The Washington herald., 1910-07-11
Detroit at Philadelphia.
Chicago at New York.
Cleveland al Boston.
ST. Louis mt Washington
STANDING OF THE CLUBS
srANnING a. ~ cI.rRs - ID. la0a
BY WILLIAM PEET.

llere are just TWO players III the Noh-
necticut League who have caught the
eyes of the big league scouts this sea-
son-George Sherwood, third baseman Of
the New Haven Club, and Campbell, of
Springfield, also a third saeker.
According to Mike Kahoe. who Is acting
as jim McAleer's advance man, Sher-
wood viii bear watching. and after he
(Kahoe) gets another look al the young
ster, providing he does not change his
opinion. negotiations win be opened for
Sherwood's release. and he may be
brought on 10 Washington after the
minor league closes
Already the Nationals have signed VI
the star OF the New England League
Cunningham. a second baseman on Tom
nv Dowds New Bedford club-and Sher-
wood is pronounced By most judges the
best man in therConnecticut organization.
which ranks on a par with the New Eng
land League
Speaking about youngsters breaking
into big company. Patsy Donovan told
the writer when Boston was here last
week, that if the minor league players
would just forget themselves and keep
I'D their bush league manners more Of
them would make good.
Donovan claims that Just as soon as a
minor Lacquer gets a chance with an
American or National League club he
seems TO fly of the handle.
Donovan thinks they try to overdo
things and in consequence fail 10 show
up in their true light
Donovan's words have a certain ring
Of truth about them.
II it does not rain. the Nationals and
Browns Will clash for the fourth game
OF the series at the local ball park this
afternoon. NIcAleer viii probably send
either Groom or Gray in to do the twirl-
ing. while Jack O'COnnor IS figuring on
working Bob Spade or Petty
Those in close touch with baseball af-
fairs in the American League say that
when the season Of 1910 comes to a close,
Harry Davis. the Athletics first base
man and leader viii retire from the
strenuous national pastime and take
things easy.
Davis. when seen here last week. did
say, however, that If he pulled any
more tendons or sprained his ankles, he
would have 20 quit whether he wanted
TO or not.
While Davis Is warming the bench,
Ben Houser is putting up a pretty fair
game on the initial sack-the more he
plays, the better he looks.
It takes Connie Mack to dig 'em up.
Elmer Bates. of the Cleveland Leader,
says:
Dropping into a chair beside Manager
Jennings. of the Detroit Tigers, at the CO.
lonial the other day. Cleveland fan pro-
duced newspaper clipping dated 1895,
and bearing the statement that in the
season before-1S9EH ughey," then the
brilliant. dashing shortstop for the IA
nous old Baltimore Orioles, had reached
first base by reason of being hit by
pitched balls no less than seventy-six
times.
Are those figures correct? Is 1t pos
sihle that any one player was ever hit by
pitcher balls seventy-six times in one
season. this fan asked.
tnlik seventy-six Is the right num-
ber.' rSpliS the Tigers leader, and then
added laugangly. If remember rightly.
there were eAsctly seventy-six black and
blue marks onmy anatomy at the close
of that season.
But why wera't you killedY
Oh said Huxley, there's an art
about getting hit b a pitched bali lust
as there IS an art abot working a mich
er for base on balls. Not man, tasD,s
resort 10 these forms ; baseban s,rot-
egg nowadays. but bot we're cor,r,or
enough IN the days OF Ne ITanlon,s OF
oles. the most resourcefuI,au o,,,h 80
organized. The trouble VIII so,,a r,oa-
ern teams, Particularly the 1gars q .ha.
they hF~en't anything to faIhaclr mon
when Iings IRE going agaist tbe,,-
they are giving the public all tl.,,,,-a cot
SO 10 speak, every day
Could you go in and work IN b,+-t,,-
pitched-balI trick and get away vim II
to-dayg
" I'm not sure about that, butY an
mighty sure that I should try II on a.
= while were in the game and nosb,t-
ting. Ned Hanlon's slogan was. "Cet ~