The Washington herald., 1909-07-02
BASEBALL NOTES
AND COMMENT

Deeper down In last place. On. for a
mighty rally
John Anderson tops the Providencs bat
ting average list with .3N
Tom Standard, The Walthah fzvorits.
IS hitting FOR over 80 for Denver In
the Western League
Dutch sSterzsr. The Washington lad.
pitched the Winchester seml-prOs 20 an
other victory Tuesday.
Welday has supplanted Doc White in
center field for the White S0z Comiskey
vii use hin n Tie box Tor a while.
Bobby Wallace. the St Louis Brown
sh0TtEcOp. IS reported as saying that be
viii retire from baseball 4 ALcAleer drops
CIT
Herman Long. the once grea1 shortstop
OF the Bostons, IS in search for heath az
/ Denver. he is with his old manager,
Frank Se,ee.
Catcher Easterly. the Maps recruit
catcher. is making good win vengeance.
Re is a handy man behind the bat and
with the willow.
Hans Wagner is the same old Hans
these days. He claims thss e IS his Last
season IN the game. and he intends 70 Eec
the best out o. H.
PurteH. who has replaced Lee Tanns-
hill az third for the White S0x. IS plsyias
great ban. No chance for the veteran 20
get back AZ present
Andy Coakley. the former rna5or
lesguer, has been q consistent winner
for the Rsadng team Of the Atlantic
League since ne joined
Says = New York exchange: It's not
true thar Gray IS kept solely on The
Washington team that EngIe nay fatten
his batting average AZ his expense"
Abstein. the former Eastern Lacquer,
ts rling the bIl AZ hrst for the Pirates.
The youngster looks better than any man
who has covered the sack 20 date
Leitvelt. who played center fed fo-
Washington yesterday, IS unfortunate
enough 70 come from Chicago. Otherwise
he played ball quite welL-Excharze
Perrne and O'Laughlin. the oonbsua-
ton THAI hardly made a hit with the
local fans, are handling the Indicators II
Beantown. No kicks registered 70 date
Connie Mack sure picked a prize pack
sge IN the person o. Baker. who Is hold
.lg down the third sack for the Athletics
The yoUngster plays the bag as well as
any OF the vets and IS strong with the
willow.
BIZ KAY and Bill Clark, two players
who have seen service fl National uni-
forms. are playing IN the New York
State League Kay IS among the leading
scickers OF the league, with an average
weu over The 80 mark
That old disturbance f. baseball which
has reared its head aloft many q time
is rearing again. Why is Il that a left
hand batter gets 20 6rst base faster than
q right band batter2 Not all Of them 90.
and those who do usually run faster.
George HuH. who started out 70 look
the held OTe- for promising youngsters for
the Cubs" BY Charles ". MGrphy. was
ordered not 70 report 10 him until ne had
landed another SQeaker-and for SSol Il
vas Huh that landed Speaker for the Rad
Sox-
Claude RiJchey. who has been holding
down second base for the Boston Ma
tiOlals for the past few years. has been
handed his ten days notice Of release.
Rdtchey was secured from FlttsburEs
when The DOveys took control. Ritchey
has fallen OF greatly IN his work this
season
George Browne certainly has been hit
ting the ball some since he has been With
the American League He says there ara
more curve pitchers 81 the American
League than there are In the National
That's the story told by all the bah play-
ers who 90 from the National 70 the
american.