Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-04-19
By J. ED GRILLo.

Having made almost every possible
experiment in right field, excepting
the playing Of Wild Conroy there. none
Of which has proven satisfactory.
Manager McAleer has decided to place
Warren Miller in that position. and he
will be kept there until such time as
he proves unworthy Of 1t. All Miller
will have to do is to hold UP his end
with the bat. McAleer is willing to
put UP with his other shortcomings
providing he can hit, for he feels that
Miller will have an average Of four
chances at the bat and may have but
few in the field. Hitting Is needed in
that outf1eld, and Miller looks like the
most likely one Of the several men who
might be played in that position. in
this respect II shall keep Miller in
right field" said McAleer, until he
proves that he can't fill the bill.
shall make no more changes. for a
while. at least. and maybe not at all.
Schaefer is doing good work in left
now. and shall keep him there until
he slumps. I believe that by keeping
Schaefer and Miller in the field they
VIII both improve steadily. and at any
rate am going to take q chance"
Bob Groom is down to do the pitch
ing today. Bob's game against Bos-
ton showed him to be in good form,
and with a break he should perform
even better today.
That knowledge Of pitching Is more
valuable than speed or curves was illus
trated by Tom Hughes against the New
York teams yesterday. No pitcher ever
worked batters more cleverly than did
Hughes. He seemed to size up his man
when he first stepped to the plate. and
then his calculations seldom went wrong
It was as clever a pitching performance
as has been seen on the local lot in many
q day. Though he started rather un-
steadily. Long Tom gradually improved
as the game went along. Inning after in
ming he moFed done his opponents with
out allowing them q run. He was in sew
erai tight places. to be sure. but he work
ed himself out Of these with that same
determination and tenacity which has
always characterized his pitching.
Hughes Is sure to be q most valuable
member OF McAleer's pitching stan If
his first performance Of the season can
be no easy matter for any Of the other
twirlers to wind up the season with a
better record than he. Hughes will not
be worked often. His arm. perhaps,
more than once q week. but II given
that much rest he II sure to win q large
majority of his games.
Clyde Milan is beyond doubt the great
est fielding outdelder in the American
League. This does not bar Speaker, Cobb
or any one else. The remarkable exhi-
bition of fielding that Milan has given in
the five games on the local grounds this
season proves him to be in a class by
himself. In every one Of these games he
has succeeded In making apparently i'm
possible catches. He has gone to the
fence and pulled down hits. and he has
| como In and slid within few feet OF the
diamond and caught the ball. Great
catches are made occasionally by all out
flelders. but Milan makes them every
day. His ability in covering ground. the
certainty with which he judges balls that
It seems impossible for him to reach, to-
gether with the fact that he can go as
/ far to one side as the other. backward OF
forward. undoubtedly entities him to the
honor Of being the best fielder in this
league. il not in the base ball world.
Herman Schaefer should be credited
with four hits IN yesterdays game. Three
Of these were clean and the other Is q
gift. under the rules. When in the fifth
inning Schaefer hunted. with Hughes on
| second and Milan on third. the ball was
| thrown to third base to force Hughes.
j The umpire, however, called Hughes safe,
| and here Is where the rule applies:
"a hit shall be given any batter who.
when he placed hunt hit In order to
| advance a baserunner, when no one Is
| out. or when one man Is out. and play
| Is made at any base in order to put out q
sSsi e eredted tn With hit
1 There is no way Of getting away from
that rule, and Schaefer, therefore, is en-.
titled to four hits.
i It will be long time before team
will have the bases full twice in one game
1 with none out and fall to score run
which happened to the Nationals yester
day. In both the fifth and seventh In
nings every base was occupied and none
was out vet q single run failed to score
1 Hughes should have trotted home in th<
ffth when Elberfeld sent q fly to Vol
tiers, but for some unaccountable reason
he remained glued on the bag and the
Of the infield.
! AS a batter Charles Conway. who made
his debut yesterday. might prove very
satisfactory in one of the outfield posi-
lions. but this company is too fast tt
team who can't throw more than ninety
feet and Is none too good q fielder.
H. McAleer could probably worry hlons
with Schaefer and Lelivelt alternating &
left field. Schaefer, In fact. has Gotter
such q good start this spring that : hi
Emay prove q valuable man for the team
II played regularly. He IS the Tastes,
the game thoroughly and always stands
! q chance OF holding up his end with thu
bat.
/ Gessler may come back ana play RICH,
field II Miller or Conway can't ali thu
bill. Miller is good hitter against right
and none too good q fielder or thrower.
i Let any club find itself unable to hit q
I pitcher AND Il Immediately becomes less