The Washington herald., 1910-08-30

/ Manager McAleer is going 20 try 70
persuade the New Bedford club manage
ment 10 let him have Second Baseman
Cunningham before the Nationals take
/ their final whirl arouBd the circuit.
] RalstOn. the Akron outhelder, and Gun
ningham, the New England Lacquer. are
the only youngsters purchased by the
/ Nationals McAleer wants 10 nave a look
at before the. season closes, and IL is not
at all certain that either Of these players
will get chance 10 work regularly
| The New England League closes about
September y, and the Nationals leave for
] their final trip on September S. As New
/ Bedford has practically clinched the
/ championship OF that organization the
| chances are bright for Cunningham
joining the locals before the club goes
away
McAleer's principal reason for carrying
along Cunningham and Ralston is for pro
lection. II anything happens TO one Of the
Ioutfielders Ralston viii probably be sent IN.
The same holds good for Cunningham. If an
/ infielder falls down in hitting or is in
iured. But at the rate the club is going
/ now neither Of the youngsters will get
chance TO show what he can do under
FIRE.
/ AS stated exclusively in The Washing
/ ton Herald last week Catcher "Gabby'
Street reported for duty yesterday and
was out IN uniform. Streets thumb IS
stiI a bit sore and Manager Jim viii not
put him behind the bat until he is all
right. "Cabby" says he feels fine, and
indeed he looks the part
BY winning two games from the
Browns yesterday the Nationals have
captded nineteen out OF the last thirty
four played. a percentage Of .55l. which
/ is the best showing a Washington club
has consistently made since the Capital
was represented in the American League
! one game is booked for to-day. and II
will be Up 10 Bob Groom 60 stop the
I Browns. which he should easily do If he
is in any kind OF form Manager O'Cou-
nor will send in Barney Petty. who has
twirled fine ball durng the past Two
weeks.
With threatening weather yesterday
nobody dreamed that much Of a crowd
would turn out TO see the Nationals play.
Monday is always an of day. but yes
terday proved an exception TO the rule,
as the bleachers and left field stands
were packed, and a good sized crowd oc-
eupied the grandstand.
See what a winning ball team means 10
! yyash{nrton
Neither Snodgrass. Cobb. nor Lajoie
! gained in the race for the benzine wagon
yesterday. the first two for the reason
that they just made enough safe hits 10
keep from either falling or moving ahead
and the latter because rain interfered and
kept the Cleveland team from playing.
! Speaker went TO bat four times and only
succeeded in making one hit, which
caused his average to drop one point. TO
S42 Cobb and Snodgrass are stnl
punched. with 1857 and $50, respectively.
while Lajoie is hot on their trail with a
I percentage of 1852.
The St Louis Dispatch hands out the
/ following good advice:
one: Get the team first and then the
grand stand" Claude Martin and Others
Of the genus fan would rather stand on
a box and peek through a knothoIe at a
I good team than occupy plush-lined box
in a $4,000 stand at a tal-end show.
Beside being good Rplicy, it's good bust
ness. Money spent on a good team is
bread cast on the waters II is sure
TO be returned the next season, when
the ambitious owner may have both the
good club and his new stand.
We have put up with the presen,
League Park accommodations for some
time with no great amount of incon-
venience Probably we could struggle
along a little while longer. II put ia
vote of the fans they would doubtless
prefer to let the stand remain the way
It is for the next ten years. if given a
one-two-three team in return
Night baseball is now assured IN Chi
cago 1t ought to make a big hit in
Boston if the games were started about
midnight
AS between the Cubs and the Athletics
II is almost a safe speculation that the
club winning the first game will take
the worlds championship.
If every big league club manager
could call back the mistakes he has