The Washington herald., 1908-08-30
GOSSIP FOR BASEBALL FANS

Il was a sad series for Latoie and his
pe1nant aspirations
Manager 1IcAIeer. Of the Browns. says
thar with Stone. Ee-drick. and Schweitz=r
n his oUtfeld he would not trade with
Detroit
Danz!g has improved wonderfully this
season with the Portland tOregJ club.
and VIII be with the Boston Red SoX
next spring
Tie RUbes are stan coming iuto the
game TIE last one annexed Is Rube
Ellis. The her5-h.rr5lg left fielder Of the
Les Angeles club. signed by Cincinnati
While the Caicsgo White Sox are win
Ming with surprising regularity. the
Tigers. Browns. and Maps are finding the
going rather rough. The SlX nailed two
from the yielding Yankees yesterday
q Al present there are just ten men play
Ing in the American League who were
with that organization Al the START BIZ
CoUghl1l. OF the T gers. IS one OF these.
and it IS now reported that he is % be
be1che5.
II the Nationals can continue the pace
they have set lately they should be able
70 pass the AIcGuire-ess Boston club be-
fore lonE- Thus far this season the Red
SoN have been rather easy picking for
the locals
All ye pitchers Of fame. list 10 what a
minor has accomplished Twe-ry-six
strlze-outs I- one game and only one hit
Pitcher Tim CIisham. Of the Baltimore
Paw-Paw A c.. recently defeated the
Ironsi5e a c Q % o By accomplishing
this feat
No prophet can predict the winner OF
the triangular battle which has just been
begun between New York. Pit-sbu-z. and
Chicago. and one guess Is as good as an
other From this distance Il looks as #
PittsbUrg had shot its bolt and is wait
ing 10 get its second wind
Secretary J. Y Basseu. OF the CoIuua-
bus Board Of Trade. wired the Columbus
champions that suitable medals would be
given the members os the team = they
succeeded n winning 2 fourth pennan-
The team was couEra culaced for its fine
playing and gallant fglt 20 gain the top
Catcher Eddie Hayden. the ex-NatioaaI
who has been with Kansas CITY about
two months. was given his fun .pay check
and sent % his home IN Indianapolis He
VIII remain there for the balance Of the
season and the coming winter HAYDEN
has been OF little use to the Blues be-
cause he has q bad throwing arm. He
has not been released.
II is reported that Clarke Griffith is try
ing 20 purchase the Denver club. OF the
Western League. which is owned BY
President George Tebeau. OF the Kansas
City Blues Griffith has been wanting TO
buy q team in a minor league ever since
he resigned as manager Of the New York
Highlsnders- He thinks he can settle
down in a town Ike Denver and make
some coin
Once more the Chicago Cubs routed
the New York Giants The Cubs are now
tied with Pitrs5urg. and can be depended
upon 70 put up mighty good fight for
the pennant- During the last few weeks
Chances men have suffered greatly be
cause OF uishaps 10 the regulars, and
now that they have straightened out in
the home stretch. they are able 10 do
their best
There seems 70 be an idea that CLAYTON
Perry. the former Wisconsin University
third-sacher. who played for Montgomery
this year. and who is due in Detroit. is
TO take BIZ COushlin's place as soon as
he reports This IS far from true Cough
lin viii sJiu hold the JOB. but Perry Will
be carefully watched by Jennings for an
other year 10 come He viii probably
go in as a substitute II Bill does not i'm
prove in his play--Detroit News
Things come pretty soft for some folks.
Emmet Heldrick- Of St Louis. remained
out Of baseball four years. On bended
knee, or words 10 that effect. jim Nc
Alcer inplored him to return and help
the Browns skin the Tigers Heidrick
for working from now until October 5.
viii draw. Il IS said. 5000 In addition
to that, he stands a chance Of participat-
ing in the money the Browns may win in
the post-seaSOn series. providing. OF
course, that they win the pennant.
There cannot be any more sales in the
minors now until after the drafting sea
son ends. so the magnates are on the
anxious seat for time 10 find out whom
the majors are going TO take away from
them. although only one player can be
drafted from each club in Class A leagues.
It is estimated that the American Asso-
ciation viii be Ticner by about $4,000
from the sale OF players alone TO the
major leagues and II eight should be
drafted. one from each club. it would add
another $1,000 70 the amount.
Baseball history shows that the present
season viii IN all probability be the first
since the renewal Of the worlds cham
pionshiP series that the winners Of the
American and National leagues pennants
have met on something Ike even terms.
Since and including 1895 the senior major
league champions have won their pen
nants without having TO fight for Il TO a
finish. such as is the case this season. In
other words. New York IN 1895 and Chi
cago IN the two succeeding years walked
away from their co-leaguers. This gave
the Giants and the Cubs a certain ad-
vantage over the Athletics White Sox.
and Detroit, and in all except one in
stance this handicap has had a telling
effect upon the ultimate winning OF the
worlds title.