The Washington times., 1910-09-16
VETERANS GIVING WAY
TO YOUNGER MATERIAL
McAleer Making Good His Promise Reconstruct Ma
honalS-RecrutS Doing Well in Recent Games.
. Youngser Blanks Washington in Cleveland

r With Beckend0rf, Kfuifer, and
Schaefer already among the missing.
= Jim BIcAleer Is making good his prom
Use 10 rebuild the Nationals with the
least possible delay
81 That motley band Of former stars
and minor Ieaguers that Joe Csnunon
mixed Upewith a few real bali players
presented but little attractive mate
rial when NcAIeer took charge here
3 There was nothing IN a baseball way
here except hope. and nothing upon
which 70 base that
But the substitution Of sane treat
ment OF the players in place Of rank
abuse 20 which they had been sub
5ected IN the past, had the desired
effect, as was shown by the work
+, Barring the miserable break al the
y beginning Of the season, there has
been little about which 10 make le-
gitimate objection since McAleer en-
tered the pilot house, and, by taking
the club vs. club series from Cleve-
land, st. Louis, and Chicago the Ma
tionals have proved beyond doubt that
they have the best ball club in the
= second division, something that has
not been known within the reCOllec-
ton OF even Jim Saftei
n That there IS more Uhan one poSlllon
r. that must De improved IS un4uSS-
- TONED, out MCAieer Is doing as much
or even more than any OtEer American
League manager 10 get the desirable
those VINO are familiar with the WOrh-
ing OF the manager.
- Our pets are now eleven points away
from the nth berth
And, as though 10 add insult to in
Jury, 1t remained for a recruit, making
+ his debut in select baseball company,
to hand the raw deal 10 the Nationals
81 Frederick James William Blanding, q
4 product OF q horse and buggy league in
s3Iichigsn, was the one who accom-
.pIisifed the dirty deed Although pitch
ing against one Of the greatest twirlers
4 baseball has ever known. Mr.. Bland
. ing seemed TO enjoy such dazzling COM
I pany, for IN the 3uel between the pair
( The wolverine had all the better OK
his veteran rIVaf5 Tor Johnson was so
unsteady in the opening inning HAT
! he allow cd three ATS and passed a run
3 Ger- Then q bum he2Ee by Charley
= Street completed the disaster, allowing
s ing the Maps an advantage OF three
runs which was maintained until the
The Nationals had their best chance
IN the first inning when, with the bases
s loaded, Bianding showed his true form
4 By striking out Pinch Mcbride and
4 sending Washington into the field run
4 less
Banding dropped the cd from his
! name inserted 5'iz'F in its place and then
proceeded 10 get busy
8 It's up to Dixie Walker today to de-
4 eide whether the Nationals are TO slip
4 further downward and backward or
I gather themselves together and assert
themselves IN such d manner that they
viii not continue 20 SHRINK away from
that nitn place goal py allowing C-eFe-
! land To further increase the margin
II the worse slump IN weeks Nc
4 AlseTS men are losing most valuable
4 ground, Tor rot only does eacn defeat al
i Cleveland shove Washington further
8 away, but incidentally Increases the adj
! .yauLaSe Of the Maps IL the lSnt Ior
st2le place Of honor III the second section
Of Ban JohnsQnS parade
In q determined effort 10 help mat
tiers McAIee used his trump card yes
1erday- and II must he said thar II was
through 10 fault of Walter Johnson
that the Nationals suffered their third
Ehut-out in as many games.
That Bob Unglaub viii be replaced
By a more consistently good hitter be-
fore the opening Of another campaign
the scouts who are securing the woods
for the Washington club are under in
StTuctiCns to keep a watch Tor first
basemen, and AIcAIeeT now has under
consideration the names Of three
PLAYERS who have been recommended by
different minor league mOgulS- Deals
for any of these viii not be closed
until Scouts Padden or Kahoe have
had an opportunity 10 make expert
reports upon the capabilities Of those
named
NcAIeer mas sounded out the Cleve-
land people on the proposition OF let
tins George SJOvalI come here and
there is a possibility that some sort
Of a deal NAV be framed I'D Just At
- present the trouble seems to be that,
while the Maps are willing TO dispose
OF StOTau. they want the whole Wash
fuEtOn club, the water bucket and the