Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-11-01
BY ]. ED GRILLO.

If the present plans for improving and
charging the local ball park are carried
out patrons of the bleachers will view
the game from deep center field next sea-
son.
The club owns eight feet in back Of the
present center field fence and this space
will be allotted to bleacher seats. The
present bleachers In right field are to be
covered and made part Of the pavilion.
There will also be separate entrance TO
the bleachers. In this way the seating
capacity of the local park will be greatly
increased OF course. the improvements
are to be but temporary. for 1t is only
question Of a year or so when an entirely
new plant will be erected on the present
site.
It is likely that automobiles will be ex-
Guided from entering the Enclosure. the
plan being to put turnstiles right across
the present approach to the STANDS. Ii
is estimated that the seating capacity OF
the park will be increased about 4'Uo II
present plans do not miscarry-
There is but little doubt that when the
smoke has cleared away from this Phiia-
controversy anent the
mace
fifth. it will be found that President Herr
mann Of the Reds has correspondence
from President Fogel on file informing
him that Manager Doom has authority TO
make deals for players.
It Is well known rule In base bali
that no manager can make any deals I'M
less he first has the sanction or the cup
president. This rule was established some
few wears ago at the instigation of Presl-
dent Hermann and he is thoroughly IA
miliar with 1t. 1t is therefore but rea-
sonable to presume that he would not
take the stand he has in the matter II
he could not back up his claim tnat
Doom had authority.
Censuring Hermann for signing two OF
the Philadelphia players involved In the.
deal because it is setting poor example
inssmuch as he is the chairman of the
national commission Is hardly Wen 1ound-
ed Hermann has the same right as any
other club owner regardless of his po-
sition at the head of the commission. In
signing McQuillen and Bates Hermann
Is acting entirely within his rights.
Base ball will not be injured by this
mix-up. In fact it may be benefited, for
there is good chance of the tansle d.
vulging who really owns the Phillies,
thus either substantiating or repudiating
the charge that syndicate ball exists in
the National League.
Joe Cantillon, whose failure to land the
Nationals well up in the race has been
attributed to his inability to handle ball
players. has either been falsely charged
or he changed his tactics since leaving
here, for the result of the American As
ISOLATION campaign in which Cantillons
team cantered home with the pennant
would indicate that he knew just how to
handle lot of ball players.
Cantillons regime here was not an
artistic success. but nevertheless he was
responsible for establishing the nucleus
for q good ball team here. The great
Improvement several of the players show
ed under McAleer last season cannot be
attributed entirely to the difference in the
system employed by the two managers.
Clyde Milan. for instance. was under
physicians care during the entire season
of 1909, fact which greatly interfered
with his playing.
The statement that Ty Cobb was a dis
turbing element on the Detroit team and
for that reason would be traded to some
other club was. OF course. denied by
both President Navin and Manager Jen
nings. who fully appreciate Cobb's value
to the Tigers.
players find fault with Is that he displays
an earneStneSs to win on all occasions.
Most players can't understand why Cobb,
a star, should always exert himself to his
fullest extent and naturally expect his
teammates to do the same. and yet 1t is
this which makes Cobb the greatest ball
player that ever lived.
Kid Elberfeld was telling Of an exhibit
ton game that the All-Star team played
Sunday before the opening Of the worlds
series somewhere near New York, and
he referred to the fact that Cobb played
as hard In this game as If the pennant
depended upon the result
II never saw a fellow like Cobb" said
the Kid. 'The average ball player will not
try to do much in these exhibition games.
but Cobb went into the game just as
worked up as II 1t was In the worlds
series. 1t is this fact that makes him a