Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-07-12
BY j. ED GRILLO.

That the new ball endangers life and
limb of the pitcher was shown by the
experience Of Tom Hughes in yesterdays
game at Cleveland. 4 line hit from
Stovells bat came at him with such ter
rife speed that he was unable to protect
himself with his hands, and as a result
he will be out of the game for two weeks
or more with a badly bruised arm For
tunately for Hughes, the bail did not
strike him in the face, and yet that very
thing may happen at any time rms
lively ball, when it is met squareiy' traV-
els so fast that the pitcher, who Is out
sixty feet away, finds 1t Impossible 10
protect himself from injury should the
ball be hit squarely at him. IT is hard
enough for the infielders to make plays
on balls that are hit fairly nard' ana
even though they are twice as far away
from the plate as the pitchers, are III
danger OF being hurt.
Though 1t is apparent to every one thal
the ball now in use is at least twice as
lively as the old ball, as is attested py the
number Of long drives that are mace
every day. the manufacturers insist thal
the ball is the same as the one used the
latter part of last season. though no eX-
PLANTATION is given why there should De
such a great increase in batting ana de-
crease in fielding all along the line.
That op,nions should differ as to the
ability of ball players is but natural. ana
for this reason it is of the greatest I'M
portance that the man In chaEse y! "
team should do as much scouting MN
self as possible Nike hanoe' aoi
stance, after being on long scouting
tour returns with the Information tlat
he saw nothing worth while since ne pur-
chased Outf1elder Long OF Gadsden, Ala
while on the other hand Manager NC
Aleer. who was on the road only little
over week. brings back the pleasing in
formation that he saw much material
which in his opinion would help the Ma
tionals It would seem from TINS that
McAleer's trip was success. mas
much as it is the manager who must ne
suited in the selection of young material,
II is certainly wise to have him go out
and make his own selections. Much
money and time can be saved in this way.
Reports from Detroit create the impress
sion that Jennings players are resorting
to unclean methods 10 retain their lead
in the pennant race. The Stars Detroit
correspondent called attention Yesterday
to the fact that the Detroit players in
tended to use their spikes whenever pos
sfble In the Athletic series. and he comes
back today with a story of how two OF
the Athletics Baker and McInnes. were
spiked by Cobb and Jones yesterday.
evidently was not the fault Of Cobb or
Jones Such methods are not sanctioned
by the base ball public. The fact that
the Athletics pitchers make 1t a practice
TO hit opposing batsmen in order TO keep
them away from the plate does not justi-
fy the Detroit players to use their spikes
in an effort to injure their opponents.
Base ball has never been helped by such
acts of rowdyism' and the ,, umpires Of
should be instructed to take out of the
game any player who appears to be de-
trying to injure another
That pitching staff of the Athletics does
not loom up as strongly as it did few
weeks ago. The strain under which
COMBS and Plank were for several weeks,
when they did virtually all the pitching.
seems to have told on these pitchers, and
since then their work has been far below
the standard This leaves the bulk of
the work to be done by Bender. krause
and Morgan. unless Mack should decide
10 use one of the several youngsters he is
CARRYING, and that is not likely. Unless
Plank and Coombs can repeat in the De-
On Bender and Krause, for Morgan never
pitches against the Tigers. Mack has
reasons for not working Morgan against
the Detroit team. He knows that Big Cy
nings crew. which in former years has
that ii can rattle Morgan
yery easily. and Mack. realizing this fact,
Keeps Morgan on the bench whenever his
eam Is playing Detroit.
Consistent work on the part Of the st.
Louis Cardinals seems to give them a
splendid chance to finish at the top OF
he National League race. Since June i
he team has won twentythree out of
hirty-sever games.
That is going at a $50 clip, far better |
han that Of the National League leaders. |
Boston, Philadelphia. Cincinnati and
have been most generous In
boosting Bresnahans team near the top. |
Here is table showing what the Cardi- |
nails have accomplished with the other |
cams eince the beginning of the pennant |