Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-05-25
Washington Player Batting
Percentage Up to Date

of which were made by the Griffmen.
The most noteworthy feat of the entire
contest was performed by Clyde Milan
with a catch of a ball off RusselPs bat
in the sixth inning. The drive went
on a line to deep left-center. There
appeared to be no chance in the world
for any one to get near it, but after
running fully thirty yards the TEN
nessee flyer" demonstrated how he came
by hts title by making final supreme
effort that eliminated in a jump while
running with his back almost squarely
to the ball. The ultimate leap dis
spheroid. and was rewarded by cheers
from an alien throng which lasted
nearly two minutes Feisch and Nor
spectacular caches of line drives.
Sam Crane. recently referred to by
St. Louis writer as 1.-THE weakest hit
ter in the league" got four hits in as
many times at bat. Three were clean
singles of the line-drive variety and
the other was clever bunt which he
beat out. Milan made three and Rice
and Judge two apiece, one of the lat
ter's being a triple. On still another
occasion Joe made Felsch execute
In 1eft-center.
The Senators outbatted, outfelded
and outplayed the White Sox. They
all of the twelve innings except two.
while in five different rounds the Sox
failed to reach first at all. Full credit
should be accorded "Reb" Russell for
the splendid manner in which he
played, however. He not only kept the
visitors safeties we'll scattered, but
made one-fourth of his teams hits-a
triple and a single; proved an excellent
waiter at the plate, demonstrated
blow to Judge on which Du Mont, in
cidentally. got bawled out for not COW
ertng first; flelded his position WELL and
made the hardest hit of the day, the
one Milan speared in such sensational
style.
Another 1eft-hander. Williams, is on
the card to oppose theGriffmen in to-
days clash. However, in view Of the
fact that the only three left-hand hit
tiers in Grin's lineup Yesterday made
seven of the eleven safeties garnered
by the visitors. the prospect of south
paw working for the enemy should not
strike terror into the hearts of the
Potomac phalanx. johnson is due to
perform for the capitalism outfit, but
Walter has had a sore arm for more
than two weeks. This may or may not
account for the rough treatment ac-
corded him recently. but it may in
Doc Ayers this afternoon. Grim had
figured on using Gallia Sunday-get-
away day-but unless Harper exhibits
enough stun in preliminary warm-up
to Justify starting him, Shaw probably
will be called upon to work twice in
the series.
The edict Of the national commission
In 1egislating against the dangerous
and highly unsportsmanlike bean ball"
ball" is one thrown directly at a bats
mans head for the purpose of unnerv-
ing him. Base balls supreme court has
ordered that pitchers proved guilty will
be expelled from the organized game
Presumably it rests solely with the
umpire in charge, the arbitrator work
ing behind the plate. to determine
whether pitcher deliberately tries to
fntimidate a batsman by aiming ball
at his head. and therein lies the weak
ness of the mandate. 1t Is a safe bet
that no twirler will be expelled from
the game for this reason. and 1t is rea-
sonable to wager that boxmen will con-
tinue to dust 'em or when hitteEs are
scoring distance. In such instances
the hitting of batsmen by thrown balls
will be "unintentiona1," not "deliber-
ate
Sunday games in Washington this
summer are considered likely. in view
of the movement inaugurated by the
national commission here yesterday to
raise patriotic fund for the benefit of
soldiers dependents through the me-
dunn of Sabbath contests in the six
eastern major league cities-Washing-
ton. Philadelphia. Pittsburgh. New
York. Brooklyn and Boston. The con-
tests would be regular championship
scheduled for week days. with the
usual prices prevailing. and the pro-
ceeds donated to the war relief cause.
It is unlikely that even those who have
steadfastly opposed Sunday base ball
will interpose objections to this pa
triotic movement to alleviate the con-
dition Of the real sufferers of any war
the women and children left at home.
Les Darcey's gallant though futile
battle with the grim reaper which end
ed yesterday with his death in Mem
phis hospital bellies the charge that he
was at heart q Stacker. although he
| was so accused for leaving Australia to
when the nation he owed allegiance to
was sending the flower of it's young
| manhood to face death in the trenches
| in France. 1t has been said that true
courage is more often found in the sick
room than on the field of battle, as in
| the former there is only that inborE
| spirit Of the man that makes the fight,
whereas in warfare there are many eX-
| IraneOuS ldCIOTS lett Dy the human
mind to spur man on to deeds of
courage and daring. Darcy lowered be-
| tween life and death for. week as a
result of infection of the tonsils
| which brought on pneumonia and other
| complications. For Ave days his every
! breath was taken at the expense Of an
! excruciating pain. but never once did
| he complain, and II am feeling fine"
| was his invariable response to those
| around him. There is something heart
| appealing in the spectacle of this boy,
twelve thousand miles from home max
! ing the greatest fight of his life-a
| fight to live-and smiling as he lost.
The fact that Les Darcy had entered
! the Aviation Corps when taken i'll
showed he was anxious to disprove the
| charge he was a Stacker.
I Nearly all the members of Griff's team
! required by the terms of the conscrip-
| ton proclamation to register have
| made arrangements to do so. those not
making Washington their home having
written to the places of their legal resi-
dence for blanks which they will fill
out and mail before June 5, the final
day of registration. Only Manager
! Griffith. George Mcbride and Nick Al
trock are exempted from registration
under the provisions of the call.
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