Evening star., 1909-06-14
NATIONALS RENEW
BATTLE WITH TIGERS
Gray Will Be on the Rubber
Today and Hot Game
Is Promised.

: The doUnpour of rain last night made
/ the ground very soft at American League
& Park this morning. but the sun came
ON hot and was drying UP things at
n rapid rate by noon. Manager can
ti1lon and his crew reported at the park
and managed 10 get In a couple hours
4 warm work The sun appeared fearfully
hot 10 the players and everybody lost
i little time getting under the cool shower
baths at the close of practice
Manager Cantillon said that Gray had
renorted TO him in good shape and he
: would work the left-hander against the
/ Tigers this afternoon The entire team
feels full of confidence. and continual
ton OF Saturdays good work is looked
for
: Manager Jennings said last evening that
he would work either Sugss, who nm
ished up Saturdays game. or Wliletts.
The latter has been going well this sea-
son for the Tigers. and the locals VIII
have hard battle TO trim him.
George Mullin worked his way down
stairs last evening at the Arlington, but
when seen by a Star reporter was IN any
S.. thing but good shape II VIII De Week
before the clever pitcher Is rlsht again.
which is some luck for the locals. as Dig
George is in prime shape and pltchlng
the game of his life. Mullln laughed at
the report that he had ptomaine poison
ing as he had eaten nothing to give II
= TO him.
nothing else" said Mulln. 1T caught
me FIVE years ago. and | was out or II
for two weeks, so that | know the symp-
toms.
irr a n
l think I can get ready to face the Wash
ingtons Tuesday. | am particularly an
ious to go against the team here, as your
: boys have soaked me pretty hard When
even up things. My arm is in splendid
shane. and before I got this sick spell
had confidence enough to think l could
beat any one. The boys back of me have
: been PLAYING great ball, and have prom
ised to help me make a record of fifteen
straight.
Charley OLeary was almost as bad off
as Mulin yesterday, and was just able
to walk around last night.
/. .'Of course. ii is the water, said Char-
lev "and visiting clubs will get wise
some day and carry with them water In
bottles that they are used to drinking.
:. With one-third of the championship sea-
son practically spent, pretty fair line
NAV now be obtained upon the probable
: -contenders in both the American and
National League races. In the latter race
there now seem to be but two CLUBS
!. .Pittsburg and Chicago. Unless there Is
AN extraordinary brace made by the clubs
below them. they are bound to finish one
two. with the apparent chances favoring
sPittsburg to win the championship at the
finish Last year the Pirates were ap-
parently the strongest aggregation at the
close. and this year they seem to have
something on the Cubs and a great deal
.on the Giants. all of whom figured in the
great triangular finish.
In the American League race all the
contenders are more closely punched,
only 2oS points separating Detroit from
Washington, while 43S points separate
Pittsburg and Boston in the National.
The Detroit champions still hold COM
Portable lead. the result of their almost
clean sweep over the western clubs In
the early series. The Athletics are
about three full games back of the
champions and about two games in front
of New York. while the latter is only
four points in front of Boston. The
Washingtons' two victories over the De-
troiters came at the right time, and
will invest this weeks games with more
than ordinary interest.
Much has been written and said lately
about the undue Importance of what
many are plea sed TO call inside base
ball Too much cannot be said in favor
of the men who by their quick wit and
keen perception emphasize from time 10
time the value of knowing and under
standing the finer points of base ball
Willie Keeler furnished a good example
Of this Thursday. when he deliberately
allowed a foul ball to deep right field to
drop safely in order to prevent run
ner scoring on the throw-in. 1t was not
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