Evening star., 1909-05-20

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set the fans Of the city of culture crazy
with their good playing, but they wouldn't
be in it with Washington under like con-
ditions.
II serves those western newspaper men
right. They have been sympathizing with
the poor eastern clubs, and now they
have TO take their medicine. What
slaughter there would have been had the
Nationals stood up.
Cravath didn't get a hit yesterday. but
he spanked the ball hard, and only re-
markable fielding shut off the safeties.
Manager Cantillon wants to make one
more change and then the Nationals will
be all right. Clymer belongs in left field,
his old position, and likewise Browne In
center.
Yesterdays game demonstrated that the
Nationals look decidedly better, and un-
der existing conditions did WELL The
team will go better from this on. to
dead certainty.
t1rimshaw, the former Boston American
first baseman, is batting at .344 clip for
Toronto.
Hooper. Carrigan and Speaker are
among the first six batters in the Amer
lean League.
Malachi kittridge is having a hard time
keeping his Wilkesbarre club out of last
place in the New York State League race.
Some days Beecher of Rochester looks
like major league twirler. On other
days he looks something like busher.
Ben Henderson, the muchwritten
about outlaw pitcher, is expected to leave
| the Pacific coast to join the Cleveland
! team within few days.
Dick Bayless, who looked after the
right-field garden for the Reds short
time last season. is putting up fast
game for the Atlanta team of the South
ern League.
baseman Is managing the Williamspnrt
four hours to decide at Buffalo last might
TO allow clubs to carry sixteen able
bodied men instead of fifteen.
Bill Coughlin. the old Washington third
baseman is managing the Willamsport
club in the Tri-State League. Bill is
fielding like a barn aHre, but is still shy
with the stick.
The Detroit Journal. speaking of the
present series with the Tigers and the
Red Sox, hopes that Lake will not use
Der what he did to them last season
Doesn't that American League race lock
queer? western team leading-then
| three eastern teams perching next in
order-then three western teams holding
| the upper berths in the cellar section
then an eastern team in the subcellar
station.
Julius Kustus. the outfie!der whom Gin
cinnati handed to Brooklyn at the close of
last season. showed hfs appreciation by
knocking out home run last Thursday
and sending the Reds into sixth place.
Patsy" Donovan. scout for the Boston
American League team has offered the
Montreal owners $500 for an option to
pick one player from the club at the end
of the season and pay LOO for his re-
lease II the Boston club decides that
no Montreal PLAYER is worth the addi
tiOnal 81 800 at the end of the season
the option money would go to the Mon
treal owners.
The national base ball commission yes
terday granted the application of Player
Alan NJ. Storke OF the Pittsburg National
Leaaue club for reinstatement His ex-
plana ton that his reason for not report.
ing this spring-that he was finishing his
studies at Harvard Law School and had
the clubs written consent to do so-was
deemed satisfactory.
"Honus" Wagner. the slugger. accord
ing TO an old base ball magnate. is a
burden on all the clubs OF the National
League.< and the Pirates alone have not
paid the Dutchman all he got since the
American League started Elk years ago
The wise ones explanation follows:
Wagner receives $4,000 year Bar
ney' Dreyfuss socks up 5000 of this
amount: the National League and the
other seven clubs make up the difference.
The Highianders moved on to ST. Louis
yesterday and didn't have much trouble
In disposing of the Browns 1t was their
fifth straight victory on the road The
Athletics smothered the Detroits, which
was the formers sixth straight victory
Detroits hold on first place has been
weakened considerably since the eastern
teams went west. 1t is now a close race
for the lead. The Bostons downed the
White Sox and the l,ckless Washingtons
lost in Cleveland The Cievelands los,