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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-04-27

IL was especially hard TO induce the Va
rious members Of the Nationals 10 CON
fide TO The Star man just what play had
Impressed them most. Even the irrepres
sible Germany Schaefer was silent. while
Big Chief Griffith, the wild Andalusian
lion who refuses to eat anything but pen
nants this year. was as coy sixteen
year-oId boy who has been asked to step
into the parlor and sing for some of his
mothers friends.
But at length they loosened up-every
member of the squad. And here's what
they had TO say. G-iff led off.
Its this way, said Griff. gazing
earnestly AT his cigar and seeming TO
be amazed at the discovery that it was
still lighted. i've been in the game so
long and seen so many wonderful plays
that asking me to pick out the best one
OF the bunch is just about as hard one
as 10 ask whether ! prefer my left eye
my right one. | remember one play
however. back in Cincinnati, when
But no. | guess I've seen better ones, at
that.
..Lemme see. M-m-m-m. There fol-
lowed tense moment OF deep reflection.
and then Griff continued: Thinking it
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was made ~ my o.d fricnd ..tn 81
Cleveland
1t happened four years ago toward
the close of the season. ! was with De-
trot then and we were having a hard
fight for the pennant We We're playing
the first game of final series with
Cleveland and when the Maps came up
for their final round at the bat in the
ninth we were leading them by one run.
Well. il so happened that the man pre-
ceding Flick on the batting iist-1've for
gotten his name. doesn't matter. anyhow
He tried to bunt-tried twice and
missed both times. Then he took good.
healthy poke at the BALL believe he
shut his eyes when he swung-and ham
mered out a two-base hit over into Cobb s
territory. Ty did some quick fielding on
tina; hit. got the ball and hammered 1t
home-doing it all so quickly that the
man was held on third. But Flick only
saw the ball going home-just as he
reached second.
Aha thought he. ! don't know
whether that's an out or safe. but at any
rate. here's where | gather another base.
And dashed madly to third. arriving there
triumphant.
Yep that was undoubtedly the pref
tieSt steal of third | ever saw. There
was only one little fault with IT, The
base was already occupied. That might
not have mattered SO much-maybe the
umpire wouldn't have noticed it-only
Flick. when he saw what ne had did, as
the villain says, tried to steal back to
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possibly have A different opinion on
the matter.
ollie Pickering was the hero-or
rather the victim. If the same thing
had happened to ninety-nine out of a
hundred. II would have killed them
don't see how Pickering escaped. He
must have a head made of-but let me
tell you the story and judge for your
self
1T was back in 1909. Washington
had a good scrappy team, but 1t was
not very lucky and didn't stand much
better than seventh all season. Just
the same. though we fought hard all
the time. This particular game was
with the New York Yankees. and 1t
was case of nip and tuck FROM the
start was pitching for the Ma
tionals. and a chap named Newton was
pitching for the Yankees
I'm the seventh inning were
run behind. but we had the bases full
with only one out. and Pickering was
at the bat. Now ONE was a pretty
dangerous man with the stick. He
was especially apt to lam out long
fly, with a good chance of hammering
the cover off the ball for cleanup.
Newton knew this and ! guess it made
him little nervous. At any rate
the first ball he pitched cracked Ollie
square in the head and dropped him
like log.
That was bad enough. but that
wasn't all. The ball hit Ollie so hard
mind you-across the diamond and
into the outfield. Also it rolled so fast
that Hemphill. playing one of the outer
gardens for the Yankees and not even
dreaming that ball could come so
far and so fast except from bat.
actually fielded it for a safe hit
I'VE all expected to pick up Ollie a
dead man-but not him. He wasn't un-
conscious fifteen minutes-and the next
day he was back in the game, daring
the pitcher to hit him again.
Il think the best play | ever saw was
made by old Bones Ely said Catcher
John Henry. Bones. you will remem-
Der. used to be one of the classiest short
stops in either of the big leagues, when
the American League was young. | was
nothing hut kid at the time. but l was
hot fan. and Elys playing made big
impression on me all the time-this one
time in particular Bones was holding
down short for Boston this particular
year-afterward he came to Washington
On this particular occasion, however. he
was playing against Washington. ! hap
pened to be in Boston and saw the game
III never forget it. The score was
tied. WashingtOn-they were called the
Senators then, / remember-was at the
bat, two men were on bases and two men
were out: but big Ed Delehanty, probably
the greatest natural hitter the game ever
produced, was at the bat.
