Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-06-11
COMMENTS ON THE GAME.

While making a hurry-up play a bunt
in Saturdays game Lave Cross sprained his
side and will be out of the running for
couple of days. He was at the park yes
terday morning, but had to quit on &C
count of the pain. Cross lay-oH necessi-
tated putting Schaay back into the game,
and he went to second. while Perrine took
charge of third. Perrne did very well at
the third corner. accepting all of his four
chances his quick recovery on a tumble of
a hot one being the feature Of his work.
"Schlaf' played well at second. he al
ways does, but his batting eye Is still at
fault, and yesterday he had plenty of COM
pany.
When the ST. Louis team was here last
week Manager McAleer asked waivers on
Delehanty, but Manager Cantillon at the
time refused to waive. as he considered him
too good a player to let slip through his
hands. DELI has been playing with the
Chicago and Boston Nationals, but is one
of those characters who have to be hook
ed" up right to get out the best ball.
He is a great admrer of Cantillon and
wanted to come here and the deal resulted,
a lump sum of money, something like
$1,000, being paid for his release. Dele
hanty can play either third or first and is a
first-class hitter. He will probably report
to Manager CanllIlOn tnlS AFTERNOON ana
go in tomorrow's game against Chicago
either at third first. If he can hold up
his end on third base he should prove a
valuable man for the Nationals right now.
as he can always hit up around the 300
mark.
Manager Cantilon said this morning that
| if ii stopped raining by o'clock game
would be played with Chicago this after
noon. The Chicago club is not much of an
aggregation in the mud and the locals may
chalk up another victory. large canvas
is now spread over the infield every even
| ing at the conclusion of a game and rain
| cannot hurt the grounds, so that the
| patrons can depend upon seeing contest
every day the Nationals are home If 1t Is
| not raining near the time of starting play.
| Case Patten will be on the firing line for
| the Washingtons, while Manager Jones viii
| doubtless trot out the great comedian
| twirler, Nick Altrock The last time Nick
| was here he went like a whirlwind, but 1t
\ is to be hoped he will strike a snag today.
| 1t seems like rank injustice to punish a
player with error when he has tried his
| best to make an out. Hughes ran over to
| first on Dougherty's hit to Anderson in
| the ninth and fearlessly jumped on the bag
| in front of the batter to take the ball. AS
| the ball struck Hughes hands Dougherty
| crashed into him, and as result the sphere
! was knocked out of Toms hands. An err
| ror is given Hughes because O'Laughn
| had called Dougherty out and then called
| him safe when he saw the ball fall out of
! Toms hands.
| There were many interesting stories told
| by the players at the Regent and Airing
| ton this morning. The rain kept the White
Sox and Nationals indoors, and the boys
| hung around in groups to talk over past
| seasons. Umpire OLoughlin and Manager
| Cantillon kept up a running fire of bright
| repartee at the Regent, while Nick Altrock.
| Manager Jones and the newspaper crowd
| from Chicago discussed the improvement
| noted in the local club since Manager Can
| tillon has taken hold. Everybody agreed
that the team is faster, and Manager Jones
was not bit backward In declaring that