Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-05-05
SHERRY GIVES PROMISE OF
BECOMING VALUABLE PITCHER
Youngsters Holds Champions to One Hit in
-Four Innings-Nationals Continue to
Display Weakness With Bat.

whit " QUA nave nHfn 4 sure 1Nt-HdS SfI,
but he stumbled over the bag and by the
time he got up and started to run again
lie found the ball at second waiting for
him.
Ills single IN tho ffth caused him to
take another fall. In fact. he seemed
have trouble with his feet all day.
When Clyde Milan drops a fly ball it
is high time that something would hap
pen, and it did in the fifth Yesterday.
Murphy. the first man up, hit n long one
10 center. Milan got under II, but muffcd.
and then the trouble started, six runs
being chased over the plate before the
side could be retired.
Tom Hughes should not have been sent
in to pitch yesterday. Long Toms arm is
as sore as n. boil, but McAleer needed
some one he could rely ON 10 pitch, and
EIughe~ volunteered, Every ball he sent
toward tn" plate caused him "Ncruciating
pain, and when errors began to come
with base hits. Tom saw II WAS time to
get out of harms way Walker, who fol-
lowed, WAS made to order for the Mack
men, and they pounded him at will.
sherry, however. held them fast after he
got on the rubber.
The first five hits made of krause were
two haGgors. but only Elhcrfclds was
clean cut.
Connie Macks team is most danger
Gus one with the bat. once it gets start
ed on n pitcher II is hard to stop it. In
all of its games this season its players
hit consoCutivcly, and il is this fact
which gives the team "A grand chance TO
win the pennant again this year. notWith
standing the poor start 1t got in the
spring. The Athletics have lot of CON
fidence i'll themselves. and they do not
appear to be in the least worried because
Of the long lead the Detroit team has Sc
cured They argue that they will do
almost as we'll when they strike the
western teams, and 1t would not surprise
them at all If they We're leading the pro-
cesSion by the time they return TO their
own grounds, early in June This, of
course, is expecting great deal, and Yet
the strength is with the Athletics, and
all they need is the good breaks to &C
compliSh the feat. But Detroit VIII have
to he reckoned with beyond doubt.
That Athletic outfed does not imuress
one as being of championship caiher-
The performance of Strunk aud Oldring
was rather amateuriSh in yesterdays
game. They did not seem to have any
understanding about going after flies,
and on several occasions they came very
near coming together This pair WAS also
very slow in going after Milan's scratch
hit, and allowed him to stretch it into a
double in the third. But Mack's team Is
so strong on the slab and In the infield
that it can worry along with a couple of
fellows like Oldring and Strunk.
Bill Otey IS slated TO pitch today, and
II is more than likely that Eddie Plank
will oppose him. For Saturday it is likely
that Bender will work for the champions
while it is assured that Walter Johnson
will be on the slab for the Nationals
So anxious is Manager McAleer to Sc
cure a hard-hitting outiieder or two that
he has promised Scout kahoe a large
bonus if he succeeds i'll finding the right
material. McAleer would give most any
thing for a player who can hit. The
weakness of the team with the bat this
spring has been a source Of much worry
to him, and he proposes tn have every
minor league i'll the country searched for
players who will help him out.
Give the Nationals a we'll pitched game
and the team looks as good as any in the
circuit. But let the pitching he a triile
off, and it appears To be outc!assod. for
the reason that its hitting is weak it
cannot overcome slip-up by its pitchers.
To date I'll" Nationals have averaged
hardly two runs per game. and 1t is easy
to see the kind Of a game the pitchers
must deliver in order to get the right
end of the decision.
The failure of Bill Cunningham to hit
well up with the leaders this spring IS Il
surprise to Manager McAleer and dis
appointment to Cunningham. Though he
stands up well and picks out good balls
TO hit at Bill is not getting his share OF
hits. In fact. he is not hitting the ball as
often as he should But he is full of de-
termination. and keeps plugging away in
the hope that one of these days he will
find his stride and make up for lost time.
The following figures tell more of yes
terday's defeat. The score:
McInnes' drive in the fifth. which klber-
field knocked down with his chest. was
one of the hardest hits of the day. The
Kid could not get his hands up in time
TO field the ball. so chested it, 1t bounded
in front Of it. and he was after 1t like a
cat got II too late to make the play at first.
but made a desperate effort to beat Muir
ply who was coming over from third to
the bag. Murphy beat the play. but it
showed that Elberfeld thinks quickly and
Is not afraid to take a chance.
Harry Krause, who year before last was
one of the sensations Of the league. APP
pears to be In much better form than he
was last season. ard this fact is of the
greatest Importance to the Athletics for
If he is able to work occasionally and de-
liver thus giving the other members OF
Mack's pitching STAFF chance TO rest. he
will be of great aid to the champions.
Baker and Collins were not in very good
batting form yesterday. this pair OF stars
getting but two hits between them.
Had one or two OF these scratch two
haceerS dropped in at the right time yes
terday there would probably nave been
\ different story to tell of the game But
all kut two oi tho $.N Her" E7$t"'- an"