The Washington herald., 1908-07-30
BASEBALL NOTES.

The Nationals open q series at Chicago
this afternoon.
OF Mathewson's five defeats Pittsburg
has scored three
The PhHiies have won eight Of the last
nine games from st. Louis, in the Ma
uonal League.
Wood, the. kansas City pitcher. is
spoken Of highly by Addie Joss the
Cleveland expert
The Boston American League Cub has
loaned Pitcher Hartman to the Lynn
New England League) club
Cravath is the only one OF the Pacific
coast phenoms that John I. Taylor bought
who is stiI with Boston
The three leaders in the National
League each won their game yesterday,
so the standing remains the same
''Ty'' Cobb's brother Paul Is another
hopeful He is hitting well for the Jop-
In club In the Western Association
Manager McAIeer. Of the Browns. has
been trying 20 purchase the release Of
Catcher Mig" Clarke. Of the Cle-eiands-
Tim Murnene. Of Boston. says that
Mcconnell IS the best base runner in the
country and that Lord is the best bunter
Spencer. OF the St Louis Browns. IS
said 70 be throwing more accurately just
now than any other catcher In the Amer
ican League
4 glance at the averages explains why
the Tigers lead their league They have
three men batting over the -30o mark
Ditto Pirtsburg.
Jake Beckley dislocated his left ankle
while making a fast play az first base
for Kansas City. He viii not be able
10 play for some time.
Bunk" CongaIton, the former big
leaguer, now with Columbus. has been
suspended for three days by President
O'Brien. OF the American Association. for
abusive talk TO Umpire Hayes
Presidents Of the local amateur leagues
are losing a lot Of valuable time By fall
ing 20 get together and arrange for the
pOst-seaSOn series while there are plenty
Of open dates at National Park available.
Willie Keller has been the shining star
Of the Yankees since their invasion Of
the West He Is hitting in his old time
form. getting one or more hits in each
OF the games he played against the
Tigers.
Umpire Sullivan. formerly OF the East
ern League. is now al a sanltauum In
Detroit. Some time ago Sullivan had a
nliX-up IN q Newark billiard rOCT1 and
was hit in the head with a billiard cue
by some one in the party
The New York baseball writer's claim
the batting between Mike Donlin and
Ty Cobb in the worlds series viii be
worth seeing The Cobb end may be
20. k. but they are in wrong on the
Donlin theory. It's Wagner.-Pittsburg
sun.
Roy Thomas. Of Pittsburg has been
carrying q broken rfb around for week
without knowing H. He vas injured IN
the Brooklyn game at Exposition Park
last Thursday and that accident demon
strated 10 the complete satisfaction OF
all the other Pirates that Thomas is
made OF the right stun
Kansas Citys share OF the gate re-
ceipts OF Sundays game al Nell Park.
Kansas City. we're attached by Tate
Cromley. former pitcher for that club.
for the amount OF $3.50 CrOmley al
leges that salary is sEfu due him and he
has taken this method 70 get pay, which
Tebeau has refused, according 10 the
petition sled
The days OF superstition among base
ban players have not passed and many
of the big league stars stiu carry about
with them charms against the -'hoodoo,~
no matter how cumbersome the object
may be. and as long as they are success
ful they VIII cling 20 their '-good-iucl''
totem with secret glee. John Titus. the
fast left fielder Of the PhiIlies. who has
been hitting above the 80 mark this sea-
son. and looks good 10 90 even higher IN
the batting averages. collects women's
haiTpins which he finds on the streets. At
present he has one-pound bundle. and
he is on the hunt for more They are
all sizes and shapes. but It makes no
difference 10 silent John" he is getting
the 'bfngles" and be gathers his good
luck charms daily.
New York has raised a howl about
baseball methods IN Detroit. and II the
kick IS justified there can be no penalty
too severe for the Detroit management.
It IS alleged by Manager EIber.eld that
a phoney bah was put in in Saturdays
contest Cobb hit the alleged RABBIT
/ BALI for three bases and virtually broke
up the contest Elberfeld protested az
once. and Umpire Evans removed the ball
under discussion and viii dissect the
same II il proves other than a reguia-
ton bail severe penalty should attach
70 the Detroit club. Instances Of this
kind are rare in the major leagues. hut
even infrequent repetition would bring
the game into disrepUte- Il IS likely that