Evening star., 1909-06-07

from home Several OF the party worked
on the machine for an hour trying to
fix it up. but without success, and then
they all started out TO find a trolley line.
Bill says they must have walked fully
fifteen miles before they struck car
line. and il was nearly dark when he
reached the Arlington again. Burns says
he doesn't mind going out III an auto
mobile but not SO far from home again
for him.
The Chicago club arrived in Washing
ton at late hour Saturday night. and
at an early hour Sunday Nick Altrock
was at the Arlington, waiting to greet
his old pals, and he stayed there all
day. The White soX have always thought
a great deal of Nick, especially on ac-
count of his great showing against the
Chicago Cubs III the worlds series three
years ago. and he had large group
around him all the time. At one time
Altrock was heard telling Manager Sui
livan:
II hate to tell you this. Bill but
have received orders from Cantillon To
trim your outfit. and I'm going TO do it.
The Star inadvertenLy Saturday pub
lished the Business-Technical game as
settling the championship in favor of the
latter. 1t would have settled ii had
Business won, but Techs victory made
it three-cornered tie between Central,
Business and Technical. 1t will prob
ably stand that way, as ties are not
played off in the High School League,
more the pity.
The base ball fight for the so-called col
lege championship is i'll sadly muddled
condition. A week ago it looked as If
! Harvard and Pennsylvania had worked
| themselves clear of the other teams, but
| now, no matter what future games have
/ in store, a cloud must rest on the title
| of any nine which has the temerity to
claim it. This condition was brought
! about by the defeat of Pennsylvania by
| Cornell Monday, with Shultz in the box
| for the Quakers, and the victory of
Brown over Harvard Wednesday for the
second time this year. Three weeks ago
| Brown looked hopelessly out of the run
ming, with two defeats by Princeton, but
now with two victories over Harvard
end an even break with Yale. the team
has forced itself into contending posi-
| ton again for which Nourse, one of the
best college pitchers of the year, is
| largely responsible. Nourse, by the way
has decided to join the professional ranks
| and has signed with no less team than
J Chicago, which holds the worlds cham
| pionship.
| There are now SO many ifs to be con-
| sidered that the role of prophet has no
attractions for anybody. Some of these
| ifs may be mentioned. If Yale wins
| the Harvard and Princeton series her
| title will be questioned by Pennsyl-
vania. a team which defeated the Blue
| If Harvard wins the Yale series Brown
| will lay claim to the title. having de-
| feated the Crimson twice. If Princeton
| rallies and defeats Yale in two games
| out of three and Yale defeats Harvard
| the Tigers will have almost as strong Il
| claim as the Crimson and thus give
| Pennsylva mia, which defeated Princeton
| twice, another chance to talk, with Cor
nell and Amherst. which defeated The
| QuakerS. also piping up. Altogether
! the tangle will be hard to unraVel
which emphasizes once more the need
| for an intercollegiate base ball league
| so that the winner of the title could be
determined on percentage basis.