The Washington herald., 1907-09-22
Nationals Likely to Have a
POSt-SeaSOn Game.
JOHNSON TO PITCH TOMORROW
CaRtiIIon Hopes IN BE Able To Take
One Game from the White SOx.
DOubIe-header with the Browns
VIII Cause POstponement of the
Treasury-Trinity Contest.

dOuble-hcader with the winners of the
amateur championship SERIES and the
games are likely 70 be played at National
Park on October Z. two days after the
closing Of the American League season.
While the Nationals viii not be intact
IN the games, a majority of the regulars
viii play, and it is believed that quite
sum OF money can be made for both
the amateurs and tine professionals,
Two years aEO the Washington club
played one of the local mines. and won
easily, but those behind the present move
ment feel that amateur ball in this city
has improved until the best team in the
championship series would be able 10
give the leaguers "a good run.
CantilIon still believes that the Ma
tionals are capable Of downing the White
Sox, so tomorrow he viii put Walter
johnson in 10 pitch. Fielder Jones viii
probably use Frank Smith.
As the Nationals are scheduled to paly
a double-headcr Wits St Louis Tuesday.
it will be necessary 10 postpone the
Treasury Trinity contest, which has been
announced for that date. The amateur
commission has not reConsidered the
question. but the game viii probably be
moved back 20 the following day after
The Nationalist Louis game
Among the moDentous questions to be
decided by the national commission
judges at the fall sttings are these:
J. Has "a player Jhe right 10 use "a field
frf ...Hff L.
catcher's signals and tip of the same 10
his own side
p Has "a catcher the right 10 wear
shinguards and thus protect his pins
from the frOwning spikes of iu-sldiug
base runners. Co say nothing of their
use as d buffer for foul tips and wildly
pitched balls
9. Has "a catcher the legal right To put
dust in his INIT. SO that every BAH pitched
st!ys up such a cloud that the umpire is
blinded in the eyes and doesn't know
whether 10 call IL a strike" or a ball
and is often undecided as to whether
runner Is safe al secOnd2
(. Has an umpire who has been hit on
the head by a pop bottle, the conclusion
breaking said bottle. the right to pick mp
the pieces and hurI them back AT the
spectator who originally slung same from
the grand stand? or, do his official
duties require him TO eat said pieCesg
Questions 1. 2, g, and are all before
the commission and must be decided
this fall The hTst comes up over
charge against the Detroit club for steal
ing ChicaEo's signals.
The second arose over the invention
Of Roger Bresnahan, which on one occa-
sion kept Fred Clarke trom scoring.
The third was sprung I'm Cleveland.
when Mig Clark. the catcher filed his
nit with dirt SO as 10 put a rough sur
face on the ball and thereby prevent bad
throws. which are liable 10 follow the
use Of the spitbal-
The fourth is a contention raised in
St Louis that Umpire Evans was guilty
or rOWdy conduct when he threw the
broken pieces of glass back at the quiet
gentleman in the stand who bounced fbe
original bottle off his head
None OF these points IS covered by the
rules and Il is up 10 the national COM
mission 20 establish a precedent.
Even as far South as New Orleans are
they doping OUT the 1907 American League
pennant chances. The Daily States quotes
a prominent theatrical man as picking
the Athletics for the following reason:
Practically the same team as lost 10
the Giants in 1905 will represent Philadel-
phia and the American League this wear.
Collins instead of L. Cross. Nichols vice
NJ Cross, will be the only changes Of
any Importance
'WaddeI, hardest 20 hit of the left
handed or right-handed pitchers Of base
ball was out Of the championship in 1850
Il IS bat reasonable to expect that he
viii be in that of 1907
If W8ddell is WaddeU I cannot see
Sheckard, Schultz. Slagle. OF Evers max
ing one hit in the series of seven games
Steinfeldt may hit a little. Chance may
hit and Killing may hit. But they won't
break records hitting Eube. if he is
Rube- The three men cannot win
championship
Mathewson alone won the champion
ship or 1905 for the Giants Had WaddelI
their best pitcher. been with the Ath-
letics things might have been different.
Let the Cubs lose Brown. What odds
Will their hackers bet?
IF Waddell is going right he will pitch
four OF the games. He should win three
Plank viii be good for one more.
Plank is the best day-in-and-day-out left
handler pitching ball. lie may lose to-
day, but he viii come back and win to-
morrow.
These worlds championships are not
true tests of team merit One OF two
great pitchers decide them. Nathewson
decided one in 1863. Altrock and White
one in 1906, though the wonderful esprit
dc corps of the Sox must be given full
credit.
The great pitcher is the great thing,
The pitcher il is vino starts every plav.
He is in every play. It is possible to play
a game IN which even a catcher will not
touch the bail, in which any outfelder
may not make an out, but no play can
start without a pitcher.
II they cannot hit your pitcher and
you can hit theirs. YOU will beat them
The Cubs have not a reliable left
handler. Had they one, only two Athletic
players. outside of pitchers bat left
handed. Hartsel and Nichols"
II there is one city which expects to fig
ure more prominently in National League
affairs next year than was the case this
season. that city is Brooklyn. This sea-
son is alleged 10 have been the most sue
cessful, financially. IN the history Of base
bah In Brooklyn. according 10 the
Eagle, of that city, figuring on the
steady attendance throughout. and the
enormous Saturday and holiday crowds
Of last July. A liberal estimate places
the profits OF between $4,000 and $4,000 F!
although tie magnates themselves are
reluctant 10 dlvulge the exact figures.
From playing point OF view the sea-
son has been a bigger success than last
year. the team under the capable field
management Of Pat Donovan. displaying /
the strength promised for it last spring. /
Had ii not been for the unfortunate start /
in April. the SUpeTbas would be in a bet /