Everybody expected that Delehanty
would be passed-but nix. The Boston
twirler decided he'd take chance. He
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Il couldn't TO save my life tell you
what | consider the greatest play ever
saw" declared j. Carl Cashion. whom
opposing batsmen declare ''unhittable
when he is going right: But ! can tell
you the play that impressed me most
and for a mighty evident reason-said
reason being that | hadn't been with the
Nationals lons-was mighty anxious To
stick-and this particular play I'm re-.
ferrng to got me so nervous that after
it, until gently but firmly removed, | pro-
ceeded 10 present about every other bat
ter that faced me with base on balls.
The other batters didn't wait for A walk
they just damned il out.
I'VE We're playing with Cleveland. out
i'm the Ohioans' city. and | was in the
box The score was tie. and | was going
fairly well Then came a bad inning. II
wasn't long before the bases were fun
and only one man cut. Then Olson step
ped up to the bat.
Il gave Olson a high fast one and ne
hit it-but he hit IN CHANGING lick that
sent il skipping along To Morgan. easy
as easy could be- gave a big sigh of
relief-for anybody earth could have
fielded that ball and il seemed like a
dead cinch double play that he would
get me out of my hole. But Ray too
anxious for the double. and his feet got
in his way. As a result. instead of field
ing the ball ii hit him the shns and
rolled abou. three feet away. Ray made
a dive for IT, This time il was worse
than hitting him on the shins. Ray
kicked it-and he kicked il good and hard
so hard that he sent il into deep CEN
ter field Before they got that ball back
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another ON third, only ono ont and "
Cobb at the bat. Things didn't look any
too bright.
Il think il was about the fourth bail
pitched that Cobb landed on-and the re-
suit was a screaming line drive between
short and third. Mcbride started after u.
and while he was running he slipped and
fell-it had been raining hard that morn
ing. That slip and fall was the luckiest
thing that ever happened To George in a
bah game As he fen he naturally stuck
out his hand. and the han hit t-and
stuck. about this time along came the
man who had been on second. beating ~
for third-he had started AZ the crack Of
the bat. Mcbride was fiat on the ground
by this time. but he still had that ball
and the runner passed he reached
out and touched him. making two outs
and retiring the side WITHOUT a run.
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Instead. he did some quick thinking. in
which he reasoned il out that in view of
his position when he made the pickup.
and the distance between the location of
the play and the umpire. the latter couldn I
be sure whether he had made pickup
or had really caught it the fly. In
such as that the umpire natu-
rally is largely guided by the player $
subsequent actions in the matter-and so
clyde promptly rose, hurled the ball To
third for a double, drew off his glove and
ran off the field.
And the bluff worked Clyde's actions
convinced Evans that the ball had been
caught on the fy. and he called Cobb out
for leaving his base too soon Cobb
kicked like a steer. He even called on
US to back him up-fine chance,
Put me down as a Lajoie fam" de-
clared Pitcher Bob Groom. laying down
a perfect "no-trump dummy" and beam
ing across the table at Henry. his part
ner in the game -Four years ago
saw Lajoie pull off play | never he
lieved possible-and even after seeing it.
I'm not dead sure it's possible yet. Re-
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throw bricns at MIN flor knocking a home
run when ne came up with the bases full
and four runs needed 10 win-but never
mind about that. It's all in the game. !
guess about the classiest play | ever saw.
though. was pulled off by the fair-faced
child that plays third for us-'Fateem'
Foster.
Remember that understanding game
we played with Connie Mack's Athletics
over in Philadelphia last year-the one
we finally grabbed. five TO four? That
was when the midget pulled his stunt
one of the Grandest little plays | ever
saw. because ii not only required perfect
fielding, but fielding of sort just ex-
actly the opposite of the kind Foster was
expecting. If he'd slipped by the frac-
ton of a second that game wouldn't
have stopped right there-and We would
have lost.
1T came in the fourteenth inninc-the
last half with the score four apiece
Johnson had relieved Groom a little
while before and was pitchins-well. the
kind Of ball he usually pitches when he
is right. Somehow, though. the Athletics
had managed TO get a man around to
third with only one out
nifty hitter. and we naturally expected
either the hit and run play or a long
sacrifice fly. With only one out those
seemed about the only two plays that
would be logical But Collins didn't do
any such thing Seems to me | read
somewhere once that Mack attributed
his success in turning out winning team
TO the custom Of pulling off the unexpect-
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says checkers is the greatest game in the
world. Clyde made the play on one of
the meaneSt line drives / ever saw 1t
was one of those drives that first looks
like it's going to be short and then sud
denly changes its mind. and takes a jump
upward.
