Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-03-24

The big leaguers are tearing off fire.
quent home runs in the south. and 1t Will
be pleasing to the cranks if they can keep
it up after April II.
One of the base ball sharps travelling
with the New York Americans looks for
Pitcher Manning to make good in fast
company.
Del Howard of the Cubs is on the shelf
with a broken finger.
Hassett. the former big league arbi-
TRAITOR Will umpire games for Yale, Cor
nell and other colleges this season.
What with Dineen, Powell, Waddell.
O'Connor and Spencer, the ST. Louis
Americans carry some weight in the
points.
Stovall is another one o. the Maps who
has found his batting eye early in the
season. That homer in the last Macon
game was a corker.
Hans Wagners real reason for retire
ment is said TO be soreness at Pittsburg
fans. the latter. it is said. being too free
In their use of the fgurative hammer
After the Athletics had defeated Bir-
mngham Thursday by score of to 1
Connie Mack was heard to remark that
ne expected things to be about as easy all
season.
! Jack Thoney has joined the Red Sox at
Little Rock. Jacks fame had reached AS
far even as the Arkansas town. and since
his arrival he has been the center of base
ball attraction.
After going two or three years without
home run Bill Bradley. the Cleveland
third baseman, cIouted out two of them
one day last week
has rejoined the team at Savannah after
an absence in Brooklyn. where he was
called by the death of his father.
The Maps ara displaying some remark
a bic stick work at Macon. Two home
runs in a single game was the stunt per-
formed by Bradley. and there ARE others
who are hitting the leather almost as well
as Bradley. I.ajoie is simply all smiles.
Ban Johnson and Charley Murphy are
against partisa nship on the part of root
ers clubs that bring out ear-splitting, un-
sportsmanlike noise making. and fair
! minded patrons Of the game agree with
them. Much Of this roofing business has
come to be very mucn overdOne.
Maloney. the Superba outfielder. is bat
ting left-handed against right anded
fingers again and is showing marked
Improvement. With southpaw in the
box he goes to the other side of the plate
Another Cy Young. also pitcher, is
trying to break into fast company. Num-
Der three is being given a try-out by the
Pirates. He is taller than Vic Willis and
his delivery Is said to resemble nothing
so much as steam boiler when he is
about to cut loose.
Elmer Flick, the Nap. has returned to
his home in Cleveland and will not return
to his club until 1t reaches Louisville.
April T. He ia in poor health. He did not
stand the trip to Macon, Ga. WELL and
complained when he arrived of train
sickness
Roger Bresnahan. the Toledo detective
has rival. Pat Donahue nailed a sneak
thief in a Little Rock hotel. Next thing
We know Mick Carter" Donohue. "Old
Sieuth Bresnahan and similar titles from
the beloved books Of your youth will be
popular diamond sobriquets.
Three old Yale stars are back coaching
the base ball team. The newspapers an
nounced the news with flaring headlines
President Hadley Of Yale gave out the
Information that he would deliver series
OF startling lectures this spring The
newspapers gave him three lines on a
back page. Such is fame. Who said the
pen was mighter than the three-b Sc
wallop?