Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-08-30
WASHINGTON CLUB PUTS IN
DRAFTS FOR TEN PLAYERS
Only Small Percentage Of Material Apt to Be
Secured-Last Year Club Did
Not Draft Man.

would have scored easily on Newman's
line drive over second base had not
Schaefer jumped in the air. speared the
ball and tossed it to Mcbride in time
to double up Truesdale, thus saving the
day for his team.
Schaefer's fielding In both games was
brilliant, but in the final inning when
HartZell offered him the easiest chance
OF the day he fumbled and as a result the
Browns tied the score in this inning.
Joe Lake has been away from the team
for several days with a lame arm and
Joined II here yesterday. This accounted
for his lack Of control during the only
inning he worked. when he gave three
passes and allowed base hit. forcing in
the winning run.
II is typical taii-end ball that the st.
Louis aggregation Is putting up these
days. 1t never makes an error that Is not
costly. IL displays miserable judgment on
the bases and the players go through
their work in a listless, don't-care sort of
manner. the result undoubtedly of the
many defeats they have suffered this sea-
son.
Jack O'Connor has quite job on his
hands trying to build up a team with the
material he has on hand, that will be a
factor in the race.
purchased
few players. but intends to draft many.
O'Connor will leave today for Cincinnati
to attend the drafting Thursday. He will
not be on the coaching lines here today.
We are in an awful fix for players"
said Jack Il have almost an entire team
TO build up. but have nothing 10 do 1t
with. we have tried to get PLAYERS, but
have failed. and am going to Cincinnati
TO attend the drafting Of players and
meet Owner Hedges to get a line on what
players we have and want to get. 1t Is a
tough proposition to have a tafl-end team
these days, for IT Is so difi7cult to get ma
terial with which to build IT up
Harry Howell. for many years the
Browns mainstay on the rubber, but now
the Terre Haute first baseman. to the st.
Louis club. Howell recommended Som
erlot most highly" said O'Connor yester-
day. He considers him the making of
really great first baseman, but while we
were getting ready to buy him Washing
ton stepped in and got him. believe
from all that Howell told me of Somerlot
that McAleer has picked up corking
good man in him.
Dolly Gray. after he got settled down.
pitched a spleDdid game Of ball Hits off
him were few and far between. and in the
last seven innings only four men reached
first base. Gray has shown wonderful
Improvement this year over his last years
performance. As he grows better ac-
quainted with the u1ao0r league batsmen
he pitches better ball for Gray does not
rely entirely on his arm to fool batsmen,
he being a thinker.
Doc Reisling was not as effective as
usual, but the veteran was game to the
core, and with a little better luck would
not have been in distress IN the ninth,
when, with one out he had the bases
full He struck out Stephens and had
two strikes on Crisis. the pinch hitter
when the latter hit a sharp grounder at
INN, which bounded toward Mcbride. but
could not be handled and which allowed
Hartzell to trOt home with the tying rum
How many times this season has George
Mcbride come across with the timely wal
Top? 1t would be interesting to know
stop has driven over the plate for his
team, and how many games have been
won owing to his telling work with the
stick.
Mac was up yesterday in the fourth in
ming. when run was needed to tie. and
he did not fail. Schaefer was on second
and was sacrificed to third by Conroy,
but Gessler struck out. Then Mcbride
came along with a clean-cut two-bagger,
sending Schaefer home with the tying
run.
For a man who has been in the game
so long Bob Wallace does not show the
slightest sign of going back. He appears
to be just as good a ball player today
as he ever was, and that without having
an incentive to play for. His batting in
the two games yesterday was a feature.
He made five hits during the afternoon
and there was nothing f1uky about them.
He did not have anything hard to per-
form in the field, but took care of every
thing that came his way. II Wallace
was on a winning team he would still be
among the greatest of shortstops.
II is high time that the individual in