Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-06-15
Play the Sort of Ball That Will
Win in the End.
ADVICE FROM CANTILL0N
Don't Get Discouraged, the Team Is
All Right" Says Joe.
REMNANT RACE A GREAT ONE
Suburban Handicap to Be a Real
Race-Another Easy Match
for Tommy Burns.
American League Games Today.
Washington at Cleveland.
New York at Chicago.
Boston at st. Louis.
National League Games Today.
Chicago at Philadelphia.
Cincinnati at New York.
St. Louis at Brooklyn.
Pittsburg at Boston.


The continued losses of the Nationals
on their present western trip are mex
plicable. The team is playing better ball
than the Athletics. New Yorks or the
Bostons. and in the natural course Of con-
tests should come out on top at least
once out of three games. After st. Louis
had trimmed the Nationals four straight
games. the Boston team went into the
Mound city and scored victory after
making errors galore. Therein an ex-
PLANTATION Of Washington's defeats may be
found. The Nationals were tipped of
so strongly this spring and made the
western clubs play so hard on their first
trip to the east that every manager In
the four western cities stored up his
fighting force for the Nationals and made
every one do his best when Manager
Cantillon and his crew struck town. They
knew that it would never do to let the
Nationals get a start on any of them. as
they properly figured the team VIII oe
going strong enough by the latter part OF
July to make everybody sit up and take
notice.
The pitching force Of the Nationals Is
very strong at present. IT, o1 The WIN nt Hhe viii IN
be still stronger. The other teams are
pushing their twirlers to their very pest
lust now, and they are bound to latter
when
them. The Nationals will continue TO
play high-class ball. and upon the snsnt-
est indication of weakening by tneir OPP
ponents victories will come our way Win
plea sing regularity.
The Nationals will have to play 152
games this season and up to date have
played only forty-nine, not tnrld OF 'ne
Schedule OF course it is pleasant 70
snrine. but they count just as much In
July and August as they do In May ana
June, and for this reason the Wasnlns-
ton fans" must not lose heart. iney
present Nationals since the American
League was extended to the eastern
cities and it is doubtful II there was any
thing like the present outfit in the old
playing the game from the inside and are
doing their best to score victories. There
isn't chance to yell d1ss1pation this
year. and all that can be asked OF Man
ager Cantillon is that he will keep his ag-
gregation plugging along In the playing
line as they are at present. This class OF
ball is bound to come out on top before
many more days have passed. and when
climb that pennant ladder with great
precision and dispatch. All the local
fans" will have to do Is sit fast and
show their nerve. The Nationals will do
a great deal better just as sure as rent
day rolls around each month.
In letter to the writer. received this
morning. Manager Cantillon says.
Don't get discouraged. The club is
playing high-class ball. and lost ma
jority Of its games by one run. lucky
hit or an error at any time turning the
tide against us. We are outplaying every
club We meet. and I am looking for things
TO turn our way very soon. Inevery city we
play they say we have the best team that
has been there this season. The boys are
all full of fight, and we are bound to get
going soon.
and Gates is pitching grand balm fact.
the club looks better than at any time
this year. and had we been at home we