Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-09-01
FODDER FOR THE FANS.

Pitcher Larry Pape of Milwaukee, who
will be the means Of landing two players
in Brewerville. Milw .-ukee demands two
players and cash consideration for the
pitcher.
Joe Nealon, the ex-Pittsburg first sack
err, is batting for .427 with the Sacrament
to tribe of outlaws. Dreyfuss is making
no effort to get him back, as he wants no
more independently wealthy ball players
on his team.
We notice in the batting averages that
Orth was the next best hitter to Hemphill
on the club. The way the YANKEES have
been going suggests that 1t might have
been well: to keep Orth and let him bat
now and then.
Since joining Syracuse Lew Wiltse has
taken a new lease on life, as after being
cast adrift by Jersey City he has pitched
thirteen games for the Salt City team.
ten of which were victories, two defeats
and one a tie.
It is saidsthat although Pittsburg Of
fered $1,000 and Cincinnati 81 500 to Little
Rock for iris Speaker, the leading hit
ter of the Southern League, Mike Finn
with stick to his agreement nth the Red
Sox team and hand him over to President
Taylor at the end Of the season for the
money agreed upon.
Pittsburg is certainly improving it's op-
portunities now that Clarkes men have
recovered from the staggering Wallop
administered by the Giants. Willis made
Spade look like a counterfeit yesterday
and Smoketown shut out the Reds, 5 to
0. John Cancels outfit got but two hits
off Willis.
Among the players recalled by the Red
Sox at the close of the season in their
respective leagues, are Glaze, Ostdick
and Donahue from Providence. Speaker
from Little Rock, pitcher Robertson from
Clinton, Pa. Madden and Damzig from
Portland. Greg. and Gardner from Lynn
This means that another army of play
ers will make the preliminary fight at
Little Rock next spring.
Ban johnson Is after Umpire Owens of
the American Association and has offered
that organization $500 for the release of
that arbitrator's services. Owens will re-
main in the American Association for the
rest of the season. however, but will be
with either the American or National
league next season, as he has received
hattering offers from both.
The Cardinals never did look like a
smuggling crew, but the fact that McClos-
keys Misfits secured but three hits off
Overall shows that Chance has one more
pitcher in the hour of need Pfeister,
Brown. Ruelbach and Overall! Rather
nifty quartet for any one to bump
against
Cincinnati and ST. Louis are fighting
over First Baseman Hoblitzell of Wheel
Ing. He has been batting at a 400 clip
Strange how these batting averages fall
down when the heavy swatters enter the
big leagues.
1t is generally regarded that a pinch
hitter has only about one chance in ten
of making good and contributing the
badly needed base hit. Yet out Of 213|
times at bat in the American Associations
this year the pinch hitters have regis
tered 81 bingles, or have hit for an aver.
age of 200. Which means therefore, that:
you cannot always stake your pile upon
legitimate base ball dope.
Deacon Jim Mcclure, who was let ont
from the management of the Boston Red
SoX by tampering John Taylor, watched
his old teammates go down to the double
defeat. Jim says he Is going back to the
farm for the quiet life. as his managerial
regime in Boston was somewhat tenn
pestuous. He will probably be heard from
next season, it is hinted.-N. Y. Telegram.
The New Yorks yesterday were beaten
in two games In one day for the second
time in succession. The Athletics shut
them out in the first game and held them
to one run in the second. The race con-
tinues to get harder for the Detroits.
The Clevelands downed the leaders again,
and the St. Louis Browns made a distinct
gain by whitewashing the Sox. RUDE
Waddell was too much for the puissant
Walsh. The Washingtons tackled the
Bostons and fell down hard.
Before leaving Pittsburg for Cincinnati
last night Col. Barney Dreyfus of the
Pittsburg base ball team said: 'If the
New York base ball team should win the
pennant in the National League race it
will have established something and q
record in base ball 1t is now confronted
with one Of the hardest propositions that
ever faced a ball team-that of playing
forty games in twenty-nine playing days
and as it is the leader in the league
race now, 1t is certain that we are all
after 1t and will give 1t the hardest sort
Of fight. McGraw's pitchers have some
thing ahead of them that never confront
ed any other corps. Mathewson has told
McGraw that he will pitch every other
day If necessary to win the pennant
This is commendable. but q question that
confrOnts McGraw is whether he will
ruin Mathewson pitching him every other
day. New York has twelve games with
the Quakers, and I don't think those
Phllies will be as easy for New York
in the closing games as they have been