Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-08-08
I'M Hughes Is Secured by cAer News and Sporting GosS
MAILER ANNOUNCES THAT
TOM HUGHESHASB UNSECURED
Veteran Twirler Selected in Preference to Any
Other Member of Minneapolis Team
Walter johnson to Pitch Today.
Special Dispatch to The Star.

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is to become member of the Washing
ton pitching staff again. This announce
ment was made by Manager Jim Nc
Aleer Yesterday The tall twirler that
has been doing such good work for the
Millers all season in the American Asso-
| citation will not join the Senator's until
the season is over in that league, 1t is
likely. for the Cantillons are not going
to take any chances on losing the PEN
nant by letting their best twirler go at
this time of the year.
Long Tom" will be happy to get back
into the big league again after summer
in the minors He has many more good
seasons of pitching left in him, as he
is not an old man by any means, but
he has not always taken the best kind
of care of himself in the past. so was
not as valuable man as he might have
been. He has learned that 1t does not
pay to be careless in his habits. and
hereafter he will be one of the shining
examples for the young.
The Washington men never had a
chance to win the game from Walsh yes
terday. The big splitter was in perfect
shape and had the ball under wonderful
control at all times. Wild Coproy was the
ONly man 10 get a nlt OIL EQu1S, ana lie
made two. Unglaub got to first base on
tumble by Purtell on bunt in the
eighth inning and was the only man to
get on base besides Conroy during the
afternoon. Walsh did not give base on
balls and struck out ten men, the same
number that he struck out last Thursday
in the sixteen-inning game that he
pitched against the Athletics.
Bob Groom was not in as good form
today as he usually is, for the Sox got
nj hoy
We're for extra bases. Groom handed out
only one pass and struck out only one
man.
Walter Johnson will do the pitching to-
day in the wind-up of the series here.
McAieer would have sent him against
Walsh yesterday afternoon If Becken-
DORIS finger had been in good enough
condition for him to catch the big fellow.
Beck was not willing to take a
chance on holding the cannon-ball deliv-
cry Of Johnson yesterday, but he thinks
that he will be all right today. Becken-
dorf and Meyer went In for Henry and
Groom in the eighth inning and the
catcher had no trouble with his sore
finger. Meyer was not throwing anything
but a straight ball, however, and it was
easy to hold him. McAleer Instructed the
Youngstown youngster not to try any
thing else. as he wants to use him over in
u
self McAleer wanted to give Beckendorf
a chance to try out his finger as much
as to give Meyer a show in the box when
he made the switch in the battery.
Mclean, the new right fielder of the
Sox. that cost Comiskey $4,000 only two
weeks ago, was the batting hero Of the
afternoon. The youngster has the repu-
tation OF breaking up the games in the
Three l League, but since he joined the
he hod oh1o IN with
the ball to any account, although he has
looked good at the bat and has been
waiting them out and getting on bases
quite often that way. He drove single
to center in the third inning yesterday
and scored the second Chicago run, and
in the sixth he poked out three-bagger
to the left-field fence that made him
hero with the crowd. He scored later on
TannehilPs hit. Mclean came up to bat
in the seventh inning, after his long
drive, and the crowd cheered him for sew
eral minutes, but he refused to take off
his cap. His extreme modesty was the
result of bad error that he made on the
first day that he played. He muffed a
fly ball that let In the winning run In
the third game of the Athletic series and
he was in bad with the fans. He was for
given al once when he made his hits yes
terday.
Comiskey is adding players at the
rate of one a day to his already long
list theseedayS. Saturday he announced
the purchase of Jesse Baker, the crack
pitcher of the Spokane team of the
Northwestern League. and a deal is
about to be closed for Third Baseman
Mccarthy of the South Bend team of
the Central League. Manager Duffy
will have so many youngsters to choose
from that he will be kept busy trying
them out for the rest of the season.
There was a crowd Of $4,000 people
at Comiskey Park yesterday. Many
of the spectators were out of town Wis
itors that are here for the knights
Templar conclave. Over half million
the coming week for the big conven-
ton. and many of them will be out to
see the new White Sox ball park il they
do not care to see the Sox play Lord
Euston, the grand commander of the
British knights. will be the big attrac-
ton at the game today. when the Sem
ators conclude their tussle with the
locals.
McAleer and his men will leave here
tonight for Cleveland. With Johnson on
the slab Manager Jim expects to win
and to break even with the Sox on the
series This will leave the Senators
with two games margin over the locals
for sixth place. If the Sox win again
today it will put them on even terms
for sixth place. Scott will likely pitch
for the Sox today. or 1t is possible that
Doc White will be sent back as Duffy
is more than anxious to overtake the
Senators.
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