Evening star., 1909-06-19
COMMENT ON THE GAME.

The fans will have to tip their hats
TO Manager Cantilion when 1t comes down
to knowing how TO handle his pitching
staff. Tom Hughes is no kid any more.
and if properly located can be depended
upon to land his game three times out Of
four with anything like decent support.
Toms previous performance was against
the Clevelands and he shut the Maps out,
4 to O. That was June ., and quito a
time elapsed until yesterdays work. but
Thomas was there with another shut-out.
! To o. With seven pitchers on his staff
Cautiilon can afford to let Hughes help
out in pinciles and then place him on the
rubber for full game against those
clubs with which he generally has an
easy time. In addition to pitching swell
ball yesterday, Hughes laid down sur
prising bunt and later on whipped out
double. 1t looked funny to see Tom
chase Altrock around the bases. Nick
thought Hartzell would catch the ny and
stuck to first. so that Tom was on top
of him when the ball struck the ground.
Nick made good time and finally landed
on third.
Ringer plays were puler off quite fire.
nuentiy Yesterday by the locals. The first
one developed in the initial inning when
Ferris drove hot one at Hughes. which
then threw the batter out at first. 1t saved
a safe hit. In the seventh Mcbride pull
ed off a great One-handed stunt, getting
Criger's speedy roller with one hand on
the right side of second base and then
heading Lou off at Donohues corner Mac
came right back In the ninth with an
other wonderful play, when he jumped
into the air about a hundred feet and
pulled down Ferris line fly with one
hand In the same inning Griggs drove
Orn
Donohue made a sensational one-handed
stop and then Hughes covered the sack
in time to get the throw and head of
the batter. Intact, the fielding all through
the game was so fast and perfect that
it appeared to put life into Hughes and
he worked like a thoroughbred from start
to finish
When George Browne joined the Ma
tionals some pessimists declared that he
might prove to be a valuable man at the
bat for while, but that he would soon
fash out This prediction has utterly
failed of veriticauon. Browne has not
only been of great value to the team, but
he has improved steadily at the bat ever
since he became a member of the band
He has played in twenty-nine games. He
has been at bat 115 times and has made
thirty-five hits. batting average to date
for the season of .304. The most salts
factory feature of Brownies performance
of the clubs supporters, has been that he
has batted best on the home grounds. In
! the fourteen games that have been played
during the series just closed in Washing
| ton he has been at bat fifty-four times
and has made twenty-one hits, an aver
age of .:SS. In all the twenty-nine games
that he has played he has failed In only
six to hit safely. Only one of these times
| occurred during the home series. He con-
nected with the ball for one or more safe
! hits in each of the eleven games. His
work in the field has been uniformly good
He has made fifty-two put-outs in the
twenty-nine games. six assists and two
| errors, a fielding percentage since joining
| the team of 1856. He has not made an
| error in twenty-one games.
| The real classy play Of the game was
| Old Man Tom Hughes stunt Of making
| two bases on bunt He was quick to see
| that the throw to Jones went through the
| ST. Louis first baseman made Q beautiful
| left-wheel turn, drew his ten-foot legs UP
| under his chin and hiked for second
| When Tom got to second he perched on
| the bag with his arms folded, looking all
| the world like somber white stork
watching for a fish to rise.
| Nick Altrock did not shine in the field
| or on the bases. He got first on a fly
| ball that McAleese should have had. But
| the bleachers cheered Nick nightly when
he got under an easy fly in right field.