Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-05-14
BY ]. ED GRILLO.


Jim Mcclure leader of the Maps. and a
man who has been il base ball many
decades. sees Il chance for his team 10
finish at the top of the heap this year
The fact that his 9larges lost two OF the
three games played against the Athletics.
tying the other game. has not discouraged
either the veteran or his PLAYERS
..Mack's team" said he this morning.
els Going along at Il remarkable clip
Their pitchers are pitching the very best
hall and the team j. hitting. Mack has
u great ball taem butt can't concede MIN
mo nannant II is a long way 10 October
and many things viii! happen. If the Atm
letics were to keep up their present pace
there would of course. he no way 10 heao
them of, but ball teams do not so
through a seasen playing as that team IS
Low. and sooner or later the stump VIII
come and their lead will be cut down.
MISUNDERSTANDING the fact that we nave
had but one real base bail DAY sii'cc ny
season opened We have been going aiohS
nicely and we Will improve riSht along;
Our pitchers are doing their snare a.l'
Ue have been hitting we'll enough 10 VIII
excepting in those two games at fIhiaue racer,
- ,,-han we let ND Il bit. But we VIII
me back and ] believe that the team
which beats us to the WIRE VIII NC tmt
remnant winner. We are not IN tne . ueo.
~
We have encountered. but win warm
weather VIC will show lot OF improve
ment I believe / have as Sooo IL tedhi
as any one in the league, ana TIME VIII
prove it.
~ younc * confined to his bed at the
Arlington suffering with severe at'deh
of tousiIjtiS 1t will be SeVerai uaSs pc
- IN veteran will be able to get ABOUT.
GO that he is not apt TO pitch in the
games here
The Nationals broke their losing streak
Friday. the 18th. and it was the thirteenth
scheduled game on the home GROUNDS No
Jonah in that number for the Locals, evil
IDENTIFY.
INST as soon as Bob Groom gets over
the habit of giving base runners more at
tentiOn than he does the batters he VII
he a mos, successful pitcher. Groom mas
about as much natural ability as any
pitcher on the local stan. put ne Hdnui
caps himself with the foolish IDEA that ne
must under ali circumstances keep all eye
on the base runner.
horse does not run to his best form whenever
he sees other horses coming near niin thes
shield his eyes with Diinkers, naAIns !
impossible for him to see anything eN-
1epting that which is directly oefo[e hinI'
Blinkers should be placed on Groom.
Half of the time he is not looking at the
batter when he pitches with the men on
the bases, and the result is that ne grows
wild and gets himself into holes.
Groom has displayed this fault ever
since he has been here. and while numer-
Gus efforts have been made to break MIN
OF the habit but little progress has been
made 1t is a matter that Groom must
correct himself and when he does there
will be lot of difference in his pitching
Larry Lajoie who is leading tine Ameri-
can League in hitting. looks much lighter
this spring than he has in years yes.
dc fOh Il
was last year, and / have been hitting
fairly well. but 1 only got one hit In
those last three games. and that is GER
tainy not going well. 1 got a much bSt-
ter start this year than usual. and II 1
have any luck l may finish at the top
this year..
..Chief Bender pitched the greatest
game of ball / ever looked at the other
day when he shut us out without hit.
remarked Addie Joss, who also holds
some no-h.t pitching RECORDS. He mad
absolute control OF the ball. He could put
IL just where he wanted to, and while
there were several balls hit hard. they did
not go safe. l watched every move he
made and must confess that l never saw
more artistic exhibition. You know
when you are IN one of those games you
don't realize just how you look from the
side lines. Well. had good chance to
watch Bender. and consider his feat one
of the greatest in the history of base
ball
1t will be Joss Falkenberg against
either Johnson or Walker this after
noon.
Bob Groom pitched splendid ball in the
two tight places he found himself yester-
day In the fourth. when Gaandil opened
with a two-bagger and Cole singled after
Barrow had fouled out. it looked like
curve breaking like flash. fooled Pur-
tell into hitting up fly. of which Street
took splendid care, making the catch
right off OF the grandstand, and then
roy.
II was in the seventh that Groom was
forced 10 do his best. for he gave two
passes hit man and allowed an infeld
hit in this inning. yet but one run was
scored, and that was forced over the
plate. IL took good pitching and good
support TO pun out OF that situation. for
base hit had it come in there would
have blown thagaEne.
That infield of the Sox is much too err
rattle to warrant the team from finishing
well Up in the race. notwithstanding the
fact that Chicago can boast of q great
pitching staff. Good pitching must be
hacked up with good fielding. but that
Sox infe'd is apt to go UP at any mo-
rert. The youngsters are not settled
down properly. though all of them appear
20 have ability. Blackburn did not create
TIE impression here that he Is Il high
class bail player. He acts and handles
himself much as did Davy Altizer when
he ATTEMPTED TO play the infield few
years ago. Intact, he resembles Altizer
i'll many ways
Manage Duffy thinks Blackburn will
improve. but he will have To in order to
hold his own with the shortstOpS OF the
Other American League teams.
Yourg Cy Young. who shut out the
Tigers TIE last time out. was looked upon
as certainty to beat the Nationals. He
did not last two innings MANAGERS who
figure that all they have To do is 10 put
a left-hander In against the Nationals in
order 10 beat them viii find that the team
is not as weak in this respect as 1t has
been in former seasons. The local bat
tiers have been up against the side wheel
ers so much that they have become ac-
customed to their sants and are batting
much more effectively against them.
Joe Birmingham, the greatest thrower
in the business, Joined the Maps here
this morning. Joe has been under the
weather since the team returned
from the south, but he is all right again
and expects To break into the game as
soon Mcguire finds il necessary tG
use him.
When IL comes to touching runners al
third Elberfeld hasn't an equal in the
business. In the third inning yesterday
with Zeider at second. Groom and Nc