Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-06-24
BASE BALL COMMENT.
BY JACOB c. MORSE

BOSTON, June 23-It seems mighty poot
business for any club to endeavor to Induce
men to break contracts but anything seems
to go in base ball. The experience that the
Tri-State has gone through ought to make
both willing and anxious to join the Nation
al Association. and despite anything that
may be said in the premises this is sure TO
happen at no distant day. 1t is all right to
talk about the sinews OF war and all that
sort OF thing. but one tires after a while.
and so 1t will be with the Tri-State. There
are some mighty good ball clubs in the Tri-
State and some of them could give very
good battle indeed to any club in the coun-
Try. Wlliiamsport has a very good collec-
ton OF former major league lights There
are players. too, in that league that would
help more than one club and viii doIbtiess
iahd there IN another season. One does not
near or any fines that have been inflicted
upon the players that jumped organized ball
TO go to the Tri-State. and it seems. there
lore, that exceptions are made Of rIavers
needed by American League clubs Sncb..
men as Hayden and Altizer were able 10
clear their skirts simply because they were
wanted but what farce indeed was the
threat issued compared with the deuoue-
ment 1t was certainly most ridiculous. To
what extent this will go is a conundlilnl in
deed but time will show.
The manager-captain has long been n moot
ed one, but the tendency seems 70 he 70
ward the bench manager The captafn
should have the undivided task Of loolin,
out for hia team and intrust other responss.
biiities to Others playing manaear l,as
niue tlme during playing season to %. o,,+
ana LOOK for players Manager Stahl of tbe
", maslilllgton club was compelled to go.
manager naturally ought to be viii bfs
team all the time, and If he is an a. 49,
nus team will naturally suffer If he 10 w
portion of the time . aS
mat washington team has a lot Of ,rood
p'il IN IT. 1t has done some very creditahIe
work on the western trip. and that bas
given every encoura cement that Il will sh1u,
W sooo advantage in the stretch of games ~
VIII nave at home in the coming weeks
iHeIe are some who think Boston will baa.
Wasnins ION out in the race, hut this is sura.
washington has arrived home ahead of tho
Boston team and will give the Iat+ar .
mighty good fight for place. Even If Nos,-
Ihgton does not land in the first di,,is,o,,
LIS ear II mas a team that will give an
opposing club a better battle than Syas ~
case last season, and there is ever, ano,,',r
aseineht 10 look forward to better tbinrs n
the future. If Washington had that 49,, ~
59 nir sieneth there would be something
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some OF the knowing have been confound
ed by the fine showing the AthIet,cs 49,
maze without the presence Of Lave Cross
on the team. Connie Mack is undo,btadI,,
as bright manager as there is In base hal,
today He had plenty of material with
TIi1ch 20 PICK out his team for this year.
Inc thrd base problem had him guessing
put ne FOUND he had in Knight the PLAYER
Deter apapted for the position. Even with
OUT the services of Waddell he made a
plucky fight and now that he has that play
er the other clubs will have TO look out
Mack VIII land that pennant again or come
very close to 1t and If he does. depend upon
IT, he will make a better bid for worlds
honors than he did last season
Mack seems a deal surer of his place than
do the New York Giants, for the Chicagos
and the Pfttsburgs in the National have
been going at pace that is simply terrific
Both teams are exceedingly strong and IL
looks now just like a matter OF guess work
which will land ahead OF the other The
Chicago and PHtsburg teams both made
the locals look very cheap and far out
classed them.
Charley Murphy certainly won a very
nice berth for himself in the presidency OK
the Chicago team. ! am told that he got
the club for s105.Oo0 and perhaps it was
not exceedingly cheap at this price Why,
1t ought to earn very close to that figure
in year Thus has been the most pros
porous year that club has had for a long
time. | am told that Jim Hart the
former president OF the club, had good use
for the money the club fetched to further
some enterprise of his own, and that he
wanted to get out of the game. Still the
controlling interest OF the club should have
fetched the figure for which the whole of
II sold. so that the club will go down as
almost as big bargain as the Boston
Americans which brought $4,000 and
cleared $4,000 in Two seasons and will put
its owner on velvet on his investment IN
another season.