Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-07-17
HAVE LOST MOST
GAMES BY ONE RUN THIS YEAR
McAleer's Men Have Gone to Defeat Eigh-
teen Times by Smallest Margin
Need Outfielder Must Experiment.

reason the youngsters will have to prove
tnelr superiority over the veterans
before any changes in the outfield will
be made. This base ball proposition has
trying even If you lose a lot of ball
games. and McAleer is going to make
that his policy.
1t is to be regretted that rumor has
again identified the New York club with
a sign-tipping bureau. This time it is
the Chicago players who claim to have
made the discovery OF course, the
usual denial was not long coming, and
with 1t the demand of the New York club
that a thorough investigation of the
charges be made at once.
There is no doubt that the publication
In Chicago of an alleged discovery of a
signal-tipping bureau fastened Presi-
dent Johnson's journey through the east
ern end of the circuit These persistent
charges are decidedly annoying to the
head of the American League, and he has
gone to New York to sift the matter to
the bottom.
While here President Johnson was
quoted as saying that when these charges
were made against the New York club
last fall they were disproven. 1t that
was the case the evidence showing that
no such trickery was practiced on the
New York grounds was taken in secret
and from sources unknown.
Ing about the expose and claimed to have
conclusive evidence that such a bureau
existed on the New York grounds last
season were never questioned. At the
meeting of the league in New York last
December the matter was taken I'D in
formally. and then a resolution was
passed threatening to bar from the league
any club which INDUCED in such prac-
tees. There was no investigation,
however, and there was no evidence to
AI~ok
the Tigers claimed to have discovered
were not facts. If Tuthill was shown to
be at fault he certainly would not have
been continued in base ball, and yet he
is still drawing pay from the Detroit
club.
In its effort to build up ball team by
securing young blood the Washington
club will have the unanimous support of
its patrons. In view of the fact that the
system Of taking the discards from
other teams. and that at fancy figures,
has always proven a failure here any
sort of a change in the methods of try
ing to strengthen would be popular here
But there are several instances where
ball teams have been developed in COM
paratively short time by the acquisition
of youngsters, and this has done much to
make this method of improving condi-
tons considered the proper one to pur-
sue.
1t will be a. whole lot better to go along
couple Of seasons down in the race II
the public can see that two or three
players are In the meantime being de-
Yeloped into stars than to have the
patrons watch a lot of players who once
had ability deteriorate and the team show
ing nothing better than an inclination to
be last.
What is more. the salaries paid these
players who at one time or another were
entitled to top figures greatly exceeds
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make his mark would expect. 1t is not
divulging a secret that the salary list Of
the Washington club today is second to
none in the, league.
and remains in fast company he will
not stand for reduction. What is more,
the club which secures such q player
does not dare to cut his pay for fear that
he will grow disgruntled and not de-
liver his best work. In this way the
salary list has been kept up to high
figure without the result being obtained.
Then. too. there is a whole lot Of diff
ference In the spirit of the player who
knows he has seen his best days and the,
ton for himself. 1t is the latter who
will make winning team. for the former
does not care to take long chances be-
ing satisfied to go along and hold his
own.
On their showing here the st. Louis
Browns did not figure to do anything
but give the Athletics a vacation dur
ing their stay in Philadelphia But in
stead O'Conner's team gave the leaders
in the race the toughest series they have
experienced in weeks. and with little
better luck would have taken majority
of the games. It only goes to show the
absolute worthlessness of base ball
DOPE Past performances count for lit
tie or nothing in base ball. The team
which often looks to be up against
tough proposition finds it the easiest and
vice versa.
Manager Clarke of the Pittsburgs has
adopted q system of using his pitchers
which Of late is most successful. In none
of the recent victories the Pirates have
scored, have less than two pitchers been
used. The Pirates twirlers are far from
being at their best, none of them being
able to go the entire route. and Manager
Clarke does not ask them to. The moment
a pitcher shows signs of weakening he is
taken out and fresh man put in. In
this way the pitchers of the Pittsburg
team are only working four or five in
nings day now, but they are scoring vic
tories and the Pirates are once more
looming up as pennant possibilities.