Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-04-12
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| of hot ones in his faVorite one-knee fash
| ion and swapping them back where they
| belonged ahead of time Perrine made a
| ten-strike with couple of mighty nifty
plays in short, and Ganley, while his op.
portunities were few. handled himself
we'll and looks like find.
And probably the fans didn't like the
| way Joe Cantillon climbed into a uniform
and exercised himself on the side lines ?
Washington already, and if he keeps
things moving as he gives promise OF
doing, and gets the team on lis toes every
minute of the time, he'll have a home for
himself won before the Nationals leave
town for their first trip. Since he secri-
feed his mustache his voice gets out Of his
face in great shape, and he using 1t
overtime yesterday And he looks like a
man who won't let down, fair weather or
foul.
The Game in Detail.
The game was satisfactory one from al
most every angle, the only flaw being that
the Nationals were defeated and 1t Is a
question whether there was a spectator to
leave the grounds but who had praise for
the local team. For the first six innings
the adherents of the Nationals had little
to enthuSe ever, Manager Cantillon 8
boys could not hit Al Orth, while the visit
ors had hammered out seven hits and
scored their three runs in the same time.
But the fun started in the seventh and
from then on to the finish the greatest ex-
element ruled. Hughes had braced up and
was pitching like a whirlwind, while Mr..
Ortiz was getting his bumps in regular or
der and at critical points. The reversal of
form In the two teams was most unexpected
and pleasing to the spectators and the
shouts of glee could be heard for blocks.
Manager Griffith can thank his lucky
stars that he placed the first game Of the
season to his credit and that he has on
his roster three great players in Keller, Ell
berfeld and Conroy, who practically saved
~arf Ct
through plays that required unlimited nerve
and ability of the highest order.
Keller backed on Perrine's fly in the Sec
ond inning and captured the ball in such
an awkward position that he fell after
making the catch. The little fellow came
back In the eighth inning with still greater
exhibition Of fielding when he ran into the
edge of the crowd and pulled down Hick-
mans long fly. This catch kept the tying
run from going over the plate. 1t can be
stated here that the same catch could
hardly have been made in any other city
but Washington, as the crowd was faiC
enough to back away and let Keller get Ut
the ball. Many other city crowds make 1t
a rule to interfere on just such occasions
and numerous games are won by the I'M
fairness.
In the same inning Elberfeld gave one
of his notable exhibitions of nerve in back
ing up Laporte, and once more the game
was prevented from being tied up. Altizer
had driven home the Nationals second run
with clean single to left, and then started
to steal second. AS the soldier boy started
for second Ortiz cut loose with a wild pitch
and the runner kept to third. Kleinow
had gathered IN the ball and made q wild
throw to Lsporte, but EIberfeld, who was
hardly three feet in the rear Of the big
third baseman, jumped in the air. pulled
down the ball and came within a hairs
breadth of mailing Altizer who had broke
for home when he saw the ball going over
Laporte's head. 1t was a most remarkable
CATCH as Laporte was directly in Elberfelds
way, and the little fellow must have gone
after the ball like d drowning man clutch
ing at straw.
Conroy Turns a Somersault.
In the seventh inning Anderson caught
one Of Orth's benders on the end of his
bat and sent 1t on line into far left feld.
1t was ticketed all over for a double, but