Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-07-22

shane it means a great deal to the White
Sox, as a rest up will soon put old Is
bell in prime condition again.
That was a great battle in the Bank
ers' League and the tie should be played
off, as no time was set for the end of
the season.
Pitcher Havalik has also been returned
to the minors by Manager Cantlllon, and
the "kid' may come again with little
more seasoning.
The scouts are making a big mistake in
overlooking the Tri-State League. There
are more good players up in Pennsyl-
vania right now than in any other state.
Infielder Jack Carr. the Northeast boy.
has drifted back east again and is now
with Winchester Jack was once the star
of the American Association, and has
only been playing eight years. There
should be some good ball in the boy yet.
Mathewson's injured finger is not brok-
en-, merely split in the feshy part, and
the chances are that Matty will be in
the box in one Of the Chicago games this
week.
The report that the wages of sin is
death seems to have been exaggerated.
We do not know where ball players go
when they are good, but the bad ones
are presented with a trip to Mount
Clemens.
Going I'D, Kitty. Eleven hits in six
games not only has placed Bransfield in
the 100 class, but he will be at Wasners
heels unless the mighty one gets going
pretty soon. And Kitty made two bril-
liant stops and we'll timed throws to
Moore yesterday, too.
The Highlanders closed their engage
ment i'm Detroit yesterday and had bad
day two ways They were shut out and
lost fifth place, the White Sox breaking
the tie by downing the Washingtons. The
Bcstons were worsted in Cleveland.
The late Frank Selee, the old Boston
and Chicago manager. made a first
baseman out of Frank Chance. The lat
ter had been a catcher. Selee brought
Tinker, Evers, Reulbach. Killing and
Lundgren to the club
It is said at Hartford, Conn, that
the Boston Nationals are to pay $4,000
is to join Dovey's team at the end OF
the season, and that Tom Mccarthy,
who reports to the Connecticut League
leaders at once, is thrown in.
Back to the tall and uncut for Rube
Maruuard! His friends have been beef
ing ever since the season opened that
the Giants never gave him any sort of
encouragement. Tuesday they handed
him the grand little package OF four
run lead in the first round. Then he
looked worse than on any Of his pre-
vious starts.
Western scribes maintain that John
T. Brush is stu directly interested in
the Indianapolis club Of the associa-
at the record sum Of $1,000. Hope for
John It's peace Of mind it is so. Slip
ping the bullion from one pocket to
another is far more consolation than
shooting it off with fireworks.
Just what caused the broad smile
which earned Orth the title of Smiling
AP' in the old days is not known, but
the present grin is caused, no doubt, by
the fact that he unloaded the Lynch
southern capitalist for enough money
to pay his fare to Cleveland and join
the YankS.
If the National League, says a. west
ern paper, had possessed the foresight
half a dozen years ago to set aside an
assessment of one mill on every dollar
taken in at the gates to provide pen
sion fund for faithful servants 1t would
not now be necessary to carry blind
men in their respective umpire staHs.
The Giants and Cardinals wound UP
their series yesterday. The Giants won,
but as the Cardinals went away with
three games out of five Bresnahan does
not repine. The days results were
profitable for the New Yorks. as the
Pittsburgs dropped another game in
Philadelphia. The Chicagos won. how
ever, making it three out or hve from
Brooklyn, an achievement which does
not prove them invulnerable. The Gin
cinnatis were upset by the Bostons,
breaking even in Boston town.
MINOR LEAGUES.