Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-05-27


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A team must be carefully watched and
the moment that indications crop out that
speed II being lost, something must BE-
done to remedy this fault at once. The
Pittsbury team b very much OF q veteran
team and u took some time for II to move
fast. but II got there after a while. The
New York Nationals are also very much OF
q veteran team. Look 'em over. There
Isn't a Hedging on the team. How IL II.
then, that that team works SO we'll? It's
In the handling. The boston Americans
never In their existence made such a show
Ing as in the last two seasons. Last year
tho team was way down for a long time
ana then began to creep up. This year
they are slower by a lot than they were
year ago. Think you that Ned HanIon
with such team as the Boston Ameri-
cans would make SO poor a showing? Han
Ion had queer material In the Brooklyn
team last season and could do nothing with
II. The best manager will find Ii hard
shedding IL he has not the goods, but with
such a team as one with Graham. Peter
son. Armbruster. catchers; Young. Dinneen.
Tannehill. Winter, Gibson. Harris. pitchers;
Grfmshaw. Ferris. Collins Parent, fnfield:
Selbaeb, Stahl and Goodwin outfield can
one imagine such a heart breaking record
as has been made. Could Fred Clarke.
could Hughey Duffy. could any manager
manage to handle such a club for a month
without winning game?
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While many refused to rate this club as
a pennant winner to the exclusion of some
others before the season opened II looked
mighty good and everybody expected 1T
would make very fair showing. The
team had evidently gone back. 1t vas
slow. Fault was found last season with
the poor showing in the base running line.
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There was not the training indispensable
for winning club. The batting was not
as 1t should be- The art of sacrificing
seemed lost art Team drill and signal
work were painfully lacking. The team
lacked inspiration and intelligent leader
ship. Enthusiasm seemed wholly lacking
IN Manager Collins and the men acted
II dead. The lack of life shown by the
locals in almost every club was painfully
in contrast with the life, the push the
dash, the ambition evinced by other teams,
all OF which worked with might and main
to win
The absence OF Crlger was marked IL
was loss to the team of course, but how
about other teams? There was nothing
lacking at all In the work of Schmidt of
the Detroits who put up such dashing
game and filled the bill. Young Hickey
played dashing ball for st. Louis and his
work here was greatly admired. Young
Heydon, cast-ofr OF the White Sox caught
In the whole Washington series. and did
SleAiAd "oth, HitiiHS dS wen as 1eIUiIS wen.
Then there was Mig" Clark of the Cleve-
lands who played bang-up ball Where
these players came from there are others.
Graham looked mighty well in the south
and opened In New York in a way that
carried delight to the heart of the manager
He failed to impress the patrons OF the
club here and his work was frightfuily
uneven Peterson did not get any show
at all and was kept on the bench. Win
a team losing game after game there was
nothing IL not necessity to try out all
the material at hand and see what 1t was
worth There Is good stuff in this man
Peterson Certainty 1t is not fair to young
player to keep him out of the game so
long as Peterson has been kept out He
VIII not be worth anything to his club by
that sort of process. This young man is
a remarkably good batsman for a catcher.
An up-to-date manager will certainly well
come every well-meant bit of advice and
will not scott at II. Everybody Is liable to
err. and there are very few In the game
who know 1t all