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STANDING OF CLUBS.

jury will probably keep him out Of the
game for about month. Last spring
when he was setting the American league
afire by his brilliant playing, he broke
| his wrist and was out OF the game
for long time.
| Cincinnati has a find in young Phelen,
who is playing great game at third.
1t looks as if before Grant is given
d place in the lineup someone will be
| forced to retire through injuries.
There is no more natural hitter than
| iris Speaker OF the Red Sox. He is
an impressive looking chap at the bat
| and it matters not where the ball comes
over the plate he is sure TO connect with
it. He is liable to hit TO either field.
Cleveland critics are footing Joe jack
son as the probable leading batter at the
end of the American league race. Man
ager Davis says that he is two steps
faster in getting down to first than last
year
"Chan" Blair of Pontiac, Mich, has
decided to retire from active baseball
management. Blair has been playing
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war.
The Boston Nationals are composed
of few ex-Cubs. The cast-otis OF the
Windy city team are as follows: Bill
Sweeney on second, Hub" Perdue as
pitcher, vint Cambell in centeriield and
Johnny King behind the bat.
Rumors are circulating from Wash
ington that Ed. Walsh, the mainstay Of
the American league leaders, is both
cred with his pitching arm. There are
several clubs in the league that viii be
ready to deny this rumor.
Instead of being woefully weak in the
field events as it was predicted that
Harry EIillman would be when he was in
full swing at Dartmouth, he has had
much better success with his field men
than with his runners.
When Hedlund and Mel Sheppard come
together at the games at Celtic park IN
New York City there is danger for
the record for the 800 metres run.
At present Hedlund is doing about 4:l9
in practice.
1t is the claim of many that George
Bonhag of the Irish-American Athletic
club is made athlete not a natural
dub" but his study of the game
has made him a marvel.
June 10 has been set as the date for
the Olympic tryouts. The selection will
be made at New York, but the grounds,
where they will be held, have not yet
been decided upon.
The Chicago White Sox will miss the
services of Catcher Block for some time
to come In the first game with the
Red Sox at Boston last week he in
iured finger and, upon examination,
it was found that finger on his right
hand was broken.
Within the last nine years there have
been all of fifty suspensions in the Ma
tional league of the indefinite order,
suspensions that We're imposed at the
moment until the case could be inves-
tigated.
The Washington league club has been
described as strictly Walter johnson
team plus Ainsmith, Foster, Moeller,
Mcbride, Milan and Groom.
At his home in Minooka, Pa, Catch
er Steve O'Neil of the Cleveland Amer
leans is nursing broken finger.
In Washington they have good reason
to dislike Harry Lord of the White Sox.
In the first games of the season at
Chicago he defeated the Washington out
fit single-handed.
Those White Sox look like white
hope"
Freddie Welch the former British
lightweight champion, is preparing for
his comeback campaign. He faced
Jimmy Duffy at New York in a ten
round bout and intends to obtain
match with Matt Wells, at present hold
err of the lightweight championship OF
the British Isles.
Figures recently given out show that
Chief Myers leads the New York Ma
tional league team with percentage OF
1856, while Wolter, the Boston cast-of
has clear lead over his teammates in
the American club with an average of
3I3.
Monday Rube Marquard of the New
York Nationals registered his first shut
out game of the season. He has allowed
but forty hits to his opponents in the
seven consecutive victories that he has
won for his team this year.
George Witlze of the New York Ma
tionals, who was laid out of the game
for few weeks with tonsiltis, has re-
turned and is performing as of old.
Cleveland's new idol, Joe" jackson,
who made all baseball fans take notice
last year and who has been one of the
leading batters in the American league
this year, has taken slump in hitting.
In the New York and Washington Sc
ries he was held nearly hitless.
Ragon, the young Brooklyn pitcher.
appears to be the leading slab artist
on Bill Dahlen's pitching staff, He has
been in excellent form all season and
has scored couple of shut outs.
The Cardinals have made great squirt
IN the last two weeks. When Manager
Brcsnahan showed up after being absent
from the game for some time, the St
Louis team went from last place to the
top of the second division. For man.
ager capable of making his club play
winning ball. Bresnahan has shade on
Doom Of the Phillies.