Evening star., 1911-05-28
M'ALEER AFTER PAUL COBB,
BROTHER OF FAMOUS TY
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infieId were dificult ones and were ali
accepted without wobble. Mcbride did
some splendid work. and close behind him
came Conroy. while Henry made several
great stops. one OF which he took away
in front Of Cunningham and threw to
second In time for force out.
The canvas screens worked to perfec-
ton. In fact. they made the grandstand
more comfortable than would a roof, for
1t was pleasant and cool and there was
no part Of the field that could not be
seen from any corner OF the stands.
It has been decided not to add the forty
feet to left field pavilion this season.
The Iay-off has not been a detriment to
Gabby Street He caught IN his usual
form yesterday. and incidentally contrib
uted two base hits which helped to win
the game. Charley did not have to do
much throwing, however. for few efforte
were made to steal. His lay-off will no
doubt keep his arm weak for few days
yet for lack of practice.
Left-handed pitchers no longer have the
terrors for the Nationals they had in
former seasons. On the whole the locals
have been rather effective against the
southpaws this season. as Ray Collins
will attest after his experience of yes
terday. OF course. there will be left-hand-
ers who will pitch great games against
the locals. and no doubt beat them, but
they Will be just as troublesome to the
right-handed hitters as they are to the
left-handers. But Milan. Lelivelt and
Gessler are much stronger against them
now than they were formerly. The south
paws curve ball is not fooling them as
it used to. This is particularly true of
Lelfvelt. who. since he has assumed
Sam Crawford stand at the plate. has
Inns y,AW hnxto -
ter.
Heinie Wagner has played but two
games on the local field this season. and
sons errors. Things don't seem to break
we'll for the Red Sox captain when he is
playing here, and his boots have con-
tributed to two defeats the Hub team has
left here. Wagner is considered one of
the best fielders OF his position in the
league. and 1t just seems to be hard luck
that he cannot get things to break for
him when playing here.
Bill Cunningham had to be given credit
for peculiar sacrifice fly yesterday. AS
rule this play comes up when a long
fly is hit to the outfield and a man scores
from third base. after the ball is caught.
But Cunny's was a foul fly high in the
air. and very close to the grandstand,
which Engel caught after a hard run.
Lelivelt scored after the ball was caught
and Cunningham was given credit for
having made sacrifice fly.
Herman Schaefer displayed more abil-
ity as q coacher at third base yesterday
than any member of the local team has
shown there in many a day. He was
tances perfectly. 1t was he who chased
Milan In In the first inning. He also sent
Lelivelt in from third after Engel had
caught Cunningham's foul iy. His judg-
ment was excellent and he proved the
right man in the right place. Schaefer
Is suffering from a charley-horse which
does not show when he is walking, but
makes 1t impossible for him to run. But
for this he would be in the game, for he
easily leads the team in hitting, with an
average not far below 400.
It requires patience and encourage
ment to develop young ball players.
This is specially true il they happen to
the ability and gets or well is sure to (
all the praise and encouragement he
needs. and more too. but the fellow. who
starts poorly and then is unfortunate
there are men on the. bases needs every
help he can get from the spectators and
the patience of the manager.
There Is no doubt that Cunningham haA
the making OF good ball player. but his
first year in fast company has not start
ed very auspiciously. yet he win make
good II given the chance. McAleer has
exercised every patience with the young
ster and the patrons Of the game should
give him every encouragement. He
shows enough iH most games to warrant
the predictioH That the time IL not far
or when he will be q most valuable mem
sber of stheseeaAn. : - 49,
Though Walter johnson would seem to
be the logical man to use in a pinch when
the other team is threatening to over
come q lead late In the game 1t Is not
likely that johnson will be called upon
very soon again to stem tho tide OF de-
feat.
McAleer's experience in Detroit last
Tuesday. when, with a good lead he
called on Johnson to relieve Dolly Gray,
has decided him not to call on johnson
under such conditions again unless Il Is
absolutely necessary. Since taking hold
OF the Nationals McAleer has had sew
eral similar experiences with johnson.
and he has come to the conclusion that
for some reason or other he Is not the
most valuable man to use in a pinch.
This duty wiM fall on Tom Hughes
shoulders in the future. for Long Tom
has never failed to make good in a tight
place this spring.
Mike Kahoe left last night for New
Orleans. where he goes to look over
First Baseman Johnson. The Detroit
Is willing to turn over to the Washing
ton club, and kahoe Is going to look at
the youngster to determine whether he
will be Of any benefit to the locals. There
are several other players In that region
that Mike wants to get a look at while
on this trip.