Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-09-10
Idepce of The Star.

Special Correspondence Of The Star
BOSTON. September g. 1905.
1t is wonderful indeed how similar In
character are the struggles for the pen
nants of the two major leagues to those OF
last season. In the National League IL Is
tn. same leader-New York-in two seasons
New York has held it's own magr:fcen -"
and despite Its percentage. is as good as II
was a year ago That of the seo"nd 'ub.
Pittsburg is better than that of Chicag" IN
1904 President Dreyfuss is preparing to
give New York a very warm go for the pen
nant In the last visit Of the champs 70 the
west and IL the other teams can but give
him some assistance. feels confident his
club is not yet out of the running. unfor-
turately the other teams seem unable to
make a strong stand against the leaders
Much was expected of the Phillies this sea-
son. but they were unable to do much
against McGraw's men. While Pittsburg
has shown its ability to make fine stand
against the leaders, despite all kinds OF
setbackS in the way of the illnesses and In
juries of the players, every other club ex-
cspt Philadelphia has made sorry show
ing Brooklyn and Boston are worse in the
mire than they were last season Both ex-
pect TO make better showing in another
season and indeed they have something on
which to base such expectations. as they
could not very we'll do worse. Manager
Ned IIanlon seems to have bagged some
very likely men for his team for next sea-
son. and the same be said OF the Bos-
ton Nationals Owner Dunn has great
hopes of Pitcher Applegate of the Toronto
club. Toronto got him from Manager Mack
% the Athletics on condition that the latter
should be allowed to take n player from
the Toronto team It the close of the season
and he chose zimmerman. an 1n1elder
r.. H. Gov. harfl-
OF Applegatc. and he was purchased on the
Judgment OF Manager Jack Dunn of the
Providence club. Il remains to be seen
whether his judgment will be sustained for
AJplegate clearly was not good enough for
the Athletics, else he would have been re-
tanned by Mack.
Brooklyn got the Holyolse heavy hitter.
Hummel. upon whom Dunn also east long
ing eyes and was DESTROYS To secure.
There are players galore 10 be had. Apart
from the purchased ana the drafted there
are players In quantity, more than enough
to man any clubs that may feel the need
o: additions. The thing is to find the men.
Duffy and Shettsline went securing for ma
teriaI and got it. Only they did not go far
enough. They picked up II team very
strong, except III pitchers, and they ought
u be able to secure good corps by the
dawn OF anOOner season y season Is not at
all Il badene that produced Young of the
Caliber OF the stoCky left-hander of the
Boston National League club and Reulbach,
the Chicago crack. Boston is going along
with four pitchers. and for that matter has
done so, as Harley. who got through for
good last Tuesday. was not taken on SIN
gle trip this season. Here is an argument
for those who believe in keeping down the
number OF players. Why not begin with
the pitchers and allow no club more
than four? You would not find so much
con. planning. so much faultfindng and beg
ging off there Is now A man would do
Ills work or he would go elsewhere. Few
four pitchers. A pitcher ought to be able
to work twice n week. corps of
larger size means that the pitchers cannot
he worked on rotation. but the most skill
full must be necessarily employed. There
is no more effective or willing worker than
big "Cy'' Young of the Bostons. who Is al
ways ready to work when called upon, and
this has happened often, although not so
often as in the case OF Ed. Waddell, the
famous left-hander of the Athletics, who
has made a most marvellous record the past
two seasons and but for a slip up on the
part of Monte Cross would have rounded
UP a phenomenal showing off goose eggs.
The veteran Charley Nichols of the Phiilies
has always been on the scratch when need
OF usefulness are not yet over. McGinnity
used TO go in the box almost every day for
spell. He is not as effective as Mathew
son, but still shows his ability to hold his
END up against any club. After all the vet
Grams are the ones to be depended upon
The Boston Americans will scarcely find
any successor to "Cy'' Young: the New
York Nationals to Christy Mathewson: the
Pittsburgs to Charles Philippe the Ath-
letics to "Rube" Waddell, and so on. Man