The Washington herald., 1908-06-29
BASEBALL NOTES.

Wyatt Lee is batting above 800 for Al
toona
Cantillon may use BIZ Burns against the
Athletics this afternoon.
Al Selbach is clouting the ball at .297
clip for Harrisburg. in the Tri-State.
The Nationals have PLAYED their full
seasons string OF eleven games in Bos-
ton.
After winning seventeen out Of eigh-
teen games. the White Sox lost six
straight.
II is said that Clarke Griffith Will
shortly assume the management OF u
minor league club in the Vest.
Freddie Parent, of the White Sox. still
walks with some difficulty He won't
be able TO play within a week
Plttsburg has won twenty-one OF its
last twenty-eight games. and only FIVE
Of them have been played al home.
The New England League will lose
several youngsters to the major leagues
this fan as the result Of reCommenda-
tons from several scouts.
Some of the White Sox players pre-
dicted in Cleveland that Frank Smith
would be with the team again before
the end Of another week.
Among the names mentioned for man
ager Of the Highlanders next year are
George Davis. Mike Kelley, Jimmy Nc
Aleer. and George Stallihgs.
Frank Huelsman. who holds all records
for long fouls at National Park stands
seventh among the batters OF the Tri-
State League. His average 10 .333.
George Kelly. the young second base
man from the University OF Michigan.
is not 10 get a trial With the Cincinnati
Reds. Waivers have already been asked
on him.
Eddie Collins is putting up such a good
game at short and hitting so well for
the Athletics that Manager Mack can't
take him out now 20 make room for
Barry.
No matter what sort OF showing the
Nationals make during the remaining
games on the road. II Is a safe bet that
a good crowd viii be on hand 10 see
Walter Johnson pitch his first game OF
the season at National Park.
Johnny Evers. Of Chicago. is going TO
make a formal answer 20 President Pull
liam OF Umpire Klem's charge that he
used 'unprintable language" Evers IN
tends 10 tell the boss what Klems Ian
guage was and see II the .dle won't work
both ways.
Hugh Jennings. OF Detroit IL prayil c
that Tim Hurst gets stuck in the mud
somewhere up about the Hilltop. in New
York. The lawyer-manager is afraid
that Ban Johnson Will chase the r0tund
arbiter about the Atlantic slope with the
champions
Jimmy Barrett. the former Detroit
star, has batting average OF go with
Providence. He has accepted 81 out OF
80 chances. stolen bases. and got 5 as
sists from the outield ia % games Man
ager Duffy says that Barrett has proved
a great help to the Providence team.
Griffith has been banished from the field
more times than any other manager, un-
less it is McGraw But. although Nc
Graw and Grif. were both aggressive and
scrappy, their methods were totally un-
like. Grif was tantalzng beyond en-
durance. but he was not a rowdy.
Giant youngsters are doing well in the
Eastern League Not a day goes by but
DevOre does capital work for Newark
and IS likely TO be there for long time
to come. Evans. who is with Montreal.
is another player who is showing that he
can hit the ball some. while out in Co
lumbus they have got so that opposing
pitchers give James a base on balls when
there are men on bases.
'Jiggs" Donohue went to Springfield.
Ohio. the other day to attend his sisters
graduation exercises II was the first day
that the star White Sox first baseman had
been away from the team since he was
married. nearly three years ago, and the
second in four years Donohue holds the
record for faithful performance of duty at
first base for the world. He is never out
Of commission from injuries or sickness,
and. perhaps. no other player will ever
equal his record for regularity.
Philadelphia fans scented a trade be-
tween the Yanks and Athletics because
Frank Farrell and Connie Mack had a
talk about baseball. Farrell says there Is
nobody on the Yankee team that he can
dispose of. because that is UP TO Elber-
field and he does not intend to interfere
In any way with the plans Of his man
ager. Elberfeld can get any men he
wants, and dispose Of any Of his present
Siiol' Dut Hc - tIe only one VINO mas
that power. and the Kid declares he is
satisfied with the men he has, and will
make no change at present.
Seldom has history recorded a baseball
manager who quit a paying post because
he thought he was unlucky. and that a
change might extricate his team from a
slump. Clarke Griffith. manager Of the
New York Americans ever since it has
been a member Of President Johnson's
circuit. did so last week. This I'll success
worried Griffith more than it did anybody
else, as he wanted to land a pennant for
Farrell Thinking that prospects were
for another poor season, Griffith volun-
tarily resigned. although his teams owner
was perfectly satisfied to let him continue.
Such sacrifices are not very often seen in
professional aseball-Philadelnh North