Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-04-18

fast man on the bases and as hitter
is sure to be prominent this season. It
makes lot OF difference with a player
like HartzeI what kind of ball club
he Is playing on.
knight. Chase. Johnson and Hartzell
make good infield. and Wolter,
Hemphill and Cree a fast outfield.
which can do effective work with the
stick.
Chase seems to have injected life and
harmony into his players. and he does
not hesitate to make a change Of pitch.
ers nor to take a chance in changing
plays Yesterday. with WARRIOR on
first and the score tied and none out,
would sacrifice. The Nationals infield
was expecting this play. but VOTERS
hit at the ball and q line drive. which
fortunately was right at Cunningham.
resulted. Chase has his team doing the
unexpected very often. and it keeps the
other team on edge.
Had Henry been nailed at the plate in
the fourth inning. when he scored on
Streets single to left, because Cree's
throw bounded away from Blair, he
would probably have been condemned for
taking too long a chance. and yet it was
good base ball to take that chance. With
two men out and Otey up next the
third base. and, while anything like a
perfect throw would have caught him
at the plate. it was better to take a
chance on this than on Otey making
they frequently fail, must be taken un-
der such conditions II a ball team is to
win, and when they fail there is no kick
coming.
Ton, Hughes will be ready to take his
regular turn on the rubber shortly. Long
Tom in his workout yesterday morning
showed lot Of stuff, and all he needs
Is few warm days to have him on
edge.
To date the advantage of the short
left field has been with the visiting teams.
But two balls have been hit into the
stands by local batsmen, while five times
have the visitors driven into the pa
vilion for two bases. Boston got four
such hits. and Johnson of the Yankees
got one yesterday. 1t was to be ex-
pected that If there was any advantage
in a short field it would go to the other
fellows, for in this luck proposition the
Nationals have never been very promi-
nent.
John Henry continues to play a splen-
did game at first base. and he is always
there with his hit or two. On badly
thrown balls Henry is about as clever
as any first baseman in the league, and
than any man playing the position, not
even barring the premier Of them all, Hal
Chase.
Dixie" Walker disposed Of the first
two men who faced him, but Chase got a
single. He stole second and scored when
Hartzell hit safely. Knight followed
with a hit and Milan made a great catch
Of Crees short fly in right center.
Walker started the second poorly. After
having two strikes on johnson he walked
him. Johnson stole second and walked
home when Sweeney hit to deep left for
three bases. This ended Walker and Otey
took up the running. He struck out
Ables to start with and then got Wolter' s
grounder home in time to force Sweeney
at the plate. HemphilFs grounder was
also handled by Otey and the side was
out.
knights hit with two out in the third,
Cunningham's tumble and q two-hagger
by Johnson gave the visitors their third
run in the third inning.
The Nationals did not get busy until
the fourth. though Ables' witness gave
them chances in the early innings. But
Cunningham got the first. hit In the
fourth. q double to center. Gessler struck
out and Henry drove Cunny shome with
field play. but Henry. who had moved
I'D, scored when Street hit sharply to left
for a base Henry would have been nailed
at the plate had not Cree's throw bound
ed away from Blair.
II was a nip-and-tuck battle from this
out until the eighth, when the locals tied
the score. Milan opened with q hit. was
sacrificed to second by Schaefer and
trotted home when Elberfeld hit into the
pavilion 70 ra couple of sacks.
Another base hit would have won the