The Washington times., 1905-06-27
SHOWERS OF MERCY
FOR BOTH TEAMS
Neither Nationals Nor Ath-
letics in Condition.
CALI. TIME EARLY TOMORROW
Game Begins Promptly at 1:45 p. m,
So Washington Can Get Train.
Looking For Material
CALL TIME EARLY TOMORROW

The Nationals were not drubbed yes
terday. They We're drenched
Here of late the Rain God has been
a punctual, persistent sort of 81 chap
Sinking duty is not in his line. 1t has
become q habit with him TO tur.l on the
spiGot about the time the Nationals and
visiting teams are ready TO begin tho
days business at the Seventh street ball
park.
Just as Washington took the field TO-
practice preliminary to the hostilitfes
Mr.. Pluvius pulled off his stunt and the
players drifted under the covered bench
es. II not only rained. but it poured,
ana IN wee group of minutes one could
nave sailed a toy boat around the dia-
mond.
No Chance to Play.
There was no use bucking against that
rain A whole brigade of hairy-arned
horny-handed mop pushers could not
have chased the water off the field and
gotten it in shape for business in a half
day. So Silk O'Loughlin stepped forth
from his shelter and announced in his
sflveriest tones that Managers Mack and
Stahl had decided to call the game off
No cheers.
Iooay there will be no doubleheader
stahi OUTFIT, minus Hill, Jacobsen. and
ANDERSON, is in such weak condition
that 1t would not do to even taka
cnances of losing two games IN a single
day. and Connie Mack feels that his atb-
Ietes could not stae.d the doubl;ns-un
s baoe a. present, especially as his catch
ing stan is decidedly under the weather
Catchers Injured.
hed Cross Mike Powers has a bad leg
tnat won't stand much rapid transit.
and Ossie Shreckengost. Shreclz for
snort, has broken digit on his right
hand. For the past week he has been
playing with the injured member. catch
ing over two-thirds of the balls with one
nand, stunt at which he has all of the
receivers skinned. He has made but few
passed balls. but his vacation finger
an.srferes with mis- throwing to bases,
dne Iast men invariably steal on him ;,
Iomorrow's game with the Athletics
VIII begin promptly at las o'clock. so as
To,ensa, 70 enable both teams to catch the 5:s5
uonais play in Boston.
Nationals Handicapped.
The recent slump of the Nationals has
put them in bad with the fans as is
demonstrated by the thinness of the
crowds; but # Is reasonable TO- say. that
the locals will do better in a short time.
With Hill and Anderson out of the game.
Huelsman with malaria Stahl just re-
covering from ar attack of the same
Illness, Jacobsen out of shape as the
result of an operation for appendicitis,
and Mullen not at all WELL the team is
greatly handicapped Then. too, be-
cause of the damp sticky weather. Pat
ten has not been as effective as usual.
The team is no pennant winner, nor is it
strong enough to land in first division,
put with things going along smoothly
on themselves to keep II In last place
The acquisition of Pitcher Adams,
formerly of New Orleans, Atlanta and
staff to- six twirlers. With Patten,
Hughes, Jacobsen Wolfe and Town
send, the Nationals had a strong pitch
Ing staff. but recently its work has not
been up to the standard. However, all
twirlers have sfumps, and taking it all
IN all, the Washington staff is capable
team does need. and need badly. is
one. or two good heavy-hitting out
neiderS, and one more reliable infielder.
There is one position in the Washington
1nfleld which, to say the least, is weak.
Search For New Men.
Efforts are being made by the new
owners to obtain men to pull the team
out of the rut, but progress is, neees-
sarily slow. good men are not to be
had simply for the asking. Big money
often cannot buy them. Two of the
men now playing N the outfeld are
batting about 200 That will never do
Knoll, who has been batting weakly
recently, is valuable man. He can
jump in and play almost any position
without making a mess of it. Handy
man to have around The work of
Heydon has called forth much praise.
His work behind the bat has been ex-
cellent- He has played in twelve
games, and is next to the best fielding
catcher in the league, according to the
latest compilation OF averages, and has
demonstrated that he has an arm that
1t Will not do to take liberties with In
the series with st. Louis only one base
was stolen OFF him. and that was due to
a slow delivery by Wolfe. He caught
Stone by at least five yards in the sec
ond game, and after that only one
Brownleg attempted to steal off him.