Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-06-05
COMMENTS ON THE GAME.

NAS StAsiSo AoSc CouleuCSu tHdL the
'bleacherites' are fine judges of base ball
playing and that nothing pleases them so
much as hard-fought contest On the
contrary, the 'bleacherites' want victories
first, last and all the time, and they don't
care how they are secured. Yesterday
afternoon 1t was worth while watching
the right-field crowd urging on the Ma
tionals even after they had secured a good
lead and from the way the Browns were
playing tt could be seen that victory
was assured. AS one fan put it, I'D
like to see them make forty runs to the
Browns nothing. I've gone out of this
park so often disappointed that a one-sided
victory for our boys puts a sweet taste
In my mouth
Manager McAleer of the Browns was
asked before the game started why his
team was losing so regularly and replied:
The boys are playing poor ball, one day
day weak with the stick" Further on he
added: If ] only had a winner I'd make
a million dollars with the Browns" 1t
might be added that Manager Cantllon
ne would hardly run up to the milion-dol-
lar mark In winnings, his rake off would be
near to the $5OO,OOO mark.
Those hot-headed Washington critics wbo
have been picking out the flaws in the local
club should have witnessed the work of the
st Louis Browns yesterday. The Nationals
have lost many games this sprine hut
never have they looked as bad as the via.
TORS did yesterday. They played without
life and only the most liberal scoring kent
them from having at least six or seven err
rors charged against them. Patterns nitch
ing may nave been responsible for this or
the long car ride from st. Louis of thirty
six hours. but from whatever cause they
certainly looked punk.
Manager McAleer will probably trot ont
Fred Glade to do the twiring for the
Browns today and a different story NAV he
told, as the tall westerner has not lost
game this season and he has worked
against Cleveland Chicago and Detroit.
Manager Cantillon will probably send the
southpaw Graham to the firing line, with
Heydon behind the bat to coach him. There
are several hard-htting left-handers in the
Brown outfit and a good southpaw pitcher
can keep them guessing all the time.
Little Mig Perrine found himself YES
terday. as Rudyard Kiping would say The
little fellow has been trying to make good
at short, while all his best work has been
done at the second corner. Nils injuries
in Mondays game caused his retirement to
the bench and gave Perrine his opportunity
to show what he knows about playing sec
ond base. Mig was all over the field and
hung on to everything that came within
reach. With the score a tie and two men
on bases In the fifth inning Delehanty sent
out line fly to right which Perrine jumped
after and pulled down with one hand and
easily got the ball to first before Powell
could return. The catch certainly saved a
run and acted a subduer against the
Browns, as they curled up after that At
the bat Perrine hammered out double and
two singles and stole three bases.
Case Patten pitched a splendid game, on
paper, only five hits being made by the
opposing batsmen but the clever south
paw owes a great deal to his support, as
Perrine. Anderson. Jones and Ganley as
Suredly killed four drives that were ticket
ed for safe territory. Patten had the
unique experience Of being hit by pitched
ball, something that rarely happens to him
as he generally has foot on third base
when he strikes at the ball Yesterday he
went after an inshoot missed it and the
ball landed about where his short ribs are
located. The smash made Case squrm for
quite while. and the next time he came
to the bat he tried to hit left handed but
struck out. 1t did not affect his pitching
as he really got better after the blow
Soldier Boy Altizer pulled If bril-
liant afternoons work notwithsS landing a
bad finger, getting three hits and three
runs. stole two bases, had a sacrifice and
captured all of his four chances without
an error, which is certainly going some.
| His backing up on plays also a no.
| ticeable feature. AltiZer has been watch
ing Ganley very closely of late, and yes
terday morning devoted a couple of hours
| to bunting the ball toward first, a hit that
| will roll safe three times out of four On
| his first turn at the bat Dave laid down
| this sort of a hit. and easily safe, as
| neither Powell, Jones nor Delehanty could
| get to the ball in time. Dave Is faster go
| ing to first than Ganey by a fraction of a
| second, and II he can master the bunt he
| will be big factor in the games hereafter
| There is no room for argument silk"
! OLoughlin is simply the king of them all
| He works as If he is fond of it and rarely
| goes wrong with decision. The players
| respect him, and in addition he
everybody on the jump and shortens up
every game he is in by about fifteen min