Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-10-15
BY ]. ED GRILLo.

Athletics in the game here FT1da,
was such as to make the followers o
the American League champions have
grave fears as to the outcome OF th'
worlds series. The individuals wht
backed Connie Mack's team with thei
money to win a majority of the games
from the Cubs babe farewell to theii
coin after Yesterdays exhibition
The Athletics might not be CLASSY
enough TO beat the team which jim
McAIeer has gathered about him. but II
is rather discouraging to see them con
cede their inferiority in every action or
the field. At no time have the Athletics
resembIed the team which was humble6
by the New York Giants in 1905 as much
as yesterday. There was that same list
lessness which marked the games OF that
worlds series. What little so-callec
pepper was displayed was of the grand
stand variety. and all in all the Athletics
did not resemble a championship team in
any way. shape FORM
Mack's players seem to be awe-stricker
with the strength of their opponents
Perhaps they have good reason for SO be-
ing. but they will also find themselves uI
against a fairly classy aggregation when
they meet the Cubs. and the team must
do more than it has against the ALI
Stars to make a respectable showing In
the worlds series.
II was believed that because of the
easy. manner in which the Athletics won
the American League pennant this year
the team. unlike most of its pred
eeessors which won first honors in this
league, would be able to win a world s
series. Perhaps this impression was Gre
ated because the strength of the other
american League teams was overeStl-
mated. Certain it is that against a high
class team such as the All-Stars present
the Athletics made a sorry showing. The
Cubs are not as strong as the team which
has won four straight from the Athletics,
but they will impress the Athletics with
their ability. and that seems to be all
that is necessary to beat them.
Base ball is. of course. most uncer-
tain proposition. and the Athletics may
go into the worlds series an entirely diff
fereEt team from what 1t has been In the
games played this week, but there Will
have TO be most remarkable improve
ment or the American League champions
will once more go down before the Ma
tional League pennant winners.
II may be urged that there was nothing
at stake for the Athletics. and that for
this reason they did not put up their best
game. but that hardly holds good. Bail
players have pride. like other humans
The Athletics are the champions. and Ii
they could they would have liked to make
a clean sweep Of their games with the
AN-Stars for ii would be figured that
such a performance would give them
prestige with the Cubs. as 1t is. the
losing of the games to the All-S,ars will
give the Cubs confidence, II. in fact, they
need more than they have always dis
played.
Mack's team is not playing the kind
Of ball IL did in midsummer. probably be-
cause it is up against different game IT
surely cannot be claimed that the players
nave gone stale, for they have not been
under a strain at any time this season.
and they should be at their best right
row.
Billy Sullivan of the White Sox, who
is one of the AIl-Star catchers. has fig
ured 1t out that if that team were put on
the block and sold under the hammer 1t
would bring about S2S6,OOO.
That sounds like a big sum of money.
but I believe that if 1 had to sell the
PLAYERS we have on this team 1 could
realize this much. 1t is the greatest
bunch of ball players ever gotten to-
gether Take those three pitchers and
bred thousand dollars. and that outfield
would bring similar amount. and you
can cut the price of the rest of the play
ers and make up the total mention
would go through either league Ike a
bullet. BY the way. do you know that
we have the only two catchers that ever
caught ball from the Washington monu-
are the only ones who ever accomplished
this feat
There is TO doubt that until suspicion
was cast on Lajoie's batting feat at St.
Louis la St SUNDAY he was the public ia
vorite for batting honors in most Ameri-
can League cities, but Judging from the
ovation given Ty Cobb when he stepped
10 the plate for the first time yesterday
there has been decided change of sem
fjrneDt in the C.eorPi1n'g IA No or
was ever accorded such hearty welcome
as Cobb was by the Local fans yesterday.
Incidentally TyruS unlike most PLAYERS
when in exhibition games worked lust as
hard as IL the pennant had been at stake.
He ran bases with that usual dash and
In fact was in the game up to his neck
at all stages. IL is this spirit which
makes Cobb a wonderful ball player
Tie is always trying his best and there is
never such a thing as ioafing in this
makeup
Clyde Milan plays left field just as
catches in the first inning Yesterday
which with ordinary fielder would
h:Ve been two-hase hits or more. In
csrentsliy he displayed great speed on the
Cobb and Speaker are two great ball
Players. hut Milan is not far behind them
al any feature of the game.
That All-Star Outfield VIII average two
runs per game during a season. and
Walsh. Johnson and White would not
allow their opponents TO average that
many runs off OF them. so the result
would he that this combination would be
decidedly hard TO beat in any company.
There were in the neighborhood of 5000
rams In the Enclosure yesterday, and tho
safe receipts ran very close to $4,000. all
OF which goes 10 the players
The receipts were larger than the three
games played in Philadelphia furnished.
proving once more that Washington will
support base ball better than any city Of
it's size.
The players were jubilant over the
themselves because they did not sched-
ule games here for Thursday and Fri
day.
II is figured that IL game is PLAYED
in Philadelphia today. at which an enor-
NOUS crowd is expected the series
will net each of the players three or four
hundred dollars over all expenses.
Jim McAieer will not stay over at Phil
adelphia for the worlds series. He will
leave there after the game tonight and
prepare for a hunting trip he is 10 take
in the wiIds of Canada for the next
three or four weeks.
II must be said to the credit OF the
PLAYERS that though IL was exhibit
ton game both sides hustled things
along AS a rule these exhibition games
are drsggy affairs in which the players
take little interest. but it was not so