The Washington times., 1916-05-13
N BR|DE'S JEALOUSY
. BRINGS GREAT WORK
Grlnmen's' Captain Makes 9th
ers Look Sick When II Comes
Down to Starring.
BY LOUIS A. BOUCHER.


George Mcbride must be Jealous
soul.
about Sr X. sor ss haG .t Sss Ae
Shanks. Joe Boehling, and Bert oaiiia,
and II must have rlied him.
snd IN stun ts nS1 those oSsr a S
all together. George Mcbride. II might
be. SAID n the words Of Taylor cronin.
played his usual game."
to rSs snd ft 10 a.. dandy captain q nt tSs
0riffmon. what he doesn't nnow about
playing the shortfield isn't IN the stones
or In the skies or in the running brooks.
He delivered several OF them yesterday
like Captain Kids flagship. the Griff-
mon won the final clash from the
Brownies. to L
McBride's great attempt TO reach the
pinnacle Of fame came In the fifth when
George Sisler, q dangerous hitter, came
up with Miller on first base. and one
gone. As Miller broke for the midway
ond for the throw. AT that instant
sisler hit the bali. driving II toward
HcBride's regular position.
Out of the corner OF his eye Mcbride
realized. too. that he was on balance
and that II looked certain TO be safe.
Pirouetting on one toe. he turned and
| tore for the path Of Sisters bounder.
managed to seize the BAH in his bare
hand.
| Ordinarily that magnificent stop would
have been wildly. cheered. but McBridt
knew that Miller, a fast man. was OF
his way to second and that. reaching II
Harper would be In trouble with ons
out and two runners on the sacks
where IL went. Mcbride dipped the bal
over his shoulder TO Morgan In time Il
head on Miller.
A cold description OF q work Of ar
aey psy ssns II ySa ddnt
did. you'll never forget II. for II wal
masterpiece Of shortstoppins by
Two other fielding bits by the DANDY
Immediately after Miller had beer
forced. sisler attempted to steal second
Henry's peg was high and over towart
right field. Mcbride went up into tn,
hand. and. with one motion, fell towart
the sliding eisler. How he could twis
himself so as to tag the runner. only
Mac can tell. and he's too bashfuL Blu
In the seventh Park bounded on
toward the midway cushion that looket
as II Il wanted to 20 safe. but McBrid,
hoped across and took II with hi
gloved hand. an accurate peg complet
The fans gave the veteran inf,elder /,
lot Of applause. but not q bit too much
AZ for the ordinary routine of tn
contest. Il was all Harpers effectiveness
and the weakness Of the Brownies a
the bat. That's why the Griffs copied
a..
break into the run column and thei
they were aided by Harper's wildnes
and an error by Mcbride, who fel
down on two easy ones. but starre'
on the hard ones.
shotton famed. Johnson singled
Miller whitfield, johnson stole an
sisier walked. Mcbride tumble
Pratt's roller and the bases w.er
loaded. MArsans hammered q no
one through Harper's fingers. scor
| ing Johnson. After that the Brownie
got men on now and then, but coul
not approach the plate.
| The Griffs scored twice In thei
half of the frst, Morgan walket
Foster skied to Marsans, but Mia
singled to right and Miller let I'll
l ball get away from him. Morga
!! scoring and Zeb reaching third: Sew
mapping let him score.
, In the sixth the Griffs again drov
| two runs oyer the dish. Milan single
| and Rondeau sacrificed cleverly. Jo
Judge tripled over Miller's head, scoi
ing Milan, and came In himself whe
Shanks singled to center.
| Here you are for the official done: