Evening star., 1912-11-10

Blue Ridge Club yesterday morning that
even al this age he has not lost his cum
ming While it may require several
washtubfuls of liniment to restore the
veteran to his normal condition. it must
be acknowledged that he gave a very
good account of himself.
Arthur Irwin is being doomed for VOL
rerton's job in New York. But the
the critics there, who have their doubts
as to Irwins Judgment in his selections
since scouting for the Highlanders. John
B. Foster of the Telegram, for instance,
takes this fling at Irwin:
1T is doubtful IL there has been a man.
ager in any major league club in recent
years who had more with which to con-
tend in the matter of III luck than VOL
verton. One misfortune followed upon
another. and none was more disastrous
to the team than the frightfuly unsea-
sonable weather at Atlanta when the
players were trying to train.
There are major league managers who
unquestionably might have resorted to
methods differing from those of Wolver
ton to try to put winning team in New
York. On the other hand, one of the first
moves which would be made by some
major league managers would be to ask
for different standard of material than
a great deal of that which has been turn
ed into the Highlanders for development
in recent Years. The Highlanders. after
the manner of ball which they played.
could never have hoped to rise above
mediocre position this year.
Accidents to the players cost them half
of their season. They can stand a great
deal of 'propping up for 1913. and they
will get 1t in some way or another, for
Frank Farrell is determined that he will
have ball club which harks back to the
standard of some years ago
There never has been any question in
the minds of those who followed the last
pennant race in the American League
that the Athletics will have to be reck
oned with next season Mack's team was
given the credit for having the best
chance to win as early as last April.
and, while the team did not come through
in the race. 1t was the consensus of
opinion after the worlds series that
Mack's team would have made much
shorter work of the Giants than did the
Red Sox.
Overconfidence was the Athletics trou-
BILE. They have had their lesson and.
barring accident, should go through the
next campaign leading it without any
trouble. Mack has the material, and
all he need do il to bring his players to
understand that even with their strength
they will have to hustle in order to finish
at the top.
of Chicago and Pittsburgh and put in
C. aim for Roger Bresnahan. 1t seems
strange that a player who is SO much in
demand should have been allowed to get
away from st. Louis. team which needs
all the good ball players 1t can get hold
of. There is no doubt that Bresnahan
can still hold his own with the best
catchers in the league. If he made any
mistakes at st. Louis it was in the fact
that he did not keep himself in the game
as much as he should.
George Mcbride has the distinction of
being the only shortstop in the American
League who took part in every game
which his team played last season. Nc
Bride, in fact. has missed but three
games since he joined the team in the
spring of 1908. Last season his hitting
was not quite up to his standard, which
is around the $50 mark. but his fielding
was more brilliant than ever. and the
chances are that when the official rec
ords are out they will confirm the un-
official figures and show that the Nation
ais captain is entitled to the honors of
leading all his rivals in the position