Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-05-19
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Jack 0sBrfen has been doing very poorly
/ with Kansas City so far this season. and
the chances are t9as hs win drift back into
terday he dropped FIJI ball that lost the
Phil Geier. the Washington boy. has at
| last broken into the Cincinnati team. Bar
rett has been doing 50 poorly in right field
| that Geier replaced him yesterday and did
well.
Manager Hanlon says that In his opinion
Chicago has the strongest pitching staff In
the league in Callahan. Griffith and Garvin.
He considered Garvin wonder, and pre-
| diets that when he once strikes his gait he
will be one of the most successful pitchers
1t was at Pttsburg that the Phillies last
year fell down in the championship race,
and probably lost the pennant through the
five defeats sustained there, and which
completely demoralized the Quaker team,
the decentralization lasting for several
be u repetition of that calamity in Pittsburg
this season.-Philadelph Ledger
One OF the funniest sights at Chicago
Thursday was that of Jimmy Ryan wres-
Ting with Tim DOnahue in the eighth inning
| to prevent him from making a useless try
for the plate. Tim was turning third on a
| grounder into left and had no intention of
stopping short of the plate. Ryan saw
that Duffys throw would catch him. and
tried to motion him back. but he kept on
Jimmy ran out and grabbed him. and still
lin trleQ 10 nSut MS way on. But Ryan
hung to him. and finally forced him back
to third base
Have you noticed how Al Setback is hit
ting the ball this spring." inquired one of
the Brooklyn players in Cincinnati yester-
day. well, that's the old gag When the
season started Selbach fielded desperately,
and could not hit barn. Just as soon as
the Giants began to lose he got all his con-
idence back. Since then he has been hit
ting and fielding like star That's the
way with that fellow. So long as there is
nothing at stake he is a world-beater. but
let his team begin to win and he will fall
dead. There are a great many players like
Selbach. They are stars with losing team,
but when they get with winner they lose
their nerve and never make good"
Phil Geier made his appearance in center
field yesterday In place of Algy Mcbride
who took Crawfords place in right. Geier
played perfect game in the field and made
sions hit the ball hard. though it did not
go safe. Geier seems to be a sure fly
catcher. He is a good man to have in the
game because he has been through the
cause of his small size. no pitcher enjoys
seeing him step up in a pinch. He is a
hard man to pitch to- for this reason. If
Geier is played regularly he will get his
tainty, and. as he has always been a good
hitter, he will also get his share of the
hits. Mcbride also played a perfect game
in right field. Algie seems able to cope
quirer
Three attempts were made yesterday to
pli1er second base on Jim Mcclure, the
veteran backstop Of the Brooklyns and
every one of them failed. Irwin, Mcbride
and Beckley, all fast men, persisted in the
attempt. McGuires throwing was one of
the features of the game. His throws to
second did not vary foot. They reached
the baseman about knee high, and were
always there while the runner was still
seven or eight feet from the pag. Nc
CURE has always been a good thrower
but he has never had his arm in such eX-
cellent form as this spring. Strange to
say, he did not make an effort to get the
ball away quickly, but seemed to wait until
the runner had gained a good starr, When
he would whip it down. In one of the
games against New York the first seven
men that reached first base tried TO steal
and every one of them was caught ten
| feet from second by McGure's good throws
Cincinnati Enquirer
Ned Hanlon does not believe that the Bos-
tons will be in the hunt for the flag this
season. There was time II few years
ago when a bad start such as the Bostons
got this year did not put them out of the
race, but 1t Is different now, and l do not
expect any trouble from that source this
season. said he. "Of course, the Bean
eaters will not go through the season as
they started. but l do not believe that the
strength Is there to make a finish for the
| flag as they have done in Yeas gone by l
never did believe that Freeman added
| much strength to that team. though Di-
neen Is a good pitcher Freeman, like many
other players. was a star with n tail-end
aggregation. but when he got with that
fast team and was expected to play star
ball every day he failed to deliver the goods.
| In an eight-club league like this team mas
got to be very strong and play its best ball
at all times in order to cut any figure in
| the race. The speed that is required In
| his league under existing conditions is too
much for great many players. They
go along for while, but they do not las,
| lcng Selee's team has heretofore always
given US fight at the finish. but 1 am not
| afraid Of them this year. 1t is the Phiiles
that have my eye There Is danger
| Gus team. If its pitchers hold out and that
gang continues to hit the ball as 1t has so
far this season 1t is going to be a hard
bunch to haat'