Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-08-14
GLEANINGS

The hardest smash at Donovan came
from Shipkes bat in the sixth. 1t just
grazed Donovans head and had enough
speed behind it to wreck pay station
Detroit News.
Hickey, the young pitcher secured by
Toronto recently, shows remarkable cool
ness in the box. knows what to do with
the ball when he gets it and has some nne
curves.
Ganley played deep for Schaefer In the
eighth inning The ball went nearly to
and pulled it down just when the spec
tators thought it was a triple.-Detroit
Journal.
Tuckey the Connecticut State League
pitcher. recently adopted by the Boston
Nationals, showed up we'll in his game
against the Cardinals on Tuesday. He
was touched for only live hits. two OF
which were scratch bingles. He was cool
and showed good generalship in the box.
McBride's catch of Schmidt's liner in the
fourth was certainly pretty According to
glove with dull sickening thud."-De-
troit Free Press.
Three cheers and a million beers for
the Senators. See what they did to the
Tigers while we were packing up the goat
to ship to Boston? Wish Bob Ganley
were here. We have a new barhop to in
troduce him to.-St. Louis Star. .
Modern pitchers are studying up on
aeronautics. too. The pitcher who doesn't
know how to navigate the clouds when he
goes up will likely come down so hard
the sudden stop will make Joe Cantillon
ashamed to look him in the face.
Briscoe Lord. who was with the Phila
delphia Athletics two years ago and has
hoe ,loy-i or x1,if1 he Nauy Orleans IL
cans, has been bought by the Cleveland
club and will join the Blues at the end OF
the present Southern League season
Another Cy Young will probably enter
the big leagues next year. This will
make the fourth twirler of that name to
be playing in fast company. The Chi
cago Cubs have signed Pitcher Young OF
the Milwaukee Lake Shore League club.
Weldon Henley. who pitches for the
Rochester club of the Eastern League.
was on the slab against Newark Monday
and let the Indians down with a single hit.
When Henley is in form it is said that
he is a Glass twirler. This showing
would indicate such to be the case.
1t would appear that the new acquisi-
ton to the Philadelphia Athletics pitch
ing staff, Gus Salve. is somewhat of
find" While with the Columbia Is. c.
team a weak hitting club, Salve won ten,
lost ten and tied one game. He will prob
ably join the Athletics about August "a.
named wagnon from the South Atlantic
League He comes with quite a reputa-
ton as a batter. being we'll up near the
900 mark all season. but will not join
the team until near the end Of the season.
Pete Cassidy, an old-time National
League player. is putting up snappy
game at first for the Orioles His bat
R0lI hod to Ia
with boosting Baltimore into first place.
There is a possibility that with the
dawnine Of the 1909 base ball season
there will be another Cobb in the Ameri-
can League 1t is rumored through the
west that Paul Cobb. a brother of Ty
Cobb Of batting and fielding fame is also
a wonder" The report has attracted
the attention Of the st. Louis Browns.
and Jack OConnor. their scout has been
dispatched to watch the playing of Paul
and pass judgment upon him. If he ap-
pears worth 1t the Browns will pay the
5000 asked for Cobb I'd. The younger
Cobb is at present playing with the Jop-
lin, Mo-. club.
Wallace Clements. the speedy. left
fielder Of the JERSEY City team, has been
ordered to report Immediately to the Phil
adelphia Nationals Clements was pur-
chased by Murray last year. and now
that the Phillies are in the thick OF the
fight for the Dennant he has been re-
called. Clements won the prize as the
speediest base runner at the base ball
tournament held at Cincinnati last sum-
mer.
The first eastern team which Chicago
will face on its return home will be Phil
adelphia. resumption of stirring hos
tilities is insured for the Cubs the mo-
ment they begin to clash with their east
ern adversaries. Pittsburg opens with
Boston. and occasionally the Boston club
gives the Pirates a hard fight to beat II.
BIG TOURNAMENT ON.