Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-07-23
MORSE'S BASE BALL CHAT

ac9ul. himself successfully unless he has
q; a., team mat is bound In the nature of
Things to be right in the race.
rake. for instance. the Boston team I'M
DER Collins. the Cleveland team under
I'aJoie and the Chicago team under Jones
Inc whole load of the success Of their
teams Is on the shoulders of these men. and
Oh the three men Lajoie is doubtless the
best loser. Both Collins and Jones worry
tsrrioiy when things go awry. Lajoie feels
the sung or defeat, but does not show IL So
decidedly as the others The case nj EraS
Ienney in the Boston Nationals is-another
one. He has had the hardest kind Of a
TOW 10 noe lie was not appointed man
aSer or MS club until 1t was almost ready
% go south in the spring of the wear Ha
mad nothing at all 10 say about the ma
terldI given to him to handle and he rad
ID make the best of what he had Tenney
was no tyro at management like Stahl hut
ne scarcely had good material TO handle
Inc strain he was under told upon hin,
most decidedly. and it is a good wager that
ne lost over thirty pounds since he went
south with his men in the spring. He is
hard worker, however. Owing to the i'm
pending change in the ownership of rhe
team IL could not be expected that any
money would be expended for players
Ohiy one player was added to the team
Dolan-and he proved to be of decided a in
10 the team: and while it will be no easv
matter for Tenney to keep his tribe from
iahdlns IN the last place. he Will make a
me hght with st. Louis and BROOKLYN to
avoid that disgrace. Tenney is playinp
hitting and running bases in a way to COM
pare with any first baseman in the coun-
Try Iehney says that his men play bet
ter ball on the road than at home 1t
must be remem bered. too that the team
has been badly crippled by accidents espe-
clally In the catching department Della
hanty. one of the best batsmen in the club
nut out of the for
first part Of the season.
If the prospective owner of the Nationals
has his say the two Boston teams win meet
in series In the fall. and In that case
there ought to be large turnout of the
fans. 1t would be novelty indeed to see
the new ICY against the veteran of that
name Without a doubt the new apirant
for fame on the diamond would distinguish
himself. He has become a great fayorite
with the lovers of the game in every city
In which he has pitched. He is always in
shape. always willing. always does his level
best and always pitches fine ball. Such an
excellent authority as Roy Thomas of the
Phiilies. one of the most expert batsmen
in the country. declares that the young
Young is one of the best pitchers he ever
faced in his career, and he ranks him with
tie best In the land today. The best thing
about him, as about the big chap of the
American, is his marvellous control. Left
handlers as rule have not the comma nd
OF the rlght-handers. Jess Tannehill of the
Americans has excellent command, and this
youngster seldom bestows a gift. Young
landed twelve out of twenty games which
is a fine record for a newcomer and this
record means that he has won about as
many as the other pitchers-Willis. Fraser.
Wilhelm and Harley-combined. and few
pitchers have any record that will COM
| pare with this. At present big ICY" has
| the poorest percentage of the pitchers OF
his team. but 1t is a good wager his show
ing Will be different by the time the end
of the season Is reached Last season Win
ter had the best percentage of victories of
the club, although he did not pitch in many
games This season he has failed to land
a majority of his games pitched.