Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-09-02

ball out of the ground or pulling them
down from the skies on wild losses.
OF the bunch of men drafted by Wash
ington, as shown in another column, the
chances are that Catcher Buelow is about
the only one that will be seen here next
season. Fred has been catching fine
ball for the Minneapolis team all season
as an extra help to Street. Pitcher Groom
is with the Pacific Coast League, Collins
has been doing good work in the outfield
for San Antonio, while DeiterS also halls
from Texas.
Two local boys were caught once more
in the draft net. Joe Stanley being pulled
in by the Chicago Nationals, while Len
Stanley will be with Lajoie next season.
Big Frank Huelsman has been hitting the
ball so hard for Harrisburg that he has
attracted the attention of Connie Mack
and may be with the Athletics next year
although it looks like cover up for
Manager Heckert.
President John |. Taylor of the Boston
club arrived in Washington yesterday in
time to see the locals give his boys a
clean dose of whitewash. Mr. Taylor is
very enthusiastic over his team, and says
it will be heard from next season.
Manager Lake is out there to show me
his worth until the end Of the season. and
if he makes good he will be in charge next
year Lake has been my scout for several
years. and all the good ones now on the
Boston pay roll were recommended by
Fred. Naturally, | have soft spot in my
heart for Lake and l hope he will turn
out a good manager.
Il was awfully sorry to part with jim
Mcclure, and l am not ashamed to say
that we were both in tears at the time
We decided to part. The chances are that
Jim would have continued along all sea-
son. but he asked me if l was satisfied
and when told him | was not, he decided
to quit. There is nothing in the stofy
that the trade of Laporte for Niles was
the cause of the separation. Mcclure
agreed with me that Niles would be a
better man for Boston than Laporte. as he
can play both the in and outfields and the
trade was made with Jim'S sanction
Manager Cantilon is hot after vie
tories these days and will work Tom
Hughes this afternoon so as to make
the locals strong as possible. Every
game against the Bostons counts double
just now, as the Rex Sox are on the next
rung of the championship ladder above
us and the Nationals want that position
by the time the final curtain is pulled
down. The celebrated spitball artist CIV
Morgan. will probably work for the
Bostons, and as he has always been trou-
blesome to the locals, the contest should
be good one.
the Boston~ to be at home Friday. hav-
ing the Athletics as guests. For this rea-
son. the final game between the Ma
tionals and Bostons tomorrow will be
started promptly at , o'clock SO as to
allow the visitors to catch an early train
for home Umpire Evans has promised
to hustle things along that the game
can be played in time to allow the Bos-
tons getting away.
year ago today. September . 1907
the Washington team had won 81 games
and lost IS, thus having a percentage of
80. standing eighth. Today the team
has won ~ games and lost &C. with a
percentage of 426 ana standing seventh
These figures tell the story of years
improvement. yet not to the full extent
For the team that is now playing is not
the same combination that came out OF
the west after that disastrous first trip
which blishted all first-dvision hopes
Todays team is playing at a .667 clip,
reckoning on the basis of the home series
just closing. or at 81 rate, including
the recent western trip. In other words
the team of today is. at the lower reckon
ing, 2oI points better than the Washing
ton aggregation of just a year ago
Yankees Win and Lose.
NEW YORK, September "A hit and
steal by Chase and Laporte's single won
the first game from the New Yorks yes
terday, which went twelve innings.
The second game was tedious and tame
and the Athletics shut the locals out
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