Evening star., 1912-06-04
NATIONAL s. WORK IN ST. LOUIS
SOMETHING OF A REVELATION
Should the Pitchers Continue Their Good
Work the Locals Can Be Figured
for the First Division.

lines and it is needless to say that he
is hit with the crowds. He has been
particularly funny here, and his display
has been brilliant.
| 1t is fact that a majority of the crowd
in the games here has not been watching
| the plays at all. but have been busy
| with Schaefer. After the Nationals had
| scored three runs in the sixth Yesterday
Schaefer got out in front of the stands,
demanded silence, and then spoke thusly,
| Ladies' and gentlemen, it would almost
| bring tears to the eyes of a rocking horse
to see our boys hit that pill" Schaefer
has lot Of new stuff that he is spring
| ing, and most of 1t is really very funny,
when he delivers it. He naturally always
manages to get into some sort of a
| controversy with some one in the stands
and he never fails to put the laugh on
those who try to torment him.
| While it is serious mistake to count
| chickens before they are hatched, it GER
| tainly looks very much il the Ma
tionals were to make a clean sweep here
| When the three pitchers used here have
been able to win, Walter johnson. who Is
carded to pitch today. should have but
4 little trouble to make good. He will have
had -four. days rest today. more than
chances are that he will be at his best
\ Just which one of the Browns pitchers
will work Is doubtful, but it will proba bly,
be Petty or Powell. both of whom have
1 Il,
| they have not been able to add many
victories to the Browns string.
With Moeller, Foster and Milan almost
| constantly on the bases, Chick Gandil
| stands good chance of establishing a
record this year for driving In runs He
| is the fourth batter. and as a general
rule every one of his hits counts for
| something. He has made a wonderful
difference in this respect to the team. and,
like several others in the line up, he is
sure to improve with time, though his
work to date has been most satisfactory
/ having failed in but single game of the
| seven he has played to hit safely.
| Baumgardner has shut out both the
| Tigers and the White Sox. but he has yet
| He went along fairly we'll yesterday for
| four innings, but in the next two he was
! hit numerically hard and finally had to
| crawl into his hole while under fire. Per-
the Nationals Griffith's players do not
believe that he can beat them and they
| just hang to him until he shows the white
| feather.
Stovall made another switch in his team
| yesterday. putting Wallace at third
| Pratt at second and returning Laporte to
! the outffeld But there is no combination
| that can be made up Of the material he
| has on hand that can make the present
| st. Louis team do better. 1t is the slowest
| team in the league and if it is strong
| in any one position 1t has not been
demonstrated in the games the Nationals
| have played here. Stovall will have no
more chance to show managerial ability
| then had Wallace, and the sooner he real
| ICES this fact the better he will be off.
| The local team viii have to be entirely
reconstructed before it will even have a
| look in with its rivals
Yesterdays game was interesting for a
| time and it might be said for four innings
at least it looked as IL the Nationals win
| ming streak was in danger of being
| broken, for the Browns had what seemed
| like a comfortable lead with Baumgard-
ner pitching. and the prospects were none
| too bright. But there is no way to stop
Griffiths team from hitting during a
game sooner or later. and in the fifth and
sixth Mr.. Baumgardner had his case at
tended to. Engel was yanked just in time
in the eighth and once Hughes got into
the game his teammates made it easy for
him by pounding the ball to all corners
of the lot in the ninth inning. when seven
runs were scored. The score: