Evening star., 1909-05-24
BASE BALL NOTES.
Tannehill or Altrock may do the pitch
ing for the Nationals today.

Tannehill or Altrock may do the pitch
ing for the Nationals today.
or course. Ty Cobb had to pick up his
batting eye just as soon as the WASH
ington boys have struck town. He hasn't
been hitting Of late. but was there yes
terday.
Clyde Milan is coming around all right
and only needed steady work to make
him hit his proper stride.
The Nationals will get a warm welcome
home next Saturday. no matter where
they stand in the pennant race. Every
| body In Washington wants to give
"Jiggs" DonOifue- hearty welcome to the
Capital city.
| George Mullin has been pitching won
derful ball this spring. but the Nationals
are just about due to break his string
of straight victories this afternoon.
Umpire Settley. who has been working
in the South Atlantic League, will make
this city his home in the future. He Is
an old-time ball player and will be a good
man to umpire for the many different
amateur leagues in the city.
played eighty-four games OF base ball.
Each college has won forty-two.
Jiggs Donohue is putting ginger in the
Washingtons and setting the pace for
them in clouting the ball.-New York
Sun.
The hit and run play" says Connie
Mack. lis necessary factor In base
ball game .Jitto the caught fly, the
base hit and the pitched ball.
Eddie Collins is about the only Colunl-
bia base ball player who ever made good
as a professional. That's true for twenty
years back. anyway.
The ST. Louis Browns have their Man.
ager McAleer and their Outfielder Nc
Aleese. and from the way they have been
going they have McAloOse.
Those Athletics arrive home Friday
Possibly there will be some reception for
them. Why. you couldn't build a wall
around the park high enough to keep the
fans out-Philadelphia Press. Nationals
Will be with them.
Frank Baker. the Athletics kid. has
had one two-bagger and three hits. good
for three bases on the western trip. and
all Of them figured in the run-getting.
And yet his batting average Is only 3s'.
After all. it's not always the 300 clout-
ers who win games.
Browns and Highlanders. is holding up
his end with the fast Boston Red Sox
and doing helpful work in various capaci-
ties.
Tenneys play on a bunt the other day
whereby he threw out a runner al third
base was so smooth and quick that some
folks who did not observe closely thought
MarQuard made the play.
Were the code used by the pinched safe
breaker adopted in base ball Coyaleskie
name would be spelled something IKE
this: Xgrzkmnbk. You'd have 10 have q
mouthful Of tacks TO pronounce II.
Talk about college players not being
able to hit. Young Mr.. Stevens OF the
Yale freshmen made homer, triple
and a single against the Tiger cubs last
Saturday On the same day two homers.
two triples and two doubles were mado
in the Pennsylvania State Michigan game.
The board of directors of the National
League are trying to arrange date for a
meeting to act on the appeal of the Gin
cinnati club Of President Heydler's de-
cisiom of the Cincinnati-Pittsburg pro-
test. II may meet during the coming
western trip of the eastern teams, pos
sibly June 16.
In the matter Of managers Fred Lake
In deserving OF the bay. He had the nerve
to dispose of two such big favorites as
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