Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-03-17
Sore Over Sundays Game.

he Regulars lett pretty huti uiSS uStCh
over the poor showing in Houston Sunday
afternoon. but Burns was ready TO take
all the blame on himself. His arm is
sore-just the ailment usual TO spring
practice-and he was wild and could work
u up no speed. All members of the team
are sore and stiff. more or less. but that
is only natural after ten days practice
work, but from now on they'll commence
10 round out supple and easy and ready
for the strenuous seasons work. Picker
ing's startling feats at bat and In the
feld in Saturdays game set his old Hous-
ton admirers wild. Two of jim Dele
hanty's put outs that day were hot liners
from his brother Joe's bat. Eddie karger
was billed to pitch the whole Of Sundays
game, but his arm has gone wrong for
the time being and McCloskey would al
low him to stay In only three innings. He
surely would have lost the game had he
remained longer.
President Robson of the Cardinals. who
has been visitor at the Houston train
ing camp the last few days paid flying
visit TO Galveston yesterday afternoon to
take a surf plunge. He enthuees greatly
over McCloskeys reorganized team
Preparing for Colts Trip.
Secretary Jacobson was downtown at
the railroad offices this morning nego-
Iiating for railroad transportation for
the Colts, and gave the job to the Katy
read 1t will take them to wichita
where they play Saturday and Sunday
March u and %. The Santa Fe gets the
rest of the haul to Topeka, Kansas City
snd Springfield. H.. where the Colts will
await the arrival Of the regulars. Four
Teen lower berths have been reserved for
the Colts. and they leave at O'Clock on
the night of the 10Th. II will take them
twenty-four hours to make the first jump.
Tom Hughes is willing to bet Cantiilon
even money that the Juveniles will win as
many games on the road as the elders.
but Joe won't take him seriously.
Revenue Out Of Lost Balls.
Right plumb against the northeast cor
ner of Athletic Park lives a middle-aged
mother of a household who makes quite
revenue out OF foul balls that are
knocked into her premises. When the
park was built last spring she tried to
get out an injunction against the club
owners on the ground that the grandstand
obstructed the south breeze. but she lost
out. That was just after the Nationals
had departed. She got even, however.
When the Sand Crabs got to work and be-
gan to knock foul balls over into her
yard. she kept her children on the look
out and captured and kept the stray
spheres. day or two of that was
enough for the club owners. and they too
sought redress In court. but with as little
success as the iIate female property own
er. Then they tried a twelve-foot wire
screen all around the front and back OF
the grandstand TO trap any balls that
might fall on the root. but still they lost
some every day. sThen they capituated
They couldn't or wouldn't move the
grandstani. OF course. but they made a
compromise with the woman to give her
% cents for every ball that falls over into
her lot She makes a dollar or two by the
operation every day. and she kicks no
more on the south breeze she is being
robbed Of Cantilon and jacobson tried
to talk her out of her prize money on the
score that they were not responsible for
the park. but their peas failed to move
her, SO they have to cont~:5.;e daily
shipke's Long Name.
Three years ago. when Marsene johnson
was running the sandcrabs, he got a
letter from somewhere in the middle ives,
from a youth named Shipkenhauer OF
for job as an infielder and inclosins
some good clippings and references. John.
son was impressed by the letter but Inc
had his team filled up. He found time
however. to pen a letter of regret to the
Young man and wound up with the ad
wee that II he ever intended TO follow pro
iessional ball he ought to trim of a few
syllables Of his name like Corneliu.
McGilicuddy. so he could get II on a scor.
card. Shipke tells the story on himse
and has many laugh over it.
Charlie Smith at First.
It's pity that fellow can't hit bet
ter. commented well-posted bleacne
fanatic after Charley Smith had mad
several pretty stops and pickups in prac
tee yesterday. He's just the righ
build for guardian OF the initial station
and he can go some around that corner.
Smith delilgnts in practlcing there ever,
chance he gets and is yet to make a bat
h.eak in his work. The inielders can
chuck the ball too hard or TOD awkward