Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-10-01
McALEER HOPES TO
SECURE GEORGE MCBRIDE
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safe hunts, and their other safeties were
rather scratchy, but they all count in
| the averages.
Doc Gessler has gone home. He. had
some business which requires his imme-
| date attention, and he obtained permits
sion from Jim McAleer to leave the team
| From this out Tom Long Will be found in
| right field.
Though there have been innumerable
opportunities to work the squeeze pay
this season yesterday was the first time
that the Nationals ever attempted the
| play on the local grounds during the
present campaign, and 1t worked success
fully In the third inning, with Milan
on third, Schaefer gave him the sign and
Milan tore for the plate, while Schaefer
dropped a bunt past Works which gave
him a hit and allowed Milan to score
easily For a team which does not wear
any medals for run-getting many games
| might have been saved had the squeeze
| play been attempted more frequently.
John Henry received several hard raps
| from fouls on the shins, and one of his
fingers was also injured in this manner
| He stuck gamely to his job. however, I'M
| til the injuries became so painful that he
called for help. 1t was because another
catcher was to have been used. had 1t
| been necessary that Cashon was sent
| to bat for Henry. He responded with
| two-bagger, hitting a ball through the
pitchers position which DOME Bush de-
! Elected sufficiently to allow the big pitcher
| to take two bases.
| When it comes to persistent perform
er with the stick Sam Crawford must
not be overlooked There is nothing
he seldom has anything to say or does
| anything to attract attention to him
| self, but every year he is found up
with the leading hitters. and he does
f,rlr
| does not possess the speed necessary to
! beat out infeld drives In the opinion
| Of many players Crawford is a harder
hitter than Cobb. for his hits are near
| ly all made clean drives to the
outfield.
| There are at least two positions on
the Detroit team that Jennings hopes
to strengthen before next season. He
is not satisfied with Drake in left, and
he would prefer harder hitter than
Moriarty at third, though he realizes
that Morey is a most valuable player.
Jennings has quite batch OF young
sters coming in, and he hopes to ind
the men he needs during the spring
training trip. 1t is, Of course, need
less to say that the Tigers manager
is by no means satisfied with his pitch
ing corps. and he is particularly anx-
ious to add some strong material to
this department. He believes, too, that
he will be able to accomplish this. as
pitchers, who will report in the spring.
Hughey believes that with these holes
| plugged up he will be able to beat
| the Athletics to the wire in the next
| campaign.
! At this season of the year left center
| field is one Of the hardest in the country
| to play on the local grounds. Nearly ev-
| cry ball that is hit in this direction
passes through the glare of the sun at
some time or other. and this makes it
very difficult for the fielders to judge flies
in that territory, which undoubtedly &C
counts for some of the rather uncertain
work that has been done there of late.
Donnie Bush made a great stop and
throw in the seventh inning, when with
and two infield outs Schaefer hit sharp
grounder past third. Moriarty could not
reach the ball. but Bush, backing him up,
got it on the grass and without ever
and beat Schaefer a step to first base.
No play of the day was as much appre-
ciated as this one by the large crowd.
Cornelius mapping. Yesterday he gave
Bender his first workout in weeks, and
he showed fairly good form against the
Maps. Bender, who has been sick, pitched
for five innings, when Krause, another
pitcher who may work in the world S
| series IL the others do not come up to
expectations. held the Maps to two hits
during the remainder of the game.
| Krause's experience. by the way, should
teach our own Buck Becker d lesson.
| When Krause broke in he had little or
| no curve ball and, while he got bril-
| liant start, he soon found that his speed
| and control alone were not enough to
| keep up the pace. So he started out to
| imprve his curve, in which, according
| to Mack, he has succeeded. Becker is
n fnJ live
would be wise for him to make a siren
| uous effort to improve himself in this
respect. 1t is said Of Becker that if he
had good curve ball he would be one
| of the most successful left-handers in the
| league.
1t is doubtful if any other player but
F,lberfeld would have been hit with the
! ball with which Works ended the game
yesterday. 1t would not have required much
of an effort to avoid this bail, but Elberfeld
has never been able to do that, and he
| took the blow and won the game.
! Elberfeld is probably hit more often
with pitched balls than any other player
in the country. He is full Of knots as a
result of these blows. yet he does not
| display the slightest timidity at the plate,
game.
| If some of the youngsters who break
| into fast company were not SO careful
of their ribs 1t might help them material
| ly in their batting
The change that has taken place in
! Milans position at the plate is becoming
| more noticeable every day. When Milan
| first broke in here he had a crouch much
| like that employed by George Stone, then
| one of the best hitters in the league.
| Now Milan stands up straight. much
after the order of Cobb and Jackson, and
| he appears to be a much more consistent
hitter as a result.
There has been an old fashioned idea
| prevalent for years that player cannot
| improve his batting, and yet there are
many instances where that has been &C
complished. OF course it is no easy
matter to make a Slugger out of a weak
| hitter, but there is hardly a case where
| a player cannot improve his hitting some
what by giving the subject proper thought
and indulging in lots of practice
1t is a peculiar coincidence that when
Clyde Milan plays against Ty Cobb he
does his best work. Not only does he
usually figure in some sensational field
ing feat, but he hits the ball better than
at any other time. In the four Detroit
games just closed Milan hit close to 800,
while he also stole several bases and
held his own with Ty in this respect.
Bob Grooms record of twelve strike
outs against the Detroit team yesterday
Will go down in history as one of the
seasons pitching feats. Bob had an
enormous curve ball, which he used with
good Judgment. and this seemed to battle