Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-06-28
BY J. ED~GRILLD.

fo,,re that from this out they will help Il
add material strength to the Nationals
pitching staff. With q team which Is no
much in the way of run getting. Sooc
pitching is essential. and If Groom ant
Walker go along they did yesterda!
the Nationals will win a majority or the
Games scheduled for them on the nome
grounds The hitting of the team. 100
seems to have improved AS rule. botf
Quinn and Manning are two of the mos'
troublesome twirIers the Nationals nave
To face. Quinn won mis- game. but he
was very fortunate to do so. for he was
hit much harder than usual
IL seems to be the Luck of the loCais &c
have a large majority of their errors
Drove COSTLY Other Trans can make
rnisnIavs which do not affect the score,
but il is seldom indeed that one OF the
Nationals can make nisplay py WHICH
their opponentS do not pront-
Thr, is particularly true of McBrlde
md MILAN two hard-working and bril-
liant nlavers But, like all humans, they
are not infallible. and when they make
miscue il usually results in disaster lor
their team IT,.
Hughes this afternoon. The game Will
be called at 4 o'clock
Roth of those games should have been
victories for the Nationals 1t was I'M
fortunate to lose the first after having
il apparently safely stored away what
il more il was the misplayS or the Two
most reliable men on the team tna .
were not easy by any means MlIah
would have made great play had ne
held knights line drive in the ninth, Ior
he would most likely have mace doupIe.
But i'm his anxiety TO make throw 10
the plate he dropped the ball and the
score was tied
There was but one play for Mcbride to
make in the tenth when with sweeney dl
second and one out Hemphill hit sharp
grounder to him. He had a good chance
to force Sweeney at third, but 1t re-
quired a quick throw, which Mac mace
hut in was lust trifie wide of the mark,
hit Sweeney III the back ana the "iiiiiihs
run crossed the plate.
OF course, If Milan had been fortunate
enough to make his play in the ninth NC
BRIDES play would not have come up In
the tenth. But for all that ooth were
splendid efforts, though they TAXED
George Mcbride continues his timely
hitting 1t was his single in the sixth
which won the game for the Nationals
for it scored the only runs for the team
Mcbride came within an ace of break.
ing up that first game in the very nrst
inning. when after three hits had been
made and these were two on bases, ne
drove viciously between snort and sec,
md But Knight made a great stop ana
started a double play, which retired the
do None of the hits made in this
inning was hard drives, just avoiding
The fielders by inches on the bound
l.tt McBride's drive had some force De-
iind it, yet resulted in a double play.
The New York players have the great
ct respect for George Mcbride, for ne
has been responsible for every one OF
the three victories the Nationals nave
scored over the Highlanders this year; IL
has been his timely hitting which mas
caused these three defeats to Stalllngs
men. and whenever Mac comes up now
with men on the bases the pitchers work
their hardest to fool him.
Jim Vaughn, who was not In uniform
yesterday in speaking of Mcbride sa1d:
He is the one man on this team that We
have TO fear for he always hits at the
right time. Now that Mcbride has de-
veIoped into a pinch hitter you notice
that the pitchers work hard to fool him,
with the result that they often get them
selves in a hole. thus giving Mcbride an
advantage He is one of the most time
IL hitters against us in the league.
Robert Groom still has that failing of
giving too much heed to base runners.
II is when there are men on the pases
that Groom does his worst work lie
insists on looking at the runner while in
the act of pitching, with the result that
his control suffers. and then, being forced
TO let up, he is usually hit hard.
Groom's performance yesterday was a
most credtable one. He had put Two
poor innings and he worked himself
out of these without endangering the
game. In the first inning three hits and a
pass and incidentally error by Nc
Bride gave the visitors a single run, but
the bases were still crowded when the
side was retired Again In the sixth a
hit and a couple of passes filled the
bases after two were out and again
Groom pitched himself out of the hole.
But Robert is not a consistent performer.
There are times when he looks as good
as any man on the staff. but his return
engagement may find him being pounded
all over the lot. This is attributed to
his lack of control brought about by
attention to the bases and not enough TO
the plate.
Red Killifer bagged five hits in the
two games, many more than he made on
the entire trip which closed in Boston
Friday Now that Red is in his stride
he will be OF much help 10 the team while
GesHler is on the sick list
A. no time this season has Streets
throwing been as perfect as yesterday.
Four attempts were made TO pilfer on
him and in each instance he nailed his
man Notwithstanding the fact that every
one OF them had a good lead. That one
CdN rest seemed 10 nave NelpeO CnarleN
a whole lot and one of the bases stolen
on him was the result of an accident
Mitchell ran down to second in the fifth
inning and Street threw directly over the
bag But Mcbride or Elberfeld most
likely the latter. who is not yet accus-
toned to the position. failed to cover and
the ball went 10 center field. Under the
rules Mitchell had 10 be given credit fol-
a steal. though IL the bag had been COW
cred he would have been out by yards.
Hal Chase makes more sensational
plays around first base than any frs,
baseman in the league. He handles poor
ly thrown balls with ease and If they
strike his mitt they stick there.
One of the things every pitcher should
practice and be expert in is covering first
base balls hit to his left. There were
two failures at this yesterday, by which
both sides suffered.
Walkers failure To get to the bag or
Austin's grounder I'm the fifth inning OF
the first game cost a couple of runs ant
in the last half of this same inning Quinn
failed TO cover the bag on Unglaub ant
the Nationals got brace of tallies as q
result Quinn's mistake was even worse
than Walkers for he attempted to field
the ball for which Chase was waiting In
stead of going straight for the bag
Walker got late start and Austin, wht
is fast. beat him TO the bag without mucf
trouble.