Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-09-22
washington Has No Deal On for StovaN---ban /.
ARE MAKING NO
EFFORT TO SECURE STOVALL
Maps Veteran First Baseman Is Not Wanted
Here-Wyatt Lee Should Be Given
Chance in Fast Company.

no better third baSeman in the league
than Lord, and had he been the property
of any other club except Boston he would
never have been traded. But Owner Tay-
Tor of the Speed Boys does not take a
players value into consideration when he
thinks it to the best interest of his team
to get rid of him, and 1t was ComisKey's
good fortune to be able to offer Taylor
enough for Lord to swing the deal
Connie Mack admits that the other seven
teams in the American League were not
as strong this year as formerly, and no
doubt he hits the nail on the head in this
size-up. Neither Boston nor New York
was as formidable as in the previous
campaign, and Detroit was so much
weaker that it was a contender for a
time only. 1t has been a rather easy
pennant to win Any team which had the
have walked in with the flag. The same
is true of the race in the National League.
There was no real contest. Most of the
teams were outclaSSed by one or two,
and the result has been that the pennants
have virtually been cinched for months.
There is an exaggerated idea of the
wonderful mentality displayed by the
Cubs in their playing going the rounds.
which has created the impression in
some quarters that the series with the
Athletics is to be a contest between a lot
of hve-thinking. highly intellectual men
and a lot of autOmatons. 1t must be con-
coded that the Cubs are blessed with a
few thinking ball players, but their
strength does not lie in this fact alone,
for it requires something besides thought
to win ball games.
One timely base hit will offset about all
the thinking one of these intellectual base
ball giants can do during an entire ball
game. and the Cubs. like other teams,
have been winning games by reason of
good pitching. stickwork and support.
There may be nothing particularly SEN
sational, from psychological standpoint,
Mack's players will size up pretty well
with any other aggregation when it comes
to doing lot of this think stuff.
A few magazine articles written for
the uninitiated have done much to create
the impression that the members of the
Cubs beat everybody to the bowl when
gray matter was being dished out but
the fact should not be forgotten that it
has been many years since there has been
anything new sprung in base ball. sAll
and of course some do 1t better than
others because they have the strength.
The wonderful work Jack Coombs is
doing for the Athletics on the rubber
must be the result of his having mastered
some certain delivery which has added
greatly to his effectiveness. 1t has been
pointed out that Coombs, after years Of
practice is enabled to use falling curve
ball, which Is almost impossible to gauge
and which is responsible for his wonder
full performance this year.
Coombs has shown such brilliant form
in the face of the fact that he has been
worked hard the greater part of the sea-
son and has been effective against every
team that there Is no doubt he will be
able to bowl the Cubs over just about as
easily if he retains his present form.
Connie Mack. according to his own state
ment, does not propose to make any
marked changes in his lineup. now that
he has the pennant cinched. He will con-
tinue to work his pitchers regularly just
as he has done all season. SO that his
team will probably toe the scratch in
perfect playing fettle.
AS rule, the team which wins the pen
nant starts to do lot of experimenting
just as soon as all possibility of it being
beaten out has passed. but Mack, very
wisely, does not propose to break up his
combination by giving his regulars lot
of rest.