The Washington times., 1907-07-28

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a prophet yesterday by winning from
St Louis by S to l.
ST. Louis was beaten in the first and /
last games and won the second and |
third. so that thus far tho Washington /
team has won half its games at home, |
which CantiIlon predicted it would do /
for the entire series with the Western |
clubs.
Timely Tapping.
The victory yesterday was due TO sud |
den and timely batting rallies, IN which I
the Nationals smote the ball sorely upon |
the nose for extra bases. and. after !
reaching a bag, ran with judgment and /
discretion. For the first four innings
Glade was much to the good. but after /
that he was great stimulant for the |
batting averages of the Washington !
lineup.
Gauley, got a double and two singles, !
Delehanty a double and a single. An.
dCrson and Clymer two singles each
Davy Altizer went back TO first prin-
ciples and banged out a triple Of the
kind he used to make when he first
came to Washington last year; Jack
Warner added twO-sacker TO his hit
column. and Smith came back to form
as batter by cracking out a safety.
drawing pass and getting hit.
Smith Pitches Finely.
Smith pitched a great game, allowing
only seven hits. Three Of these were
punched in the eighth inning. and with
a wee bit more sharpness in handling a
drive, they would not have produced
that lonely run for St. Louis.
On the whole, it was one of the great
E.H-
spite the fact St. Louis made four er-
rors. Washington had a clean record
in the misplay column, and il is q pity
there is not a column 10 show unusually
good stunts, for IT would have been full
of figures.
Some Brilliant Stunts.
The spotlight kid was Ganley. who
bulged into prominence early when he
retired Niles. first man up In the first
inning, by one-handed grab Of a long.
low fly that looked good for the fence.
The gang was roasting Ganley for run
ming over after the ball instead OF fol-
lowing 1t for a return to head of Niles
at the plate. when he stuck out his
right hand and gathered in the sphere
1t was a remarkably spectacular catch
and we would print the doughty cap
tain's picture today were it not for the
fact that we must acquaint the fans
with the phizzes Of the new players.
Next TO the tried and true captain
was Shipke. the recruit from Des
MOines- He spent a pleasant and
profitable afternoon making five assists
AT least three of which were unusually
good, and one of which was startling
This last was a running pickup Of a
nasty grounder that very few men could
have handled cIeanly and many would
not have stopped at all, but he held It
and nailed his victim at the initial
corner. II was really the first test Of
Shipke's ability as a fielder, and he ia
there with the goods. He Is fast, COW
ers much ground, goes after everything,
and keeps his head.
Shipke Pulls Away.
II he could only bat, As a sticker
he will never be a success unless he re
forms entirely He has a timid modesty
about getting fresh with the Ulate which
makes him shrink and pull from every
ball thrown at him. The consequence
is he is always reaching for wide out
shoots that he seldom lands upon. and
when he does perchance get next to the
curve he is not in a position TO maui il
enough to attract the police, even
though he swings quite viciously occa-
slonaIIy, sometimes when the ball has
already reached the catcher.
u. Altizer continued his great work
Of the day before. He covered as much
ground as a Puritan sermon and was
versatile in every department He was
fast, accurate, and had ability 10 throw
on the run such as ne has not shown
before. Davy has also been somewhat
timid about getting gay with fast shoots
since Cy Young knocked him out last
year but yesterday he waded into a
burner and clouted II for three bases.
AndeTsOn's Bold Larcenies.
Another feature was the prowess Of
John Anderson in stealing buses He
took three. and two Of them were thefts
Of home. which is some few in the bur
plary line for one game.
Here we have the details:
Washington was blanked until the fifth
session, which Smith opened by walking
Clyrner sacrificed and Ganley scored
Smith with a double to right. Delehanty
followed with "A two-sacker to left which
put Clymer over the pan. Anderson
singled to left, but Delehanty could get
no further than third. Anderson and
Delehanty tried the double steal but
while Anderson reached second. Del was
nipped AT the plate. Jones was safe on
Hartsells error. and Anderson took
third. Jones and Anderson then tried
the two-time steal and got by Anier-
son scoring. Aitizer's triple completed
the circuit for Jones. Warner went out
70 Tom Jones Four runs.
Some Helpful Details.