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FRESHIES LEAD LEAGUE.
Yesterdays Results Put 1912 on
Top of GEORGETOWN List.

Yesterday the second set of interclass
base ball games were played at George
town. the freshmen defeating the seniors
iii the morning and the sophomores trim
ming the juniors in the afternoon. The
results of these battles broke up the tic
for first place, and now the 1912 team
heads the list with two games won and
none lost. The sOphCmOres and seniors
are tied for second place each having
one victory and one defeat 10 its credit,
while the juniors hold sway in the eel
lar position with no games won and two
lost
Both of the contests yesterday were
extremely interesting. While the morning
game was fun of excitement. This was
the one between the graduating class and
the first-year aggregation. The freshies
took an early lead. but were pushed SO
consistently by the upper classmen that
it was not until the last ball was pitched
in the ninth inning that one could pick
the winner with surety. The final score
was freshmen H. seniors 10.
A notable feature CT the game was the
pitching of Sitterding the varsity third
bagger. He was on the rubber for 1917.
and so ably did he perform that some OF
the varsity stars on the cap-and-gow
meet with his benders. Corcoran eased
them over for the seniors. and did ex-
tremely we'll. getting better as the scrap
progressed.
Inc 6lleIiioOH Ecllc ItSuIiCu III o VIZ
tory for the sophs. who were up against
the 1910 crowd. The final score was I
to :; in favor of 1911. This battle was
not near as exciting as the other, al
though at times the losers threatened to
take the lead. twice filling the bases only
to he retired by Johnny Martin. the ex-
prep star who was on the rubber for the
victors. 1t was mostly due to the work
of this lad that the game was won, as
the juniors seemed exceedingly clever
with the stick at critical stages. II. Eek
enrode, the diminutive left fielder Of the
sophs is also worthy Of mention. lie
had five chances and accepted them al
without error a couple being very
difficult to get. Eddie Miller. assistan,
manager of the varsity. showed some
great speed when running bases. once
making three corners on what should al
the most only have been a two-bagger.
The next game in the series is Isched.
uled for tie coming Thursday, on which
day the freshmen and juniors will meet
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AVERAGES OF THE
NATIONALS TO DATE
CIymer Best in Batting and
Also in Stealing
Bases.

The following tables give the complete
and concise records of the players COM
posing the Nationals 1909 team from the
commencement OF the season up TO Sun
day. May .. in the race for the pennant
representing the championship of the
American League. and in which they have
played ten games. winning three and
Philadelphia tAthletics), composing the
eastern division of said league, which is
not a very good record to date. During
the past week they played two games
with the Athletics and divided honors.
The heavy hitters of the team are still
not hitting the ball as they are capable
OF doing and are expected to do, but
Clymer. Delehanty. Mcbride and Gray
made gains with the stick during the
past week. 1t is 10 be hoped that with
warmer weather they will very soon
-: their eyes OIL the ball and commence
to do some oldtime slussing.
'Dolie' Gray leads the team in bat
ting. as well as the American League
10 date. with a percentage of 800. and
appears to be an excellent pinch hitter.
Clymer is virtually the leader of the
and has percentage of .91S, while Gan
ley has dropped to .25?. but will no doubt
improve Clymer is still the leader OF
the team in base-running, having pur-
loined four bases Milan. now that he
is playing regularly, will improve In stick
work IS the season progresses.
Following are the averages:
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RICHMOND GOOD AS EVER.
Is Heading Virginia League, But
Danville Is Pressing Hard.

