Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-09-17

eyed boy had presented him with during
the morning out of the window. Milan
blamed his hard luck on this, and this
belief was strengthened when he got
base hit the next time up.
Tommy Long did Very well in the first
game. getting a double and a single. and
beating out sharp grounder. which La
porte fumbled. But he could do little or
nothing with +. Brown in the second
game. and was called out twice on
strikes.
1t was the first time in weeks that
Buck Becker had been asked to pitch and
he plainly showed the lack of work. He
went nicely for five innings. but start
ed to weaken in the sixth and lost eff
fectiveness thereafter. Too long rest
is not good for pitcher for he seldom
fails to go the route thereafter.
Cleveland Donaldson. a local amateur
outtelder applied for a try-out with the
Nationals, and practiced with the team.
He gave evidence OF needing a lot of eX-
perience.
Manager Wallace is trying out a lot of
youngsters. Yesterday he had Compton
in right, kutina at first. HallInan at
short, and the two Browns pitching.
kutna made d very good impression. He
is a big fellow and was once q wrestling
partner of Frank Gotch. He did not get
any hits off Walker, but pounded
Becker for two singles and home run
over the right field fence. He also handled
everything that came his way in com
petent manner.
Unless the material which is to join
the local ranks in the spring is decidedly
stronger than the youngsters who have
been added to the Nationals during the
past few weeks there Is no occasion for
building up much hope on next seasons
prospects. There may be no doubt that
every one IF the youngsters now with the
team will develop into good players, but
they are far from ripe and 1t Is going to
take some time to develop them So far
as most of the veterans are concerned
they can be seen slipping with every
game. The long campaign is telling on
them and they are not playing good
ball now they did earlier in the sea-
son. OF course. if the team had a pitch
ing staff composed of three or four twill
ers of the Johnson type 1t could probably
win a majority of its games without
making any other changes. but pitchers
of this caliber are decidedly scarce and
Johnson cannot work every day.
Joe Geibel, the local boy who. made a
splendid record catching for Savannah
this season. Is in the city and may be
given trial with the Nationals. Geihel
of the ajor league clubs. but this. it
develops, was erroneous. and he is anx-
ious to show McAleer what he can do
and may be given the opportunity. Dick
Robertson from this city. who pitched
for the same team, Is also here The
story was out that he had been secured
by, Minneapolis. but if such is the case
he has not heard of 1t. He. too would
not object to donning National uniform
for a trial.
1t is strange, indeed, that team which
has been a contender for the penant all
season, as have the Cubs, should be so
absolutely easy for a team down in the
race like Brooklyn. And yet. while the
standing of the club does not indicate
that these two teams are in the same
class, Brooklyn has won a majority of
the games from the Cubs this year and
has done more than any other team to
keep them behind the Giants
The Giants victory at Pittsburgh yes
terday and the Cubs defeat at the
hands of Brooklyn virtually cinch the
lead for the Giants. for it is now not
even necessary for them to get an even
break on the trip to return home leading
the race.
It begins to look very much as if the
coming worlds series would he played
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