Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-05-06

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National League Games Today.
0"''"S' Brooklyn at Philadelphia.
Cincinnati ut st. Louis
Boston at New York.
Union League Games Today.
Washington at Wilmington.
Paterson at Brooklyn.
Elizabeth at Reading.
Yesterdays National League Games.
New York. &: Philadelphia. o.
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Yesterdays Union League Games.
Washington Phladelphia-Ran.
Wilmington. 3: Elizabeth 2
Baltimore. 2: Brooklyn. !.
Reading. 5; Paterson, 2.
The continued rain of last night and
today has placed American League Park
in very bad condition. and it will take
considerable wind and sunshine to make
it AT for play. The inf1eld. on account of
the crude oil mixed with the dirt is not
so bad. the water readily running off. but
the outfield ia very soft. and the play
ers going to the clubhouse this morning
walked through an inch Of water at least
Naturally under these conditions today's
game with the Athletics was called of.
and will be played when the Quakers
come over here on their next visit.
Manager Cantillon intended to work
Tom Hughes today. had the weather
cleared up and the veteran twirler will
probably face the Athletics tomorrow.
Delehanty and Clymer- reported to
Manager Cantillon this morning. but both
are yet in poor shape. and they may not
get in the game this week. Del will
not take any more chances with his bad
foot and wants it thoroughly right before
he PLAYS again. Clymer Is under the
club physicians care. and Is so full of
medicine that it will take several days
to get him right.
The Athletics came over on the 11:D
train this morning AMI are stopping at
the Arlington. Manager Mack is very
much pleased with tn, showing Of his
team against Boston. which carried them
into first place in the pennant race.
while the team Is not yet In first
class shape said Mack at noon today,
will and are anxious to redeem them
selves against the Nationals. The two
games the Washingtons won last week
stirred up the fighting blood Of my play
erS. ana they nave promised me 10 cream
up Oh this trip-that is. win all the games.
Manager Cantillon has gotten together
a pretty husky bunch for this years
campaign. and I will be more than salts
fed IL we win two out Of the three games.
Had we been able to play today / would
have been satisfied with an even break"
Manager Mack while disappointed at
not being able to play today. was some
what notified. as his players had four
hard battles with the Bostons and the
rest will do them a great deal of good
He said he thought he would work Ben
der tomorrow, but wasn't quite sure.
Az intmated in last night Star. Umpire
Connolly reported Manager Griffith for
his harsh language in Mondays game
and President Johnson has given the
New York manager an indefinite suspen-
sion Umpire Connolly received the fol-
lowing telegram this morning:
This is to notify you that Manager
Clark Griffith has been indefinitely sus-
pended.
Utility Player Moriarity's case was not
quite as bad as Grif1iths and he will get
of with a fine. Hereafter when player
Is ordered from the bench he will be
policeman. In the past thesumpres have
allowed a player to remain in the seats
near the stand but as this nearly caused
a riot Monday through Moriarity ex
changing hot words with the spectators.
the man ordered Off the bench will he
kept going until he is clear OF the
grounds.
Not content with his NEAR trouble
Monday. Moriarity came very close but
ting" into mix-up at a local theater
several other players. Moriarity was seat
ing in the first balcony. and near him
was the identical man who had ''kidded"
him from the stands during Mondays
game. Moriarity went over to the man
and asked him II he wasn't the fellow
he had had trouble with. doubtless ex-
pecting a negative answer. but instead
TIE interrogated one replied that he was.
Moriarity invited him outside to settle up
the AFFAIR. and the man quickly accepted
the challenge. and they left the balcony
together. Moriarity's friends saw the
drift Of affairs. and chasing after him
made him return to the theater. and the
stiff proposition for any one to tackle.
but the man he was after is a butcher
doing business In the Center Market. and
he may have gotten all he was looking
for.
II am satisfied with my team and will
make no changes. Frankly. we IL We been
pla wing bad ball but it will not last. We
Will be up there before long. The boys
got away badly. found themselves in
rut and are now fighting hard to get out
Of it. II we could break the losing streak
I would have no fears where We would
land" So declared Hughie Jennings the
other day The scrappy Tiger leader has
no excuses to make for his champions.
He says they have been going badly and
does not lay all the blame to bad luck.
''It started with string of bad luck" he
says. but from that 1t drifted into bad
base ball. The boys are trying hard
enough. but they can't get going right.
Once they feel the earth under their feet
again and get up. on their toes they'll
give them all a race. The great trouble
with the Tigers IL that they started the
season overconhdent. They felt that they
could walk through the league or at
least many of them did. They got one
awful thrashing in Chicago. and this
partially took It out of them. They won
hne game the following day and they
were again pretty well satisfied. Some
poor pitching and some hard luck followed
In the other contests. The overconhdence
was gone. but. as Is usual In such cases.
the other extereiae came. The players
were worried and overcautious. The
pitchers gradually came around until they
are now in shape. The hoodoo of hard
luck left them. but when all this came
dAnut the Tigers were found discouraged.