Evening star., 1901-08-07
National League Clubs' Standing.

Yesterdays rain prevented the Washing
ton and Athletics playing the double header
at Philadelphia and also knocked out the
Observation-Disclosures game in the latter city.
AS the present trip to Philadelphia Is the
last Manager Manning and his players will
make this season it was decided, after a
conference yesterday, to play double
header today, and instead Of coming back
to Washington tomorrow, to decide the
postponed games in the Quaker city.
Four games were to be played in
Washington, Thursday, Friday and Satur-
day, but instead the quartet Of contests
will be played on the last two days Of the
week. The, bad weather this season has
played havoc with Manager Manning and
his Philadelphia dates, but through this
doubling-up process II is expected that
everything will be Strengthened out, pro-
viding, Of course, the weather bureau fur
nishes clear weather for the rest of the
week.
The rest obtained by the WASHINGTON
players yesterday will be appreciated, es-
pecially by the pitchers, and 1t is possible
that the contests forthcoming between the
Senators and Athletics will be close and
interesting. The Athletics at the present
time are unusually strong, and from this
time out to the end of the season the clubs
In the first division will undoubtedly have
a contender for one OF the coveted posi-
tiOnS. Manager Mack had the a(lyanta a pe
of Manager Manning at the start of the
season in having several stars of known
quantity, but desertions weakened his team
and In addition his twirlers got a poor
start. His pitching staff has now rounded
to, and. in addition, the other positions
have been strengthened. The Senatorial
pitching staff, with the exception of Mer-
Ger. started off like aihouse-a-fire, but the
other players put up "a poor article of ball.
10 t3,,,eI n ufrlop
excepted, have gone decidedly backward
and although the other players are fielding
unusually well, they Cannot hit the bah
hard enough to offset this weakness and
win games. II 3E
The Athletics are undoubtedly the hard
est hitting aggregation ;in the American
League, and should Patten, Lee and Gear
come to Carricks assistance with good
twirling In the games scheduled for this
week. the chances are good that the Bal
tfmore and western teams will find the
Senators strong proposition on their own
grounds next week. on III
The Washington patrons of base ball are
not hard losers, and 5tf1e lproba abilities are
that good crowd Will baton hand Friday
to welcome the Senator's home after their
months trip around the western end of the
circuit. Ths Washington lads have been
playing unusually COED BAH recently, and
II they keep up their present stride there
will be no kick coming. OF course, it is
pleasure to have team up in the first
division, with good chance for the pen
nant, but Washington has become so hard
ened to cheering on tail-end aggregation
that a club In sixth place is something Of
novelty. Detroit has been meeting with
many reverses of late In the western terri
tory, and as Baltimore is not too strong,
there Is still possibility Of the Senators
getting Into the first division through the
medium of good playing.
Manager Manning OF the Washington
team Of the American League sounded the
keynote of the troubles that the various
clubs will have this fall in recruiting for
had made every effort to secure talent for
his team for this season. and had been un-
successful In landing one promising man.
The scarcity of hitters is appalling" said
Manning, "and 1t is equally hard to get
good infielders or pitchers Take the list
Of youngsters that have broken into the
National or the American leagues this year
and you will scarcely find a star fielder
among them, while there has not been a
strong batter developed in either league
among It's young bloods. I have watched
minor leagues and Independent teams this
year, but in all my efforts to get line on
promising material I have failed to find
one man who would strengthen the Wash
1ngton team as 1t Is now constituted. And
what has been my experience has been that
OF every manager In the two big leagues.
Unless the American and the National
leagues come together at the end Of this
season there will be the greatest scramble
for talent that ever has taken place, with
the result that salaries will go UP, and but
little profit will be made in 1902
Detroit, 8; Milwaukee, 4.
The Milwaukee and Detroit clubs played
a loose game in the former city yesterday,
the opportune batting Of the Tigers en-
abling them to win out by the score Of 8
to 4. Miller and Sparks were both effective.