1T was getting along toward the sew
enth or eighth inning. with the score
tied. and Boston at the bat. One man
was out and two Red Socks were the
bases. when Alva Williams, who is now
one of the tribe of Griffith. was at the
bat. On the third ball pitched he let
loose the drive
LAS | said, the drive at first seemed to
curve down as If it would hit the ground
not far back of second base-so Clyde
came in at full speed, expecting to have
to take the ball off his shoe tops. Then
came that quick curve upward. and Clyde
saw that he had come in too far
There was just one chance and he
took it. He stopped short. took two steps
backward and jumped high in the air.
Ordinarily Clyde is no acrobat. but he
was that day. The sudden stop. the run
ming backward and the leap threw him
off his balance much that he turned
almost a complete back somersault. The
Boston fans roared with laughter-but
they didn't laugh long. For while Clyde
was in the air doing that high jump
stuff the ball hit his hands-and every
body knows that what hits Clyde's hands
sticks. Not only that, but still sitting
down, he threw the ball To second and
made a clean double play
Little Fateem Foster. who himself was
named by George Mcbride. his captain.
as being the hero of the best play the
latter had ever seen, declared that while
wonderful performances might be re-
lated by scores and scores anent the big
leagues, he believed the greatest play
ever made in base ball was made by DAN
ny Moeller long before the latter ever
thought of becoming a great outfielder.
II didn't see the play myself but I've
heard about it no less than twenty times"
declared Fateem. .Moeiler. it seems. was
playing right field on semi-professional
team up i'm Pennsylvania. A big game
was on and in the third inning the left
fielder got hit on the hand while at the
bat. almost crushing his fingers. He
should of course. have been taken out of
the game then and there-but the team.
like most semi-pro. clubs. was short
handed. and there was no one to take
his place. So he went back to his posi-
ton. hoping and praying that no flies
would come his way. For If they do
he confided to Moeller, 1 can't catch
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Nick Altrock, who says he is going to
play big league base ball fifteen years
longer and then study law. hooted mourn
fully at Schaefer's idea of a great play.
III tell YOU a great play that is a
great one" quoth he. "A play pulled by
an umpire who had been guaranteed to
the big leagues as being sound. kind and
gentle-a play made in broad daylight.
and play that cost me one of the hard
est games | ever lost in my life, For
many months after that play | lay wide
eyed and staring through the long
watches of the night. wondering whether
II was that the umpire didn't like me or
whether the game was crooked.
1T was good many years back-be-
fore Dutch Schaefer passed through the
university mote the expression passed
through: tbs used advisedly). was
with Chicago and we were playing Phila-
delphia. on their home grounds. | was
pitching. and If do say it myself | had
EN- eating out OF my hand The ninth
inning rolled around and we had 'em beat
] to o.
In the ninth the first Philadelphia
got single. stole second and was
sacrificed to third. That didn't worry
me much, though. because the weak
end of the Phillie batting list
was up. Sure enough. the net man
up popped up little hy to me. 1t
was such an easy Ay that even / could
catch it without nervousness. / did
80. Then l looked around to third. in
tending to inform the man that he'd
never see home | looked, and looked
again. He wasn't there. instead he
was about ten feet from the home
plate and going faster every second
PITY that chap don't read the rules :
! said to myself, and then tossed the
ball to third for the double play.
threw my glove away and started for
the clubhouse. But what do you think
that umpire did? Said it was all right
that the score would stand. That
Phillie player actually had the nerve
to claim he waited at third until /.
standing in the pitchers box. only
ninety feet from the plate. and pos
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put over, and Delehanty promptly
cracked it a mile. hut it was foul. That
warned the Boston twirler. and he pro-
ceeded to try and walk Del.
But the latter didn't want to be walked.
He objected strenuously that he
reached out and swung at one anyhow,
managed TO catch ii on the end of his
bat. and sent one of the hottest grounders
tween short and third 1t didn't look
possible for any shortstop TO get that ball.
but Bones Ely made a try for il. First
he started to run, and then. when he
saw in the fash of q second that he
couldn't run fast enough, he made a
dive.
Literally, Bones tackled that ball as
if II were foot ball-but he got it. And
getting it, Bones was pretty much
sprawled out-and time was fiying-also
the man who had been on second was
almost scoring.
