Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-09-30
National League Clubs Standing.
American League Games Today.
Washington at Chicago.

~,,1c,co II, September 29-The heavy
rain of Friday was followed by oo"hpoul
this morning, and the South Side ParK Was
wetter than a duck pond. After que con,
alteration it was decided to call all pe's oii
for today and to play two games tohorio"'
This will give the Sox chance 10 recuper-
ate and get into good shape lot the las.
hard hurdles On paper, with the present
,.ad II seems impossible to figure out how
they can be stopped. Nevertheless, while
there's life there's hope, and while there
an uncompleted schedule things are liable
70 happen. Stahl and his men were rather
sore at the weather, as they had hoped
to stop the Sox in their mad career More
over the wetness was SO persistent that
ths Nationals couldn't go anywhere or have
any fnn. They are simply marooned for
the afternoon and evening, and not pelng
fish cannot get any amusement from the
climate. So,
Sev the majority being collegians in little
cans. who came to see the man who was
once the real thing in the western VARSITY
world. The memory of Stahls mlghty
achievements when with the Him VIII
never die. Big Jake hit them farther and
harder than any other boy who ever wore
the champaign uniform. and II he had KEPT
up that gait in fast company he would De
a top-notch slugger instead OF swattlng
around .22O.
Stahl Roasts Himself.
I'VE had hard luck all season." said stahl,
Though II may seem a stale game to COM
plain about misfortunes. Last year the
team batted weakly all season and heldeo
we'll I expected to get some great stick
work out Of them this season, and they
certainly improved a lot, but not enough
TO win games. Largely my fault, too.
guess I'm the worst batting failure In the
bunch. We all thought that the lnfeio
would be a hummer, Cross, Cassidy, Sonia
fly and myself would have oeen the caI ,l
and Cassidy was counted on to be the big
noise Poor fellow, he died, and 1t put US
all to the bad. Altizer has certainly made
good, and Is better batter than Joe, but
Altizer Joined US. Our pitchers have fallen
off, and Tom Hughes was a prime dis-
appointment this season as compared to
last. Great pitcher. too, but this was his
off year Up to the time we got Wakehelo
our catching staff was shaky. This boy
Wakefield will hit 800 next season and be
a star catcher, too. warner was DIG
help when he came. and now we are al
we'll fixed for catchers as any club In the
business. Schlafy has proved all We couio
ask and will bat better next season. Lave
Gross hasn't gone back any, ana maze gooe
all the time. Altizer Will be better mex
season will know the big league tricks
better and is a natural batsman and bas'
runner. The outfeld looks good. There ;:
nothing the matter with Jones as ground
coverer, and Hickman and Anderson car
slug as we'll as ever.
The trouble with the whole club ha!
been, first of all. weakening of thu
pitchers; second, my own personal fall
down with the stick. and third. hard lucl
and the loss of close games. II I'd beer
able to hit 800 this year, as many OF m!
friends predicted, we'd have been up in tn
first division but l was frost
Others 90 K" Jake.
Jake's roast of himself is not shared b.
his followers, who regard the big fellow
as being o. X. and ali wool.
"Stahl has been in tough luck with tn
stick" said Lave Cross. They spring u
and get liners off his bat game after game
Give him a chance and he'll fool them al
I'll bet fifty numbering drives have bee
caught off him this season. and with ord
nary luck every one of them would hav
been hit He's all right, gentleman an
the best fellow that walks.
The Nationals are an optimistic GROVE
and anxious to pose as champion killers
They offered sundry wagers that they woul
get at least one of the two games tomorrow
but they will have a tough proposition I
tackle Walsh and Altrock will probabl
do the pitching for Chicago. and both ar
on edge right now. Harder work an
gamer pitching could not be asked froi
any pair of twrlers. These friends hav
been laborng like fends the past tw
weeks. and without their Willingness tn
Sox would have been mile to the bad, a
White is Ill, Patterson has split hand an
Smith does not seem able to make goo
consistently.
Stahl has not decided what pitchers I
use in the double Kitson and Fall
enburg seem the most likely choices. bl
Hardy may be sent to go the route
the first battle.