The Washington times., 1910-06-18

points in front Of Washington.
Maybe the q VIII prove a hoodoo for
Cleveland.
Boston plays Detroit again today
and Cleveland tackles New York. This
holds out some hope, for if they both
got a walloping and Washington beats
St Louis today. matters viii be much
as they were yesterday, and Washing
ton viii have. another chance TO crawl
up by playing St Louis on Sunday
Thus IL might come about that we viii
get that half-nelson on Cleveland's
neck in the struggle for fifth place be
fore the team starts East, and then,
with a long series on the home grounds
after the five games in Boston. the pros
poets OF clinching a hold on the fifth
berth will be excellent.
It's about time for another rumor
that Patsy Donovan has lost his sob
as manager Of the Boston Americans.
Those five games in Boston may give
us pause. -Four regular games and one
postponed from the opening day. That's
a bad combination, on its face, for
Washington 10 go against I'm the throcs
".
Boston has some small bulge on us, dp-
pareutly, and things broke mighty bad
FOR the Nationals on their FIRST trip TO
that city Boston played better ball,
and there was also a tremendous eIe-
nent OF luck which almost took the
heart out Of McAleer'S men. The one
game they did win. the luck was on
their side. Gray taking Boston into
camp, although he was batted freeIy :.
We would feel better If the team were
o. lI IN
but as long as II must go TO Boston.
let's hope it win bear up bravely.
The St Louis papers are attrfbutfnc
the lack Of success of the st. Louis
Americans 10 poor fighting spirit. The
BTOWus have gained seventeen points in
about two weeks. while the Cardinals
are fifth in the National League with a
percentage Of .45S-
Joe Cummings, in Sporting News.
draws attention 10 q subject that is
bound 20 VeX baseball cranks sooner or
later. The Three Eye League has ad0ut-
ed a rule to charge double prices for
Gouble-hcadcrs- AS the prices Of admis-
sion in the smaller leagues are NOT as
great as those in the majors, this does
not make the sum sICh a large one. bur.
I'm the majors, there has been a steady
tendency 10 wipe out the 25-ceut seats
bud make the lowest admission 30 cents.
At this rate the admission TO a double
q rs
pasSel Of money when YOU haven't bur
% cents and want TO see the home team
In action. The argument or tha mag
mates is that the great number Of double
headers cheapcns the game and keeps the
attendance below q normal that might
reasonably he expected on DAYS when
there is one contest There may h-.
some truth i'm this. but there has never
been any definite way by which f. could
be proved, the varying fortunes Of the
home team ana the regulations Of the
visitors so widely affecting baseball ar
tendance that they leave a studious
statistician in a hole
The Three-Eye has not found that
the public seriously objected to 30 cents
for two games, but 81 for two is 50 cents
more than that.
Just to show how they felt about Nc
Aleer, a number Of hectic fans in St
Louis bet that he would never have a
winner. and If the washington club
comes to the front this season there will
he a financial dearth in that town Let
ON suffer They get no sympathy from
the National Capital