The Washington times., 1907-10-02
NOTES OF THE GAME.

Hughey Jennings was strangely dor
mant until the fourth session, when the
eNigencies of the situation demanded
encouragement from some source. and
from that time forth he was right on
TO the Job-mostly with one foot. He
plucked more grass from the local dia-
expected 70 chew In a day, and II he
stays here much longer the diamond
VIII be skinned IN unexpected places.
Warner did a neat stunt in the sec
Ond, when he picked up a bounder that
struck in front of the plate on the first
bounce. and in the same movement by
an underhand throw slammed IL TO first
In time 10 throw Siever out The play
was so quick that the bleachers, who
usually applaud such performances.
seemed 20 overlook this one.
Even at the end OF the second inning
the crowd was six deep In the grand
stand, and the arrival OF the II 30 dele
CATION, otherwise known as Govern
ment clerks, necessitated stretching a
rope in the left-held bleachers
The announcement that johnson would
be on the firing line was greeted with
peated the statement, and the young
ster was rendered an ovatio.! at the end
OF every inning when he walked to the
players bench Even after the fatal
At intervals the running account OF
the game reads Cd Jones flied TO c.
Jones, or vice versa Connie Mack
would probably accuse the Jones con-
tinsent Of playing into each others
bands.
e In the ninth O'Leary drove a hot liner
had the twirler been off his guard
might have resulted dlsastrously. It
was done so quickly that the fielders
were scanning the armament for the
supposed skyscraper long after the bat
ter was out.
Apathy settled over the fans after
the disasters in the sixth until Ganleys
fourth hit In the eighth produced an in
cipient rally. The hope was soon blasted
when Blankenship died on an easv fy
10 ROssman. who negotiated a double
up and threw Ganley out at first.
In the seventh. after Siever had fan
red and u. Jones had tapped the custo-
riary fly to the other Representatives OF
the Jones family. Jennings waxed real
enthusiastic and proceeded to conjugate
a few verbs much 70 the amusement
Of the grandstand- you can, you must.
You will. you shall''-alI this crescendo
with a liberal supply of exclamation
FONTS and a wild 'Yee-Yaw" in con-
Clusion.
AlAAdu HldNAo DEdNe QdSn 1ltCr
CCughlin's double in @he EiXth that
scored Rossman. but fell down on the
attempt. literally and figuratively.
Shiples one-hand stop Of D. Jones
sizzling grounder was easily the star
stunt of the afternoon.
All Detroit's runs were taIlied with
two down.
At the end of the fourth the score
stood 10 l in the Nationals favor
While II didn't require as much game
ness TO turn the tables on Washington
as it did TO catch up to Philadelphia the
Tigers worked Just as hard Therein
may lie the secret of Detroit's success
Following them throughout the season
it will be found that they rarely slip
uO from understanding their opponents
rrowess. Early IN the season when
each win didn't seem as necessary as
now Detroit gave Washington lust as
good baseball, and in many instances
after the Tigers had secured a com
Portable lead over the Nationals Jen-
nings was roofing Just as hard and
the whole outfit was working inst as
as II they faced a tie i'm the
seventeenth round.