Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-05-28
BASE BALL, RACING
AND OTHER SPORTS

Interview with President Moves which he
secured over the telephone, wherein he Is
given the chance once more to get in
knock at Manager Stahl and Third Base
deposed and the other raised to the man
agement.
Stahl Here to Stay.
These silly reports about the management
or the team sprang up at the commence
ment OF the season, but were pushed to
the background just as soon as the team
started TO win With the recent defeats
1t Is once more showed to the front. Man
ager Stahl can manage the Washington
base ball club just as long as he wishes.
Mr.. Cross has at different times issued
the statement, couched In the most en-
phatic terms. that before he would accept
the management of the Washington club
he would leave the city and go to farming.
Lave left the Athletic team to escape the
worries of management and he would
hardly come down here to butt into the
troublesome job.
Mr.. Kelly makes the statement that the
Nationals have the weakest pitching staff
OF any team in the American League, yet
not more than three weeks ago Manager
Griffith envied our twtrlers. We will tip
our hats to the pitchers the Athletics.
Boston and Detroit teams, but outside of
those three teams the Nationals force of
pitchers looks as good as any of the other
four Stick pin here and recall this asser-
ton about the middle of July.
The team is also criticised harshiy for bat
ting into double plays when the trouble is
not taken to analyze the cause. With but
three really fast men on the team double
plays are sure to develop, but had the slow
rum ers the necessary running qualifications
the, would rank up with the stars of the
cou4. Try. and there you are.
Nj. Kelly passes over McAleer and cites
Armour guiding hand for team, when
the latter was joke in Cleveland. and FROM
present appearances is not doing any better
In Detroit. This compar ison is brought up
in crlticising Manager Stahl for bad coach
ing when he had nothing to do with the
case under consideration, Messrs Kittridge
and Stanley being the guilty ones. These
slips in coaching are liable to occur with
any team, a case In point developing here
with the Chicago's when Donohue almost
ran over the top of Isbell in going from sec
ond to third and yet one ever charged
Fielder Jones with being stupid
Stahl Fielding Well.
In the matter of fielding Manager Stahl
is playing as fine game at first base as
any man in the league. Donohue of Chicago
excepted. He is covering lots of ground.
and, had he his old batting eye with him,
there would be nothing but praise for the
big fellow.
are especially attacked by Mr.. Kelly at the
wind-up of his article. but. like all other
critics, ne tries to point out the fault with
out suggesting a remedy. If Mr. Kelly can
secure for a reasonable amount of money.
say 5000, work off a trade wherein
better men than Kittridge. Heydon, Mil.
Williams or Hickman can be secured he
can make the easiest piece of big money
that has ever been showed his way since
joining the newspaper profession.
Messrs. Noyes, Rapley and Minor, the di-
recting head of the Washington club. have
repeatedly made the statement that they
will do everything possible to strengthen
the team and these statements should be
accepted in good faith. Managers are very
wary of parting with players this early In
the season and good men are not within
reach of money.
The management will do well to stand
pat with its present aggregation, and as
long as the team loses take its medicine.
Jimmy Collins refused to change his team
under fire, and now they are already throw
ing bouquets at the clever boy. Manager
Stahl can do no worse. and 1T is foregone
conclusion that the Nationals will shortly
regain their form and win many games be-
fore the season is much older.