The Washington herald., 1912-08-19
HUGHES AND STEEN
BOOKED TO TWIRL
In TO-DAY'S GAME
Maps Try Out New Players and
Lose Sunday Game to Balti-
more, 9 to Q.
OTHER SPORTING COMMENT
BY WILLIAM pEEr.

By WILLIAM PEET.
Tom Hughes and Bill Steen will likel,
be the rival pitchers in the second gam,
of the Cleveland series in the Concrete
Coliseum this afternoon Hughes has
not worked since Wednesday, and tn,
veteran will be sure to give good &C
count of himself.
This fellow Steen is also some twirler
| and always gives the Nationals stif
battle any time he starts.
The Maps went over to Baltimore yes.
terdsy and played an exhibition game
against Jack Dunn's Orioles, losing q
hard-fought eleven-inning game. to ..
Larry Lajoie and several other regulars
We're out of the Cleveland lineup.
Capital baseball fans cannot AFFORD to
overlook the opportunity to witness the
worlds series free of charge. The Wash
! ington Herald will chaperon a party OF
! twenty.
In the exhibition game played by the
Maps and the Orioles yesterday in Bal
timore. Doc johnson. Davis recruit first
baseman. gave a clever exhibition. Man.
ager Davis believes that he has at last
he has secured jewel in the new man.
The New Orleans recruit played seven
innings at the initial station. and Davis
was highly pleased with the way he
handled himself. Johnson knows how
to field the position. and is a fast man
on the bases. He succeeded in getting
one safety out of two trials at the plate,
and the Nap manager is confident that
he will prove a big asset in the winning
of victories for the Clevelanders.
When asked IL Johnson would get a
chance to perform on first while the
club is here. Manager Davis stated that
il was not unlikely that he would give
his latest find trial.
Either Joe Jackson. the Maps great
outfielder, is suffering from an aggrieved
case of Charley Horse" or else Man.
ager Davis has given him permission 10
flQsf on balls which are hit past him.
One or the other certainly is the case,
for had Jackson fielded Williams hit in
the seventh inning OF Saturdays game
as the ball should have been handled.
the outcome of the game might have
been vastly different. At the time Will
liams connected for his hit. second and
third were loaded. Jackson, by fast
sprinting, could have got the bali on
the first bound. and would easily have
choked off one run at the plate. In
stead. he loafed. and missed catching
the ball on the second bound, with the
result that it rolled to the fence Jack
son merely trotted after it. and Will
liams was able to stretch an ordinary
single into a three-bagger.
II shall have to change my opinion.
month ago. when asked which club
thought would win the American League
championship this season. l replied either
Cleveland or the Athletics. We have
just finished a series with the Athletics,
losing every game. Connie Mack still
has great ball club. but Boston has too
big a lead. The White Elephants will
give the Red Sox a hard tussle at the
finish but will not be able to nose them
out. Boston will represent the American
League in the coming worlds series"
The foregoing statement was made by
Manager Davis, of the Maps, here yes
terday.
Larry LaSbie is just as big a favorite
in Washington as Ty Cobb. Each time
the big Frenchmap pulls off a good play
or comes to bat, the Capital fans give
him a big hand.
Ted Easterly will not be missed by the,
Maps if Carisch continues to catch the
kind of ball shown here the first day
the Maps and Climbers hooked up. Car
isch handled Mitchell and Kahler in fine
style.
With the Cleveland club is Secretary
William r. Blackwood. one of the real
live wires when it comes to the publicity
game. Mr.. Blackwood furnishes the
newspapers a day ahead of the time his
club is scheduled TO arrive in a city with
a list OF his players, the new men. who
they are, and where they come from:
also. the probable batting order for the
opening game of the series.
In addition TO heing hustIing press
agent for his bsll club, Rill is a good
fellow.
Other club secretaries might follow in
Mr.. Blackwood's footsteps AMI gain
friends among the newspa per fraternity.
In 1904. when Clark Griffith piloted the
New York Yankees, his crack pitcher
was Happy Jack Chesbro. who amassed
the league record of winning fourteen
consecutive games. This mark has never
been equaled until Walter Johnson turn
ed the trick here last week.
Rather a singular coincidence that
Grif should be the p:dnager If the two
American League clubs possessing such
extraordinary pitching talent.
Some one in New York has been trying
to figure on the probable profits of the
major league clubs this season OF
course. it is all guesswork, for the clubs
refuse to allow any one to see their
books. The only basis of calculation is |
from the attendance at the games How
much money a club has to pay out DUR /
ing a season cannot be told with any
reasonable degree of accuracy. Accord,
inging to the New York calculators:
The big money makers in the major
leagues are the New York Nationals, |
Boston Red Sox. both Chicago clubs, !
the Pittsburgs, Washingtons, and Ath-
letics. 1t is estimated the Giants will !
yield nearly $4,000 in profits, which in
part will pay for the new Brush sta |
dium. The Boston Red Sox have done /,
a phenomenal business at home and |
abroad. and may provide net profit OF
100000 not including the worlds series |!
rake off, if the team takes part in the |
big series in October
The Chicago White Sox, while lead
ing the American League early in
the season. coined money for Comiskey
and still drew big crowds at home. the |
profits being estimated at s175.0o0, IL not
more. The Cubs didn't do SO well at /
the outset. but since Chances men have
braced and are regarded as possible |
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