Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-05-12
CURRENT COMMENT ON
THE NATIONAL GAME

game, and there seemed no good reason to
make change in his case. If all players
slump it would make an odd state of things
beyond doubt. While it may do
batsman good to sit on the bench If he
has slump on the other hand he is apt
naming idle. Some of tae best batsmen in
the country did some very weak hitting In
the early part of the season. There is no
cure at all for such state of things. There
is good material in the Washington club.
and 1t is bound to assert itself by and by.
That club gave our man very good argu-
ment In the games here
Manager Billy Murray of the Phillies is
very wroth indeed because he has been
quoted as criticising the appointment of
Bob Unglaub as manager OF the Boston
Americans. He characterized the assertion
that he had said anything derogatory as
absolutely false. II have~enough on my
hands" said he rwithout looking for trou-
BILE, and again l. would not be guilty OF
such poor taste as to say anything deroga-
tory of a player in the American League,
for / have many friends in that organiza-
ton. and it would Ill become me to say
anything that would reflect upon one OF
their number I think very highly of
Unglaub He is one of the best players in
the country, to my way of thinking. and
there is no reason why he should not be
successful with his new charge, and l wish
him all the luck in the world
There is every reason to expect that Muir
rays team will make a splendid showing
against the western teams in the present
home series. 1t will be remembered that
from the New York Nationals Murray Is
particularly strong in batting. Magee
promises to make a strong bid for the
leadership in hitting this season, and no
outfielder has played a prettier game than
he played in Boston in the two games the
Phillies played there. There is no better
waiter than Roy Thomas. as was shown by
the fact that in ten times up in the Boston
series he made his base nine times. Titus
Is also strong man with the stick. but
everybody does wish he would part with the
flower garden he has on his upper lip.
Young "Cy' Young the dependency of the
Boston Nationals, has been unable to do
himself justice, he has not shown the
effectiveness he usually displays 1t Is
claimed that there is little doubt that he
will come around all right by and by when
the weather conditions are more favorable.
The many friends of Ralph Glaze are
much pleased with the showing he has
made this season, and this will justify
Manager Unglaub in putting him into more
games to pitch than he has done in the
past There Is no harder worker on the
team than the Dartmouth College boy. He
Is doing his level best all Of the time.
Then.~in addition to his qualifications as a
batsman, he is a mighty fast man on the
bases.
Freddy Parent has been doing splendid
work in left field. but there are many who
incline to the belief that his place is in
short field. where he was ever since q
member of the club until this season, and
that the club would be strengthened by
this move it would give the club more
batting strength by the substitution for
Wagner of a player who could do more in
the hitting line. Wagner is all right in
fielding way, but he has left much to be
desired in the way of batting. With the
coming of warm weather Collins can be
looked to field as well as he ever did in
his life. and this will mean added strength
to the showing of the club.