RICHMOND. Va. May 3-With the
Virginia League race nearly two weeks
old the fans are able to form some idea
of the strength of the six teams.
Richmond appears to be the most dam
gerous claimant for the pennant, showing
true form at the very sounding of the
gong. The team has gotten away we'll
and although an injury to Joe Lohr ne
cessitated change i'll the lineup four
days after the league opened it is going
at a rapid pace. Richmond has lost only
one game. and that occurred after a
straight week of winning.
Danville is pressing Richmond again
this season. and it looks as though these
two teams will have the fight on between
them again. This year Danville is again
In fine form. Despite the fact that the in
field has changed considerably, the Bugs
are gong ahead Manager Stafford has
picked ont a good team. Howard. Sparks,
Morrissey. Schuman and Maberry are the
pitching staff.
shown flashes of fine form. Al Orth may
Yet surprise some of the other teams In
the opening series the Shoemakers dis
posed of the Hi2hlanders and they gave
the Red SoN hard fight early last week
They defeated Norfolk in the opening
game of the series Thursday. and showed
high class in the game The pitchers
seem to be going we'll now. and the team
is fielding and hitting better than had
been expected.
The crew OF the Mary Jane has been a
disappointment to the Norfolk fans. After
winning every practice game the team
opened the championship season b. show
in. poor form. and only in one or two
games has it succeeded in playing UP to
the standard that Win Clark, had an
nounced the team would attain. Norfolk
has a good pitching Ataff. though with
Otey and Savage as the maiHstays.
Roanoke is another team that has not
PLAYED M to expectations. The prime
trouble seems to be with the pitching
staff. None has attained topnotch form
yet. The infield is strong. Rabbit DOYLE
at second. and Robinson. at third being
especially sure and fast felders. Newton
plays a good game at short. and Manager
ShaushnesSy covers first we'll. The
catching department. with Ryan as the
mainstay, is good. and the outfield is well
cared for By Dissoway: James and Neild.
The team does not appear to be strong
with the stick. and this. coupled with the
in-and-out working of the pitchers. has
been the cause Of most of it's defeats.
In spite of the ante-season claims Of
Owner Bland that he had a rafting good
team. the Portsmouth Truckers are show
ing poor form and are in the cellar with
in the last column. Weak work in the
field and poor base-running have proved
their downfall. At that the team has
good material in its makeup. and when it
goes we'll u should prove a dangerous an
tagonist for the best of them
Tho teams switch around this week.
Richmond playing Norfolk. Portsmouth,
playing Lynchburc and Danyi1le playin-
Roanoke the first three days of the week
The last three days OF the week Lynch
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THE PRODIGAL SUN.

Johnson. and l hope the other re' IS
will trot out Charley Chech, for he is
due to get his. and I think our boys ~e
the ones who can trim him.
1t now looks very much as il there
would be double-header tomorrow, as
the local people believe that Mr.. john
son will give his consent to the playing
Of the games under the circumstances
time the Washingtons come here. Chech
has yet to pitch his game against the
Washingtons. He has won the three
games he has pitched against other teams
with comparative ease. and Lake is sure
that his fourth victory will be gained at
the expense of Washington. AS the
fans have had no base ball here since
last Thursday and enjoyed no weather
like that of today for over week. IT, .e
is little doubt there will be a splendid
turnout to see the sport this afternoon.
Again it will be the last day but one that
the locals will be at home until June =.
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BENNING WINS TWICE.
Thirteen Innings Played in First
Game

Benning met the strong Seabrooke team
yesterday in sensational double-header
and succeeded in capturing both games
the first going thirteen innings and the
second proving a walkover for the home
nine. with the score 1o to ). Dcnaldson's
pitching was the distinct feature of the
long contest. causing thirteen batters to
fan and was hit safely Only three times,
errors at critical moments causing runs.
Sea brooke scored first in the third and
again in the fifth. but Bennng Tailed
twice in the same inning. evening up
matters. With the score to 3 in the
ninth Benning started one of its famous
rallies and squeezed one run over the pan-
Affairs were nip and tuck up to the thir-
teenth. when Clark singled. was ad-
vanced en- two outs and while Miller Of
Seabrooke was holding the ball he made
daring steal home The score:
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TWELVE INNINGS TO
DECIDE THIS BATTLE

The game between the Columbia Ath-
letic Club Of the Capital City League and
the Engineer team went the regulation
nine innings and then some more yester-
day afternoon on the arsenal grounds.
The Engineers led in the score until the
ninth but in this session the leaguers ac-
cumulated three runs and tied up the pro-
ceedings. Three extra innings were
played. and 1t was not until the twelfth
that the contest was decided. the Ensi-
neers having gotten one across the pan.
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ANOTHER FOR DETROIT.
Jennings Wonders Down Chicago by
Close Score.

