The Washington herald., 1911-06-14
st. Louis Brop,ns
Nationals Foe
Four-game Series Starts This afternoon Wal
lace Picks Athletics to Win Flag-Other
News and Comment.
BY WILLIAM PEET.

We have with us the st. Louis Browns,
present cellar champions of the Ban
johnson circuit, and four games will be
played with Rhody Wallace's clan.
Worlds series starts tomorrow" said
Wallace TO the writer last night I'VE
will either be next to last when We leave
Washington or else few points lower
and in undisputed possession OF eighth
place" he added.
Manager Wallace believes the Athletics
are going TO win the championship.
"Mack's bunch,'' he said, lis going like
a house afire, their pitchers are now in
form, and don't see how they can be
stopped
For to-day's game against the Ma
tionals, Wallace stated that he would
pitch either Mitchell or Red Nelson, The
one who looked the best during the
warming up proceedings would be Sc
lected.
Manager McAleer will pitch Walter John
son, and Gabby Street is slated to go be-
hind the bat. Walter is gradually round
ing into shape and with any kind Of
offensive strength behind him should have
little difficulty in getting away with his
game.
Joe jackson, of the Cleveland Maps,
tells this one on how an umpire decided
a championship game between two rival
South Carolina towns:
81 was playing with Greers against
Buffalo," said Joe. We had Buffalo
beaten, 10 to 5. but they sclFed three
runs in the last of the nintfly and had
three men on base with none out
THE Buffalo catcher hit a ball that
seemed to travel about a mile. 1t fell
foul by two or three feet, but the UNI
pire called it fair, and four runs scored
I'VE kicked on the decision. The UNI
pire said: Well. 1 don't want to see
my home town boys lose, and 1 don't
want to cheat Greers. so I'll compromise
and call it a double That just beat
our team
Willie KeeIer, the greatest place hitter
in baseball, realized he was at the end
of his long career when he failed to beat
out a perfect bunt in a game against the
Maps three years ago.
Some of the players noticed Keeler
was slowing up, but no one ever said
anything to him about it," said Neal
Ball, who was with the Yankees before
he became Nap.
One day Willie rolled a bunt down
the third base lire. It was as pretty
a bunt as 1 ever saw. Bill Bradley
came in g.. like a shot, got the ball with
one hand. and threw Keeler out at first.
Willie had a funny look when he
came back to the bench. Not word was
spoken, until finally Willie said: Boys,
l guess my time has come. When Willie
Keeler can't beat out a perfect bunt, he
knows he's through"
Joe Cohn, owner of the Spokane club,
is the money-getting kid of the Western
country. The magnate holds the record
along the Western strip of the United
States for landing money on young pitch
ers, and his mark to date is one that
would make any minor league club own
er grit his teeth in jealousy Two years
ago Cohn sold Vean Gregg to the Cleve-
land club for cold $4,000, having picked
up the big southpaw for nothing. Last
fan he peddIed three fingers off to the
majors-Jess Baker, Bonner, and Killaly.
Baker was sold to the White SoX for
1900. while Bonner went to Connie Mack
for $1,000 Killaly brought the same sum
from Boston, and outside Of these sales,
Cohn gathered in few extra thou
sands on the sales of Phil Cooney to the
Cubs and Pitcher Paul Strand to the
Boston Red Sox. Strand, who is not
yet eighteen years old, was sold to the
Red Sox for S. 600. The sale of Strand
calls to memory the fact that IL was only
few weeks ago that Owner Cohn, Of
the Spokane club, offered the young
pitcher and $3.50 in cash for Tony Smith,
the old Minneapolis inf1elder, now with.
Brooklyn. President Ebbetts, of Brook
Iyn, could not see Cohn's offer at all,
and now the Spokane magnate is putting
his life in jeopardy laughing over Eb-
belts ignorance.
Dr. Walter Peet, the famous rowing ex-
pert. who last year predicted that Har-
ward would win all three races-'varsity
eight, varsity four, and freshman eight
declares that in his opinion Yale has no
chance of winning from the Crimson in
the annual race at New London, June
go He says:
yale, 1 hear, is improving since go
ing to New London, but 1t is far too
late in the season for the Blue to have
any chance of oyerhauling Harvard"
The greatest record for continuous
service in the history Of baseball was
broken when Lii Sager, third baseman Of
the Evansville club was spiked in the
hand and compelled to quit the field in
the first inning of the game between
Evansville and Dayton on May 6.
Previously, Sager had not missed an
inning of a Central League game since
July 90, 1904. Sager has long been one OF
the star third basemen of the league.
A good fielder and a fair batter. he
never sustained injury nor aroused the ire
of the umpire. He was looking forward
to completing seven straight years Of
service next July. and run Of ], 600 games,
this season.
LII played in Ss5 straight games with
Evansville and South Bend before he
took the count.
Owing TO rain, thunder, and lightning,
the game scheduled between the Ma
tionals and the White Sox yesterday had
to be called OF, and win be added tc
the postponed list