregation 10 be feared at any
stage Of the game.
Martin Walsh. the new Cub pitcher
/ from DauvIle, Va, is an iron man. He
won three double-headers during the
/ season.
Jakey Atz, who learned his first base
( ball lessons on local diamonds more than
/ Il decade ago. is here with the SOx in the
role of utility player
Honus Wagner leads the hitting FOR
extra bases In the Natioual and Dave
[ Brain Is giving Lurhley, Of Brooklyn, a
close rub for second place.
| Griffith has a poor way OF making
/ good his predictions. After tipping the
! Athletics 10 win the American League
( flag. he sailed in and damned Mack's
men twice.
/ The boys department Of the Y. ". c. A.
will be entertained Monday aftergoon at
/ d. baseball outing. They viii be the guests
of the Washington management at their
game with the Chicago White Sox.
Charley Hickman was slightly injured
/ in one of the Detroit games and came 70
/ town a day ahead of the SOX. he spent
the off day as a business man, looking
/ into affairs at his sporting goods store.
Joe Yeager and Catchers Spencer and
/ Stephens are the only single men on the
payroll Of the ST. Louis Browns. OF
| course this has nothing 70 do with the
/ present position Of the club in the league
race.
Bob Cnglaub and jim Delehanty are
two shining examples Of the value OF get
ting a ball player into his proper position.
/ Since Unglaub has been played at first
for the BostOns, and Del at second for
/ the Nationals, both Of them are hitting
! harder and better than they have at any
time since they broke into fast company.
-Pittsburg Sun.
When the White Sox reached the Ar
Iington yesterday the first person they
met was John l. Sullivan. In 2 minute
the old fighter was surrounded by ball
players, and baseball and boxing fan
ming bee was in full blast John L. told
many interesting stories of his expert
| ences IN Chicago, a town which cut a
large figure in his life at various times.
President Comiskey said after Sunday
game that it was the largest paid attend
ance his White Sox ever had played TO in
any championship OF worlds champion
ship game Including the usual dead
head thropg. il is claimed the crowd ex-
ceeded in actual numbers the largest
known attendance, which was nearly
5000 at the Polo grounds in New York
during the worlds series Of 1903.
Most OF the Sox players will barnstorm
at the finish Of the present season. no
matter how they finish in the champion
ship race. a team Of Sox players viii
play around Chicago until cold weather
stops the games. and after that Donohue
and Sullivan viii join a team OF Ameri-
can League stars, which NJ L. O'Neil.
president Of the Western League, will
take TO the Coast. The makeup OF
that aggregation will be Sullivan and
Criger, catchers; Donovan, MulIn, and
Tannehiii. pitchers; Donohue, Schaefer
OLeary, and Coughlin, infelders: and
Crawford, Cobb, and Flick. outhelders
The plan was to take two teams across
the country playing exhibition games
out and back; but some trouble has been
experienced in interesting the National
League stars, who were 10 compose the
other team, and present indications are
that only the American Leaguers will go