CHICAGO. May 3.-Detro.t nosed out a
victory over Chicago here yesterday aft
ernoon by the score of 8 to ). The game
was played before far-sized crowd of
shivering fans. snow fiuries hindering
the play several times. Cobb made a SEN
satonal catch In the first inning, saving
three-base hit The score:
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Victory for Kann's Team.

a crushing defeat was administered
W. E. Moses & Sons base ball team yes
terday by the team representing s. kann.
Sons & co. to the tune OF 15-4. Moses
team was cutclassed from the start. be-
ing forced to change pitchers several
times owing to the heaving hitting of
kann's boys. The feature of the game
was the pitching of Chamberhn, who let
them down with six hits and struck out
twelve men. The score:
Kann's : ! = o = , 2 x-15
Moses ............ 3 q D -
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MARINES DEFEAT
ROSEDALE TEAM

The Marines of the Capital City
League and the Rosedales played an in
tesesting game of ball yesterday after
noon at Union Park. which resulted in
a squeeze-out victory for the former out
fit. score 10 to .. Defeat faced the Sol
diers for few innings toward the latter
part of the game. but in the ninth they
got their lamps fairly on the sphere and
accumulated three tallies. which put them
across the line for a win The score:
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GOOD WEATHER AT
LAST FOR NATIONALS
Special Dispatch TO Tbe Star.

Special Dispatch 10 IUe star.
BOSTON. Mass. May 3.-Manager Joe
Cantillon Of the Washingtons got de-
cided scare upon awakening this morn
ing. He was treated to a bath Of real
sunshine and rubbed his eyes to assure
himself. 1t was dream. Now, this
is the real thing said he, .and we will
just celebrate it by going out this after
noon and making things warm for those
chaps of Lakes. Our boys are just rusty
to handle a ball. and l think they can
turn the trick. l shouldn't wonder if this
weather would not just about fit Walter
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Stolen bases-Nalley. Long t2). Nelson. Young.
". Miller. Sacrifice hit Hagan: First base
on baIs-Of Donaldson. /; OF kigle, .. Hit
by pitched BALD. Miller. Struck out-By
donaldson. -; by Kigie. II. Left on bases ,ss
Essex ). umpires- -Mess-s. Rollins and Hurst
The second game proved batting con-
test for Benning. and the fielders played
well behind Zimmerman. who pitched his
first game for Benning and did well.
The score:
3. H. e.
RennIns .. :; 3 X-15 15 J
Seabrooke 80. y . - l. ) D
Batteries Benning, Zimmerman and Clarke;
Seabrooke, j. kigle, Bayliss. Harvey and kigle.
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TWo-haSc htS-AtZ. Sullivan, Crawford His
made-On Willctt. 3 lin IL; innings: of Null
lin. J. dn -; innngs,. Sacrifice hit Bush
struck out-By Smith. 4: by Willett. i: by MuI-
lin. =. Bases on bals--OH Smith. y of Wlllrtt,
l. Of Mulin. =. Left on bases Chicago q: De-
. troit. q. Passed baIl-Sullivan. Ump!res- Mcssrs.
Sheridan and KERN Time Of same1 hour and
IS minutes.
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Left on bases-Roscdale 1o: Marines. 3 First
base bells or McNfahop. OF Litz 1: OF
Ritter. ,. Innings pitched By Litz. 4: by Ritter.
>. Hits made-On Iitz. }: off Ritter. o. Struck
ont-By McAIahon. 10: by Litz. =: by Ritter I.
Three-basc hits Snyder. Haywood. Two-base hits
Meagher CO. Merilith. Wooden. Stolen bases
Connor. Wooden. Dorc. Rerlica Beusse O'Con-
nor. Double play-O'Neil TO Ehers Hit by
pitcher--By McMahon l; nv Litz. .: by Ritter.
:. Umpire-Alr Sterne Time OF same-l hour
and 30 minutes
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Left bases Engineers. 8: Columbia s.
First base on balls-Of Howard. 4: OF Gordon.
;. Innings pitched-By Meister 4; by Gordon.
:. Hits made-On Meister. b of Gordon 10
Struck cut-By Howard. ): by Meister. 5: by
Gordon. 10. Homo runs-Taylor. Rockwell.
Three base hit-RockweII. Stolen bases-k rom
Nicholson. Rockwell. Haas ,2l Wilkinson t2,.
plays-Meister to Riston: Ryan to Rockwell: !:
Iripp to Neues to Rockwell. Hit by pitcher
BY Meister. L. by Gordon 2. Passed bali
Ryan. Impres-Messrs OShea and Ragan.
Time of game hours and 15 minutes.
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JOSS WON PITCHERS BATTLE.
His Work for Cleveland Blanked st.
Louis in Great Game.

