Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-07-04
COMMENT ON THE GAME.

Manager Elberfeld thought to strength
en- his team yesterday by sending Jake
Stahl to first and putting Moriarity out
in the left garden. Jake was a swell
first baseman when with the Washing
tons, and the change was doubtless a
good one, but no results were obtained:
as the team is too much demoralized to
do any effective work. Stahl played
nice game at first and helped along with
the stick, getting two singles, one or
which drove In a run.
Niles was the weak sister, at second,
having two misplays that were costly,
being very much on the order OF the er-
rors made in Thursdays rouble-header.
With Niles out of the game today there
is no telling to what straits Elberfeld
will be put to fill out his team.
1t can hardly be realized that only
month ago this aggregation was up In
front in the pennant race. with the
Pitcher Vaughn. who halls from Texas.
was given his first chance to work for
the Highlanders yesterday. and it is
more than likely that he will be allowed
to drift back into the southern climate
He is big. strapping fellow. something
on the order of Bill Burns. but the like
ness stops right there. as he has no
control. although plenty of speed. Swee-
ney, who caught him, looks very good.
speed and accuracy and seems to be
something of a hitter.
Clyde Milan has been playing sensation
al ball in center field all this season. but
it Is the belief of all the spect ators at
the game yesterday that he pulled off the
SWEETEST catch Of his career in the second
inning. Conroy, who, by the way, has
been unfortunate in his hitting here,
drove out fly to short center that Milan
at first thought Altizer would take. On
the fraction of a second he discovered
his mistake and set sail for that ball
like a wild hare. Running low and fast.
he almost got under the ball as II came
down, and then. throwing himself for
ward. grasped the sphere not more than
two inches from the ground. He held
on to it with vise-like grip and rolled
over and over on the grass, coming up
finally with the bah in his hands. To
say that the spectators were pleased at
Milan's performance Is putting 1t mildly.
They simply went wild for few minutes
and applauded like lunatics. The ap-
plause was resumed when Milan came to
the bat in the same inning few minutes
later.
In the ninth Sweeney drove out a long
fly to left center that looked good for at
least a triple. but Milan once more
bobbed up with his sensational work.
gathering in the ball on the dead run with
his arms extended to- the limit. AS we
have remarked before. this player is
going to be one of the brightest stars of
the business before this season ends.
Jerry Freeman played another bang-up
game at first and in addition soaked out
timely single that sent run over the
rubber In the final inning he and Smith
made beautiful play on the luckless
Conroy. Wild had hit speedy bounder
to right that Jerry headed off with his
one hand. Smith had started over with
the throw and as Freeman threw the ball
al the sack Charley caught 1t on the run.
with Conroy right on top of him. Smith
is somewhat slow in covering first, but he
got over that time and thereby helped
Freeman complete great play.
The local enthusiasts will get their first
opportunity of seeing Walter Johnson
work this season in the game this after
noon. He has fully regafned his health
weighing as much now as he did this time
last year. His sickness that caused the
painful operation was not brought about
by playing ball or being hit on the head
When a boy Johnson went through the