Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-07-28


Secretary Farrell OF the national hasa
ball commission has telegraphed the man.
agement OF the Danvi!le club forhidding
Catcher Joseph I.augllin from playing on
account OF protest flied by the Spokane
tWash.b team. which claims him. Laugh
lin claims that he has papers which will
show him to be free agent. Danville's
only other catcher Is out OF the game on
account Of split finger. and Secretary
Gregory OF the Virginia League. WHO was
In Danville. said that in view Of the pre-
dicament of the local team he would de-
Ter carrying out the instructions of Sec
rotary Farrell.
James Vaughn. leading left-hand pitch
er Of the Macon South Atlantic League
team. was sold yesterday To Brooklyn for
M.". He will report at once. This
sale makes a complicated case which Will
be fought out by three ma inr league
clubs before the national commission.
The New York Americans claim title IL
Vaughn. alleging that he was left with
Macon this year under optional agree
ment. Former owners of tho Macon fran
cllise sold Vaughn TO Cincinnati and have
received the money involved in the deal.
Since that sale the club has changed
hands. the franchise being forfeited To
the league. Yesterdays deal. by which
Vaughn goes to Brooklyn, Was made hy
the new owners
In game in Lowell the other dav.
with two on bases and none ont. tho
batsman sent fly that the left fielder
A protest was made on
the size of the hand covering worn bv
Mr. Kelly. and thereupon Umpire Fahes.
dug into his pocket and pulled out a.
tape measure. and upon investigations
the protest was sustained. and the UNI
pire gave the batsman his base This
filled the corners. but as matters turned
out no runs resulted.
Harry Davis and Danny Murphy con-
tinue to be Connie Mack's two old re-
tables. If either veteran had been an
absentee Monday there would have been
a different story to tell. Murphy is prob
ably the only Quaker outtieider who
would have succeeded in getting Hart
zell's drive when there Was full house
i'm the seventh inning. Nobody in Mack >
employ but Capt. Davis would have wal
Hoped out such tremendous homer -
his nobs pinked out in the pinch.-St.
Louis Globe-Democrat.
Il am perfectly satisfied with my Jon
with the Giants with the exception of two
things" states Bugs Raymond. .One
is that while l have won sixteen and lost
only seven games. l have yet to he intro
duced to the cashier. The other hardship
of which l must complain is that have
been plastered with 500 In fines, and the
season is still young. Outside of those
trifies I have no complaint TO make.
The growing practice of hatsmen care
lessly tossing their bats when leaving the
home plate which has frequently caused
injuries to catclers and umpires has i'm
PEELED President Pulliam of the National
League to issue an arbitrary order to nm
pires to eject from the game a batsman
who hits a catcher umpire with his
bat. The batsman is permitted. properly.
to complete his time at bat by running Ia
first base. If safe. he is relieved by a sub
stitute runner and goes out of the game
for balance Of the contest.
The Maps will probably continue tn he
III the American League race until they
are very much in it, Then they will prob
ably stop and drop out Of it. The Maps
always promise to win pennant. Tho
Maps make more big runs every summer
than any other team in either big league.
The Maps always start to get in il when
they are ont of 1t. and then. when they
are i'm it, they drop out of it, This.
though, may be Cleveland's year.
Rhoades has come around nicely. So has
Berger. Liebhardt may round to- Joss
and Young are in the best of form. So Il
Rhoades. Berger and Liebhardt can give
Skinny Addie and Fatty Cy the proper
support the Maps. after. all. may he the
team to fly the flag.