Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-05-20
more taunts that are hurled at Anderson
the better he hits

Batting is sacrificed for team work
in the major leagues" said catcher
Billy Sullivan of the White Sox the other
night BY this Sullivan did not mean to
infer that weak stickers are wanted.
but that a players ability to hammer the
ball must be curbed and used to fit in with
the needs of the game. all tending toward
the one great end, victory. When young
he may come with a reputation of being a
slugger. His first season or two he may
fulfill all the prophecies of what was said
he could do with the stick. but generally
his long-distance smashes will become
fewer. and he will work In with the other
eight men in the game. curbing his own
desire to hit 1t OUT that he may sacri-
fice play hit and rum or some OF the
dozens Of combinations worked up to win
a ball game by getting runs over the
the pitcher. The greatest batting team
ever put together-the Phillies eight or
ten years ago-failed to win pennants.
Teams with weaker batsmen. but superior
Artie Holman. the Chicago Nationals
clever utility man. speaking on this same
subject the other day. said:
Il know that when / first came into
the National League was better stick
er than I am today. When 1 began it
seldom bothered me as to how man got
around the corners just so that ! hit
the ball to safe ground. Now things are
different Chance soon began to teach me
that base hits are not the only things in
ball players life: that winning the
game, getting runs over the plate. was
what counted In the end. To beat the
other fellows who are always figuring
how to stop you, you must get the neces-
sary runs. and to tally them needs the
highest kind Of team woodworking to-
gether of batter and base runners. That
means that many and many time the
batsman must sacrifice his own desire to
smash the ball to some remote corner Of
the lot. which might result in dismal
failure and do the club no good. and take
the lesser chance of pulling Off some
play that will get the base runner closer
to the home plate. That is the reason
why ball players know that batting is
sacrificed in the interests of team work
In the major leagues"
Manager Jones says that he will prob
ably work Nick lAltrock for the final
game this afternoon. while Manager Can
1iiion VIII pick out either Falkenberg or
Hugnes Falk' is in splendid shape,
but Canti!lon is anxious to break even
Wiz, Win the White Sox. and may try tall
ION again today. Hughes is willing to
go IN. out as he is our winning pitcher
JUST now II might be taking chances on
hard $3.50 wv
"Rube" Waddeu Trims Athletics.
PHILADELPHIA, May 2O.-The anx-
iousiy awaited event has come off. but
not In the way that was fondly antici-
pated by the local cranks. The Ruben
mas met the Athletics. and they are his'n
ihey will come together several times
later on in the season. when yesterdays
calamity may be reversed, but nothing
can deprive Waddell of the exquisite sat
isfaction. he had in throwing the harpoon
INTO his old teammates the first time
thac he met them. The size of the crowd
one OF the very largest that has ever wit
messed midweek game in this city. over
10000 persons turning out. while thou
sands were turned away from the grand
stand, shows the tremendous interest
that was centered in the Ruben's initial
appearance. He was given a splendid re-
ception when he went out to warm up in
practice, and all through the game there
were constant manifestations OF encour-
agerhent from the crowd that would have
been impossible in any other city. In fact
when the Browns developed their batting
streak In the seventh inning. when they
knocked Bender ou. of the box. you
might have thought the Athletics and
not the Browns were winning so loud
and so continuous was the applause from
the stand and bleachers The score: