Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-04-24
ahop and His Undehand Delivery Slated to Fool Nationals Toda
WALTER JOHNSON WILL BE
OPPOSED BY WARRIOR TODAY
McAleer Thinks His Star Will Turn the
Trick Streets Record Sure to
Stand for a While.

owing to the rest which the players
| have had for two days. 1t had been
| figured that he would use Quinn Satur-
day afternoon. Now that WARRIOR has
| had time to take good breathing
spell Chase may put him in the box to.
| day. for that underhand delivery OF
which WARRIOR is so fond has proved to
be a vexing problem to the Washlng-
| tons on more than one occasion. He
pitched the last inning of the first
game. when Ford was taAen out OF the
| box to let Bailey bat for him. and, the
Nationals swung under the ball and
gauge It successfully. Warhop is a
I good spring pitcher. and his arm Is In
good condition. for his delivery is easy
and there is little strain to 1t.
| The inability of the Athletics to win
! is the talk Of all the ball players of
! both teams. The general impression Is
before long although some OF the men
seem to think that the Athletic pitchers
will not show the form they did in
1910, and If that proves to be the case
will have the time Of his life to pick
up another championship. The ruling
made by the Philadelphia manager par
ring the brides from trips with the
team causes grin on the faces of
some OF the older members OF the Ma
tionals.
Its. the old story said Kid Elberfeld
with 4 quiet chuckle. You can't mix
two kinds of sentiment. especially two
such dangerous sentiments as base ba!t
and love. When the season begins you've
got to give your attention to the business
at hand and not waste your time think.
ing of the fried chicken which Mary Will
have ready for you at home after the
game is over The ill success of the
the Washingtons to believe that they can
go over to Philadelphia and give the
Athletics a dose Of the same medicine
The players are not wholly in love with
the back tracking which they will have
to do on account OF this years arrange
ment of the schedule. After playing
New York they go to Philadelphia. and
when they are finished with Philadelphia
they double on their trail again and pass
through this city on their way to Bos-
ton. We'll see more Of New York this
spring in one way and another said
Walter Johnson. than I remember to
have seen of the city since I have been
member of the Washington club
AS it looks at present, double-headers
will be played right off the reel on the
next visit Of the Washingtons to New
York. There will be a double-header on
but an effort will be made to play both
of the postponed games the next time that
Washington is here. One double-header
will be scheduled for the first day of the
second UP ana the Otnef pfODaOlS VIII
be played on the Monday following. AS
the weather in June usually is excellent
In New York, the teams figure that they
will get all of their back-number con-
tests cleaned up and will have only an
ordinary series on the last visit. The
second trip here keeps the Washingtons
in New York over Sunday and then those
who did not see Coney Island this time
will have chance to visit the show.
Hal Chase was discussing Streets rec
ord Of six assists in one game and pre-
dicted that it would not be likely to be
broken during the season. 1t is GER
tainly high figure for catcher. and
the only way that Street seems to have to
better 1t is to find a lot of base runners
SO desperately bent on suicide that they
are willing to take chances on his whip"