The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-10-06


ball of disastrous sort at our ball
yard yesterday.
At the end of twenty innings Of hard
going Washington had lost to the Ath-
letics by 4 to in fifteen innings, and
had been blanked by to 0. in i've in
ningp of the second game. About the
only good work Of the afternoon on the
part OF the umpires was Connolly's
awakening 20 the fact that enough o.
that second game had been played when
five rounds were completed
Long, Long Game.
The first game was the longest on the
Washington grounds IN several years,
and the longest the Washington club
had played in the season which closed
yesterday As had been the case with
50 many exhibitions furnished by the
Washington club in the year Of grace
1907. in the first year Of the reign OF
Joe Cantillon, the first game yesterday
was a rare combination Of farce AID
tragedy, of brilliancy ana business IN
ming after inning the athletes battlcd,
varying series OF deeds of daring vita
streaks Of stuff that was all TO the
punk
Charley Smith went the whole route
AUA W aHlllAAHNoAA anu BANNAAN1 ANAAe--A @eN''s
well It vas one of the most credite.S.n
performances of a Washington slabm--n
in many moons. Then. to show he wi1s
a good fellow. and would not desert the
rest OF the gang he made a couple Of
the -mangiest errors that ever soiled
stellar stunt, and threw the game away
Comical Kids Fritz and Rube.
an erratic youth named Fritz, who
hailed from New Orleans, in the South
ern League, started on the slab for the
Athletics in the opening CLASH. He was
a wonder in some respects. Hits off his
delivery were as. scarce as ''affinities"
who are not there with the shape or,
the coin In the first three innings he
suppressed our brave boys in orderly
array. three men to the inning. Elated,
and probably Inflated. by this showing
on his first attempt in fast company,
the glUus person from Dixie pried the
I'D of the fourth session by walking
Milan and Ganley and spiking Dele
hanty beneath the fifth rib with fast
inshoot.
This produced situation which
couldn't be blamed on silk OLoughlin.
ard Connie Mack INDUCED In something
stronger than words. Rube Waddeu.
who had been making merry on the
side lines by giving a decidedly poor
imitation Of Hughey Jennings. was
rushed to the breach. As a hlTer-in
IlBbe was about as useful as a vacuum
The first nan who faced him was our
cx-joke. Kay, who poked out a neat
Texas leagCer 10 center, scoring Milan.
Exit RUDE, after one Of the shortest
stays on record, even surprising the
limited engagement Of Charley Smith
in the first game on Wednesday. when
he was chased TO bench after the first
two men had singled.
Vicxers the Real Star.
ViclSers. who had been farmed out TO
Wilhamsport all the last season and
MADE a splendid record in helping that
club win the Tr1-State pennant. assuin-
ed the burden in the fourth inning with
one hand out. And here we wish TO
state THAI in Vickers the Athletics have
a pitcher who. II he is anyways con-
sistent. will make Walter Johnson take
notice. He pitched eleven and two
thirds innings Of the first game and in
that time allowed Washington Just
eight hits and one run.
Vickers, Il should be noted, pitch ID
the five innings OF the second game. In
that set-to exactly fifteen men faced
him and not one Of them reached first.
Vickers is all to the good. Would that
he were going TO report at Galveston
next spring.
Falkenberg pitched the second game
for Washington. Fearing the shades of
nlght would end the proceedings and
spoil his record Of one explosion per
game II he waited until the usual sew
enth or eighth inning. he decided to
have the ascension In the first and get Il
OF his mind. 1t was a great success.
Three hits and two passes removed all
doubt about who was going TO win, and
ire 5000 fans present had a chance tn
settle down and watch vicl1ers do a
hero act
c. Smiths Erratic Work.
Although Smith threw away his own
game. we should not overlook the fact
he did high-grade pitching He pulled
himself out of many tight places with
the able assistance OF a set Of fielders
who seemed TO have their hearts in their
work every minute OF the time.
Perhaps the most notable incident was
the escape from a run in the eleventh
inning. Davis opened the Sround with
n triple TO right. That had all the ear-
marks OF ending the agony, but s.
didn't Murphy drove sizzler at the
pitcher. who detected It to Delehanty
who got it on the dead run and to one
side. and hurled the ball TO Kahoe ir
time 70 catch Davis at the plate. Eddie
Collins forced Murphy, Delef s-nty un-
assisted. and Oldring forced Collins
Charley Smith TO Delehanty. Guess
that's pretty bad for STAYING OF defeat
In the tenth inning vickers opened
with a clean single 10 center and moved
10 second on HartseIs scratch single
through Tony Smith. Sam Nichols
popped to Charley Smith, who got the
ball to Delehanty at second in time t.
double up Vickers. 1t was a splendid
play. for neither Smith nor Delehanty
had a fraction of second to spare
Lord forced IIartsel. and the inning
Was barren.
The thirteenth inning furnished an
ether thrill Nichols led off with q
bin that Charley Smith detected. bu
II was too hot to handle. Lord sacri.