Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-04-29
and two out. and this time Speaker hit to
left field and Leiivelt made the catch.

and two out. and this time Speaker hit to
left field and Lelivelt made the catch.
Stahl. Wagner and Lewis each famed
three times.
Had Gabby Street made a good throw
to Schaefer in the seventh the Bostons
would not have scored at all. The bases
were full when Schaefer signaled Street
for throw. French was playing off
from second as far as Mcbride. Street
signaled for a pitch-out and then shot the
ball toward second. where Schaefer tried
to take ii on the run. but 1t was wide and
he could not reach 1t. French was clearly
caught mapping and a good throw would
have nailed him.
There. is no more ridiculous play in base
ball than the sacrifice bunt when the OPP
posing team anticipates the play. With
the first and third baseman running in as
soon as the ball Is pitched bunt usually
does not accomplish the moving up of the
base runners, but results In force-out.
There is no reason why a batter should
deliberately play into the trap set by the
opposition. and the proper play IL to switch
and hit the ball. Most any sort of
grounder will go safe. because the third.
first and second basemen are all out of
position.
Orders to bunt when given by Manager
McAleer are not imperative. for 1t Is left
to the batter to use his own judgment
should the conditions before him change.
Schaefer came within an inch Of getting
away with this play yesterday. In the
eighth. when. with johnson and Milan on
first and second. respectively. he caught
the infielders coming in and tried to hit
through. grounder to Wagner re-
suited. but as French had gone to first
to cover a double play could not be made
and the out was as good as a sacrifice.
Milan switched the play in this same in
ming and caused Wagner to make
tumble.
was but one wobble behind him, Streets
wide throw.
Hooper cleverly pulled bunt past
handled. and he easily beat the ball to
first. The play was one which Bob Gan
ley frequently pulled off here.
1t would be well for McAleer's pitchers
to practice covering first base. There
have been numerous instances this spring
when this has been overlooked. Every
time ball is hit to a pitchers left he
should start toward first. In this way he
will save himself q lot Of trouble.
Ray Collins, former pitcher of the Uni
versity of Vermont, pitched q splendid
game Of ball. The youngster had some
tantalizing curves, which were hard to hit
with any force. Just sixteen fly balls
were popped up by the locals to the in
and outfield.
Like johnson. Collins got himself out Of
many holes, his best performance coming
in the eighth, when he had the bases full
and only one out, but he made Elberfeld
pop up, and Gessler flied to Speaker. Col
Inns is sure to be winning pitcher for
the Speed Boys, for he has the size and
displays nerve in the pinches.
1t looked as il Collins might get out of
the hole in the twelfth, too, for he had
two strikes on Lelivelt But Jack got a
the plate he met it squarely and drove 1t
to center field for single. which brought
i'll the winning run There were two out at
the time.
While the pitching yesterday was re-
markable. the fact must not be overlook
ed that there was some brilliant fielding
behind both pitchers.
Mcbride. at short, made three splendid
plays. His one-hand catch OF Streets
throw. on which he caught Niles stealing.
helped materially. His stop OF Wagners
sharp grounder with men on second and
third in the tenth was perfect, and his
One-hand pickup OF Hooper's grounder.
sensational play.
Lelivelt also figured in the great fielding.
his star play being a one-hand catch
of Jake Stahrs long liner. which was
lots of ground on his other chances.
Lord and Wagner, especially the former
did much to help Collins out. while Elber-
field made several stops that won him
applause.
In. their anxiety to win the local play
ers are not overlooking any chances.
When Stahl singled in the tenth and
Speaker came from first to third on the
hit. Milan's throw got away from Elber
field, who allowed Speaker to slide into
him and then fell on him so that the ball
could be recovered before Speaker had
chance to get up and start for the plate.
The Boston players protested, but UNI
pire Evans ruled that the play was le-
Ultimate.
In the tenth Schaefer effectively blocked
Stahl from making a throw to second,
where Milan was perched but Evans de-
clared Milan out on this play.
Schaefer had hit to Collins, who threw
to Stahl. and Schaefer ran in front of
Stahl. who had chance for a play at
second base. preventing him from making
a throw
The figures tell the story in detail The
score: