Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-07-25
BASE BALL, RACING
AND OTHER SPORTS

! ninth inning. With perfect fielding behind
him the Browns wouldn't have scored a
run. as Clymer in some unaccountable way
allowed Tom Jones line fly to Craze his
fingers after getting up to It nicely, and 1t
had to go a double through liberal scor-
ing This would have made two out. with
Wallace on second. and then Stephens on
first through base on balls. The next
batter up was Spencer in place OF Morgan.
and Ganley.s mum followed. which should
have been the third out, which would have
left Patten down with exactly five scatter
cd singles and no runs In addition to
pitching a good game Patten astoniShed
the spectators by pulling off two singles
hing he hasn't done in game within
the recollection of the Oldest inhaoitant.
The new men on the team and the old
favorftes must have been fattered by their
hearty reception on making their first APP
pearance at the bat Every spectator made
il a point to applaud Clymer. Ganley. Dele
hanty, Anderson Charley Jones Altizer
Patten and wound up with hearty hand
for the youngster Shipke Clymer got
splendid start both in the field and at the
bat but Shipke had but one chance-an
easy four fiy-and at the bat Morgan's spit
easy foul fy-and at the bat Morgan's spit
Manager CartilIon had intended pitching
Graham yesterday. but at the last minute
decided to send in Case Patten. as the lat
ter warmed up nicely. The shift proved
fortunate. AZ Case pitched excellent ball.
and Graham can go In against the many
left-ha uders later. Four of the Browns
best bdtters are left-handed at the plate.
and a southpaw always has the best of the
them Even at that. Niles. Hemphiil and
Stone secured five of the eight hits credited
to the Browns yesterday.
Delehanty felt like school boy caught
playing truant when he was doubled up In
the first inning on Anderson's fly to Picker
ing. He said he would have been willing to
bet months salary that there were two out
when Andy hit the ball. Del has few
lapses like that. and can be forgiven.
Old boy Warner caught another extra fine
game and also hit the bail hard but direct
ly at an opposing fielder In the fourth in
ming Jack showed his great nerve by run
ming over to the Browns bench. wading
through the bats and grasping a high foul
fly that Ollie Pickering had sent up. War
ner has been great help to the team. as
he is familiar with all the weaknesses of the
older batters. and in coaching Patten yes
terday he made the southpaw look I'M
usually good.
Clymer was nursing his bad ankle all
through the game but at that when he once
got going he could cover the ground to beat
the band. In the fourth inning Joe Ieager
sent out long foul that many of the left
tielders would hardly have tried to capture,
but Clymer set sail for the ball and cap
tured it fully twenty feet outside the line.
II Is lucky for Otis that Evans took the
trouble to go out to see the ball come down
or he might have missed him behind the
eft-field stand.
George Stone is slowly but surely getting
up toward the front in the aristocratic com
pany of batters, and added two more Din
giles to lis list yesterday. In the sixth IN
mir no laid down "A DerTpCt hunt, lust out
of reach OF Warner and too far in Tor
Shipke. In the ninth he certainly walloped
the ball for fair. and had the bound been
six inches higher the score would have been
tied up and there Is no telling who would
have scored the victory.
Although Bob Ganley dropped Spencer's
long fly in the ninth inning. he was in the
game at all times, and his base running
was simply a treat. In the sixth inning he
gave Delehanty the high sign that he was
going down. and Del promptly whipped
a line single into center. 1t looked almost
like sure death to continue to third. but
Bob took the chance. and by great slide
got to the bag before Yeager could put the
enth was beautifully executed. Ganley had
reached third on his triple. and he again
signed Del what was coming OF with
the swing of Morgan's arm Ganley started
home and Delehanty promptly laid the ball
down toward first. The run would have
surely scored under any circumstances, but
Morgan couldn't pick up the ball In time to
head the batter off at first, and both were
safe. 1t pays to take chances.
To accommodate the many people who
want an early supper Saturday, SO as to
get 10 the amusement resorts in the even
ing the game on that day Will be called at
80 and should be over under ordinary cir
cumstances by 5:1J at the outside. great
many of the fans like to get out OF the
city Saturday night. and to attend late
game get dinner and then catch the boats
is simply impossible
Jim Delehanty's work at the bat with the
Washington team has been nothing short
Of phenomenal. This 'cast-off from the
Browns has become one OF the leading Amer
lean League hitters under Cantillon's man
agement besides playing various positions
with increasing certainty and speed. He has
day of his local appearance, and thus tech
nically taking part in 81 games In only
nine OF these 81 games has he failed to
make a hit Out of $50 times at bat he has
made Al safe hits. a batting percentage of
$40 He has improved remarkably In his
field work. His fielding percentage at pres
ent Is $50. he having made 80 putouts, 4S
assists and IL errors In the 80 games In
which he has played in the field. 1t Is to
be remarked that of his IL errors he made
three in the second game he played In the
field here, and seven of them came in the
first II games. Therefore In the last "a
games his fielding average has been 926. He
has not made error in II games al
though playing third base. left field and sec
trous to the fielding record of a player.
Delehanty has scored IS runs since joining
the team.