Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-10-01


Special Correspondence Of The Star.
BOSTON. September 30, 1906.
The better the ball team the worse they
look once they are satisfied they are out
of the race fer first place.
For this reason 1t might be a good idea
to offer scale of premiums in cash for
the different positions. Then every. moth
er's son would hustle to the end and never
let up the leaders. There is no way to
make a bali team fight a leader with the
same force he viii fight an opponent look
ing for the same prize. Chicago and the
Athletics have long since squared away Tor
the first honors in the American League
race and win fight to the end. no doubt.
keeping the thing unsettled until the last
three OF four days at the best.
Both teams are fighting with most IL not
all OF the other clubs playing ball with the
scrappy department left out. as both teams
play good clean ball and have no enemies
among the other players.
A club with the proper staying powers
will play their best ball under strain. If
they cannot they are not the team to carry
OF the bunting. The Boston champions.
finding they were out of the race this sea-
son. have been laying up q heat or two, saw
Ing pitchers and playing youngsters with q
hope OF picking up a few gems. But gems
In base ball are indeed rare. Many of the
major league dischards are playing better
ball than the young men who take their
places for a short time. The. class A leagues
are full OF grand. good ex-big-leaguers. I
was at the closing game of the Eastern
League last Sunday in Providence. or at
hockey Point. a sea-shore resort twelve
miles away, where over 1900 people gath
cred to see Jack Dunn's boys win the last
game of the season from Rochester and
break tie with Baltimore, carrying off the
championship. to the insane delight of the
crowd, who appreciated an uphill fight and
a modest winner. This Providence team
put up a superb game, both in the field and
at the bat and won out in jig time. Balh-
more and Jersey City were left in the
stretch, Providence winning fifteen straight
games by fine all-round work, particularly
at the bat.
Il
The Baltimore people were dead sore, and
Joe Cummings. from the News of that city.
was on hand to note any let-up by the
Rochester boys. can say for fact that
Providence asked for no favors and won
the game by being the better ball team.
Cummings tells me that they are still long
ing for major league ball in the monumental
city. some of the daily papers refusing to
give any space to the Eastern League Mr..
Cummings believes that Ed Hanion's am
bition is to put Baltimore into big league
before he gets through. and with the right
hiiiu VI UdChluS Hc UcitNtS the Oiu CITY
would be much better than when they were
supporting league pennant winners 1
doubt this. In fact, Baltimore was almost
| ruined for major league ball by the old
crowd under Ed Hanlon, who allowed his
players too much freedom to please the
best patrons OF the game.
That Hanlon is slowly working to get
| control of the Brooklyn club seems to he
| the opinion of Mr.. Cummings. This how
ever, will prove big contract with Charley
| Ebbitts fighting for his existence. Neither
Baltimore nor Brooklyn cut much of fig
| ure In the base ball business although
| having more than their share of winning
| ball clubs.
George Stallings' Buffalo team had hot
time in the Rhode Island city a few days
before the close of the season. several of
| the players we'll Manager Stallings
coming off second best with special Of
| ficer's club. 1t was all the cops fault. says
| Stallings. and that seemed to be the i'm
preston l got in Providence from parties
| who saw the mix-up As rule. ball
players are harmless visitors and seldom
| get tangled up with the officers of the law,
| and L believe the Buffalo players We're inn
| posed upon by the thiek-headed Providence
1 officer.
| q The conditions at Buffalo are so much