The Washington herald., 1910-08-24
By WILLIANI PEET.


ais. collect his new recruits. somerlot
Cunningham. Ralston. and others. and
put these men in his lineup right now,
when the club Is playing the best ball
In years. and winning games?
A baseball writer on an afternoon pa
per suggests that this be done. so Nc
Aleer can get line on his new talent,
even at the expense Of sacrificing fifth
or sixth position In the league standing
The fans in Washington who support
the club want good baseball-they want
to see the home club win. At present
the Nationals are winning games, and
NcAleer seems TO have hit the right
combination.
, The afternoon paper baseball writer
wants McAleer TO take a chance on a
lot Of untried material A 1O-to-1 bet
that the quality Of ball will greatly de-
crease II this is done The club seems
TO be going along in good shape Why
! should it be hacked TO pieces in order to
! get an estimate on several new ball
players slated for possible berths next
year?
Let next year take care OF itself. As
long as the club is going well now. why
break II upI
Baseball writer's should not tell a man
ager how 10 run his ball club. The man
ager Is paid to run the team. and Nc
Aleer has given Washington the best
baseball in years. Why not let him alone?
It was announced in several Virginia
State newspapers yesterday that the
Washington club had purchased the re-
lease Of Pitcher Harvey Busey. Of the
Danville club, one OF the most success
ful twirlers OF the circuit, who has thus
far won 10 out Of "a games.
Manager McAleer last night stated that
this report was erroneous, and that
Washington had not purchased Busey.
He said that he was after another player
, in the Virginia League. but could not
get him. and Busey was recommended.
but turned down.
Hugh Fullerton the noted Chicago
baseball writer here with the White Sox,
throws a little light on conditions in st.
Louis last year when Jim McAleer had
the BrowRs. which club finished just
above Washington in the 1909 standing.
Says Fullerton:
The baseball writer's in St Louis were
determined TO run McAleer out OF town,
and one day I received a telegram from
one OF the leading Mound City sporting
editors asking me 20 send to his paper
an answer TO the question, What is the
matter with the Browns?"
It Immediately wrote back that In my
Q opinion Jim McAleer had lot OF brain
y less ball players. and that it was no fault
n I,zF Id - ,,at min I
. also said lot of other nice things about
9 McAleer.
3 Two weeks later received a check
' and a letter from the baseball writer, IN
0 which he said that he was sorry. but my
opinion was Of such a nature that hts pa
per could not use tt
Z All Of which goes to show that the
- Mound City baseball writer's were simply
determined 70 drive McAleer out OF St
Louis, and eventually succeeded.
q McAleer has the laugh on the whole
. bunch now.
Dolly Gray will be in the box FOR the
r Nationals this afternoon in the final game
of the Chicago series. also the last ap-
pearance Of the White Sox here this sea-
son. Jim Scott will likely be Duffys
choice
Ty Cobb now tops the list Of siuggers
/ in the great auto hunt now going on
among the select few. SnOdgrass. the
Giants phenomenon. went 10 the plate
yesterday four times and succeeded in
7 getting but one hit and his swatting
0 / percentage tumbled three points, drop
4 ping to .S6S. Cobb. in the meantime, was
9 busy clouting the horsehlde for three
. hits out OF four trips TO the pan. going
Q up three points and giving him a per-
0 centage of 81. Lajoie fell down three
y points, while Speaker garnered four.
: Speakers total is now .342. The race is
becoming particularly interesting. now
that the leaders are punched, and one or
3 two good games will shake things up.
= Now that the race for batting honors,
, which brings into the leading clouter's
= possession that buzzy chariot. seems TO
= have developed into Lajoie-Cobb feud.
!, a few words in regard to the respective
: merits Of the two stiekers IS not amiss
+ from Connie Macks crack southpaw, Ed
It die Plank
4 Eddie said when in St. Louis early
d In the week that the harder man Of the
two to pitch to IS LaJoie. In fact. Ed
ward went further and said that Lajoie
is the hardest man in the country to
hurl a ball at with the intention Of
outguessing him. Here's how the dope
from the stellar southpaW goes:
8 you cannot pitch TO Larry with any
r idea of fooling him." declared Eddie.
O ''He hits ANYTHING Stick them in close
e to his stomach and he'll welt them out
d OF the lot. Put them outside the plate
and he'll kick them around. Drop one
z low and he'll hit it 4 mile Shoot him
Q one around the shoulders and he's like
~ to drive II into the yard across the
0 street
Il never think about trying to out
Q 4 guess Lajoie, for do not know any ball
y that can fool him. The easiest time
l 20 pitch to the big fellow is when there
are men on bases. He does not hit then
as he does when the sacks are empty.
1 gave him a ball in Cleveland a cou-
/. pie Of years ago that I was trying to
waste.
e He hit Il a Hex with his bat and
= knocked It over the roof OF a building
outside the grounds I pushed one to
J, him in the last series with the Maps that
?. was inside and down around his knees.
He bounced it off the left field fence for
a triple. All you can do with Larry is
take chance
Now it's different with Cobb. Ty
can hit almost anything. too, but he's
not as hard for me 10 pitch to as Lajoie.