Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-06-30
National League Games Today.
Pittsburg at Chicago. St. Louis at Cincinnati.

Detroit at Chicago Cleveland at St. Louis.
National League Games Today.
Pittsburg at Chicago ST. Louis at Cincinnati.
Special Dispatch to The Star.
NEW YORK. June 29.-Hard luck for
Washington! Owing to the rain the team
not only lost a good Saturday in New
York, but also lost possible chance to
beat the Hghlanders again. AT the gait
In which the Nationals have batted in
this city since their first appearance they
would have been likely to have put the
next pitcher offered by Griffith out of
business. There hasn't been anything like
such clean line driving in two seasons as
the Washingtons have pulled off with
their bats this past week.
Il don't know how to account for It,"
said Manager Cantillon. Don't want to
account for it. All that 1 ask is that the
players continue to do it for another four
or five weeks and the first thing that some
Of these wise people know, Washington
will be crowding some Of the first di-
vision mines for place in the race"
Base Stealing Record.
The game yesterday afternoon probably
gave Washington a record. Some Of the
local statistcians have been hunting up
least they can find nothing to equal the
thirteen stolen bases which were made by
the visitors There are one or two games
in which a team has stolen ten bases, but
thirteen seems to be little above any
thing that ever happened before in major
league circles Not satisfied with stealing
one base at time some Of the Senators
piled up two for good measure, and If more
of them could have made safe hits 1t Is
possible that they might have put away
twenty stolen bases as easily as thlrteen,
for Hickey couldn't throw within mile
of second base. The trouble with Hickey
is that he had no spring work. His case
is another instance of a man thinking that
he can play fast ball throughout the sea-
ing some Of the winter aches and pains
out Of his body by at least three or four
weeks of hard practice in the south In the
spring.
Pleasant for Hughes.
1t was pie to Hughes to beat the High
landers. He never has quite forgiven
Clarke Griffith for letting him get away
from the New York club. He thinks that
he would have assisted as much in pitch
ing the Highlanders to victory as some
of the men whom Griffith has signed since
he was permitted to get away, and 1t Is
question whether there are not lot of
the same opinion. In any event there Is
not very much confidence in New York
in the outfit of pitchers who are work
ing for the Highlanders this year. There
ia not one of them that can be depended
upon. with the possible exception of Ortiz,
and he Is a pitcher who cannot stand TOO
much work. Between his natural dislike TO
exert himself and the fact that he has
delivery which needs rest to make 1t eood
thare ia no indication that he will pitch
the Highlanders to the championship this
year.
Jeering John Anderson.
Anderson is another player who is always
clad To beat the Highlanders. Every time
that he comes to bat in this city the fans
ait behind the New York players bench
and make nuisances Of themselves by re-
ferring to the visiting players In terms that
are anything but complimentary, and begin
to sing Vesta Victoria's latest selection,
poor John" Up to date Poor john
has rather the better of them. He has hit
the ball great deal Of the time, and when
he has not hit he has got bases on balls
to help out, and also has scored on an
average so per cent of the times that nc
has got to first base. 1t is just possible
that the fans will cease to Jeer Anderson
after a while and turn their attention to
one or two of the New York players, who
could be encouraged with little gentle
criticism now and then without being
touched in a very tender spot
Poor Work by Highlanders.
The Highlanders have been playing such
bad ball against the western teams that
there is no longer any attempt to fool the
public by saying they are In hard luck.
The fact is that they have not been playing
well since the beginning of the season.
Cantillon says they are weak In the box
and he doesn't care a lot about their team
work.
when they happen to bat the ball hard
and all get going at the same time" said
he they are hard to beat. but the mo-
ment that they have to fight for their
runs by the use of little strategy they
are no harder to put out of the way than
the Washngtons. and perhaps you don't
think that my boys believe that They
have sized the Highlanders up as well as
any team in the league, and when the
Washingtons can get the lead on their
New York friends by hitting early and
hitting hard they know that they will come
pretty near winning the game. If you
don't believe 1t ask a few of them and
find out what they think about it,
1t is possible that a double-header will
be played Monday afternoon. The High
landers are not anxious to have double
eastern clubs. They have all they want
to handle with the west, and if they can
keep their margin of games with the
east down they think they will be in bet
ter trim to tackle the western chaps the
next time they face them on the diamond.
Perrine played great ball in Thursdays
game He certainly covers a tremendous
lot of ground, and if he were hard
batter he would be one of the most valu-
able infielders in the game. Most people
are of the opinion that the addition OF
Delehanty and Clymer will prove of great
advantage to the Washingtons in the long