ST. LOUIS. May 3.-Addie Joss Of
Cleveland won a pitchers battle in yes
terday's base ball game with John Powell.
allowing ST. Louis but four hits. The
score was | to 0. Up to the seventh in
ming ST.. Louis had not made hit off
Joss. The visitors got their lone tally on
two singles and an infield out. The
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Team Fielding Average
Sacrifice Hits and Stolen Bases.

The Nationals. from the commencement
of the season to Sunday. May > have
played ten games. and in these games
they have made ten sacrifice hits and
have purloined eleven bases, while their
opponents have made in the same games
twelve sacrifice hits and pilfered twelve
bases. The players of the home team
who have received credit for performing
the work are as follows:
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by half dozen of the unions most
competent officials.
The games were the first held by the
club this season. and they brought out the
best athletes the organization has, and
several from other clubs. All OF the
track events were keenly contested es-
pecially the two-mile race between Tom
Collins and Johnny Joyce Of the Irish
American A. C. Tom was in the better
condition and beat his clubmate easily.
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burg plays at Danville. Portsmouth at
Richmond and Roanoke at Norfolk. After
this week the teams should be straight
ened away in their best form. and then an
even better line can be drawn on them.
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Yesterdays Results.

Pittsburg. :: Chicago. ..
Pittsburz. Il: Chicago. O.
st. Lonis. =: Cincinnati T.
Cincinnati, Is; st. Louis s
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Two-hase hits-Wallace. Hartzell. Sacrifice
hits Williams Storall. Double plays joie TO
Perring TO Stovali: Williams To Wallace 10
Jones Base balls--OF Joss. Struck out-Bv
Powell |: by Joss. ). Hits made-Of Powell
in eight innings: OF Petty. | in inning
Left on bases--St. Louis. 4: Cleveland. T. Tn
pircs-Mcssrs. OLoughlin and Perrin. Time Of
game hour and 80 minutes.
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Long Hits and Total Bases.
Week Y Gair

Note--!n computing long hits and total bases
> two-basc bit counts ms one extra base. a
ihree-basc hit two and q home run as three
batsman must reach first base by a clean
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BREAKS
DISCUS RECORD
lrish-American Champion Sur
prises Himself by Great
Performance.

