Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-05-21

Tomorrow will be ladies day at Ameri-
can League Park. with the celebrated
Tigers as an attraction.
If Manager Jennings will Obligingly
send a right -hander to the rubber today
the series. something we haven't done this
season.
The Champions are certainly an attrac-
ton in this town with Bill Coughlin on
third. Dutch Schaeffer on second and
Ty Cobb in the outfeld. 1t Is reported
that every Michigan employee under the
government has asked for leave this af-
ternoon.
place and the Browns have regained
their old foothold on the fourth rung OF
the ladder. II is certainly a great race
and every game counts.
Our old friend Buck Freeman is having
tough time in striking his best gait this
spring. In twenty-four games the sage
of Wilkesharra has clipped off fourteen
hits and has percentage of 10 only.
ing better on the infield than he eyer did
before He is short. and loses line hlts
that sail too high for him. but there is
nothing on the ground which he will not
face, and although he has peculiar
way Of getting rid of the ball when he
throws he manages to get it to first In a
hurry.
A few of our American League man.
ayers should have berths in the South
canned an umpire because Augusta OBJ
jec,ed to several of his decisions.
Over in Detroit the scribes are breaking
out into verse on the valiant swatting OF
Tyrus Cobb Wait till Manning stacks
Park. Wouldn't it be awful II Griffith
used the youngster against the Tigers on
Flag day?
Hugh s. Fullerton. the Chicago base
ball scribe. had better steer clear of
Brooklyn Here's what Hugh had to say
after Saturdays game In the Windy
city: Browns arm is gone. He let the
Dodgers make hit off him.
League pennant this year his job might
be good for about six billions of acres of
pasture lands In the Canadian Northwest,
Some influential government officials are
directly interested in the Royals. Jimmie
might as we'll have 1t as the Grand Trunk
Pacific.
McGraw once said that If he gave 5000
for Raymond people would apply the cpl
tibet Bugs to him (McGraw) instead of
to the erratic twirler of the Cardinals
Raymond got even for this yesterday by
shutting out the Giants. to o. He allowed
the New Workers bat three scattered hits.
the first of which came In the second
The Boston papers are severely CRITICS
ing Coughlin of Detroit for pulling of the
old hidden ball trick on Cy Young. One
or the scribes says II was efiicacious but
not ethical. When told this this morning
Coughlin refused to talk for publication
He said he would see the writer OF them
words personally.
Dutch" Schaefer may be a scrapper. a
disturber and all that. but the Washing
ton fans are for him. He has his heart in
the game at all times. and there is no,
one drop of vicious bloci in his makeup
Without Dutch" the Tigers would have
hard job being considered as even a
dangerous factor for the rag.
Looks like they are digging all over the
country from Laporte. Ind. to Baltimore
They have just unearthed old WILDER,
Robinson down there, and he is going tt
catch for the Orioles this year Can yo,
beat that? Robbie was catcher of the
famous Baltimore team which won the
National League psnnant three times