Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-08-17
SPORTING COMMENT.
BY J. ED GRILLO.

Left-handed pitchers are an uncertain
lot for some reason or other. AS a rule
none of them last long, and the fact that
they have a good season this year does
not assure anything for the next.
1t has been pointed out that the fact
that the left arm is nearest the heart that
in pitching the heart Is anected ana tnat
this accounts for the uncertainty or the
average left handler and also for the short
period that the average southpaw lasts.
Harry Krause OF the Athletics was
wonderful pitcher last year. he was IN
yincfble In the early spring, when he won
q great number of games in a row, but he
weakened little toward the close OF the
season. At any rate krause was one OIL
the years best pitchers In 1902 but TINS
year he has not been of any help to MS
team and ii is not at all unlikely tnat ne
will break into the minors before long.
When Connie Mack.s pennant chances
were figured up this spring krauSe was
taken into consideration because OF ms
splendid work in the last campaign, and
though he has proved a disappointment
the Athletics are having no trouble VIM
ming the pennant. something that would
not have been believed possible before the
season opened, for the average team when
il loses one Of it's best pitchers Is usually
put out of the race thereby.
In order to preserve discipline and pre-
vent the deterioration OF base pan, II Is
absolutely necessary that the head. Df
league stand behind his umpires, Dut
there are times when the umpires sn1uid
come in for a raking over the Goals InIs
thing of going on the tehory that tne
umpire is always right and that he is
like a car on the ball field is a mistake
Umpire Bull" Perrine pulled OF
stunt in St Louis last Sunday Wh1ch
should call for his resignation from the
American League stan
Perrine wanted to announce change IN
the lineup and the crowd refused to be
ouiet long enough to allow the announce
ment TO be made. Perrine thereupon
DELAYED the game nearly twenty minutes
waiting for the noise TO suoslde, WHICH,
of course, IL did not.
An umpire who would give such an ex-
hibition of temper and stubbornness IS
hardly a At man to place In a positloh
where he is supposed TO give lmpartiai
decisions.
are at fault at times, and IL is also neces-
sary 10 make them the cars OF the Daii
field and whatever action they request
i'm punishment of the players Is always
followed by the head OF the LEAGUE. nu d
this system should work both ways, and
when an umpire is found TO have been
guilty Of a serious fault. he should De
dealt with ust as a player would De.
II Tv Cobb stays in base ball until he is
thirty wears old which is six years hence,
he will be independently wealthy he VIII
have made a fortune out OF base pan III
less than ten years and yet had ~ broke
into the game fifteen years ago he wouic
have had a hard time making as much In
five wears as ne does now in one.
In the days when Hughey jennings was
in his prime things were different Inc
stars Of the Baltimore team after Win
ming two pennants had to hold out TO
have their salaries increased from S2,4cj
10 So6iO Today most any sort OF re-
cruit coming into fast company gets that
much salary.
There were no baths in the rooms at the
hotel. either in those days: no tax!cabs or
buses 10 carry the players and their grips
from, rhe depot ard IL was not the nrst-
class hotels that housed the players
The players conditions have been ma
! ,erially improved but IL is decidedly ques-
tionable if the game has. The spirit
which existed in those days has changed
| Then PLAYERS of different teams were real
rivals and the games were for blood
Should the Cubs win the pennant Whlcn
seems most likely. and Stanley Robson
of the ST. Louis club persists i'm carrying
ON his threat 10 force the playing out OF
the entire National League schedule. II
may postpone the worlds series so long
as to make 1t impossible to play them
II is simply another case of wrangilng
among the club owners in the old league.
1t has ever been so, and probably always
will be- There are Indications even now
that there is to be another row over the
presidency this winter, and II RoDlson
stands Pat as he threatens, there VIII De
| a lively mix-up before the annual rumpus
takes place.