Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-08-15

another infielder or two will be on the
list before many days.
True, several of the players mentioned
are veterans and perhaps on the decline.
but before any of them will be let go Nc
Aleer will satisfy himself that he has
something in the way of material that
is better. And II is not going to be an
easy matter to improve on the present
infield. True, Bob Unglaub has had a
miserable year of 1t. and if somerlot is an
Improvement IL will help considerably. but
Killifer. Mcbride and Elberfeld have
taken admirable care of the other posi-
lions, and the players who will displace
any one of this trio Will have to be a
star of the very first water.
In an interview given in Detroit yes
terday. and which appears in another
column of this issue. Jim McAleer picks
the Athletics to win the worlds series
this fall. He takes it for granted that
Macks team has already cinched the
American League pennant, and that the
Clubs will be declared winners in the Ma
tional League fight.
McAleer's reason for the victory of the
Athletics. If pitted against the Cubs is
logical enough. There is no doubt about
the Athletics ability to hit. nor of the
strength of their pitchers. and IL both OF
these departments work up to their high
est standard IL will be a hard task for the
Cubs to get even within mailing dis
lance
But I'm a series like the one played by
the two major leagues in the fall the ele-
ment of luck cuts decided figure. and
what is more. a team which has been In
several of these series will not be so apt
TO grow nervous as one which is having
its first experience. and that will virtually
be the case with Mack's team. for many
of the players have Joined its ranks since
the Athletics did battle with the Giants
Rxva nv.n &c tot he
Athletics will not go any worse than did
the Tigers in the three chances they had
to win the title from the National League
winners.
The victory of the Athletics this year /:
a popular one. In the first place thu
strong American League partsans wer.
anxious to have some team other than thu
Tigers land the flag, because of the ina
bility Of that team to make a showing IN
the worlds series. What is more, tn,
public as well as the players of othel
teams like to see the worlds series pud
ding passed around. For three years the
Tigers have shared In the players end o.
these receipts, and the base ball public
thinks some of the others should have 9
chance. Incidentally. the fact that par
of the series will be played i'm the cas-
makes the Athletics victory popular. fol
the fans of the large cities in this section
want a chance to see the games.
The fickleness of base ball enthusiasts
is such that il would not be at all sur
prising to hear shortly that the failure OF
the Tigers this year was due to misman-
fagement, when only a few weeks ago
Hughey Jennings was heralded as the
greatest man in the country TO handle a
ball team.
True, ii seems as il the Tigers are out
of IL for this year. A combination of ac-
cidents and falling down on the part OF
the pitching staff brought about the I'M
doing of the team which won three con-
secutive remnants in the American
League, and yet that same team may
come back next year and win the nag
without ever being pushed.
There is no doubt about the strength
of Jennings team. IL anything his
team looks stronger this year than II did
at any time since he has held the reins.
and yet Ii failed to win.
For several years the Athletics have
been knocking at the door. and this year
the team got the breaks which IL lacked
heretofore to win The flag.
A majority Of the men handling ball
teams never have the pleasure of being
at the head Of a pennant winner. Jen-
nings has been there three times. and il
was as much his managerial ability which
made these victories possible as the
strength of the team. Detroit had the
latter before Jennings came there. but
could not win.