Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-05-30
BY J. ED. GRILLO.
Special Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
NEW YORK, May 30.-''I have been
in base ball going on thirty years. and
1 must confess that l have never been
connected with team on which the good
spirit existed that my present lot of
players display" remarked Manager Nc
Aleer this morning.
Never in my experience have | been
in charge OF a team which works as
tremendously. always tries its best to
win, and never shrks a duty, or is more
willing than the Nationals II is a real
pleasure to be in charge of such players
Every man is always on the job. there
Is no dissatisfaction nor the slightest
dfsobedience Of the rules. 1t is this con-
difion as much as the good playing our
players have done that is responsible for
our winning streak. This is particularly
true of our pitchers.
Just as soon as any one of them is GO
ing DIT bed you can see three or four
or them reach for their gloves on tine
oench and wait for the order to warm
up. That Is the spirit which exists, and
care say that it will land US in a good
position In the race. There Is not a dis
gruntIed man on our list The fact that
some of the boys are warming the bench
when they would perhaps prefer to play
mas not made the slightest difference in
their interest in the team They are
hustling just the same. and 1 speak can
oldiy when ! say that 1 never felt SC
encouraged over the outlook Of any team
tnat nave ever been connected with
Herman Schaefer is an entirely differen,
individual on foreign grounds compa red
with what he is at home Though fire.
quently On the coaching lines i'm Wash.
inston. Schaefer did not cut up any an
tlcs or 90 anything that was amusing
eisn grounds. however Schaefer is al
nlost as much of an attraction on the
hnes here as Hughey Jennings. The
crowd likes the good-natured German,
ana ne drew many a laugh in Satur-
a,,s. game by his coaching. Incident
any lie attracts the attention of the op-
posing players. which does not have a
oenef1cial effect on their playing. Under
instructions from McAleer Schaefer viii
pe round on the lines every inning the
team plays on this trip
Much of the New York's winning streak
Is attributed to the teams good work
on the bases, and SO when Street stopped
mem saturday it was the first time this
tha,,. .nat any catcher. has prevented
tnem from doing a lot Of successful RIM
hihs. 1t was Streets great throwing
wmch did much to- help Reislins out of
hoies; Street is right now catching the
pest oal or his career, and that, too. in
race of the fact that he is NOT hittin /.
anywhere near his natural gait.
line average player usually loses hea RI
when his stick work falls off, but Street
is hustiing more than ever for that very
reason He takes very philosophical
We" OF ms failure to connect safely with
the Dali when he says, well, / guess 7
never was good hitter, but I have al
WAYS MT better than have the greater
P1II oi TINS spring, and perhaps after a
wnlle, when the rest Of the boys are not
sunslng the ball, / will get to going
best catching I know how to make M
TOT my slump with the bat II am not
hurt, and 1 hope not to be. 1 expect to
eaten every game this year Catching
Dali game when the pitchers are going
risnt Is not hard work. but rather inter
eSting. Tor the catcher always has the
whole game right before him.
winning streak does wonders for
pail team which has been accustomed to
losing for years. There is as much dir
ference in the general actions of the
Nauonais on the field now compared
w1th what they used to be as there is be-
tween night and day. This thing Of
being beaten most every day and having
70 stand Tor every ones jeers gets to be
hard on the nerves. Players under such
conditions neither sleep nor aeat prom
CITY lHOuSH the impression sometimes
gets out that ball players don't care lust
SO long as they are paid regularly. I'm
giaub has played in lot Of losing games
since joining the Nationals. and he is en-
!o!lns the present winning streak more
IMAM any one else. II tell you it makes
a man feel like living to win ball games
when you have been losing them right
along. On losing team everything goes
wrong and the players get so that they
are AFRAID to try anything. Now it is
diHerent. If We make a mistake IT cuts
no inquire, because things are breaking
our way, and fellow feels right when
MS work is done. People speak to Won
now with smile on their face but when
YOU are on loser they only nod and
then grumble something to themselves
about a bum ball player.
There is not much likelihood OF Bill
Hinrlchs breaking into any games for the
Nationals this season. Bill is no: the
wonder that he was touted; in fact he
Is rather green hand and will leuuire
a lot Of educating before he will be up
to major league caliber. 1t is perhaps
already noticeable that Bill is having
some of the rough edges taken off Of
him. but he still has lots to learn. john
son judged him on his showing against
the company he was with out or the
coast. but there is big difference be-
tween these independent teams and a
ma jOr league aggregation.
According to persistent rumor floating