Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-07-11
BY J. ED GRILLO.

Cliff BlankenShip, who was a member OF
the Nationals catching staff for several
| seasons and is now managing Tacoma
club of the Northwestern League. has rec
commended an Outfielder to the local club.
The players name is Swayne, and he is
playing with Blankenship's team.
Blankenship considers him easily the
best fielder in that league and makes the
recommendation for him SO strong that an
effort is being made to have Swayne re-
port here at once. Whether the club will
succeed in making such a deal is doubt
full, for while the minor league clubs are
always anxious to sell their star Players
they want to hold them until their season
is over. Manager McAleer, however, is
just as anxious to get as many of the re-
cruts 10 report now as possible. SO that
he will have a chance to look them over.
If he can get a line on his new material
this fall 1t will relieve him of a lot of
worry and responsibility next spring. for
he can virtually select his team this fall
II he can get line on his youngsters.
Another outfelder who is playing on
the coast to be recommended to McAleer
is Perry OF the Sacramento club. Perry
was in the Tri-State last season and has
shown great pace since going on the
coast.
Every manager of a ball team aver
ages about ten tips day on ball play
erS who he is advised to get at once.
1t Is, of course. impossible to sign every
player that is recommended, though Nc
Aleer makes it rule to have most OF
the players mentioned to him as having a
chance in fast company looked over.
1t would, of course, keep twenty scouts
busy jumping from one end of the coun-
| try to the other to look these players
| over, so other means must be resorted
to. Whenever McAleer finds that he
| knows the manager of the team on
| which are commended players he wires
| the manager for an honest opinion OF
| the player.
| Only the other day McAleer had a tip
on First Basenan Davis of the Lancaster
| team, and in looking up the dope found
that Davis was hitting at a terrific gait
| McAleer wired Marty Hogan, who. Is
managing the team. if Davis would
stand chance in this company. and re.
| ceived the reply, He will not" That
| looks like the best kind of information
| for the man who would be most bene
| flied by the players sale does not CON
| slider him fast enough to come into the
American League.
| If ever there were lot of athletes who
enjoyed day of rest 1t was the players
/ who took part in that dOuble-header Sat
| to-day. A more tired lot than the men,
| Saturday night cannot be imagined, ano
most Of them spent nearly all of Sunday
In bed trying to rceuperate from the
strain of playing two games on the hot
test day of the year.
These double-headers are despised b,
the ball players, end it is no wonder tina
they are, for it is really crOwding too
much base ball into one afternoon.
Bob Groom will. in all probability. b'
pitched right back against the Brown:
today. The few innings that Groom
worked in the first game Saturday are
him from pitching today. and Cocoon, il
fact, is anxious to make amends for his
showing Saturday O'ConnOr will pitcf
either Ray or Spade.
When Detroit started out in the spript
and worked several young pitchers, ever,
one of whom made good, 1t seemed tina
Jennings was better supplied with pitth
ing material than ever before. But The
youngsters have not kept up the pa x
they started with, and, what is more the
veterans have gone back and are not dc
liv>fing as they should This~is why thu
to be expected. defeat has changed thu
spirit Of the team. 1t used to be {
smooth working aggregation, in whlcr
friction was absolutely lacking, b it it !,
different now. According to one OF tn
st. Louis players the Tigers are fighting
each other.
When we beat them they were fight
ing among themselves said this play
err Zone was blaming the other TO
mistakes, and the result was that thu
team was up in the air. 1t was unusua
, for them to be beaten, and they took i
to heart worse than any ball team cvc
saw. 1t is questionable whether the,
will get out Of the rut again, for no
only. are the pitchers going poorly. blu
the team is not playing the ball it use'
to-
Just as soon as a team gets TO losin
the critics usually make the discover
that the old dash and spirit is lackin.
. and this is true Of the Tigers now. Il
the following one of the Philadelphia
scribes sizes up the playing of Jennings
team:
Detroit does not play with the das
| and spirit which characterized its Wor
, last year and the year previous. Jenning
works just as hard. and still has al tn
old ERE and spirit, but his team lacks tn
speed on the bases, the terrific s'ugsin
and that spirit of confidence which mad
the Tigers a team to be feared at an
stage Of the game. no matter, now Ia
: behind they were in the score.
Unless Detroit takes brace very 500
the team will be so far down in the rae
that 1t will be impossible for 1t to regaf
the lead with such teams as the Athletics
New York and Boston ahead Of II, an
all going at a winning clip. Should tn
! Tigers manage to win the America