Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-02-03


MT az ELL easy to secure and q good bats
man can atone for a lot of other omissions
II Grimshaw were allowed to go there
would be plenty to grab for him, for more
than one club could use him to good ad-
vantage. Still there are some who would
Irefer to see Jake Stahl to Grimshaw on
| the first bag. That John I. Taylor would
prefer come one else is we'll known. Cam
tllon has mighty good ball team at that
end one that will keep other teams guess
ing oil the time. 1t will be very interest
ing to Eote how he will manage to control
Pitcher Tom Hughes, who has been con-
nected with Boston and New York and
who would doubtless have gone elsewhere
had Csnt!llon not assumed charge of the
Washington club. Cantilon feels conf
dent that he can get out Of Hughes all the
base ball there Is in him and Hughes will
doubtless work better for Cantillon than
70: any other manager
VI rldy be with these two as 1t Is with
Connie Mack and Waddel. Mack will put
up with all OF "Rubes" peculiarities so
| long as he will pitch good ball, and no
| Other ma mayer ever succeeded In getting
| himself calls him. 1t Is said that waddell
gets very small salary from Mack, and
| II that Is so all the more credit to Mack.
There Is no reason in the world why Wad-
Sun as he ever did in all Of his life, and
| the same may be said Of Hughes. Many a
frst-class ball player has gone to the bad
simply for the reason that he did not have
vantageous company.
Effect Of Change on Players.
Often, too, has 1t happened that a man
failed to make good in one club and then
shone in another to which he was assigned
The best example Of this was Ned Hanlon
and his Baltimore club, Of which he con-
| structed one of the best clubs ever. known
| in the history OF the game. Billy Keller
never shone until he came into the Hanlon
| fo'd. Hugh Jennings was recognized as q
| good man, but his period of usefulness was
| Baltimore array. And then there was
| McGraw, who has been a winning card
| ever since. Hanlon did not again succeed
| In getting another bunch together like that
Baltimore array, however, and the chances
are that he never will. Frank Selee turned
| out succession Of winners for Boston, and
| there Is every indication he would have
| done so In Chicago had e-not been that his
| health compelled him to 60 farther west
| AS 1t was Selee laid the foundation for
| the Chicago National League winners Of
last season, and to him and to none other
was due the bulk Of the credit for the sue
| cess Of his club In its organization. With
q Selee at the head of the club in the
worlds series matters might have gone
| otherwise than they did. Who can tell !?
| The New York Americans parted company
| with such q star as Jess Tannehill and
had he been retained 1t Is fair to presume
that club would have landed at least one
pennant and Boston might not have landed
| any at all, for he proved Of telling value
| to the local club. Fresh in memory is the
| transfer of Outfielder George Stone by
Boston to the st. Louis Americans a play
er who could not be bought today. Stone
had no trial at all and it was therefore not
like the dismissal of player after a trial
Then there was Altrock, who was allowed
| to go by Boston, but this was only because
play and there was no linking he would
turn out to be the star as has been the
case. Another case, too, was Jake" Stahl,
who went to Washington. Stahl was not
well In that position and certainly the club
was winner so long as big George was
with it. Another first-class player who
was allowed to 60 by Boston was Charley
where he has developed into one of the
most valuable outfielders in the country.
When he was with the Bostons Hemphill
was over weight, did not take good care
of himself. and therefore was in no con-
dition to do himself justice. Boston would
have pennant winning team without any
trouble with such trio as Stone, Hemphill
and Altrock in its ranks
Connie" Mack allowed very clever ball
player to get away from him in Mcintyre,
the Detroit outfielder, who would like moth
but who has not succeeded in securing his
release. 1t would take good large round
sum to secure the release of this player,
although there is no doubt 1t could have
there was disaffection in the ranks OF the
Detroit club. There is no doubt that Nc
Intyre would greatly aid more than one
American League club besides Detroit
Another good outfielder that Mack al
lowed to go elsewhere IL Pickering That
player did splendid work for Columbus last
season and hit SO well that McAleer, the
manager Of the st. Louis Browns, deter
mined to secure him and succeeded in doing
SO.
Importance Of Utility Players.
The position Of the utility player was
never more important than It Is today
Formerly he was dubbed as a substitute
and he had few chances to get into the
game. Now 1t may be that he will have
opportunities to take part in many Of the
games Of a season. The Boston Americans
are fortunate indeed to command the serv-
ices Of so good a man as Bob Unslaub.
Two seasons ago he helped the club amaz-
ingly, and gave the best Of satisfaction. He
did some brilliant work at third and showed
that he could do very good job at first
Last season he went to Wiliiamsport and
was easily the best ali-around man in the
league. The steady work he did in that
league ought to make him more valuable
than ever Tor major league service, and
there IL little doubt that he will be a very
valuable man to haYe on the Bostons. the
coming season. Many q game could have
been saved for Boston last season had as