The Washington times., 1908-07-20

The Washington baseball club has
now played more than half its games
for the season. The schedule calls for
154 games, and washington has played
eighty.
The standing of the club now is As lost
Yand 81 won, for a d .centage Of 400
This is just Is points better than the
standing of the club at the end of last
season. But these 70 points hardly rep
resent the Improvement in the team for
the whole period so far. Washington
has had a pretty strong team this year
I'D to the present while at the begin
ming of last season It was decidedly
weak and Manager Cantillon was busily
engaged in eliminating Schlafly, MIL
Perrine. Kitson, and numerous other
worthy enough young men who did not
fit into the major league scheme.
II was only natural. therefore, that
with a compact, carefully selected or
ganization Of men who were almost sure
OF the Jobs. we should see better base
hall in Washington than in 1907. Why
the club has not accomplished even
more than It has is somewhat or
mystery. Delehanty's absence and mucn
genuine hard luck account for most OF
the backsliding. Now the luck has turn
ed DeIehan1y is about TO return, Bob
IJnglaub is a source of str .agth, and
| the pitehing staff is in excellent shape
wherefore we may lay it down that q
| long explanation will be in order II
washington does not finish the season
with a percentage OF .40o'or better
with lofty dignity we endured the sly
slam on the wrist handed us yesterday
/ nv an esteemed contemporary because
we had animadverted somewhat harsh'
" upon Manager Cantillon's weird mead
work in sending Falkenbers 10 tn'
! slab on Friday, when there were mel
| on bases and Washington only one TUT
! behind. We knew we were right ans
lnovy II now. hence the dig dioa't pene
trate and we are still able 20 TAX
pourishrnent. Also, we bore UP bravel!
| under the allegation of unfairness be
cause we did not. dilate upon the Wis
move of the said manager in takini
smith, out on Saturday and sending Il
Hughes to hold Cleveland safe Whel
washington got two runs 10 the 600
in the fourth inning.
We did not go into that matter
great length because the Tact ina
i Smith was practically all in was s
perfectly obvious as to need no com
i ment. It was the right thing to do bu
II was not such a brilliant bit OF STRAIT
egy as to demand coolies Of neWspape
! space pointing it out to the public q
an evidence Of what a monumenta
genius presides over our baseball des
tinies. for we believe that any Sunda
School League manager would nav
done the same thing. Canullon ma
not lacked for praise at the Typewriter
| of the washington baseball scr1bes tn
season and last He had received NOR
kird words than any man who eve
/, handled a taiIender or near-tailende
two years IN succession and IS We
aware Of that fact.
| Because the newspapers nave pee
! enthusiastically backing him is no rea
son why they should not point out hi
| mistakes when he slips over anythin
, as raw as the two Falkenberg incidents
or why he should be lauded to the slie
or the top Of the column for dom
| what the Veriest tyrO would do
| ThieIman and Bemis will be the Clevt
| land battery today II Bemis thinks hi
leg has recovered sufficiently for hi