NEW YORK. May 3.-Back to the
form that made him the nations great
est athlete. Martin Sheridan, the giant
weight-thrower OF the Irish-American
Athletic Club. emerged from his winter
quarters yesterday afternoon. and at the
Pastime Athletic Clubs games established
a new worlds record
In an open competition which had been
sanctioned by the A. A. L. Martin hurled
the four-and-a-quarter-p pound saucer
shaped discus from a seven-foot circle
the unprecedented distance of 13S feet
inches, smashing to .smithereens the
record mark made by. big Bill Horr
last year at the national championships
by five feet four inches.
Sheridan's feat was nothing short of
phenomenal. Six times he toed the mark,
and six times he sent the weight hurtling
through the air to record distances. Once
his anxiety to heave the missile into OBJ
livion caused him to overstep his bounds.
and that throw was called foul and not
allowed.
Sheridan Not 0verconfdent.
Four men opposed the mighty Irish
American but none OF them was in his
class. Martin was aware Of this. but in
an endeavor to ascertain his condition he
decided to do his best AS the hero of
the London and Athens Olympic games
entered the circle some one in the crowd
shouted:
Now for a new record. Martin"
Now. don't kid me like that smiled
Sheridan. Il never felt better" he con-
tinued. but remember this is my first
time out. I'll make a good throw, all
right, but that's the best | hope for
An instant later the discus was hur-
tling through the air. 1t seemed even
to the initiated that it would never land.
was a regulation steel measurer. As it
was unwound Martin followed 1t down
the field. He said nothing. but watched
every ineh as it measured the ground.
When Horr's mark was passed and 10
feet inches were recorded he blurted
out:
III bet l can't do 1t again.
Given Great Ovation.
But he could. and with the next heave
sent the weight seventeen inches far
ther. He received great ovation when
he entered the ring for the third time.
With even more force behind his whirl, he
let go again. and this time it went far
ther than before.
To the spectators it seemed the limit.
But Martin was far from the end of his
resources. for at his fourth time up he
still increased his mark. With the fifth
try came the climax. The discus shot
low and straight, and did not fall until
it had reached 13S feet inches. His
final attempt seemed to have the most
force behind it. but as he loosed his
hold his body swerved and he stepped
out of bounds. 1t was not measured, but
all experts present said il was even bet
ter than the others.
While Martin was smashing the rec
ords his opponents were alternately
squirting him on and keenly watching
each other in their fight for second
honors. ]. Schnedlein proved the best
of the remainder Of the field. and with
throw Of 10 feet II inches ha cap
tured second prize. Roy Dorland was
third, many feet behind.
Record Will Stand.
That Sheridan's record will pass mus
ter there is no doubt. 1t was made
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Individual Batting Averages.
r"ta'. Nav =. 10 311 is s.
Total. April IS. 8 2252 II Sc

Weekly gain. > IS 4 II
'Grsy has hecn called upon to ha. in three
games. BlankenshiD in three. Milan in two. Tan
rehili in two and Ganley in one substitutes
for her bats
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| Association.
Western League.
Southern League.

At Memphis Memphis, ,: Mobile. 10 innings.
At New orlcans-Ncw Orleans. 4: Birmingham,
6 10 inningsl.
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MINOR LEAGUES.
Eastern League.

No South Atlantic League games yesterday.
No Virginia League games yesterday.
No Carolina League games yesteday.
Eastern League.
Al Providence cc-Providencc. IS: Toronto. 3.
Al Newark Newark. =: Montreal !.
Al Jersey City-Je-sey City. 5: Rochester, l.
American Association.
At Mlwau.ec-M Milwaukee. &: ST. Paul, o.
At ToedO-Columbus. 8: Toledo =.
At Louisville indianapolis. 10: Louisville g.
At Minneapolis Minneapolis. 5: Kansas City !
Western League.
At Pueblo-Pueblo II: Omaha. s.
Al Wichita-Wichta. q: Lincoln. >.
Al Denver-Denvcr. ): Dps Moines. 6.
AT Topeka-Topeka. ,: Sioux City, .
Southern League.
At Memphis Memphis, ,; Mobile. ! 10 innings
At New Orcans-New Orleans, 4: Birmingham
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How the Clubs Stand.
Today's Games.

