Evening star., 1909-05-05
BASE BALL NOTES.
Nationals open in Philadelphia today
and are carded for four games.

Nationals open in Philadelphia today
and are carded for four games.
Washingtons pitchers will probably be
Smith. Hughes. Johnson and Groom, all
right handlers.
Tannehill's showing is very important to
Washington and the supporters of the
Nationals should take heart The team
will strike its true game before long.
Manager Cantillon is figuring on work
ing Burns. Gray. Tannehill and Johnson
against the Tigers when he reaches De-
troit, but the Jennings crew has been hit
ting southpaws harder than right handlers
this spring.
Charley Hickman stole a base in the
olumbus-Toledo game last week and the
Toledo papers are still wondering how it
happened.
for coach this season. Percy Skllings
will take Hillehrands place with Chi
cago independent team.
He may get his bumps now and then.
but Cy Young Is far from all in. The
old codger let the White Sox down with
four hits yesterday.
Rube Waddell finally won his game de-
feating Detroit yesterday by to . and
allowing the Tigers but five hits. Maybe
there wasn't a corner on the "amer brew"
market in st. Louis last night.
The Pirates have a young pitcher in
about the toughest task in the National
League in Miner Brown. but shut him out
l to in eleven innings.
Miner Coveleski is revenged. Having
defeated New York. allowing them but
four hits. the Phillies' twirler has ST.
fenced that flash in the PAN talk
Stony McGlynn refused to be counted
out. His work with Milwaukee this
spring has been the most sensational of
his career. He has four consecutive shut
outs to his credit. his latest triumph a
to victory over st. Paul Monday.
Bobby Wallace is playing grand
Yesterday he accepted ten chances with
out an error. and up to date has made
but two errors in sixty-two chances
That's some record for shortstop.
Evidently it doesn't take much to
please the fans of St. Louis, who declare
the National League club of that city is
making good. A glance at the standing
tells the story.
Billy Sullivan, the catcher of the White
SoX. who is now managing that team
does not seem to feel the weight of his
additional duties. as he is hitting better
than ever before. Two hits a day has
been Sullivan's speed for the last week
That pitcher cannot work all the time
and work well was demonstrated in yes
terday's game at Cleveland. The Maps
pounded Frank Smith all over the pasture
Lajoie got three hits apiece and Clark
Hinchman and Birmingham two each.
Havana has won the pennant in the
Cuban League. The team finished one
game ahead of the Almendares when
the season closed. There was a tie game
between those two clubs which was not
played off, and now the Almendares want
1t played. The latter club is fighting the
matter in the courts.
Chadbourne. the young Maine outfielder
with Worcester for two years and with
Providence last season. is doing sensa
tionai hitting and fielding for Indianapo-
by the Boston Americans. Harry Lord
says his old partner is one of the greatest
ball players living. He was very sorry
to see Boston part with him.
Roger Bresnahan has bought Shortstop
Hulswitt from the Cincinnati team Huls-
witt started in the National League with
Philadelphia eight years ago and since
then has drifted in and out of the big
league no less than four different times
Cincinnati has had a string On the man
for the last four sea sons three of which
Hulswitt has spent with the Columbus
American Association team.
Sam Crawford for the third time in four
seasons was the first Detroit player TO
make the first home run on the Tiger
grounds. He did it Saturday. ard will
cave to send four-horse truck around
10, collect the shirts hats cigars, suits
of clothes and other things that aiwaa :
90 with the feat. In that town Cobb
pulled down the first homer last season.
but in 1906. 1907 and this year Crawford
has copped the easy stuff.