Bones did some quick thinking as to
the advisa bility of trying 10 get up. Then
he rose to semi-sitting posture. sup
ported his body with one hand. and then
half sitting, half lying, made the throw
That throw was perfect, and the man was
out by a good three feet
If there's been any play to beat that
| haven't heard of il.
clyde Milan made the cIassiest play |
ever saw declared F. ''Dorf'' Ainsmith.
who expects to catch Walter Johnson
during the world series championship
next fall You'll note | don't say
greatest. but 'classiest'-and l use that
particular word for two reasons; first
because the play l have in mind required
some of the quickest thinking imagin-
able: second, because it was pulled in
such fashion as to fool one of the slick
est umpires in the league-one Billie
Evans-and, finally. because it was
pulled with the fleet-footed and crafty Ty
Cobb as the victim.
I've already ntmated that the play
wasn't exactly legitimate-and maybe it
wasn't. strictly speaking However, the
attitude of the ball player regarding put
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member the countryman who looked at
the zebra ten minutes and then turned
away declaring there amt no such an
imal?' That's me.
'Lajoie made the play against the Ath-
letics. There was a man on second and
third, with one out. and Collins at the
bat. The second ball pitched was right
in Collins groove. and he leaned his
whole weight against l.. 1t was one of
the prettiest drives | ever saw-right on
straight line. and headed for straight
over second base. X was so hot that
the Nap pitcher instinctively ducked to
let it go by.
THAT drive had all the earmarks of a
two Dagger at the very least-when along
comes Lajoie. Some instinct must have
told him where that ball was going and
enabled him to start before ii was hit
At any rate, he made two three wild
leaps stuck out one long ARMAND got
it-caught a line drive directly over sec
ond base.
of course. the rest was easy. There
wasn't a man on the team vino believed
that such a ball could be fielded for an
out and Laioie only had to take one step
forward and put his foot on the bag to
complete the double play and retire the
side. The Athletics were leading before
that happened, but the play seemed to
take the heart out of them and after
that the Maps won almost hands down"
!: :
hero of the greatest play ever" when
Danny Moeller, who is some shakes of an
outfielder himself. described his idea of
a regular base ball stunt
1T was a couple of years ago I'D in
Boston, said Danny. fumbling with
checkerboard. Next to base ball. Danny
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I've seen many great play. but OF
them al one of the greatest and al the
same time one of the toughest pieces of
luck for the other side | ever saw Was
pulled against Boston last year BY a
man named johnson. at that time hold
ing down short for New York" declared
Catcher Alva Williams.
We were playing on the home grounds
in Boston. and when the ninth inning
came around we tBostonl We're two runs
behind. Right there we started a rally
and In about fortyseven seconds We had
the bases full. with none out. Nuna-
maker was on first. ] WAS on second and
Wagner was on third. Then Stah sent
Carrigan in az a pinch hitter.
''Carrisan got the pitcher in the hole.
three and two. and the latter put one
over. Calrigan pasted IL. and IL was one
OF the hardest sounding cracks ] ever
heard in my life. Also the ball started
on a straight line. and we three on the
ba ses all started to move.
The ball kept right on with its straight
line but the trouble was that Johnson
ran about twelve feet in about one-fifth
of a second and got in front of il. Within
ten seconds-it couldn't have taken more
than that-Johnson had not only caught
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a young collegian stepped up 10 the Plate
and proceeded TO hoist out beautiful H.
between left and center that seemed 10 be
plainly tagged three bases. The center
fielder had been playing considerably
deeper than the man in left. but both
started for the ball
Both were chasing that fly without
bit of hope. So hopeless was the left
fielder. in fact. that the ball passed
him lie took off his glove and threw IL
at it, And then a remarkable thing hap
pe1ed Through some freak of chance
the glove hit the ball and stopped its
.orce TO such an extent that il fell prac-
tically right into the center fielder's hands
The umpire called the batter out For
the next five minutes there was more
umpire batting on that field than I've
ever seen before or since.
when Nick Altrock was in his prime
speeding EN- over for Chicago. he pulled
off one of the greatest plays | ever saw.
picks as the hero of the only pay of its
kind ever made. Altrock. of course has
always been noted for Icing one of the
but this particular stunt was a great one
even for man with a reputation like
that.
Chicago was playing Washington. on
the formers grounds and Nick was in
the box. The score was 90 when. in the
fifth Mcbride led off for Washington
with a clean single. Street went TO the
him a good ball to bunt. and then almost
he made his delivery ran in to get il.
Street hunted all right and if Nick hadn't
run in SO quickly ii might have been safe.