The Washington herald., 1910-07-21


Who thinks he is It without a doubt?
Who calls man safe when he should be outf
Who doesn't know what he's talking aboni'
TONY s0USA.
Manager Jim McAleer Is up against II
good and proper for pitchers. and if the
Nationals get away with to-day's game
against the Maps they VIII be mighty
lucky, for the local boss will have 10
work either Reisling or Gray against the
visitors, and both Of these men pitched
Tuesday
It seems that Dixie Walker overesti-
mated his strength when he told his
friends Monday that he was ready 10
take his turn in the box He Is still IN
bad shape. and his physician has forbid
den any hard work for some days 40
come.
Dolly Gray is hardly strong enough TO
go right back at the Maps with only two
days rest. Doc Reisling is huskier and
better able TO stand the gan. so IT win
probably be Reisling in the box this aft
ernoon.
Walkers Illness az this stage is par
ticuiarly unfortunate. as the Nationals
are going at top speed. the team hitting.
and the pitchers doing their share.
The fans got their first glimpse Of
Doc" Meyer. the boy from the o and p
League, when McAleer sent him IL TO
relieve Bob Groom in the sixth inning
yesterday His entrance into fast COM
pany was anything brit auspicious, and
I,sa h-4 ,1.,
really could do.
Meyers one great drawback is his size
He only weighs about 1i5 pounds. and Is
slender. But at that he has fair speed
and sharp. breaking curves.
Meyer will get another opportunity in
a few days. and with the kind of coach
ing he viii receive in the meanwhile.
may come back strong Mover was up
against tough proposition yesterday
in facing Turner. Lajoie. and Bernis. all
good hitters and veterans. KID Elber-
field and others. who have seen Meyer
under different conditions. declare that
he will make good
In talking with Manager MeAleer last
night the suggestion was made that
Walter Johnson be sent back st the Maps
to-day Macs reply TO this was, 4
know the fans like TO see johnson pitch,
so do I. but am not taking any chances.
as 1 do not want 70 overwork him. He
would be willing 10 pitch as often as 1
told him 10. but he has a long life ahead
of him in baseball and cannot stand too
many games a week. Johnson finished
IN, In
day. and then went back and worked a
full game Sunday. ! called on him to
relieve Meyer to-day wednesday,, and
ii would not be right Tor him to go in
again tomorrow"
McAleer is right. It takes very little
sometimes to make a pitcher stale, and
Johnson is too valuable an asset 70 the
club on which 10 take any chances.
The Nationals other twirler, Otey who
pitched in the Virginia League, and who
viii be given a trial, is AT present con-
fined to his home in the West on ac-
count OF illness. He has been in poor
health all the season. and does not in
tend to report TO the Nationals until he
is in good shape
Uncle Cy Young. who won his five
hundredth victory here Tuesday. has in
his possession only two baseballs which.
no says. he is going to keep as family
heirlooms. one was the ball used in his
famous no-hft-no-run contest. and the
other furnished by the Washington Club
Tuesday and used in Cys five hundredth
victory contest.
An interesting scene in connection with
that game Tuesday was the one-act
drama just behind the grand stand, as
the Cleveland players were getting
aboard their taxicabs. Several hundred
local fans crowded around Cy Young.
many wanting to shake hands with the
grand old man. The cry went up. Give
US a speech, Cyl" but the veteran al
ways sidesteps this hero worship stuff.
and in order TO make good with the
crowd, Manager Jim Mcguire cried out:
Boys. you will have to excuse Mr..
Young. He is very tired and anxious TO
return TO his hotel. He appreciates your
kind words. AS a souvenir 1 am going
TO throw the bail used in this game and
the man who gets it can keep IT."
Wherewith Deacon Jim reached into the
bag containing a dozen balls. pulled out
well-worn horse hide and tossed it into
the crowd There was the maddest kind
Of a scramble for a few minutes, the
fans almost coming 10 blows before
lucky individual finally captured the
sphere.
Here's where the joke comes in. The
ball Mcclure tossed out was not the one
used in the game Uncle Cy Young
had that sphere safely tucked away with
a package of fne-cut in his hip pocket
The Washington Herald announced on
Monday morning that Manager McAleer
would do no more coaching from the
lines this season.
An evening paper baseball writer takes
exception to story published in these
columns yesterday criticising Elberfeld
for not allowing Lelivelt to take a chance
on making the plate on Conroy's hit in
the ninth inning of the final game.
Probably the evening paper critic did
not see the play. as he stated in his
paragraph that 'the ball was a sharp
liner. which came to Lord on the first
bound" AS a matter of fact. Lord did
not play right field in that game He
was not in the lineup ataH The ball
came TO Niles on the bound. and Niles
fumbled It as Lelivelt turned the third
corner That tumble, coupled with the
fact that Niles has a poor throwing
A1x.,avs %ha Same