The Washington times., 1912-04-16
MIDGET" FOSTER
CREDITED WITH BIG
l.. HAND IN VICTORY
Gotham Rooters Sorry They
Lost Nationals New
Third Baseman.
BY SENATOR"


NEW YORK, April 16.-Heard a fan in
I the upper tier at Florida avenue a week
/ or so ago murnur to a friend, There's
) lemon Foster; watch him pop UP in
| the air. can't see where he Is any i'm
provement over Elberfeld. In the field
he can't move around" That was a
] week or SO ago. The fan was watching
an exhibition game. Furthermore,
the fan didn't really know ball
player when he saw him.
Foster Was the Star.
Wish that same fan could have
been sitting beside the writer yes
terday at the Hilltop so that his re-
marks. no. his screams of joy. might
have been recorded. for Midget"
, Foster was the bright star in the
armament upon the diamond in the
victory over the Yankees by a score
of 1 to 0. His work was so supreme
ly excellent that many Gotham root
ers were moved to wrath at the
! thought that he had once been canned
, from the Yankees. That gent who
nicknamed Foster Lemon" should
read the rest of this. It's written for
him.
Not only did Foster show grand
form in the field yesterday but his
every action fulfilled Griffith's pre-
diction at Charlottesville, that he
would become a good third baseman
with practice. He is good third
haseman right now, corking good
third baseman. He needs no more
practice. He is a gem, is the wee
chap.
Fosters glorious deeds dated from the
opening game when, with Harry VOL
! ter on third and dashing for home on
/ 'Chase's little roller. he hoped in on
, top of the pill, seized it and with an
! amazing jerk Of his arm, got the iy-
ner shot a foul ny to left. Moeller a
fast man, was headed for it. but had too
! great a distance to travel. Mcbride,
! usually under everything like that fiY,
was suffering from a bad leg. When
the ball was about to fall safe. giving
Gardner another chance, Foster came
up out of nowhere and got under the
: ball with little sidelong jump. The
: fans went wild. In the sixth Wolter
! hurled battering ram between his
legs, but he got down to It and tossed
out his man with seeming ease.
Got Him By a Lash.
But his greatest fielding stunt came
in the eighth of that same Earl Gard
: ner. The Yankee rolled one down the
dinary fielder from third and too fast
=. for either Johnson or Ainsmith to
. reach. Also Earl was streaking 1t for
! the initial sack. In went Foster. hop
| ping like a chicken. grabbed up the
ball with his bare hand, and standing
on one leg, pirouetting in the air shot
! the ball to Flynn in time to get Gard
. ner by mere wink.
/ Such a play hasn't been made by a
+ Washington third baseman in centuries.
II stamped Foster right then as big
league timber He's the goods. boys,
yes, Mr.. Lemon Man, he's the goods
and you're wrong.
ter rambler, was the other lad to turn
in fancy play that smacked OF class
. In the sixth Handsome HaP' Chase
slashed long fly to the extreme corner
looked like a triple, and Chase was
nearly to second base when it was seen
that Moeller was speeding along, hands
outstretched to get the pellet. pellet. - FOIL
safely Ne jumped forward and seized It,.
e. choking Oft Chase. who was rounding
second at full speed. That was beau
'tiful catch, boys-a beaut.
Johnson-Quinn Duel.
The excitement of pitchers duel is
generally null and void. For seven
innings Walter Johnson and Jack Quinn
sailed along in peaceful supremacy over
! their opponents. No slugger could do
anything with either of them, Johnson's
marvellous speed and control equaling
Quinns puzzlng spitball. But in the
eighth the Nationals, growing restive
under the spell of Quinn, rose in re-
bellion and came close to scoring.
MoeIler opened that inning by low
bridging Quinn. The drive was mulch
too torrid for the twirler and 1t went
as safety. Streets passed ball :et
him grab another and liking the on
ward movement. Moeller pilfered the
next corner Foster. too anxious. fan
DOlan, whose toss to Street got Moeller
sliding. Milan promptly stole, but Zinn
campcd under Scraefer's long fly and
the fireworks were postponed just one
inning.
The ninth session sizZled. Dolan took
Flynn's little fly and Knight made wild
attempts to hit the ball but failed. Then
came the excitement with two down
Mcbride, hobhling around on his
wounded leg. drew pass and 1t was
up to Ainsmith. The young backstop
was there with the tamales, too, slam
ming out a hot single to center on the
hit-and-run with Mcbride. Mcbride
was well toward third when WOlter
picked up the hot drive and get 1t IN
. motion toward Street. Griffith howled
! Bride, raising cloud Of dust and
miXup Street dropped the pill and the
Nationals had scored. Ainsmith was or
second, but he got no further Tnat
one run was sufficient, ANYWAY. II