The Washington times., 1910-05-08
By THOMAS S. RICE.

This Washington team IS becoming
entirely too sbstemious in the matter
OF winning.
Let's nope it won't 90 in for total
prohibition.
Let the W. c. T. [. get busy. Two
winnings in a row would mean a whole
lot Of people becoming intoxicated with
JOY
And now 1t Is the fielding All season
it has been the pitchers who have been
causing trouble The pitchers were a
sad affair, and relating how they had
failed in emergencies was doleful duty
that developed on the sporting writers.
Just when the pitchers began 10 give
evidence OF delivering more OF less
goods. the feIders went on at tangent
This was variation of the old story.
but il cannot be sa d 10 be more pleas
ant in the telling
Into each life some rain must fan
sings the poet fellow, but for Wash
ington fan it IS always a cold, wet
spring.
Variety IS the spice Of life" says a
wise saw. Washington fans run little
danger Of getting mental govt from
TOO much high seasoning these days
But. to resume Five errors for our
young heroes yesterday-tVo for Milan,
two for. EIberfeId, and one for Killifer.
What caused EIberfeld TO avIate is not
known. he was probably about due FOR
an OF day. and had a gcod one Now
that his system has been cleared out, We
l-f~r 80
10 endure many sings and arrows or
cutrag eous fortune before having an
other. Allowances must be made Tor
kiuifer, who has been on the bench all
season, and has been scattered about 50
promiscuousIy il is a wonder he knows
where 10 throw the ball after ne gets 1t.
He looks good. that KTIifer, and We
think he IS going 70 make good
Home again Tuesday, and all win be
forgiven If the team starts IN we'll
Milan played an in-and-out game yes
terday. he made a couple Of catches
that caused the Philadelphia writers 90
euthuse. and the score would have been
worse than the 8 to II he had not been
so nimble in chasing difficult flies, but
he was weak on ground balls This
81 .
feeders. The scoring OF errors against
them is always q problem. because the
outfelds are always rouEher than the
infeId, and there is never any knowing
when an upstart cIod or 4 dent in the
ground has caused ball TO bound badly
when the athlete was about 70 grab il
10 his bosom still the outer line or de-
Tense is generally lacking IN practice IN
the matter OF handling the DOunders,
and for that reason In practice Joe can
tiIlon never knocked flies 10 the sub
1rbanites He said any major Lacquer
who could not eaten a fty- would not last
z week. and what they needed was the
work in scCustOming themselves 70
breaking prospective twO-oaSe ntts INTO
would be well for some OF the man
ayers and fungo baC-ers to keep this
firmly in mind
Schaefer Is showing his spirit by
coaching as enthusIa sticaIIy since he
was beuched as he cd before
So far, the substitutes McAleer has
injected into his lineup have been
hitting and that offers hope George
Browne was there with a safe hit in
an emergency yesterday, and nothing
but an exceptionally clever play by Col
Inns kept him from having another
Browne has not had a chance since the
season opened and may yet get back
into the stride he had when he was
injured toward the end OF last season.
He is fast on the bases as well as in
the field. and II he bats up 10 expecta-
lions. McAleeT viii have IL him and Iyeli-
Welt an unusually good pair OF change
OutfeldeTs and pinch hitters.
Tom Crooks missed getting a hit yes