The Washington times., 1910-06-28
ELBERFELD SAD CASE
OF A WICKED YOUTH
Shameessly Tips Of Pitching Signs to Mcbride, Who
Snfully Profits One Game Thereby Freaky
Luck in Doubeheader.
By THOMAS S. RICE.
One game today Mt 4 p. m.

One game today Mt y. M
Far &c It from us 10 countenance low
likeness or TO gIoat over the gains of
sin, but we can not work up a feeling
CT horrifcation or stern reproof over
the manner in which the peridious Kid
Elberfeld wrought an evil to the New
York Yankees in the second game yes
terday, which Washington won by to
H. largely through his wicked guile.
| The Kid got onto the signals of Catch
er Mitchell 10 Pitcher Manning in the
sixth inning, when he himself was on
| second, Lelivelt on third, and Killifer
on first, with George Mcbride at bat.
/ Having solved the system the Kid had
no false modesty about applying his in
/ formation. He wigwagged it openly.
brazanly, shamelessly-and skillfully-tO
the said Mcbride, who for a .2fO hitter
has an amazing record of pinch swats.
| Elberfeld is admittedly lost and I'M
do2e, for he hoes the garden on Sun
Gay when the team is at home, Belongs
to the Elks, and plays seven-up, while
Mcbride is probably the most consistent
lchurch-goer among the professional ball
players and never calls an umpire out
Of his name more than four times a
season BUt-alas for rectitude and
pious traininS-McBride is entirely
given 10 the world, the flesh, and the
devil in a game. NaUght cares he
for the heather in his darkness, who
bows down 10 wood and sgone. If there
is chance to get a winning run over
the plate. Give the gentle George the
runs and the missionaries can have the
heather
Following this depIorable twist. the
gentle George refused 20 spurn the Of
fered tip OF the unregenerate EIb, rfeld-
Nay. he welcomed il. assimIated il. and
applied il, thereby cutting himself of
forever as the hero Of ROllo books, and
stamping himself of the earth, earthly.
After two fouls or so resulting from his
ill-gotten Observation-Disclosures trans
mitted by that moral leper, Elberfeld,
he got the wig-wag that the next was
to come straight over grOoved, as il
were, in the gathering gloom. Putting
behind him all his early rearing and
applying himself strictly 10 business and
his batting average, he fell upon that
SroOved shoot as If his bat were a staff
like unto a weavers beam and smote
/ the ball 10 left for a prolonged single
that some conscientious observers de-
clared q double.
The innocent Lelivelt and the caHous
Kid scored upon that hit, my masters.
thereby upsetting all traditions about
the dire fate sure TO overtake the
wicked, and those two runs won the
game. Think Of that Wasn't that the
awful upset for Oliver Optic, Laura
Jean LlDbey, Matby MatheWsOu. and all
the other literary uplifters2 a storm
was rising, yet never bolt Of lightning
struck the nefaTiOUs Kid or the I'M
churchly George,
Verify, times have changed and the
younger generation is not as II used 70
be in the Olden days
Speaking of rOars. who ever heard of
one IN the books or the Sunday papers
that DID not reVerberate? We like TO be
oTJlodON, and mace the one We expect
from Tim Murnaue DO that In advance.
But, to resume cur intelligent and
connected story OF The two games yes
terdaY-Wllch we haven't begun-let Us
be thankful and rejoice that we syoy
the second by . 20 /, even if We lost
the first by to =. We should have
won the first and lost the second, but
i fate wanted to switch IL around. why
let fate go right ahead. We have known
II TO go right ahead several times with
ont our consent, and presume il will
90 so again. Itto0I the combined efforts
Of Mcbride, COnTOy. Milan, and Walker
you let them alone long enough, when
they are feeling that way. and our brave
boys IAN give away a game where You
wouldn't think l. posi- Die. You ought
10 80 JUt and see ZEN do il some CAV.
Here's betting with oUrself that
Colonel Roosevelt would be willing to
give up a couple OF Republican Con-
Eressmen rather than miss that fight
at Reno
The taking of the second Came. from,
the Yankees has been tentatively out
lined In the account Of the sinfuIness OF
Eiberfeld. The first contest yesterday
was that regularly scheduled and when
VIC lost il that made seven beatiues in
row, FIVE from Boston and two from
New York The game we won really
belonged 20 the first series New York
played here. The first attempt 10 pull
il of resulted in a Tie Of TO 0 in six
innings. when the floods descended and
ended the proceedings Vaughn pitched
against Walker tina, day-Apru 23-and
Washington made two hits to three by
the enemy. With proper support Walk
er would have won yesterday. He pitch
ed good game, and was by no means