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

Special Correspondence of The Star.
BOSTON, September 20. l9oo
While it is all over in the National
League but the shouting. and New YORK Is
sure to again take first honors. 1t is not SO
in the American. There the Chicago White
Sox have been giving the Athletics chase
not at all relished by the latter. Even III
Jones men do not attain first honors. they
have certainly made record Tor the VIII
ming of double-headers in Boston ana Ne"
York let alone their winning of three dou-
ble-headers from the Boston champions In
Chicago that ought to stand Tor very
long time. How time does reverse the or
der of things In the fist season of the
American League Chicago dropped eleven
games in succession to Boston here-ten
championship and one exhibition. Now
there is a different story to tell. and what
was a rout for Chicago is now nothing but
overwhelming disaster for the locals. Those
who saw the White Sox play here were
struck with the DASH the go, the vim, the
energy and ambition they displayed. They
We're fast-very FAST they took advantage
of every opening. There nothing of
the perfunctory in their ball playing. They
showed the speed Boston once had and the
Bostons played second fiddle for that rea-
son. One could not but marvel at the work
of the veteran George Davis. who has been
in the game so long, but not so long as to
be weazened or dried up. He played quite
as good a game as he ever did in his long
career, and nothing better has been seen
here this season-and lots of good short
stopping has been seen. Honus Wagner
put up very brilliant game here this year,
but he had nothing at all upon Davis All
of which goes to show that ii by no means
always follows that the youngster has 1t on
the veteran. The way that Davis managed
to gather the most difficult of batted balls
and pull down badly thrown ones was a
treat indeed. He batted well, too, and ran
bases with effect so that there is no doubt
at all of the part he has played to bear the
banner of the White Sox to leading part
in the race. Another man who did grand
work was "Jiggs" Donahue on first, and
the way he gathered badly thrown balls
with one hand was as fine as even that spe-
cialist. Fred Tenney. could do. Business
Manager Charley Fredericks of the White
Sox says that Davis and Donahue have
been playing that way all season. No team
succeeds In getting more out of their bat
ting than do the White Sox. and is it not
far more enjoyable to see team make
many runs in comparison to the hitting
than one which will do more hitting. yet
show very poorly when it comes to base
running or run-getting.
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Last season two clubs had it out at the
finish of the American League race-Boston
and New York-and Boston got there by
reason OF two more victories. Today both
of those clubs are relegated far to the
background. and the east and the west are
battling quite as fiercely as did the two
leaders last season. Last season Boston
had to win the pennant in the stronghold
of the enemy-New York. This year it may
be fought In out-of-town grounds-the Attn
leticS in Washington and the ChicagoS in
ST. Louis-in which case the interest will
De Immense indeed.
Despite the fact that the Athletics have
been severely handicapped by the Gripping
of "Rube" WaddeH. they have made the
running quite as fast as it was year ago.
Scarcely a club that has not had some hard
luck stories 10 tell about the Gripping of
players by injury or illness. Some were
better prepared for this than others. and
the best prepared naturally made the best
showing. With all its viclsstudes. Cleve-
land has not Jared so much worse than
last season. and with players that could
have compensated in some measure for
those out of the game the club would have
made better showing There is little in
spiration for pitchers TO do good work when
they know they have very weak team
behind them. and Cleveland will be lucky
indeed If il manages to land in the first d.
vision. Two clubs that have made a most
appreciable gain in percentage are Detroit
and Washington. Washington ought to
land more than twenty-five victories ahead
of its record of 1904, and II it can repeat
this in 1906 will be very close to the top.
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The Boston Americans have a good-sized
company of players from which TO select
the team of 1906. Take the club of 1904.
or the men mustered in the spring not one