Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-04-07
COMMENT ON THE GAME.

To shut of arguments and save the
peace OF mind of about 5000 fans" 1t
is to be regretted that Manager Dahlen
couldn't see his way clear to letting
Doc" Scanlon finish out the nine innings.
Without wishing to detract in any way
from Scanlons clever work the five in
nings he was on the rubber. the fact
must not be lost sight of that he had
four of the hardest innings to go to fin
ish the game. and It is questionable
whether he could have stood up under the
strain this time of the year. 1t will be
recalled that in the first four innings
the local batSmen were only getting little
bites of the ball, but In the fifth 1t was
hit on the nose and only a splendid catch
by Wheat prevented at least one hit
The Washington players were confident
they would get to Scanlon eventually
and as the Brooklyns had only one run.
Scanlon has been with Brooklyn five
years and classes up with the best Twill
ers in the country.
The Brooklyn management has several
promising youngsters with them. and the
veterans will have to go some to push
them off the team. but the three stars
Lumley, Hummel and Jordan, need not
worry over their jobs. Lumey is not fit
as yet and rested on the bench yester-
Hummel is In Philadelphia. attending the
funeral of his brother-in-law. This trio
can hit around the 200 mark every sea-
son and cannot we'll be spared by the
Dodgers.
Honey Boy Evans minstrel band was
at the park the guests of Manager Nc
Aleer, and enlivened things before the
game started with some good music. Mr.
Evans ranks up with George Cohan as
n the hi00ocf a ufopS'' in
the country and misses but few games
during the season. =.
The Nationals will have to take up
serious consideration before the season
opens. Yesterday Lelivelt and kilifer
were caught mapping off first and sec
ond, respectively, and in that beautiful
seventh inning Milan pushed Reising
off second by going down without look
ing to see whether the base was occupied
or not. A little sharper work could have
prevented the first two plays. and are
somewhat excusable, but Reisling played
the ball right in the third play, and
Milan was at fault.
1t is seldom that one inning will furnish
as many good plays as developed in
the eighth inning To start with, FL
berfeld ran over to the pavilion on Mills
lers foul fly, and caught the ball after
crashing into the railing. 1t takes nerve
to make plays of this sort, and the
kid" never hesitated a second in going
with a drive to right that was full of
burrs. and sizzied through the air. 1t
was a line fly, and Lelivelt started in
and then had to back. but finally pulled
the ball down in his customary manner
with one hand. Had the ball gone over
Jacks head it meant at least three bases
for the batter, and the crowd yelled it's
delight at the CATCH, In the third out
kilifer jumped in the air for Burch's
buunder, and on the quick throw threw
over and scooped the ball in his usual
clever style, completing four plays Of the
ringer" variety.
to clash again this afternoon. and Man
ager McAleer is going to give Oberlin
chance to go the full route of nine
innings against the visitors Frank is
in splendid shape. and feels confident he
can pitch the entire game. Dixie
Walker will be on hand to jump into the
fray should Oberlin throw out any dis
tress signals.
There is great interest manifested in
the auction sale Of the boxes for the
opening game that takes place Saturday
morning at II o'clock The first row Of
boxes are wanted by several organfza-
tions and the auctioneer will have his
ders.
Wild" conroy got in last night and
reported to Manager McAleer at the
Dewey. He is in fairly good shape, but
somewhat groggy over a slight attack
Of tonsilitis. 1t is singular fact that
every one Of the FIVE players sent to
Hot Springs-Schaefer, Reisling. Conroy.
Browne and Witherup-have been knock
ed out either by sickness or accident
Schaefer Is almost well again. but will
remain off the diamond until next Mon
day. Dutch" says he had the same
sort Of attack last spring, but was all
right in weeks time.
Hunter, who played right field for
Brooklyn, is pitcher, but Manager
Dahlen is trying to make fielder of
him on account Of his speed and stick
| work He has been with the Dodgers
one year, coming UP from Nashville.
Wheat. in left. is fulltblooded Cherokee
| Indian and was secured from Mobile
He got two nice hits yesterday and made
beautiful catch with one hand at his
shoe tops while coming in on full