The Washington herald., 1908-06-14
King Larry went hltless.

King Larry went hitless.
To-day's rest may break the losing
streak.
The Nationals start a three-game series
q at Detroit Thursday.
Eigh. home runs were made in Fridays
Harrisburg Reading Tri-State game.
With Turner. Flick. and stovall out OF
it. Cleveland is in a badly crippled con-
dition
| Bobby Wallace's appearance against
/ the Nationals clears the way for Roy
Hartzell to join Newark.
! The Ysle-Prlnceton series is now a tie,
4 each team having won a game. The de-
Gliding contest is scheduled for Tuesday
/ at New York
/ Nick Carter, the Athletics young twirl-
/ er, who is a graduate of the University
of Virginia. has been sold to Kansas City.
according to a dispatch from Chicago.
/ Weinberg. Of the late lamented Union
/ League is second catcher for Montreal
| in the Eastern League. The eX-Bandit
/ has not yet had an opportunity 20 show
his worth
Pittsburg has won eight Of its last
| eleven games. Ten Of them were played
away from home against Chicago. Phila-
J delphia. and New York, three OF the
strongest clubs in the league.
While the American League and the Ma
| tional League are enjoying all the enthu-
/ siasm and pleasure that come from races
! 50 close as those of the present. don't
/ overlook the fact that the American As
/ sociation and the Eastern League have
/ little shows Of their own that are worthy
| Of attention.
/ Bill Otey. who pitched Norfolk into the
/ Virginia state League championship last
/ season, has been purchased by Roanoke
/ from Wheeling, Of the Central League.
! Otey was bought last fall by Pittsburg. in
a spirited race for the player with Wash
| ington. He was farmed 20 Rochester.
and turned back 10 Pittsburg. 20 be sold
/ outright several weeks ago to Wheeling.
/ il looks as II Griffith had unearthed a
! find I'm the person OF jim Vaughn. the
youthful pitcher from Hot Springs, Ark.
/ Vaughn has as much speed as any man
on the team, and his curve ball takes
more twists than a loop-the-loop machine.
/ Grin says that if he can control il when
] facing batters he will make a big reputa-
( ton. Vaughn is not yet twenty years old.
is six feet three inches tall, and weighs
21O pounds.
/ There isn't a chance for New York or
any other club to land Terry Turner "
/ said Manager LajOie, OF the Maps, in
/ Cleveland the other morning. New York
/ fans may like and want the tow-head for
/ shortstop. but Clevelanders also like and
want him. l don't place much stock in
/ this talk Of a trade Of Elberfeld for
| Turner. I doubt very much if Griffith
] rrg r1 nd
/ that ! don't"
/ The ST. Louis Browns are looming up
/ as pennant possibilities. The "hunch'
players pick them 20 win. In 1856 Arson
won the pennant for Chicago. Twenty
years later the Cubs repeated. In 1857
! Watkins gave Detroit a championship
team. Twenty years later Jennings re
peated. Comiskey's old ST. Louis Browns
won pennants in 1856. 1857. and 1SSS The
/ Browns. therefore. can make the twenty
year thing good by grabbing first place
/ this year.
! The assertion once more that Capt.
Wilbert Robinson is going TO catch for
| the Orioles may be regarded by some as
/ a fair imitation OF a joke, but the genial
/ Robbie" says that this time II is on the
| level The principal reason he has not
! been seen behind the bat before is that
the Baltimore club already has two as
| good catchers as are 10 be found in the
| Eastern League. But every one con-
! nected with the Baltimore team knows
| how interesting 10 rooters. especially to
/ the Old-timers. the periodical reappear-
ance of the Stout Cap are, and it has
| been agreed that he will don the span
/ giles at home in the near future.
After the success Of his benefit for the
/ Newsboys' Home in St. Louis last year
| President Charles COmskey. of the White
Sox. has decided to hold Ike benit for
/ the Newsboys and Bootblacks' Associa-
ton of Chicago. Last year Comiskey took
a team Of heavy-weights from Chicago
/ TO ST. Louis and played a like aggregation
/ Of scale breakers there. The proceeds of
/ that game and the subscriptions netted
about $4,000 which was given TO the
| Newsboys' Home of that city. This sea-
| son the White Sox president proposes to
/ have the aldermen of both municipalities
/ play in Chicago. The date for the match
will in all probability be August Is.