Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-06-29

OUT LOT tneIe is no OOODt tnat the stump
which caused him to be benched was only
temporary.
There is hardly chance of the protest
of the local club on the ruling of Umpire
Egan, who refused to allow Kilifer a
home run when the ball Red hit went
out of sight in left field in the ninth, be-
ing allowed. Protests seldom are, and the
rule he seems to protect the umpire
But the club is right in its effort to
have an official Interpretation of the code
on the subject, for it may come up again
at any time on the local grounds.
ut takes just about three years to
build up winning ball team with young
sters. remarked Manager Stallings yes
terday- 1t is hard thing for a man.
ager to convince himself that he must
rebuild his team and let out players who
in the past have been stars, but it is
the only system. You may have players
who may still be at their best for a
couple of years, but when you start to
rebuild team with youngsters IT is
up. We did it in New York. / let play
ers go who have a lot of base ball left in
them. Elberfeld, for instance, is just as
good today as he ever was, but we de-
cided en- policy of a young team and
We let him and several others go. Our
scheme has been successful, for we now
have winner and will have one for sew
erai years. for our players are nearly all
youngsters.
II say it takes three years to build I'D
such team. for you must plug up the
weak holes every year, but il can be
done in that time If you are paeient
enough to let some OF the young fellows
develop. even if 1t costs you a few bali
games to do 1t. Chicago may not have a
winner this year, but Hugh Duffy will
swing that bunch of youngsters into a
successful combination within two years,
| mark my word. He has some very good
material and he will get more, and once
he gets the outfit he wants he will have
1t for years-something you never feel
assured of when you have q team of
seasoned veterans"
Frank Oberlin appears to be one of
those pitchers who must have perfect sup
port. Errors seem to unnerve him. He
was going splendidly yesterday until Kill
lifer dropped Chases little fly in the fifth
From that time on Oberlin gave a mis-
cradle exhibition. He lost control, and his
effectiveness and his fielding were decided
ly amateurish. Oberlin has not won
game for the Nationals this spring, and
in his anxiety to do so he seems to lose
his nerve.
1t took Red Killfer a long while to get
his eye on the ball. but he is now hitting
at a terrific pace. In the last three games
he has annexed seven hits and every one
of them has been clean cut and hit hard.
Catcher Mitchell Of the New York team
was a pitcher in the major leagues a few
years ago. He was with Brooklyn and
went from there to Toronto as pitcher.
He was successful slabman, but finding
his arm growing weak. gave up pitching
and developed himself into a catcher.
And Mitchell is far from being a poor
catcher. Not only is he good receiver
and thrower. but he is hitter of much
| more than ordinary ability. His is per-
haps the only case where pitcher has
made catcher out of himself with
oil, f,eyh Ho1I
major league team.
Tomorrow is an off day in the Ameri-
can League. Powers day will be cele-
brated in PHILADELPHIA. Walter johnson,
Frank Oberlin. Wild Conroy and Jack
Lelivelt will be the representatives of
the Nationals. They will leave tonight
Tor Philadelphia. where they will take
| part In the exhibition game and field
sports to be held on Shibe Field.
Had George Mcbride been able to reach
Hal Chase's line drive on the fay instead
OF the first bound. he would have had "a
chance Tor an unassisted double play.
| first respectively when the hit and run
was played. Chase hitting a sharp liner
which Mcbride got on a short bound.
Had he grabbed it on the fly he could
hill and allowed Wolter, who was near
the bag, to run into his arms.
| Doc Reisling lasted but two innings In
| the first Hemphill hit safely and Wolter
walked. Chase's out moved both men up
Then came an unfortunate wild throw
/ over Unglaub by Elberfeld, who got his
| fingers OH the moistened spot on the ball,
| made so by the use of the splitter. and two
runs ran over the plate.
| Splendid base ball on the part of the
locals gave them three runs in this in
ming. Milan walked and Lelivelt hit
sharply to Hughes for a hit.
| Elberfeld got a scratch hit but Killifer
| drove to left for a base
| Mcbride cleverly showed the ball mast