The Washington herald., 1909-05-10
BETTER TINES AHEAD
Nationals Are Improving and
Are Sure to Climb.
CAETILLON's SHIFTS COSTLY
Washington Landed but Two Out Of
Six Games Played Last Week-IHl-
prOvement in Hitting Means Much.
Is Jesse TannehfI Coming Back
for Keepss-Other News.
By WILLIAM PEET.

by hLLLAAA REEA-
Out Of SIX games played during the
past week the Nationals Won but two,
losing one TO Boston and three at PhUa-
delphia- The Philadelphia defeats were
y by One--un margins, showing. as every
body knows, weak hitting. and until the
team IS sbIe 70 pe-k Up a biz win the
willow, Washington VII continue 10 trail
along behind IN the American League
One performance deserves more than
passing mention-that game In Boston
Tuesday, IN which Jesse Tan1ehm made
his former team mates look ike bush
leaguers- Is Jesse coming back? VIII he
b able to take his turn IN the box and
serve EN- over as OF old? The fans wan;
70 know Before ven5uring TO predict Jess
VIII have 70 work IN few more games.
When e team Is losing everybody takes
a shot az It. Criticisms fly thick and fast.
Each fan has his own ideas about running
the club. Washington sporting writers
also have Their little fings al the man
iager. ana. as g rule. hir him harder when
he is away from home than when his
team plays here.
OEe sporting writer, II criticisins the
work OF Delehanty and CIymer. declares
that they have proved a big disappOint-
ment 20 the club owners. He also saws
that the pitching stan has been good
while. outside Of Charley smith. the s1an
has been q joke, until the team struck
Philadelphia
Clymer may be a slow fielder. but he
IS not a slow thinker, by any means. On
THE bases he IS the equal Of GanIey, and
he has yet 10 make q stupid play. Like
about three dozen other PLAYERS n the
bis leagues. Clymer has gone or on his
hitting
The Nationals. as they stand at pres
ent. are all right ice Cautiilon might
BE questioned as 10 why he so often
shifts his batters around, as but few OF
these quick changes have worked for the
good n Fridays game. by sending Free
man in let, field, the necessary run "a
win vas scored Cantiu0n made this
change Milan fans 10 hit twice. but
when he gees Up the third time. with the
chances IN his favor. he is recalled. and
pitcher sent up IN his place. These
tactics certainly encourage @ player-lir
In PLAYING the game Of whist. one man
may pull of illnesses right along. while
another falls down al every -rizI When
z good player sees this situation he
5 changes MS tactics. Might not the same
apply 70 Manager CanuIIon2 BE has
tried the substitution and shifting tactics
repeatedly without result Why not
perrnit the team 70 remain intact through
out q game, and allow the players 20
get confidence in themselves
Many Washington fans, in talking with
the writer, say that CantiII0n Is a spIen-
cid organizer, but on the field he lacks
those qualities that go 20 make q victor.
The writer believes that the Nationals
viii yet make good. and q change OF
makeup al this time would be dis
sstTOus-
One Of the Baltimore papers came out
recently with the announcement that
Jack Dunn was after Charley HemphiII.
the New York Yankees OutfeIder. and
that If waivers could be secured. Hemp
would round out the season IN an OrioIe
Uniform.
'Dunnis" may be after this player. but
lis 1oG-tO-I shot ne don't geI him. 4
glance at EeUphtlTs record for last
season cOnvinces one o. HemphiITs
further usefulness. He stood eighth In
the American League among the batrers
with a percentage Of -297, and felded so.
me Nauonals might be able 20 use this
man nicely, and there are others who
would never waiver on him.
The writer quite agrees with the au-
thor OF an article in one Of the local Sun
day papers about the need OF an inves-
Tisation n the high schools regarding
the ages Of certain athletes. While IL
may be true that al present nobody
playing baseball happens 70 be twenty
one years Of age or more. yet several
are dangerously near that age.
Only last week announcement was
made OF the statistics Of one Of the Wash
1ngton crews. on which were two former
Tech football players. Both OF these
boys have only been out OF school one
year, yet the statistics showed that they
must have PLAYED football in 1907 after
reaching mans estate Verify. there Is
need OF ar investigation.