Evening star., 1909-06-07

Dolly" Gray and Ed Walsh will have
a hot battle this afternoon, starting
at 80.
Del peeled off two hits Saturday. and
it made him feel good. If he ever gets
to going right he will help the National &
wonderfully.
What's the matter with Clyde Milan? ?
He is going SO badly that even his wife
away off in Tennessee is worried about
him. Spank that ball for wife and
kiddie. Clyde, and everybody will be
happy.
In that dispatch from Pittsburg Fred
Clarke certainly hands out warm roast
to the National League magnates. The
fact of the matter Is that DrryfusS be-
longs in the American League. and snould
have been there from the start.
Portsmouth, in the Virginia League, has
Wolf and r'oxen on the team. Ought to
be a crafty organization.
There seemed to be lack of control be
hind the bat for Princeton well as in
the box. The Ellis stole six bases.
Too bad Demmitt of the Hishlanders
isn't with the Clevelands. Quite an eX-
pletiye outtield could be made up with
Goode, Lord and Demmitt.
Cakes keeps right on placing the tree
against the leather Griffith got quite
a stout piece of timber in this fellow.
Fall River has an outfielder named
Messenger He probably runs all the
errands for the management between
games.
Jocko Halligan, vino broke into the big
league in 1890, is playing the outtield
for Scranton, and glad TO be there.
They say TOpsy Hartsel is the best
singer in the big leagues. He doesn't
sing to the umpire, though, when making
a holler.
Queer how things go in the game. Sc
far in the American League there have
been three tied games this season. and
the White Sox were in every one Of
them.
The Tigers are doing some great raj
living stunts this season. So are the
Pirates. and that is why both are where
they are.
Are YOU going to stop Mullin wher
the Detroits get here?' Manager Stallins:
was asked yesterday. Somebody is goins
to stop him." was the answer. We've
got pitcher who hasn't lost any game:
either, and that's Manning, who has Wor
| four straight. York SUN.
Hans Wagner shows no signs of
let-up in that awful batting gait HI
| is fairly massacring the leather and do
ing the best all-around slugging in tn
two big leagues.
Frank Chance is still disabled, but tn
| Cubs pelt along pretty nicely Withou
| their leader just the same
Al Orth is now playing second base TO
| I.ynchburg. Who ever suspected that h
| was so versatile. Outfield and first wer
| supposed to be his limit, aside from
| pitching.
Hans Wagner has taken Miller. Pitts
| burg's new and remarkable second base
4 man, in tow. Miller, like Wagner, is
Dutehman, and Wagner saws he will b
one Of the greatest ball players in tn
| land before another year When
get through with the game" says Hans
| Miller will take my place. He's
good shortstop as l am. Miller an
! Wagner are roommates. They are abou
| Why not call them "Dreyfuss' Twins :?
| Base ball men say it is not at all sur
! prising that John T. Brush Is anxious I
| have H. c. PAlliam deposed from tn
presidency of the National League.
| was Pulliam's nerve and backbone whlc
did much to stop the bulldozing of um
pires at the Polo Grounds, while 1t wa
Pulliam's policy of appealing to the pub
| lie that resulted in the disclosure of tn
| umpire bribery scandal. Pulliam's enc
| mics say that he was too frank an
| Outspoken. while his friends declare tina
he was too much on the level to sui
] some people.