The evening world., 1913-06-02

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THAT DosroN GAME.
Ia the arst place. want players WHO
vii: watch out for the little things %.
caoss the little thipss win games Of
basebaii. That bat should have been
hiekei out OF the way or picked up %
that u would not interfere with the
throw. u was not. That u baA base
ball. We should have won that game
three times before the N,kth innine, but
bad bsseball beat W out OF our chances,
men being caught OF the bases and
sueh things. Behind most alibis you
caa liscovsr plenty Of poor playing.
Uuderstand. I am not finding fault
with the club for the bsnsdt Of the
pabiic. I do that suficiently when No
Gamss. ana there have been several Of
those this season. But I do not want
anybody to think that am going to
sis up and blams the umpirss or old
musortvns for the place my club occu-
pies In ne standing at present Not on
ysaP RE
NE Ph4lnAsaphia ssslss looked lSks Q
Foonsn q ehs 0la0es 70 form end they
011EsA - WAAn TIE situation pressed
~ - 7 expe0tsd they would. The
tnD played the heDe bau n ti,a& ssries
n Aas shown - fAr this year, And I
00oWe inst Wo are Wen On our way
tu0Na the tsD now. with some climb
800 DO through ne West We bet.
- the usuch-taaksd Of Philadelphia
S1u1fn4 Oea6 In . manner that ressm-
~ ne old tAmAy Aittaus Of the Last
~ y0eyN
- ne players are thoroughly
;0nhonGa to the molten that con-
n6Mnels baseball Will have to be played
.0oo1losa now and ssptsmbsr to over
- the Philliss. and they have
G6ae up thsir minds to play baseball.
~ Nee that We could orssss through
- soagus In any old sort Of fashion
tn ssason has been blasted out Of the
,.AooAs oI the boys to . large extent. 1t
. ~ club bulging with confidence and
q ApAling Of ssif-sufacisney that beat me
- q Q third consecutive psnnant back
II ~, and ] do not intend to let the
aesl> thing happen again II ! have to
aSAes. the whole batting order and
dAoa6s the appearance Of the team
ssursiy.
Ths weather has been against my
ctub, but It has not been any more
assinst It than II. has against the Phil
iios Or the Brooklyns or three or four
other teams.
non we'll como when che weather
warns W. and %s work under the hot
s6a." remarked one OF my players after
the double defeat In Boston last week.
TxPEcTS TO PROFIT ON COMING
TRIP WEST.
'Tf you are going to let your baseball
playing depend on the weather." I told
him, "you had better start searching for
another Job. Why don't you try work.
ins In = green house7"
Now intend to attempt to show some
reasons why stall believe the club
win win the psnnant In the hrst place.
Il has always been q stubborn road
team because all the men are lighters.
and the jeering OF hostile crowds only
gets their blood up and makes thap 20
the harder. We are Just starting on q
Tong road trip now against the Western
clubs. which showed during their re-
cent trtp east that they represent the
weaker half Of the circuit this season
Cor the Nrst time In several years.
expect to profit by this Jaunt. The
toughest team We will meet while In the
West ! hgvre 10 the Pittsburgh bunch.
! can bear. my readers advancing the
argument tXat the philadelphia team
faces the same sort OF trip and the
same teams. This 10 true. but dc
not look TO see the ouskers proht BY II
al We should. for two reasons. ons
lAohAt thsy ere not . very Geed roat