Evening star., 1909-05-03

Snow f1urries and Ty Cohb's catch were
features CT the Detroit-Chicago game yes
terday. and yesterday was May .
Elberfeld is the keystone OF the New
York American infield. and without him
the structure is not nearly so strong.
Hans Wagner is dead e''-News
item! Give US a team of such dead ones
He only stole second. third and home in
Chicago yesterday and got three hits
The Browns made eight hits i'm the
three games against the White Sox for
grand total of no runs Their hitting
per game was to their scoring as 2-3 to
an aching void.
Stars who have been out of the game
more or less from physical disabilities
this season are Chase. Elberfeld Brid-
well. Doyle. Seymour. Hemphili. Turner.
Thoney. Bradley, johnson, Bresnahan.
Lumley and Schultz.
Abstein. who seems to be filling the
bill at first for the Pirates is the sixth
first sacker that team has had i'm as
many years. Between Bransficld and Alb
stein. Nealon. Storke, Kane, Swacina anu
Gill have played the bag
So far this season two home runs have
been tabled TO the Giants credit and
Red Murray has made them both. Mur-
ray made seven homers i'm the whole OF
the last campaign.
What is the National League comm.
to? Not a Casey. DAILY. Kelly or OBrien
in the present membership. and only
few years ago these honored families
were as numerous as chickens round
farmyard.
Jake Beckley has played In but four
games in the American Association hut
in those games he has annexed bat
ting average Of 800 Jake has been six
teen times at bat, secured eight hits in
Guiding a double. and has scored three
runs.
Bush. the Tigers young shortstop is
not doing much hitting. but is scoring
plenty of runs. while his fielding is a
great feature of the daily play.
The one big enigma in base ball Just
now is that which confronts Jimmy Nc
Aleer with reference to Dode Criss. What
swatting Texan? Dode is some sweet
slugger. but that's all he can do.
The only teams in the big leagues not
shut out Yet are the Detroits. cincin-
natis and Cardinals. The Washingtcns
have been blanked twice. the White Sox
once. the Athletics once. the Red Sox
once the Cleveands once. the Browns
lilTee times ana the iilgnlanderS once.
In the National League the Pirates have
been goose-egged twice. the Giants three
times. the Brooklyns once, the Phillies
once. the Cubs once and the Bostons
three times.
Have you noticed that few games have
been played In either big league thus far
this spring faster than two hours? This
is due to the fact that the season is
young and the players work slowly and
cautiously. especially the pitchers. who
are taking no chances on injur;ns their
heaving wings.
Modest Johnny Evers. He the Reds
and Cubs play their double-hesder the
other day and said afterward that he was
for himself the way Zimmerman was go
ing II Johnny has become superf,uous
for the Cubs there arc clubs tina. will I've
willing to find regular berth for h m
Mack. Cantllon. McAleer.. Bresnahan.
Clarke and some seven others.
Arthur Hilebrand. the former Princeton
pitcher. alter refusing all along to play
with the American League. and not even
replying 70 dozen or more letters writ
ten to him by Frank Farrell. had the
nerve TO write to the latter this spring
and ask for his release He wanted to
play with semi-professional team
around Chicago. he said. AS Farrell had
been to some expense to get the man he
wrote back suggesting that Hillebrand
buy his release. To this there was no
reply.
Washington Varsity Crews.
SEATTLE. Wash. May 3.-Accordiny
to the present plans of Rowing Coach
Hiram B. Conibear of Washington uni-
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