The Washington herald., 1909-08-10
BASEBALL NOTES
AND COMMENT
Ty Cobb got two hits.

Another for the Athletics.
Wee Willie" Keller made two hits, two
runs. and two put-outs.
Baker. OF the Philadelphia Americans.
smashed out home run.
Detroit made eight errors. a record that
Washington's team has never established.
Seventeen thousand piled into shibe
Park 70 see the Detroit Philadelphia
battle.
BY winning yesterday the New York
Americans tied the Chicago White Sex
for fifth place
Falkenberg. the Human Darning Needle,
lete OF the Nationals, was beaten BY the
Hlghlanders.
Maddox. Wilson. Clarke. and Leach, Of
Pittsburg. each made three hits OF the
Boston pitchers yesterday.
Krause had the Jennings tribe buhaloed
to a stendstin yesterday. tanning eight
OF the Michigan combination
But seven hits were made IN the game
between Brooklyn and Chicago. which
was won by the Dodgers. ? 10 O.
Goode, OF Cleveland. failed to get a hit.
and his team only made three safe swats
of Pitcher WarhOp OF New York.
Detroit played miserable ball yester-
day. and did not exhibit the snap and
dash that has made them great bah
team.
Joe Martini at New Orleans. has made
new record for the baseball throw, hurl-
ms the sphere lSS yards ? feet and ?
inches.
It will be news 10 some Of the bugs that
Daredevil Dave Altizer, OF the White
Stockings, is the champion ice cream
eater Of the American League.
Doyle. of the Giants. made three hits.
one Of them a three-bagger. His batting
won the game for New York, he parIic-
ipating in three OF their four TALES.
The Pirates were certainly going soma
when they piled Up ten runs on the Bos-
ton troupe. The Smoky City aggrega-
ton made seventeen hits. Wowl
Hughey Jennings thinks he has secured
permanent successor to Claude Ross
man IN Johnnie Ness, Of the Madison
(Wis.) club, The price paid by the Tigers
is said to be 1890.
George Schlei. catcher Of the Giants,
who has been in the big leagues more
years than most Of the players In fast
company have been IN baseball, says that
the Cubs will beat the Pirates out for the
pennant and make tho remarkable record
OF three worlds championships in row.
Joe Cantillon. now that he has no show
Of getting higher than eighth place, should
begin to try out material for next year.
Connie Mack did that last season when
he saw he could not connect, and he has
hustling young ball club which is test.
ing Detroits power TO stay at the top
New York Mail
There are but ten points separating the
Athletics and Tigers, and another game
to-day. Nearly all the fans in Washing
ton are pulling for the Philadelphia nine,
because they would like 10 see Connie
Macks bunch OF youngsters make good,
and because many fans here would like
to journey to the Quaker City TO see the
post-season series.
A Pittsburg exchange prOphesies Hans
Wagner viii soon be seen covering the
initial sack for the Pirates. First it was
Honus, the greatest of outfelders: now.
H. is Honus. the king OF shortstops, and
soon it Will be Honus. the best OF first
baseman. After taking Fly at the right
hand corner for a year so just 10 make
Hal Chase look ike q bush Lacquer, the
covetous Dutchman will transfer himself
to second and third in succession. just
TO show that Pfeffer. Lajoie, Collins, and
Denny were never In the running.