Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-05-18

accuracy and strength of Seibach Deie-
hanty and the others Of olden days.
ITS lack OF beef" said one white
haired. neatly dressed man: n rs 1ust
pure lack Of weight. Why, Delehahty
used to lift that war club over ms shoul-
ders like it was toothpick. He didn t lose
his direction Of the Eat when ne 5" uiis.
1t was just like swatting Fly Tor MN
TO kill the ball Nowadays the batter
makes a swing that takes all the wlnd
out Of him. It's a safe bet that IL he
misses the ball the first time the pltcnel
can put another strike on him before ne
gets his wind back.
A stout man in a white wa,stcoat was
~ the opinion that the modern batter
lacked the eye.
INCREASED speed by pitchers" he de-
clared. lis responsible for the loss OF the
hatter,s eve He gets used to looking out
for himself first. He doesn't want to get
hit when a man like Ed Walsh or waiter
Johnson is pitching.
Whatever the cause may De lhe oiu
fans decided that the Nationals or touay
are not to be classed with the old Sehd-
tors when it comes to knocking the paii
out of the lot.
TIE was a raucous-voiced, heavy chest-
ed person with loud cheek suit anu
a determination that. no matter what eise
might happen, he was not gong To De IL
nored AS soon as he had obtained
good nosition in front of The Star score
board he announced loudly that he mad
bet on St Louis and was sure, cohse-
uuently, that pore old washington was
going to lose. Even when Bobby Groom
struck out the first three men to race him
with ten pitched balls the raucous-voiced
one did not give up hope.
That's the way he always starts, he
contided to his friend. He always be-
gins big and blows up after the first few
innings
The friend said nothing.
In a short time the Nationals showed
two runs across the pan. and still Groom
held the Browns helpless. Mltcneli. OPP
posfng him. didn't seem to have much and
the Nationals were playing air-tight ball.
but the raucous-voiced one chung to his
hope
"Schaefer'n go up in the air soon." he
stated, hopefully.
nv this time he had the remainder Of
the crowd voting unanimously against
him. Whenever st. Louis did anything
even to putting out Washington man at
first-the check suit emitted d hoarse cry
of victory. But the game went on as
games will, and the chances of the
Brownies grew DINNER and DINNER as
the innings went by.
Finally, when the last Brown had been
thrown out and the checked-suited one
prepared to leave the scoreboard, a little
man pulled his sleeve,
Say" palpitated the little man, come
out here often, won't you? This is the
first game I've seen Washington win this
season
The raucous-voced man glared for a
moment and choked slightly Ihen, with
some Indefinite remark about it's being
DANGEROUS to kid him, he strolled away
WHEN Bobby Groom made his triple
w no need to mention when, for the
date ranks with 1916 in point of historic
value-the crowd yelled as If the whole
game had been won. There was one man
in the crowd who had been visiting d
nice. cool place where they do not sell
dry goods and he shook his head refiec-
lively as the bell changed three times.
DO / hear that?'' he asked a friend,
anxiously. after the excitement had sub
sided.