Boston at Brooklyn.
Cincinnati nj st. Louis
Chicago at T'ittsburg
New York at Philadclphia
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BASE BALL NOTES.

Snow flurries and Ty Cohb's catch were
features CT the Detroit-Chicago game yes
terday, and yesterday was May =
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Elberfeld is the keystone OF the New
York American infield. and without him
the structure is not nearly so strong.
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AMERICAN LEAGUE.
How the Clubs Stand.
Today's Games.
NATIONAL LEAGUE.

Washington At Boston two gamcsi.
Philadelphia at New York.
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HansF w Wagner is a dead ne"-News
item. Give US a team of such dead ones.
He only stole second. third and home in
Chicago yesterday and got three hits
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Record Will Stand.

That Sheridan's record will pass mus
ter there is no doubt. 1t was made
under the a. \. L. rules and measured
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" PfkIy gam. II
The following table shows the complete
records of the pitchers in all the games
in which they have Officiated:
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AbSfeln. who seems to be filling the
bill at first for the Pirates is the sixth
first sacker that team has had i'm as
many years. Between Bransficld and Alb
stein. Nealon. Storke, Kane, Swacina anu
Gill have played the bag
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What is the National League comm.
to? Not a Casey. DAILY. Kelly or O'Brien
in the present membership. and onl, a
few years ago these honored families
were as numerous as chickens round a
farmyard
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So far this season two home runs have
been tabled TO the Giants credit and
Red Murray has made them both. Mur-
ray made seven homers in the whole OF
the last campaign.
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Stars who have been out of the game
more or less from physical disabilities
this season are Chase. Elberfeld Brid-
well. Doyle. Seymour. Hemphil, Turner,
Thoney, Bradley, Johnson, Bresnahan,
Lumley and Schultz
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Bush. the Tigers young shortstop. is
not doing much hitting. but is scoring
plenty of runs. while his fielding is a
great feature of the daily play.
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Jake Beckley has played I'm but four
games in the American Association, hut
in those games he has annexed bat
ting average Of 800 Jake has been six
teen times at bat, secured eight hits. in
cluding a double and has scored three
runs.
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The Browns made eight hits in the
three games against the White Sox for
grand total of no runs. Their hitting
per game was to their scoring as = 2-3 10
an aching void
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Totals. 0 ! ~ Il o. Totals 30 IS o.
sBatfed for Powell in the eighth inning.
st. Louis. ........... o 90
Cleveland. ....... o y q O-1
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The one big enigma in base ball Just
now is that which confronts Jimmy Nc
Aleer with reference to Dode Criss What
will he do with the elongated. heavy
swatting Texan? Dode is some sweet
slugger. but that's all he can do.
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Washington Varsity Crews.
SEATTLE. Wash. May 3.--According
to the present plans Of Rowing Coach
Hiram B. Conibear of Washington Cni-
CONTINUED on Fifteenth PaseD-
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The only teams in the big leagues not
shut out Yet are the Detroits Cincin-
natis and Cardinals. The WashnStons
have been BANKED twice. the White Sox
once. the Athletics once the Red Sox
once the Clevelands once. the Browns
three times and the IIighlanders once
In the National League the Pirates have
been goose-egged twice. the Giants three
times the Brooklyns once, the Phillies
once. the Cubs once and the Bostons
three times.
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Modest Johnny Evers. He the Reds
and Cubs play their double-hesder the
other day and said afterward that he was
| ready TO play. but didn't see any place
for himself the way Zimmerman was go
ing II Johnny has become superfluoIs
, for the Cubs there are clubs thai will ba
willing to find regular berth for h m
Address Stallngs. McGraw. LumIey
Mack. Cantillon. McAleer.. Bresnahan.
Clarke and some seven others.
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Have YOU noticed that few games have
been played In either big league thus far
this spring faster than two hours? This
Is due to the fact that the season is
young and the players work slowly and
cautiously. especially the pitchers. who
are taking no chances on injur;ng their
heaving wings.