Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-04-27
National League Clubs Standing.
Union League Clubs Standing.
Yesterdays National League Games
Cincinnati 4: st. Louis. o.
Yesterdays Union League Games.


took the $50 train last night instead OF
waiting until an early train this morning.
1--WE can get over there and be In bed
by IL O'clock said Cantillon yesterday
afternoon land this will allow the boys
good sleep without the worry OF being
pulled out of bed at an early hour. Then.
aa1ax1- the Quakers are all worked up over
~fae Athletics good showing In Saturdays
game against the New Workers, and will
ben on hand tomorrow in large numbers.
By going over tonight we avoid the
chance of being held back by wreck,
which would be a costly experience.
What are our chances against the Ath-
letics? That'se a pretty stif question.
The Athletics have always been our hoo
do but we trimmed them last fall. and
/ am hooking for my crew to repeat this
spring II we can snatch two of the four
games from the Athletics we will return
home in great shape to tackle the
Yankees.
IF the weather continues warm I'll
probably work either Tom Hughes or Case
Patten lin the first game. as am anx-
ious to get these old boys going. Burns.
Kelley Gates, Falkenberg and Smith are
all right. and must get the other twiri
ers In right before we start on the hrst
western trip"
Business Manager Fowler was taken
sick Saturday night, and was too Ill last
evening to accompany the Nationals to
Philadelphia 1t is nothing serious. but
the physician thought it best for MI.
Fowler to rest up for a couple of days
Clarence Jacobsen. who was with the club
during its training trip to Galveston. went
with the locals last night, and will look
after the clubs interest during the four
games in Philadelphia. Clarence knows
ill ~ ND "a
to make a good substitute for Mr.. Fowler.
9 Saturdays victory of the Nationals over
the Bostons enlivened the local fans,
very much, and The Stars score board
will be watched with great deal OF In
terest during the contests in Philadelphia.
The Star will put out the scores by
innings. and as they come by telegraph
the fans" will know what il happening
almost as soon as 1t takes place.
Base ball Is now king. it's rule is SUI
preme. FoE six months 1t will be the
ruling outdoor sport and recreation OF
the American masses. Professional and
semi-professional leagues are now in full
championship swing. college and school
competition is in active progress. while
thousands Of amateurs. unorganized In
leagues. are playing every day. Surely.
base ball is our national sport.
Although the season is yet very young,
all indications point to another strenuous
race for the championship emblem of the
American League, Accidents may put
some of the prospective contenders out of
the running later on. but even then there
will not be the slightest likelihood of q
waIk-over for any one club Judging by
the speed shown thus far by the New
Yorks and the st. Louis Browns. the deals
those clubs made after the fall meeting
were mutually advantageous. just as
Nov, MOI
tanned at the time they were made. The
Browns are just now leading the process
SION and though 1t is by a slight margin
II must be remembered that 1t has been
obtained against the strongest teams fn
the league. No matter what club happens
to win out at the finish there is every
likelihood of it having an accounting with
the Athletics. who showed their class dur
ing the past week by trimming the High
LADDERS in three Of the four games played
Every game was contested into the last
ditch, and the Athletics won q majority
of them because they had the most left
at the finish.
The college base ball season is ap-
preaching a point where the games must
begin to count forcibly in the final stand
ing of the teams. So far as can be
judged. the mines are better matched this
year than usual and the championship.
so called, is likely to be much-mooted
question. The Navy. Virginia and George
town teams have been playing promi-
nent part to date, due possibly to the fact
that they were farther advanced than
most of their opponents. by reason OF
earlier practice. The Nays victory over
the strong Pennsylvania team Saturday
was clean cut and decisives and II also
broke even with Harvard. The leading
teams in the north appear to be Fordham.
Yale, Pennsylvania, Princeton and Cor
nell, while Columbia. too, Is showing
great strength. Harvard is working along
slowly. and Is sure to be a dangerous fac
tor Brown won its first game of the sea-
son from Wesleyan Saturday, but It looks
as IL the team would not play such a
leading role this season as it did year
ago. yale is weak in the pitching de-
partment. but otherwise the team Is
strong enough to make a good fight for
the title Princeton should profit by Its
southern trip. in which she won and lost
a game to Virginia among others, and be
in the van from now on. Columbia has a
Find" in Murray Lee. a left7handed pitch
er. who is quite likely to develop into one
of the best, II not the very best twirlers
in the college world. not excepting hey
niger the Princeton star. He Is fresh
man. and pitched last year for the Horace
Mann School He had fourteen strike
outs against Georgetown. and should nave
won his game, which was lost by score
of to5 Saturday he pitched a mastery
game against Yale, but poor support ~
critical times also cost ColumDia tnat
game by the score OF to !. AFTER FOUR
teen-inning struggle.
What makes the Yankees look SO good
this year is the fact that every man. par
ticulariy the new stars secured since last
season, il bubbling over with enthusiasm