Evening star., 1909-06-20


The press box at American League Park
will have to be reconstructed and put un
der the same rules as the one at the Pole
Grounds New York. Too many goats
horn in every day.
Marquard has SO far won two games fol
| the Giants and lost six. At that pace the
| S11 GOO investment will soon begin to look
| like money thrown in a waste basket.
The Boston Doves played lovely ball ir
Chicago Sunday-nine fat errors. Thai
team is surely on the double blink.
Frank Bowerman Is said to be sOrel
than a bad tooth over the jolt he got from
his players. A few days after the season
opened Frank was one COB OF glee, but
eighth place is such a dreary spot. you
know.
Claude Rossman, since he was deposed
as pinch hitter five times, and five times
he has gone out without accomplishing
anything.
What is Berger of Cleveland putting on
the ball? He has famed seventy-eight
men in nine games, an average never
equaled. even by Rube Waddell In
twenty-five games last season Berger fan
ned only 1O1 men.
Stallings still has a regiment of pitch
ers. 1t might be productive Of better
work if few of them were turned loose
SO that the rest could labor often enough
to keep in practice.
Artie Holman, the slim Cub, is almost
as much Of sfugger as Wagner, the
heavy Pirate. The former, according to
recent figures. has made extra base hits
for a total Of thirteen bases to eighteen
for Wagner.
Fred Lake. Boston's manager. gives a
good imitation of old Jed Prouty when
on the coaching lines. His Yankee dialect
is as thick as Spencer's frame.
Two f1fteen-inning games were played
on successive days in the Eastern League
last week. Russell Ford, late of the
Highlander staff, and Savidge, recently
with Cincinnati, were in one Of them
Ford finally landing the game.
There is something wrong somewhere
when a So week grocery clerk refuses
about $3.50 per month. What sort of stuff
do these fellows feed upon to get SO
"chesty?"
Members of the Rube family in the big
leagues are Waddell, Maruuard Vickers
Kroh and Oldring-all pitchers but one
The Cys are not SO numerous, Young and
Seymour being the two most distinguish
ed scions of that house.
"Bilr' Duggleby has signed with To-
ronto. Since leaving the Phillies Bill"
has worked his good right, aftixing his
signature to base ball documents more
often than he has shying the pellet.
The role of manager is not all sunshine
and roses to the last three former major
league stars who are now earning their
living plotting tall end teams. Illustra-
tion-Al Orth Of Lynchburg Malachai
kittredge of Wilkesbarre and Frank
Know We all that Medicine Hat tops
the Western Canada League. with Moose
Jaw third 1t is said that the circuit,
taking the tip from the American Asso
citation and Eastern League. will try to
have their rating changed from class z
to class III. If 1t doesn't snow on the
Fourth of July the league expects to play
the season out.
McAleer is said to have two classy re-
ceivers under cover for 1910 One of these
men is in the Texas League and the other
In the Southern League. The name of
the windpaddist from the Lone Star state
is mystery as yet, but the backstop who
is to graduate from the Southern League
is known. He is Casey who was Pete
Wilson's catcher in Hartford last season.
Casey now is with Little Rock.
There's certain air of confidence about
the playing of the Chicago American
League team which would probably in
vest the players If they We're in eighth
place in the race. 1t must be the manner
in which Comiskey brings them up. There
are managers and managers, but the
"Old Roman" can gather notions about
ball player about as quickly as any of
them. and insist on good work with about
as much sternness.
As the west begins to tighten in the
race for the American League champion
ship 1t looks as II the notion that the west
had been overeStimated In regard to
strength will have to be revised. These
old ball players, when they get going.
make a great deal more trouble than the
spring bloomers. There will be several
who have been exploited in large black
type this spring whose names will never
be seen in the public prints next Sep
tember.
Can't tell lie. Walsh is about the
same quality Of pitcher that he was
last year. and then he was one of the
best in professional base ball His speed
hasn't abated bit, and while there are
many who object to games pitched by
spit-baH experts on the ground that
the contests are usually dead. ii must be
conceded that in his speciality Walsh is
abb ut as good as any of them who travel.
Ward Miller. late OF Wausau Wis. Is
making record as traveller. He went
south with the Cubs in the spring, and
when waivers were asked on his services
PittsbHrc stepped in and took him. He
posed as a sub swatter with the Pirates
for a short time, and Barney Dreyfuss.
finding he could make a deal with Clark
Griffith, turned Miller over to the Reds
Tor Blaine Durbin, whom Dreyfuss has
been after for many moons. DurbIn, who
Is q southpaW, never had a fair trial
while he was in Chicago, Chance having
too many good pitchers.
The name of Jim Vaughn the Texas
southpaw, whom Manager Stallings farm
ed out to Macon while the Yanks were in
Dixie last spring will be chronicied in
the mo hit no run hall of fame. Big
Jim gave every fan in Macon heart fiips
the other day when the Columbia team
knocked his curves into smithereens and
pelted him out of the box. The very next
day. and against tie same club Big jim
his yellow showing the previous day by
mystifying the Columbians. Not a Column
bia player reached first base until the
ninth inning. ard then Jim issued free
pass, but the former got stranded.
Vaughn famed nire and only five balls
reached the outiield territory Being
knocked out OF the box one day
and then going in the rext day and
pi; ching scoreless and no-hit game Is
something the Josses Waddells. Youngs
etc, have failed 10 accomplish
Cornell Loses Eddie Cook.
ITHACA. \. Y, June 19.-Eddie Cook.
recently elected captain of the Cornell