Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-09-13

left pitchers Bender and Dygert at home.
but he said last night that he didn't ike
the looks Of the Nationals yesterday. es-
pecially in their stick ork, and that he
was going to telegraph the pair to come
over. Coombs will pitch one of the games
for Mack and either Dygert or Bender
the second. Both games should be CORK
ers, especially as the Bostons lost yester-
day and the Nationals are getting WITHIN
hailing distance of the Red SoX.
The Athletics close here Tuesday. and
as the team will be away for a coupe OF
weeks the management has decided to
make it Ladies' day.
Just previous to the commencement OF
Yesterdays game Announcer Phillips IN
stentorian tones offered In behalf of Man
ayers Cantillon and Mack. Umpire Con-
molly and the players of both teams
hearty congratulations to Uncle Nick
Young. late president of the National
League, who had reached the sixty
eighth milestone in his journey through
life Uncle Nick is known to every
base ball enthusiast in the city. and when
the spectators heard the announcement
yesterday they arose to their feet ana
gave hearty cheers for the popular eX-
base ball Official and one-time player.
ming races at the New York tracks per-
formed as did Catcher Lapp Friday and
yesterday it would have been ruled off
In Fridays game Lapp looked winner
all over. and as it was his first entrance
into fast company from an obscure club
it was naturally to be supposed that he
would still further improve with work and
experience. Yesterday Lapp was fright.
first throwing mile too high to second
and third bases and then too low. and in
addition had great trouble receiving the
delivery of SchlitZer. The young man
like a veteran and really showed improve
ment toward the end. Manager Mack
only smiled over Lapp's misfortunes.
ut was Lapp's first experience with
frst-class spit ball delivery" said Man
ager Mack last night. land 1t practically
got the youngster ratified. He could not
get good hold on the spit ball and this
accounts for his poor pegging to the
bases. I may be mistaken, but Lapp
looks very good to me and he will have to
repeat yesterdays performance many
times before ! will even begin to think
about letting him out. In fact. l haven't
seen a catcher for several years who
looks better than Lapp.'
When the two leagues hold their annual
meetings this winter they should take up
the question of protecting the patrons of
the different teams who attend games and
purchase score cards with the under
standing that the players and their posi-
tions will be thereon. Several times dur
ing the past week Managers Lake and
Mack have given the line up to Privilege
Man Decker and to the scorers on
the different local papers, and then IN
side of five minutes send an entirely diff
ferent team on the field. Toward the
end of each season there are new men
continually being tried out, and unless
the change is announced when they go
into the game there is no way or telling
that a change has occurred. In the first
game Friday, Jackson batted in fourth
place and in the second game in seventh
place No announcement of the change
was made, and several men in the grand
stand were lauding Jackson great MT
ting when Danny Murphy was the prize
sticker Yesterday Manager Mack gave
out a lineup of the Athletics five min
utes before the game started. with Jack
son i'm center and Murphy In riSht. Dut
when the contest started, Seybold was IN
right and Murphy in center. These TWO
men are well known and the change was
quickly noted. but it would have been just
the same had unknown players gone into
the game. Last Thursday. Manager Lake
showed Speaker from seventh place 10
fourth and put Sullivan in the seventh
hole. making the announcement that Sui
livan would play left instead OF Ihohey'
Naturally Sullivan was also placed IN
Thoney's batting position. and the mis-
take was not discovered until late in the
evening.
These tactics not only irritate the spec
tators. but make the newspapers look
foolish when they are trying to help along
the game \ rule should be passed max
ing it obligatory on the part of the UNI
pires or managers TO announce all changes
i'm the lineup after the score card mas
heen issued not only the fielding posi-
tion. but the batting place, as well.