The Washington herald., 1907-06-28
CAUGHT ON THE FLY.
Eight straight defeats.

Fifteen games lost OF the last twenty
/ one.
Jacob stahl. Of South Chicago. may be
/ pardoned for smiling up his sleeve.
/ Otis Clymer probably was reminded Of
/ his town-l0t days. Why not bring on
/ that Kansas recruit?
/ Have the pitchers really all gone to the
! bad2 Or have the other clubs merely re
/ covered their batting eye
washington may at least be grateful
| that the slump was deferred until the Ma
/ tionals got away from home.
! The pennant chance of which the Giants
/ boosted Is fading away. They are now
/ ten full games behind the Cubs.
/ Stony McGlynn has fallen into the shoes
/ of Harry Howell He IS the champion
/ hard-luck twirler Of the season.
! Only ten days ago playing like pennant
/ winners and now outdoiug the worst tall
/ enders, What has wrought the changer
/ The Cubs always have a lot Of fun with
/ St Louis winning by Just enough 10
/ make McCIoskey think lie has a chance
/ next day.
/ The element Of luck enters largely into
/ baseball. but luck in recent years has not
/ even been on speaking terms with the
Senators or Nationals.
/ Some OF the oldumers in the American
/ Association are Storau, Cooley, Sugden
/ Friel, Wugley, Townsend. SiagIe HueIs-
I man. Mertes. and Beekley.
/ The championship season in the Ameri-
+ can and National leagues is nearing the
/ halfway mark. So far il has been rea-
/ souably free from kicking
/ Had the Pirates taken two Of the games
lost 10 Cincinnati and also COPIED a cou-
/ PIE from the PE.Ilies they would now be
/ tied with New York for second place.
The shifting OF Danny Hoffman 70 the
/ top Of the Yankees batting order appears
/ TO have agreed with him. He has made
/ SIX hits in the three games played SO far.
/ l. is TUmOred that two or three Of the
/ older c9tchers who have tried out Roger
/ Bresnahan's shinguards are now expert
meDuug with the latest models in head
/ gear.
| Cantillon doubtless is a much better
/ manager than Stahl, Donovan, Manning
Joyce, and other distinguished predcces-
sors but the percentage figures do not yet
prove it.
Oldring. who was never much of star
( in the inHcld, is playing a great game in
center for the Philadelphia Athletics The
SleeDt1wn critics are enthusiastic about
/ his handling Of long flies.
/ Jack Ryan, the old Lacquer who made
/ such a brilliant start with the Buffalo
| club this spring, has taken a great slump
/ in his hitting. The latest batting dope of
/ the Eastern League gives him an average
/ Of .252.
An austere Boston expert criticises I'm
| pire Sheridan for allowing "a number Of
players to question his decisions" In the
/ heat Of an argument an umpire IS apt TO
| remember that there are more players
/ than umpires present.
Jake Stahl, who is now playing baseball
outside of the law, SAYS that as long as
/ the Saturdays and Sundays are fair he
/ can get along without the national com
mission. It is quite probable too. that
/ the national commission will worry aion :
| without Jake.
The frst-division clubs are getting closer
/ together in the race for the American
League pennant. with the chances that a
stu smaller stretch Of daylight will be
between them on Monday next With the
Cleyelanders ana Chicagos now clashing,
and later on Detroit meeting both, the
/ Athletics have a splendid chance to pull
up on the clubs ahead of them before
they start on their second Western trip,
Clark Griffith is quoted as saying. THE
best friend a baseball manager, or club
owner. or a player can possibly have is
the experienced critic, who. with no bias
or favor, writes the record of the games
and the gossip Of the diamond free from
the faintest suggestion Of the box-Office
influence" That it is the true opinion
of the commander of the Yankees is hard
to believe. Grif has always looked upon
writer as an undesirable citizen.