The Washington herald., 1911-10-28
McALeer'S Successor
TOBe Monday
Washington Club Directors Postpone Meeting
Owing to Absence of President Noyes.
Some Other Comment.
BY WILLIAM PEET.

There was no meeting of the Washing |
ton baseball club directors yesterday aft
ernoOn, and the question of who will pilot
the Nationals during the 1912 season still
remains unsettled.
President Noyes was suddenly called out
Of town yesterday morning, and it was
decided to hold the aIl-important confab
Monday afternoon. at which time 1t Is |
understood that several prospective can
didates will he considered.
Clarke Griffith, Of the Cincinnati Reds, !
would like to come here as manager and
stuckhoIder but as it is thought there Is
very little stock available, and it is un-
derstoOd Griffith wants fancy salary II
ia doubtful if he will land the job.
George StOvaIl will he another whom
the local stockholders will seriously con-
sider. There is a lot of sentiment among
the loCII fans favorable TO St0vall. who
brought the Cleveland Maps out Of the
rut this summer and landed them I'M
third place and It is believed that III
StOvall shall be obtained good results
The announcement last night that Harry
Davis had signed to lead the Clevelands
next season means that StOvall is a free
agent in one sense of the word, and the
club owners in the Ohio city, It is be-
leved, would not stand in his way of
some sort of a trade.
StOvaII has announced his candidacy
and had a chat with President Noyes
in New York this week. The Maps
would like to set Catcher Ainsmith and
If a deal was put through the backstop
ould probably go to Cleveland with a
cash consideration,
Doc White. the Washington boy. also
has a number Of friends among the local
directors, and it has already h, en- learned
that Comiskey. the White Sox owner.
is willing for White to come here, and
that little would he required in the mat
ter of an exchange or cash considera-
tion.
If the directors should decide to try
player from the club, George Mcbride.
McAleer's choice and Germany Schaefer
would both be considered. The writer
talked with SChaefe- in Philadelphia
last week and the Teuton declared that
he would do his best to give the Capt.
tai a first division ball club, and be-
lieved If given the chance he could de- !
liver the goods.
There is another complication which |
may injure StOvalrs chances Jack Flynn, |
former Pittsburg first saCker, obtained !
by draft from tho St. Paul club OF the |
American Association. is tOuted as ,
rattling good ball player. With Stovall |
at the helm there would he no place for
Flynn. Whether or not pressure would |
De brought 10 pear using flNnn as an /
argument that another first baseman
would not be needed, is hard to say. At
any rate the directors Of the local club !
are going to look we'll before they leap, |
and the successor to Jim McAleer will :
not be decided without due consideration |.
and much speculation.
1t is expected that Monday night de- /
CiSion will be reached and the man who |
will pilot the Nationals for 1872 announced !
TO the public.
One lesson 70 be drawn from the defeat !
OF the Giants in the worlds champion /
ship series is that ability to hit the ball
IS more important than strategic work
on the tases or inside baseball" The
Athletics won because of their stick |
work. All the Giant pitchers were alike
TO them. The Giants stars, on the other |
hand. made pitfful showing during the !
series. Devore made only four hits, three |
Of these being extremely fuky. out Of
twenty-four times at bat. making an !
average OF .167. SnOdgrass managed to !
get just two hits in nineteen times up |
and had the rank percentage Of los Muir |
ray went to bat twenty-One times in six
games without getting a single hit.
Doyle and Meyers were the backbone |
Of the whole team. Doyle played mag
rifCiently at second while the Chiefs !
HN.l
He was trying every minute Of the time |
Outside Of the batting of these two |
men and MathewsOn, who could not be |
considered as a regular, the work of the !
Giants was Of bush league class. DOYLE |
got seven hits in twenty-three times ND |
While the Indian made six hits in twenty
times at hat. The formers average was |
..'a, while the latter had a margin of |
300. j IS the general opinion hat the |
New York team will have to undergo |
some startling changes If it hopes TO fig
ure in the National League pennant race |
Of 1872.
In the series just ended it was expoct-
ed that MathewsOn and Marquard would |
he able TO hold the Athletics down for ae
many as four games, but supporters of
the Giants forgot to reckon that at the
same time Bender, Coombs, and plank
would be able to hold the Giants ba tiers
in the same ratio. Mathewson pitched
Two beautiful games. He got bv with
the first one, but in the second the team
could not hit behind him and he was
driven to defeat In his third game Ma
thewson showed the effects OF his first
two efforts. and he was raped sharply
throughout MarqUard's inexperience was
against him in both his starts arI he |
could not come up to expectations.
II was known that the Athletics were
team of sluggers, but their batting per-
centage was attributed to the sunnosad
ball than the Giants However. the man
utacturers declare that the balls used in
the American and National leagues are
exactly the same. MCGraw soon realized
what he was up against, but he had
hoped that the Athletics would find
strange pitching too hard for them and
would not hit up to their regular form.
On an average they didn't: but the
Giants, who also had to face strange
pitching, fell further below their hitting
average than did the Athletics.
The Giants were beaten by a superior
ball club. Three days before the final
defeat came they realized It. McGraw.
Robinson, and Latham, old-tfmers In the
business, knew that the Athletic pitchers
would have to weaken materially or the
Giants would have to be favored with a
streak OF luck TO ever win out
They did all they could do to keep the
men spurred on, but the stronger club
finally came into its own.
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