Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-04-04
Special Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch 10 The Star
ATLANTA. Ga. April 4.-McBride's
Regulars banded Conroy's ShaInrocks a.
big walloping yesterday, winning the
game to 9 to 1 tune, by hitting the
ball hard. thus jumping into the lead in
The games played by the two teams to
date. the score now standing: Regulars,
Il: Shamrocks, >: tied. =
Bussey the spit-ball :rtist from the
Virginia League, was on the mound for
the Shamrocks. and went the whole dis
tancc- The Regulars seemed to take
liking to his curves. pounding out twelve
hits for seven bingIes. Fred Sherry
went the entire route for the Regulars
and Fred evidently had something. for
in but three innings could the Shamrocks
get hit, getting two in the third, sixth
and ninth, scoring only in the third. He
had pretty good control and received
excellent support on the part of his
teammates. The one tally of the Sham
rocks came in the third round. Ain
smith got d life on an error. but was
forced by Bussey. Schaefer beat out Il
hunt. sending Bussey to second. Con-
roy hit a felder's choice, and Bussey was
forced ut third. Conway singled, scoring
Schaefer
A base on balls to Milan, an iniield
out. on which he advanced ito second,
and Lelivelts single Tailed one for the
Regulars in the first round. Gessler got
a single in the second, but was caught
stealing. Mcbride then poled one to
deep left field and made the circuit with
ease Henry singled to start the fourth.
Street attempted to sacrifice, and when
Schaefer dropped Ainsmith's throw both
were safe. Sherry hit life, Milan hit
to Conroy and Henry was nailed at the
plate. Elberfed was hit by pitched
hell lii
ped out to second. but Cunningham
singled to center. scoring Sherry and
Milan. Doc GeSsler picked one the
nose to the center field bank in the
tripled to the right field bank in the
sixth and tailed on Elberfeld's sacrifice
fly to center field.
Clyde Milan was the fielding star of the
day, pulling off two sensational catches,
that caused considerable applause, there
being some 200 fans out to the game
In the first inning Corbin hit one on the
nose to deep left center. 1t passed Jack
Lellvelt in left, but Milan. Sprinting with
all his great speed. leaped in the air and
speared the ball with one hand. robbing
Corbin of well earned home run.
In the second inning Milan made one
OF the most sensational catches that has
ever been seen on the local lot. Miller
hit one right over the infield. With the
crack of the bat Milan came running in
1OT dnOs seeing tndt he was gong 10
miss 1t, he dove head first, grasping the
ball in his gioved hand and turning over
four times before he stopped. 1t was a
wonderful catch.
While Clyde Milan was having a great
day in the field, Germany Schaefer was
having an awful day, with four miscues
Schaefer Is still suffering from the cold
that he had in his back last week. and
was so weak that he could hardly get
n To- bnA oct
he had trouble getting up again without
1t paining him.
Manager McAleer made another shift
In his batting order and the lineup and
batting order that the Regulars had in
the game yesterday is the one that the
Nationals will start the season with
against Boston. Milan plays center and
Lelivelt, in left, is third; Cunningham. at
second. is fourth: Gesslar. in right. is
NTH: Mcbride. at short. is sixth: Henry,
1t first: is seventh; Street, behind the
bat is eighth. and then the pitcher. which
no doubt will be Walter Johnson.
Manager Conroy also shook up his bat
ting order with the return of Schaefer
TO the short field. He led off. Conway,
who played short during Germanys alb
sence, is batting third. in Ralston's place.
Conway taking Docs place in center
field. Corbin dropped from lead off to
clean up man. with the rest of the men
hating the same. John Somerlot batting
in sixth place for the Shamrocks, John
Henry being moved to the first squad.
= X
The pitching of Sherry and Bussey the
full nine rounds is but the carving out
of McAleers announcement that during
the last week of the training stay all of
the pitchers would be sent over the nine
inning route.
Is the kind of weather that the ball play
ers and their manager have been looking
for for some time. and when the Nation
ais blow into Washington next Sunday
men. all in good shape and ready for the
gong to sound.
One thing that did Manager McAleer's
heart more good than any one thing
since the team has been here was the
comeback OF Jack Leliveit and Doc
Gcssler in the hitting line. Both are
away down In the spring average figures,
and their bingles have been few and far
between. Jack has had but one hit in the
last ten gameS-an awful showing for a
hitter of Jacks ability.
I'm ashamed of myself" said Jack be-
fore he stepped up to the plate Monday,
then he cracked loose a bingle scoring the
first run OF the game lie made another
next time mp
Doc Gessler made his comeback even
times up one of them the home run
cIout TO deep center making him look
ike the hard-hittng Gessler of old.
X =
Doc Meyer is not yet himself from the
lick he received with a lire drive from
Corbins bat last week. His lip is entirely
well, but his nose is still sore and his
teeth are SO sensitive that he cannot chew
at all.
K
Doc Ralston. who was bought from
Akron by the Washington club last fall
is the first Of the recruits to be sent to
new fields. lie left this morning for Co.
lunbus. Ohio. to join Billy Friers Ameri-
can Association ball club representing the
city named His ticket arrived Yesterday
and with il assurances that he will get
chance to play regularly on the Class
A club.
= Z x
George McBride's eye is still a little
bioodshot from the soreness caused bv
getting cinder in his eye while walk
Ing out to the park SATURDAY. The
cinder stuck in the eyeball. and II was