The Washington herald., 1908-09-02
CAUGHT ON THE FLY.

p Charley Street was in togs yesterday
He Is ready 70 work as soon as needed
Gates or Johnson VIII probably work
to-day against Cy Morgan
- Old man Pick was q big factor with
2 the club, smashing out three clean hits
b PitJsburg failed 20 get an even break
b. az home with the Eastern clubs this sea
s72, losing 3 games against p victories
{ McIlveen. the HichlanEers- new out
b fielder. has q clause IN his contract which
excuses him from playing ball on the
sabbath.
Boston evidently made a brilliant move
when Il annexed Pitcher Steele In tweu-
ty-fve innings recently he didn't allow
a run
II Bush shows the class, he viii get
Charley O'Leary's place on the Detroit
irheld- The Tigers paid S5509 70 Indian
aPois for the man
This years Connecticut League race IS
unique in many respects. Only Spring
feld and Hartford have Won more games
tlan they have lost.
Fielder Jones cannot be convinced that
the White Sox are out Of the race Il
Is fact that the SOX are generally
Z pretty strong fuishers.
; The Cubs lost yesterday. while Pitts
burg and New York were winning d0l-
I o-e-headers, SO Chicago Is now In third
+ place in the National League.
{ sam Crawford IS making a runaway
race Of Il as leading h1me-r11z hitter in
F I1s American League He has made
seven -our-naggers up 70 cate Harry
Davis. Of Philadelphia was high man
-ast year with eight homers- Crawford
seems II fair way % beat this record
.
strong cO1tenders for The penuart- Il
vas not Ions ago that HuEtev Jennings
predicted that Chicago was the team his
cub would have 10 beat out. and Il seems
now that he knew what he was talking
about
Toledo fans say 1t is a certainty that
tle major leagues viii not overlook H
West when drafting tine comes. Two
years in the American Association have
sreadted him wonderfully. and he now is /
as reliable pitcher as there is in that
circuit
Jesse Burkett. OF Worcester. has asked
Fred Lake fo- a couple Of players from
che Red Sox n order 10 cinch tie New
England League penaa-t Jesse IN
tends 70 make a wEirlwiud fuish. at
present Worcester has a sIieht lead over
Lawrence but IS not firmly II trenched |
in the lead.
In the fourth inning Jack Warner drove 4
the ball 10 the left field fence and drew
I'D al third breaJhless- and il the eighth
when the Sox expected him 70 clout. he i
Gunped perfect buCt and got away with i
H. his average for the day was 1Ol1.
as he got base on balls and was hit By
tie pitcher his other TWO trips 10 the
plate
II IS estimated that 75.00e persons Wit
tween the Giants and Cubs President
Murphy would not give out the exact
ngures Tor Saturdays game. but stated
there were few more paid admissions
than recorded al the opening game OF the
last world : series. when 2sST paid 20
see the Cubs and Tigers play
A regular .'phenom- has been signed bv
the -. Louis Browns Manager ATcAIasr .
and Owner Hedges engaged g new pitcher. I
who. from all indications. IS another ,
Eube' WaddeI. as ''Rube'' was len ,
years ago. The name Of the boy Is
Charles TesreaU. and he halls from Per I
ry-viIe, No He is six feet two inches
in height and weighs 20 pounds He is
pitching FOR the Perryvills Independents Il
this sumner, and has records for strike
puts that would shame Waddeu IN Two
games this year he famed nineteen bat
-ers.
From Detroit comes some rather anus
rs accounts Of the methods emploved :
10 stop Sunday baseball in that town / a
With an ex-big league ball PLAYER in
he role OF police justice. and a former
icar pitcher as prosecuting officer. The q
naughty Tiser ball team viii be placed
1n trial for playing ball on SUNDAY.
-nrlStopher Stein Is the police justice
VINO VIII preside. and George P Codd I
.rra the -l4r~rs~rc~ -
-5rs.ty Of Auchigan. former mayor OF Z.
)etroit- and now attorney for the police =
department. will prosecute the PLAYERS
he charge against them. brought at The
Instance OF Rev William Sweet. Of the
abbath Observance League, IS that of Il
aving committed q misdemeanor- Pal
ro-Indn Netter this morning swOre 10 a
'arranl- 1he players VIII be tried before
jury"
Steps have been taken 10 form al asso-I
iat-oa of baseball writer's and scorers on i
be Two big league circuits Uniformity, /
scoring rules. the provision Of better
2ciiues at baseball parks for writer's
'ho go 70 such places 10 work and not
D pose. The extension of courtesies 10 Il
'aFellng correspondents. and the rnuz-
ing Of the uyriads Of free lauces- VINO /
-owd into press boxes without anv ex- 4
use FOR being there. are some Of The re-
7rrns that the association hopes 10 -s-i
omplish- The baseball writers OF each |
ty viii be listed and furnished wi1H Gre
entails which VIII entitIe them d fuU
rivlleges in the press stands OF any ball II
ark n either league. and there will be
le mar in each city appointed 20 see II
iat pass grafters' and ,'staIlers' are
spt out OF the seats reserved for working |
ienbers Of the press, II