Evening star., 1915-03-28
COLTS WIN IN R0MP
Defeat Cardinal Club of Alex
andria by 9 to ].
ALTROCK'S ANTICS PLEASE
Comedian Coach Pitches Final In
ming to Delight of Nearly
1000 Fans.
ALTROCK'S ANTICS PLEASE

Assistant General Manager Altrock
and his band OF National Colts trekked
down to Alexandria yesterday after
noon and walloped the Cardinals OF
that place by the score Of to l. Al
trock and the youngsters were taken
in hand by the officials Of the Cardinal
Athletic Club and were shown every
courtesy. the veteran being the espe-
cial guest of Mayor Fisher, who motor
! ed he and Mrs. Altrock and Mrs. Gallia
to the grounds, where nearly 1000 fans
were on hand to witness the sport.
Nick is as big a card with the Alexan-
dra fans as the young ball players.
and the comedian was certainly in his
glory. keeping the spectators laughing
almost continuously at his remarks or
antics.
Major Fisher threw out the first ball
for the initial game of the season and
the battle opened with Joe EnSel on
the rubber. Both teams did their best
for eight innings, when Altrock. listen
ing to the demands of the crowd. went
into the box. He probably would have
gotten away hitless. but he had to pull
the Rube Waddeil stunt Of calling his
outfielders into the baselines and, as a
result, two flies that would have been
peaches and Cream for Brown and
Cardinals only run. On Merchants hit
in the last inning, which had to go as
a triple, Altrock chased almost to the
center field fence retrieving the ball.
Bauer followed with dinky fly to the
right garden that bounded over the
fence for double and Merchant came
home Nick had retired the first two
men up, showing he is yet able to fool
batsman upon occasion. and the
veteran doubtless tossed the ball over
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hit the sphere outside the diamond.
Colts Use Four Pitchers.
Engel and Clarke worked three in
nings each. Gallia two and Altrock one.
Owens made the solitary hit off Engel
by landing on one after he had three
balls and Joe was caught off his guard
by the kid Clarke gave five bases on
balls. but went through his three in
nings without a hit being registered.
Then came Bert Gallia, and his work
would have been worth a trip to Alex
andria for the fans who have been
hoping that he eventually would OBJ
tain control. OF the six men who faced
Gallia in the two innings. five struck
out, and Pitcher Thompson landed a
single through Bert's generosity in
simply tossing the ball over. A ma
jority of the batsmen who faced Gallia
swung at the ball after it had landed
in Rippy Williams init. and all ap-
peared to be swinging their bats with
their eyes shut The crowd enthused
over Bert's exhibition and cheered him
to the echo on every strike-out.
Four runs came over the rubber in
the first inning, the Cardinals evident
ly being nervous. Acosta singled to
center and Bauer handled Seiglie's
grounder with so much deliberation
that both men were safe. Nefrs single
to left filled the bases. Williams fol-
lowed with an easy grounder to Devers,
who threw home wild. Acosta and Se.giie
scoring and Neff taking third Will
liams then ran off first. and while he
was being run down Seff scored Rom
deau and Brown we're passed and La
mars clean single to center scored the
first named.