The Washington herald., 1908-08-26

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The Cleveland Maps. who are threaten
ing TO take second place from the St
Louis Browns. viii be the attraction az
National Park this afternoon.
The steady rafn yesterday made the
final game with the Detroit Tigers out Of
the question. and as soon as Joe Cantl-
Ion called 1t on, Hughey Jennings gath
cred his band together and left town.
The Maps did not arrive here until mid
night Although La5ois has not decided
definitely upon his pitcher for to-day's
game. II is likely that Fred FaIkenberg.
the eI-NatiOnaL. viii % on the rubber for
the visitors, while Charlie Smith IS slated
20 pitch for The Nationals
They talk about the surprises in the
league this season. the failure Of the Ath-
letics 10 hold q position n the first d.
vision. and the good showing OF the
Browns" said Hughey Jennings yesrer-
day, but the biggest surprise 10 ne is
the fact that Washington IS occupying
such low place in the race No team
We have played has given rs more trou-
BE than the Nationals Joe CantIuon has
n his short tine as manager, and unless
miss NY guess. Washington VII be
pretty stiH contender next season
II requires considerable tine for q
team Of players 70 get working together,
but as soon as the Nationals become &C
CUstoned with each other Il VIII be q hard
bail club 20 beat"
Il was BIZ Armour. manager OF the
Toledo bah club, that was responsible
for Ty Cobb. the sensational batter and
fielder of the American League, breaking
into fast company When Armour was
managing The Detroit club IN 1876 he Sc
cured Cobb from one OF the clubs down
South, paying $40 for him BIZ had q
friend ot his tp him about young Cobb.
and he determined 70 take a chance and
buy hin Cobb was young. but ambitious.
yet he was fearful about being sent back
After watching the youlEsCer for several
days. Armour became convinced that he
had the makeup OF a great ball player,
and one day on the bench he said 70
Cobb ''Ty, you are O. K Just keep on.
and some day you VII have al these
fellows looking after you with mouths
open" Il did not take as long as might
be expected 70 fulfill Arruou-s prophecy.
for al the players and fans certainly
looked after him with open mouths last
fan Not l0ng ago Armour met Cobb al
q hotel n Chicago. and the first words
Ty uttered after greeting his old man
sger were '@Weu, Bill, you surely called
the turn. for I mad them looking with
open mouths last season and this year"
Work has begun for the enlargement Of
the seating capacity of the PC5O Grounds.
the home Of The New York National
League club When the additions are
completed there viii be accommodation
for 500 more persons than have been
able 10 get into the park on the big
days" The recent Pfttsburg and Chicago
series Of games together With the biz
crowds OF former seasons. ruIIy demon
stra1ed 10 TIE Management 0t the Giants
that the Polo Grounds were too often tr.-
adequate IN their seating capacity
The bleachers At the 159th street end of
The big horse show viii be extended 10
feet and g feet dseD. Plans for an addf-
ton 20 the grand stand. 400 feet long.
were fled several days ego, and the total
cost Of the improvements VII be 500
L IS hoped 70 have the enlarged stands
ready for the games here with Pittsburg.
beginning On SeDtsmber1S. when the final
crucial period IN the great pennsu1 race
VIII be entered In the event the Giants
maintain their strong position in the race
The games between them and the Pitts
burg. Chicago, and Philade phia clubs
viii test the fun capaciry OF the enlarged
stands, 70 say nothing of the crowds that
would storm the grounds should rhe
Giants be the National League represent
atives Fl rhe worlds championship series.
Since Elmer striol,lett, the former
Brooklyn end Milwaukee pitcher, DIS
covered the famous spit-bau. SIX years
ago. major league twtr4ers have been ex-
pertmenung with Che sphere = au euo-t
10 bring out more freak bendzrs, and the
result has been that IN that period The
foater. fade-awzy, and knuckle have been
employed effectively BY many pitchers
But TO Cy Morgan. the clever Red Sox
pitcher, belongs the credit Of the latest
discovery. and according to experts who
have seen Cy use the freak bender II viii
IN tine supplant the famous spf,-baH.
Morgan's ball IS called the follow ball.
sad from al reports It has al other
freak curves beaten 70 a fragile Like
the other dazzling discoveries, MorEan's
new ball needs plenty OF practice before
Il can be used effectively. and CT for
the past three months has studied the
possibilities Of his new curve
Morgan has improved The curve 50 well
that he now has two curves working
from practically the sane delivery, and
while more bende-s might be discovered
the Red Sox pitcher viii devote his time
10 per1ecring what he has on hand and
Cry more experiments later
His drst discovery was the follow ban
which dropped The ball IS held Ike as
though a straight drop which goes from
the END Of the fingers. but in the delivery
the pitcher. with a side arm motion snaps
his hand around and the ball leaves the
second finger as IN the manner Of throw
ing an in-curve- The ball twirls around
some like a fOater. but carries consider
able more speed When the ball reaches
the plate Il takes a tremendous drop and
Is almost impossible 20 connect with
MOrgzu's second fOllOw-ball discovery
- sven mere uystffytng than the drop