The Washington herald., 1908-06-21
GOSSIP FOR BASEBALL FANS.

Ganley tore Of a ,hree-base hit, but
failed 10 score.
Charley Smith has lost seven Of the
nine games he has pitched.
Billy Shipke is getting 20 be some
batter. Yesterday he slammed out
pair Of safeties
Those White Sox continue TO lengthen
out their lead in the race. Yesterday
Boston was the victim.
The Nationals will wind up in Detroit
this afternoon and then come East 10
open a series with Boston.
Bill Deneen IS doing good work for the
Browns The Boston Cast-off has won
the three games he has pitched this sea-
son.
Western clubs hold the FIRST divisions OF
both Of the .oajor leagues. The Chicago
clubs lead. with the Philadelphia clubs
In fifth place.
The Chicago Nationals are not as far
in the lead in their race as the Chicago
Americans. The National League race IS
now as close as the American.
The Milwaukee club offered Danny
Green 10 the Rockford club of the Wis
consin and Illinois League. Rockford de-
clined, as his salary was too high
There will be quite a scramble later IN
the season for the services OF ShortstOp
Bush. OF the Indianapolis team. Bush
Is one Of the best hitters in the Ameri-
can Association.
The Brookland and Winchester teams
open a two-g game series al National Park
tomorrow afternoon. Cy Macdonald. the
Georgetown player. IS the first baseman
Of the Winchester team.
Mathewson showed his old-time form
yesterday and. by letting the Cubs down
with three hits. scored a shut-out. The
crowd that saw the game is said 70 be the
largest that ever assembled for a ball
game az the Polo Grounds.
Pitcher ". z. Pearsons. the BuckneU
college six-footer. who worked with Co
lumbus a few weeks this spring and then
decided 10 finish his college work at
Buckncn before entering professional
baseball WI join the Columbus club at
Kansas Clt..
Manager Chance. Of the Chicago Cubs.
sent the following self-explanatory tel
eEram after the nomination.
The Hon. William H. Taft, Washing
ton, ID. c.: You have made a home run
with the bases fun. Heartiest Congrat-
ulations from all the Cubs and myself"
Roy Thomas IS the third Pirate and the
tenth player in the National League TO
make four hits IN game. Others who
have accomplished the feat are Kane and
Lobert five each), Leach, Steinfeldt
Beaumont Delehanty. Schultz ltwice)
Evers, and Tenney.
basemen who went South with the GlmJs
last spring. has been released by Balti-
more TO theAltoona Club OF the Tri-S'ate
League. Pfyl hit we'll for Baltimore at
the beginning OF the season, but failed
to keep up the pace.
Throughout the National League the
sentiment reigns supreme that the double
umpire system must come sooner OF
later. It's efficiency over the system now
in vogue is universally admitted by Pull
liams umplres. and the same sentiment
is also among the American League UNI
pires
Pitcher Peters. Of the Dallas team.
may get a trial with the Giants next
spring. as Owner Gardner wants Nc
Graw to take the man. Peters pitched
some good games against the Giants in
AlAf CNA llls tAlllNAtlhii CFAltC anu lluo N'il
nine out Of eleven games in tie "exas
League.
Manager Chance, Of the Cubs. received
a telegram from Mordecai Brown. who is
at his home Rosedale. Ind, saying that
his mother is critically III. and that he
will not Join the club for some time
Chance has now given up hope OF getting
Brown back in time to work in any Of
the New York games.
Ed Mexican, formerly one OF the best
shortstops IN the National League, has
just been released by the Fort Wayne
Club Of the Central League. and will re-
tire from the game to go into business
at Cleveland. Mexican was star on the
old Cleveland team in the days Of Burk-
EFT, Tebeau. Childs, and O'Connor.
Bill Tex baltimore has been sent
back from Cleveland TO Toledo for more
seasoning. The southpaw was a valuable
man for the Hens last season. and should
prove 50 again this year. The Cleveland
people think he needs more experience in
fielding his position. and also that his arm
has not been any too good this season.
President Powers has intinated that
there Will be some changes IN the UNI
pire staff OF the Eastern League Jack
Conway and Moran are believed to be
the ones slated TO go. II is said that
Jack loft the old Toronto catcher. will
likely get a berth as arbiter. Powers
says he also has other good men in mind
for the job.
The electric score board which c. II.
Dikeman. treasurer Of the New Lyceum.
has obtained for the game to-day be-
tween Detroit and the Nationals is con-
sidered a mechanical wonder. AS the
plays are flashed over the wire they will
be reproduced on the board. depicting
every incident throughout the game.
The first returns from Detroit are expect
ed at $3.50 o'clock
On behalf Of the good people OF Nor
way and Sweden, who are scrapping over
his nationality. Mr. John Anderson de-
sires 70 speak a few words The orig
inal John Anderson was Scotch sailor
who came across as chief mate under
C. Columbus. The chief mate and Chris.
had a fight. which resulted In John quit
ting the ship. and his descendants. one
OF whom is the great base hitter, have
remained in America to this day and
generation.-Chicago Tribune.