Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-05-25
tDIXIE" WALKER CLAIMS
NEW YORK IS HIS .HOODOO"
Yankees Hit Him Hard, But Nationals Also
Hammered Quinn All Through
the Game.
Special Dispatch TO The Star.

Special Dispatch TO The Star
NEW YORK. May 25.-"This park has
always been a Jonah to me-" said Dixie
Walker after the game yesterday after
noon. Il pitched some pretty good games
on it, but I'll he blessed If I can win
them. II is true that | was batted hard
this afternoon. but that's just my foolish
luck for the next time that l get in
may not he batted hard. but our fellows
will be up against it with the bat, and
this afternoon Washington hit Quinn
harder than the team ever did
That's true too. The only reason why
Quinn got out of his trouble was that
the hits didn't happen to be long-distance
affairs The WaShingtons snapped at him
from the jump. and the fans were will
ing. after the first inning was half over.
to concede that the Washingtons Wouid
beat New York. because there isn't mucn
more than an ounce of commence IN the
team anyhow. But strangely enough the
Ilighlanders began to bat. and stlll more
strangely they didn't make any errors
Usually when they hit hard they make
about a bushei of errors and when tney
get started on the right way they are the
niftiest little error-making team that ever
happened.
They wouldn't skip Friday afternoon
Every ground ball except one was nam
died without miscue and there WASH
wild throw. That's something wnlcn
hasn't happened for more than '"o
weeks.
If ANYBODY should sit down and say in
cold blood that 1t was one or the most
interesting games to watch which mas
been PLAYED in New York this year there
might be some fans over in Washington
who would think that truth-stretcher
were at work. Nevertheless. it Is fact
I-a n fv,crt dY1ff w
work of the team was first class and II
was stacked against first-class work
That's why the game was good. ADDED 10
the fact that 1t was one of the prettesl
exhibitions of clean successful hitting
that has been seen on the Hilltop In
many a day.
Think of Washington. with fifteen clean
hts being beaten by team which had
xteen clean hits, and not a thing gained
Ivy either side on the fielding end of the
fray.
That's base ball worth looking at 1t
was linn who packed the game on Ice for
New York. With Quinn and Daniels on
bases i'm the seventh he hit the ball into
the center field stand for home run
Chase Cree. Simmons and Hartzell kept
right on batting, and the Highlanders
had five runs before they got through
That previous statement that W ashins-
toms one error did not have any effect
on the score wasn't quite right. 1t did
cost run when Ainsmith threw low to
catch a man trying 10 Stedl lHlTu, Out IL
didn't have any effect on the game. for
the Highlanders had it won in spite of
that blunder.
The surprising part of the afternoons
show was the manner in which Milan and
MoeIler took after Quinn Milan made
only four hits in five times at bat His
other chance was fly back of third and
Hartzel had to turn himself wrong side
out TO get that. Moeller not only smash
cd fhe ha1 he q a
three times The very first ball of the
game was smashed straight on a line to
center field for three bases. and the old
criticism of Barney Dreyfuss was recalled
Farney used to say that Moeller would
lie fthe best ball players in the
business if he could hit, and ever since
Moeller left Pittsburgh he certainly has
hatted harder than ever he did while he
was with the Pirates. Schaefer had a
session with the bat which helped the
Washingtons nightly with their scor
ing.
The German comedian never was SO