Evening star., 1909-07-05

The figures in the accompanying tables
siy.. an accurate and complete description
90 the work Of all the players of the 1909
team OF the Nationals from the COM
Inencement of the season in the race Tor
Tho pennant crnblematic of the cham-
piouShip OF the American League, the
said tables being compiled from the Of
trial scores as published in the columns
of The Star from day to day to
Sunday July T. including the two games
played in Boston Saturday. Since the
beginning of the race the Nationals nave
contested with the other seven teams
composing the American Leagu both at
home and abroad, Sixty-tfv games, and IN
these contests they have secured twenty
one victories and have suffered forty
iarec defeats. and they played one sew
onteen-jnnlng tie game with the Chicago
White SoX They have lost about eleven
games bv the small margin of one run.
when hit would have perhaps changed
usIeat into a victory, but the pinch hitter
was not there to do the trick.
The season to date has not been very
successful one. and it is to be hoped
that the team will improve. Just as 1t did
last year after the 1st of July. If the
team had two or three more hitterS like
Browne and Lelivelt more victories would
he assured. The past week eight games
were played with Boston and New York.
and by losing seven the Nationals again
dropped to last place. The team held Its
own in both batting and fielding. having
the same averages as the previous week.
Five batsmen increased their averages In
the eight games, Lelivelt making the
greatest gain.
Browne Still the Leader With .345.
Browne still leads the team in the bat
ting department with an average Of .345.
increase of .OOT points. He took part
in five games during the week and was
at the bat fourteen times (once as a SUBJ
stitute). and made six hits. which gives
him batting average for the week of
.429. Delehanty is getting his eye on the
ball. and. in consequence. batted in old
time form. He was at bat twenty-seven
times and made nine base hits. including
two doubles. giving him batting aver
age for the eight games of 1888. the same
the previous week. Lelivelt was at
bat twenty-eight times and made eight
h1ts-a batting average of .2S6 Unglaub
hatted at .273 clip for the week. Con-
roy. Mcbride and Donohue fell off in bat
ting.
In fielding Unglaub leads the team with
a percentage of 1000 at first base, while
Donohue comes next in the same posi-
tion with 9SS. a loss OF .O03 points. the
surprise of the week being two errors by
Jiggs In two consecutive games. The
team still leads the American League In
fielding, and with improved batting should
soon better it's position. Some Of the
players are still batting far below former
averages. and this is particularly true OF
Milan, who does not seem to be able to
locate the ball. He has not made hit
in FIVE games. johnson is the only pitcher
who seems to be able to win his games.
although he has one more defeat than
victory to his credit Groom and Gray
seem TO have lost their effectiveness. and
the others cannot be depended upon to
go full game without blowing up In one
inning long enough to lose the game.
The following figures show In detail the
work of the Nationals to date: