Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-05-07
WORK OF BIG LEAGUES
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BY J. C. MORSE.

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| Special Correspondence Of The Star
BOSTON, May g. 1905.
With the games between the New York
Americans on Monday and Tuesday the
| champions" will HE themselves west for
their first trip to that section, playing in
order IN Detroit Cleveland, St Louis and
Chicago, thence going to Washington TO
| play four games in two days-May 80 and
| Gland four more games In New York not
| returning to Boston until Tuesday, June g.
| when the st. Louis club will be the first
| one of the western contingent of the Ameri-
| cans to play in this city. In all the cham
| from home or almost one-third of the quota
away from home for the season. That
| means a lot of hard work and if the team
| can hold It's own it will do splenddly.
Wonder If there will be any surprise this
| season to compare with the Washington
Boston series. OF the seven games between
the two teams five were won and lost by
one run and two of the games were l to o
games. Washington scored fifteen runs
while Boston made but eight, an aver
age of just about one to a game. No use
talking the tailenders of 1904 won't be tall
enders this season. The verdict of those
who have seen them play is that they are
a lively, energetic lot, in the game all the
| time. They have corking lot of pitchers.
| This young Jacobson pitched in three games
against the champs" and did the trick
| each time. Two Of his victories were
against the veteran "Cy'' Young. There
ought to be some great turn-outS when
these two teams come together again on
Decoration day. Tom Hughes is also doing
fine slab work and as for Patten, no left
handler in the country has anything on him
today. Mullen gave a splendid account of
himself in the games of the Washingtons
here, and if there are any better all round
men than young Cassidy please bring them
around. The way Hill handled himself at
third pleased the most critical and the way
he handled hunts especially was most COM
mendable
The way the New York Nationals are
plling up the victories and the game they
are playing augurs well for their success
this season. This aggregation is just go
ing it.
There is no doubt that Brooklyn is put
ting up a better game than Boston, and
that being the case Boston will have to
hustle a lot to keep out of the last hole
Hanlon has a first-class outfield in Sheck-
ard, Dobbs and Lumley; in fact, this VIII
compare with most of those in major
leaguedom today. That team ought TO i'm
prove the season wakes and showed by
its playing in the New York games what 1T
could do when seen at its best
The best of teams have their ups and
downs. A club is lucky indeed If it does
not have several of them in a season. The
champions had their dose early, but they
are bound to come around again all right.
With the pitchers in the best of shape and
the team otherwise in first-class condition
they cannot but hold their and when
they enter on to their first long home series
give good account of themselves.
Washington made no mistake to cling to
Malachi Kittredge. He caught in all of
the games the Washingtons played here
and did splendid work in all of them.
Malachi is not bit passe and no catcher
has anything on him when it comes to
handling pitchers. He showed that he
could handle the bat to good advantage, and
1t was his fine showing in this respect that
enabled him to assist in pulling out the
last game for his club
It's a mighty interesting problem who is
going to be who in this American League
race. 1t looks like a tough old struggle.
The clubs are all playing great ball Al
though a fine batting aggregation, Cleve-
land suffered four shut-outs in its first five
games The Athletics showed strongly
against the champions and New York but
failed to open any kind of a gap, and OF the
clubs engaged in the race Boston alone
trailed, and that club is bound to close up
the gap before long.
In the Nationals it looks like nothing else
except New York and Pittsburg, and with
the race now in the east New York ought
to open a good-sized gap upon the other
teams and go west with a good-sized lead.
There never was such interest in the game
as there is today and not &, single organlZa-
ton under the national agreement ought
there be that will not prove money maker
In the major leagues the fans seem to be
simply crazy for the game. With the
weather extremely unfavorable the turn
seasons when the conditions were perfect |
Washington is sure TO go wild over It's |
base ball aggregation and the returns |
there ought to be assuring.
1t is a mighty poor idea to secure cheap !
team. A cheap team cannot possibly be a
winner. and on that account it cannot be