The Washington herald., 1908-07-20

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Jim DeIehanty is expected TO rejoin the
Nationals to-day
Early last week the second basemsu
wrote saving that he mad improved and
would start for Washington last Friday.
The player had not reported last night.
but it Is thoEght that ne viii be on hand
this afternoon. although there is no like
lihood Of his being IN the game to-day. as
he will be given an opportunity to entirely
recover before gettiag. back into harness.
Deithauty suffered az first from nervous
ness, and later showed symptoms OF ma
,larla-
Providing thst Drlehanty IS in good con
dirion when 10 gets here. the Nationals
win be in better shape by far than they
have been ar any other time this season.
Tho acquisition Of Bob Unelaub filed
8 IonE-fe1t want. rs the club is now well
fortified In case Of injuries. having two
good utility men, in addition to the regu-
isrs- Freeman has shown such an i'm
pru-emeut Of late that CsutilIon does not
plan 90 displace the biz fellow permanent
y. but VIII pvt TugIsub on the first bag
when visiting teams use left-hand pitch
ers. who have been able 10 fool Freeman
In addition 20 being clever fielder.
JrElaub has the reputation Of being a
valuable hitter. and can be used 20 ad-
vantage 20 hit for the pitcher
Barring the douhle-hesder last Monday.
which was one of the poorest exhibitions
Of the year on the local grounds. the
Nationals have done really good work
since returning from the disastrous
swing around the circuit out Of seven
teen games. the Nationals have won ten.
After taking four out Of fve from the
HiShlanders- the Nationals dropped three
70 the White SoX and won one. The other
contest being t'e sixteen-inninE tie The
-. Louis Browns were stunned when
they were beaten in three Of the five
games here and so FAR the Nationals
have taken tvo ont or three from Cleve-
land. with one same to- he played to-day.
HuShsv Jennings viii bring his Detroit
n 1Eers here tomorrow for q tlree-Eame
series and then the Nationals viii 90
West remaining on that side until Au-
gust a.
70 There Is no more earnest player on the
Washington club than Clyde Milan. but
none Of the local players are more un-
fortunate IN receiving injuries than the
younCster from Linden Tenn.
In Fridays same Milan hurt his side
IN sliding into second. and on saturday
dove into the same bag. and just 10 show
there vas 20 hard feeling. skinned the
other side Of his body. He was Ifnpfng
around yesterday like his shoes hurt. bu1
viii be back on the job this afternoon as
usual
ceived attractive offers TO go 10 the ORIENT
In the fall with an aIl-star ball club that
win play IN Japan. Chiua. the PHILIPPINES.
and the Hawaiian Islands
The team VIII be composed Of some Of
The star players Of the United States. This
viii be one Of the greatest trips that a
baseball club has ever taken. in all cover
ing a distance OF about eooc0 miles Il
VIII be the first tine that an American
club has ever visited the Orient. and VIII
tend 20 increase the popularity OF the
Ereat American game in those countries.
In fact. the influence OF this trip should
make baseball the national sport in all
these various countries.
At the present time baseball is very
popular in the Orient In Japan they
have four-team league. composed Of the
university clubs OF that country. In Ma
Mia there is a hve-cIub league. composed
Of United States troops and civilians. In I
Hawaii there IS a four-team league. com {
posed Of athletic clubs. The class Of /
baseball played by these teams is very
high, but they viii undoubtedly be much 4
benefited by seeing these great players ]
in action. and viii be educated up TO the I
finer points Of the game
When the series Of games IS PLAYED in I
Japan the people OF Yokohama and Tokyo (
VIII be apt 10 break the worlds record I
for attendance al a ball game. The lana
Hese are very progressive. and VIII realize 1
~ once what an advertisement this would
he 10 them and having the population 4
of these two cities 10 draw from there
IS no reason why the record should not
be broken
The club viii sail under the manage
meut Of n A Fisher. one Of the hest
known baseball managers on the Pacific /
Coast, and J. l. Woods. a sporting pro
moter
The personnel OF the club viii consist
or such stars as Frank Chance. OF the
Chicago Nationals. Arval Overall. OF the 4
same club Jlggs DOnohue. OF the Chicago 4
Americans, hal Chase. OF the New York
Americans, Ty Cobb. Of Detroit. Pat
Donohue. Of the Boston Americans: Jack /
Sliss. Of the St Louis Nationals: George /
Hldebrand, William Deveraux. and RoI-
lie Zeider. Of the Pacific Coast League.
Present Indications point 10 two new
bosses in the National League next sea
son The men who are 20 step out. ac-
cording TO midsumme- report. are Jawn
J. McClosisey and William J Murray.
McCloskey- one OF the best rscenters OF
bush league phenoms ia the business.
will il Is said. retire by request from the
management Of the St Louis Cardinals.
while Murray viii desert Philadelphia on
his own initiative. Murray and Billy
Shettsline- hgurehead president Of the
PhiLies, are warm friends. bat the own
ers OF the Quaker City aggregation are
averse TO spending any money on the
team. and in these days Of hot comperf-
tion cash gets the players and a Iook-in
on the championship. Like a wise Irish
man. Murray has decided not 10 waste
any more time in Slowtown. and NAV
possibly get a job in the American
League though he is not seeking one.
Ban Johnson has r high appreciation
Tf MrrTr1 I