The Washington herald., 1908-05-05
CAUGHT on THE Fly.

BIZ Burns is slated to pitch to-day.
circus next door kept down the at
tendance at Union Park.
Louisville has released 'Ducky" Holmes
TO Birmingham. Of the Southern League.
Bert Blue and Jack O'Connor are di-
yiding the warming up" honors at st.
Louis.
The Bandits meet Philadelphia at
Union Park to-day, then go on the
road until May lS
They don't make any better fielding
third baseman than little Shipke.-CIeve-
land Plain Dealer.
Virgil Garvin. the old National and
American League pitcher, Is dying Of
consumption at his home in Navasota,
Tex.
The final game with the Yankees
to-day. Game called at PAS to allow
the visitors to catch an early train for
Boston.
Bill baltimore, the Cleveland pitcher. Il
likely to be known as "Slothful Bill" He
IS about twice as slow as Joe Doyle. OF
New York.
Rube Waddell is running true TO form
again this year. II always was an easy
victory. usually by the shut-out method.
or else a complete rout for him IN Chi
cago.
Pitcher joss. Of the Napoleons, ex-
presses the belief that the St Louis
Browns will be mighty close 20 the front
when the American League race ends
next October.
Up IN Chicago they have added coffee
70 the refreshments that are served dur
ing games. hot dogs also being on
the menu. In Cincinnati the Sausage
eaters" prefer beer with theirs
First Baseman Stovall, of the Clevs-
lands, is working hard to make good
his threat TO beat out Lajoie in batting
this season. Al the present writing he
has quite q huneh on his chief
When Catcher Sullivan, of the White
Sox, thinks that the umpire errs in a
decision on balls and strikes he rolls the
bail back 10 the pitcher II the decision
pieases, the ball is thrown back.
II his work yesterday can be taken as
a criterion, young Manning should prove
find for Griffith. II is no easy Job to
jump In and stop a batting rally and
hold a team 10 two hits for seven
innings.
Hedges. OF St. Louis, thinks that his
town would be the best baseball town
on earth, and he is already making
plans for new rcrk that will even dis
count the one that Connie Mack is
projecting. Hedges would have seat
ing capacity for 5000, and have over
flow room besides.
Many members Of the crews of the
men-of-war now cruising In the Pacific
Ocean met Jim Jeffries while the fleet
was az Los Angeles, and got pretty well
acquainted with the ex-champion pugilist
One Of them nicknamed Jeffries "Old
Battle Ship" and the name may stick to
the former boilermaker
OF all the tnheIders the game has ever
produced. John McPhee. who. a few
years ago. quit the game, has the great
est record. He played nineteen seasons
on the Cincinnati team al second base.
and for seventeen years never wore a
glove He was playing as good ball as
he ever did when he quit, but found it a
hardship to get himself in condition in
the spring.
George Evans, the we'll known min
strel and song writer. has offered a $500
gold cup TO the champion batsman of the
world, the contest being limited TO the
American and National Leagues. It will
not be a transient trophy 70 be retained
but for one year. but will become the
permanent property OF the slugger that
wins it this fall, 1t being Evans inten-
ton to offer similar cup each year
Some fans got up in arms when Can
tillon let Lave Cross go less than a
year ago. Now Cross has been uncon-
ditionally released by the New Orleans
club. 1t would also be well 10 remem-
Der that only two players who were let
out by the local leader are still in fast
company. while several Of the men he
has obtained could be sold at a good
price to any Of the clubs in either OF
the big leagues.
Major league magnates are trying 10
deceive the public into believing II is
the weather mans fault that patrons
have had to suffer discomfort at a
majority of the games which have been
played this spring. The patrons. how
ever viii not lose sight of the fact il is
rot the weather mans fault that the
championship seasons are started alb
surdly early, despite repeated warnings
in the past.-Chicage Tribune.
Bucknell College has sent MANY men
into professional baseball, Mathewson. of
-NNW III n brAiAS Is bAESeSN star tfEneF
Bucknell men are: Doolin. shortstop Of
the phillies; Mccormick. outfelder OF the
Phillies; Sebring Outfeder OF the Tri-
State League; Vail, pitcher. formerly OF
Pittsburg; Mattress. shortstOp. Of Buff
falo; Weidensaul. 0utfielder, OF Toronto;
Smith, pitcher formerly of Washington
Cockrill. Williamsport, and Blair, of the
New York Americans.
According TO the latest batch of bat
ting statistics, Clarke Griffith did not get
any the worst Of 1t In the midwinter
deals that were pulled off IN the league
BY way of trades he obtained three men
who are batting as follows; Niles. 267;
Hemphill. .275. and Stahl, $50. Chicago
got Parent for Stahl, and the little
fellow is batting only .122. st. Louis
obtained three new men, and they are
batting thusly: Williams, .23T; Ferris,