The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-06-10
F. JONES SWEARS
VENGEANCE TODAY
ON NATIONALS
Walsh, Famous SpitbaIl
Artist, to Pitch for
Chicago.
By THOMAS S. RICE.

Having won from Chicago by to . in
a game they thoroughly deserved. the
Washington Nationals were as cheerful
and clipper as a chorus girl who has
been subpoenaed in divorce scandal.
IL was one Of the most heartrending
performances the Washington team has
furnished this season, and should it
meet with the sad fate of losing the
next three games the team viii still
have something to brag about.
Fielder Jones was visibly and verbally
disguised last night and this morning
over the showing of his henchmen, but
greeted the gladstone sunshine with a
smile, and predicted that a few real
warm days would put his veterans in an
entirely different light.
Walsh and Sullivan are to be the
Chicago battery today, with Hughes
and Heydon for Washington, but IL
Hughes does not look good in warm
ing up, FalkeuDerg will be given a
chance,
Sullivan. the Chicago catcher. was re-
Gently put out of business by a foul tip
that split his eyebrow, but ne has re-
covered sufficiently TO don the war
paint.
The National Commission is meeting in
Cincinnati today to settle for good and
all the Mike Kelley and Jake Stahl
cases. To the naked eye, nothing can
be seen in the Stahl case that concerns
Washington. The Kelley case should be
in favor of washington. and possibly
the famous player-manage will be seen
playing for the local outfit before the
end of this week.
Mike Kelley. by the way, holds the
American Association record for con-
sistent batting. He went Twenty-Five
which is remarkable. Charley Carr OF
Indianapolis, had a great chance to
equal this performance. On Thursday
last ne had gone twenty games with
out the shame of not connecting safely.
There was a doubleheader on Friday,
ana i'm the first game Carr got a hit,
making IL twenty-one games. In the
second game he fell down. did not make
blngle, and failed to reach Keileys
mark.
The catching Of Frank Isben of first
last Saturday by Graham was a rnoru-
fying experience for the big Chicago
second sacker. and hereafter he will be
careful how he takes liberties with the
Young southpaw- On March IS in
wichita, Kan, in a game in which the
kansans beat Washington numerically
Isbell played second for Wichita. in
which town he lives. Becoming gay
after reaching first the Washington
pitcher caught him a mile off first and
made him look foolish. That should
have taught Isbell a lesson. but he came
back for more on Saturday-and got it.
Jerry Freeman, of Minneapolis. is the
first sacker Cantillon has in mind for
the Washington club, but IL is hard TO
tell when he will come here. Mime
apolis has great look-in for the Amer
lean Association pennant, but needs all
its stars to land the rag. Should Free
mar be taken away and the team there
by be weakened the Minneapolis fans
will put mp a howl that will cost the
Cantiilon brothers. owners Of the fran
chise. thousands of dollars. Joe Can
tillon figures that merely because Free
man belongs to him he should not be
compelled TO bring him to Washington
at such a cost, as. IL Freeman belonged
10 Milwaukee, for instance, IL is a cinch
he could not be obtained for this CITY
under the same conditions. This Is a
reasonable view, and il may keep Free
man in the American Association for
while longer