The Washington herald., 1907-04-12

Gemmiu. Of Baltimore, and Norton NJ
Little, Fred Z. Mann, and {. *. Berry
man.
An hour before tie game commenced
the bleacheTs had ovarti0wed and leaked
onto the field.
That reception that the fans gave Joe
CanulI0n must have made the old fellow
feel that he was welcome
Charley Hickman was in no shape to
play but he put up a pretty good game
az first considering his bum prop.
Jim sanel. who has been in ciarge Of
the wires in the press box for number
OF years, was at his old stand, as usual
The Nationals have forsaken their cid
bungalow on the left side Of the field and
have moved over TO the first base bench
Lave Gross made "a neat stop and quick
throw on Keeler's last attempt a hit
Lave knocked IL down as il was going
( over the bag
/ Considering conditions the grounds were
| Ia as good shape as could be expected.
! A steam roller got in good two days
work on the outneld.
/ EIbcrfeld was slightly spiked by Schlafiy
when the new captain slid into second
/ base in the second inning. but the injury
/ did not amount to much.
Willie Keeler made a pretty catch Of
/ perrines hv 20 right field in the second.
He went almost to the ropes. but he sue
! ceeded I'm freezing onto the ball
! Clarke Griffith batted EN- out 90 the
/ indeld during the practice and went on
/ the coaching lines "a couple Of times, but
otherwise he was very quiet and ladylike.
/ Anderson SET up "a howl when Tom Con
4a.E *
hit In the fourth Anderson claimed that
/ the bah had gone into the crowd. but
/ Connolly ruled otherwise.
The same card viii be offered at Ma
/ tional Park this afternoon. with keefe
and FalEenherg as the overnight selec-
+ tions as pitchers. Keefe is one Of Grif-
hths Montreal recruits, and he did good
work on the training trip,
It's all OF Washington stands no
/ chance whatever for Joe Cantillon has
/ shed his red vest and shaved his piratical
/ must3che. It was thought at that the
vest would last Tor several years yet
/ Cleveland Plain Dealer.
Thanks 10 the efforts OF Capt. Doyle
/ and his trusty henchmen of the Eighth
+ precinct tn- police arrangements We're
almost perfect He was forced 10 jerk
a trio of bad actors out of the stand
hut on the whole tbe crowd vas very
orderly.
Every time Washington went 10 the bat
/ CantiIlon chased out to the first bass
coaching line and encouraged and eX-
horted the local players He kept the
men at it from beginning to the end, ana
was rewarded toward the close by get
ting two runs across the rubber
/ Up to midnight Hal Chase had not re-
ported to Manager Griffith The cracl
II first baseman left California last Sunday
y and it was expected that he would reael
here IN time 10 play yesterday. he may
arrive this morning, but it is doubtful Il
ne viii get into the game this afternoon
! "I hate to harp on the different deal;
that have been proposed to get Jake
stain for the Boston American club, bu
does any sane man believe that Stahl II
exchange for Grimshaw and UnglaUb !;
a good business proposition Boston Her
/ aid. Yes. a number Of people in Wash
} ington do.
If there is one member of the local team
who is tryin-, harder than the next one, i
is Schlahy The Woodworking playe
} realizes his responsibilities and he is de
termined to make good in his new Job
There was hardly minute yesterday
J while the Nationals were in the field. tha
he was not whooping it up by encouraR
ing the pitcher or instrueting the nelders