Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-07-16
DETROIT FANS ENTHUSE
OVER HENRY'S GOOD WORK
College Lad Handles Himself Like Star in
Unglaub's Position - Johnson Carded
to Pitch Against Tigers Today.
DISPATCH to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
DETROIT July 16.-John Henry, Wash
ingtons new catcher, played first base
for few innings Thursday and his
showing was so well appreciated that he
went the fun nine innings ON the initial
sack in place of Unelaub. Today there
are no regrets To offer for a change, and
a lot of people are talking about the part
Henry played in Detroit's defeat. The
box score reflects much credit on him,
but his work deserves several paragraphs
on the side.
He made three of Washington's hits
Two of them were scratch singles. He
laid down perfect bunt toward third in
the sixth inning. 1t was so well placed
that Schmidt. even after reaching the
ball made no attempt TO throw it, as he
had not the slightest chance of getting
Henry. at first. On another occasion he
bounded a slow one past Killian and
easily beat the throw.
Henry possesses what Hughie Jen-
nings calls THE old pep. He is always
up and lighting. Morarity drove nasty
bounder over first in the seventh, but
Mr. Henry made remarkable stop, and
beat the speedy Tiger intfelder TO the
sack. With two men on in the ninth. one
run across and the Tigers apparently
making of their great rallies. the
champions found Henry standing between
them and possible victory. For, when
Schmidt drove a hot liner over first.
Henry made stab for the ball, succeed
ed in knocking it down, and reached first
ahead of Schmidt, play that caused
the stands to- bfeat 'Oh, you Henry. He
did a few other little stunts. For in
stance. he lunged far off the bag. and
made beautiful stop of a bounding throw
from Mcbride on an attempted double
play. The ball was tagged for the
bleacher fence, and Mcbride was saved
an error.
Clyde Milan again demonstrated to
Detroit fans that he has lot of speed
and rare judgment as outfielder.
Clyde generally manages to do that when
he comes to town. His particular feat
Yesterday was robbng Davey Jones of
three-base hit. The speedy Tiger slam
med line drive to right center. Clyde
made a low catch of the ball, going at
top speed.
Henry Beckendorf also caught a good
game against his old teammates. His
knowledge of their batting weaknesses
helped Groom considerably. Three Tigers
tried TO steal on their former teammate,
one succeeded and that was Cobb. 1t
seemed peculiar to many that 'Beckie
did not attempt to throw when Tyrus
stole. Had Tyrus known what was really
happening he would have been on third
instead of second Groom made a low
pitch as Cobb started for second. The
ball struck Beckendorf's glove and
bounded up his shirtsleeve to his arm
pit. "Heinie" did not dislodge the ball
till after Cobb had reached second. Beck
endorf also was the man at bat when
bases were packed. He solved the classic
situation by hitting long single to left
that scored two men. On one occasion
Gnn1 1yrA thn,- N1hl, ont
to left field bleachers and Just caught a
long drive from '.I1einie's" bat.
An auto parade interfered with the at
tendance yesterday.
Since Johnson is carded to pitch this
afternoon, large crowd should be pres
ent.
In Detroit they think Johnson is the
Mathewson of this league.
''Killian did not have much yesterday.
did he?" Charlie Schmidt was asked to-
day
He had as much as he ever had They
were just hitting him. You got to con-
slider that this Washington team has a
bunch of sluggers. They're liable to hit
any pitcher. People got so used TO seeing
Washington make a weak showing that
they can't figure out how they come to
hit when they do slam them out. This
bunch is always moderated.
The Nationals returned to their true
hitting form They also had lots of
speed in running bases.
One good feature about Washington's
play was TO see the Nationals run out
hits. They never took it for granted
that they were out Three of their hits
were the result of energetic base run
ming. They beat out three grounders,
where in their old way of playing they
would have been thrown out