The Washington times., 1910-10-03
Washngons Drop Seventh Place With Hard Schedule Ahead S Up Me-
PRETTY GOOD CHANCE
TO PASS SOX AGAIN
johnson Should Be Able to Beat New York Today.
~ More Talk of No ntermSSionS In
+ Worlds Series.
By THOMAS S. RICE.
Back in seventh place. Kerslumpl

Washington plays New York today.
and Johnson is billed to pitch That
should mean a winning for the Ma
tionals. and. as Chicago has no game,
the chances for climbing back into sixth
place are bright. We wish they were
even brighter, for the outlook for finish
ing the season in sixth is not t5e best
ever, by any means. The team PLAYS
New York again tomorrow, and returns
Wednesday for three games with BCs-
ton. after which il ends up with a
double-header with the Athletics on
Saturday. As Washington's percentage
against the East this year has been
rather pitifuI, even a cheerful soul
might well fear the worst
Let all things be done in order. This
is the proper season for sprinsiuS
stories about Columbia having a foot
ball team next year, and they have ar
rived exactly on time.
The National Commission IS meeting
today for the purpose Of arranging the
details of the world series one of the
details will be the schedule, and the talk
OF jumping from one city to the other
without a days intermission has been
revived. Ban Johnson is said TO be in
favor OF such fOolishness, but the Chi
cagO officials are dead against il, and
are expected TO offer a vigorous OppOsi-
ton 90 a plan that would be a deliberate
slap at the two or three hundred core
spondents who will cover the games.
johnson may have gotten the idea into
his head that baseball does not need
the newspapers. lie should REMAINDER
that il was the support of the writer's
that was very largely responsible for
the success Of the American League.
and they gave his league the glad
hand because they were disguised with
the actions of the National
1t is hard TO feel a whole lot of sym
pathy for spectators who butt into
danger at auto races, and then get
hurt
Hist, Here's a tip for managers.
John L. Martin. who has just re
turned from the wilds Of Kentucky,
has uncarthed the champion rube
southpaw Of them ALL to hear him
tell it, The fellow is man as big
as Walter Johnson. and pitches for
Harrisburg in the owen county league,
q small semi-prOfcsSional circuit. His
name is John GpIdsDerry. His control
is said 10 be marvellous for left
handler. and ne WhlzzeS the bail around
the ucCkS of the opposition in a man
uer friEntTul to behold, but he does
not know much about curves. He
averaged more than a dozen strike
outs per game simply on MS speed and
control. Ale has been recommended 70
MANAGER McAleeT as worth "a king
look al. Harrisburg won the league
peunaut almost on GOldSberryS pitch
ing. although this Is only mis- second
year in baseball, and he has never
seen but one regular professional
game.
The phenoms have 10 come from
somewhere, md owen county Is about
as good place as any
While reports from Philadelphia are
that the series of four exhibition
games between the Athletics and Nc
Aleer's picked team Will be in real
earnest, II is TO be hoped that all con
nected with the enterprise have sense
enough TO avoid that very thing. The
games are designed merely as prac-
tiCe, TO keep the Athletics in trim.
and the public has no right TO get the
idea that they VIII be Out-and-Out
baseball battles. As Il matter or
fact. fl would not have been a bad
idea to have had a free admission 10
the series. for, although the cirCum-
stances arc understood. II is not well
to charge money 90 see games that
are admittedly without the usual in
centlve TO best efforts
Prepare your little sign: out Gone
to the races
The series Of seven games between
the New York Americans and New York
Giants should prove the biggest drawing
card Of the kind ever arranged. For