The Washington herald., 1907-09-26
CAUGHT ON THE FLY.

Case Patten viii pitch to-day.
Willie Keeler hit 81 in 100 games.
Dan McGaun has the fine fielding per
Centage of $50.
There have been thirty-six 10 scores
IN the National League.
Beaumont now ranks as second bats
man in the National League averages.
The PhlIIies took fourteen out Of
tweaty-one games from the St. Louis
Cardinals
Kane and Owens are the umpires in the
Columbus Toronto series that began at
Toronto yesterday.
Umpire Evans has recovered sufficient
ly 10 go home 70 his widowed mother
in Youngstown. Ohio.
Albany landed the New York state
peunant, with a percentage Of .6l3.
Scranton second, with .4ei.
Scores OF khe games in which the three
leading teams in the American League
play are being posted on The Washington
Herald SCOrebOard each day.
Despite all the obstacles encountered,
the Amateur Baseball Commission sue
Ceeded in making more money out of
last year Good work.
Tom Brown returned from his fishing
trip in Virginia in time 20 receive his
appointment and get out 10 the park
to take up his duties as ar ump. The
vet made a good impression.
Mike" Fisher, the weIl-known Pacific
Coast manager. has persuaded big "BnI'
.Lange, once the best 0uthelder IN the
country, TO be one Of a party OF ball
tossers that Fisher will take to Homo
lulu.
Canullon yesterday received a telegram
from a Philadelphia paper, saying:
What team do you favor for the Amer
lean League pennant?" Joe answered: !:
Il do not favor any, but am trying my
best to beat them all"
President Murphy says that he as be-
gun arrangements for more seats at the
West Side grounds in Chicago for the
worlds championship series. He is still
singuiarly reticent on the subject Of dia-
mOnd cuff buttons, however.
Otto Hess. Cleveland's only southpaw
pitcher. will not be able 10 play again
this season. His right ankle is in bad
shape. The ankle was strained and sew
eral ligaments torn. Physicians say the
injury Is worse than q break
Harry Niles, the feet infelder of the
Browns, who made such a determined bid
for batting honors this season. is finally
out of IT, Niles hitting has fallen to
.2S4 while his team-mate rival. Stone, is
uphoIding the honor of the club with S16
The most consistent club in the Ameri-
can League has been Cleveland. There Is
a difference Of only six points in its
standing Of this year and last. The SOx,
too, have been playing almost to form.
having a percentage within twenty points
as high as year ago.
Down in Louisville they expect ex-
Pirate Heinie Peitz to manage the
Colonels next season. II seems to be un-
derstood that Cooley will stick in Topeka
next year. as he has a half interest in
the team there. Peitz has made himself
solid IN the Kentucky town.
The Chicago Cubs took seventeen
out Of twenty-five games from Boston
this season, gathering ten out Of eleven
in Boston and seven out of eleven in
Chicago. Out Of eighteen games dropped
at home. the Pittshurgs took six and the
Bostons and Phrlies four each.
Says the Chicago News: There is
considerable discussion among the play
ers regarding warning notice said to
have been issued by President Johnson
to the managers Of the American League.
forbiddiug them TO use young pitchers In
games against the four leading teams.
The general impression is that mana
gers will use the best men they have
against the leaders, whether young or
Old