Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-10-27
BY j. ED GRILLO.

When Jim McAleer took charge of the
Nationals it was after he had proven
himself failure as the manager of the
ST. Louis Browns McAleer may have
the ability to manage pennant winner,
but the fact remains that he has never
been a success, though this may not have
been his fault However, it should always
be remembered that nothing succeeds like
success, and there is not going to be a
lot of enthusiasm aroused here by the en-
gagement OF a manager who has been a
failure elsewhere. 1t might be better if
the place. McAleer's showing here was
such that there was little regret when
he severed his connection with the team.
Losing managers are much like losing
ball players They may blame their fail
ure on hard luck, and in this connection
| may be correct, but it is we'll for a club
| like Washington, which has never been
| blessed with many smiles from Dame
| Fortune. not to attempt to make a Win
ming manager out of one who has been a
| loser.
| 1t is bad enough to have a losing team.
and the man who takes charge OF 1t must
| be one who will not he satisfied to finish
seventh. but will make IA strenuous effort
to build up a winning team here.
| One thing that the world series has
proved is that good hitter in one league
usually keeps up the pace when he plays
against a team from another. Before
the series ii was argued that the Ath-
letics' records with the bat were largely
due to the lively ball which was used in
the American League early in the season,
and that the Mackmen would find them
selves up against harder proposition
when they faced the Giants pitchers 1t
is, of course. true that five of the six
which both teams presented twirlers of
high grade But even under those Cir
cumstances the Athletics showed their SUI
periority as batters. On the other hand.
the claim was made that the Giants were
superior base runners, but they did not
have a chance to display their prowess in
this respect. for the reason that they did
not get on the bases very often because
of their inability to hit.
Incidentally. the pitchers of the Ath-
letics are past masters of the art of hold
ing base runners close to first base. None
OF the few Giants who reached there got
much of lead, ana without a lead no
man. regard .ess OF how fast he may be-
stands much of chance of stealing on a
competent catcher.
1t may, of course, never happen, but
Il Walter Johnson ever gets into a
worlds series lie is apt to set a new
record for these games by pitching two
or three games in a row and winning
them. Among base ball men Johnson is
considered the greatest pitcher now in
the game. His failure to lead all the
twirlers is attributed to the fact that
he is with losing team. These wo Ids
series games are not the hardest to p ten,
for the reason that the players take
few chances, and the nervous strain he
cause If the Importance OF the games
also handcaps the batters. 4 pi cher OF
Johnson's style would have an easy time
in worlds series, il he was in his 5est
form, and he could be worked in two or
three games in a row without showing ill
effects of overwork
The failure of some OF the New York
players to make even respectable
showing with the bat against the Ath-
letics, though most of them had good
averages in the National League, can be
attributed to the fact that these players
did not make their records against high
class pitchers. Not that there are not
some OF the best pitchers in the country
i'm the National League. but when these
worked az. inst the Giants the very
players who failed against the Athletics
also failed against them. But they made
their averages look good by pounding
the mediocre twirlers, of which every
team has several. In the worlds series
the Giants were up against high-class