Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-06-11
BY J. ED GRILLO.

out Dixie Walker must be seriously
considered in connection with the Ma
tionals' pitching staff His performance
against the Sox here yesterday was by
far the best any of the teams pitchers
have shown this season. But one
base hit, a safe drive to left field in
the opening inning by Doc White. was
scored against Walker. After two
week lay-off it was to be expected that
ne would be none too steady. and he was
Wild at the outset of the game, but he
improved rapidly as the game progressed,
and after the fourth inning was as
steady as a rock and could not have
been more effective. What is More, he
fielded his position to perfection, and. all
summed up, his work was brilliant. 1t
is just about a week since McAleer
took the youngster from Alabama in
hand and gave him a talking to. There
was but one thing that Walker needed,
and that was to convince him that base
ball was his business and not sum-
mer vacation, and would have to be treat
ed as such or his stay in the major league
would be short lived. That warning had
the proper effect, for Walker got down
to real business from that For the
past three days he has been begging to
pitch. but McAleer turned him down as
a species of punishment. He asked again
today. and this time McAleer consented.
Walker was pleased that he would be al
lowed to work, and he went at his work
as if the pennant hinged on the result.
Pitted against big Ed Walsh, who was
in his very best form, Walker was up
against a tough proposition, but he &C
quilted himself noby and had much the
better of the pitchers battle with the
Chicago star. From this out Walker will
work regularly, and the fact that he
shows such good form makes the Ma
tionals' chances for occupying good
position at the end of the race look much
brighter.
1t was Bob Unglaub who was respon-
sible for the victory over Walsh. The
veteran. who has not been playing any
too well on the present trip. took
sudden brace yesterday, and besides
playing an exceptionally fine fielding
game at first he pulled off the play
which gave the Nationals the one run
necessary to win. In the ninth. with
TWO men down, Unglaub hit to left
field for a base He waited for his
chance. and then. catching Blackburn
and Zeider, two inexperienced infield
crs, playing well away from second
base. he pulled off the delayed steal,
Blocks throw going to center field.
Mcbride then hit IL sharp grounder be-
tween short and third which Blackburn
stopped, but on which he had no chance
have caught Unglaub at third had he
thrown there, for Bob had rounded the
bag. Instead Blackburn threw wild to
first. and Unglaub had no trouble scor-
ing. 1t was Bob's delayed steal which
made the run possible and as he used
good judgment in pulling off the play
he was complimented for his headwork
by his boss and his teammates.
Walker had the bases filled in the first
inning. yet did not allow a score. After
French had been retired. White hit safe
ly and Zeider was walked. Dougherty
hit long fly to center. of which Milan
made a good catch. and then Walker.
who had not yet steadied down, walked
Gandil. 1t was with the sacks crowded
that he started to work on Purtell, with
the result that he struck him out much
to the dismay of the crowd.
There was a conference at the Lexing-
ton Hotel yesterday morning between
Manager McAleer and Scouts Elberfeid
and Schaefer. Both reported here in the
morning Schaefer. after taking a two
day go at Red Bowser. the Southern
Michigan star. concluded that he was not
of the right caliber to be of any help to
the Nationals. and no further effort will
be made to secure him. But Schaefer, in
his travels, noticed a very promising look
ing first baseman and a catcher and he
Will skip out of here in a day or SO and
have another look at this pair of players.
satisfy him TO close a deal for them at
once and bring them into camp, if pos
sible.
Elberfeld had another look at Pitcher
Mover of Youngstown, and has come to
the conclusion that he is ripe for fast
company. McAleer at once set himself
into communication with the Youngstown
club and expects 10 have the deal for the
young pitcher closed within very few
days. though 1t is not likely that he will
be able to join the team until late in the
fall. as he is now his club mainstay on
the slab and cannot be spared. There is
some danger. however, of his being over
worked by the Youngstown club, and Nc
Aleer is trying to devise means to pre-
vent this.
Manager McAleer has not yet been re-
instated He received word Yesterday
morning to report at President Johnson s
Office TO tell his version of his mfX-up
with Davy Jones, but when he got there
he was informed that Johnson had gone
10 ST. Louis on important business and
would not be back until some time today.
McAleer is confident that he will be al
lowed on the field just as soon as he
makes his statement To the league eX-
ecutive. In the meantime George Nc
Bride is in charge of the team on the
field and now holds the unheard-of record
of having guided the team to two con-
secutive victories on the road.
the lobby of the hotel yesterday MORN
ing he was surrounded by his players,
and Bob Unglaub. who had been Sc
letced as the spokesman for the party. APP
preached him, holding mysterious look
ing package in his hand. Ii developed that
the package contained a beautiful Gala
bash pipe, which the players had pur-
chased as a present for their manager,
who was enjoying the forty-fifth anniver-
sary of his birthday. In few we'll
chosen remarks Cnglaub told his man
ager of the high esteem in which he was
held by the players. McAleer replied in
kind and accepted the pipe with many
thanks. There were also q box of per-
fectos and an armful of fine smoking
tobacco Much as McAleer enjoyed the
presents. he seemed more tickled with
the victory in the afternoon.
No player ever batted in harder luck
than has Clyde Milan on the present
trip With any kind of luck he would
have had three hits off of Walsh yester-
day and two of them would have been
for extra bases. The first time up ne
drove a liner right into Doc Whites
hands and in the third he gave French a
chase to the fence in rig field to get
his line drive, which had it not been for
the wind would have gone into the
bleachers. In the eighth inning his line
drive was right at Zeider. Unlike most
PLAYERS, Milan does not take his hare
luck TO heart and he is confident that
things will break better for him after a
while.
Mcbride played perfect game at short
He had lot of difficult chances to handle
and he did not make wobble. His hes,