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

he two shut-outs by the Boston club have
brought Manager Ca1tillon to the conclu-
sion that a radical shake-up of the
Nationals is necessary to bring about a
winning combination. He has quickly
learned that the members of the team
who are not playing up to their full
strength are those who have been on the
club for a couple of years and have grown
tmid under the fire Of the harsh criticism
from the bleacher seats. All the new men
are going well, as they have not been up
against this hard proposition. He has also
decided that Perrine Is out of place at
shortstop, and the little fellow will be
placed on second in tomorrow's game, the
position he has been used to playing in the
west. Altizer will be brought in from
center and given his old position at short.
Jones will be showed back into center and
George Mill given a try-out in def field.
Regarding these shifts, Manager Cantillon
said to Star reporter last night:
These changes will give me the full bat
ting strength of the team and also the best
helderS. Altizer's strong throwing arm will
come in good on plays that were too much
for Perrine, and in addition Dave is anxious
to get back to his old job. Standing out In
the field doubtless hurts Dawes playing, as
he wants to be in every play.
'Perrine has gone fast enough at short
to please the most saeptical. and he will
go just that much faster at second, his old
position.
NH blossomed out into q good outfelder
as he is strong at the bat and on the bases.
have decided to give him good trial in
left field He is fast on his feet, has a
good throwing arm, and with the assistance
OF Charley Jones he should be able to take
care of all the flies that come into his ter
ritory. With Jones in center there will be
no clashing over catches between him and
Ganley, and, taking them all together, 1 be-
lieve the changes will be very beneficial to
the club as q whole"
The Nationals will line up In their new ar
rangement in tomorrow's game with the
Bostons, and the result will be watched
with great interest by the friends of the
club.
There is nothing that takes the life out
OF club like the loss Of the batting eye.
The players lose confidence in themselves,
grow timid over hard chances and alto
gether put up bad article of ball. When
hitting regularly there is nothing too hard
for them in the fielding line. They are
crammed with ginger and pull off plays
that arouse the widest enthusiasm. Dur
ing the recent trip to Boston, New York
and Philadelphia the Washington club look
ed like different team from that which
has lined up against the Philadelphia and
Boston, here at home. The men were get
ting their hits regularly in each of those
places, and their general play was very
strong and Of the winning sort.
The opposing pitchers have been doing
finely in this city, but the same twirlers
grounds, and by the same players who have
been pigmies in their hands In the past
week or so. The changes decided upon by
Manager Cantilon for tomorrow's game
and the future may bring back the team to
its old batting ability and run-earning ag-
gressiveness. One thing is very evident, the
club can hardly make poorer showing
than it has against Boston. Two days with
out scoring run demonstrates conclu-
sively that something was amiss, and Sir
G mr. MAJ To sit 1lxy hryo md
let things drift along as they did last sea-
son.
Pitcher Glaze had a narrow escape from
ering first after Kitson had driven a speedy
bounder to Unglaub in the eighth inning.
Kitson hit the ball on the nose and directly
at Unglaub. The ball bounded badly for
Bob and got away from him. but he was
after 1t like flash, and on a pretty recov-
cry threw the ball toward first. Glaze had
dashed over to cover the position and
placed himself almost directly in front Of
kitson In getting on the bag. Kitson threw
his body to one side to avoid the collision
but his spikes caught Glaze on the leg Just
above the ankle and cut quite furrow in
the skin. 1t looked like a down and out for
the ex-collegian, but Glaze is made of the
right stuff and refused to leave the game,
finishing out the next two innings at the
same speedy gait he had started. Ralph
was given an error for dropping Unglaub's
fine assist, but 1t was a hard chance at
that.
The three hits obtained by Ganley yes
terday will help him along considerably in
climbing up the batting percentage column,
and Bob has apparently struck his right
gait. While not being hard hitter, he can
always be depended upon to hit around .2SO
on the season, and that is going strong in
these times of ~heady and spit-ball twirlers.
Since the team has returned home Ganley
has hit at $50 gait, and his percentage on
the season to date Is .272. A few more
games like that of yesterday and Bob will
be up among the aristocratic 300 batters.
DYaERT HIT HARD.