Evening star., 1909-06-10

! SPORTS OF ALL SORTS !:
NATIONALS WAITING
On OLD KING SOL
If He Shines This Afternoon
They Will Again Tackle
the White SOx.

"A
rain and sloppy grounds prevented
tho Nationals and White Sox getting
together again yesterday afternoon.
Old King Sol made a gallant try TO
work his way around the bases and
score a run by getting through the
clouds at noon today. and the chances
Of game being played this afternoon
look very good. Manager Cantillon re
marked this morning that he would
plav a game if he had half a chance.
and if no rain falls this afternoon the
two teams will get together for the
final battle of the series. Superinteni-
ent ODea has a wagon load of saw
dust at the park and it will be used
if necessary to make the going around
the base lines a possibility. As they
were this morning the players would
have to get upon stills to wade
through the mud.
The program for yesterday. Walter
Johnson against Frank Smith or Doc
White. holds good today, and warm
argument should follow
There's a "hen on" somewhere. but
where il is located is hard to deter
mine There is outfielder up in the
Tri-State who has not been playing the
past couple of days. and IT may be ne
The manager evidently trying TO as
certain if he can get along without the
slugger.
4 letter was received from Ote Clymer
yesterday. dated at his home in Leban non
Pa The right fielder says he is getting
along Splendidly and is sure he VIII be
all right in three weeks.
My ankle and knee are still quite stiff.
but the soreness has gone out of botn
and that is something to be thankful for.
write
very tenderly and by working on them
several times a day | think l can get the
stiffness out and be able to run again
in about three weeks.
Il am anxious to get back in the game.
as I think the turning point of my bad
luck was reached when l slid into the
home plate. l would like to see Wash
ington get going right and when l get
back I am going to put my shoulder to
the wheel and help Joe bring it about"
Bob Unglaubs father is an engineer on
the Pennsylvania railroad running be-
tween Washington and Philadelphia.
Every time he reaches this city for lay
and game Is on, the employees at
Union station say 1t Is a treat to watch
him dress and make dash for the ball
park. They say he does 1t in seven min
utes by the watch.
Last week Unglaub. senior. was
at the game In company with railroad
official. and when Bob soaked out
d
the official on the back hard to al
most lift him off the chair. The old man
naturally thinks Bob the greatest ever
and rarely misses a chance to see him
play when the opportunity presents it
self.
Perhaps the most disappointing club in
the National League is Philadelphia. which
classes up with the Washingtons in the
American League. This team on paper
healthy Soundness and even balance. The
club is proving a distinct failure. how
ever. It's pitchers do not seem to have
attained their best form, while the entire
club is afflicted with that lack which is
depressing the ST. Louis Browns-weak-
ness on the bases. For three years this
club has been named the dark horse
of the league and has been more or less
generally suspected of ability TO upset
form. Philadelphia will have to be
passed up on its showing to the present
time. With such snappy men in the field
as the Pirates and such sterling players
as the Cubs coming to FORM with the
Giants gradually warming up. Philadel-
phia will have to hold the rain check.
Dolly Gray. the local high school boy,
certainly made a good start yesterday at
Winchester. Holding team down to
four hits displays class, and Dolly
may be a second Doc" White.
Despite all efforts to suppress unseemly
scehes and disgraceful episodes the
diamond, they are more numerous in the
major leagues than ever before. There
is not manager or player in the business
who does not know that he cannot win
out in the long run by having runs-in
with the umpire or precipitating scenes
of violence with the players of the oppos-
ing teams. but they will persist in doing
it. The managers themselves have the
remedy in their own hands. If they can
not persuade their players to subdue their
naturally beligerant tendencies they can
obtain the desired result by fining them
for every game they are kept out of by
order of the executive of the league
Nothing will soften the disposition of the
average ball player so speedily as mild
touch on his pocketbook.
Everything seems to be blowing the
way of President Taylor of the Boston
Americans. When he made the deal last
winter involving the transfer of Cy Young
TO Cleveland for substantial financial
consideration-said to have been $l1 800
II was thought that he made a sentiment
a. mistake At least. The pitchers whom
he received along with the cash were re-
garded by many as makeweights. The
Bostons winning right along and be-
fore the largest crowds in the American
League. Cleveland opens in Boston to-
morrow, and as Young is carded to pitch,