The Washington times., 1916-08-20

ana mas kept battnng Win new
team ofthem all, with the exception OF
the manager this " not personal, Tor,
when speak Of the manager. charge
him with the team spirit. which -
lacks the, fighting, aggressive spirit OF
the Braves. Its success this season has
been DUE to the consistent pitehins and
The improved and powerful hitting ~
gait, and Daubert and Wheat hitfinR
at their normal pace. the team has Al
tremendous run producing power that
overcones It's lack OF punch In other d.
Tho magnificent fight against heavy
source Of delight to al fans. Caila-
han 10 took a a.. team that had 6, really no
II hustling, and. by discreet trades and
magnificent use Of his spotty pitching
strength, no has kept II up In re-
position n az the way and given
maux. who Is wonder ful pitcher. has
enabled him to keep right on winning
games. The miracle OF Honus Wag-
something Of a run getting punch and
kept the race interesting. The Pirates
cannot get anywhere. and probably Will
settle back to fight the Reds for tail
70 stay UP in a respectable position
thus far.
Cubs Disappointing.
The Cubs are a terrible disappoin.-
ment to Chicago-or rather to the new
owners. not because they are weakened.
but because the new owners had OK
traordinary ideas as to their strength.
Last winter. they even talked Of handi-
Gaping cap. themselves SO they would not
win the pennant too easily-and they
figured on wonderful pitching power
which has not developed. The team
figured along in NTH place all the
time. and II figures right there now. al
.sS%sS r.: p, sSsn S o S21 %Sn
who was foolishly sent to Pittsburgh.
helps lot, and ought to strengthen the
pitchers. The new owners will get older
h IN the svsnsss ss,9,s fact they
fore the season started, l feared that
multiplicity Of owners would work
against Tinker and that he would suffer
from too many advisers. This idea.
ously resented by some Of the owners
who declared Tinker was sole Judge. had
free hand and could do As he pleased.
1t 10 rather natural that an owner should
experience has taught a lot Of us that
one Of the worst things In baseball Ia
an owner who also In baseball crane.
and still worse than that Is to have Il
HuulOeT OIL BuCn OWneTb. Iney Ill Oeny
interfering with managers. and. per
haps. honestly believe they do not In
terfere. When they denied such n
charge strenuously this spring ! made
a wager with certain person close 70
be trying to help Tinker before July I.
] forgot the wager. but on the evening
OF May he sent me a nve dollar bill
with O note saying. You win."
Mistakes of the Cubs.
Thinkers team Is a better and more
consistent one now than It was when
the season started. 1t was ridiculous to
keep some OF the players who were kept
on the payroll. because they were done
and all in. and some of the others never
were nor will be majo league ball play
ers in spite Of their showing, with the
Federals. The changes and ADJUST
ments made since the season opened
have been for the better, and, while the
team. as a whole. does not figure much
stronger than 1t did. II Is more consist
was planned to can three players who
have more than made good. The num-
erous changes have, OF course; kept
team work down, and. In actual playing,
the Cubs have been unlucky. Only Bos-
ton has suffered more from sheer bad
luck and bad breaks.
st. Louis did not dope strong at the
start, and has not changed much either hr
| spiritless team. In spite Of the Develop
| ment of a star like Hornsby and the
| fact that Long has more than lived up
to the right rating I gave him. the team
March, due to the weakening OF the
pitching stan. Its strength was spotty
| at best and that does not make for VIC
tory: ,wo .,.m.n,. thu, Inv.
affected the National League race to
large extent--the long cold spring,
which held back some Of the veterans
and the umpiring. There Is some
National League. When eight teams
complain constantly no other view Ia
possible. Boston has suffered most
from the umpires. whether deserved.
that the umpires-and perhaps those
behind the umpires-are out to get
them; The punishment doled out to
staiiings and Evers. sna the nsn i
this belief Far be it from me to up.
hold rowdyism. profanity, hghting, OF
unbecoming conduct on the field. but
all cases. and is not 1t is dangerous
to tell umpires to watch certain play
| ers. as they are apt to construe such
orders into commands TO- suppress GER
tain persons. and 1t Is likely to work
an injustice.
Deserve Pun1shment.
In the Boston case. Evers and Stall
lings, in a manner. deserve punish
ment. They believe the umpires ar,
ordered to get" them. and II does no
show much Judgment for them TO Civ,
the umpires any chance. However
these things are not apt to affect tn,
final result. Boston should win nov
unless Evers' nerves give way entire
w His fighting with other PLAYERS
and outbreaks In different direction
Indicate that the team Is under a ter
rihc nervous strain: In fact. II It wer,
would blow" from sheer excess O
nervousness. II they pull through
Mitchell ought to be given a hug
chunk q ere DIT. great man, thi
Stallings' fiery temper. and how team
searching for managers overlook hin
10 a big problem to me.
the Pills third, New York fourth ant