Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-06-16
BY J. ED GRILLO.

| Manager NIcAleer returned from Bos-
| ton this morning empty handed SO far as
securing any players in trade or by pur-
chase is concerned. He spent two days
with Owner John l. Taylor of the Red
Sox, but failed to persuade him in making
| any sort of dicker.
:! According to McAleer, Taylor is fearful
of making any trades just now. There
has been such roar among the Boston
fans because of the trade of the National
League club with Chicago, whereby the
Boston club secured Catcher King and
| a bunch Of other material. that Taylor
fears TO make move dreading the criti-
| cism that might follow.
There will be nothing doing with Tay-
| Tor for while said McAleer. He is not
| ready to make any swaps or sell any OF
| his players. / made him several very
| fiattering offers. but he turned them all
down because he believes the Boston pub
lie is not ready to have any shifts made
at this time. That deal with chicago
BY the National League club has put
that club in worse than ever before, and
TAYLOR very wisely is not taking any
chances of getting the public down on
his club, so my trip proved frultlesS.
Later on there may be a chance, but now
L
Irwin were also turned down, so that
really have no kick coming.
Red Walker gave a splendid exhibition
of bunting in yesterdays game. Whlch
earned him two base hits. In the first
inning he showed the ball past Powell
and easily heat it to first and in the ffth
inning he duplicated this play perfectly.
Walker was up to sacrifice OH both oc-
casions, but showed the ball past the
,,ito haf tho second haSpmdN
could handle it he was safe on the bag.
The youngster has considerable speed.
for there are few right-handers who could
have beaten out these hits.
When Hogan and Mclean joined the st.
Louis club some weeks ago there was
considerable grumbing among local pa
irons of the game because these payers
had not been secured for the Nationals
But on their showing here McAleer did
not miss much when he passed up this
pair. Hogan and Mclean are fairly good
hittars. but neither can field up to the
standard and. in fact. do not look as II
they were high-class ball players.
Simply because one team has lead
of five or six runs does not assure VIC
tory in these days of the lively pail
team is apt to go in any inning and
drive i'm that many runs and do 1t without
wasting much time. 1t is noticeable that
once n team starts hitting this new ball
it is hard to stop it. Hughes trouble yes
terday was lack of control. He got him.
self into a hole on almost every man
that faced him and then 1t required
lot of stuff to get him out of 1t. Finally
in the eighth Long Tom found himself
in trouble and Groom was substituted. No
one was particularly pleased with the
change. for 1t was doubtful if Bob was
the right man to stop rally, but he &C
Quilted himself nobly after hit and
run had been scored off of him.
Clyde Milan gave splendid sprinting
exhibition in the first inning. when he
circled the bases on his lit over Meloan's
head. He made it easily before the ball
could be relayed to the plate.
When the fnfield on the local grounds
is shifted and left field will be clear of
Instructions Clarence Walker will have
an opportunity to show what sort or a
fielder he u.s. He handles himself so well
now under handicap that he is creating
the impression that he will prove mar
vel once he gets on an open field. There
is lot of action about Walker. He can
get his hands on a ball and throw it
about as fast as any outfielder in the
league and yesterday his throw to the
plate In the ninth undoubtedly saved the
game. What is more about Walker, is
that he does not mind covering lot of
ground to back Milan up. Whenever
ball is hit into Milan's territory Walker
is sure to be behind him backing up.
Many a ball game can be saved in this
way and incidentally 1t makes a splendid
impression with the spectators to see
player who is always in the game
Schaefer's playing continues to be of
the highest calber Once in while a
play comes up at first over which he
hesitates, but that is simply the result
of lack of experience in the position. But
at the bat and on the bases Schaefer
is putting up a remarkable game Of bali.
He Is doing about everything that a