Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-06-01

leading the league as the result or that
one days work.
Il don't mind getting licked. said an
old fan as he wendell his way home. Dut
this business Of making 1t joke has
got to stop
. A THOUGH the Climbers did not get
= \ into. action "Wednesday, when they
were scheduled to conclude hostilities
with the Athletics. a big crowd gathered
in front of The Star to watch the OUT
come Of the Chicago Sox playing Cleve-
lNnd's near champions.
II is now a matter of historical recoiu
that the three best pitchers on the soN
team-Cicotte, Walsh and White-were not
sufficient to prevent double oeIeat a.
the hands of Napoleon Iajoie ct al.
4 thin Young man, his coat collar turned
IN TO avoid the beating rain, smiled
cheerfully when the result or the seconu
game came in.
.'If we could only get forty-day flood
in the east he announced. We ue
champions of the league. The only time
we advance in the percentage column is
when We don't play.
rANS in front of The Star scoreooard,
i during these dark days of depression.
gain a certain modicum OF consolation
from preparing a mythical team composed
Of famous players that have been with
Washington They have il all argued
out that if the ex-Nationals could be
brought back to the team and could play
in the height of their efficiency Wash
lngton would have a runaway il the race
for the penrlant-all of which is undoubt-
eddy true, but doesn't tend TO help the
present stuat on materially.
One fan offered this as his best bet
for a lineup: catchers, Gabby Street,
Henry, Ainsmith pitchers, Gutenberg,
Case Patten, Walter Johnson, Groom:
first base. Gandil: second base, Schaefer;
shortstor. McBride: third base, Biil
Coughlin: left field. Delehanty: center
field. Milan RICH field. Moelier.
Another lineup included Mercer, who
was a wonder a pitcher in Dy2one
days. and Jim Delehanty on second base
EANS are growing pessimistic over the
! failure of the. Washingtons to use
their chances for scoring to the ultimate
limit
When Washington player makes hit
the old-fashioned cheer doesn't ring with
its pristine exuberance. Even when he
gets to third the fans are skeptical. Runs
have been scarce during the last two
weeks-and the fickisness of the Wash
ington base ball enthusiast is proverbial.
\ stolid German. who viewed the last
double header. put it this way:
Ven dey make runs / yell. Ven dey
don'd, l shud UP. Ids waste Of Wind
to yell for drei men on base ven you
know all de time dat the two men COM
ing to bat will strike ovid. l only cheer
ven we make runs.
THAT sad-eyed game which the Ma
tionals lost to Cleveland by score
Of to III brought tears TO the eyes Of
one old fan. who audibly recalled the
days of Tom Lotus, when nine Washing
ton players and nine opposing players
would go in and finish game, no matter
what the score.
THAT amt no base ball game moaned
the old fan. That amt nothin' more or
less than panorama of the battle of
Gettysburg. Look at il. I.ajoie batting
for Ryan-Peckinpaugh running for La
joie-Carisch batting for O'Neil-ive
pitchers used up. Why. blame it, If this
sort OF stunt keeps up they'll be having
extra men to wheel the batters around
bases and the grand old game of base
ball will look like circus parade
i;
A YOCNGISH man, rather bald, kept
"a Ss,-aral of his friends entert aimed