The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1907-08-02
CAUGHT ON THE FLY.

Frank Smith famed three Nationals in
the sixth.
There will probably be another double
header with Detroit Monday.
Harry N. Schrandenbach was here writ
ing the games for the Chicago Examiner.
It was an off day for Charley Smith,
but he hopes 10 retrieve the defeat to-day
a screen has been placed at the far end
of the bleachers TO keep hits from rolling
under the stand.
Clymer was almost back to the center
field fence when he jumped up and
stabbed Davis long drive in the fourth.
jim Delehanty robbed Fielder Jones of
hit in the eighth by a neat pickup and
quick throw Of a bounder toward first
base.
Columbus has asked for waivers on
Frank Judge, the Indian. who was with
Cincinnati last year. Frank has been suf-
fering from lack o. pepper and sleepiness
On the sacks.
A double-header will be played with De
troit to-day, starting at o'clock. Charley
Smith is booked to pitch the first game,
and Walter Johnson. the Montana
phenom. will make his debut in the sec
ond contest.
In the third inning, with Donohue on
second, Smith made wild throw TO catch
the runner off the bag. In reaching for
the bail, Delehanty fell over 'Jiggs" and
pinned him to the ground until the sphere
was recovered.
Charley Hickman Joined the White SOx
after the game. He pulled for the Ma
tionals up. to the last minute, being out
on the lines throughout the contest
Hickman leaves a host Of friends in
Washington who wish him the best of
success with his new club.
Dayton people are all agog over a story
that Tommy Corcoran, the veteran short
stop, recently released by the Giants, is
TO manage the Dayton team. II is said
that it is only question Of terms Day
ton was also after Mike Kelly, but he was
tied up with Des Moines and could not
get away,
Detroit is the great puzzle Of the Ameri-
can League. On a calm review of the tt
gers playing strength in the spring they
did not look any stronger, if as strong
as last year. Yet here they are up and
fighting for the pennant with all the vim
and go of team that has been cham
pionship probability for years.
Just as soon as McGraw began to con-
graduate himself on having Dan Nc
Gam back on first base, that veteran
showed his game arm in front Of a fast
grounder and put himself on the bench
for a few days more. Mccain has
been> hurt three times in the last ten
years, and each time it has been in Gin
cinnati.
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around third base these days, and oppos-
ing players agree that he is one of the
best third sackers in either league. The
ex-GeorgetOwn boy is grading all kinds
of drives and bounds with either hand
and has worked over so far that Bill
Dahlen has little to do but hang around
second base and watch the game, says an
exchange.
The American League team that goes up
against Chances men this fall for the
diamond cuff buttons and the added glory
will meet different team from the one
the SOK faced a year ago. That awful
trimming was just what the Cubs needed
to make them attend to business. and
they will not go into this series with the
idea that is is all over but the formality
of playing it out.
inning put Warner out of commission.
The catcher suffered severe pains on the
way to his hotel. and it is feared that one
of the bones In his finger has been frac-
tured. In that case he is in the same
boat as Blankenship. and Heydon will
have to do all the backstopping until
another catcher can be obtained. Can
tiilOn has his lines out for man.
Johnny McGraw is not in the least
damaged as the result Of the punch that
a private policeman took at him Sunday.
But Mac Is mad clean through. They
talk about people beng assaulted in New
York. eh?'' said he. You don't see col
umns in the papers about that affair in
Cincinnati, do you? No one ever heard
of player being punched by a police
man in New York. But then that is the
way Of the Western people"