The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1910-08-21
The Kid is a good Elk. too

ElberfeId deserves all the good things
8IcAleer and the club owners think Of
him He has never played better baIl
in his life than ne has shown here this
season IN every branch Of baseball IN
stead Of going back ne has actually i'm
proved in some respects Furthermore,
he IS entirely satisfied with his sur
roundinEs and would rather make good
in Washington than anywhere else in
either league He is a great home body,
and his home IS on his farm right near
Washington, where he goes every after
noon right after the game and does the
chores in pair of ovc-aIls and a happy
frame Of mind dis fielding. base
running, and batting have been all shat
could have been expected, and he has
been mixed I'D in none OF those SQUAD
bles with manager and fellow players
about which SO many stories were cir
culated when he was with the New
York Americans The men on the team
are pulling for rim with might and
main They believe they have the uu-
Cleus OF a winner, and are dead auXI0-Is
70 make IL stick They know that FL
berfeld Is one Of the most useful men
on the clubs roster, and when he Is
cut Of the game they take IL as a per
SOndI loss This attitude il q tribute 10
the Kid and another demonstration of
the fac that changed surroundings
player
Losing any same TO Cleveland is pref
y tough. but we could afford To spare
that one yesterday
You can't always guess EN- right
lcAleer picked Reisling as q trump
card yesterday because he was afraid
10 take a chance on Meyer or Otey with
the team in the midst Of a winning
q D.
ter to working and was a broken reeo
that eventually pierced the hand OF our
Ceep-Il1nE1Dg mana ger and OF some
eight thousand fans Young was sent
in BY Cleveland in q wild. deSpaiTLng
hope Of breaking me losing streak, and
the veteran had TO Quit at the end OF
seven rounds because he was not prov
ms elective and the tAfrc straight ce-
feat stared The Maps In the face Then,
with Washington one run ahead McAleer
relied upon Groom who l. not o good
man 10 send in right on the bat be-
cause e generally takes him some time
10 steady himself After the game was
tied up in the NINTH he substituted
Gray for Groom Gray being another
who is usually none too good in beat
ing the barrier Ele-elaud sent IN
Mitchell. one o[ It's best pitchers who
was LOuc--eu Tor SlA Nus IN -FOUR n
uinCs, but only one run was made OF
When II comes right down to cases,
really qualified 10 take hold OF an
emergency like that when the game was
tied in the ninth is Johnson his great
Speed Is the Ered- tLIuE 10 SJD plat
the steam out Of a team which has
become CheSty because Il has been able
10 carry the game into extra innings
Speeu is the great thing 90 stop bat
ting rallies. and none Of the other
pitchers with the exception Of Walker
has II TO any extent
one way in which the inside work
Of the Washington team might be i'm
proved would be the sending 10 the
coaching line men who are thorough
major leaEuerS, and are known 70
have good heads va keT- Henry and
the other youngsters are willing
enough. but thev do not Yet rank
high as baseball straJegiStS- and u
seems rather absurd to have them on
the lines when SClaefeT- RelSIiuE. FL
berfeld, ConrOy, Mcbride and men %
that stamp are around VINO have
regulations for knowing what To do
and how 10 90 It. Possibly the veter-
ans msy be saved a little tiTCSOme
exertion by keeping them in the