Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-10-20

,;antU will be with the local outfit from
the outset of next spring, and II Is there
fore reasonable 10 assume that the team
will, to. say the least, be as strong at
the start as it was N any time last sea
son. This should prove an enormous ad-
vantage. But. of course. other teams, TOO.
are AFT to improve. and while ii can De
conceded that the Nationals have a
chance 20 win out next season. Vet 1t
would he fooIhardy to predict such Il
victory for the team There IL, however,
lot OF consolation in the fact That Tor
once the Nationals are not iiSured TO
finish last a place which for many years
was always reserved for them i'll every
forecast that was made on the pennant
race.
Any one who expected to see a high
c,a5s of base ball in the recent world $
series was disappointed. for the artistic
end Of In" game WAS hardly up to the
major league standard. though ther" were
times when the playing was brilliant.
There is no question that more real good
base bail was seen on the local grounds
during nearly any week of the
season than any of the eight games
between Boston ana New York furnish
Cd Kali players seem TO be handicapped
by the fact thai they have financial m
1erests IN sijcn ii series. 1ney dare not
take the chances they would ordinarily
aud they do not display the same con
tiGence they would II ordinary saneS.
One would naturally suppose that when
two championship teams clash that tn re
would Toe "A dist lay of scientific base bal.
such as one reads about in the magazines.
But this was absent entirely, and moth
ing but a straightaway game taught
10y tho old school was furnished by the
Giants and Red SOX. For instance, there
Was not a Sin.Ie successful effort at the
hit and run pay, though i vas attemp ed
On Numerous occasions. while not single
play WAS pulled off which was in the
least out of the ordinary. There is no
question that if the two worlds series
contenders were to pay eXhib-' IN
game with nothing at stake they would
give better performance tnan they did in
The world 5 series Bar the games were
most interesting for all that. because they
were hard fought, and furnished close
scores This. because: barring very few
except .onS, the pitching was of nigh cali
Der or the hitting rather weak, just a.
YOU please.
1t is all arranged for the Nationals
To do their training at charlottesville
again next spring. The team having been
a success after 4 months sojourn at
th.. Virginia resort no inducements could
get Manager Griffith To cnan2e, 1t is
ukaIy. however. that ii majority of the
PLAYERS viii bc sent 10 French Lick
springs or West Baden fer week he
fore reporting at charlottesville. as this
preliminary course j. believed To Ue most
stomach trouble is something a ma
iorlty II the players suffer during the
carly stages of their training ana II
il argued that Il week At either of the
Indiana health resorts prevents this
maIadY hence Griffith is considering the
tdyisability of sending his athletes
there.
Though the team encountered a lot of
unreasonable weather at Charlottesville
il had ii lot some OF the teams who
Went To the extreme south to train, and
to.d the mark in the spring IN about
good shape as any OF its rivals. The
same system OF housing the players ali
to@rtIer will again he IN vogue.
1t was naturally supposed that just
as soon as II pecaIne known that Frank
Chance would not continue At the head