Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-07-16

Washingtons. AS captain with first
class manager over him he would have been
a decided success. but 1t has been shown
that the load was more than he could
handle TO take upon himself the RESPONSE
bilities of team so nearly new as that of
the Washington club. The club began by
playing far ahead of It's speed. It showed
up strongly before the more veteran teams
had struck their gait, but after that began
10 lose ground. At that the club has not
SHOWN to worse advantage than the St.
Louis Browns, managed by the veteran
McAleer. who are also hopelessly In the rear
of the procession with one of the best pitch
ing corps in major league ball and with a
fast and promising outheld. A glance at
the work of the clubs in the major lea gues
Will show that Washington has the poorest
batting percentage In the bunch. That shows
lot, for the best pitching staff can do lit
tie unless the men are hitting. In late years
Washington has not shone either in batting
or fielding. Were Stahl not the manager
of the club there is no doubt at all tina t
his showing would be far and away better
than 1t is at the present time. The out
Held was not strong with the stick but two
excellent batsmen have been secured in
Anderson and Hickman, and with the club
recruiting better results can be expected
from this out to the end of the season. 1t
is not so much how the team will finish
this year, but how II will do next season
for If the team of 1906 can begin by hold
ing its own the financial part of the PROPOSE
ton will not be in doubt at all. The prop
osition stands. however, that in such a
team as Washington an experienced man
ager is necessary. There ought to be moth
Ing to take Stahls mind off his work. Any
thing outside of the work of handling the
men and their work on the diamond should
go to some one who can attend to those
matters Fielder Jones in Chicago is the
playing manager, but he has his employer
Comiskey TO take lot of work of his
hands that belongs 10 other hands than a
man constantly in the game
The season is not yet over but there
ought to be little doubt that Washington
will make better showing from this time
out than it did the previous part OF the
season.
Fielder Jones In Chicago is another really
new manager, and while he has fine field
Ing team 1t is not strong In the batting de-
partment, yet 1t has made an excellent
showing this season and is making grand
bid for the pennant. The present trip OF
the eastern teams to the west is most
crucial one. The Athletics are making a
wonderful try to get into the first place,
and II they can keep up the pace they set
| lately nothing can stop them. The strug-
the best seen for years, and the men OF
Connie Mack succeeded in achieving most
decided victory, landing four games out OF
| the six. Mack has landed in Knight as good
| a man as Chicago did In Evers. for the lat.
| ter was not out of his teens when he
| joined the Chicago team and Knight is only
| school boy.
| The friends of the Boston team have
| been hoping and hoping to see that tear
| regain the form that won for them the re1l-
/ nant the past two seasons. but the f-r.
sistible rush formerly theirs has been lack.
| ing this year. the work is slower less sure
and marked by more lapses at critical times
| The hitting has been weaker than at any
| time in the past two seasons. A club can.
not work at high pressure all the time
! Clubs like players, have their off and thei,
| on seasons and all that can be said of III,
| champions is that 1t is not their year II
| is great aggregation-great in pitchers
| with the best backstop In the country ane
| a fine In and outfield. Only most decided
4 change in the work of the team can effec
a change in the standing, but the season
l is not half over, and in base ball there 1.
no telling what may and may not happen.
J. c. MORSE.