Evening star., 1909-05-25

round Of the ladder now
Cy Young did what men many years
younger failed to do-stopped the Athlet-
les. winning streak. And the "old man"
had four hits, too.
Jordan and Lennox are the heavenly
twins of the Brooklyn team. Both are
just massacring that old ball.
Triple plays are scarce these days. the
Shamokin Atlantic League team, of which
Lave Cross is manager, getting the first
Of 1909.
Jack Chesbro of the New York Ameri-
cans and Mccain Robinson of the Cincin-
natl Nationals were yesterday reinstated
by the national commission. Both were
on the ineligible list for failure to report
for duty.
Austin was as clumsy as a perforated
mule when he first cut in at short, but
has been playing it in superb style Of
late.
Rube Waddell has been pitching a doz-
en- years. and seems all in at times, only
to bob up and show his invincible form
again.
Neal Ball ought to do well at Cleveland.
He will have everything - his favor
there, and Lajoie will teach him many
things.
stanage, who could hit only 1877 in
the minors. is so far samming near 800
for Detroit. Has Jennings taught him
how to bat, or is he morning glory?
There is a shortstop named Clearhead
up in the Wisconsin League. Some OF
the big league teams could use this fell
low if his playing matches his monaker.
Willie Keeler has made more sacrifice
LII &I-y, nt1 H1n to- nst n4N
league Willie was always strong on the
sacrifice trick. anyhow.
Billy Murray, it is said. is beginning
to worry about his fast second baseman,
Knabe. The German can field splendidly,
but his batting is growing weaker all
the time.
1t has been stated that Clyde Engle
in previous years has played every posi-
ton excepting pitcher. He has been
pitcher. too, and was a fairly able twirler
back in 1904.
This man Downey. who has been such
a big factor in the Reds recent games,
was counted as fourth substitute when
Griffith began his campaign. and would
never have got fair chance had not all
the others fallen down.
To give an idea how base ball has
prospered in Boston, the records of the
Boston club show an attendance Of 2CO
people at the Boston-Troy game at the
South End grounds in 1881. when Bos-
ton won a Soto game. Up to August Is
of that season Boston had total at
tendance of $4,000.
Burns-Johnson Fight Pictures.
1t is doubtful If there is another city
in the United States that has the follow
ing that Jack Johnson has In this city
and for this reason alone the biograph
pictures of the big fight in Australia,
which opens at the Academy Of Music to-
morrow afternoon. will be tremendous
attraction. The large colored population
of Washington naturally stand by one of
their race but in addition there are many
whites here who believe that Little
Artie' is a wonderful fighter.
An interesting feature in connection
with the moving pictures of the Burns
Johnson fight, is that one round of the
Jeffries-S -Sharkey fight will be given. In
view of the announcement that Jeffries
and Johnson are to meet, the public will
have good opportunity of judging the
two heavyweights. The Burns-Johnson
pictures show the full fourteen rounds Of
that battle with many additional features
connected with the training of the f1eht
ers. A lecturer will explain the fight in