The Washington herald., 1908-08-30

300 GaC-eE made four Sacr-rceS N r1S
course Of the afternoon
Harry Bah. a former Connecticut
Lacquer has been released by the Charles
ton Is c. club
Jesse Taanehm may get a chance 70
work against his old teammates from
Boston tomorrow
Every man on the Detroit club. bar
ring Kllla1. the left-hsuder. IS IN The
pink OF condition and confident of again
taking The pennant
Blu Burns was out IN uniform yesterday
for the first tine n several weeks He
pitched a few balls IN practice and then
retired % the clubhouse
Josh Clarke had TOO much 10 say a.
the beginning of the second game. and
Bemis was later ban.s1ed for yelling at
the umpire from the bench.
All ball PLAYERS need encouragement Do
says an Eastern veteran Did you ever
notice HUEl Jennings slap his boys on
The back after a clever p.ay2 Jennings
s2s the right idea
The 'PhIles" viu be 81 home Tuesday
for practically the rest Of the season
They have 10 more games 70 play with
New York seven Of them IN PEilsdeIp1ia
and they SIN think they are in IL Tor the
pennant.
Carl NJ Green. who was secretary and
business manager of the Boston Amer
cans few years ago. and who gave I'd
that position 70 60 into the advertising
business on a big scale. was married on
Tuesday % Mss Dexter Noe Gregory
Carl was popular when IN charge OF the
financial end Of the club al Boston He
was business manager the year Boston
beat out New York for the pelnanr-
OF the Ch.-aE0 White S0x. has picked I'D
phenomer-1 in Walter Natticks. OF the
Pueblo. Colo. club Of the Western
League who has been bought for $3.50
cash. and VII Join the White Sox on
September Il &at-.cks IS said 20 be l0-
only fast l5l6er and good batter but 20
have one o. the best throwing arms in
the league. he has established a repr-
Jation for throwing runners out al the
plate and making assists on the bases.
Several T-i-SJate League records went
by the board n q dcCble-heaGer We6res-
day between the Johnstown and La1cas-
ter teams. played az Johlstown- The
second contest went thirteen innings. es-
tablishing e new long-distance record for
the league Never and Brady. who re-
spectiveiy, pitched the first and second
games for JOhnsJown. each struck out
twelve men The strike-cut record pre-
viCUsly had been eleven. Lancaster won
the first game. 20 8 Johnstown took
the second BY a score OF , 10 /
Mathewson. Of the New York Nationals.
IS credited with saying that during the
past few years ne has relied entirely on
the drop curve. fast bali and fall
away" TIE most successful Of all. he
says. is the drop. and the one he relies
On when there is a man On third base
and none out The "fau-away'' has only
been mastered by himself. 8athewsou
says. "Chris-y'' sums up the art OF
pitching by rsmarking that the value of
a pitcher is almost Invariably measured
by his ability to change pace or mix up
his pitches
I believe the Chicago Cubs have at least
as good a chance as any other National
League team for winning the pennarr
this year remarked Manager Murray.
OF the Philli6S. Chances men have
about the most evenly balanced aEgrega-
ton in the league, and they're just begin
ming 70 get together properly after
months OF misfortune that would have
put an ordinary team out Of the running
long ere this The Cubs are only nine
games behind the leaders. and with the
season still six weeks 10 run there is
reason to believe that they can close U
that gap and get a slight hunch before
the final game Is played
Second Baseman Larry DOYLE OF the
Giants. certainly was the hero OF the
series just over in Pittsburg He did
more TO help his team win the four games
and thereby gain q substantial lead in
the pennant race than any other PLAYER
on the stan outside OF the pitchers In
the four contests he was at bat eighteen
times and made nine hits. giving him a
batting average for the series Of 800. He
made i've runs. four put-outs. twenty-five
assists. and only one error. He leads the
team in the batting averages for the s.
ries- Bresnshan is second in batting hon
ors, with as; Seymour third. with S57:
Donlin fourth, with -: Tenney and Bird
well tied for fifth place. with averages
Of IS. and Devlin was sixth. with -Is3
When Clark Grifith acquired Charlie
Hemphill last winter in a trade with the
st Louis club the Mound City critics de-
clsVed that Hemp" was q back num-
Der, and that McAieer made a wise move
when he shipped the player to New York.
HemphiIls record with the Yankees this
season is a singing rebuks TO these
mUnchers Of sour grapes, who never. can
see a player unless he happens to be con-
nected with the home team Charlie
Hemphili has endeared himself to the
fans Of New York by his earnest efforts
not only at the beginning Of the season.
but IN the days OF adversely. He hasn't
quit once; IN fact, the lower the Yankees
sank the more he improved The team
seems hopelessly anchored IN last place,
but it Is not only possible, but probable. I
that in HemphiIl New York will have the
leading base-runner IN the American
League and one Of the few 100 hitters
when the official averages are compiled,