The Washington herald., 1908-07-06
BASEBALL NOTES.


L. II. N.-The run does not count. 1t
was made on the out.
c. A. Ut is not an earned run, as It
was an error thai made It possible.
Jerry Freeman did some tall fielding
during the series with the Yankees.
The St. Paul club Is outhltting all others
In the American Association at the pres
ent time.
While Jim Delehanty is missed. Dave
Altizer is putting up a fast game az sec
ond base.
Billy shipke is developing into some
base -stealer. All OF the New York catch
ers last week looked the same 20 Willie.
Friends OF McAleer in Youngstown.
Ohio. have raised a purse Of 5000 to bet
St. Louis wins the American League pen
nant
With the release OF Hess, Cleveland
finds itself the only big league club in
the country that does not possess a
southpaw.
The White Sox will arrive here late to-
night. The double-header tomorrow viii
start at o'clock Bill Burns will pitch
one Of the games.
George Speer. OF the Wichita Western
Association ball club, has been sold 10 the
Detroit Americans. Speer will report 10
the management August 10
The man who never makes an error or
mistake is the man who never makes
play worth while. But don't cultivate the
error habit.-Detroit Journal
Connie Mack it Is reported. has gotten
another star IN Frank Manush. OF the Co
lumbus club OF the Cotton States League.
Man1sh has led the league in batting for
this season.
According to a Lynn paper. negotiations
are under way and nearly completed for
the enga cement OF Candy Lachance. for
merly OF the Boston Americans, 10 play
first base and captain the Lynn club.
John T. Brush. president OF the New
York National League club. has author
lied Manager John McGraw 20 90 the
limit In his efforts 90 purchase Clyde
Engle, the big third baseman Of the New
ark Eastern Leaguers.
Bender. Of the Athletics. famed Thoney,
OF Boston, three times Thursday. only
nine balls being pitched When Thoney
came TO bat again. Bender put two
strikes over, but on the next ball the Bos-
tonian landed for three-bagger.
Louis W. Thiel, OF Spokane. has re-
! ceived a commission from KID Brans-
field. first baseman for the Nationals OF
Philadelphia. who desires TO figure In the
Northwestern League as a magnate. also
making Spokane the recruiting station for
Philadelphia
Tinker. OF the Chicago Nationals. went
from June TO July making but one
error. His slip-up came Monday, after he
had gone twenty-five errorless games.
His last mistake had been in the ninth in
ming OF the June ! game. In the twenty
two games Tinker had accepted rs
chances perfectly at shortstop.
r. W. Collins. of Burlington. Vt. who
is pitching on the Bangor baseball team
in the Maine League, has received an
offer from the Boston Americans He will
consult his parents first. as he has vet
one year more before graduation in the
University OF Vermont Collins is regard
ed as one OF the best pitchers in the East
ern colleges.
Philbin, the Yale first baseman. is in a
serious condition at his home in New
York He was spiked IN one Of the
Princeton games and bad case Of blood
poisoning developed. Philbin played in
the first Harvard game. and wore a shin
guard over the injured leg. Philbin is de-
pended upon by Yale as one Of the leading
backs on the football eleven next fall.
Connie Mack has a big list Of college
men. There are Eddie Collins, of Column
bia: Plank. of Gettysburg: Bender. OF
Carlisle; Coombs, of Colby; Powers. OF
Notre Dame, and Files, Of Bowdoin. In
addition. Sox Seybold took a correspond
ence course in pinochle, while Topsy
Hartsel has read Three Weeks "-Phila-
delphia North American.
To have set a strike-out record OF nine
teen and then TO have lost the game was
the experience Of Pitcher Jacobson. of the
Orion team in the Illinois League, in a
game against Sherrard. The score was
3 TO l, but all Of Sherrard's runs were
scored on errors. FIVE misplays being
charged 10 the fielders behind the remark
able young pitcher. Sherrard got only
five hits.
The Cleveland pitching staff does not
look any too good just now A week ago
il showed up much stronger. Now. Joss
is suffering with a lame arm; Chech has
not shown anything for two weeks. Ber-
ger has been bumped hard the last three
times he pitched; Thielman Is an in-and-
outer; Ryan has yet TO show. That leaves
Rhoades and Liebhardt as the two fling
ers upon whom Cleveland must rely until
To-. H.