The Washington herald., 1908-08-30
Yesterdays RESULTS.
To-DAY-s GAMES.
Cleveland at Detroit
WASHINGTON. 4; CLEVELAND. ,.
MASHTNGTaN- 3: CLEVELAND. 0

WASHINGTON. .: CLEVELAND, O.
Thousands and thousands Of fans, the
greatest and hsppiest throng that has
ever gathered 20 cheer an American
League team here. ten thousand and more
victims Of the baseball rabies that has
infested this city for days. yesterday ex-
perienced almost every. emotion TO which
The human mind is heir when the dashirg
Nationals Eon their second consecutive
double-header from the proud and
haughty Maps
Coming here with the expectation Of
making clean sweep Of the series. over
hauling the fai1erinE Browns. and setting
SAL for Detroit and rrst place. La5oie-s
hand left here last night the most de-
EDonde1t- disappointed. and disguised set
Of men thar could De imagined Outhit-
o-tfeIded- outpltched. outgeneraled. and
n short outclsssed al every. angle Of the
game Of which they are among the most
celebrated exponents. the Maps not only
suffered four successive defeats, but in
tae -hirry-siz innings were able to get
but Two men across the plate
Il vas the sort OF baseball most salts
flying 10 The frenzied fan The games
were perhaps not as stirring as scne Of
the contests seen here since the Ma
1ionals assumed the role Of Pennant kill
ers- but there were enough exciting sit
uauous 10 keep the thousands stirred up
10 the highest pitch Of e-Ihusiasm for
more -Eau three hours The most graft
fyinE feature Of the day was the deadly
consistency with which the Nationals
played Al every stage There was no
slip. and before half OF the first game
had been played the locals had taken the
lead. never 20 again be overtaken- The
Maps were outcIassed. and they seemed
70 know IT, for their slow work suffered
in comparison with the spirited, gingerIy
exhibition by CanuIlon's clan
heeIey and Hughes Heroes.
While the Nationals played a conspicu-
Gus part in the double triumph. the
greatest credit fo- downing the Maps
belongs TO Bert Kelley and Tom Hughes
The former, whose late performances
have marked him as a most promising
twirler, got a poor start. and before he
had fully obtained his bearings CIeve-
youngster struck his stride he stopped
the LarrUPe-s in most impressive fash
ion = single. a double, and a triple in
the first two innings made II appear as
though il vas not keeleys day. and the
eager fans demanded q change. but Can
IillO1's confidence IN keeiev was fully
justified. for after the second inning he
settled down and pitched as good ball as
could be asked Of any boxman- In the
last seven innings the Maps made but
two hils- and only one OF the visitors
reached second
Charley smith was slated 70 assume
The burden Of beating Cleveland IN the
second same. and he warmed up during
The intermission, but Tom Hughes was
so anxious 70 repeat his performance Of
the previous day that he asked for an
other chance and was sent 20 the box
On Friday, Hughes pitched grand ball
but yesterday ne went himself Cne bet
Ter. and showed such masterfuI form that
The Maps were absolutely HELPLESS. and
were unable 10 get a man beyond frst
base. Hughes did not give a single pass
during the nine innings. and Cleveland
made only three hits. one of which was
q bult the runner getting safe by mar
TOW margin
Behind both Kelley ard HUGHES the
Nationals played sterling ball While
there was nothing particularly brilliant
IN ti3eiG work. the players were steady at
all stages the lone error aside from
KeeleE's wild heave. net proving in any
way costly Kelley had no one but him
self 20 blame that the Maps got their
two runs. f-r with a man on second he
threw 10 the bIeachers on an easy chance
allowing a score. and the batter who
got his base on the error scoring later
On a triple But in spite Of this rocky
work Kelley rallied in good shape. and
from then on held his opponents in sub
lection Hughes was supported in fault
less fashion most of the chances. how
ever. being easy. as the tau twirler was
going at such pace that the Maps could
not land
FAX Has Bad Inning.
opposed 10 Kelley was Fred FaIken-
berg. half Of the $1,000 prize In justice
70 Falkenberg. it must be said that he
-5id-not pitch bad bal, and had his sup