The Washington herald., 1908-09-06
JOHN FLANAGAN,
yEho holds American throwing record
GOSSIP FOR BASEBALL FANS.

The PhEIies pulled OF a lightning triple
play on the Giants yesterday
jim Delehanty-s share OF the hitting
yesterday was double and a triple
Billy Murray says that he VIII stand
pat with the present nlake-up Of his Phil
adelphia Nationals
Forty-two games won and only fifteen
lost By PiJtsburs on the road this year
Poor travelling team, that
pickering was charged with an error
yesterday but be made up for Il Dy MS
home-run clout 20 the fence
Unglaub DeIehanty. Mcbride and
Street led the Nationals al the bat VITA
a pair OF safe snasLes apiece
/ Major league baseball has never known
such races as are being fought II me
I American and National just now
The Nationals are scheduled 10 play an
exhibition game to-day with KID Carsey. S
I team al the Union Park n New YORK
Two double-headers viii be played in
/ the post-sesson series to-norrov-rVo az
{ National PARK and Two al Union Park
I Connie Mack realizing that he must
brace Up his Athletics. IS now expert
mentiug vita string OF clever young
sters-
II s.. LOUIS beats Detroit to-day The
I Browns will 20 into the lead II has been
| a miserable twO weeks for HUghey and
! his band
The three leading teams IL the National
] League have won the same number of
l games. and the same situation exists IN
/ the American
! President Joe O-Brien. Of the American
/ Association. IS making a "Trip Through the
& Western League territory 20 look over
some OF the umpires out there
Once more FaIkenberg. who was palued
OF on Cleveland. got his bumps. Vale
the White Sox were punching hits. big
, Ed Walsh was hoIc-ng the Maps safe.
J The Nationals moved up a little closer
20 Boston yesterday, when the Red Sox
I were defeated BY the Athletics. while the
/ Nationals were administering saut-Oui
20 the Hlghlanders-
Il looks as II HUSKY Jack" Cronir,
once g Pittsburg Pirate. vas rsnewiug
. his youth. with a record Of sixteen games
Won and ten lost credited 10 his account
I so far this season in the Eastern League
I The Chicago Cubs proved thei- true
. worth yesterday. when they gave The
}. P5rrsburg Pirates one OF the worst trim
I uings Of the year in the National League
u ReuIbsch held the Pirates safe az every
STAGE. while the Cubs hammered three
. PittsbUrg rwirlsrs at VIII
4 Joe Kelley is anxious 10 gather il sew
! e-al clever young players for the EcsJon
] Nationals. as he realizes that q losing
team made Up OF a lot OF oid-tiners IS
not what the public cares for he would
Ike 70 see President Dovey land q few
fast young men from the minor leagues
Baltimore has yet to win an Eastern
! League pennsnt. Newark IS now third n
the race the highest Il ever has been
/ Rochester. Buffalo. and Toronto have
each Won pennaEIs twice, while Jersey
] City and Montreal have each taken one
Providence has won four Pennsnts and
I Is now fighting hard for another
AIcGraw IS Of the opinion that Hugh
I Jennings viii have a most difficult tass
10 land the Tigers in first place He
SAYS With Donovan not going gOod and
the younger pitchers being hit. IL viii
force the Detroit bows TO DO much better
stick work, and slunps IN batting should
never come al this time Of q race
/ Catcher street. the tall youth who broke
a record not long ago by catching a bal
thrown from the Washington Monument
wore the breast protector and mask FOL
/ the invaders. and was the cynosure o. al
least 1S5 lamps AIr. Street bore his
hon0rs blushingly. realizing. doubtless
that in these days Of shattered record:
no record-breaker should throw out HI;
Z chest Some Gay, perhaps, a younger and
more vigorous catcher VIII not only catcl
a bah thrown from the same tower. buI
Z VIII throw IL right back again-and ther
where would Mr. STeet's record be2-
New York American
The Cubs have a new play which
they threaten 10 spring to-day or to
morrow II the opportunity offers. It j.
q variation Of the double steal, and ont
that viii cause trouble every time tht
Cubs spring il IN Wednesdays game
with the Cardinals. just as Moran. III,
St. Louis clubs new catcher. raised hi.
arm 10 return the ball TO the pitcher
king started hard for second. catchinl
bo.h infielders asleep Schultz stuck {,
! third. so Moran fred the ball TO second
Z but king was too close The instan
5 Moran threw Schultz dug for home. anS
as the iufelders at second were caugh
I unawares and were Of their balance
] they had no chance whatever 10 ge
! Schultz at the plate It is a delayed dou
; BE steal that the champions have devel
; oped TO a high pitch Of usefulness
should the baseball umpires have sprin,
. training and 90 through the same sort o
: work as a bail player must do 70 set Il
shape and condition tor the seasons cam
paign2 This is the hue and cry that i
being heard On ~ sides The poor UNI
} has 10 come in for his annual roasting
y Otherwise. life would not be worth liv
ing IN a discussion the other day be
tween several Eastern players. the unp
were on the pan According TO Aacken
! zie. in the New York Mail. such cooI-head
ed players as Cy Young. Willie KeeleT
Jim MCGUIRE. and Jake Stahl tried I
find a -eese- for the dissatisfaction tha
! has spread among the players over tn
! umpiring. There have been so man.
glaring decisions by the Umpires that tn
| managers are going 10 try 20 have a rul
passed making II obligatory for the um
pires 10 90 South in the spring whei
the teams 90 there 10 train Then tn
umP could get into. condition UmpiTing tn
exhibition games and come home ready I
: start to work IN the big league.