Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-07-02

1.-THE best evidence that base ball is In
the hands of honest people is the position
of the clubs in the American League race
this season"
This interesting comment was uttered by
one of the most successful business men
of Boston a few days ago, and continuing
he said:
IT never was so impressed with the hon.
esty of the sport as this season. Here are
two great clubs representing the cities of
New York and Boston working tooth and
nail 10 get out of the last place with no
help outside the legitimate sources. for no
club will now sell or dispose of a good
player for the benefit of another member
of the league.
Here and there men are traded from one
club to another. but it's never the best
men, rather some player that will prove a
drawback rather than a help.
The smaller cities have just as good a
show for the highest honors as the larger
ones, and the players must practically go
to the clubs that discover their worth while
members of young organizations"
The gentleman who commented thus on
the game was a warm admirer of the play
ers of Anson's time. He had seen very
little OF the game for the last dozen years
until last season, and was pleased TO feel
that the game was still in the hands OF
honest men and players, even If all was
not pleasant between the different combi-
nations.
outside what comes from the inside, as the
brotherly act Is usually the corn well
husked. It's a gamble, the winner takes the
money, while the loser must figure better
break some time and win out big losses
with one fine season. It's a case of build
ing up and tearing down. The magnate
with a strong team is securing the country
to keep at the top, and the clubs using gift
q rinu af ~ hot
tom OF the list IT takes time and money
to build up great ball team. You can
never afford TO let a good man go, always
selecting the weakest man in the bunch for
a trade or release.
The rainy season and great amount OF
double-headers caused thereby Will do the
game no good this season, as the public is
very likely to get more ball than IL cares
for in the major leagues. and especially so
IN the cities with two clubs. The Boston
Americans have already lost fourteen
scheduled games, meaning a loss in
money of anywhere from twelve to
twenty thousand dollars Up to this sea-
son Boston played In big luck, avoiding
the storm belt in a remarkable manner
but this season the club has met a double
drawback with bad weather and poor ball
playing. Our local National club has
played in fairly good luck with the weather,
but only secOnd-class ball. with no chance
for Improvement 1t would be just i'm
possible for the present league team to play
winning ball as 1t would be for q small boy
to lift himself off the mat by his boot
straps. The material is not there.
At this reading the major league clubs
now playing at their top-notch gait are
Cleveland, Athletics. Chicago and Detroit,
In the American League; New York, Pitts
burg, Chicago Cincinnati and Philadelphia
In the National League. There are three
prospective winners in the American, with
one in the National. II seems q pity that
Boston and New York were not in better
shape IN the early spring TO give the
Giants a stronger argument and hold Nc
GraWs team down, so that the league race
could have been more interesting The
Boston club has already made three visits
to the Polo grounds. and no schedule maker
could improve New York's chances any
more than the person who did the figuring
this season.
Every one IN this burg is watching the
work of Hugh DufTy's Quakers. It's no
fash in the pan, and Sir Hugh is more than
likely TO keep his boys hustling to the end
for a place.
Billy Lush made a remarkable success OF
his coaching at Yale. winning for that uni
versity championship for the first time In