Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-06-16
NATIONALS GET RAW DEAL
FROM UMPIRES IN ST, LOUIS
Walker Should Have Had an Easy Victory
OverBrowns- SilentAbout
Catcher Beckendorf.
BY J. ED GRILLO.

BY J. ED GRILLO.
Special Dispatch to The Star.
ST. LOUIS, Mo-, June 16.-Not a word
has been heard by Manager McAleer from
the Detroit club with reference to turn
ing over either Beckendorf or Casey to
the Nationals and the Washington lead
err is at a loss to account for the silence.
The agreement whereby the Detroit club
binds itself to turn over one of its catch
ers to the Nationals at any time during
the season is bona fide, and by taking the
matter up with the proper authorities
there is no doubt that the Detroit club
could be forced to make good its end,
but no such measures are contemplated
for the present at least, for there is a
likelihood of President Navin of the tt
gers being out of town and not having
received McAleer's wire. Tuesday night
McAleer wired Jennings, telling him to
send one of his extra catchers here at
once. but as yet no reply has been re-
ceived from him. McAleer is confident
that he will eventually land his man, but
he is anxious to have him as soon as
| possible. as he fears that he may be
|, caught short handed for catchers here.
Blaming defeat on an umpire's decision
is not popular with the followers of a
| team, but when decision is SO raw that
even a partisan crowd boots it it is high
time that the proper authorities investi-
gate the work of the umpire who hands
down the ruling.
| 1t was because Of most miserable
decision made by KERN in the seventh
inning OF yesterdays game that the Ma
| tionals went down to defeat before the
Browns 1t was this decision which
/ gave the locals three of the four runs
they scored off Walker in that seventh
| inning.
Norman had started the round with
| triple and Truesdale had famed when
| Stephens hit to left center on line.
i Lelvelt got the ball to Mcbride at sec
ond long before Stephens reached there.
Mac turned and allowed Stephens to slide
into the ball, but collided so hard with
| the catcher that he turned complete
sOmersault and fell about five feet from
second base toward short field. where
| he lay for some seconds, stunned. HaV-
ing touched Stephens as he came In.
| Mcbride tossed the ball to Walker, con-
sidering the inning over when, to the
surprise of every one, KERN declared
/; Stephens safe.
The crowd jeered and laughed and
| hoWled when, as q result of this decision,
| three more runs crossed the plate. Lake
| flied out ard Crisis was sent to bat for
Fisher. He was purposely walked. and
| Stone ran for him. Then came Hartzelfs
double and Wallace's single. and three
| single Milan made perfect throw home
| and Street, blocking the runner at the
! plate, fell him in a heap four feet
from the plate. Sheridan called him
| safe, and in the protest that followed
Street was put out OF the game.
| But that decision would never have
! come up had KERN done his duty. The
| incompetency of this individual is so
League will be cut short within week
| or so, and it is a pity that 1t was not
! done long ago.
The White sox are not good team to
give line on d pitcher. That is to say,
the pitcher who is successful against
| Duffy's men does not necessarily have
to have much. for the Sox are undouDt-
eddy the weakest hitting lot in any major
league. Walkegsfitched a one-hit game
against the chicago aggregation last
week, and had he received his just dues
| he would have won his game TO-DAY
easily enough. but once the opportunity
| was offered the Browns to get runs they
hit his delivery decidedly hard, while the
| Sox were unable to touch him.
| With the score standing 3 to in the
| Nationals favor, a man on second and
| two out, Crisis, who was sent to bat for
Fisher, was walked purposeiy, and Hart
| zelI, a regular player, who had faced
| Walker three times before and ALREADY
made double. besides hitting the ball
| hard every time, was sent up Ills Two
| Dagger drove in two runs, and. 1t is, of
| course, doubtful if Criss would have done
| as much damage had he been allowed to
hit True, Crisis has made quite a repu-
| tation as a pinch hitter, and yet he has
repeatedly failed to deliver this season,
but McAieer thought him too dangerous
| looking and ordered him walked, and this
| lis where the game was lost, though OF
| course Mr.. KERN had already made his
| mistake before this situation came up.
No more disguised man can be mag-
| ined than Jimmie McAleer after yesteir-
| days defeat. There may be many am
| billions i'm the mind of the Nationals
| manager but the one he aspires most to
achieve is to drag the Browns down. The
| fact that he was numerically roasted on
all occasions when he was in charge OF
the team here, and the fact that even
now that he has severed his connections
| with the club the papers here continue
to ridicule him, has aroused his ire, and
his only come back was to beat the
Browns, which he was prevented from
doing by KERN.
The most unfair treatment is being
melted out to McAleer by most of the
! papers here. They are still blaming him
in large type for the failure of the
Browns last season and charging him
with being incompetent and not up-tO-
date McAleer would have given much
/, to win here, and he is still hopeful
though the start was none too encourag-
ing.
ReisliDs will lie pitched today and
Bailey will probably oppose him.
Kid Elberfeld practiced at second base
before the game yesterday and handled
himself spendidly. He complains, how
!; ever that that sore finger bothers him
1 at the bat. SO 1T may be day or so yet
before he takes Kilifer's place. He was
sent up in the ninth yesterday, witt
Conroy on second and one run owe,
u the plate and one needed to tie the score
N but his best was a weak grounder, on
|. | which Stephens threw him out at first.
Eleven of the Nationals were left on
the bases for the want of timely hit
At that Lake was hit harder than usual
though had it not been for the misera-
BILE support he received he would never
have been in any great danger. The
| Unglaub-Gessler combination again had
several chances to distinguish itself, but
neither was there with timely rap
| The first run each side scored was the
| result of errors, and had it not been
for some sensational pitching by Walk
er in the third, when two errors and a
, douhIe were made. the Browns would