The Washington herald., 1910-07-01
STANDING OF TIE CLUBS.
By WILLIAM PEET.

perately for a first baseman. and hope
to land a promising youngster before the
season closes.
This information came from a person
closely identified with the affairs of the
Washington club yesterday, and is pretty
near the straight dope.
The writer stated In this paper last
week that Unglaub would not play ball
next year. Bob himself being responsible
for the story At the rate he is going
now, ii would not be surprising If he
quit the game before the season closes,
and he viii surely do so unless he picks
I'D in his hitting.
Unglaubs usefulness has always been
his hitting He has been In the big
league COR ten years, and this season is
the poorest he has ever experienced with
the stick.
Unless a change for the better is
apparent soon. there VIII be new face
on first base. as Unglaub win turn in
his uniform some night 10 McAleer, with
the words I'm through" and that will
settle IT,
In view OF this. the management is hot
on the trail of a first baseman from one
of the minor leagues. and some young
ster will probably be landed within the
next week or so.
Baseball fans in the Capital were rot
surprised to read IN the afternoon papers
yesterday that Washington had obtained
the services of Cunningham, second base
man Of the New Bedford club. Of the New
England League. The Washington Herald
came across with the information last
Sunday Tat Cunningham was for sale and
that Scout Mike Kahoe had advised sign
ing him at once Cunningham will no'
Join the club until the New England
League season closes in September.
Tommy Dowd, the former Washington
player. now the New Bedford manager
in talking with the writer about Gun
ningham in Boston last week. said tina
the boy was one OF the likeliest lookinl
Youngsters he had ever seen in his life
and Dowd is old enough TO know what h
is talking about
Efforts were made TO obtain Cunning
ham at once. but the New Bedford cill
officials hollered murder, claiming that /
Cunningham was taken away the clul
would go TO pieces. as the youngster no
only leads the team at the bat. but ha
been putting up a phenomenal game a
second all the year, and the fans in tn
Massachusetts city think as much OF hin
as we do of Walter Johnson in Wash
ington.
Bill Rapp. the utility catcher of tn
Nationals. who was sold to the Worceste
club of the New England League las
week. has refused to report, and Monda,
asked Manager McAleer for his release
After a conference with the club own
ers this request was granted. and Rap
Is now a free agent, He viii probabl
sign with one OF the Eastern Leagu
clubs in a few days.
silk" O'Loughlin. of the America
League staff of umpires. is perhaps III
only living arbitrator who insists tina
he has never made a mistake and tina
no decisions are close Whether or nc
lOLoughlin down in his heart really De
lieves the doctrine he breaches is a dee
secret, but there Is no denying the fac
that he always puts up such a front.
Recently O'LOughlin had a tough gam
in which close plays abounded. an
neither players nor public agreed wit
-
pened TO be in doubt about a eertai
point and dropped into the umpire
dressing room 10 be enlightened. BY wa
of courtesy he remarked that II was
! hard game to umpire. but silk" refuse
10 see it that way, and his reply wa
| characteristic of the man. Here It IS:
The Pope for religion, O'Loughlin fl
| baseball-both infallible"
...nr sI,a
What's the use of employing pal
scouts. paying them large salaries an
travelling expenses TO look up young ba
players. when you can get out a eli
eular letter and have all the fans in II
country work for you for nothing
That's the way the owners of the Cul
figure 1t out. They have asked the far
to send in names of promising your
players, and are getting names by Il
bushel If any of them develop I'M
stars. the management will pay the far
who sent in the name first for the SUI
gestion.
The greater the pitcher the fewer me
he strikes out, is usually the rule Tt
| ordinary run of fans go out to a gan
| when Mullen or Joss or Walsh is pitcl
ing, and are disappointed if the twirl
does not Whit dozen or more. The
is reason.
Pitchers who know their business II
to save their salary arm as much as 20
sible To strike out a batter means Il
delivery of five TO eight balls on
i average He may start with q ball ar
then a strike. Then another ball ms
follow, two or three fouls, another ba
and then possibly the third strike tn
requires lots Of work and exertion {
the muscles. The twirler who unde
stands the game generally tries to g
the batter 10 hit TO his fieiders
Take man like Mullen. He is hapl
il he has TO pitch only three balls durii