Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-08-12


will be pulling for you this afternoon.
Tom Hughes left for Minneapolis at
noon today. The veteran is still great
pitcher, and promises to pitch himself
Jack into fast company again.
What's the use o: helping the Athletics
if they can't help themselves? The Ma
t.onals trim the Tigers and then they
, BOW down to the Browns.
The Boston Red sox must not be over
ooked. They are coming up to the ont
like whirlWind and will be hard to stop.
But the Nationals will be there with the
Jrakes when they met.
Powell demonstrated that pitcher does
not have to go after the str.ke-out Ieco.
IN order to win games He famed no one
yesterday.
OHara. whose batting OF late has
brought a good deal of crit cism III on
MIN, managed to start the rally that won
the last game with St. Louis for the
Giants, and did it with two out.
The Washingtons W II please accept the
assurances of our most distinguished con-
5ideration. coupled with the hope that
they will repeat the same performance
Observation-Disclosures Press.
The White Sox have stopped two or
three winning spurtS by the Yankees this
year but StallingS hopes that history VIII
not repeat itself this week.
Tai Mcconnell IS playing first base for
Rochester and doing some pitching as
well. He has won one game and lost
another.
Keep eyes on Boston. Connie Mack is
watching the Red Sox closer than Detroit
lust now. Two wins for Lakes men and
two defeats for Comics band would put
Boston in the lead. But what's the use
of figuling that way? Just at present the
Red SoX are third.
Tim Hurst and not Eddie Collins suf-
fered for the dispute they had in Phila-
delphia the other day. Hurst's failure TO
order Collins from the game was regarded
by many as a confession of error on his
part
Fine for Pittsburg While Chicago was
idle the Pirates copied the fourth straight
from Boston. The Cubs will be battling
with New York during the visit of the
Murraymen to Smoketown. Neither OF
the National League leaders is going to
have q cinch.
Probably no team has as many pitchers
actually with the club as the Yankees.
at American League Park. They are
Manning, Lake, Warhop, Chesbro, Ortiz.
Wilson. Quinn. Crockett. Doyle and
Hughes. All except Ortiz and Chesbro are
pitching often enough to be classed as
regulars.
Two pitchers were added TO the staff OF
the New York National League Club. &C
cording to an announcement by Manager
McCiraw in st. Louis. The new members
= y, nS a.
port. La club and George Daily OF the
Springfield, ILL.,, Three l League team.
The price for the latter IS reported to
have been $500.
Instead of going to Baltimore, as it
was believed they would. First Base
man Peter Noonan and Pitcher Herman
Malioy of the Wilkesbarre team of the
New York State League were purchased
by Connie Mack. manager of the Phila-
to join the Athletics at the close OF the
New York State League season.
Only two games were played in the
National League yesterday. The Giants
scored their fifth straight victory in st.
Louis, making ten runs In one inning.
and left there last night for Chicago.
where they begin an important series
with the Cubs today. The Pittsburgs
whitewashed the Boston tailenders. to
u. ana Increased tHelT ledQ over the
Chicagos to II points, or exactly four
games.
The Highlanders have a clear title to
fifth place in the American League race
this morning because of their clean-cut
victory over the Chicago White Sox
yesterday. The New YorkS are 30 points
behind the Clevelands, who were taken
into camp by the rapidly climbing Bos-
tons. The latter are now just II points
behind the Detroits and Philadelphia
Athletics, both Of whom suffered defeat.
the Tigers being outplayed by the
lowly Washingtons and Mack's men
suffering whitewash at the hands of
the ST. Louis Browns. who scored the
only run of the game In the eleventh
inning.