The Washington herald., 1908-08-23

. sl4DAlLlB LLE lance tL NgL04l4D4 etAst-
T good extra men for every position
/ IN speaking Of George Mcbride. don't
forget the great exhibitions the shortstop
put Up IN the Chicago and St. Louis
series.
/ Ambrose Putnam. the big Louisville
sluthpaw whom the Cincinnati Reds may
I land, holds the seasons record for shut
outs in the American Association, with
nine 70 his credit
/ When Egan allowed Cobb TO score in
the third inning. Joe CantilIon emerged
/ from the catacornbs and said things 10
the ump that would not look just right
I on q Sunday school banner
In the seventh inning. when Crawford
singled with Mcintyre on second. Clymer
made a blu6 70 throw home. but instead
( shot The ball 10 Freeman. who caught
I Crawford standing stiu OF first
I Eddie Lennox Of Rochester. will get
I another trial in the majors. This time
I with Brooklyn. His first try-oUt was
with the Philadelphia Americans. but he
failed 10 measure up 70 the standard and
was let go. re may make good this time
Although Jerry Freeman will be mar
ried tomorrow evening. he has decided 70
I postpone his honeymoon until after the
close os the season. Jerry Is playing bet
Z ter bail every DAY and would be greatly
missed Il he should leave the club at the
/ present time
| Elmer Flick is improving. and may go
I into right field for the Maps when they
: get back home. Il IS not likely that Terry
Turner VIII be used IN the infeid again
this year Il IS Manager Lajoie's inten-
tiOn % give Turner'S arm a rest for the
I present season
! Tae purchase OF these men inIi-a:es
I -zsr Cleveland viii not recall BrzsI AMI
/ Hle. Of the Akron club; Pitcher P-uitt.
I formerly OF Boston and sent 10 Toledo.
I on the American Association. o. Harry
/ Bay former star center-helder. now wiki
Z Nashville.
The following games have been ar
| ranged for the Printers Baseball Club.
+ Tuesday with Ninth Street. on Active
/ grounds az p m. Thursday. with 81.
I Elizabeth. on Asylum grounds at 5 r. m.
/ Tuesday, September !. with Fails Church.
a; West End.
/ Wltse and Nathews0n VIII be used ny
the Giants in the first two games against
the Pirates II a dOuble-headeT Is played
. tomorrow they VIII both work the same
day. and whichever one look the best
against tLe Plttsburgers will be sent right
+ back on Wed1esday-
. Although Jack EEans work yesterday
" poor. 10 -ra-ts L--E Alat
known among ball players as one OF the
. sQuarest men in the business. and his
/ average work is considerably better than
that Cf some OF the others who were IN
. the business Ions before Egan started
Certain critics have been predicting
+ that the Pirtsburg Pirates were due Tor
+ a T010gELn trip They have been well
started on the journey, and Il Is for New
I York and Philadelphia. which VIII play
f the Pirates this week % make the.-
slide down the chute a very speedy one
Pitcher Durham. OF Indianapolis. who
F has been purchased by the Giants. pitch
. eE a good game for his team against Nil
E vzukee Wednesday afternoon IN a6di-
I ton 20 holding the Brewers down % four
E hits. he made Two OF the SIX hits which
/ his own team got. and one OF the only
I Two runs scored in the game
: C-y6e Milan watched yesterdays game
f from -le grand stand his ankle was
. badly wrelched in Fridays game. and he
& does not expect 10 be able % play again
for ten DAYS The theory about hi~ ln-
j1-ins mis- ankle by hitting the bag was
. exploded when Milan explained that il
was the leg away from the sack tlat
. was the one hurt
. Il was not expected with the lead which
PitrsbGrg had q little more than a week
ll.-N Ll-ea -lEH a--e -t1- y 4--a-
. playing AZ home against Eastern teams
. That they. should be ted al this STAGE
caused greater announcement % the fol-
. lowers Of the PhiLlles and Giants These
teams expected 70 make their best gains
. against the Pirates in Septenbe-- Thanks
E % Boston and Brooklyn. they are antici-
patilg Father Time BY about two weeks.
. With but one moath Of the American
Association schedule remaining the race
has narrowed down 10 Louisville. IN
5iarapo-is. and Toledo. with Columbus
trailing along an uncertain outsider The
crucial period Of the struggle lies in the
/ present road tour which the first three
named teams now are taking The club
that best survives this trip Is likely 70
f capture the coveted flag Just now all
+ three are 50 closely punched that there IS
3 practically little advantage for any one.
Aside from the terrific strain. caused
E hy the cIcseness Of the National League
. Peuranr race, the present season prom
1ses 70 be O hard one 90 the managers Of
al least the lrst division teams The
f-aI spuTr for The horors is 50 close
t-zr neither Managers Murray. Chance.
0-ctSraw. or Clarke are willing 70 take
. any chances II trying out any new and
? uns0pListicated material that they may
have on hand As a result the present
season wiz. ia all probability. close with
the rew players still en.gmas so far as
I the leading major league clubs are con
cerEed-
{ Since the Athletics returned from their
. recent disastrous Western "Trip they have
shown something like their last season 8
form and have been setting a pace that
aUgurs III fer the leaders when they 80
{ 70 Columbia Park The Athletics may be
: out Of this seasons race. but from the
z form shown in recent games they promise
! 10 be somewhat OF a factor in the de-
: termination Of this years pennant- It
Is hard 70 understand why the team die
not make a better showing West, as they
Z have PLAYED fast and consistent ball at
home against the Browns. but luck must
Z have broken badly for them on foreign
: diamonds or else the missed the encour-
{ agemelt OF the home crowd
The most remarkable thing about the
Phillies' jump toward the front in the
National League race is the fact that not
: one Of Manager 1Iurray's men IS in the
80 batting class Silent John Titus is
the best sticker OF the club, and his
average with the stick is 2S5. The next
best batsman Of the Philadelphia club is
Sherwood NaEee. who has 8 percentage
/ OF "a Bransdeld comes next with 80.
with Osborne fifth. with 80. The figures
Of the other Philadelphia players are:
Doom. -247. a gain Of eight points; Moran.
/ -Z33. JackEtsch. "a. Grant IA a loss OF
one: Krabe. -. loss Of one. Courtney.
Z I12 as against .1]4 last week. NcQuiileu.
. .165. a loss OF five; Sparks, -oe0. a gain Of
90
-'Wheo I first came into the National
( League I was q good hitter" says Joe
{ Tinker. Of the Chicago club I then used