The Washington herald., 1908-04-29
CAUGHT ON THE FLY.

This is ladies' day at Union Park.
Brooklyn at Union Park to-day at 40
The Nationals have passed over last
place to Detroit.
Bill shipke led the Nationals at the bat
with three hits.
The Metropolitan and Chevy Chase
clubs play at National Park this after
noon.
The latest reports say Elmer Flick may
be unable 10 play with Cleveland before
six weeks.
Ben Stanley the Washington boy. is
pitching winning ball for Montreal. in
the Eastern League.
About 20.000 fans are already armed
with The Washington Herald's American
and Union League schedules.
Arthur Irwin has released Pitcher Phe-
Ian and Infielder Clarke. Neither man
showed much promise in the early games.
Leaden skies once more conspired
against the local Bandits yesterday II
looked like rain up to the time the game
started.
Morgan Murphy, the once famous major
league catcher, is now in the real estate
business in East Providence and is we'll
fixed.
The Ohio and Pennsylvania League will
open its season tomorrow, and the Penn
sylvania and West Virginia will hoist the
curtain on Friday.
Milan is doing so well that Canlillon is
keeping Pickering on the bench in order
that the veteran round into perfect shape
before getting back into the game.
Next TO King and Bresnahan. Tad
Jones, of Yale, is the best chatcher in the
United States" says the veteran Dan
Brouthers. Pretty high tribute to the col
legian.
Western papers say that Detroit fans
have the hammer out already for Hugh
Jennings, the man who could have had
the city hall for the asking last fall.
How fckle the nature Of the fan!
Only ten runs were scored in the three
games of the Georgetown Virginia series.
Georgetown made eight and Virginia two.
Cantillon viii probably use Bill Burns
against the Athletics this afternoon.
Manager Camel. OF the Reds, has been
notified that he owes the National League
SO for his conversation with Umpire
Rigler some days ago. John was put out
of the game for conversing too volubly.
Foolish base running has cut of a half
dozen runs for the Yankees this spring
With one out on two occasions Niles tried
to score from third on little infield taps
One was a bOunder into the pitchers
hands.
St Paul needs pitchers. kilograms
have been sent TO all the managers in
the big leagues. The only favorable reply
was from the Chicago Cubs. President
Murphy offered Jack Harper to the
Saints, but Harper is not in condition.
The Rochester club is made up this sea-
son mostly Of ex-Gnajor league material,
and in the bunch can be found Duggleby.
Anderson, and Clancy. once with Pitts
burg; Erving. from Detroit; Lenox and
Henley. from the Athletics, and Holly.
from st. Louis.
Doc" Reisling, of Reading, Is pitcher
who would be in the American or Ma
tional League were not that he jumped
Brooklyn to go into the Tri-State League.
On his form of yesterday he should rank
among the leading tWirlers Of the Union
League.
Manager Billy Murray, of the Philadel-
phia team, is having a heap of trouble
this season with his pitchers. and q major
| league team without high-class slab men
| is much like a table without legs. Warm
weather is Murray's hope, as his twirlers
may loosen up for active work.
Hugh Duffy has won the hearts of
every lover Of baseball in Providence,
as was demonstrated by the splendid
turnout OF the best people of Little Rhody
| last Thursday. The native SON. counts
for much in the Narragansett district.
and Duffy's chances for making a snug
fortune out Of the game now look prom
| ising.
MeGraw is said to be using his old
| tactics on the coaching lines TO rattle
! pitchers. and 1t is predicted that he will
hear the command. You're out of the
game" just a trihe oftener this season
than he did last year. when he kept
himself in rather close juxtaposition with
the players bench, allowing other MEM
bers Of the team to do the coaching.