Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-05-13
showed that Charley has lost none of hi
speed since last season.

showed that Charley has lost none of his
speed since last season.
Impire Jack Sheridan made his first ap-
pearance of the season on the Washing; on
grounds and is the same old boy as OF
wore We dislike critcsng Jack. as he
Is undoubtedly the best in the business
but if he would do more OF his work be-
hind the bat instead of back OF the phcher
IL would be more satisfactory to everybody
concerned 1t looked as though he
missed third strike twice on Tom Jones
yesterday and as result the Pennsyl-
vania miner laced out singles. In one IN
stance scoring a run.
Milan and Ganley were the stars of yes
terdays game. the former eXcelling In
batting while the latter was close up with
the stick and pulled off star catch on
Wallace in the eighth inning. Milan met
with a peculiar accident in the ninth. a
fast inshoot fouling off his bat. hit
ing him above the eye and for time
knocking him out He would have fallen
TO the ground but for the fact that Spen-
Ger caught him as he staggered several
steps away from the plate. and Delehanty
was sent in to bat for him so as not 10
delay the game. Clyde is getting into
Blankenship's class as regards getting
hurt, as he had a finger Gislocated Monda V
and came within an ace of mixing up with
Ferris when he slid into third in the first
inning. Milan went in feet first and only
missed Hobe by A hair. which made the
Brownie very warm under the collar for
few minutes.
Atizer. Mcbride and Freeman pulled off
double play in the second that was a
peach and headed off a run. Williams was
on third and Ferris on first when Tom
Jones shot fast one to right. .Altizer
gathered ii in cleanly tossed the ball to
Mcbride. who ralayed it to Freeman in
time TO head off the batter.
Tom Jones made two pretty plays in
the fifth inning that might have turned
the tide in WashingtOn's favor had they
gotten away from him. Milan hit a slow
one to left that Wallace gathered up on
the run and threw so high over first that
Jones had to stretch himself and pull the
ball down with one hand. Milan had hit
the bag first and was safe. but. if the
ball had gone by Jones there is no telling
where Clyde would have pulled up Right
on top of it. Ganley hunted toward third
and Ferris made high heave toward
first and Jones again grasped the ball
with one hand this time putting out
Ganley. They were certainly two peach
erino catches.
Some fifteen years ago. Jack O'Connor
asked an umpire on the local grounds
What did I do?" when he was ordered
cut of the game. and the query was fired
al Jack for many years thereafter. OF
gotten. but yesterday there was an old
timer i'm the fifty-cent pavilion who re-
called the incident while O'COnnor was
coaching at first and What did I do
came floating up to Jacks ears. 1t
made the veteran smile and also think
of the happy days when he was in his
prime and as fast as creased lightning
in throwing to bases.
In the sixth inning Charley Street pulled
~ 1,,cIy l, L$rno frSf
and the infied closed in for n bunt.
Street. instead of sacrificing. tried to kill
the ball. with the result that 1T went sail
ing into left. out of the reach of Wal
lace and Ferris. either of whom would
have eaten it up had they been back
i'm their regular positions. Manager Can
tillon has been trying to instill into his
players the value of doing exactly the
opposite to what the opposing fielders
think they are going to do, and Street s
pop fly yesterday bore fruit.
Manager Cantillon and Capt GanleS
tried to work the squeeze play with Free
man on third Yesterday but it went awry
on account of little Sh:pke missing the
ball. Freeman was on third and Street on
second. both having been showed up a
base through McBride's sacrifice. With
Shipke at the bat and Smith coming up
it was an ideal place to try the play. Two
strikes were on Shipke when Ganley start
ed Freeman in with the toss of the ball
from Powell. Shipke swung hard at the
ball, but missed and Freeman proved an
easy out.
We were little lucky in the seventh
inning when the Nationals got their third
run. tieing the score. Milan and Ganley
were on second and first. with two out.
when Altizer hit to the left of Wallace.
Bob ran over and set himself for an easy
out. but the ball bounded over his head
and Milan came home.
Powell gave Shipke good whack on
the left arm with an inshoot in the second
inning. but Umpire Sheridan thought the
little fellow had not been very spry i'm
getting out of the way and would not
allow him to walk. 1t was a pretty pain-
full play to go without results.
Ollie Pickering evidently knows where
to lay for George Stone If the latter soaks
out long fly. In the fourth inning Stone
met one squarely on the nose. and when
II came down in Picks hands he was
over on the left side of the clubhouse.
Playing his ordinary position. Pickering
wouldn't have gotten within fifty yards of
the ball when il came down.