Evening star., 1912-11-11

in fast company last year, Doth mace
good with a vengeance. The official
averages show both to have hit near the
300 mark, which is a splendid perform
ance. Both should do better next year,
as they must have derived some beneht
by their first seasons experience. Fos-
ter, it is shown, took part in every game
the team played during the season, which
is a remarkable exhibition for young
player seeing his first year in fast COM
rany. Moeller was handicapped by that
weak shoulder. which not only kept him
out of the game, but undoubtedly inter-
fered with his batting to some extent
Nor is Howard Shanks record last sea-
son to be deplored. The yougster, green
from a low-class minor league, hit .236
and stole twenty-one bases and he is a
green hand on the sacks at that.
Other players who have become great
hitters did no better their first season
in big company. Shanks has the ad-
vantage OF being great fielder. In
fact, there is not a left fielder in the
American League who is his superior.
Had he had any luck at all at the bat
he would have been many points higher
in the average. Like all young players,
he should show a lot of Improvement
in his hitting next season. and II he
does there is not much chance of any
of the youngsters who are coming up
to beat him out of his job unless Grif-
fifth finds real star among the lot.
Frank Hough, the veteran Phila-
delphia critic, takes the following fall
out of club owners who grow dissatis-
fed with their managers:
Before a manager is turned adrlft he
should be given thorough trying out.
and that cannot be had In a year or
two. Nor should a club owner begin
talking about new manager while he
still has one on his staff. AS soon as a
manager realizes that his job is in the
balance his usefulness is gone. He
loses confidence in himself and his con-
troll over his men. Before Chance was
selected 1t was understood Joe Tinker
was slated for the management or the
Cincinnati keds, and Tinker gave 1t
out that he was glad of IT, because he
felt that he could not play under Evers
| with the same spirit he did under
Chance In case Tinker stays in Chi
cago this declaration won't add any
thing to the good feeling which should
pervade a team. For years Robert Lee
Hedges has had his own trouble with
the ST Louis Browns.
George Stovall seemed to be getting
them going pretty good toward the close
of last season. on the face of which Mr..
Hedges should have stood pat. Instead,
when the differences between Bresnahan
and Mrs Britton were being aired, he
| put himself on record as being willing to
| assume Rogers contract SO far as the
| salary went. Under base ball law there
| isn't the slightest chance for Bresnahan
| to get away from the National League,
and Mr.. Hedges should have known 1t. It
might have been meant for advertising
purposes only, but 1t certainly was tough
| on Stoyall to learn his employer was
willing to toss him for another man. And
| 1t Is the same thing over in Brooklyn,
where Bill Dahlen still carries the belt.
There have been so many rumors CON-
corning Dahlen's successor that Bill has
become case-hardened. He gives all as
pirants for his job personal introduc-
| ton to President Ebbets.
Club owners, impatient to win cham
pionships. should remember that mana
gers cannot make bricks without straw,
although some Of them can make the
straw on hand go very much farther than
others.