Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-04-03
WYATT LEE MADE GREAT
TRY TO DEFEAT SENATOR'S
Veteran Southpaws Sagacity in Watching the Bases
Almost Proved UndOing of Clark
Griffith'S Team.
BENGAL SQUAD NEEDS SIGNAL PRACTISE
Trom a staff Correspondent of the New
ark Evening starr

(From staff Correspondent of the New
ark Evening starr
WASHINGTON, April 3.--If saga
city in itself had been sufficient to
beat the Washington team yesterday,
Wyatt Lee would have won hands
down. Lee gave one of the most re-
markable exhibitions of pitching in
the sixth round as any big league fan
could wish for. It happened like this;
Germany Schaeffer opened the in
ming with single and Milan, through
his speed, beat out an infleld hit, put
ting two on bases with none out. A
younger pitcher would either have
gotten clustered or else he would have
tried to strike out the succeeding bat
tiers by putting everything he had on
the ball Instead of doing that Lee
whirled suddenly and whipped the ball
to second base. Germany slipped back
just in time. Then Wyatt whizzed the
ball over to first base and Milan, the
champion base runner of the Ameri-
can League, beat the throw back to
the cushion easily. Wyatt recovered
the ball and whipped it over the plate
for a strike. An instant later he
whirled again, threw TO second base
and Germany Schaeifer was tagged
out. That put the most dangerous
runner off the cushions, as he was
nearest home.
And Milan Too.
Chick Gandil, at the plate, was itch
ing to get a smite at the ball and
Wyatt knew it. He wasted one. Gan
dill bit and missed. Then, without any
warning, Lee suddenly shot the ball
over to first base. Milan was caught
off the bag and beat 1t for second. He
was run down with little ceremony.
This little lesson in pitching should
have been of immense value to the
youngsters on the bench, If they had
their eyes open. Lees success in nap
ping the two men and getting out OF
nasty predieament was due entirely
to his ability to whirl and shoot the
ball direct to the different bags, with
out ever stopping to gauge his shot
1t is the most difficult thing for a left
handler to whirl and catch a man of
second base, but Lee did just that
Lee would have got credit for beating
his home team had not Billy thinner
man misjudged a fly which let in the
winning run.
Bell Shows Improvement.
! George Bell, who started the fracas
looked better than at any time thi:
season. Big George ran into some
hard luck and the two runs scored of
him were not at all earned. His curv'
| ball was breaking as only Bells can
when he has perfect control, and tn
best of the Senators hitting ARA.
I could do little with 1t. After the gam
George Bell, Arlie Britton, Beanie Hal
and Ed Donnelly were shipped HON
to Newark To work out for Sunday
game against the Philadelphia Ath
| letics.
| The Tigers were taken to the Whit
| House yesterday morning and ex
| tended the courtesy of shaking hand
with President Woodrow Wilson
Congressman Eugene Kinkead locke,
after the party and introduced tn
players individually as they FLEE
through the reception room.
Woodrow. by the way, looks a
though he could stand a little sprin
training. He is away over weigh
The Mexican situation and the cana
toll agitation is not causing his eX
cellency to lose any weight, He say
he will be in shape, however. to TAX
in the opening game when the Wash
inston club gets ready to do battle.
Mum option Expires Tuesday.
No word has been received in re
gard to any action being taken on tn
option secured by Harry Smith o
! Businessman Mum, of the Macol
club. The option expires Tuesday
President Ebbets has promised Smit
a good first sacker and ii will prob
ably be Kraft, if indications are rea
Alright. The Tigers shaped up yester