Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-08-27
MAJOR LEAGUE GOSSIP
BIZ ] c. MORSE.


Special Correspondence of The Star
BOSTON, August % 1905.
President Ban Johnson of the American
League hit the nail on the head the other
day when he stated that the American
League tail-enders had struck their gait
Washington sailed into Cleveland In great
shape and ST. Louis fairly took away the
breath of the Athletics by the way they
sailed into them. Washington has given
the Athletics more trouble than any of the
eastern teams OF the American League and
St. Louis took seven out of nineteen games
with the leaders.
In the National race. Boston has found
Pittsburg about as easy a proposition as 1t
las encountered this season. Pittsburg will
be the only club to win double figure games
from the Giants this season. Cincinnati
has found Philadelphia easier than any
club except Pittsburg. although New York
has gathered seven out OF nine from the
Phillies. and the two clubs have yet thir-
teen games to play together.
II Is great race In the American. The
eastern contingent Is working with might
and main TO hold its own so as to be in
position to make successful squirt in the
iInal struggle. The leaders are certainly
in a position to win every series in which
they will play which will be a most re-
markable feat in such an arduous cam
paign as that of this year and a signal
proof OF the superiority of the team. Bar
ring accident there is nothing TO prevent the
Athletics from coming home with the lead
and this makes Manager Connie Mack be-
lieve that the final honors Will be his with
very little trouble.
There is no more intense rooter than
owner Taylor of the Boston Americans
He is the sorest Individual In the world
when his team is losing and correspond
ingly opposite when ii is winning. while an
adverse decision from the poor umpire Will
provoke a stream of adverse comment any
thing but pleasant to that functionary could
he but hear It. Mr. Taylor is roofing hard
for his club 10 win first honors. and will
not give UP the ship now when the odds
are so strong against his pets. but will
persist until all hope Is gone. While he
comedies that first place may be lost he
insists that it is a cinch his boys will land
one, two or three. and has laid some con-
siderable wagers In that direction. He has
no doubt at all about the Cleveland propo-
sition. That club has been steadily losing
ground and seems destined TO drop below
both Boston and New York.
All of the clubs have a most wholesome
regard for the Washingtons just now. espe-
cIally after the fine showing that club made
Jones of the Chicagos also has q very good
opinion OF them. When they take to
batting said he during the last visit of
his team TO this city. you might as well
call ii all OFF. That is their forte-they can
hit. and when they do not hit they are
easy. Washington fans must be pleased
indeed TO have "a team that can do better
than land in last place. and the club is not
such a bad seventh that first-class rally
would not bring them very close to the
Detroits The latter cannot finish better
than sixth and will have to do some hust-
ling to do well as that If Washington
had Its present array at the beginning of
the season II might be disputing position
with Boston and New York However.
there Is another season coming.
A hustler and worker is this Fielder
Jones He is In the game all the time and
never let's up. No club will work any
harder to land the flag than his. and he
maintains that but for the crippled con-
dition OF the team on the last eastern trip
and the very weird work of the umpires
THE best of umpires Will make mistakes,
TO be sure said Mr.. Jones while In this
city. but no manager can be expected TO
stand for raw incompetency, and that is
what can be predicted of some of the mem
bers OF the staff that Mr.. johnson has fur