Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-04-27
DONOVAN PRAISES PLAYING
OF CONNIE MACK'S TEAM
Boston Manager Says Athletics Are Going
Better Than Any Of Their Rivals.
Considers Nationals Tan
gled Proposition.

lively few points separating most of tn,
clubs and the Nationals are but 123 oint>
/ behind the leaders, which is only shor
| step at this season of the year. The mos
| encourag ing feature of the teams work il
! that ii is hitting well and will win lot o.
games if the pitchers once get to going
right. The trouble with the twirers seem:
to be that they have not rounded int
form. but should improve from this out
| When a team gets runs as have the local:
this spring 1t is a good indication that Il
has strength But. of course, no team
can win unless II has good pitching
Lovers of hitting had q gala day up t.
the ninth. when the visitors did too muci
of il to suit the crowd
Boston at o'clock today. Gray is Il
be the slab for the Nationals.
Ban Johnson has raised McAlsers sus
pension. and if weather conditions are
favorable he will probably be in uniform
this afternoon.
The double steal which Wolter anC
Chase pulled off in the ninth and which
put the game in peril was made possible
by Cnglaub's playinff off the bag. No eff
fort was made to hold Chase on, which
should have been done. for when Chase
recognized that he was given a lead he
signaled Woter to steal? This made il
possible for a base hit to tie the score.
Walker should practice covering first
A pitcher fast on his feet as Walker
should help himself out of many holes by
running over to first whenever the ball is
hit to his left. There were two occasions
yesterday when Walker failed to cover,
and while these Oversghts did not affect
the score. the time may come when it will
lose him ball game
What if Cree had signled? Think of
hnf G n
inning rolls around and IN a few minutes
have the situation such that single base
hit could tie the score. 1t only goes to
show that a hall game is never over until
what may happen. and it would be well
for pitchers to remember this fact.
Walkers trouble yesterday was that
he was wild. He wanted to get the ninth
inning over with as soon as possible, and
so as not to waste time started to aim
them over. Three sharp clean singles
followed. Then came Schaefer's boot and
two runs scampered over the plate
Roach. who was sent UP for WARRIOR,
flied to Leivelt. and Hemphill. who tried
10 sneak in bunt. was also thrown out
But Lelivelt dropped VOTERS long fly
and another brace of runs came home.
Then Walker but on steam, with the re-
suit that he could not locate the plate
and Chase walked. Ung1aub played
back. thus giving Chase a long lead and
double steal was made possible. With
second and third occupied and two out
Cree faced Walker. Say, and he looked
dangerous. for Gre is some hitter. Fer
tunately he did not get il safe. A sharp
grounder to Schaefer on which the lat
ter took no chances resulted and the
game was over.
Good. clean. hard hitting gave the locals
their big lead. They got one in the first
when Milan walked and stole, and Leli-
welt singled after Schaefer had moved
Milan over to third with q sacrifice.
In the third there were fireworks. With
Street out of the way. Walker hunted
safely. Milan and Schaefer followed
with clean hits, Walker scoring. Then
Lelivelt was hit by pitched ball. filing
the bases. and Elberfeld came along with
beauty through the box which sent two
more home. Schaefer making a great
slide ducking Sweeney at the plate
But the Fusillade did not cease here Cess
Ter got in at this stage with ripping
triple. which brought Lelivelt and E,Iber-
field home. and he scored moment later
on Inglaub's safety. The inning ended
when McBride's line drive was pulled
down by Austin and turned into double
play. In the next inning a walk to Street.
fer's STRIKE out which was followed by
Lelivelt's long double. gave the Nationals
their final runs.
New York scored in the fourth on q
pass to Wolter. Chase's hit, which sent
Wolter to third, from where he scored