Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-10-27
More Good 0uee Will Make Nationals ContendeS in Next Race
ONE MORE GOOD OUTFIELDER
IS WHAT JIM McALEER WANTS
Nationals Sure to Be First Division Con-
tenders if Right Man Can Be Sc
cured Timely Base Ball Gossip.

mated Thomas to do the catching that
day, but when he mentit ned ii TO Jack
Coombs the latter insisted that I.app do
the catching. He explained that he had
pitched his best ball to Lapp all this
season. and that if the youngster was
allowed to handle his delivery he felt
sure of pitching the best game OF the
series. which he did.
Mack, of course, consented. and strange
to say neither Livingston nor Thomas
felt in the least sighted by having Lapp
given the preference over them.
The one thing which Mack impressed
upon his players before the series opened
was that there was to be no growing
by those who were not given a chance
TO play in the series. He gave the
players to understand that he would pick
the team which would play, and he did
not want to hear single grOwl from
any man under him. So when Lapp was
allowed to catch the final game and he
did his work well. his most ardent sup
Iorters were Thomas and Livingston.
The Athletics have always been a most
temperate lot of players. yet there were
several of them who were given permits
sion to have their glass of beer or two
in the evening during the playing sea-
son. But two weeks before the world
series opened the players voluntarily
promised Mack that not one of them
would touch a drop until the series was
over, and every man on the team lived
up to his promise
The result was that no team was ever
in better condition for an important Sc
ries of games than the Athletics, some
thing that cannot be said of the Cubs, for
there were several instances after the
fl st TWO games of the series had been
played mat members of that team APP
peared in public considerably the verse
for their incompetence
Though there were several players on
the Athletics list who did very little to
win the American League pennaI t. ana
did not break into the worlds series.
either these players shared alike with
those who did the work when the play
ers ends of the gate receipts were cut
up 1t is perhaps the first time in the
history of base ball that any prize money
has been shared alike by every member
of ball team. Usually the players
who did not take part I'm many games
got only a small slice Of share. but
the Athletics proved themselves better
sportsmen and players like Pat Dono-
hue Derrick and others got just as much
out OF the pic as Eddie Collins and Jack
COombs, two players who did wonders
for the Athletics all season.
If it left to vote of the managers
of the major league teams as to which
player was the best second baseman, all
things considered there is no doubt that
Eddie Collins would win almost unan-
imously. Collins while always consider
ed a good ball player. established him
self as really great one III the games
against the Cubs. There was nothing
that he attempted that he did not ac-
complish. He doomed up like star I'M
der all conditions. Not only did he dis
play great natural ability, but he knows
the game and showed wisdom which
would have done credit to some veteran
leader Of teams.
Collins is still Young man. and when
the day comes that Connie Mack must
part with Harry Davis. Collins will take
his position of field captain and chief
adviser of the cunning Mack