Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-06-05
MANAGER MCALEER BELIEVES
NATIONALS HAVE GOT GOING
Batting Streak Has Bracing Effect-E1ber
field Goes Scouting For Pitchers Dutch'
Schaefer A Great Prophet

fact, he used only his speed and an oc
casional change of pace. 1t leaked ou
today that johnson is using very few
curved balls these days, because of q
badly wrenched side, which gives hin
much pain when pitching, and particular
ly when he is forced to use Il curve II
Is thought that some of the ligaments
have torn loose. But his speed was awe
inspiring in the game this afternoon. The
ball shot over the plate so fast that il
was difficult to follow it with the eye.
Johnson had Lajoie's number today,
and Larry got but one hit, high bound
or to Conroy, which he beat out in the
first inning. Johnson would shoot a fas,
ball over to Larry and then come back
with slow one, none of which the
leagues greatest hitter could master.
Clyde Milan had a great day at the
bat He got three hits, sacrificed once
and walked another time. There has
been nothing wrong with Milan's hitting
on the trip, though he has failed to get
hard enough to get several hits, but the
ball was always hit right at one Of the
filders, and his average suffered as "a
consequence.
Today's victory was the third the Ma
son, remarkably poor record for a
team which puts up such a stiff article O.
ball OH its own grounds. But the lack
of hitting. which usually affects every
other department Of Il team. has had
much to do with this miserable show
ing, which McAleer hopes to improve
materially before the present trip is
over. Ii todays batting streak was moi
a flash in the pan. there will be several
more victories hung to the teams belt.
for the pitchers will do their share as
soon as the team can get a few runs
for them.
The Nationals left here tonight for De-
troit, where they open a four-game series
Monday. Sunday the team will witness
the third game of the series between De-
trOit and Philadelphia.
Johnson probably saved himself some
trouble by catching Perring mapping of
Of second in the third. One run had been
scored in this inning bv the Maps. Per.
ring Wa son second and Young on first as
a result OF being hit by a pitched ball
On a. signal Mcbride covered second
and Johnson turned and threw there ir
time to catch Perring far off the bag
Strange enough. Young, with Graney up
tried to steal second, and Of course Street
threw him out by yards.
Street had two stolen bases chalked
against him today. On both occasions
he got the ball away in good time, but
his throws were low and could not be
handled.
Each team made five errors, but only
three of them cut any figure in the score
The TWO runs the Nationals got in the
seventh were the result of misplayS, for
with perfect play the side would have
been retired before Johnson and Milan
had a chance to hit safely. One run
which gave the Maps the lead in the fifth
was all they got out of the Nationals
bunch of errors.
The confidence which George Mcbride
is displaying at the bat these days is apt
TO make him one of the most reliable hit
tiers on the team. There is no doubt that
to date Mcbride has done more effective
work with the stick than any of his
teammates But that is not all. He
seems to be improving with every game.
1t used to be that when Mcbride came to
bat in a pinch there seemed to be little
hope for runs Now the conditions are
just the reverse. The players would
rather see Mcbride up there than any
man on the team, and it is all attributed
to the fact that Mcbride has adopted one
of Elberfelds big but short bats. which
he seems able to swing with telling effect.
Incidentally Mcbride is playing re-
markable game in the field.
Gessler hit the ball very hard today.
His three-base hit in the first would have
been an easy home run had the grounds
not been soft and his two-bagger against
the center field fence would probably still
be rolling but for the fence. Doc was
taking toe holds and vicious swings at
the ball all day, and but for sensational
catch by Niles he would have had an
other three-bagger to his credit.