The Washington herald., 1912-06-09

expected bunt. He hit q nice bounder to
the right OF second base. within easy
reach Of Rath. II the last named had not
been assigned 10 cover first II went
through I'm safety. and, instead OF retiring
Hughes at third. they could not stop him
at the plate. Meanwhile Moeller went
to third and Foster TO second on the
futile throw home.
i How Is that for inside baseball you
fans?
The Chicago American has the follow
Ing to say regarding Germany schaefer:
Germany Sehaefer. Of the Senators. is
giving his ability as a comedian fun
7, sway this year, and many a baseball fan
has had a good laugh as a result
Schaefer was on the thlrd-base coach
! ing line during all OF the first combat
! between the SOx and Senators, and, since
the latter were winning. Germany natur-
/ ally felt elated.
He and Gleason INDUCED in several
I kidding matches, but in the end the Sox
coach had the laugh, Schaefer, natural
~. was on me line only when the Sen
atOrs were at bat When they were re-
tired he would go over to the visitors
coop. That Is. he did for several in
| nings. But Schaefer finally decided that
there was no valid reason for the long
, walk. So after the third Senator was
retired he would sneak to the Sox coop
and visit with the fellows on the bench.
Fine! Or, rather, Il was until Gleason
| decided that be would laugh at the ex-
pense Of the comedian. So he started
| for first base in a casual way. As he
passed the plate he called the attention
OF Umpire SILK OfLOughlin 10 the where
abOuts Of the Washington veteran
! OLoughlin peered around the edge OF
I the coop.
.'Out with you!" he ordered. and
! Schaefer retired to his own bench. You
see, visitors are not allowed on the
bench.
You know. this sahaefer is quite an
orator. And always very polite. The
! Senators came from st. Louis, where they
gave the Browns a fine beating. In one
OF their games they were running the
bases so much that they were tired.
Schaefer called halt He walked to
the grand stand. With one hand upIIfted
and the other resting between the sec
ond and third button Of his shirt. the
proper pose for an orator, he began.
Ladies and gentlemen" he began, in
| that foghOrn voice which can be heard
| for a quarter Of a mile. These be sad
scenes that we are guzing upon,- he
continued. 1T Is almost sad enough TO
bring tears TO the eyes OF a rocking
horse to see our boys hitting your pitch
/ ers so hard. 1 thank you"
And Schaefer walked back to the
coaching line But he wasn't molested.
] He's far too gOod-natured for that. As
/ the following speech will testify.
When the Senators went to st. Louis
/ there were large headlines which said
that the Walter JohnsOns were coming
| to town. Giving the impression. OF
/ course, that the Washington ball club
consisted Of Walter Johnson. the twirIer.
! The Senators won the first, second, and
| third games without Johnson going to
| the pitching slab. As the third game
/ was nearing a close. Schaefer once more
walked to his position in front Of the
grand stand The same OTatOrtCal pose
was struck. He waved his hand for
silence
Ladies and gentlemen" he began.
SChaefer Is always polite. incidentally,
he does all things in the approved order
When We came here II was announced
I that the Walter Johnsons had arrived.
/ Walter Johnson has not been in your
midst for three days and we have won
three games. But he will be tomorrow.
I and then II will be goodnight for you"
johnson won the next day.
/ Eddie Foster is a different hitter when
I Dan Moeller Is in the game, and he
| plainly showed II when the Nationals
I played against 81. Louis the opening
( game Saturday. HoeIler had just re-
! turned from his enforced Iay-Off, and
| this pair started in right Of the reel to
I tear things up.
It is always the hit and, run signal
! with AIOelIer on first, nobody out, and
| Foster up. The Midget knows that a hit
I to right field viii send MOeller to third
and possibly home. a single TO center or
] left will have to be handled cleanly or
! MOeller Will also get around TO third,
I while slOw-bOunding grounder insures
! az least one base to MOeIler.
I just have that feeling Of confidence
with MOelIer on the bags" said the Mid
! get during a tanning bee to-day. no
matter who the pitcher is I can always
hit better with my old team mate on the
bases ahead Of me"
Benedict Arnold GandiI. who is known
! to orge nized baseball as plain Chick
has strengthened the Nationals inield
| . per cent Gandu is a better fielder
than either Jack knight or Schaefer, and
thus far has hit better than either Of
the last two named. Gandu Is easily
! the best first SacSer Washington has
owned since the club was in the Ameri-
can League. and unless the big fellow
falls into a horrible slump when the club
hits the Capital the fans in Washington
will agree with the writer.
That the Nationals were lucky in OBJ
tanning Gandil is shown by the fact that
two other clubs were in the market for
his services, the Chicago Cubs and the
Boston Red sox, and Gandn was given
his choice.
Gandn selected Washington, because
Yeager, the Montreal third baseman,
happened to be a warm personal friend
OF Clark Grifith, and Yeager advised
GandiI ito put himself in Grih's hands.
The Cubs offered $4,000 IN cash and no
players for Gandil. the Boston Red Sox
were willing to part with $500 and two
players for the first sacker. and GrI's
offer included three men and about 5000
in real money. Any OF the three offers
would have been acceptable to the Mon
treal management. and Gandl himself
was given the choice. Grin happened to
have a friend at court, and Gandil him
self SAYS that but for Joe Yeager's ad-
vice he would probably have gone to
Boston.
Former Eastern Leaguers on the local
club think that Buck Becker, the Wash
inEton boy who was sent to Montreal
with Akers and Cunningham for Gandfl.
will be one Of the sensations OF the
league. Danny Moeller, the Rochester
rambler, said: I look for Buck to win
a lot of ball games for Montreal I think
he IS a corking good pitcher and am sure
he will win three-fOurths Of his games"
George Mcdonald, Of Linden, Tenn.
CLYDE Milan's home, called on the Ma
tionals' great little fielder, making the