The Washington herald., 1909-06-11
BASEBALL NOTES
AND COMMENT
Oh, you, Tigers.
Watch rs sfon Georre AfuIlfn

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Oh. you. Tigers.
Watch Us stop George Siullfn.
Walter johnson smashes his hoodo to
day.
Within the last week the PhnIles have
lost SIX games by a one-run margin
More double-headers By and by Hope
/ our pitchers are working right then
A New York paper quotes Jennings as
saying Yankees the team We must beat
. 70 win pennant-"
/ George Mcbride On rainy days walks
/ from his hotel 20 the ball park and back
/ again sast for the exercise.
! Hobe Ferris looks considerably stouter
than last season. but is stin playing a
/ smooth game around third base.
/ CIcotte and Arellanes, OF the Boston
/ Americans, are Two fingers with classi-
cal labels and deadly trajectories-
owing 10 the inclemency. &c, sc, the
/ Nationals could not get licked yesterday"
Z says a Chicago paper The nerve of that
guy
Thomas :. Lyhch. OF New Britain. an
old National League umpire. has been
/ engaged by Billy Hanna 90 manage the
New Britain club. OF the Connecticut
League
! While George Stalllngs sits in his hotel
at New York and curses the weather nan.
( the manager of the staIlings plantation
down South Is praying for rain 70 come
along and set busy on the crops
/ II Is not at all certain that Chester
( NOurse. the Brown pitcher. viii go 20
/ the Chicago Nationals. II would not be
I surprising 70 see Nourse and Raymond.
his catcher. with the Boston Americans.
! southpaw wolter. Of the Boston Red
! Sox. is proving himself a very handy
man. Although he was signed up on ac-
! count OF his reputation as a batter, hav-
I ing won thirty-five out OK forty games
/ for Stockton. Cal. he has proved his
worth 70 Manager Lake by his ability 70
/ play first base and swat the ball
Daniel Coogsn. coach OF the Cornell
baseball team. has signed another con
tract for a three years term with the
/ Ithacans. Coach Coogan has been al
/ Cornell for three years. going there when
( Hughey Jennings. now manager OF the
( Detroit Americans, a graduate Of the
school. gave I'D his position as coach
Mcclure. OF Amherst. has pitched three
nO-hit games this season On April ! he
smut NAA Anna lAAAlr ~ v MAN--"AAA SINS
the 8Iiddies a hiI He duplicated this
performance against Williams Nay Is.
with the score 10 @. and June ) he
pitched his third nO-hit game. defeating
West Point. 8 10 O.
yale and Princeton were so tickled with
the umpiring of six OLoughlin in their
last game that they have asked Ban
Johnson 70 let them have the strike
trh" expert for their third game. Il one
Is necessary II there IS q third game,
Il viii be PLAYED at American League
Park. New York. on June 2
Speaking Of pitchers. CantiIlon says
that he has heard nothing from Roy
Witherup. the big chap signed by the
club last season. and who was unable 70
report for spring training owing TO Ill
ness. Il seems strange, too. that no
word should have been sent out from
Witherup's home near Pittsburg, but such
appears 10 be the case.
Manager Stetler, Of the Trenton Tri-
State League team. has signed Pitcher
Edward AIinnehan. released BY Wilkes
barre a few days ago. Minnehan Is the
property OF Rochester, OF the Eastern
League. and came 10 Trenton on trial
Manager Kittredge. OF <he WiIkesbsrre
team. has secured Pitcher Allen, a south
paw. from Detroit. Allen pitched sensa-
tional ball for the Georgia University
team this season.