The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1911-03-21
By WILLIAM PEET.

SxHnL to The Washington Herald.
Atlanta. Ga, March n.-Pitcher Bill
otey, who held Conroy's Shamrocks to
six hits in the practice game this morn
ing, and lost his game, to 2. was badly
hurt. and may be out Of commission for
some time to come.
The accident happened in the seventh
inning. when Otey covered first base on
ground ball hit to Henry. The big pitch
er stumbled over the bag Just as he
caught the ball and measured his length
On the grass Otcy insisted ON finishing
out the inning, but was in agony when
he reached the bench. In making the
step he pulled the muscles in the region
Of his groin, and did the worst possible
thing by finishing out the game, despite
the protests of several OF the players.
Tn not yellow" declared Otey, ''and
Tn going to see this game through
which he did. and. to Otey's credit be It
said. it was through no fault Of his that
the regulars were beaten
Manager McAleer was not told of Otey's
injury until after the game, and his re-
marks were far from pleasant to the old
timers. In the future vouchsafed Man
agr Jim. Il want you boys TO tell me
when somebody gets hurt. 1 insist on
this, and it will go hard with anybody
who refuses to come Clean
Otey consulted a doctor late tonight
who diagnosed the case as a slight strain,
and prescribed a rest OF a day or so.
Trainer Joe Quirk was considerably wor-
ried. and said: II will not permit Otey to
put on a uniform tomorrow unless he
convinces me that he is all right"
Dolly Grny In Good Form
AS for the game itself, the regulars
were beaten fairly and squarely. They
were utterly powerless before Dolly Gray.
who allowed but seven hits. and kept
them well scattered. Otey. who twirIed
for the first team, gave a great exhibit
ton, and deserved better things.
So effective were the pitchers that only
one player connected for an extra base
Eddie Ainsmith. in the seventh, clouted
two-basger to deep left.
Owing TO Sundays heavy rain. the
ground was soft. and at first the keeper
of the park refused to allow the Nation
ais to go on the field; but the sun was
so hot, and it was so warm and balmy
that he relented, and. after short bat
ting practice. the game started with
Manager McAleer and Mike kahoe doing
the hoEors as umpires
The regulars were first to score send
ing home Cunningham in the second in
ming. GeSsler, first up. famed Cunning
ham singled TO left Mcbride hit savagely
TO center, and the bail got away from
Swain. When il was recovered Cunning
ham has reached third. Henry hit a
sharp grounder to Dclivclt, who threw
out Mcbride al second. but on this play
Cunningham crossed the plate
The hamroCkS came back in the third
with a couple of taliies. Bunting walk
ed for a starter. Ainsmith fell victim
TO Oteys shoots and famed Gray cut
loose with a single, and Bunting reached
third Miller walked. Lelivelt hit to Otey.
but the lattcrS throw found Henry off
the base and Bunting came home Miller
going to third. Lelivelt started to steal
second and was safe A mile. as Gabby
Street made miserable throw. On this
play Miller crossed the plate. From
this time until the eighth both pitchers
were mighty effective, but when the
Shamrocks opened the eighth Corbin was
safe on first when Henry made a poor
throw of an easy grOunder, the ball get
ting past Otey to the grandstand. Cor
bin ScOoted to second. Chief Swain
smashed out pretty single over second
and Corbin raced home. This run proved
the winning tally. although the regulars
bagged score in their half of the eighth
on Henrys single. a passed ball AMI
Stewards safe clout TO right center. Such
pitching as TIE teams were up against
this morning will come pretty near put
ting the Nationals in first-class fighting
trim for the opening OF the American
League season. AS the practice games
continue the pitchers will grow better
and the games closer.
There are only a few crippfes on the
squad right now and warm weather will
soon set them right