Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-08-21
GOOD PITCHING WOULD HAVE
GIVEN NATIONALS 3 STRAIGHT
Johnson Gould Have Been Spared on Pre-
vious Day When Team Got Long Early
Lead-Series With Maps One-Sided.

but he Is always blessed with all the
good breaks when working against a
washington team The very first ball of
OF him yesterday was a line drive which
ne could not get out OF the way Of and
Milan was thrown out at first. Fortu-
nately Young was not injured by the force
of the ball. for he remained In the game,
but ne had a very narrow escape.
1t was one of the very poor games
that Doc Retsling has pitched this sea-
son. Docs spitball refused to break as
1t does ordinarily. and this caused all his
troubles. In his efforts to put a lot on
the ball he grew wild in the fourth in
ming and allowed a nice lead to slip
away from him. The chances are that
Doc could come right back today and
give a good account OF himself. All
pitchers have their OF days and this was
| Birmingham had his troubles In center
field. The sun bothered both him and
Milan. though It was more troublesome
Several balls dropped safe in that terri
tory which ordinarily would have been
easy outs. though only one Of them,
Reisiins's, resulted in run.
Switching Turner to third and put
ting Ball at short and Thomalson in
right made the Maps a much better
looking team than they were in the two
pTSNlouB 8oucS prayed. turner Is mOCO
too valuable a man with the stick to
be out of the game. and Ball Is certain
ly an improvement over Niles at short
field. This youngster Thomaison may
not be/a star, but he is good waiter
and fast on his feet.
Lajoie caught the hardest hit ball Of
the day OF OF Gessler's bat in the sixth
inning. 1t was low liner. which was
travelling at q terrific rate of speed
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gone through 1t would have reached
the fence before either of the fielders
could have crossed over to intercept It..
game yesterday as he did against the
Detroits q few days ago. His throwing
was not near as accurate, and three
bases were stolen on, him. The reason
for this. to an extent. was the fact that
neither Resisting nor Groom watched the
bases as well as they should. and every
one of the pilferers had q good lead be-
fore Ainsmith had the ball. Turner
and Easterly he never tried when they
attempted to steal.
Monday the Chicago White Sox open
a three-game series here; to be follow
ed by the Detroit Tigers. who come for
their final four games.
Sixteen hits and four stolen bases
would usually win most any game, but
all this Melted but five runs yesterday,
and that was just enough to drag the
game into extra innings to defeat.
After o conference with President
Noyes yesterday morning Manager Nc
Aleer made out list of ten players
for whom he will put In drafts. These
players are scattered in the various
leagues all over the country. and while
there Is q possibility Of all OF them
being secured, 1t il more than likely
that only . small percentage Of the num-
Der will become the property OF the
local club.
1--WE are drafting players that we hone
will help u.s." said Manager McAleer, land
II would not surprise me in the least to
find that several other major league
clubs have put in drafts for the same
men. In that case 1t becomes necessary
to draw lots. and we, Of course, stand
no better chance than our rivals, but
every bit AZ good . : one. in making
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