The Washington herald., 1908-08-31
YESTERDAYS RESULTS.
Cleveland, o; Detroit, l.
TO-DAY-S GAMES.
Boston at Washington
Philadelphia at New York
TO-DAY-S GAMES.
sTANDTNG or THE TEAMS.

With the opening Of the series with
Boston this afternoon. the Nationals en-
ter the most crucial period Of the season,
for upon the showing during the next ten
days viii depend whether the club is
10 remain in seventh place OF pass The
Red Sox and move into the sixth posi-
tioa-
II the Nationals can maintain the speed
shosn since The middle of the month,
there is no question but that they are
destined 90 improve their standing in the
race and even pass the Athletics and take
the lead in The second division After
playing four games here with Boston they
60 10 New York for four and then return
after Labor Day for three more with
Boston OF all the clubs in the league
the l-caIs are confident Of trCunciag. it
Is the Boston outfit. and thus far they
have been decidedly successful against
Taylor's band II they can take five OF
SIX from Boston 1t VIII be a sad blow
10 the BeaCeaters. and il would not be
expecting too much for the Nationals 10
beat the Yankees in the majority Of the
fOur-game series.
a few weeks ago sixth place was be
yond the fond7st hopes OF fandom but
unless there is a complete reversal OF form
over the performances OF the past two
weeks, the Nationals should prove equal
u the task Of overtaksus Boston and
putting " a strong bid for the berth now
occupied by the Athletics
At last We have struck our stride. and
while ii was long time developing.
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that We viii make them all hustle dur
ing the remaining five weeks Of the sea
son said Joe CantTon last night. in
discussing the recent successes Of his
charges
Prom The start maintained that We
had a capable team. and 7 really believed
that We would land in the first division.
but that miserable trip through the West
IN June set us back so far that we VIII
have 10 hustle from now on 20 move Up
IN The race. You viii remember that we
were beaten ten times bz one run while
playing away from home IN June. and
held every team we played 20 close
score. but things just kept breaking
against US until the biggest job was 70
keep the team fighting In the face Of the
dlsCouragemelts-
Some OF the critics following the teams
We have recently trimmed seem TO ind
great consolation in claiming that We are
playing away above form. but If they
will just take the trouble 10 90 over the
scores they will find that cur pitchers
have stopped the other fellows so cold
that they have been lucky 10 escape with
out being shut out Our fielding has been
the same all season and for the past two
weeks We have given some Of the best
pitchers IN the business their bumps We
playing every team we have met since
The middle Of August
Perhaps We are going 10 lose a lot of
ball games between now and October, but
I am confident that We viii finish the
season not worse than sixth, and posi-
bly, in fifth place"
CantillOn has not vet decided upon his
pitcher for tc-day's game, bat Jesse Tan
nehiH may take a crack az his former
club II TaunehiH does not work, Gates
may 90 IN the box
When Charley Streets ungloved hand
was split by a foul tip Saturday It was
thought that the coming backstop would
be out Of the game for several days. but
the wound IS healing nicely. and Street
viii be back in uniform to-day and may
work Tomorrow
VIII pat a piece OF adhesive plaster
on il tomorrow. said the catcher yester-
day, and if Joe wants me TO work, I
viii be on the job
Clyde Miian's baseball career is de
scribed by Sporting Life as follows
'Clyde Milan. otherwise known as 'Zeb'
and 'Kiddo' was born in Linden, Tenn.
March Is. 1885 He first played bah pro
fessionally with the ClarksviIle team Of
the North Texas League. in 1856 The
team disbanded early in the season, and
he went 20 the South McAlester team.
Of the Missouri Valley League. This team
also broke Up, and Milan finished the sea
son with the Shawnee 6Okla-D team. Of
the South Central League The Wichita
CKans) club. Of the Western Association.
bought Milau's release in 1906. and he
Joined the team July 3. 1906. The Wash
iagTOn club. Of the American League.
bought AIilau's release the following sum
mer. and he Joined its team on August l.
1867 Il was intended 20 use Milan as an
Outfeld substitute. but his good work
compelled recognition as a regular al
most Immediately Again in the spring
OF 1905. il was announced that Milan
would be utility OUtfielder- But he re-
NAMED on the bench less than a week
after the season opened. and has been
the regular Washington center fielder