The Washington herald., 1909-06-24
BASEBALL NOTES
AND COMMENT


Irish Sweeney played on the initial bag
for the Highlanders yesterday.
Warhop has hit eight men already this
season Dangerous child that
Tigers made It i've straight against the
Browns yesterday. Keep il Up. ye cham
pions. were for you,
PurteI Is playing far better game FOR
the Sox this season. In yesterdays game
he batted out three hits.
Manning OF the New York Americans,
allowed only nine runs IN eight games.
which is pitching some very capable ball
Speaker. OF Boston. holds fairly good
gait at the bat, though nothing Ike his
april slugging, while his delding is spien-
did
Even the mighty Hal Chase feI down
fl yesterdays contest. Two errors for
the greatest Of 'em aIl IS something un-
usual
The Baltimore scribes are loud IN their
praise OF Len STANLEY. the Washington
boy who is serving EN- over for the
Orioles.
Grant. Of Philadelphia. IS soaking the
leather with awful vigor and has hoisted
himself into The 800 class by his furious
eNertions.
Il took the Reds 70 take a fan out OF
the worlds champions Clark Griffith Is
sure getting wonderful results with his
team OF youngsters.
Boston saved up ice Wood all through
the early season When he was finally
turned loose on The Athletics he stopped
them with two hits.
Street has improved wonderfully since
be first broke into fast company al Gin
cinnati. lie vas raw there. Now he Is
one Of the finest Catchers IN either league.
Stanage. formerly Of Newark. now OF
Detroit, Keeps right on hitting. How on
earth does this fellow. who VAS a batting
frcst n the minors. hit them 50 hard IN
fast company?
Crawford. The big fellow who is touted
as Ty CObb's superior. slUgged the ball
fer keeps IN yesterdays game Three
twO-baggers AID a single were rhe result
of his Efforts in yesterdays game
Doc White made his first error in yes
. terday's game against Ihe Maps TIE
F. local boy failed 20 get a hit fo- the first
. tine IN the past seven days. An or day.
but the S0X Won So what's the din2
joke on Bres1ahan- lie went 10 center
and sent Phelps IN 20 90 all the catching.
on she theory that this would improve
TIC batting. and Phelps Immediately pro-
ceeded % fan down IN the stick work 20
utter nothingness
Look al that guy initiating Chase. %
said The bleachers IN New YORK, as Jiggs
I Donohue brought of q couple of fsncy
plays out IN Chicago. where Jiggs per
formed 50 long, they think x IS a case OF
Chase initiating D0nOhue-
Twenty-eight hits. nineteen runs. and
thirteen errors were made in yesterdays
game between the Red S0x and The n yh-
landeTs. which went TIE way of the for
mer BY "a 20 :. Looks Ike those High
. landers are false alarms II is % wait
The members OF the Princeton baseball
pine elected their captain for next year
after the game with Yale. Dawson. the
catcher. was che player chosen. tlere be-
I ins no opposition Dawson also is a foot
BAN PLAYER. having been substitute quar-
ter back 20 Eddie Dillon for the last two
seasons He VIII be a senior next year.
The Tigers have followed the lead started
by the Athletics and have secured their
own grounds in Detroit Frank J. Navin
and William TawSey. pr0prietors Of the
Detroit American LeagCe Baseball Club.
have obtained complete possession OF Ben
nsCI Park. where the Detroit games. have
been played for several years They Sc
cured half interest 81 The property sew
eral months ago from Mrs Elizabeth Bur-
rel. Of New York City. for $3.50. and me
I price paid FOR the remaining half Interest
Z that they purchased recently was 55.O11