Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-09-21
Special Dispatch to The Star.

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NcAleer made a change in his Hhe-up
,os,erd.x afternoon, which brought just
the opposite results that he expected from
tho shtft He took Jack Somerlot from
saventh batting position and nfted hiih
s,to fourth place while Ralston, VINO iiau
that number on the batting order 'he uas
hafore was yanked down into seventh
place. do j.. thing at
a,at while Somerlot pounded out PC
CO lin had il doped that Soih-
erlot was the boy 10 occupy inc 20.
nosition Just the reverse csaine in
Yesterday. Somerlot maue wv a,,t hin,
four times at bat, while RaiStoh 49, a
~. better in the same number OF oppoi
,nn;ties In the second game ei4os
Sjd not get a hit while Ralston "afAeu
on one occasion ana alSo go n,sde as
Still. the impression Somerlot ia a In
faIder here Monday did not oroP III
IaIne Yesterday He played great heiu
ing game in both contests. lie inaoe 49, s
rumber of good stops ana was 'ie ~
ing hero of the second game. .n,.
PaIston did not have any dllhcui'
chances in the outtield and IL was me ~,
fore impossible to see enough 81 IT,
during the two games to get d oe''ei '
on his ability.
cunningham played nice ball at second
,n both games He had several tough
chances in each game, and IN the secol,u
he ran into right and took CRAWFORD ny
on the run. 1t looked good for couple
~
of sacks
Sam Crawford blames Clyde Milan LOT
keeping down his batting average d.
least ten points. Sam has reasons. II
there is one outtielder in the league VINO
can take in those long drives OF Craw
ford, that min is Milan. ne sdSe a.
other demonstration yesterday, Wneh III
rhe second inning of the first game ne
ran nearly to the fence to take down a
drive that would have been good 1or Iour
bases with probably any other man IN
that position.
Jack Lelivelt seems to take more In
terest in the welfare of the Nationals
than any other member or the team.
While the others prefer TO SIT on 'ne
bench if they are not playing, Jack Is
out on the first or third base coachlhe
line and his voice is heard over the en-
tire lot. There is nothing meek or mlid
or lowly about his coaching he puts
ginger into the team and he arouseS them
to a little energy. Leliyelt seems the lie
of the team.
Fifth Mace win not be the last stop.
ping station of McAleer's men If they do
not hustle. One trouble with the team is
that youngsters are breaking IN anu :,
whenever the old guard Is diminished II
means a lack of team work. This is
evident on Washingtons offensive as Well
as defensive play. There must be better
cooperation If the Nationals anticipate
getting back to the coveted position.
Ty Cobb finally got back in the game
yesterday. He played in both contests.
got two hits and two runs out OF eight
times at bat while Lajoie pulled down
two hits out of three times up. Cobp
did not have any trouble in locating the
with the exception OF the time he hunted.
The Georgian played with base ball luck
against him. On one grounder Mcbride
was on his way to second to cover On
-ho
position. Mcbride started with the pitch
and at that he got to second just IN time
TO scoop up Cobb's bounder and retire
the Georgian out by means anit,o Oh Anoaner
time he drove liner to the box. Otey
tried to stop the ball and 1t twisted his
hand. but the ball was ccaromed 10 snort
and Mcbride got the decision over Cobb
nv the length OF a mules conscience.
Meyer pitched peculiar game ne
was backed by ha' hitting put poor
fielding. and. although allowing the
Tigers but one clean hit while his team
made nine he lost to the smiling Donovan
by to 5 score.
The Nationals will not play again unit
Friday when they open their final series
In ST. Louis The team will remain here
until Thursday night
Bases on balsl got Meyer into the
wrong end of things. He turned them
loose at bad opportunities. For instance
I'm the fifth, with two down, he walked
Tom Jones' and Elberfeld's boot gave
Schmidt life. Then Meyer filled the
bases by walking Donovan He was for
tunate in getting out OF this mlx-uI
when Davy Jones lifted an easy fly &c
Ralston.
Cobb was the only man who got clear
hit off Mover. He banged the ball against
the right-f1eld fence for home run Nc
one was on base at the time.
Bases on balls beat Meyer in the sew
enth He walked Lathers and Tom Jones
neither of whom set the world on frt
this season by any terrific hitting Don
ovan hunted In front OF the plate ant
beat It, Ainsrnith had to come through
with a wild throw, though, and Lather
scored, while Tom Jones got to third ant
Donovan reached second. Davy Jones hi
a bounder to Cunningham, who threw t
the plate, but Tom Jones had a goot
start and was able to slide under Ain
smith az he made the catch. Donovan go
to third on this play and then decided OF
the squeeze play. OLeary rolled the bal
to Somerlot. 1t rolled slowly and O'Lear,
walked toward first. By the time Sorner
lot got the ball Donovan was within
few feet of the plate and the first sacke
had to be content with touching O'Leary
The two hits besides Cobb were bot
hunts toward third. They played kid
Elberfeld right. and had the little oil