Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-10-02
NATIONALS CLEAN
Up WITH THE MAPS
Close Season With a Victory,
Winning Three Straight
Games.
Nationals. 4: Cleveland. =.

When taps sounded over tile base bali
season 81 tgri at the American League
Fark yesterday afternoon tall, raw
honed awkwar,l-looking young pitcher
hustled 30 the clubhouse with a huge grin
,r his face. 1t was Dixie" Walker. the
\tabamian recently purchased by Joe
Cartillou from the GAINESVILLE club. For
Walker had won the third OF the four
lanes he has pitched since entering the
American League. The Cleveland team.
although il had or the firing line num-
Der of Youngsters. as did Washington,
worked hard for the game. but could not
land.
Every time Cleveland got men on bases
Walker tighteneG up ard refused to be
hit. When the struggle ended the C1eve-
and Shortstop, Stark, and Germany
S,.hacfcr were one wrigEling mass of
legs. arms and dust just off third base.
Stark was forced Il erounder. and
Schaefcr, WHO was playing third, fielded
the ball and tagged him as he came in.
A Weird Affair.
1t was IL weird affair that final game.
Many things happened that should not
nave occurred in ii major league base
ball game. but tn" fans knew ii was
a Observation-Disclosures affair, the small
coterie of them that attended did not
seem TO care. About all the enthusiasm
there was centered around Walker, who
was cheered again and again for his eX
cellent work i'll the box. But the mis-
plays and failures of the youngsters to
think quickly amused the fans, and they
appeared to enjoy the occasion.
At that there We're Il few startling oc-
cGrrences. For instance, in the seventh
inning Speed Kelly. who played second
base. went into trance that resulted in
a run for the Maps. Goode was first,
and Stovall hit to short. Mcbride fielded
the bali and turned to throw to second,
intending to put Goode out and leave a
fine opening to double Stovall at first.
But Kelly did not cover the bag He
stood quietly watching Stovall run to
first. The result was Mcbride barely
had time to whip the ball to first and
catch Stovail
Misjudged Flies.
Two Texas leaguers resulted in hits
wheI they should have been easy outs.
lii one instance Lajoie attempted to field
ball back of second which Goode could
have handled easily. He missed it and
Lelivelt was safe at first. Mcbride did
the same thing little later on a high
fly back of short which Lelivet was al
most under
Yet there were any number of good
plays. Mcbride showed fine fielding form
and accepted a number of difficult
chances. and Lajoe delighted the crowd
by making several difficult plays look
easy Miller proved himself a quick
fielder when Lajoie drove a ball that
rolled to the clubhouse and yet got no
further than first base. Miller, who was
playing center. fielded it back so fast that
Lajoie would have had no earthly chance
of getting safe to second if he had tried.
Another encouraging feature of the
the in which killifar
handled himself behind the bat. On his
showing yesterday he stands second to
Charley Street on the catching list here.
Also he play lntield and outfield
position can hit fairy we'll and has
first-class wing. That he will be retained
by McAleer seems d foregone conclusion.
Following is the official score of the
game: