Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-06-29
BY ]. ED GRILLO.

1t seems strange that on days when the
Nationals are hitting and scoring runs in
punches that their pitchers either prove
easy for the opposition or the entire team
has a poor day in the field. If it should
ever be the local teams good fortune to
get its hits on days when its pitchers are
doing excellent work it would probably
land at the top of the heap. But it is
Just the Nationals i'll luck to have their
hits, errors and poor pitching come on
the same day, with the result tnat many
runs are wasted
That is probably why Washington has
never had a team finish in a respectable
position in the American League. Good
breaks have been decidedly scarce for To-
cal ball teams, and conditions are no dil-
ferent this season than they have been In
the past.
1t has been many a day since the Ma
tionals scored seven runs In single
game There have been innumerable Oc-
ca sions when one-third OF that NUMBER OF
tallies would have brought victory, ana
vet with all that scoring the team went
down to defeat. go
Miserable pitching. helped along with
some ragged field work. did the damage,
and the chances are that If the team gets
a well-pitched game today it will be I'M
able to score more than run or two II
has ever been so with the nationals
Rail games are not over until the last
man is retired. There are occasions
when it seems that one team has a GER
tainty on a game in the ninth inning anu
yet it often happens that the result 10
changed before the inning Is over. IL
might have been so yesterday. had Man
ager McAleer not considered his team out
of 1t in the ninth. With four runs heeo-
ed TO tie the score, of course the chances
to null the game out Of the fire were oe-
c1tv the tSrlnR SnOUlO
have been played out to the limit. AS
IL was there was just one base hit necued
to lie the score before the ninth inning
was over. nh, M:
rich been sent up in the final round, there
might have been a different story 10 tei.
, Hardy, the first man up. got NE "nen
Knight erred on his grounder. fnat was
a starter but IL was evidently not
Thought enough Of to warrant rally, Tor
Hinrich. who does not appear to be aoie
10 hit anything and who had struck out
on his previous trip to the piate' was
came Milan's double and Lelivelts sacrl-
fice fly, followed by walk to Eioer1eid
and Killifer's two Dagger Inc score
now stood o to :, with second ana thiro
occupied, two out and Mcbride up; a
base hit meant a tied score, but Mcbride
failed.
McAleer does not believe in pinch nit
| ters-that is, he does not peheVe IN ian
| ing out one of his regulars to let sub
stitute bat-and in this way he has I'M
undoubtedly made most timely mtter
cut of George Mcbride. Cantllion never
had much confidence in Mcbrioe as d
hitter, and whenever there was pincn
| Some one was sent to bat for Mac. The
| result was that he seldom got a chance
| TO bat in runs at a critical stage. and ne
| was forced to believe in his own weak
ness with the stick. This year he has
| n the plate mat
fer what the conditions might be- he
has been moved up into high position
| in the batting order and he mas denV-
/ cred more than other Da''er OH 'he
| team. ..
has worked. But there Is a dinerence
| between Mcbride or one OF the regulars
and Bill Hinrich. mere BOY nuenes
| mas none too strong at the finish. ana
one of the seasoned players might nave
hit him safely or worked for a base on
halls. which would have been as good
| as q hit at that stage.
Bill Hinrich was quite different look
inp nitcher Yesterday from what he was
saturday In the three innings he work,
! - he allowed but single hit and had
he received good support not run would
| have been scored off him. The New
| Vork plavers were delighted when Hin
rich took Oberlin's place, but they did
| rot find him the easy proposition that
| they expected. The young fellow had
! good speed and he was not hit hard by
snV Of the batsmen who faced him. Bill
with experience, might make a mighty
good pitcher.
| Considering that he has been out OF the
| game for six or seven weeks. Herman
| Schaefer broke in most satisfactorily
| Schaefer by the way, looks much more
impressive when batting left handed than
! when he turns the other way. He gets
more benefit out OF his speed-and her
man is fast beyond doubt-and. what is
more. he seems to hit the ball harder. II
would not be at all surprising to see
i Schaefer play gilt-edsed ball ffom this