Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-07-02

VIII have to take d decided brace TO
hold up its end against New York this
cago and Cleveland are going well, not
10 speak of Detroit.
1t was supposed that the squeeze play
had been discarded BY most teams. 1t
has not been pulled off on the local field
this year, and hardly more than cnce all
of last season. YESTERDAY. however. the
Athletics pulled it twice, and success
fully. In the second inning. with Mcln-
ness on third. by virtue of his triple and
one man out, Barry, who had two strikes
gave the sign for the squeeze. and laid
down perfect bunt while McIrness tore
for the plate. Naturally every one was
caught standing still on this play, for, no
one would expect to see il done with
two strikes on the batter. Ii was not
good base ball, but Barry got away with
1t. In the sixth Strunk pulled the same
play with Coombs on third. and scored
his man, though Mcbride got his tap in
time TO throw Strunk out at first.
Big Six Brewer, a local catcher, was
on the bench with the Nationals yes,er-
day. and will in all probability be taken
to Boston by McAleer. McAleer. by the
way. expects Ainsmith to join the team
there, and while he may not be able to
get into the game right away, he will he
carried along and used in the event of
emergency.
John Henry is far from being a finished
catcher. but no youngster ever gave more
promise. Henry is going to be a great
ball player one of these days, and he ap-
pears to have better chance to make a
good catcher than anything else.
There is every reason to believe that by
the time the Nationals return here from
the trip on which they start in Boston
Monday the local park will be about com
pleted. IT is promised that the stands
will be covered and the double decker
ready for occupancy. while the field will
be shifted SO as to give q clear playing
field. This work will be pushed to the
limit. now that the team is away and
there will be no interference. Switching
the diamond Is going to make whole
lot of difference i'm the games here. for
there is no doubt that the short left field
has been great handicap to playing real
base ball here.
The paid attendance at Yesterdays game
was 6,457 a splendid crowd when the ac-
commodatiOns are taken into considera.
ton. When the park is completed and if it
is ever the good fortune to have a winner
here the attendance figures of the local
club will compare favorably with those of
any city near its size in either major
league.
One of the prettiest double plays seen
here this season was executed by Gun
nngham, Mcbride and Schaefer in the
fifth inning. Coombs had hit safely when
Lord sent a sharp grounder toward sec
ond. Cunningham just got to the ball
while running at full speed. and tossed it
to Mcbride, who made perfect throw to
Scha0fer in time to retire Lord.
Elberfeld's triple in the fourth was a
sharp line drive to right center. Strunk
misjudged the ball and came in for it.
but ii was feet over his head, and he
probably would not have been able to
reach 1t had he sighted it properly in
the first place.
Cunningham has fallen into the bad
habit of pulling away from the plate,
and there is no doubt that this is af-
fecting his hitting. Last fall the young
ster's stand at the plate was near per-
feet. and he was hitting accordingly Now
his left foot pulls away nearly three
feet, and the result is that he misses the
ball by a similar distance unless it is
pitched to the inside to him, and, of
course, opposing pitchers take care not
to do that Cunningham should try to
remedy this fault. and If he does he il
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