Evening star., 1911-05-25
Special Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
DETROIT, Mich, May 25.-Had Hughie
Jennings been able to inject just a bill
of that ambition which he calls pep
into the Nationals, Jimmy McAleer
team would leave town tonight with the
credit Of having beaten Detroit at least
three out of four games in the series
Had the Nationals tried they could have
been the first club in the American
League to achieve this distinction this
year. AS I. is, they kicked two con-
tests into the Tigers lap by lack Of am
bition and will have to fight hard today
to take the fourth contest Of the series
and make 1t an even break. Listless
base running and Hstless fielding is the
main fault of the Nationals. They have
demonstrated in three games that they
can make hits when they are demanded
but they fail to take advantage of them
They do not play their string out and
they appear to be holding back all the
while.
McAleer was In a fit of rage after yes
terdays game and today his talk was
chock full of sarcasm. He has had many
opportunities to be disgusted in his ca
reer as manager, but the work of his
men In Detroit this year has upset him
more than any of the woeful incidents
that he has been forced to endure In
the past.
The Nationals came to town with a
corps of pitchers fit to beat any club
They were at least primed to give the
Tigers one sad walloping. The pitchers
did their part nobly, but the men III
back of them undid about everything
that the pitchers accomplished Take
Groom yesterday. He pitched magnificent
ball He was wild, that's true, but on
two occasions he found himself in the
center of the stage, one Tiger down and
the bases packed with Bengals- This
occurred in two innings and on each oc-
casion the man who faced Groom with
one down and the bases stuffed with
Tigers was Sam Crawford On one oc-
caSlon he struck out and on another
he lifted a weak pop-up to Conroy. Out
of these two occasions Detroit got one
run. That was in the seventh. Groom
had walked Jones. Bush and Cobb after
Works grounded out. Crawford popped
to Conroy and Delehanty hit sharp
grounder to short for single.
In the fifth Groom had the bases full.
with one down, and he struck out both
Crawford and Delehanty. 1t Is true Bob
was wild, but when the occasion demand
ed he settled down and made the Tigers
look foolish. But the team behind him
couldn't stand that kind Of prosperity and
it finally had to boot 1t to the former
champions.
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Mcbride and Milan have been the two
real energetic performers of the McAleer
forces. The shortstop has pulled off re-
-Four times yesterday he threw out Tigers
on grounders that he picked up in a ter
ritory that could better De calico snort
left than deep short.
couldn't invite Ralph Works to have any
respect for him. Ralphie. on the other
hand, had as much respect for GeS.ler
as he lacked for Mcbride. With two run
ninth Gessler walked to the plate. Works
purposely walked him to get at Nc
Bride, and George sailed a long fly into
left which Jones caught. Again in the
eleventh there was a man on second and
two down when Gessler came to bat.
and again Gessler was walked purposely.
and the stunt succeeded, as Mcbride flied
to Bush.
Mcbride came near being the victor in
a little hand-to-hand battle with Davey
Jones. 1t appears that every time the
Nationals come to town the tenor-voiced
outfielder of the Tigers finds himself
inclined to engage In some kind of a
row. Last year he rushed at McAleer
ager. The reason Davey didn't go to the
hospital for that was because five or
six people held McAleer and McAleer
didn't see Jones rushing up behind his
back IN the first place.
In the tenth inning yesterday Davey
stole second. Mcbride had the ball
waiting for him. but Jones indelicately
showed his spikes into the waiting hand
Of Monsieur Mcbride He ripped II
beautifully. and the ball rolled aws>
This angered Mcbride. and he talked to
Jones about willful spiking of players
Jones didn't like 1t. Warm words shot
back and forth, and Jones finally got off
the bag and began getting his hands
and arms into fighting pose. Mcbride
liked the start and was ready to pro-
vide the finish. He came forward to meet
Jones, and Big Bill Dineen here found
himself compelled to stop what promised
to be z Mcbride walkaway. William
showed the prospective combatants to one
side and George Moriarty rushed upon
the scene and showed Davy back on the
bag, while a few players held Mcbride
The war ended a few moments later.
McAleer changed his lineup yesterday
and did a little switching that should
have brought the proper result, and
would have brought il had the indi-
viduals tried their best Schaefer was
sent to the coaching line and Somerlot
| to first Schaefer gave the audience
plenty of amusement, and was also in
strumental in getting Washington hel