The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-05-19

Geam. Every time We iiieAe q uoAS- "a
prsdlction they make us goat by
Grabbing it. But, it is holy cause ana
AZ nessirnfstic prognostications viii make
the Nationals winners, TINS column -
surely going to drip woe
Yesterdav we prophesied that with
walsh and Hughes pitching IL would be
:. close game. in which one run would
i4eu the tale. Just for spite the Nationals
knocked Walsh out of the box IN Two
rounds and beat Chicago, 10 Il On
Trb-urssav we made some dreary COM
snent upon BIN shipke's lack or swats.
end mai very day ne made a single and
Ia triple. This is evidence OF mean mean
S5isnosition which should be the subject
OF congratulations.
Tom Hughes went nine innings yesISE
10, x51tbout a break. When the hnal
session arrived he did not try 10 Alo
snv OF mis- friends on the Chicago slao
Nv Ietrins them hit the ball. and theh
striking out their successors IhsteaI,
he pitched with might and man, an"
ahe spitbau al the way through. ana III
She ninth inning the SoN were reIlIeu
en- three easy flies.
Tho effectiveness of Hughes may ADe
.rauged from the fact that the SoN had
.onlv three men on bases. They simply
could not connect with the slippery
shoots for a full swing. Sixteen men
were retired at first base by Jerry free
man. who. by the way, did not make
q sfgn Of a mistake, and gathered IN
tina wild heayes as if he had the aid
of a net. The constant banging OF mo
han on the ground was a tribute 70
Hughes. because 1t showed mis- curves
were breaking so we'll the SoX couId not
get a line on them, Also, II proved mat
Thomas was using headwork ana CIV
ing every batter balls that were espe-
ciaUy not 10 his individual liking.
others have said it, but a good thing
N,,fu hear repetition, and we wish here 10
nav a little tribute TO the fielding OF
George Mcbride at short. If 1t had not
beep for the phenomenal work he did on
Saturday we should say his stunts yes
4ArdaV were the best shortstopplng
washington has done for years. He was
ali over the lot again, and demonstrated
that al pulling down blows on his lett
he is without a peer in the oi6 leagues
today. Ill.
Not only that. Mcbride is really
wonderful thrower after ne gets me
wild stabs. Most shortstops would be
we'll content TO stop the hits he Is Kill
ing and let them go for singles, but Nc
Bride is getting them to first ana COM
netting the destruction, For this reason
McBride's fielding average TINS year WI
hardly be worth the paper IT Is writ
ZEN on Under the strict rules OF SCOT
ing when he goes over second, gets a
bali, throws IL TO first in time, but pulls
the initial sacker of the bag because
IFS heave IS q little wild under the
circumstances, he has to be credited
with an error. AS matter OF IacI ne
should be given q couple or not cross
buns for stopping the BAH al al, much
less charged with an error Tor Throwing
81 badly. II does not take many nlscueS
TO pull down the average OF an lnnelder.
and for that reason Mcbride IS likely
10 stand low in figures, but all the nlgh-
er in the estimation not only or the
Washington fans, but OF the other
American League managers, VINO VIII
suffer because Of his doughty deeds.
Also, it should be noted that while
Mcbride is not having any bats named
IN his honor, he Is hitting az ODD inter-
walls, and, ike Charley Street. has de-
vel0ped quite q faculty of landing on
the ball at the psychological moment
1T was his clout in the elglhlth inning
yesterday with the bases tull and two
out that gave Washington its last two
runs. He has done this on several pre-
vious occasions, and IL has nearly al
ways happened IN games " dSIllIl6 ton
won. More power TO himl
Bill shipke yesterday fell afoul Of a
possibility that COnfrOnts every man
who attempts a sacrifice hit In the
fourth inning, with Mcbride on nrSt
and none out, Bill essayed a bunL 1t
was a most lamentable incident. II
went in the air a few feet and by a
great run Nick AltroCk speared il on
the fly with his glOVed hand Mcbride
= q
beyond that base before he realized
that the ball had been caught Altrock
jogged 10 first, touched IL ana COM
pleIed a double play unassisted. Il was
an unusual stunt, because AltrOCk was
enabled 70 complete the play by him
self but unJimely popping IN an at
tempt to lay the ball down is not such
a rare occurrence; and no man who is
a regular bunJer is free from such mis-
takes.
With Delehanty on third and Freeman
at the bat in the eighth the signal for
~, and Dels life was temporarily
saved. II came TO pass that Altrocb
pitched so widely that Freeman could
not have reached the ball with q pole
and IL Delehanty had dashed madly
for the plate, as per instruction, he
would have been tagged with childish
ease When the squeeze play IS good
Il Is very, very good, but when 1t is
bad it is punk.
A curious feature was that while
Hughes went the whole route and Chi
cago used three pitchers. there was hut
one base on balls. Smith gave that IN
the eighth inning, and Il did no harm.
1t was the only mistake made by any
Of the four pitchers.
John Anderson met with more Kisses
when he batted yesterday, and IN the
seventh responded with a hit that be-
came ChiCagO's only run.
E1elder Jones IS a man after our OWL
heart, and Clarke Griffith and Jrnmy
McAleer should take few lessons from
him. Griffith never knows his own mind
more than a minute about whom he /,
going 10 pitch or how his team vii
line no. with the consequence that the
newspapers, and through them the fans
are constantly miSled concerning the at
fractions to be offered when the High
landers play. Quite frequently a man
aver finds that his morning or night
before pitching selections or battnt
order have to be changed. but as a rul,
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