The Washington times., 1908-07-25
Washington Has Good Ball
Team and Should
Win Games.
ROAST CONNIE MACK
FOR HOLDING NEWS
Philadelphia Papers Heard of Pur-
chase of Jackson and Barre
Through Washington Times.
By THOMAS ). RICE

by IhOmAS y Kl(E.
The Washington ball club starts its
second campaign when il plays S..
Louis in st. Louis today.
This campaign is going TO tell us a
whole lot about the club and its man
agement That the players are there
cannot be denied. Man for man It is a
good bah team. as we have said before,
and TO Cantillon is due the credit for
getting those players. but a baseball
manager must be something better than
a good scout, and it is up to him to get
the results out Of his material At home
the CLUB won eleven and lost ten games.
which was not so bad but was not so
well as il might have done had there
been better handling OF critical situa-
tons. Also, the cold stopping against
Detroit has not been forgotten by the
fans, nor Is II likely to be for a long
time A harder death IN those three
games, especially the last two, would
have made big hit and taken away
some OF the soreness Of defeat The
career Of the club on the road in Chi
cago and Detroit, and the behavior OF
the pitchers against those clubs will be
q mater OF keen interest and possibly
furnish much food for thought.
44LC SAtptlNASlll III regard 10 OlcNEldLQ
paying $4,000 for Falkenberg and Al
tier continues. They were worth
money to Cleveland, and 1t was also
worth something to the Cleveland man
agement 10 have the fans out their way
think the club owners were so desper-
ately resolved to win that they would
pay twice as much for ball players as
they are worth. In the same manner,
1t tickles the minor league fans to be
told that some OF their stars have been
sold TO the majors for fabulous sums
like ten thousand plunks. Such an
nounced prices tend TO head or Ques-
tons around the seller about why he
is weakening his team, and arouse en-
thusiasm among the roOters for the
buyer Still, Washington may have re
ceived the aforesaid ten thousand
plunks for the two men, but if il did
the money came easier than for any
thing we ever heard of except writing
& smutty novel
The one question upPermost in the
American sporting mind today is: Sup
pose Dorando had been a United
Kingdom runner. would he have been
set back in favor of Hayes?
The utter childishness of the present
method of keeping pitching records in
the American League IS bulgtng 10 u 2
front more and more. Throughout the
West they have been knocking II, and
rightly, when we consider that Tom |
Hughes, who is acknowledged to be |
among the very best pitchers in the |
country today, stands below dozen |
him
Connie Mack's purchase Of "Shoeless''
Jackson, outhelder, and Barre. outheId- 1
er and pitcher. from the Greenville, S. |
c., team was unknown 10 the Phila- /
delphia baseball writer's until they saw |
1t set forth in these columns through |
the gossip OF J. CHarry) Stuart Price, |
fresh from GTeenVille. Now they are /
roasting Connie for holding out news /
on his home papers His excuse is that /
the news Of all such deals should come |
that certainly happened. but his excuse
VIII hardly go The purchase was a
ma ter of great interest to the Phila-
delphia fans, who are liberal supporters
of his team, and 1t was his place TO
tell ali the papers all about it We got
a good story and some honorable men
ton out OF the incident, but are frank
enough 20 confess il should never have
broken loose in Washington.
" dollAllS ND4l AOOh AlAANN OuL OF I'VE |
from St Louis here, and the Browns
did not look like pennant winners.
Wonder what the harvest viii be in
the Browns own bailiwick? Just as
likely as not, judging from other in
an6-out performances on the road. !
Washington will lose all four games.
No surprise would be felt If such a
thing happened. for the Washington !
fans are getting beyond the point where
they can be surprised by a mere de-
tail like a reversal OF form.
The National Commission has not
kicked up a row for nearly two weeks.
II wonders keep on at this rate we will
some day find a shreWd crook who is
not declared to be insane.
GRAND PRIX WINNER
IN VANDERBILT CUP