Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-06-20
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BASE BALL NOTES.

Even the rainmakers are again" us
Here we had a game tucked away when
down comes the rain and it, all off.
And now Jim Delehanty is i'll at a De-
troit hotel. This sickness is an outcrop-
ping of playing winter ball.
Manager Jennings may want Pitcher
Falkenberg, but it goes without saying
that he will have to offer Cantillon some
thing very nice before he lands the tall
boy
Altizer will prove an excellent substitute
at second base and Delehanty should be
kept out of the game for some time to let
him recuperate.
Manager McAleer Of the Browns says
that he doesn't see much difference in the
American League clubs.
Barney Dreyfus has been angling for
Young Cy Young for years. and presum-
ably is happy now that he has captured
him.
Roy Thomas continues to show why the
Phllies let him go. He could get only
four hits in five times up Thursday He
also scored two runs and stole twice.
Remember when we used to say: "Ah if
Grif could only get some pitchersr Well.
he has the pitchers and all he seems to
need now is a second baseman. a short
stop. couple of outfielders. another good
catcher and then somebody to make them
play ball.
Case Patten. the former Washington
pitcher. was let go to the New York Amer
leans by Boston yesterday. 1t is said that
Patten did not care to play in Boston for
personal reasons Boston may shortly
get player from the New Yorks
Harry Arndt. the third sacker Of the
Providence Grays. is the only member of
that club who is hitting better than 300
BY dint of good work the past week Arndt
collected thirteen safe swats and boosted
his average to 1902. Abstein is second
best. with .29S
Connie Mack seems to have a yearning
for Indian ball players. With Bender on
his team. he is now after an Indian back
stop named Meyers. who Is with the To-
ledo club in the American Association.
Bender and Meyers would make saw
age battery, yes?
Manager McAleer of the st. Louis Amer
leans is now quoted as saying that he will
not let Third Baseman Hartzell go this
season. This in spite of the fact that he
had given his promise to Manager Stall
ings.
Thomas Phlibin. a catcher. whose repu-
tation as a crackajack backstop preceded
him. Joined the Newarks Yesterday. Phili-
bin was purchased from the Atlanta club
of the Southern League by Manager
Stallings for the purpose of bolstering up
his catching department. If past per-
formances count for anything, Philibn
should make good in Eastern League COM
pany. During the season of 1906 he made
a remarka BILE record Of catching every
game for the Erie (Pa.) team of the Inter-
state League.
When it comes to base ball enthusia SIN
you surely have to hand it to Chicago as
the premier city in the world. Windy city
statisticians figure that more people pat
roniZe the national game in the Windy
city than in any other two cities of the
country combined. Besides teams in both
major leagues. there are half a dozen
semi professional clubs who play to
packed stands midweek and Saturday and
Sunday afternoons. These. with the army
of independent and amateur mines who
usurp the sixtyseven inclosed playing
grounds Of the big city on the lake, have
simply driven the fans of Chicago base
ball mad. It's worth pretty penny to
own a franchise in the western metropo-
lis.