Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1907-02-16

NV GRID of Sport !


| ing tlrst baseman as Grimshaw. A
! first-class batsman is something not
at all easy to secure and IL good bats.
man can atone for lot of other omis.
sions If Grlmshaw We're allowed to
go there would be plenty to grab for
| him. for more than one club could
use him to good advantage. Still
there are some who would prefer to
see Jake Stahl to Grimshaw on the
/ first bag. That John |. Taylor would
| prefer some one else is well known
Cantillon has mighty good ball team
at that. and one that will keen other
teams guessing all the time. 1t will
be very interesting to note how he
! will manage to control Pitcher Tom
Hughes, who has been conncctei with
| Boston and New York and who would
doubtless have gone elsewhere had
Cantillon not assumed charge of the
washington club. Cantillon feels
confident that he can get out of
Hughes all the baseball there Is in
him and Hughes will doubtless work
better for CantIllon than for any 9th.
er manager.
1t may be with these two as 1t is
with Connie Mack and Waddell Mack
will nut up with all of the Rnhc's
| pcculiarities so long as he will pitch
good ball. aud no other manager ever
succeeded in getting along rs we'll
with the Rube. rs Connie himself
| calls him. 1t is said that Waddell
gets very small salary from Mack.
and If that is SO all the more credit
to Mack. There is no reason in the
world why Waddell should not pitch
as good ball this season as he ever
did in all Of his life. and the sane
NAV be said of Hughes. MANY Il
first-class ballplayer has gone to the
bad simply for the reason that he dix!
not have the opportunity to wark in
the most advantageous company
Effect of Change on Players.
Often. too. has 1t happened that
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 Bal
timore club. Of which he constructed
one of the best clubs ever known in
the history of the game. Billy Keller
never shone until he came into the
Hanlon fold, Hugh Jennings was re-
cognized as Il good man, but his per-
iod of usefulness was enhanced
good deal when he joined the Balti-
more array. And then there was Nc
Graw who has been winning card
ever since. Hanlon did not again
succeed in getting another bunch to-
gether like that Baltimore array. how.
ever. and the chances are that he
never will. Frank Selee turned out
q succession of winners for Boston,
and there is every indication he would
have done SO in Chicago had It not
been that his health compelled him
to go 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 success of his club in it's organi-
cation. With a 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
a star as Jess Tannehill. and had
he been retained it is fair to presume
that club would have landed at least
one pennant and Boston might not
have landed any aat all. for he prov
ed of telling value to the local club.
Fresh in memory is the transfer of
Outfielder George Stone by Boston to
the Saint Louis Americans. player
who could not be bought today. Stone
had no trial at all aud it was. there
fore. not like the dismissal of play.
er after trial
Then there was Atrock, who was
allowed to go bv Boston. but this was
only because the player was not in
good condition to play and there was
no inkling he would turn out to be
the star as has been the case. An
other case too. was Jake Stahl who
went TO Washington Stahl was not
ltried Mt first base because La Chance
did SO well in that position. and GER
tainlv the club was winner so long
rs big George was with it. Another
| first-class player who was allowed TO
go by Boston was Charley Hemphill
| now with the Saint Louis Browns.
| the most valuable outfielders in the
| country. When he was with the Bos.
! tons Hemphill was over weight. did
not take good care Of himself and,
| therefore. was in no condition to do
himself justice. Boston would have
a pennant winning team without any
trouble with such trio as Stone.
| Hemphill and Altrock in its ranks
| Connie Mack allowed very clever
| ballDlaycr to get away from him in
Mcintyre. the Detroit outfielder. who
would like nothing better than to
/ get away from that club. but who
| has not succeeded in securing his
| release. 1t would take a good large
round sum to secure the release of
this PLAYER. although there is no doubt
| it could have been obtained ut one
time last season when there was dis
! satisfaction in the ranks of the De
! troit club. There is no doubt that
Mcintyre would greatly aid more than
one American League club besides
Detroit.