The Washington times., 1907-09-25

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The dropping OF that game TO St.
Louis yesterday by 10 to 3 was an ;'us-
tratlon. 1t began in the fifth. when our
bold Captain Ganley forgot there were
two out and slowed up at second on
Delehanty's double to center. when
there was nothing to keep him from
going with the same pertinacity which
distinguished the little brook I'm the
poem. Still. this was hardly new, as
several members of the team have re-
Gently developed such a keen interest
in the. sport that they have a habit
oi backpedaling while they see wheth-
( er their hunts are foul or fair, or
whether the first basemdn is going 10
play joke on himself by dropping the
ball. This indicates a great love of the
details Of the great national sport and
the need Of a few harsh hints from the
manager.
After Ganley had decided that Il was
perfectly permissible for him to run on
two-base hit with two hands out. Case
Iatten did HackenschmiGt on him at
third and gave the runner one of the
neatest flying falls ever pulled off in
this city. As a football coach in tack
Ing or an Instructor in wrestling Pat
ten. gave himself an advertisement for
which the newspapers mentioning the
circumstance should receive q rat price,
but as bit Of baseball II was as sad
and dishedrtening as the comedy Of
q comedy four in a vaudeville or our
icsque bill, which is invariably all 10
the dOlorous.
Concerning Jack Warmers dive to
-death down the line between second and
third in the sixth inning, and C'Brien's
failure 20 get home on the same. The
Jess said the better While Jack can't
run much himself he made the other
fellows run His being called out for
H-a@ a.TH .na.--
of those little novelties which make
cur brave boys worth the price OF adj
mission.
Milan's miss o. Tom Jones line fly
in the seventh that mingled with the
low descending sun. and was lost IN the
glorious orb. was a piece Of pure cuSSCd-
ness on the part of the ball. We arc
likely 20 see more such stunts from
now 10 the end of the season As The
sun retreats southwark, it takes UP "a
position about bsseball-time In the af-
ternoon IN these parts that causes 1T
10 shine squarely in the eyes OF the
Centerhelder at the local ball yard, and
somewhat in the peeps Of sthe right field
OF also. II the bail happens 70 be
lined out properly there is no man llv-
Ing could see II in that glare and me
fans should remember that in consider
ing the work Of the outhelders in these
fog-end games.
waiter Johnson got MS DUMPS yeSLer-
day. 1t was the first real severe beat
ing he has received since he entered
the Anne rcan League, and he cannot be
blamed for the poor showing. He Is not
infallible. After Milan's Jolt by the sun
had cost two runs in the seventh. and
Smtn had let the first man in the
eighth reach irst on an error. the
youngster was naturally due for clout-
ing-and he got it. Some OF the fans
thought nc should have been taken out
and saved the humiliation of a bad wal
loping- Manager Cantillon argued otG-
eTwise. saying that the experience under
fire waald 10 Johnson good, while a
tendency 70 coddle and spare him on All
occasions would tend 10 spoil him IN
more ways than one.
Don't overlook the fact that Pickering
did good work for St Louis in right
field. He made three catches, two OF
which were especially good.
Johnson did his share in the seventh,
rlthough three hits were made of him
in-tilat round. After Pickering had beat
out a scratch. the cub tWlrler famed
Bobby Wallace. Hartzell sent Pickering
10 third with a hit 70 left, whereupOn
9pencer whitfield. Jones' fly would ordi-
narily have been easy for Milan, and no
runs should have scored
In the eighth, after the first two
Browns had reached bases, one on an
error. and the other on hit, Johnson
famed stone